Thune breaks with Trump admin over Tylenol, government role in free speech
“I think there are an awful lot of people in the medical community who come to a different conclusion about the use of Tylenol,” Thune said.
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America’s Zombie Democracy
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We are living in an authoritarian state.
It didn’t feel that way this morning, when I took my dog for his usual walk in the park and dew from the grass glittered on my boots in the rising sunlight. It doesn’t feel that way when you’re ordering an iced mocha latte at Starbucks or watching the Patriots lose to the Steelers. The persistent normality of daily life is disorienting, even paralyzing.
Why Assassinations Shaped the 1960s and Haunt Us Again
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On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum argues that President Donald Trump is making a miscalculation in his second term. Instead of consolidating power before plundering the state, Trump has reversed the sequence, imposing massive tariffs that raise prices on ordinary Americans, flaunting foreign wealth, and enriching his inner circle at public expense.
“This Is What Fascists Do”: Trump Labels Antifa a Terrorist Org in His War on Dissent
President Trump says he is designating the decentralized anti-fascist movement known as “antifa” as a terrorist organization, as conservatives blame left-wing groups and ideas for creating the conditions that led to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
“Science Under Siege”: Dr. Peter Hotez on Trump, Tylenol & Autism
President Trump is promoting unproven claims that both vaccines and the common painkiller acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol or by the brand name Tylenol, cause autism. Trump’s recent anti-vaccine and anti-autism stances have been influenced by his Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist who unsuccessfully ran for president himself before throwing his support behind Trump’s reelection campaign.
Trump Slams United Nations, Global Migration & Climate Science in U.N. Speech
On Tuesday, Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly at its headquarters in New York City, criticizing the international governing body, immigration and the science of climate change, while boasting about his presidency and the military power of the United States. In what became the longest U.N. speech ever made by a U.S. president, Trump bragged about ending “seven unendable wars” and said countries that do not crack down on immigration “are going to hell.
The Pro-Housing Movement Is More Popular Than Ever. Can It Survive Its Own Success?
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
Trump’s New Central Banker, Stephen Miran Comes in Hot
Trump’s brand new Fed appointee is already going against the grain.
Money Talks: The AI Arms Race
Gary Rivlin joins Elizabeth Spiers to discuss his book on Silicon Valley’s race to cash in on AI.
Will ICE Raids Freeze Foreign Investment?
ICE raided a new Hyundai plant in Georgia detaining hundreds of workers from South Korea.
Trump’s Economy Is Finally Here—and It’s Even Worse Than You Imagined
Layoffs are spreading and unemployment is rising—and one kind of worker is being hit the hardest.
Co-author of study linking Tylenol to autism says pain reliever still an option
The work of epidemiologist Ann Bauer and her co-authors was cited by President Trump in remarks linking Tylenol or acetaminophen with an increased incidence of autism.
Trump decries Tylenol use by pregnant women
His remarks also spurred doctors to warn that they could prompt pregnant women to avoid acetaminophen in situations where it’s warranted and clinically advisable.
FDA to approve drug to treat autism symptoms
In a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece, leaders in Trump’s health department also caution the public to balance the risk and benefits of taking acetaminophen during pregnancy.
Trump administration to link Tylenol use to risk of autism
The president is expected to say that acetaminophen, the most commonly used pain reliever during pregnancy, should only be used for high fevers.
Is Aziz Ansari Sorry?
The Waves also discusses the Riverside Church controversy and the case of Sarah Milov.
Your Opinions on Her Wardrobe Are Probably Unwelcome
What we say matters, especially depending on whom we say it to.
What Role Does HR Play in the #MeToo Era?
The Waves also discusses the case against Jeffrey Epstein and Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Fleishman Is in Trouble.
New poll reveals warning signs for Trump with Latino voters
A survey from the liberal-leaning group Somos Votantes shows Latino voters are souring on the president.
Trump is selling a strong economy. Voters aren’t buying it.
Privately, aides concede voters remain uneasy about prices but argue their policies are beginning to turn things around.
Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer
Bill Beach said the president’s suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers are assembled.
Trump fires statistics chief after soft jobs report
The monthly jobs report showed just 73,000 jobs in July, with big reductions to May’s and June’s numbers
“Nothing Will Stop Israel”: Mustafa Barghouti on the Limits of Western Recognition of Palestine
The U.K., Australia, Canada and Portugal took a historic step Sunday in formally recognizing the state of Palestine, but Palestinian physician and politician Mustafa Barghouti says “it’s not enough.” From Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Barghouti says sanctions against Israel are needed to bring an end to its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and other abuses across Palestinian territory.
Trump Dares the United Nations to Mock Him Now
The world laughed at Donald Trump.
Seven years ago, Trump was just a few sentences into his annual United Nations General Assembly address when most of the gathered leaders of the 193 countries represented began to chuckle—and then outright guffaw. A visibly startled Trump had been boasting about his administration’s successes; he had long claimed that other nations mocked his presidential predecessors, and now it was happening to him. Trump later publicly downplayed the moment.
The People Who Are Still Convinced Kamala Won
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Stop me if you’ve heard this story before: Partisan claims of fraud in the presidential election. Elaborate statistical analyses. Reports of shadowy, closed-door doings. All of this, they say, points to one conclusion: The results were compromised, and the real winner was kept out of the White House.
Does Trump Really Think Ukraine Can Win?
Today, President Donald Trump threw one of the most important tenets of his own foreign policy into a 180-degree turn, reversing course without even slowing down. Trump has always been overly deferential to Vladimir Putin, including enabling the Russian president’s war in Ukraine. Now Trump appears to be signaling that he’s fed up with the Kremlin. But is he?
Trump’s latest policy reversal came after he spoke to the United Nations General Assembly for nearly an hour today.
Trump’s Tylenol diatribe was rooted in frustration
The president wants to stem rising autism rates even if it means pregnant women don’t treat their pain and delay their kids’ vaccinations.
Brendan Carr’s Half-Empty Threat
As chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Alfred Sikes took the agency’s duty to foster broadcasting in “the public interest” seriously. Sikes, a conservative who was appointed by George H. W. Bush in 1989, engaged in a long-running battle against Howard Stern’s employer, Infinity Broadcasting, levying repeated fines against its stations for violating rules against broadcasting “indecent” material when children were in the audience.