Marjorie Taylor Greene Compares Tyre Nichols To Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt
It’s even worse than it sounds.
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‘You Seem Angry’: George Santos OAN Interview Gets Awkward Fast
The mood soured when the New York lawmaker was asked about showing remorse for his lies with a “sincere apology.
Barstool Sports Host Describes Reaction To His Hot Mic Moment Trashing Fox News
Francis Ellis was heard panning Fox News, where he’d appeared multiple times as a guest.
Stormy Daniels Snarkily Thanks Donald Trump After He Insults Her Looks
“Thanks for just admitting that I was telling the truth about EVERYTHING,” the porn star tweeted. “Guess I’ll take my ‘horse face’ back to bed now, Mr. former ‘president.
House votes to end Covid public health emergency
The symbolic vote comes a day after President Joe Biden said he’d end the emergency on May 11.
How Memphis’s Policing Strategy Went So Wrong
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.The Atlantic staff writer David A. Graham has been thinking and writing about Memphis’s policing crisis for several months now. This past weekend, he went back to survey the aftermath of released video footage of Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating by police officers.
Outdoor Dining Is Doomed
These days, strolling through downtown New York City, where I live, is like picking your way through the aftermath of a party. In many ways, it is exactly that: The limp string lights, trash-strewn puddles, and splintering plywood are all relics of the raucous celebration known as outdoor dining.
The Difference Between Speaking and Thinking
Language is commonly understood to be the “stuff” of thought. People “talk it out” and “speak their mind,” follow “trains of thought” or “streams of consciousness.” Some of the pinnacles of human creation—music, geometry, computer programming—are framed as metaphorical languages. The underlying assumption is that the brain processes the world and our experience of it through a progression of words.
Covid emergency’s end will mean new costs, hassles
Some Americans will have to pay for Covid vaccines and treatments, but the changes don’t end there.
Pfizer reports record revenue, expects Covid-19 vaccines to be commercialized later this year
Company executives said they estimated 2023 would be a transition year as the company pivots to a commercial market instead of a government market.
Marxist Economist Richard Wolff on How the Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich & Powerful
As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden prepare for their first face-to-face meeting this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling, we speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about why the limit on the federal government’s borrowing lets politicians avoid making hard choices about taxing the wealthy. House Republicans are pushing for major spending cuts as part of any deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion borrowing limit.
Rikers Jail Whistleblower Decries Collapse of LGBTQ+ Unit Meant to Protect Trans Detainees
We look at a new investigation into the collapse of an LGBTQ+ unit at the massive Rikers Island jail in New York City that was meant to help protect incarcerated trans women, stranding many in male units where they have been harassed and raped.
J. Kenji López-Alt Thinks You’ll Be Fine With an Induction Stove
Gas stoves are a new front in the culture wars. This month, an errant comment from a bureaucrat caused a full-blown conservative panic over whether such stoves would be banned, eventually prompting a White House statement that effectively walked the whole thing back.Amid all this posturing, a more practical concern is getting lost: How much does gas actually matter when it comes to cooking? Are there some dishes that just can’t be made on electric stoves?I called up J.
“Elite” Police Units Face More Scrutiny as Memphis SCORPION Unit Disbanded over Tyre Nichols Death
Memphis police have revealed a sixth and a seventh officer have been placed on administrative leave in addition to the five fired officers over the death of Tyre Nichols, after Nichols was brutally beaten at a traffic stop. On Saturday, Memphis disbanded the police unit responsible for the killing, known as SCORPION, which stood for “Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhood.
Asylum Seekers Refuse to Leave Manhattan Hotel, Citing Inhumane Conditions at Brooklyn Shelter
In New York, asylum seekers are continuing to protest outside a Manhattan hotel where they’d been living for weeks, after city officials suddenly evicted them over the weekend to move them to a remote camp in Brooklyn with a thousand cots and no heat. We hear from migrants and activists fighting the eviction.
The Existential Wonder of Space
Illustrations by Daniele CastellanoOf all the moons in the solar system, Saturn’s largest satellite might be the most extraordinary. Titan is enveloped in a thick, hazy atmosphere, and liquid methane rains gently from its sky, tugged downward by a fraction of the gravity we feel on Earth. The methane forms rivers, lakes, and small seas on Titan’s surface. Beneath the frigid ground, composed of ice as hard as rock, is even more liquid, a whole ocean of plain old H2O.
Change to Covid vaccine formulation signals start of FDA pivot in immunization strategy
The expert panel voted on Thursday to recommend replacing the primary Covid-19 vaccine series with the BA.4/5 bivalent shot.
Social media is a defective product, lawsuit contends
A California court could decide whether social media algorithms contribute to mental illness.
New booster works against dominant Covid strain
Only 15.3 percent of eligible Americans — or about 50 million people — have received the bivalent vaccine.
Pair of lawsuits kick off state-federal battle over abortion pills
The cases come as both supporters and opponents of the right to terminate a pregnancy are increasingly focusing on abortion pills.
California enacts new abortion laws, expecting copycats
New policies taking effect aim to make California an abortion haven.
Wall Street’s biggest bear: Fed’s Jerome Powell
Fed officials are signaling that they’re determined to keep their vise-like grip on the economy through the end of 2023.
Yellen to stay on as Biden’s Treasury chief as debt fight looms
People close to Yellen said she had considered leaving for family reasons and because the Treasury job is highly political — and would become more so with Republicans in control of the House.
U.S. inflation slowed sharply to 7.1 percent over past 12 months
Even with last month’s further easing of inflation, the Federal Reserve plans to keep raising interest rates.
Tyre Nichols’ Parents Remember Son as “Beautiful Soul” & Describe Video of Beating by Memphis Police
A day after prosecutors charged five former Memphis police officers with murder over the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, we speak with his parents, RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, about their drive to seek justice for their son. “He had a beautiful soul, and he touched everyone,” RowVaughn Wells says of her son.
MSNBC Host Ridicules Lindsey Graham’s ‘Hostage’ Video For Trump: ‘Blink Twice’
“Oh man,” began Ayman Mohyeldin as he ridiculed the South Carolina Republican’s address at Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign rally.
Gov. Gavin Newsom Fires Back At Sen. John Cornyn’s Gun Tweet With A Blunt Fact-Check
The California Democrat hit back after the Texas Republican seemed to imply that gun laws don’t work.
Rep. Matt Gaetz Grilled Big Time Over Testimony He Sought A Pardon From Trump
The Florida Republican responded characteristically.
Biden White House Plans To End COVID-19 Public Health Emergency In May
The shift signals the U.S. is ready to move back into some semblance of normality after three years of the pandemic.
RNC Brings Pillow Guy And His Outrageous Election Conspiracy Theories Into The Fold
Mike Lindell, once photographed at Trump’s White House holding a document discussing “martial law,” is being welcomed by the RNC for his marketing expertise.