President Deals Brings Back the 3-Martini Lunch
Shaken, not stirred.Edwin Remsberg/VW Pics via ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The coronavirus relief bill is finished. Republicans agreed to 11 weeks of a $300 unemployment bonus payment and a one-time $600 stimulus payment for…
What If There’s a COVID-22? How Should We Handle It?
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images via ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Here’s a question for everyone to ponder. As you know, the Moderna vaccine was developed in two days. The rest of the time after that was…
A CDC Panel Just Recommended People Over 74 and Frontline Workers Should Be Vaccinated Next
Tomer Neuberg/Xinhua via ZUMA Press Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A federal advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Sunday that frontline workers—grocery store workers, teachers, day-care staff, police, firefighters, and adults…
“He’s Just Done With COVID”—the Washington Post Unpacks Trump’s Catastrophic Pandemic Response
Erin Scott/CNP via ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Though it’s been clear for quite some time that President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been both haphazard and lethal, it’s not been…
These WhatsApp Messages Show the Opioid Crisis Was Just a Big PR Headache for the Sackler Family
Members of P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) and Truth Pharm staged a protest on September 12, 2019 outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, CT.Erik McGregor/ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The Sackler family is known…
Watch Mike—Trump’s “Human Shield”—Pence Get Vaccinated on SNL
Andrew Harnik/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Saturday Night Live gave viewers the opportunity to enjoy their version of Vice President Mike Pence receiving one of the first Pfizer vaccinations for the coronavirus, which he did in…