Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: October 14 Update
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At Least We Have 12-Foot Skeletons
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Trick-or-treating may be a no-go for a lot of kids this year, thanks to, you know, the pandemic. Fortunately, people are still finding creative ways to get spooky this Halloween. As one Twitter user noted, the Amityville Horror…
Amy Coney Barrett Has Spent Her Entire Life in a Conservative Bubble. That’s a Problem.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Susan Walsh, Pool/AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Amy Coney Barrett, by now, should be familiar with…
A Crazy Story That Has Nothing to Do With Trump or Coronavirus or the Election and Really Isn’t Very Important at All, but Is Indeed Crazy
I don’t know how to explain why this image is relevant but I feel like it is. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On May 29, 1942 a man who had once been the most famous actor in the world died. John Barrymore took…
Rudy Giuliani Interrupted His Effort to Smear Joe Biden With An Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory About George Soros
Rudy Giuliani, maskless, while addressing Trump supports indoors on Oct. 12, 2020 in Philadelphia. Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that George Soros, the billionaire financier and philanthropist, who is Jewish, is the cause of a federal…
Facebook Had the Chance to Stop Biden Ukraine Misinformation Before But Opted Not To
Hunter Biden speaks at 2016 event in Washington, D.C.Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Wednesday, Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone tweeted that the company would be “reducing [the] distribution” of a set of New York Post stories purporting to unearth new…