Friday Cat Blogging – 11 September 2020
You know those perfume ads that are always totally weird? The ones with vacant expressions on the models’ faces and random who-knows-what in the background? Well, this is the feline version. It’s an accidental picture, really. I had the camera on a monopod and I raised it up over the awning the cats were on.…
From Our Archives, a Radicalizing Moment for a Pioneering Organizer
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In August 1976, before Ron Chernow wrote his famous biographies—of Grant, Hamilton, and Washington—he was a freelance magazine writer in New York with a story in Mother Jones. It was our cover that month: a gripping profile of…
Today Is Also the 19th Anniversary of the Warbloggers
Eric Draper/Planet Pix via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Today is the 19th anniversary of the warbloggers. I believe that Charlie Kirk is this year’s recipient of the Steven Den Beste Memorial Blathering Award. I suppose this makes no sense to most…
Republicans on Wisconsin Supreme Court Promoting Yet More Election Chaos
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, which was in the center of creating chaos during the primary election a few months ago, is back at it for the general election: The technical legal term for this is shitshow. https://t.co/6K3xrdgdKh — Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) September 11, 2020 Technically, the question is whether the Green Party ticket should be…
Don Jr. on the White Teen Who Killed Two Protesters: “We All Do Stupid Things at 17”
Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Republican convention in August. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Donald Trump Jr. seems to think that the shooting by Kyle Rittenhouse, the white 17-year-old from Illinois, of three protesters last month in…
Did Sturgis Really Cause 266,000 New COVID-19 Cases?
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A couple of days ago I linked to a study suggesting that the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was responsible for 266,000 new cases of COVID-19 in August. Today the Wall Street Journal editorial page hit back with a piece…