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A.M.

bhalomanush

All those geopolitical experts who praised strategic masterstrokes in early April will they now take back their rhetoric? Of course not. (Hydroxychloroquine, which Trump touted, is linked to higher rates

Atul Gawande

Atul_Gawande

This boggles the mind. With sky high COVID infections and deaths rising back to 1000/day, this: In talks w Senate GOP over the weekend, “administration officials instead pushed to zero

Thomas Abt

Abt_Thomas

Here's an important @washingtonpost piece on a key structural challenge to police reform in America: the decentralized nature of policing itself. Read on.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/08/most-police-departments-america-a

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Can we get real here? There's no evidence that the GOP base cares about deficits or excess spending per se. The Tea Party wasn't a rebellion against deficits — it

Daniel Dale

ddale8

Redfield: When I commented that there was a possibility of a second wave being more difficult or complicated, when we'd have flu and coronavirus circulating at the same time, but

DHH

dhh

Schools are making students record their bedrooms in order to take exams, letting virtual watchers study their every move. Gross invasion of privacy, no meaningful way to opt out, emblematic

David Nakamura

DavidNakamura

NEW: ‘Lock her up’ ‘Build the wall!’ ‘Send them back!’ And now ‘Kung flu!’ emerges as new rallying cry for Trump supporters as president employs racist language to juice base

Sarah Longwell

SarahLongwell25

The ongoing violence in American cities is an increasing vulnerability for Dems. It’s popping in my focus groups as well. Americans were originally on the side of protesters. But as

Elahe Izadi

ElaheIzadi

Bill Withers was in his 30s and working in a factory making airplane toilets when he recorded his self-financed demo tape. Didn't own a guitar until 32, wasn't a trained

Tracy Jan

TracyJan

NEW: Two black men say they were kicked out of Walmart for wearing protective masks. Others worry it will happen to them.Wellesley professor @M_P_Jeffries: “Black folks can’t even wear hooded

Kaitlin Byrd: Apocalypse Diarist

GothamGirlBlue

Ok, a thread that is not about electoral politics but real life. Because this piece is an absolutely necessary read if you’re a white person who aspires to anti-racism.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/noose-found-on-gunmans-locker-at-milwaukee

Clark Neily

ConLawWarrior

Why yes, yes I am having a happy birthday today.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/will-the-supreme-court-rectify-its-qualified-immunity-mistake/2020/05/12/05659d0e-9478-11ea-9f5e-56d8239bf9ad_story.html And because it’s my birthday, I’m going t

Sulome

SulomeAnderson

I have been waiting three years to bring my Lebanese husband, a biomedical engineer, into my country of citizenship. We were probably a month or two away from an interview

Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin

JRubinBlogger

Perhaps what Cheney and Biden do not fully appreciate is that today’s GOP does not believe in much of anything. Its members do not want to have a policy debate

Brett McGurk

brett_mcgurk

Is anyone in the WH questioning whether it’s helpful to issue staged photographs of a president at work (when he’s not) and an edited video made to look like one

Ryland Barton

RylandKY

President Trump has nominated 37 year-old U of L Law professor Justin Walker to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.Walker has been serving as a Western KY federal judge for