William Barr Gives Blunt New Definition To Trump’s Favorite Insult Of Republicans
“A RINO for him is anyone who disagrees with him that the election was stolen,” the former attorney general said.
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Details On Foreign Government’s Nuclear Secrets Reportedly Found In Mar-A-Lago Search
Such information is so classified only the president and some members of the Cabinet or high-ranking officials know about them.
Proposal ending unjust transfers of immigrants to ICE fails in California Senate
The California proposal that would halt the double punishment of immigrants in the state has died in the legislature after it failed to get enough support in the Senate. The “ICE out of California” coalition said that the VISION Act failed to advance, with 18 votes in support, 13 opposing, and nine lawmakers abstaining.
U.S. Lawmaker Says Sitcom Starring Danny DeVito As Voice Of Satan Is ‘Evil’
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) “couldn’t get to the remote fast enough to shield my 11-year-old from the preview” of the new animated series “Little Demon.
The Nihilism of MAGA World
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.Joe Biden’s “Soul of the Nation” address got at a cold and disquieting truth: The MAGA movement cannot be placated, reasoned with, or politically accommodated in any way.
South Carolina Republicans advance abortion bill to Senate floor without exceptions for incest, rape
The bill’s passage in its current form is not guaranteed. The more conservative House adopted a last-minute amendment last week to include such exceptions.
The Moon Will Have to Wait
By now, the spaceship should have been on its way to the moon. By now, NASA had hoped, the gumdrop-shaped capsule—designed to carry astronauts someday—would be sending all kinds of data back home, showing engineers how its first journey to space was going.But the capsule is still here, sitting atop a giant rocket that has so far refused to leave Earth.
The Question of Defunding Police
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.Last week I asked readers for their thoughts on Joe Biden’s plan to hire 100,000 additional police officers and his explicit rejection of defunding the police.
Rogue One Was a Minor Miracle
Rogue One sets itself apart from other Star Wars films seconds after it starts. There is no opening crawl, no wall of yellow font drifting into a star field. The franchise logo doesn’t appear, and the John Williams fanfare doesn’t kick in. There is merely the title card informing viewers that it’s “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”—and then bam: The action begins.
White House: Covid-19 boosters will become annual shot, just like the flu vaccine
The administration is making a policy change it has signaled for months.
A Ruling Untethered to the Law
One of the most dispiriting aspects of the decision yesterday by Federal District Court Judge Aileen Cannon—which granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review the evidence seized from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI—is that it undermines the work of all the other judges who have tried to adhere to their oath to “administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and … faithfully and impartia
RIP Barbara Ehrenreich: Exposed Inequality in “Nickel and Dimed,” Opposed Health-Industrial Complex
We remember the author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich, who has died at the age of 81 after a career exposing inequality and the struggles of regular people in the United States. In a brief interview, Democracy Now! co-host Juan González recalls working with Ehrenreich as part of the Young Lords and says she was instrumental for the movement against the American health-industrial complex.
Chile Goes Back to the Drawing Board After Voters Overwhelmingly Reject New Progressive Constitution
Voters in Chile have rejected a new constitution that would have replaced the country’s Pinochet-era constitution and expanded rights for Indigenous peoples and abortion seekers, guaranteed universal healthcare and addressed the climate crisis. The new charter was rejected with 62% voting “no,” and President Gabriel Boric has now vowed to continue efforts to rewrite the charter.
George Monbiot: New U.K. PM Liz Truss Has “Extreme Neoliberal” Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record
The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain’s next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of “extreme neoliberal policies,” says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution.
The Biden administration is gambling that a little-studied vaccine can stop monkeypox
To prevent the disease from becoming endemic, the U.S. needs a vaccine that stops transmission, but no one knows if Jynneos does that.
VA plans to offer abortion services to certain veterans and beneficiaries
The VA submitted an interim final rule that would enable it to provide abortions when the life or health of a veteran or beneficiary is in peril, or in cases of rape or incest.
Michigan groups ask state court to put abortion rights measure on the Nov. ballot
The amendment — now in limbo — would insert permanent protections into the state’s constitution for abortion and other reproductive health services.
CDC recommends updated Covid-19 boosters to target Omicron strains
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky endorsed the shots
Covid vaccine drive for youngest kids off to underwhelming start, data shows
Hesitant parents and challenging logistics are slowing the effort to get the nation’s youngest protected against Covid-19.
Biden administration weighs saving monkeypox doses for potential smallpox outbreak
Top U.S. health officials are debating how much of the Jynneos stockpile in Denmark to bottle to combat monkeypox. It could be saved for a potential smallpox outbreak.
Biden Laid the Trap. Trump Walked Into It.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton warned that Donald Trump was a fool who could be baited with a tweet. This past Thursday night, in Philadelphia, Joe Biden upped the ante by asking, in effect: What idiot thing might the former president do if baited with a whole speech? On Saturday night, the world got its answer.For the 2022 election cycle, smart Republicans had a clear and simple plan: Don’t let the election be about Trump.
G-7 announces price cap deal on Russian oil in win for Yellen
The plan touted by the U.S. Treasury secretary aims to diminish the Kremlin’s revenue while preserving the global oil supply.
Powell’s ‘dangerous’ words risk resistance from lawmakers
“Jerome Powell’s rhetoric is dangerous, and a Fed-manufactured recession is not inevitable — it’s a policy choice,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
‘We’re in a housing recession’
The housing market has cooled so much as the Fed withdraws its support for the economy that some analysts say it may be in a slump.
Powell blows away doubts about his war on high inflation
In a closely watched speech, the Fed chair foreshadowed further interest rate increases and warned that rates might need to stay high for some time to kill price spikes.
Powell’s inflation miscalculation raises stakes on rate shift
The Federal Reserve chair needs to convince markets he means business when he addresses the landmark conference of economists on Friday.
L.A. Ballot Measure Would Let Unhoused People Stay in Hotels Past Pandemic Amid Deepening Homeless Crisis
The housing crisis is worsening in Los Angeles, where an estimated 60,000 people remain unhoused in Los Angeles County and thousands more are on the cusp of evictions, even as 20,000 hotel rooms remain vacant across the region. This comes as a new ballot measure could require hotels to house homeless people in vacant rooms.
Historian of Radical Right: Biden Is Correct, Trump Poses Existential Threat to Future of Democracy
In a primetime address Thursday, President Biden warned Donald Trump and his radical supporters are threatening the foundations of the republic. Biden said, “Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal,” and that MAGA Republicans present a “clear and present danger to our democracy,” referring to Trump’s campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again.
Ukraine Update: Russia wants to talk peace again because it is losing
Short update today because it’s a holiday and I still haven’t recovered from yesterday’s monster update. If you haven’t seen it, it’s still a current representation of public information on the ground situation in Ukraine. In short, I went out on a (short) limb to declare Russia’s offensive culmination, with a clear shift to defensive ops as their war machine runs out of steam.
What is found when things are lost: Reflections on a father
No one ever tells you when you’re a kid, hey, your parents are going to get old in front of you one day (if you’re lucky) and it’s going to be really hard to watch. No one primes you or prepares you well in advance for dealing with a parent who has cancer or dementia.
It’s a hard-knock school that you are admitted to without ever applying.
This past week I spent some time traveling and ended up in Florida where my father lives.