What It’s Like to Deliver Pizza in a Pandemic
“People are just a lot more mean. It seems a lot more hostile.
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#OccupyCityHall: Mayor’s “Tone Deaf” Pledge to Move $1B from NYPD Budget Fails to Satisfy Protesters
New York police have closed in on peaceful protesters camped outside City Hall who are demanding $1 billion be cut from the police department’s $6 billion budget, as the city approaches its July 1 budget deadline. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a budget deal that would move $1 billion in NYPD funding in an apparent nod to protesters’ demands, but organizers say they’re not satisfied.
NJ Latinx Parents & Students Fight Robert Wood Johnson Plan to Demolish Public School
In a story Democracy Now! has followed closely, Juan González shares an update on efforts to prevent the demolition of the Lincoln Annex public school in New Brunswick, New Jersey. City officials are trying to proceed with demolishing the public school this summer, in a move that would force 760 students to be bused to other schools for years, and parents and local activists are holding a rally in front of the Lincoln Annex School.
NAACP’s Derrick Johnson on Mississippi’s State Flag, Trump’s White Power Tweet & Boycotting Facebook
In a historic vote, the Mississippi state Legislature passed a bill to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag, making it the last state to do so, after an ongoing nationwide uprising against racism and police brutality and a mounting pressure campaign in Mississippi. Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, says it has been a “long journey” to change the Mississippi flag.
“Moment of Elation”: In 1st Big Abortion Case of Trump Era, SCOTUS Strikes Down Strict Louisiana Law
In the first big ruling on abortion in the Trump era, the Supreme Court has struck down a restrictive abortion law in Louisiana that would have left the state with just one abortion clinic. The 2014 law required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic, an onerous requirement that often made it impossible for abortion providers to continue to operate.
Why You Should Stop Journaling and Start Writing
You can’t get to the good sentences if you don’t write the bad ones first.
Help! My Co-Worker Says He Took Pics of Our Colleague Breastfeeding During a Zoom Call.
“He makes jokes about her sexual attractiveness and how lucky the baby is.
Jasmine Guillory’s Romance Novels Show Realistic Characters Falling in Love
Comforting genre fiction without over-the-top plot lines.
Get a Beer and COVID-19
COVID 19 is spiking, immigration is impossible, and a German fintech company is collapsing.
The GOP’s One Big Excuse for Cutting Off Unemployment Benefits Isn’t Even True
Republicans claim Americans won’t go back to work as long as they’re getting government checks. It’s immoral and dishonest.
Is It Possible to Relax at a Resort During a Pandemic?
No conga lines, no buffets, but don’t worry: The swim-up bar is open.
Thinking Inside the Box
Domino’s has been called a tech company that also sells pizza. But people are relying on its deliveries now more than ever.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Boyfriend Broke Up With Me Because I Don’t Want Kids. Maybe I Should Reconsider.
Parenting advice on having children, finding the right church, and racism.
Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession
The acting chair of the CEA will leave Trump without another senior economist as discussions start about a new economic aid package.
‘It’s going to be a slow slog’: Economists knock down hopes of quick rebound
“We have a long road ahead of us to get those people back to work,” Jerome Powell said earlier this week.
Powell’s warning on pandemic clashes with Trump’s upbeat tweets
“Significant uncertainty remains about the timing and strength of the recovery,” Powell said.
Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July
He said that “almost all businesses” understand the $600 additional benefit is “a disincentive.
In Racial Justice Victory, Johnson & Johnson to Pay $2B to Women in Asbestos-Laced Baby Powder Suit
Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $2.1 billion to a group of women who developed ovarian cancer after using talcum powder contaminated with asbestos. Johnson & Johnson heavily marketed the powder to African American women despite warnings that the products could cause cancer. Six of the plaintiffs in the Johnson & Johnson case died before the trial started. Five more of the women have died since 2018. We get response from M.
Obama Reportedly Names Racist Trump Insult That ‘Still Shocks And Pisses Me Off’
The former president sounds off on Trump’s coronavirus nicknames.
White House Was Aware Of Russian Bounties In Early 2019: Report
Top officials were aware a year earlier than previously reported that Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, according to Associated Press sources.
Source says Trump given brief on Russian bounties weeks ago, but may not have bothered to read it
CNN is reporting that, despite denials by Donald Trump and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, information on Russia paying bounties for the murder of American soldiers was included in Trump’s “daily brief.” That briefing happened “sometime in the spring,” though CNN does not indicate that their source provided a precise date for the briefing.
Trump allies admit he needs to make big changes to win, but Trump’s in denial
Donald Trump’s reelection faces a lot of challenges, but the biggest among them is probably Donald Trump. Many Republican strategists are sounding the alarm publicly, while Trump’s advisers are reportedly warning him privately that he needs to change his ways.
McSally, after votes to take away healthcare protections, lies through her teeth about saving them
Arizona Sen. Martha McSally, vying with fellow Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado for whose political career is most likely to be toast come November, is pretending that she cares about whether or not you have health care. She’s running an ad back home in Arizona, where coronavirus is raging out of control in which she says “Of course I will always protect those with preexisting conditions. Always.”
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Biden campaign predictably outstrips Trump campaign on diversity, but still has work to do
Joe Biden released diversity data on his campaign staff and, in the words of She the People founder Aimee Allison, it’s “not terrible.” The numbers aren’t embarrassing, in other words, but there’s work to be done. Biden will be “more successful having a set of top advisers who relate to and can connect with the very communities they are dependent on to win,” Allison told The Washington Post.
Treasury decides to stick with July 15 tax deadline
An extension would give taxpayers until Oct. 15 to file their returns, though they would still have to pay what they owe by July 15.
Conservatives Are Very Mad At Chief Justice John Roberts. Perhaps They Shouldn’t Be.
Instead of robot umps, the Supreme Court’s leader wants conservatives to adjust to his strike zone.
Twitch Suspends Trump’s Account For Violating ‘Hateful Conduct’ Rules
The Amazon-owned livestreaming platform said two recent streams on the president’s channel prompted the suspension.
Over 80% of Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin voted by mail—while forcing others to the polls
Back in April, Wisconsin Republicans fought bitterly to prevent mail-in voting during a pandemic, instead demanding that voters instead wait in long lines to cast in-person votes despite the literal danger to their lives.
The Associated Press now reports that of those Republican state senators and assembly members, over 80% of them themselves voted absentee in the same election. Specifically, 81% of Republican assembly members and 83% of Republican state senators voted by mail.
Pandemic unleashes a spike in overdose deaths
The coronavirus threat put on hold a billion-dollar research program focused on new forms of addiction treatment.
Sen. Susan Collins Gives Brett Kavanaugh A Pass For Opposing Abortion Rights Ruling
The Maine Republican said the Supreme Court justice she voted to confirm “gave no indication in his dissenting opinion that he supports overturning” Roe v. Wade.