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Jen Psaki Tests Positive For COVID-19: ‘Grateful I Am Vaccinated’
The White House press secretary said she last saw the president on Tuesday.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger Rips GOP As Party Of Lies, Conspiracy, Dishonesty
“I haven’t seen any momentum in the party move away from lies and towards truth,” said the Republican, who recently announced he won’t seek reelection.
Democracy Dies in Silence
The state of Florida is silencing those opposing its efforts to disenfranchise its own citizens.A lawsuit filed by a coalition of civil-rights groups contends that Florida’s Republican-controlled government has repeatedly attempted to restrict the franchise, including curtailing third-party registration campaigns, cutting early voting, and imposing an onerous poll tax on formerly incarcerated Floridians after the state voted overwhelmingly to restore their rights.
Jan. 6 ‘Influencer’ Who Said She’s ‘Definitely Not Going To Jail’ Should Go To Jail, Feds Say
Jenna Ryan, a Trump-loving real estate broker, called Jan. 6 “one of the best days of my life” and bragged that she wouldn’t go to jail because she’s white.
They Printed in the Medical History
Translated by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie FarrisThey printed in the medical history:
There was no Holodomor.
It was the stable delusion of Anna Mikhailenko,
a teacher of Ukrainian literature.
For seven years she was in a special psychiatric hospital.
It was a hybrid hospital—
a madhouse and a prison.
It was a time of hybrid hospitals. Now is a time of hybrid war.
Seven years is a biblical phrase.
And Jacob served Laban seven years for Rachel.
Because he loved her.
Seven. Seven years.
5 questions when the Supreme Court takes up the Texas abortion law
Though the Court split 5-4 in declining to block the unique ban before it took effect in September, the justices now have before them evidence of the sweeping impact it’s had.
Companies mull ending government contracts over vaccine mandate
Members of the aerospace, distribution, defense and trucking sectors are warning the Biden administration they will not be able to meet the vaccine deadline.
American Parents Don’t Get How Much Life Is About to Improve
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In 1971, the United States came within a pen stroke of having a functional child-care system. With bipartisan support, Congress passed the Comprehensive Child Development Act—which would have created a publicly funded, state-run program with parent payments on a sliding scale of affordability—but President Richard Nixon vetoed it. Almost exactly 50 years later, the nation once again stands on the precipice of revolutionizing its child-care system.
Why Never Trumpers Should Bet on DeSantis Now
Donald Trump is trying to hang on as the doddering boss of the Republican Party. Earlier this month, he threatened that his supporters may stay home in 2022 and 2024 unless others in the GOP validate his delusion that he beat Joe Biden.Were the GOP base less easily duped, it would move on, as when George H. W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney lost White House bids. As president, Trump failed to build his border wall or bring home the troops.
FDA authorizes first Covid vaccine for kids ages 5-11
The CDC’s vaccine advisers are scheduled to meet Tuesday to evaluate the shot, and are expected to vote in favor of its use
‘Bereft’: How Operation Warp Speed’s decisions left the world waiting for a vaccine
U.S. officials bet on Novavax to provide a shot that could easily be shipped overseas. But its manufacturing problems have left global distributors without enough shots for poor and middle-income countries.
Dems’ drug pricing dreams crash into reality in social spending tumult
President Joe Biden’s Thursday pitch to Capitol Hill eliminates any effort to crack down on drug prices, a coup for the industry that has spent months pouring millions into lobbying and advertising campaigns.
California’s In-N-Out sparks latest pandemic culture war
In no time, the Fisherman’s Wharf In-N-Out was a top conversation topic at Fox News.
FDA advisers endorse Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11
Panel members voted 17-0 to recommend the shot, with one abstention.
The Atlantic Daily: Five Halloween Movies for Scaredy Cats and Hard-Core-Horror Fans
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.The scariest weekend of the year is here. I asked our critic David Sims to select a few movies to get you in the Halloween mood.David’s five picks span the universe of spook to fulfill the needs of wannabe witches, little pumpkins, and hard-core-horror fans alike.
A Tiny Outrage Machine, Sucking the Exhaust From a Giant One
Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data scientist, copied thousands of pages of internal documents and webpages before she left the company. Then she shared those materials with The Wall Street Journal, which began publishing stories about them last month under the heading “The Facebook Files.” Weeks later, she began to parcel the materials out to a consortium of news organizations, including The Atlantic.
Democrats Need to Count Up, Not Down
With the finish line in sight (if still stubbornly out of reach) for the Democrats’ massive social-programs and economic development bill, the party now faces the challenge of focusing the attention of its key constituencies and the public on what remains in the package, not on what was cut in the exhausting legislative maneuvering.
Trouble ahead for Dems: A barrage of attacks over the economy
It’s not just Republicans who are assigning responsibility to the administration for the rocky economic recovery, polls show.
U.S. economy slowed to a 2% rate last quarter in face of Covid
Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department estimated that the nation’s gross domestic product declined sharply from the 6%-plus annual growth rates of each of the previous two quarters.
Yellen expects inflation to linger, then ease later in 2022
The most recent Consumer Price Index showed prices have gone up 5.4 percent in the past 12 months.
Opinion | How Corporations Keep Their Own Workers in Debt
Too many employers are imposing crippling debt on workers. Biden can do something about it.
GOP Efforts to Ban Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” Now at Center of Virginia Governor’s Race
Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin caused public uproar this week when he released a political ad featuring a white mother who advocated banning Toni Morrison’s novel “Beloved” from schools. The woman, Laura Murphy, describes the book as “some of the most explicit material you can imagine.
Virginia Governor’s Race Tightens as Focus Grows on “Parents’ Rights,” Abortion & Trump
We look at the Virginia gubernatorial race, where former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe is facing Republican Glenn Youngkin, the former CEO of a private equity firm. President Joe Biden, who has campaigned with McAuliffe, warns Youngkin is an extremist in the vein of former President Trump.
“Shadow Units”: How Secretive Border Patrol Teams Shield Agents from Accountability
A human rights network of 60 organizations working along the U.S.-Mexico border released a letter to Congress on Wednesday urging them to investigate “shadow police units” that have helped cover up beatings and killings by Border Patrol agents for more than three decades.
“A Pivotal Change”: Economist Darrick Hamilton on What the Build Back Better Act Could Accomplish
Democrats in Washington remain divided over two key bills at the center of President Biden’s domestic agenda: a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the $1.85 trillion Build Back Better plan, which has been cut down from $3.5 trillion. Even though Biden’s latest framework is almost half the size of the original proposal, conservative Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are still refusing to commit to its passage.
Community Spotlight: A tribute to Mr. Bus, one of Daily Kos’ most legendary characters
“Hello, human diary! This is Mitt Romney, your better.” Nine years ago, in what feels like a much simpler time, The Chronicles of Mitt satirized Romney and his presidential campaign.
Trump Does Racist ‘Tomahawk Chop’ Gesture At World Series
The former president joined in the degrading cheer for the Atlanta Braves.
Black parents are trapped between the pandemic and Child Protective Services
by Ray Levy Uyeda
This story was originally published at Prism.
The start of the school year and relaunch of in-person classes signals a desire to return to a pre-pandemic normal that could be catastrophic for Black parents.
Conservatives Have A New Not-So-Secret Code For Insulting Joe Biden
The innocuous sounding “Let’s go, Brandon!” has become a cryptic new way to insult the Democratic president.