Politico: Trump Aides Demand That CDC Publication Be More Optimistic
Michael Caputo, former flack for Vladimir Putin and Carl Paladino; fired from the Trump campaign after saying mean things about Corey Lewandowski; and poster of numerous sexually crude and sexist tweets directed at women as well as multiple derogatory and crude tweets about Chinese people. This was the background that qualified him to be the…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Just Gave Former Inmates a Path To Become Firefighters
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to the media after he toured the North Complex Fire zone in Butte County on Friday. Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Friday, as he stood in the middle of a hellscape in…
Mike Pompeo Plans to Push His Anti-LGBTQ Commission at the UN
Alex Halada/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Two months after a controversial State Department commission elevated religious freedom at the expense of LGBTQ equality and reproductive rights, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to promote its findings at the United Nations, Mother…
Fact of the Day: COVID-19 Deaths Around the World
Every morning I post the current rate of COVID-19 deaths in eight different countries, so why am I posting this yet again today? Because I still get periodic complaints that I’m misleading people by using a different scale for each country. So here’s what it looks like using the same scale for everyone: What do…
Conservative Judicial Decisions Keep Boosting GOP Voter Suppression
Michael Monfluery, 38, who has never been eligible to vote, stands in a Miami-Dade courthouse following a special court hearing aimed at restoring the right to vote under Florida’s Amendment 4. ZAK BENNETT/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Friday…
The West Coast Currently Has the World’s Worst Air Quality
The sky over San Francisco was orange from smoke on September 10.Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The cities that currently have the worst air quality anywhere in the world are all located along North America’s West Coast, where rampant wildfires have…