Jan. 6 Panel May Consider Subpoena For Ginni Thomas, Rep. Liz Cheney Reveals
“It’s very important for us to speak with her,” said Cheney, referring to Thomas’ pressure on officials to upend the presidential election.
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‘You’re a Black man in America’: Judge asked to resign over warning to stay away from cops
A Black judge with jurisdiction over Clark County, and notably its Las Vegas strip, is being targeted by a local police union for advising a Black suspect before her for a probation hearing to use caution with police.
“You’re a Black man in America,” 8th Judicial District Court Judge Erika Ballou told the defendant. “You know you don’t want to be nowhere where cops are.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says GOP ‘Should Be Christian Nationalists’ Party
The Georgia congresswoman said the Republican Party should conform to Christianity to make it easier to identify with and sway Christian voters.
Biden Improves ‘Significantly,’ Throat Still Sore From COVID
President Joe Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, says Biden continues to “improve significantly” despite a lingering sore throat.
The Day I Saw the Emperor’s Clay Soldiers
Farmers were digging a well near Xi’an, China, in 1974 when they found fragments of clay that turned out to be terra-cotta soldiers. In the years since, excavators have turned up an army of 8,000, each with a unique, detailed face and a life-size body. Historians believe they were meant to accompany the nation’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, into the afterlife.
Don’t Blame Dostoyevsky
Culture, too, is a casualty of war. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some Ukrainian writers called for a boycott of Russian music, films, and books. Others have all but accused Russian literature of complicity in the atrocities committed by Russian soldiers. The entire culture, they say, is imperialist, and this military aggression reveals the moral bankruptcy of Russia’s so-called civilization. The road to Bucha, they argue, runs through Russian literature.
A Court Without Precedent
Just a few years ago, a clear majority of Americans trusted the Supreme Court. Now, a month after Roe v. Wade was overturned, poll after poll shows that a clear majority of Americans do not.To which many of the Court’s closest observers would say, “What took so long?”For more than a decade, the Court has issued narrow rulings, decided by slim majorities, that align with Republican political goals. Five Justices unleashed dark money in politics.
Biden administration considering a public health emergency for monkeypox as cases swell
“We’re looking at … what are the ways the response could be enhanced, if any, by declaring a public health emergency,” said White House Covid response coordinator Ashish Jha.
Four questions about Biden’s Covid-19 diagnosis
Experts say the president’s case is likely to stay mild.
How Biden’s Covid case compares to Trump’s
Biden, who is twice boosted and has already started Paxlovid, is experiencing mild symptoms, according to the White House.
Biden administration plans to elevate pandemic response office
The reorganization will put the office’s director on a par with those of larger agencies like the CDC and FDA
The Criminal Case Against Trump Is Getting Stronger
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Federal and state prosecutors may soon need to decide whether to bring charges against a former president and current front-runner for the Republican nomination.But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
There’s one hopeful sign for the Fed on inflation. Really.
Slower wage growth could help bring down prices and ultimately mean less sting for the average worker.
U.S. inflation reached a new 40-year high in June of 9.1 percent
Lower-income and Black and Hispanic Americans have been hit especially hard.
No recession here: Hot jobs market tames fears of slump
Biden officials have repeatedly touted the jobs numbers as evidence of the economy’s underlying strength, but slowing the labor market is essential to helping tame consumer prices.
Failure ‘not an option’: Fed vows all-out fight on inflation
Fears have mounted that the central bank might trigger a recession sometime in the next year with its aggressive rate action.
“I Don’t Want to Say the Election Is Over”: Video Outtakes Show Trump Refused to Admit Loss on Jan. 7
The January 6 committee aired never-before-seen outtakes of President Trump’s speech on January 7, one day after the insurrection. He is seen initially reading a script that read “this election is now over. Congress has certified the results.” But Trump insisted on changing the script. “I don’t want to say the election is over,” Trump says in the video. “I just want to say Congress has certified the results, without saying the election is over.
Pence’s Secret Service Team Feared for Their Lives as Trump Egged On Mob to Target VP on Jan. 6
During their eighth and final hearing until the fall, the January 6 House select committee aired new testimony from an anonymous national security official detailing how Mike Pence’s Secret Service agents feared for their lives during the breach of the Capitol. “There were calls to say goodbye to family members,” said the anonymous official. Despite knowledge of the growing mob, Trump decided to publish a tweet at 2:24 p.m.
