Friday Cat Blogging – 12 June 2020
This looks like a violation of several of the Geneva Conventions, but I assure you that it was entirely voluntary on Hilbert’s part. The funny thing is that every minute or so he’d kind of shimmy around trying to find the perfect position and end up rotating about 10 degrees. Half an hour after I…
America’s Child Care System Is in Crisis. Joe Biden Will Soon Release a Plan to Fix It.
Vice President Joe Biden greets family members of Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) during swearing-in ceremony in Washington on January 3, 2016.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Joe Biden is planning to unveil a comprehensive child care proposal in the coming weeks—part of…
Report: By 2035, 90 Percent of the US Could Be Powered by Renewables
Rainbow over San Gorgonio wind turbines in Palm Springs, California.Ruaridh Stewart/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Despite America’s continued reliance on fossil fuels as its primary source of energy, the plummeting costs of alternative energy sources—like power harnessed from the sun or wind—is making them an increasingly…
Elizabeth Warren and Some Republicans Agree This Man Was a Loser
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Wednesday, President Donald Trump went on a toot about Confederate generals. The spark for his anger was the renewed push to rename the 10 United States military bases named after Confederate officers—that is, people who took up arms against the United States…
Trump Just Showed Us His Core Campaign Message: Chaos in the Streets
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Chaos in the streets. Looters running free. Rioters threatening you and your family. Anarchists destroying…everything. And there’s only one way to stop the end of civilization: reelect Donald J. Trump as president. That’s what Trump’s core campaign message is becoming.…
Trump Brags That His Company Never Asked for Federal COVID Relief. It Did.
A DC police officer stands in from of the Trump International Hotel as demonstrators protest on June 6 in Washington over the death of George Floyd.Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Trump’s personal business empire has taken a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the…