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HHS, FDA duel over top lawyer as officials fear last-minute moves
The FDA cycled through three different top lawyers, a personnel shake-up driven by ongoing clashes between the agency and the HHS department that oversees it,
D.C. Residents Put Up With Overbearing Security for 20 Years. It Did Nothing.
What was the point of Fortress D.C.
The Country Lost Jobs in December, Which Was Totally Predictable
This is why so many of us spent the late summer and fall screaming our heads off for Congress to pass some sort of new coronavirus relief bill.
How Did Elon Musk Become the World’s Richest Person?
Wildly overvalued Tesla stock? Jeff Bezos’ divorce? Take your pick.
In America, Even the E.R. Docs Work for a Third-Party Contractor
More and more Americans have precarious jobs because workplaces aren’t their employers.
The Year of the Neighborhood—if You Were Lucky
Cities splintered in the pandemic, but only some Americans got to enjoy a hyperlocal utopia.
The Married Man I’m Sexting Stopped Responding, and I’m Not Sure How to Proceed
I think his wife was aware.
Help! Antidepressants Have Made My Wife Too Cheery.
Since starting on antidepressants, my wife has been cheerful and optimistic. I hate it.
U.S. loses 140,000 jobs in first monthly loss since spring
At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7%, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April.
How Biden’s dream of fighting income inequality runs through Georgia
The share of wealth controlled by the top 1 percent sits at levels not seen since the 1920s. Biden’s hopes for changing it rests on Senate control.
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
A government shutdown was averted after the president approved the Covid relief package and annual spending bill.
Congress sends Covid package and spending measure to Trump
The president has thrown the fate of the bill into jeopardy.
Fed enters Biden era with clipped wings and a warning from Republicans
Congress curbed the central bank’s emergency lending despite the economy’s continuing struggles.
COVID Scientist Rebekah Jones Condemns Armed Police Raid on Her Home & Florida’s Pandemic Response
As Florida sets new records for daily coronavirus cases, we speak with a whistleblower who was fired in May from the Florida Department of Health after she refused to censor information about the state’s COVID-19 outbreak. Rebekah Jones is a data scientist who helped build Florida’s coronavirus tracking dashboard, and she says her termination came after she refused to manipulate data to support the state’s reopening.
Survival of the Fittest? Florida Seniors Forced to Camp Overnight in Cars, Hoping for Vaccine
As the United States reports record COVID-19 deaths, Florida broke the record for the highest single-day increase in new cases Thursday. Across the state, long lines to get vaccinations against COVID-19 left senior citizens camping in their cars overnight in cold weather, after Governor Ron DeSantis lowered the priority age to 65, 10 years below the CDC recommended age of 75. Those aged 79 and older are reportedly four times as likely to die from COVID.
House Democrats Briefed On 3 Terrifying Plots To Overthrow Government
One plot includes surrounding the Capitol and murdering Democrats to allow Republicans to take control of the government.
Monday Night Owls: Critics warn against new domestic terror laws being used against legit protest
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
9 DAYS UNTIL JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
Jake Johnson at Common Dreams writes—’Oldest Play in the Book’: Critics Warn New Domestic Terror Laws Aimed at Pro-Trump Mob Would Be Used Against Legitimate Protest.
Hillary Clinton gets brutally honest about what our nation needs to do if we want to heal post-Trump
Less than one week after a group of pro-Trump insurgents rioted and stormed the U.S. Capitol, former U.S. secretary of state and 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton published a smart, somber analysis in The Washington Post. Surprising few, Clinton calls for Donald Trump to be impeached. She discusses the grief, horror, and trauma that comes with an insurgency at the Capitol.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: Undocumented essential workers ‘should be on a fast-track to citizenship’
Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro said this week that undocumented immigrants who have served as essential workers amid the novel coronavirus pandemic should be put on an expedited path to citizenship. Currently, there’s no way for millions of undocumented families to “get in line” to even begin the naturalization process.
Georgia GOP looks to deliver powerful blow to absentee voting days after Loeffler and Perdue concede
After years of targeted efforts to suppress the Black vote in Georgia, the state’s Republicans are looking to give new life to President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, this time by changing state law when the legislative session starts Monday.
Citing DHS secretary’s unlawful appointment, court blocks changes further gutting asylum system
A federal judge on Friday blocked the recently finalized Trump administration rules that advocates have previously said “all but gut” the U.S. asylum system, ruling that unlawfully appointed acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf lacked the authority to implement the anti-asylum changes that were set to go into effect just days before President-elect Biden’s inauguration.
Governors’ red tape blamed as vaccine doses pile up
The slow and cumbersome response comes after the Trump administration put it all on governors to decide how shots would be administered.
New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Refuses Medal Of Freedom
The football coach said the “tragic events” at the U.S. Capitol last week led to his decision not to go to Washington to accept the presidential honor from Trump.
State Capitals Brace For Unrest As Feds Warn Of Possible Violence
The FBI warned local authorities that all 50 states could see violent demonstrations in the days following an effort to overtake the U.S. Capitol.
Biden team gets access to Warp Speed-related meetings
The invite to those meetings comes after POLITICO reported that the Biden team had been denied access to standing meetings on the pandemic response, hampering its planning efforts.
The Atlantic Daily: A Time for Consequences
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERSToday saw perhaps the biggest consequence of the attack on the Capitol yet: The House of Representatives moved one step closer to impeaching President Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection. It plans to vote on the article Wednesday.
I’m Racked With Guilt Over a Sexual Encounter From Years Ago
Should I reach out to my partner to process, or just let it go?
Congress Can Expel Members Who Supported Riot
Lawmakers have booted their colleagues several times in the past.
Biden to unveil vaccination plan this week
The plan will serve as a roadmap to quickly vaccinating millions of Americans amid frustration over the slow rollout of the initial doses.