187 Minutes: Jan. 6 Hearing Examines Trump’s Refusal to Urge Mob to Stop Violent Attack on Capitol
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol held a primetime hearing on Thursday night focused on former President Donald Trump’s refusal to take action as his supporters attacked the Capitol on January 6. Lawmakers dissected the three-hour period on January 6 after Trump urged his supporters to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell.
“Morons”: George Monbiot Compares PM Race to Viral British TV News Clip Questioning Climate Science
Following the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have advanced to a runoff to succeed Johnson as Conservative leader, which would also make them prime minister. Both candidates would be “utterly devastating” for the U.K., says Guardian columnist George Monbiot. “What these people have to do to become prime minister is really to appeal to the worst instincts of humanity.
‘Lost’ Creator Snaps Back At Mehmet Oz Meme Attacking Senate Rival John Fetterman
“If you actually WATCHED ‘Lost,’ you’d know not to f**k with the bald guy,” slammed Damon Lindelof.
Josh Hawley’s Home State Newspaper Chides Him As ‘Laughingstock’
Hawley’s been widely ridiculed since video showed him fleeing Capitol rioters not long after saluting them.
Matt Gaetz: Women Who ‘Look Like A Thumb’ Shouldn’t Gripe About Abortion Rights
The U.S. congressman is being blasted for his overtly misogynistic speech at a conservative student summit.
Alan Dershowitz whines that he’s now a pariah on Martha’s Vineyard just because he enabled Trump
You defend one wannabe fascist dictator by saying his boundless lust for power means he should be able to do anything he wants, and all of a sudden progressives don’t like you anymore. It’s brutally unfair, and we shouldn’t stand for it. Every American has an inalienable right to be invited to exclusive dress-formal cotillions on Martha’s Vineyard, no matter how many absurd arguments they’ve trotted out on behalf of lawless autocrats.
Ukraine update: Russia asks for ‘green corridor’ to evacuate encircled troops north of Kherson
Back in early May, I wrote an update on Ukraine in which I insisted that that the tide had turned and that Ukraine was about to do big things in Kherson and Kharkiv. Which, yeah, that didn’t exactly pan out. Though to be fair, at the time Russia still occupied some areas right outside of Kharkiv, and Ukraine was just beginning the move that would net Staryi Saltiv and drive Russian forces back to the border in some areas, so … it wasn’t completely wrong.
Ted Cruz Makes Crass Crack About Gender Pronouns, Met With Cheers
The senator’s crude remark came during his speech at a conservative student conference on Friday.
Ukraine, Russia agree to UN-backed deal to restart grain exports; global food crisis may be averted
A catastrophic global food crisis may just have been averted, even though Russia continues to wage war throughout Ukraine.
Ukraine and Russia separately signed a U.N.-backed treaty in Istanbul on Friday that would allow Ukraine to export millions of tons of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports. Russia will also be able to export fertilizer products through the Black Sea, even though sanctions remain in place.
“Today, there is a beacon on the Black Sea,” U.N.
Starbucks union hits major milestone despite ongoing union-busting, this week in the war on workers
Get your expressions of stunned awe ready here, because the Starbucks union has reached a truly amazing milestone: 200 unionized Starbucks stores. Of those, 52 voted unanimously to unionize, labor reporter Steve Greenhouse notes, with the union winning about five out of six stores to vote.
Last summer, when the organizing drive kicked off in Buffalo, unionizing one corporate-owned Starbucks seemed like a long shot.
Connect! Unite! Act! Finding liberation, hope, and togetherness
Welcome back! When I started writing Connect! Unite! Act! this week, I want to talk about the Daily Kos Liberation League. Elections are a very important way of influencing the way our nation functions. They help us protect rights, look after members of our community, and establish leadership.
The Torment of Odesa
A most predictable rocket attack hit Odesa today—announced shortly before it happened by an air-raid alert on my phone, but also a full day before, when Russia and Ukraine struck a tentative deal to let Ukraine ship grain from Odesa and two other ports. This morning, rockets landed at the port itself, which was soon in flames. Russia could not let a point of accord pass without spicing it up with discord. Let no agreement blossom into celebration.