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National chair of the DNC’s Council on the Environment and Climate Crisis talks with Daily Kos

Michelle Deatrick is the national chair of the DNC’s Council on the Environment and Climate Crisis. She has been a political activist and organizer for years and was Sen. Bernie Sanders’ special projects director in Michigan in 2016 and his campaign’s Michigan co-chair in 2020. Daily Kos’ Making Progress series, where we ask a handful of questions to activists, organizers, politicians, and others from the progressive, begins its newest season with Deatrick.

America can become its best self. It starts tomorrow.

Is America the country that twice elected an African American president with strong majorities of the vote? Or is it the country where a race-baiting, bigoted birther could earn just enough support from voters to get himself inaugurated as president? Of course, the answer is both, and nothing that happens in this year’s election will change that.

10 self-care ideas to survive election night during a global pandemic

For a lot of people, election night is a time to hunker down in front of the TV and follow every update. Plenty of people enjoy throwing parties to watch results come in, or head to a bar or restaurant to watch in a community setting. Given that there is a literal global pandemic, practicing social distancing and avoiding crowds means we need to come up with alternatives to those group activities.

The Atlantic Daily: 6 States to Watch

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.As you try to suss out the national picture on Election Night, you can use these six states as bellwethers.
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The Banality of Trump’s Hatred

Excitement seizes Donald Trump’s face when it’s time, once again, to humiliate another human. His eyes narrow and he curls the corners of his lips. You’re likely to spot the sinister grimace during one of the president’s campaign rallies. Yesterday in Michigan, Trump turned to the screen behind him to watch a clip of former Vice President Joe Biden stumbling while trying to say, “I’ll lead an effective strategy to mobilize true international pressure.

Trump’s Second Term Will Be Nothing Like His First

When a president is running for a second term, elections tend to look like a contest between change (a new candidate) and more of the same (the incumbent).But 2020 doesn’t fit the mold. As aberrant as Donald Trump’s first term in office has been, a second term might be a more radical departure from the past four years than even a comparative return to normalcy under Joe Biden would be. In other words, this is a change election either way—the question is what kind of change.

All the President’s Lies About the Coronavirus

Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. Updated at 2:20 p.m. ET on November 2, 2020.President Donald Trump has repeatedly lied about the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s preparation for this once-in-a-generation crisis.Here, a collection of the biggest lies he’s told as the nation endures a public-health and economic calamity. This post will be updated as needed.

Author Edwidge Danticat: “Be the Vote for Immigrant Families Under Threat by Trump Administration”

We go to Florida, which could prove decisive in the 2020 presidential election and where immigration is a key issue for many voters, to speak with Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat, who says voters in the state should cast their ballots to protect immigrant families under threat of deportation by the Trump administration. Trump has repeatedly tried to end temporary protected status for Haitians in the country. We also speak with 13-year-old Christina Ponthieux, the U.S.

Battleground Texas: GOP Sues to Toss 127K Votes as Trump Caravan Tries to Force Biden Bus Off Road

This weekend, a caravan of Trump supporters in Texas tried to run a Biden campaign bus off the road, ahead of a ruling by the Texas Supreme Court Sunday rejecting a Republican effort brought by a QAnon supporter to throw out nearly 127,000 early votes from 10 drive-thru polling locations in Harris County, but now a similar lawsuit has been filed in federal court.

“We Never Made It to the Polls”: Police in North Carolina Pepper-Spray Voting March, Arresting Eight

Police in Alamance County in North Carolina pepper-sprayed a peaceful get-out-the-vote march Saturday, descending on the crowd after they stopped near a Confederate monument to kneel in honor of George Floyd, who was killed by police in Minneapolis in May. Viral videos of the violent police action show officers in riot gear attacking the marchers, including young children and elderly people, who had intended to walk to a polling place on the last day of early voting in North Carolina.