Hurricane Laura’s Storm Surge Is Predicted to be “Unsurvivable”
People prepare to board a bus for evacuation before the arrival of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 25, 2020.Andrew Caballero/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A 100-mile stretch from Texas to Louisiana is facing an “unsurvivable storm surge” as Hurricane Laura hurdles towards land…
New Study Suggests “Essential” Workers Are Not at Increased Risk of Dying from COVID-19
Via Tyler Cowen, here’s a remarkable finding from a team of researchers at Stockholm University. The authors looked at COVID-19 mortality data by occupational type to see how much difference it made to work in an “essential” job that required a lot of contact with the public. Here’s the result: On the left are occupations…
Pam Bondi Resurrects the Biden Ukraine Conspiracy, Seemingly Forgetting That Trump Was Impeached Over It
Mark Wilson/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi used her Republican National Convention speech on Tuesday to remind us that she “fought corruption” and knows “what it looks like.” But what Bondi says she sees as prime political corruption is Joe Biden’s…
RNC: Nepotism Is Bad. Also RNC: “I Love You Dad!”
Olivier Douliery/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At least one speaker at Republican National Convention said she was horrified by the corrosive effects of nepotism. Then Tiffany Trump took to the mic. “When you look at his 47 year career in politics the people who benefited are…
Latinos for Trump Co-Chair Boasts of a Country That “Has Opened Doors”
Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez stands on stage in an empty Mellon Auditorium while addressing the Republican National Convention on August 25, 2020 in Washington, DCChip Somodevilla/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.When Jeanette Nuñez took the stage Tuesday night, the 48-year-old Florida lieutenant governor did…
Mike Pompeo’s RNC Appearance Shreds the Gap Between Politics and Government Business
Alex Wong/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Mike Pompeo’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday is strange. And not because of anything he said—but because it happened at all. When he appeared via a recorded address from Jerusalem, praising President Donald Trump for “bold initiatives…