“One party is pro-fascism and the other party wants to give electric cars,” says @mollyjongfast on the @newabnormalpod—and you can guess which party is winning.
“Not even Democratic leadership is on the same page” @cheddar’s @jd_durkin says, as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” is slipping away since Nancy Pelosi brought a stuffed animal to a messaging knife fight with the GOP ahead of the midterm elections trib.al/F3vzcx2
And, @jd_durkin says, despite “how popular the items in the reconciliation bill are with the American people,” Mitch McConnell is “willing to do whatever he needs to do to stand in the way” since “he’s not the one who would deliver it” trib.al/F3vzcx2
Plus, Dr. @PeterHotez talks to the @newabnormalpod about booster shots, vaccinations for American kids, vaccinating the world—and to forget about “the obsession with MRNA vaccines” because it’s “not just a matter of hoarding” trib.al/F3vzcx2
Then, @MollyJongFast talks with @leonidvolkov, chief of staff to imprisoned Russian opposition figure @navalny, about “an important cautionary tale of a country that had democracy and lost it” trib.al/F3vzcx2
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Supporters of the controversial audit have now turned on each other after the partisan investigation failed to find proof of election malfeasance. thedailybeast.com/arizona-audit-…
Getting mad about anti-vaxxers and the Delta coronavirus surge is one thing. But reveling in the mass death of people who refuse to get shots is a whole new ballgame. One that sites like Sorryantivaxxer. com focus on to the exclusion of everything else. thedailybeast.com/mocking-unvacc…
The website is likely the most comprehensive repository of one type of now-familiar COVID story: the one where someone who criticized the vaccine ends up dead or hospitalized due to the virus (a story outlets like The Daily Beast have pubbed). thedailybeast.com/mocking-unvacc…
First and last names, and faces of the deceased, are prominent on the site, as is editorializing from the anonymous proprietor. thedailybeast.com/mocking-unvacc…
Ben Shapiro and Facebook are like two peas in a pod. That’s why NYT’s @kevinroose says his job for a long time was just figuring out if Shapiro had five or seven "of the top ten” most-engaged pages on the platform.
And even though Donald Trump is pretty much running for president, again, despite being banned from most major social media platforms, the right-wing fuckery is still raging on Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg & co. don’t seem to be doing much to stop it. trib.al/11ZOnRb
“The difference with Facebook is that it doesn’t want to admit that it’s [conservative-leaning] AM talk radio or that it’s a cable company whose biggest show is Sean Hannity,” @kevinroose tells @newabnormalpod host @MollyJongFasttrib.al/11ZOnRb
For decades, R. Kelly has been accused of various harrowing acts, ranging from sexual abuse to luring young women into an alleged “cult.” thedailybeast.com/r-kelly-convic…
However, despite scores of allegations—and even a high-profile criminal trial on child pornography charges— R. Kelly always seemed to dodge serious repercussions.
On Monday, after two years of delays, R. Kelly was convicted on all the charges he faced in Brooklyn federal court, including racketeering based on sexual exploitation of children, kidnapping, forced labor, and violations of the Mann Act. thedailybeast.com/r-kelly-convic…
Lauren “El” Cho was an adventurous young woman who left her hometown on the East Coast for a new life with her boyfriend out West—and then just vanished.
Friends who saw her before she disappeared tell @MichaelDaly "it’s still just a total mystery." thedailybeast.com/before-gabby-p…
As with Gabby Petito, Cho’s disappearance was preceded by an argument with her boyfriend, though friends say it did not escalate beyond a brief verbal exchange. thedailybeast.com/before-gabby-p…
Cho was last seen in California's Morongo Valley desert, striding away from the touring bus she shared with her boyfriend around 3 p.m. on June 28. She was wearing a yellow T-shirt, jean shorts, and Doc Martens boots. thedailybeast.com/before-gabby-p…
Alaska currently leads the United States in new coronavirus cases per-capita and is near the top of the pack in hospitalizations and deaths.
But that hasn't convinced cops in Bethel, Alaska to get vaccinated. thedailybeast.com/bethel-alaska-…
Instead, they are echoing discredited conspiracies common among anti-vaxxers: COVID vaccines might be the precursor to the mark of the beast warned about in the Bible—or part of a vast plot to implant microchips in citizens that Joe Biden is somehow in on. thedailybeast.com/bethel-alaska-…
To protect the small city and its precious health resources, Bethel officials put in place a mandate two weeks ago that says city employees must get vaccinated by Sept. 27 if they want to keep their jobs. thedailybeast.com/bethel-alaska-…