Trump Ominously Evokes Jan. 6, Tells Backers It’s Time To ‘Deal With’ FBI, DOJ ‘Thugs’
Donald Trump is urging his followers on Truth Social that the “weaponized thugs and tyrants” in the FBI and DOJ “must be dealt with.
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Americans are still dying because of people still unwilling to take COVID-19 seriously
Over Thanksgiving weekend, I wrote about a longtime friend, “Kathleen,” who learned—on Halloween, of all days—that she had a severely damaged liver. According to her doctor, the likely culprits were cancer or complications from four bouts with COVID-19. Despite being fully vaccinated, Kathleen was still at risk for COVID, due to having Type 1 diabetes.
Six very real threats to democracy
Voters rejected election deniers in key states, but the path to extremism remains open.
By Jessica Goodheart, for Capital & Main
First the good news.
One of the biggest concerns heading into November’s midterm elections had been the possibility that election deniers would sweep statewide offices that oversee elections in key battleground states. Another was that they would refuse to concede once they lost.
COVID-19 fears are keeping people out of the workforce, in a stereotype-busting way
There’s a stereotype out there—pushed by the predictable crop of white centrist pundit bros—that elite liberals are just too worried about COVID-19 and favor precautions that alienate the ordinary folk. Call it the latest iteration of the impulse that produced so many New York Times interviews with Trump-supporting Midwestern diner patrons.
The data does not support that.
Central Park Attacker Yells ‘Kanye 2024’ In Antisemitic Attack
The victim, 63, broke his hand and chipped a tooth in the assault, according to the NYPD.
‘We’re doubling down,’ Starbucks workers say as they launch strike, this week in the war on workers
On Friday, Starbucks workers started a three-day strike at as many as 100 stores, following a one-day, 110-store walkout last month.
The workers are protesting the closure of some stores that have unionized, as well as Starbucks management’s refusal to negotiate in a timely way, as the company continues to drag its feet on reaching a first contract agreement at any of the more than 250 stores that have unionized so far.
Bwahaha! Trump’s trading card images appear to have been lifted from catalogs and stock collections
Hmm, what could possibly make the mortal embarrassment surrounding Donald Trump’s recent MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT even worse? Oh, Satan, please send him more tribulation! Exactly how many albino goats does one have to sacrifice to get you to do one’s bidding? Because the goat viscera is really piling up in the garage, and you can’t put it in the city compost for some reason. Just saying.
Donald Trump’s Bizarre NFT Collection Sells Out, Netting Over $4 Million
The digital trading cards cost $99 each and included depictions of the former president as a cowboy and race car driver.
Why Are We Awkward?
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.Like most other humans I know, I’m still trying to remember how to act normal when socializing.
The Luckiest Rover
The Mars rover was out and about, doing its normal rover things inside one of the red planet’s craters, when there was a sudden shift in the atmosphere. A vortex of air and dust had swirled into shape, and it was fast approaching. The rover, named Perseverance, didn’t move from its spot. The whirlwind slammed into the robot, tiny particles pinging its exterior. Within seconds, the bombardment was over, and the vortex was gone.Perseverance was fine.
How Tall Is Too Tall?
Photographs By Jeffrey MilsteinIt was a sunny day in New York City when I realized that my sky was being stolen.The first sign of trouble was the crane. Its thin finger appeared over the old brick building outside my window, scratching at the sliver of sky I could just make out above the rooftops. My sky. In a city where you can sprain your neck searching for sky, I relished this shard of blue, so tiny that I could cover it with my thumb.
Inside The Ugly Fight To Become The Next Republican Chair
Ronna McDaniel, Trump’s hand-picked choice to lead the RNC, faces rising discontent from the MAGA movement as the ex-president stays silent for now.
Report: Intelligence agencies didn’t move fast enough to collect Covid data
The report by Democrats on the House Intelligence Community says the CIA and other spy agencies “took too long to pivot.
