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The United Nations released its “Human Cost of Disasters: An Overview of the Last 20 years 2000-2019” on Monday, the day before the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
We only have until Saturday to write “please vote” letters to Democratic-leaning folks in battleground states who need that extra nudge to turn out.
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Female voters really don’t like the impeached president. According to CNN, the five most recently conducted live interview polls found Joe Biden leading Trump among women by an average of a whopping 25 points—with the gap sitting at an even whoppinger 34 points in CNN’s own poll.
Amy Coney Barrett has failed to disclose an awful lot of documents to the Senate in her nomination to the Supreme Court. This is probably one of them: a letter from 88 of her Notre Dame colleagues, dated Oct. 10, asking her to withdraw at least temporarily from consideration for the position.
They congratulate her on the nomination and pretty much inevitable confirmation. That part of it—the inevitability—is why they write this open letter.
As Daily Kos covered, the new 30-second ad from Donald Trump’s reelection campaign that appears to feature Dr. Anthony Fauci, top infectious disease expert and member of the coronavirus task force, assumably lauding Trump with praise for his COVID-19 pandemic response not only includes reportedly edited clips taken out of context, but was actually used without Fauci’s permission. On Monday, Dr.
Most candidates hold election night events in their home states. But by having his in Washington, Trump can help his hotel there benefit from the event.
Eighty-eight faculty members at the university penned a letter saying Barrett should delay her Supreme Court nomination until after the Nov. 3 election.
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.KEVIN DIETSCH / GETTYAmy Coney Barrett didn’t answer the question. Today, the Supreme Court nominee demurred when asked to weigh in on Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision establishing women’s constitutional right to abortion.
An undercount in the U.S. census could lead to fewer resources for communities.
Amy Coney Barrett could no longer avoid the question that has defined her nomination to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court: “Do you agree,” asked Senator Dianne Feinstein of California during confirmation hearings today, “that Roe was wrongly decided?”“I completely understand why you are asking the question,” Barrett responded, looking grave.
I have no one else to talk to. I can’t talk to my family, and I don’t have friends anymore.
Trump’s personal attorney made the egregious comment while standing in a small office space in Philadelphia.
Parenting advice on day care, alcoholism, and consent.
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. One of American culture’s most cherished traditions is for a mix of young and old people from different households to sit close together and share food in a poorly ventilated space without masks on for an extended period of time. It’s called Thanksgiving.This year, the holiday season is laced with danger.
Tab A and Slot B aren’t getting along.
Nikon has announced the winners of the 2020 Small World Photomicrography Competition and has once again shared some of the winning and honored images with us. The contest invites photographers and scientists to submit images of all things visible under a microscope. More than 2,000 entries were received from 90 countries in 2020, the 46th year of the competition.
Amazon’s annual supersale features gifts to make the coming pandemic winter a little more bearable.
(Yael Malka)In college, I took a three-semester class sequence on European intellectual history taught by a long-tenured professor, Mary Gluck, who lectured straight through each session, usually reserving the last five minutes for questions. To some, this model was a nightmare; I loved it.
Amy Coney Barrett’s involvement in the court fight over the 2000 presidential election, when she was a member of George W. Bush’s legal team, shows she is willing to bend the law to benefit Republican candidates, says Mother Jones reporter Ari Berman. “That’s what’s so disturbing about Amy Coney Barrett, because that’s exactly what President Trump wants to do right now,” says Berman.
Amid Senate confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, we look at how conservatives have used dark money to push to seat her on the Supreme Court before the November 3 election, following a decades-long project by conservatives to install right-wing judges across the federal judiciary. “There’s no doubt that what we’re facing is, increasingly, rule by a minority,” says former Senate Judiciary Committee staffer Lisa Graves, executive director of True North Research.
Hundreds protested outside the Senate Monday against the confirmation hearing for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. At least 21 were arrested after staging a sit-in to oppose the Senate pushing through Barrett’s nomination in the middle of the presidential election.
On a cold winter day, his thoughts turned to a summer on Long Island.
Either way, it’s an opportunity for Democrats.
Before Trump blew up negotiations, the White House proposed a $1.6 trillion relief bill. Democrats should offer to take it.
The campaign by Pfizer comes amid growing scrutiny of the CEO’s predictions that the company will know this month whether it has a viable vaccine.
As officials debate how to get Trump’s name on the cards, health officials warn of a taxpayer-funded boondoggle to bolster president’s flagging poll numbers.
He added that a vaccine likely won’t be widely available until next summer or fall.
Bright alleges that he was demoted because he opposed political pressure linked to an unproven Covid-19 treatment.
