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Of course he does: Trump wants to meet with Russian president Putin before the November elections

We’re rapidly closing in on election day, which means it’s once again time for Donald Trump to meet with his favorite international strongman, Russian President Vladimir Putin. NBC News cites multiple administration sources to report that Trump wants to meet with Putin in-person, possibly in New York, before the November elections.

What will it be about? The White House seems to be still working that out, based on Trump’s desire to have a meeting for something.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta isn’t sending his kids to in-person classes, and he has very good reasons

With a failed or, better yet, lack of response toward the novel coronavirus, the Trump administration continues to ignore the severity of the pandemic as the numbers of individuals affected by it increase daily. Instead of taking active measures to control the virus, Donald Trump has been pushing schools to open nationwide, but not without consequences. According to data compiled by The New York Times, more than 5 million people in the U.S. have tested positive for COVID-19.

Nuts & Bolts: Inside the convention. Is this what conventions should be?

It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to a diary discussing the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or follow the Nuts & Bolts Guide. We’re headed into convention week, and it is going to be a convention unlike anything we’ve seen before.

Man shoots woman in the arm with BB gun for accidentally removing ‘Trump 2020’ lawn sign

Donald Trump supporters have no trouble constantly perpetrating violence against those around them. Both threats of and acts of violence have continued to be carried out by Trump supporters since the start of his campaign in 2015. In the latest incident of violence invoked by alleged Trump supporters, a man shot a woman with a BB gun after she removed what she thought was a prank “Trump 2020” sign from her brother’s yard.

Minnesota: Images of the North Star State

Minnesota, also known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” is the 12th-largest state in the union, and is home to more than 5.6 million residents. From the Boundary Waters and shores of Lake Superior in the north through the plains to Buffalo Ridge in the southwest, here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Minnesota and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.

What Happens When You Let 1,000 Teenage Boys Run a Government

Boys State is a documentary about a high-school civics experiment that doubles as a nerdier, nonlethal Lord of the Flies. Every year, more than 1,000 young men, age 16 or 17, descend upon the Texas State Capitol to participate in a mock government: They split into political parties, elect members to offices including caucus chair and Supreme Court Justice, and vie for the highest position—governor.

Catastrophe Is Next to Godliness

Lord, I confess I want the clarity of catastrophe but not the catastrophe.
Like everyone else, I want a storm I can dance in.
I want an excuse to change my life.The day A. died, the sun was brighter than any sun.
I answered the phone, and a channel opened
between my stupid head and heaven, or what was left of it. The blankness
stared back; and I made sound after sound with my blood-wet gullet.

How Kamala Harris’s Attack on Joe Biden Helped Her

On June 27, 2019, just under an hour into the first Democratic primary debate, Kamala Harris turned her attention to the front-runner, Joe Biden. A week earlier, during an event in New York City, the former vice president had riffed about his relationships with segregationist senators, such as James Eastland and Herman Talmadge, to illustrate a point about civility and compromise in politics. Harris, who was the only Black person onstage that night, took offense.

We Killed the Middle Class. Here’s How We Can Revive It.

America is once again engaged in the process of rebuilding its economy from a devastating recession. The United States cannot afford another feeble and prolonged rebound, in which the gilded chambers of the economy recover faster than all the others, and it need not have one. But it may be slipping into that trap again, because our leaders have not learned the lessons of the nation’s great postwar boom, the last time America delivered lasting prosperity and security for the middle class.