CDC says long Covid has contributed to thousands of U.S. deaths
The agency’s report comes as Congress is considering whether to fund research and treatment.
‘The situation in the hospitals is grim’: States face brutal virus fallout
Nearly 30,000 people currently in the hospital have tested positive for Covid-19, up 30 percent since Thanksgiving.
U.S. inflation slowed sharply to 7.1 percent over past 12 months
Even with last month’s further easing of inflation, the Federal Reserve plans to keep raising interest rates.
Fed jacks up rates again but Powell hints it might slow down
Inflation has cooled only slightly and job growth remains strong.
Voters remain gloomy despite recent economic gains
A new POLITICO-Morning Consult poll suggests voters’ views of the economy are baked in.
U.S. economy returned to growth last quarter, expanding 2.6 percent
Housing investment, though, plunged at a 26 percent annual pace, hammered by surging mortgage rates.
Why Has Qatar Jailed a World Cup Whistleblower? The Brother of Abdullah Ibhais Speaks Out
As the world’s attention turns to the World Cup final on Sunday between Argentina and France, we look at the case of imprisoned World Cup whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais, a former communications director for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup organizers, who has been imprisoned since November 2019.
John Dean Predicts Legacy Of Jan. 6 Investigation Into Donald Trump
The House committee was “taking such a historic look at the presidency at such an important time,” the key Watergate figure told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
Kari Lake Slams ‘Bastards’ In NSFW Election Rant At Mar-A-Lago
The Arizona Republican, who lost a gubernatorial election in November, claimed that “evil bastards” influenced results in her state.
Elon Musk’s Twitter Brings Back Right-Wing Users Amid Suspensions
Election deniers and COVID-19 misinformation peddlers were among the figures who were reportedly allowed to return to Twitter on Friday.
String Of Resignations May Threaten Plans To Take Trump’s Truth Social Public: Report
The departures add to a company’s struggles to finalize the deal.
Criminal referral for insurrection is very likely on deck for Donald Trump
When the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol meets on Monday, the panel will reportedly ask the Justice Department to pursue no less than three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. Chief among those charges? Insurrection.
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A grift. A cover up. And the fallout after MAGA cultists call out Trump’s con
Donald Trump’s ‘major announcement’ Thursday truly exceeded the already exceedingly low expectations.
Trump digital trading cards! Priced to sell at just $99! An exclusive series of ‘really incredible artwork’ (i.e. hilarious parody) depicting, for instance, Trump as a strapping superhero bearing his sculpted chest, as a cowboy brandishing an American flag atop a white horse, and as an aviator-clad astronaut.
Ukraine update: Russian forces around Bakhmut forced to surrender ground as assault falters
UPDATE: Friday, Dec 16, 2022 · 6:45:17 PM +00:00
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Mark Sumner
From the White House press pool coverage:
POTUS boarded AF1 at 1:03 p.m. He responded to a question about sending air support to Ukraine and said: “You’ll hear in a few minutes.
Musk bans journalists, lies about the reason, and storms off in snit during Thursday Night Ass-acre
UPDATE: Friday, Dec 16, 2022 · 8:08:34 PM +00:00 · Mark Sumner
It’s not over.
Overnight, at least nine journalists were banned from Twitter in a vivid demonstration that new owner Elon Musk views the idea of consistent, fair rules for everyone with nothing but contempt. Some of the journalists involved had been reporting on the earlier suspension of the ElonJet account, which posted already public information about the flight plans of his personal jet.
A ‘Woke Army’? Republicans turn final House hearing on far-right violence into a clown show
One of the unfortunate realities of the Republican assumption of control of the House in 2023 is that congressional committees’ power to investigate far-right terrorism and insurrection will functionally evaporate, because the GOP has zero interest in pursuing the matter.
Sen. Susan Collins Moves To Block Stricter Rules Protecting Endangered Whales
In a draft provision obtained by HuffPost, the Maine Republican will ask Congress to void a judge’s order for stronger protections for North Atlantic right whales.