The Star Performer on Fiona Apple’s Perfect New Album Is…Her House
Jack Plunkett/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Fiona Apple has spent the better part of the last decade in her Venice Beach house, rattling the box that holds her dead dog’s bones. On Fetch the Bolt Cutters, her first album in eight years, it’s one of many household…
A DeVos-Linked Group Promoted the Right-Wing “Operation Gridlock” Tantrum in Michigan
Daniel Mears/TNS via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Earlier this week, hundreds of demonstrators blocked the streets of Lansing, Michigan, and defied an executive order from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to shelter in place to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The protest, known as…
A Health IT Firm Pitched Itself Directly to Kushner, Pence, and Azar. They Had Help From a Trump-Linked Lobbyist.
President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner as he speaks at a coronavirus briefing on April 2, 2020.Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Baltimore company last month managed to pitch surveillance technology for monitoring coronavirus cases around the country directly to Vice President Mike…
Friday Cat Blogging – 17 April 2020
Here is Hopper doing what she does best: snoozing on the sofa in between the quarantined humans. The upturned tummy is, as always, a signal that it’s perfectly OK to wake her up for a tummy rub.
The True CFR of the Coronavirus May Be 0.5% or Less
Masks and testing are what we need to keep COVID-19 under control once the initial infection rate has been suppressed to a manageable number. Social distancing, by contrast, can probably be relaxed a bit.Kevin Drum For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.One of the key metrics for the…
“LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” Trump Pours Gasoline on Mounting Tensions Over Stay-at-Home Orders
Paul Sancya/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continues to rise, thousands across the country—many of whom were seen wearing MAGA hats and chanting “lock her up” in reference to Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer—took to the streets on Wednesday…