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Finders Keepers Isn’t an Investment Strategy
Slate Money on the USPS, productivity, and Citigroups’s big blunder.
How Much Should You Panic Over the U.S. Postal Service?
A scandal-by-scandal breakdown of what’s really gone wrong with the mail.
Drugmakers deliver counteroffer to Trump international pricing plan
Drugmakers pitched a counteroffer to the White House aimed at stalling Trump’s plan to link Medicare’s spending on some expensive drugs to much lower prices.
FDA chief issues mea culpa for his plasma treatment claims
While the therapy is considered safe, plasma has not yet been proven effective against the coronavirus.
Britain’s new health boss sparks cries of cronyism
Appointed to run the UK’s new public health body, Dido Harding comes with baggage.
Economy hurting after Congress fails to act on stimulus
“When you have $60 billion less going to families,” former U.S. Treasury economist Ernie Tedeschi told POLITICO, “that means that there’s going to be something close to that less in spending.
Unemployment Isn’t Too High — Regular Wages Are Too Low
In the debate over Covid-19 relief, Congress is worried about the wrong problem.
Japan’s economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
For the April-June period, Japan’s exports dropped at a whopping annual rate of 56 percent.
Negotiators ‘miles apart’ on Covid funding, with little hope for deal until September
Asked when she would next be meeting with Republicans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday: “I don’t know. When they come in with $2 trillion.
British economy plunged record 20 percent in second quarter
“It is clear that the UK is in the largest recession on record,” the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
“A Human Tragedy”: Wildfires Reveal California’s Reliance on Incarcerated Firefighters
As climate-fueled wildfires engulf California, tens of thousands of firefighters have been deployed across the state to combat the blazes amid a record heat wave and deadly pandemic.
The RNC Is Terrified of Losing Women Voters
President Donald Trump is in trouble with women voters, and the GOP knows it. At the Republican National Convention last night, everyone from Vice President Mike Pence to Trump’s departing counselor, Kellyanne Conway, eagerly pointed out that they were speaking on the 100th anniversary of the signing of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
Tucker Carlson Tries To Justify Actions Of 17-Year-Old Charged In Kenosha Killings
“How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?” the Fox News host said.
What does it mean that someone has caught COVID-19 for a second time?
Going back to the early weeks of the infection in China, there were reports that some people had been reinfected with the virus behind COVID-19 after apparently recovering from the disease. Some of the early numbers suggested that the reinfection rate was as high as 15%, but that was, and remains, pretty definitely untrue. These early results came from people who had received a series of tests and at some point tested negative before testing positive again.
Former Trump official releases damning video, telling Donald ‘you’ve absolutely failed’
A new video from Republican Voters Against Trump was released on Wednesday. Like former chief of staff for the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor’s video, this one features Elizabeth Neumann, Trump’s former assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention at the DHS. Neumann was one of the DHS officials who spoke on the threat of domestic terrorism with the House back in June 2019.
Black family hides photos, Toni Morrison books in order to get fair real estate appraisals
There are different ways that bigotries and bias infiltrate our lives and fuel the cycle of systemic racial and economic inequality in our communities at large. The New York Times published a story on Tuesday highlighting real estate appraisals and the racial bias faced by Black Americans across the country. The first example covered is Abena and Alex Horton, a biracial couple who began the process of refinancing their Jacksonville, Florida home in June.
Hurricane Laura now a ‘catastrophic’ storm driving an ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge
As of the 700PM CT update from the National Weather Service, Hurricane Laura was carrying sustained winds over 150mph. That puts it close to the border for Category 5, but even if it doesn’t cross that line, this is an extremely dangerous storm. Predictions now call for a 15’ storm surge over 100 miles of coastline, with a surge as high as 20’ near the point of impact.
Court rules against Trump policy blocking immigrant service members from expedited citizenship
The Trump administration’s despicable attempt to block immigrant U.S. military service members from an expedited path to citizenship was handed a well-deserved court defeat this week thanks to a class-action lawsuit launched by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and two affiliates on behalf of eight noncitizen U.S. military service members, including a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient.
Turbulent Reality Collides With GOP Convention Plans
The Republican National Convention’s third night comes as a hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast and protests grow over the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Trump Jr. And Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Paris Trip Cost Taxpayers At Least $64,000 For Security
The couple has recently complained about Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s “nepotism” and taxpayer-financed perks.
Wisconsin Attorney General Identifies Officer In Jacob Blake Shooting
Rusten Sheskey has been named as the Kenosha cop who shot Blake seven times as he opened the door of his car.
DOJ may investigate blue states over Covid-19 deaths at nursing homes
Federal officials are seeking coronavirus data from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Donald Trump Jr. Denies Rumors That He Was On Cocaine During His RNC Speech
“I guess there must have been something with the lighting,” Trump Jr. said.
The Atlantic Daily: Your Reading Guide
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.JULIAN MONTAGUEOne question, answered: Can I let people pet my dog during the pandemic? James Hamblin offers some advice for dog owners in his latest “Paging Dr.
Hollywood’s Grim New Beginning
The pandemic has suspended moviegoing in the U.S. for so long that it makes sense to bring it back with a work as crude as Unhinged. The first film to get a national release in theaters since mid-March, Derrick Borte’s thriller does not demand much rumination. A frazzled single mom having a bad day honks her horn at a pickup truck; its occupant, played by Russell Crowe, responds by chasing her around the city in a murderous rage.
I Learned the Hard Way That a ‘Breakthrough’ Treatment Isn’t Innocuous
In 2014, I spent 19 days being treated for Ebola in a New York City hospital. I had contracted the virus while treating patients in Guinea, and as no definitive treatments existed at the time, I received convalescent plasma based on its historically therapeutic role. After receiving plasma, however, I struggled to breathe, and my condition deteriorated. Thankfully I recovered, but my story shows that convalescent plasma isn’t innocuous.
In the Theological Sense, Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Scandal Is Profoundly Sad
Catholicism defined scandal as being not about the person committing the sin but about the rest of us.
When Kimberly Guilfoyle and Gavin Newsom Were a Power Couple in the Liberal Elite
Back then, Guilfoyle’s manner was less cable news than Jackie O.
My Girlfriend Has Banned One Thing I Want in Bed, but She Won’t Tell Me Why
Does she owe me an explanation?