The Yellow Star Anti-Vax Lady Shows How Nashville Has Changed
The scandal was absurd, but the problems are broader than that.
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An Interview With a Man Who Rented a U-Haul Instead of a Rental Car Because It Was Cheaper
“It wasn’t like driving a Ferrari. For someone who’s not great at parking, I wouldn’t recommend it.
The Most Important Thing to Know About Inflation Right Now
It’s not what the pundits think. It’s what the money guys are doing.
Who Gets the Streets Now?
The restaurants who needed them to survive? The humans who endured the pandemic city? Or their old owners, cars?
A pricey new drug that may not work? Why drug pricing critics are staying quiet.
Few lawmakers have criticized the $56,000-per-year price tag that shocked many experts, even as Democrats weigh a drug pricing overhaul.
FDA tells J&J to scrap 60 million vaccine doses made at troubled plant
The agency also cleared 10 million doses for use.
Controversial drug approval stokes concern about lack of a permanent FDA chief
Janet Woodcock did not release a statement with the approval — noteworthy considering it was the first new Alzheimer’s drug in nearly two decades.
Kip Kinkel Is Ready To Speak
At 15, he shot and killed his parents, two classmates at his school, and wounded 25 others. He’s been used as the reason to lock kids up for life ever since.
Help! My Longtime Friend Didn’t Tell Me She Had Cancer.
She said she “needed our friendship to be normal.
Soaring prices draw both shrugs and screaming in Washington
A continued inflation spike could make it a lot harder for the president to push through trillions of dollars in additional federal spending.
Biden’s back door to wage hikes
Income growth has been relatively strong, particularly in the last couple of months, despite disappointing overall job growth.
Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows
It’s a stunning reversal for a brand that once lured the rich and famous willing to pay a premium to live in a building with Trump’s gilded name on it.
‘Hard to love it’: Modest job gains leave lingering doubts about recovery
The figure will provide some relief to the White House after the April report, but it’s well short of the pace predicted by many economists earlier this year.
Biden’s budget blowout predicts years of Obama-level tepid growth
Some analysts suggested that the administration is essentially admitting that its proposed surge in federal spending won’t actually boost the economy much at all.
Why Germany’s Apology for Its 1904-1908 Genocide in Namibia Does Not Go Far Enough
Germany has apologized for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century, which took place in Namibia, a former colony then known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonizers killed tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people in Namibia. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas officially described the massacre as genocide and outlined an offer of more than $1.34 billion in development aid to the Namibian government.
“Julian Is Suffering”: Family of WikiLeaks Founder Assange in U.S. to Demand His Release from Prison
The U.S. State Department is pushing to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain, where Biden is now meeting with leaders during the G7 summit. A U.K. judge blocked Assange’s extradition in January, citing serious mental health concerns. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if brought to the U.S., where he was indicted for violations of the Espionage Act related to the publication of classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes.
“Our House Is on Fire”: Activists Urge G7 to Immediately Address Climate, Vaccine Apartheid & Poverty
As world leaders gather for the first in-person G7 summit in two years, talks are set to focus heavily on ending the pandemic and the climate crisis, and climate activists are calling on them for more immediate action. “It’s not just one crisis,” says Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want and spokesperson for the COP26 Climate Coalition.
Biden to Buy 500 Million Vaccine Doses for Other Countries, But Billions More Needed to End Pandemic
President Biden’s plan to buy 500 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine and donate them to 92 countries comes as health experts warn vaccination inequity could prolong the pandemic for everyone if the coronavirus continues to mutate, possibly making it more infectious and resistant to vaccines.
We Live in Donald Trump’s World
Somewhere in China, a company recently received an order for boxes and boxes of reusable face masks with G7 UK 2021 embroidered on them. Over the weekend in Cornwall, in southwest England, these little bits of protective cloth were handed to journalists covering the 2021 summit of some of the world’s most powerful industrial economies—so they could write in safety about these leaders’ efforts to contain China.
News Roundup: Space tourism; Michigan shooting; Lara Trump tells border conservatives to ‘arm up’
In the news today: Revelations of Department of Justice data collection not just against Congress, but Trump’s own White House lawyer. A Michigan man who shot a 6 year old child on his lawn had his bail rescinded only after public outcry.
Justice Department Secretly Subpoenaed Don McGahn’s Records: AP Source
It’s not clear yet why the Trump administration sought the McGahns’ records.
The name ‘Donald’ is plunging in popularity, as is ‘Karen.’ Is there any wonder why?
World events and notorious characters can have a significant impact on baby-naming conventions over time. That’s why you didn’t have a lot of kids named Adolf, Pol Pot, or Smallpox Blisters in your high school homeroom. And it’s why “Jeffrey Toobin” will henceforth be regarded as a simple declarative sentence instead of a name—as in “Oh, my gerd, Jeffrey’s Toobin’ on a Zoom call again.
The Keystone XL pipeline is finally dead … except it’s not, and this is the time to really kill it
Looking back through Daily Kos’ coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline turns up 99 articles. On the front page. In the last year.
Over the just-short-of-a-decade lifespan of the project, the Keystone XL pipeline actually appeared in thousands of articles, and there are very good reasons.
Pelosi Says Trump DOJ’s Secret Data Seizures Go ‘Beyond Richard Nixon’
The House speaker insisted that former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr testify before Congress about the subpoenas and gag orders.
Nuts & Bolts: Inside a Democratic campaign: Voting as an inclusionary practice
Welcome back to the weekly campaign Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about. With the help of other campaign workers and notes, we address how to improve and build better campaigns, or explain issues that impact our party.
‘You and your family will be killed very slowly’: Death threats continue to haunt election workers
More than six months after Donald Trump became the certified loser of 2020, his lies about that loss continue to haunt state election workers across the country. A new Reuters report reveals that everyone from statewide elected officials down to local election workers and their family members continue to live under the threat of violence, and even death.
Apple Tells Ex-White House Counsel That Trump DOJ Sought His Records In 2018: Reports
The reported disclosure reveals the Justice Department’s extraordinary move to investigate Don McGahn as he served as Trump’s top lawyer.
G-7 nations call for thorough probe of Covid origins in China
They push for a “timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based WHO convened” investigation.
G7 Pledge Over 1 Billion Vaccine Doses To Poor Nations, Boris Johnson Says
The British prime minister said the coronavirus vaccines would come both directly and through the international COVAX program.