Italy Goes Back on Semi-Lockdown
In my COVID-19 chart roundup this morning you may have noticed a tiny uptick in Italy’s mortality numbers. I thought about mentioning it, but decided to wait a few days to see if it was just a blip. Apparently it’s not: With daily coronavirus case numbers rising, Italy on Monday imposed its first new restrictions…
Pelosi Recalls House Over Trump’s Post Office Sabotage
Kevin Drum For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Now we’re talking: Spurred by fears that President Trump is trying to eviscerate the U.S. Postal Service to help him win reelection, Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday abruptly summoned the House back to Washington this week to pass a bill…
Wild Mob of Four or Five Shuts Down Market In Small City For Short Time
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I woke up at 6 today. 6 pm, that is. These crash days are really getting out of hand. Anyway, this means I missed an entire day, so let’s see what happened here in Orange County while I was snoozing. It’s Sunday,…
Protesters Just Took Their Fight to Save the Postal Service to the Steps of the Postmaster General’s Mansion
A group of protesters hold a demonstration in front of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s home in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 16, 2020. LOGAN CYRUS/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Demonstrators delivered their displeasure over changes at the Postal Service directly to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on…
Jared Kushner’s Rationale for Sending His Kids Back to School Is, At Best, Misleading
Jared Kusner has “no fear” about sending his kids back to school in the fall. The White House adviser and president’s son-in-law said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation that he “absolutely” plans to send his children to in-person classroom education, arguing that the risk of death for children who contract COVID-19 is low. “Children…
House Just Called for the Postmaster General to Testify at an “Urgent Hearing” Later This Month
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Sunday, the House Oversight Committee urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to move up his scheduled testimony before the committee to August 24, nearly a month before planned, citing the “starling new revelations” about the “scope and gravity of operational…