Postmaster General Agrees to Prioritize Mail Ballots
Our beloved postmaster general testified before the Senate today: “We will scour every plant each night leading up to Election Day,” Mr. DeJoy said in response to a question from Senator Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, as he testified for over two hours before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee….“There has been no…
Existing Home Sales Have Recovered From COVID-19
“U.S. Existing-Home Sales Surged 24.7% in July on Low Rates” blares the Wall Street Journal this morning. That sounded pretty impressive until I got hold of the underlying data from the National Association of Realtors: Technically, it’s true that existing home sales increased a lot from June to July. But the real story is less…
DeJoy Says USPS Won’t Reinstall More Than 600 Removed Mail Sorting Machines
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy arrives at a meeting at the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on August 5.Alex Wong/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified before the US Senate on Friday that he will not reinstall more than 600…
Who’s Afraid of Deficit Spending?
With the economy in shock thanks to COVID-19, the obvious response from the federal government is to spend lots of money to cushion the blow. This would not only help out businesses and individuals—a worthy end in itself—but massive deficit spending would also help kick start the economy as a whole. Still, there’s a limit…
Biden’s Pitch to Voters: What America Needs Now Is Empathy
Joe Biden delivers his speech to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Thursday, Joe Biden achieved a feat 33 years in the making: He accepted the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. It surely wasn’t the scene Biden had…
As Democrats Urge Fair Elections, Trump Threatens to Send Law Enforcement to the Polls
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.While Democrats spent the final night of the Democratic National Convention calling for equal access to the right to vote, President Trump was on the phone with Sean Hannity, perpetuating the myth of voter fraud and threatening to send law…