Apparent 33% Pay Cut For Campaign Manager Hints At Money Trouble For Trump
Bill Stepien appears to have taken a $5,000 a month pay cut when he took over the top job, just weeks before Biden outraised Trump by $154 million.
Today's Liberal News
The Atlantic Daily: 6 Suggestions for the Weekend
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.Miki LoweRemember. Today marks the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “Never in the past 19 years has America needed a reminder of collective resolve more,” Garrett Graff writes.Revisit a poem from yesteryear.
Bush’s Empty Words on Post-9/11 Tolerance Were Good, Actually
The White House once felt an obligation to stave off vigilante violence against Muslim Americans, not stoke it.
What Was Your Last Night Out Before Lockdown?
From a burlesque striptease to a firehouse dinner, memories from right before everything changed.
Prosecutor Quits Trump’s Law Enforcement Commission, Saying The Fix Is In
John Choi is worried the group is intent on “providing cover” for a predetermined law-and-order agenda that “will only widen the divisions in our nation.
So How Are the Parents With the Fancy Color-Coded Schedules Doing Now?
I’ll admit it: I wanted them to fail.
Trump’s Administration Secretly Took Millions From FDNY’s 9/11 Health Program
A New York Daily News investigation found nearly $4 million has been taken from the congressionally approved fund.
John Kasich Tells Meghan McCain Republicans Need To ‘Wake Up’ And Vote Biden
“I do believe four more years of this division is wrecking the very soul of our country,” the former Ohio governor said on “The View” Friday.
I Love My Poly Lifestyle, but the Constant Sex Has One Big Drawback
Is there any way to keep it from happening?
How to Stop CEOs From Laying Off Workers While Earning Fortunes
They need to take automatic pay cuts whenever a recession—or a pandemic—hits.
Democrats Worried That Beating Trump In November May Not Be Enough
They’re haunted by his 2016 win, skeptical of polls and fearful that he’ll challenge the results even if he loses by several percentage points.
The Books Briefing: Stories From America’s Prisons
Amid the recent protests against police violence, Black Lives Matter activists have called for the urgent transformation of the criminal-justice system. The United States currently has the highest prison population in the world, and the growth of the carceral state has disproportionately affected Black and Latino populations.
Poisoned by 9/11, Killed by the Coronavirus
For 17 years, Victoria Burton and Mike Hankins spent September 11 the same way: just the two of them, at home, with no set schedule. Maybe they’d watch the reading of the names of the dead for a bit. Occasionally, flipping through the channels, they’d linger on a program that was replaying news coverage from the attacks. But mostly they’d just be with each other.The anniversary was always a weird day to process.
End the Nobel Peace Prize
Trolls are a Scandinavian invention, straight from the frigid sagas of Norse mythology, but Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a Norwegian parliamentarian, swears that he is not one. Observers of his antics this week could be forgiven for thinking otherwise. On Wednesday, he announced that he had nominated Donald J. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. “Can you name a person who has done more for peace than President Trump?” Tybring-Gjedde asked me, insisting that the question was a serious one.
What Went Wrong with AstraZeneca’s Vaccine Trial? CEO Only Shares Details with Investors
As the world races to find a COVID-19 vaccine, one of the most promising vaccine trials has hit a major roadblock. AstraZeneca paused its Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial after a woman in the trial developed severe neurological symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis, or inflammation of the spinal cord.
Barbara Smith: The U.S. “Functions with White Supremacy as Its Engine.” Here’s How We Dismantle It
Since the police killing of George Floyd in May sparked a nationwide uprising against police brutality, armed white supremacists have taken to the streets of U.S. cities in response to Black Lives Matter protests. Organizing against systemic racism has been met with apparent attempts by the Trump administration to cover up white supremacist violence.
Costs of War: After 9/11 Attacks, U.S. Wars Displaced at Least 37 Million People Around the World
As the United States marks 19 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, a new report finds at least 37 million people in eight countries have been displaced since the start of the so-called global war on terrorism since 2001. The Costs of War Project at Brown University also found more than 800,000 people have been killed since U.S. forces began fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Yemen, at a cost of $6.4 trillion to U.S. taxpayers.
The Megapopular Airline Where the Customer Is Always Wrong
Ryanair’s CEO has threatened to impose fees for toilet access, overweight passengers, even being able to sit while in flight. Customers kept coming back.
NIH director: ‘I’m pretty puzzled and rather disheartened’ by Trump rally
Francis Collins lamented that commonsense mitigation measures had become politicized.
The Highly Contingent, Deeply Uncertain Case for Economic Optimism
The new jobs numbers were a mixed bag.
Once again, U.S. at pandemic crossroads
A brief opportunity to bring down the caseload before cold weather sets in may be squandered.
Colleges’ dilemma: Fight outbreaks or send sick kids home
About 20 percent of colleges plan to open exclusively or primarily in person, according to a tracker from Davidson College in North Carolina.
Trump contradicts health officials, says ‘probably’ a Covid-19 vaccine in October
While three vaccine developers have entered the final stages of trials, phase III, the studies take months and enroll tens of thousands of people.
Contact tracing foiled by conspiracy theories, lack of federal messaging
A total of 14 states and New York City supplied POLITICO contact tracing results showing widespread public reluctance to participate in disease tracking.
HHS secretary insists no politics at play in coronavirus vaccine race
Alex Azar’s remarks come as three vaccine candidates have entered late-stage Phase 3 clinical trials.
Trump and Pence try a messaging reboot on economic recovery
After months of setbacks amid Covid-19, the White House used Labor Day to focus on worker resilience and tout pre-pandemic conditions.