Beyoncé Tells Anderson Cooper That His Laugh Is ‘So Good’

Democratic National Convention Schedule: Who’s Speaking and How to Watch

By Margaret Hartmann

After being pushed back from July, the all-virtual DNC will take place next week, featuring speeches by Bernie Sanders, the Obamas, and the Bidens.

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statues

Donald Trump Leans In

By Sarah Jones

The president will build a HUGE statue for LADIES.

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inequality

Congress Is Hanging Single Parents Out to Dry

By Sarah Jones

The $600 enhanced unemployment benefits are due to expire. A new report shows how much single parents need that money.

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2020 elections

The ‘Tough on Crime’ Ticket

By Zak Cheney-Rice

The historical irony of a Biden-Harris ticket during a criminal-justice reckoning.

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postal service

Americans Must Defend the Postal Service Like Our Democracy Depends on It

By Eric Levitz

America’s postal system unified the nation and midwived mass democracy. Under Trump, it threatens to deliver disunion.

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the national circus

Frank Rich: Against Harris, Trump Tries to Run the Birther Playbook

By Frank Rich

He made these moves after the usual misogynistic and racist insults failed to move the needle anywhere except among his own base.

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coronavirus

Everything We Do and Don’t Know About New York’s Reopening Plan

By Chas Danner, Matt Stieb, and Adam K. Raymond

Bowling alleys can reopen on August 17, while museums and aquariums will be able to reopen on August 24.

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When a drone gets flipped (by) the bird

In a rare case of nature taking on a manmade machine and winning, a bald eagle attacked and destroyed a government drone that was flying above Lake Michigan on an environmental monitoring mission.

The Phantom 4 Pro Advanced quodcopter drone was about 162ft in the sky when it is thought the bird of prey attacked – possibly mistaking the flying machine for a rival bird or tasty snack. The drone had one of its propellors torn off and spiraled from the skies, sinking to the bottom of the lake.

“The attack could have been a territorial squabble with the electronic foe, or just a hungry eagle,” the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy in a statement.

Bald eagle attacks government drone and sends it to bottom of Lake Michigan

—The Guardian

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the top line

Coronavirus Will Kill Lots of Shopping Malls

By Josh Barro

Mall owners seem to be aware of this, and they are trying to figure out what the next act looks like.

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Most Republican Convention Speeches Will Be Delivered From D.C.

Trump will likely speak from the White House, with others stationed at a federally owned hall near his hotel. They’ve come a long way from Charlotte.

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The president is expected to visit his brother in the hospital later today

Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, has been hospitalized in New York, sources told ABC News, a development confirmed by the White House.

The details of his condition remain unknown though he is described by several sources as “very ill.”

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed the hospitalization to ABC News, adding that the president and his brother “have a very good relationship” and that the president would be providing more details later.

Trump brother hospitalized in New York: Sources

—ABC News

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All the Juicy Details About Joe Biden’s Vice Presidential Selection Process

Whitmer reportedly attempted to drop out of the vetting process, which involved a team of as many as 15 attorneys scouring the candidates’ pasts.

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Three and a half years in, Trump is still finding new norms to shatter

President Trump on Thursday confirmed to the The Post he intends to give his Republican National Convention speech from the White House lawn, defying critics who said the location was inappropriate.

… “I’ll probably be giving my speech at the White House because it is a great place. It’s a place that makes me feel good, it makes the country feel good,” Trump told the Post, saying it would also be easiest for law enforcement and the Secret Service.

“We’d do it possibly outside on one of the lawns, we have various lawns, so we could have it outside in terms of the China virus,” he continued, referring to social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“We could have quite a group of people. It’s very big, a very big lawn. We could have a big group of people,” he said when asked if he’d formally accept the Republican nomination for president with a crowd of supporters.

Trump plans to deliver RNC speech on White House lawn

—NY Post

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life after warming

What Climate Alarm Has Already Achieved

By David Wallace-Wells

Even as we “normalize” climate change, we’ve also normalized alarmism, with panic about warming suddenly at the very center of our politics.

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the grub street diet

Zohran Kwame Mamdani Lives Off New York’s Street Food

Edited by Chris Crowley

“I’m trying to be the spiciest representative in Albany, so I have to live out my politics.”

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usps

Trump Requests Mail-in Ballot As He Condemns Voting by Mail

The president has never been one to hold himself to the standards he applies to others.

8/13/2020

Trump won’t be thrilled with the newest Trump book

Michael Cohen: “From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump’s clandestine lovers, I wasn’t just a witness to the president’s rise—I was [a]… participant.”

—@kylegriffin1

CDC Reports COVID-19 Is Eroding Many Americans’ Mental Health

coronavirus

One in four young adults has contemplated suicide during the pandemic, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Trump Revives Racist Birther Conspiracy for Kamala Harris

birtherism

“I heard it today that she doesn’t meet the requirements,” Trump said of a vice-presidential nominee who was born in Oakland, California.

Bill de Blasio Is Picking a Fight He Might Not Be Able to Win

labor

By Sarah Jones

The mayor wants to reopen school buildings whether teachers like it or not.

How Trump Is Trying to Ensure an Early Election Night Lead

Trump’s demonization of voting by mail has convinced his fans to vote in person, which could skew the early returns and lead to a contested election.

Supreme Court Lets Rhode Island Relax Voting by Mail Requirements

After refusing to require accommodations for voting in a pandemic, the Court did allow states to do so themselves.

UAE Strikes Peace Deal With Israel, Sells Out Palestinians

foreign interests

By Eric Levitz

In exchange for a promise that Israel won’t immediately illegally annex the Jordan Valley, Abu Dhabi normalized relations with the Jewish state.

Stimulus Talks Likely Dead Until September

coronavirus stimulus

Republicans won’t budge on the overall scope and cost of the package, and Democrats feel like they have all the leverage. So nothing’s shaking now.

The Coronavirus Was Found on Frozen Chicken Wings

covid-19

By Erica Schwiegershausen

Chinese authorities say the meat was imported from Brazil.

Trump Admits He’s Starving the Postal Service to Sabotage Voting by Mail

Trump is tampering with the November election in plain sight by trying to inhibit perfectly legal voting by mail and plotting to contest a defeat.

As Big Business Feasts on Cheap Credit, Small Firms Starve

the economy

By Eric Levitz

And Congress isn’t coming to the little guys’ rescue anytime soon.

8/13/2020

Steep personnel cuts could be coming to NYC municipal employees

“If you’re going to keep cutting and keep cutting, it has to at some point reach personnel. It’s just pure logic of budgets, and it’s very sad logic. I don’t like it one bit, and I want to avert this at all costs. So that 22,000 number is painfully real,” he said.

De Blasio has been hoping for a multi-billion dollar federal aid package to bail out the city after the coronavirus pandemic decimated its bottom line. But he acknowledged Wednesday that “appears to be dead now.”

De Blasio: Threat of 22,000 layoffs is 'painfully real'

—Politico

8/13/2020

This qualifies as good news now

U.S. jobless claims come in at 963,000. First week in months they’ve been below a million. @BloombergRadio

—@nhageradio