As we went to press with this weekly retrospective, we continue to assess the impact of the massive Russian Hack as the President of the United States stayed silent. We present a snapshot below:
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| Ron Johnson Ran a Grievance-Laced Puppet Show Starring the President*'s Disgruntled Devotees |
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| On Wednesday, in the United States Senate, Senator Ron (Shreds of Freedom) Johnson held the latest in the ongoing series of grievance-laced puppet shows starring disgruntled devotees of the current president*. The abiding theme of this one was giving lawyers whose asses have been kicked all over every judicial system a chance to plead their threadbare cases one more time. In this, the hearing succeeded. If you think this is an open invitation for further voter-suppression activity in Republican-dominated state legislatures, backed up by similar finagling from national Republican politicians and activists, well, that means you've been paying attention. Here’s Charles P. Pierce on what transpired. Read More |
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A Senate hearing about irregularities in the 2020 election got upstaged by one of its own star witnesses: Christopher Krebs. Read the full story here. |
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 | The Intelligence | “It was clear that many companies actually benefited from lockdowns”—a capital-raising frenzy | Also on the daily podcast: the hidden, hard-working world of waste-pickers and megaphones get much more mega
In the driver's seat: President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of his former presidential rival Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary comes at a time when public transit systems in the U.S. are financially struggling because of the pandemic. While his background running a small American city did not make him an obvious fit, some city officials and transportation leaders are hopeful that the one-time mayor of South Bend, Indiana, could bring meaningful reform. As mayor, he oversaw saw a $21 million “Smart Streets” project that's credited with helping economic revitalization in the city's downtown area through actions like widening sidewalks and building bike paths. Then, as a presidential candidate, Buttigieg laid out a $1 trillion infrastructure plan with city-centric transportation goals. It emphasized climate adaptation and called for boosting public transportation in both cities and rural areas, and it outlined a national “Vision Zero'' strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities. At the same time, his record on race relations and police oversight has drawn a less optimistic response from some local racial justice advocates to his nomination. From Laura Bliss today on CityLab: What We Know About Pete Buttigieg’s Transportation Record -Linda Poon More on CityLab |
It doesn’t take very many ultra-wealthy Americans changing their address to wreak havoc on cities’ finances. |
Here are all the transit-oriented toys, home-office gadgets, quarantine accessories and winter socializing gear we want to survive the pandemic holidays. |
In the race to deliver orders faster, Amazon, UPS, FedEx and others push deeper into cities, causing congestion, noise and more woes. |
- Italy to build 1,500 pop-up vaccine pavilions, designed by architect Stefano Boeri (CNN)
- What the Dippin’ Dots "cold chain" can teach us about Covid-19 vaccines (Popular Science)
- Prisoners have been excluded from Covid vaccine plans, and health experts are sounding the alarm (NBC News)
- How the Biden administration can fix this part of the disaster housing crisis (Slate)
- Do Canada geese still fly south for winter? Yes, but it's complicated (National Geographic)
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