GOP Lawmaker Honors ‘Hero’ Jan. 6 Rioter With A Post-Prison Gift
Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas presented Dr. Simone Gold with a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol, which she stormed during the 2021 insurrection.
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There’s Nothing Quite Like the Wrath of Losing Your Fantasy League
At first, Damon DuBois’s fantasy-football league kept the punishment for the last-place finisher fairly tame. The loser would have to let the champion select their team name for the following year, take care of the housekeeping at the next draft, or, at worst, sport an I suck at fantasy football license plate all off-season. Nothing crazy.But by the final weeks of each season, league members already eliminated from playoff contention were checking out. DuBois wanted to raise the stakes.
After the Queen, What Is Britain?
It wasn’t exactly a shock. The ancient and beloved Queen, who had reigned much longer than most of her subjects had lived, was 96 and visibly failing. Leaning on a stick, she managed a smile last week as she invited Liz Truss, Britain’s new prime minister, to form a government. And within 48 hours, she was dead.A huge and complex contraption of official mourning, rehearsed to exhaustion over the past 15 years, lurched into action. Public events were canceled.
Michigan Supreme Court puts abortion on the November ballot
Chief Justice Bridget McCormack in her ruling blasted Republican officials who argued spacing and formatting errors on the text canvassers presented to voters rendered the entire effort invalid.
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Gun policies, along with abortion, inflation and economy, are top concern for voters
Abortion ranked fourth with 44 percent of registered voters saying it is “extremely important.” Guns ranked third with 46 percent.
4 things to know about the bivalent booster campaign rollout
The White House this week said that future national strategies to bolster Covid-19 immunity will fall in line with the annual flu campaign.
Doctors are taking it on themselves to figure out long Covid
Absent more guidance from the government, physicians are sharing ideas for treating the mysterious condition.
Why the Russian Military Brutalizes Ukraine
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.War is always a brutal business, but why is the Russian military so determined to inflict civilian casualties on neighboring Ukraine? I talked with a fellow Russia expert.But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
G-7 announces price cap deal on Russian oil in win for Yellen
The plan touted by the U.S. Treasury secretary aims to diminish the Kremlin’s revenue while preserving the global oil supply.
Powell’s ‘dangerous’ words risk resistance from lawmakers
“Jerome Powell’s rhetoric is dangerous, and a Fed-manufactured recession is not inevitable — it’s a policy choice,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
‘We’re in a housing recession’
The housing market has cooled so much as the Fed withdraws its support for the economy that some analysts say it may be in a slump.
Powell blows away doubts about his war on high inflation
In a closely watched speech, the Fed chair foreshadowed further interest rate increases and warned that rates might need to stay high for some time to kill price spikes.
Powell’s inflation miscalculation raises stakes on rate shift
The Federal Reserve chair needs to convince markets he means business when he addresses the landmark conference of economists on Friday.
Appalachians Protest Manchin’s Mountain Valley Pipeline Plan; Sanders Decries “Disastrous Side Deal”
Climate activists from as far away as Alaska, Indigenous peoples and Appalachians rallied in Washington, D.C., Thursday against the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Roundtable: Amid Tributes to Queen Elizabeth, Deadly Legacy of British Colonialism Cannot Be Ignored
We host a roundtable on the life and legacy of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at the age of 96. She was the country’s longest-reigning monarch, serving for 70 years and presiding over the end of the British Empire. Her death set off a period of national mourning in the U.K. and has thrown the future of the monarchy into doubt.
“Attack Philanthropy”: Right-Wing Billionaire Fueled Climate Denial & Conservative Judges, Schools
New revelations about the secretive right-wing billionaire Barre Seid, who donated $1.6 billion to a conservative nonprofit run by Leonard Leo, known as Donald Trump’s “Supreme Court whisperer,” show he has also used his massive fortune to undermine climate science, fight Medicaid expansion and remake the higher education system in a conservative mold.
Famine by October? Somalia & East Africa Face Humanitarian Crisis Amid Climate Change, Ukraine War
We look at the devastating effects of climate change and global inequity in East Africa, and how many countries face drought and a looming famine, with guests in Mogadishu, Somalia, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The current unprecedented drought, that is a result of four consecutive failed rainy seasons, with the fifth and the sixth projected to also be below average, is causing a huge food insecurity,” says Adam Abdelmoula, the U.N.’s humanitarian coordinator for Somalia.
Ex-Trump Aide Stephen Miller Subpoenaed In DOJ’s Jan. 6 Probe: Report
Miller, along with former White House political director Brian Jack, reportedly received subpoenas as part of an investigation into a Trump super PAC.
Ex-Trump Aide Stephen Miller Subpoenaed In DOJ’s Jan. 6 Probe: Report
Miller, along with former White House political director Brian Jack, reportedly received subpoenas as part of an investigation into a Trump super PAC.
Rep. Karen Bass Says Her Firearms Were Swiped In L.A. Home Burglary
Bass, a Los Angeles mayoral candidate, said her firearms were “safely and securely stored.
Workers across industries are demanding abortion protections from their employers
This article was originally published at Prism
After major corporations including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced plans to provide abortion-related travel benefits for full-time employees, workers across industries are fighting to make sure those benefits are provided to everyone and that the corporations take their investments out of the pockets of anti-abortion politicians.
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Minor League Baseball players seek to unionize, this week in the war on workers
While a few baseball players make headline-grabbing amounts of money, 40% of MLB players make the league minimum of $570,000 during careers that average just four years, and during which many spend significant chunks of time in the minor leagues, Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier reported earlier in the year,L during the MLB’s lockout of players. And in the minor leagues? Most players earn less than $14,000 per season.
Now, minor league players are moving to unionize.
GOP begging Trump to show them the money for their Senate candidates
Former President Donald Trump is only concerned about one person: former President Donald Trump. So even though he’s bilking his MAGA groupies for millions, he’s failing to support his endorsed Republican Senate nominees—with just weeks until the midterm elections.
Ukraine Update: Can we get a Donbas uprising or surrender?
Reports continue to stream in of confirmed and rumors Ukrainian advances. In Mark Sumner’s last update, he gave up trying to post an accurate map. There isn’t one that can keep up with Ukraine’s shockingly fast rate of advance.
Tomorrow, Sunday, I’ll make an effort to collate advances.
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Chief Justice John Roberts Defends Legitimacy Of Court
Chief Justice John Roberts says the Supreme Court’s role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions.
Disney+’s Pinocchio Is a Zombie
Robert Zemeckis has always been a director fascinated by avant-garde technology. His biggest films of the ’80s and ’90s—Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump—were all revolutionary in their use of visual effects and CGI. In the 2000s, he dove into the nascent field of motion capture to produce the animated movies The Polar Express, Beowulf, and A Christmas Carol.
Supreme Court Allows Yeshiva University To Block LGBTQ Club, For Now
The Orthodox Jewish university in New York City argued that recognizing the club would “violate its sincere religious beliefs.
Election Lie Supporters Ask Supreme Court To Bless Radical Election Changes
Lawyer John Eastman, Trump aides Stephen Miller and Mark Meadows and insurrection backer Mike Flynn want the court to OK partisan gerrymandering.
Republicans look to restrict ballot measures following a string of progressive wins
The state efforts are a direct threat to abortion-rights advocates and other liberal groups’ efforts to bypass governors and legislatures and take issues directly to voters.