Новости за 16.12.2021

This week, about 40 miles from the Amazon warehouse obliterated by a tornado, a worker at one of the company’s fulfillment centers was approached by an Amazon “learning ambassador” and handed a sheet of paper on which a handful of evacuation procedures were written: Walk, don’t run, in case of emergency; follow the manager’s instructions; do not leave the property if you need to escape. The paper listed severe weather rallying points, though no one pointed the actual locations out. It took about... Читать дальше...

For those of us who grew up enjoying (and have grown old romanticizing) the bright, resplendent four-color pleasures of comic books, it may be time to admit we’ve been had. It may once have seemed that comics offered intelligent young men and women an escape from the awfulness of middle-American life. But seeing today how thoroughly those serial fantasies have infiltrated every aspect of modern culture, it’s beginning to look as if comics largely reinforced our worst impulses and instincts.

The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday night to refer Mark Meadows to federal prosecutors for criminal contempt of Congress. While Meadows, a former House member who served as President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff, had initially cooperated with the House January 6 committee, he reversed course soon after he received a public rebuke from Trump himself. Meadows’s decision to rebuff the commission drew the ire of its bipartisan leadership, who believe Meadows is still withholding key... Читать дальше...

It’s been an extraordinary few days for the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol. The committee, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney in particular, have released a trove of new text messages and correspondence showing the lengths to which Donald Trump and his allies seemed willing to go to reverse the 2020 election results and allow supporters to violently storm the Capitol, endangering the lives of Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike, alongside journalists and Capitol Hill staff. Читать дальше...

President Biden has a problem. His name is Senator Joe Manchin, who now seems to be the only senator holding up a December vote on the most bold and impactful social agenda since the New Deal—the Build Back Better Act. But let’s put Manchin aside for the moment. The Democratic Party is a big tent. Having Blue Dogs is nothing new.

Ten days before Christmas, President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda seems to be imperiled, and the future of his signature child care, health care, and education package in doubt. Although Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had previously vowed that the Senate would vote on the $2 trillion bill, known as the Build Back Better Act, before the holiday, it has long seemed that this timeline was way too optimistic. Now, ten days before Christmas, the delicate balancing act has been wholly upended... Читать дальше...