Member of health secretary’s security detail tests positive for coronavirus
It is the first known instance of a staffer with regular proximity to the health secretary testing positive for coronavirus.
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Stop Forcing 3-Year-Olds to Interact With Grandparents on Zoom
Plus, parents who split custody aren’t “less of a parent.” They’re often better quality parents.
Help! My Boyfriend Masturbates to Nudes of His Exes.
He says he will delete the photos. I don’t believe him.
Trump stokes a new threat to Wall Street: Election chaos
“This does have the potential to incite … the metastasizing of social unrest,” said one market strategist.
Internal memo reassured Trudeau that virus’s economic hit would be ‘manageable’
Critics have argued the Trudeau government lacked preparedness or a sense of urgency before the country was hit by the pandemic’s crises.
Fed expects to keep rates near zero through 2023
The central bank shed more light on its pledge not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly.
Businesses reject Trump payroll tax plan while postponing their own tax bills
Tens of thousands have taken advantage of provisions allowing employers to punt their payroll tax bills into next year and beyond.
25 years wiped out in 25 weeks: Pandemic sets the world back decades
Progress on global health and the worldwide economy has regressed, Gates Foundation report finds.
“Two Systems of Justice”: Jacob Blake’s Father on Son’s Case, Breonna Taylor & Black Lives Matter
As outrage mounts over the grand jury ruling in the police killing of Breonna Taylor, we look at the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where an investigation is in its final stages. The case sparked renewed national protests in August after viral video showed Kenosha police shooting the Black father in the back seven times, paralyzing him. We speak with Blake’s father, Jacob Blake Sr.
Friday Night Owls: Researchers in a Montana town find serious lasting effects from breathing smoke
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
At UnDark magazine, Katheryn Houghton writes—In Montana, Tracking Long-Term Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke:
[…] Forest fires had funneled hazardous air into Seeley Lake, a [Montana] town of fewer than 2,000 people, for 49 days. The air quality was so bad that on some days the monitoring stations couldn’t measure the extent of the pollution.
If Adams and Jefferson could change the number of justices, so can Biden, Schumer, and Pelosi
The Supreme Court didn’t always have nine justices, and that number is not set in the Constitution. The number of justices has been changed on multiple occasions throughout our nation’s history, each time for a similarly partisan reason—namely to give one party more influence over the court’s membership. And the first back and forth over the number of justices was a struggle between two of our most prominent Founding Father presidents.
Judge tosses defamation suit against Tucker Carlson: ‘any reasonable viewer’ shouldn’t believe him
Back in 2016, Donald Trump participated in a conspiracy with his former lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen and David Pecker (then-publisher of the National Enquirer) to silence women who were coming forward with stories of sexual affairs with Trump. One of the women that was paid off was former Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is the logical next step for a Republican Party that elevates its fringe
QAnon is a grotesque conspiracy theory, bizarre and creepy even by the standards of conspiracy theories. Witness this single line from a Georgia woman, who said QAnon is “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles out.”
But there’s the thing: That Georgia woman is Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is on track to be a member of the House of Representatives.
Trump loses in court again, and the House lawsuit against his border wall money grab advances
While Donald Trump and his Republican minions in the Senate are rushing to pack the Supreme Court with dangerous ideologues, the second-highest court in the land delivered Trump a severe blow on his most cherished symbol: the border wall. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously backed the House of Representatives and Congress’ power of the purse.
Trump’s drug card plan sows confusion – even within administration
Top Trump deputies say they can put the plan in place using existing powers. But critics see it as a brazen election year ploy.
The True Victors of Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination
When President Donald Trump announces tomorrow that Amy Coney Barrett is his nominee for the Supreme Court, he will be effectively declaring victory. In 2016, Trump offered a horse trade to American conservatives: In exchange for their votes, he promised to appoint judges who would champion their interests. This nomination will be yet another chance for Trump to remind his supporters that their bet paid off, conveniently timed just a few weeks before Election Day.
Amy Coney Barrett Is Trump’s Likely Supreme Court Pick. Here’s What We Know About Her.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, would be the youngest Supreme Court justice on the bench.
What Amy Coney Barrett On The Supreme Court Would Mean for Abortion Rights
Barrett, whom President Trump will reportedly nominate for the Supreme Court, is a devout Catholic who has been open about her anti-abortion views.
The Atlantic Daily: The Fight to Replace RBG
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.The Fight to Replace RBG GETTY / THE ATLANTICThe first Saturday of fall will bring an announcement with the potential to shape American lives for years—if not decades.Tomorrow evening, at around 5 p.m.
Trump Plans To Nominate Amy Coney Barrett To Supreme Court: Reports
The 48-year-old U.S. appeals court judge is a favorite of social conservatives to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
U.S. coronavirus case count passes 7 million
The figure, based on a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University, comes just days after the U.S. surpassed 200,000 deaths.
William Barr Briefed Trump On Probe Over Discarded Pennsylvania Ballots: Report
The Justice Department is facing criticism for publicizing an ongoing investigation to Trump’s benefit.
Donald Trump’s Scheme to Bribe Seniors With $200 Gift Cards Is Not Obviously Legal
Everyone sees what this is: The president using public money to sway voters before an election.
My Wife’s Wild Sexual Past Is Now Haunting Me in More Ways Than One
I’m now convinced this may be a reason not to be so promiscuous in younger years.
My Family Got COVID in March. Six Months Later, I’m Just Beginning to Walk Again.
Being a “long-hauler” has changed everything, especially the way I parent.
Disclosure Doesn’t Work on a Shameless President
Again and again, President Donald Trump has violated, evaded, or ignored the law. The Constitution says a president cannot accept payments from foreign governments, but Trump did. The Constitution says that the principal officers of executive departments—members of the Cabinet—must be confirmed by the Senate. Trump junked that rule too, relying instead on his power to appoint temporary acting officials.
The Books Briefing: The Lives Behind the Legal Decisions
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last Friday, attracted a fandom like no Supreme Court justice before her. Halloween costumes, Tumblr accounts, films (such as On the Basis of Sex), and books (including Notorious RBG) cemented her cult of personality. For such a rule-following legal figure (carefully rendered by Jane Sherron De Hart in the biography Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life), this meme-ified public image can seem perplexing.
Listen: How Bad Will Winter Get?
Experts have long feared that the virus will peak again in winter. The days are now getting shorter, life is moving indoors, and the pandemic isn’t contained. How bad could the next few months get?Katherine Wells wants to know what to expect and how to prepare. She was joined at a live Atlantic Festival taping of Social Distance by her co-host, staff writer James Hamblin, and Alexis Madrigal, staff writer and co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic.
“Without Love, We Won’t Make It”: Bishop Michael Curry on Faith & What’s at Stake in November
We speak with Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church and the first African American to lead the denomination, about systemic racism and the Black Lives Matter movement, the 2020 election and President Trump’s use of faith as a political prop. “The church must not be used for partisan political purposes,” Curry says. “The faith, the Christian faith, is not up for sale.