If a Pandemic Can’t Force San Francisco to Reckon With Homelessness, Nothing Can
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The tents started popping up soon after the shelter-in-place order came down, in mid-March. By early May, some 90 of them were clustered in Civic Center Plaza, with more joining each day—a sprawling encampment of people without housing, little nylon domes dotting…
Coronavirus Whistleblower to Warn of “Darkest Winter in Modern History”
The United States will experience the “darkest winter in modern history” in the continued absence of a significantly more robust response to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal scientist who was abruptly ousted as the head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority last month will tell Congress on Thursday. “Our window of opportunity is…
There Are Lots of Reasons to Be Outraged Other Than Susan Collins’ Lack of a Face Mask
Win McnNamee/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Today, like any good politics blogger, I tuned in to watch the first major hearing by the Senate on the government response to the coronavirus pandemic. And, like any good politics blogger, I had Twitter open in a separate tab.…
America’s Senators Are Just Like Your Colleagues: Pretty Bad at Zoom
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Looking our best during an online work appearance is a real struggle. The public had a rare opportunity on Tuesday to see some of their leaders and top medical officials share that pain, during a Senate hearing into the Trump administration’s coronavirus…
Trump Claims the US Has “Prevailed” on Testing, Then Storms Out of the Rose Garden
Drew Angerer/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This afternoon, President Donald Trump held a briefing in the White House Rose Garden to trumpet the expansion of the United States’ coronavirus testing capacity—and to double down on the inaccurate claim that anyone who wants to get a coronavirus…
Yet Another Aide in the Trump Orbit Tests Positive for COVID-19
Al Drago/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A personal assistant to Ivanka Trump tested positive for COVID-19, CNN reported Friday, the third revelation this week of a White House staffer having tested positive. On Thursday news broke that one of President Trump’s personal valets…