And another day of fixing inflation, affirmative action in jeopardy, Rs mocking the attack on Paul Pelosi, a quiet Bolsonaro, a National Day of Action on Abortion, Taylor Swift makes history, ‘planet killer’ asteroids, and finally learning more about the clitoris comes to a close:
“The attempted kidnapping of Nancy Pelosi and attack on Paul Pelosi mark a turning point in American political discourse. Here's why: We are witnessing the GOP not only refuse to widely condemn this attack, we are watching them mock and joke about it. They are normalizing it. Republicans, from the Trump family to right-wing news sites and current elected officials candidates, are using this opportunity to MOCK Democrats and are laughing about this on the campaign trail. This is it. This is the beginning of the GOP soft-walking such violence.” -- Philip Germain
Deaths
US: 1,095,315
World: 6,594,520
Cases
US: 99,374,721
World: 635,657,893
You know what’s scary? Every one of these real-life villains.
What aren’t we doing to fix inflation? There’s no one weird trick to tackle inflation overnight…Efforts to tame high prices in the United States — largely through interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve — aren’t bringing prices down much yet, though the hope is that eventually they will. Still, it’s not a perfect approach. Much of what’s contributing to inflation — Russia’s war in Ukraine, Covid-19, continued supply chain issues — is really out of the US central bank’s sphere of influence altogether. Interest rate increases take time to work their way through the economy, and the Fed’s rate hikes are likely to cost jobs and could even push the country into a recession. This means they’re going to make things worse before, at some point, they get better. I reached out to seven experts across the ideological spectrum to ask where we go from here. While monetary policy — the Fed’s decisions about interest rates — is typically seen as the main tool for bringing down inflation, is there more that policymakers can and should be doing to help address this mess? Their answers, edited for length and clarity, are below.
Affirmative action in jeopardy after justices raise doubts. The court’s six conservative justices all expressed doubts about the practice, which has been upheld under Supreme Court decisions reaching back to 1978. The court’s three liberals defended the programs, which are similar to those used by many other private and public universities. Getting rid of race-conscious college admissions would have a “destabilizing” effect that would cause the ranks of Black and Latino students to plummet at the nation’s most selective schools, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, representing the Biden administration, said.
Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack planned to break House speaker's kneecaps, DOJ says in filing charges. The San Francisco district attorney announced state charges against David DePape, 42, that included attempted murder. The DA said the attack appeared to be "politically motivated." The suspect also allegedly told investigators that "by breaking Nancy's kneecaps, she would then have to be wheeled into Congress, which would show other Members of Congress there were consequences to actions."
Of Course Republicans Are Mocking the Brutal Attack on Nancy Pelosi’s Husband. Everything from the rush to define political motives to the GOP’s despicable taunting is simply the way we live now. Of course, to call this out is to also play the game; it’s almost impossible to condemn the right’s response without enriching their hopes of getting “canceled.” The political finger-pointing, even when the ledger sinks so heavily to one side, feels like a pantomime. All of it is bile—and it’s the hallmark of this political era, however you want to define that.
Brazil’s brash President Bolsonaro mum after election loss. Nearly a full day after President Jair Bolsonaro lost his bid for reelection, the usually brash right-wing leader had neither conceded defeat nor challenged the results of the country’s closest political contest in more than three decades. Bolsonaro hadn’t spoken a word to reporters camped outside the official residence or the supporters who regularly gather nearby. Nor did he post on his otherwise prolific social media platforms.
Doctors Call for National Day of Action on Abortion: 'We Can't Just All Get Thrown Into Jail. Highlighting the community-wide harms of criminalizing abortion providers is the basis for a new campaign called Doctors for Abortion Access. The collective is leading a national day of action on November 3, when medical workers will protest in Washington, DC, their own hometowns, and on social media. They will highlight the dangers of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) proposed nationwide abortion ban and ask politicians to untie their hands. Specifically, they will urge Congress to restore providers’ ability to provide care by codifying the protections of Roe into federal law via the Women’s Health Protection Act. In short: “Leave the medicine to those of us who trained for that,” Irobunda said. They’re asking more doctors, abortion providers, and medical students to sign up to join the action.
Trump asks justices to keep tax returns from House committee. Former President Donald Trump is going to the Supreme Court, again, this time to try to stop his tax returns from being handed to a congressional committee. In an emergency appeal filed Monday, Trump wants the court to order at least a temporary hold on the Treasury Department turning over his returns to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. Trump said the handover could happen as soon as Thursday, without the court’s intervention.
GOP seizes on voter hesitancy to attack EVs as costly to US. Heading into next week’s midterm elections, many Republican candidates are seeking to capitalize on voters’ concerns about inflation by vilifying a key component of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda: electric vehicles. -- There are no good Republicans. None.
Musk floats paid Twitter verification, fires board. Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter — and faces major hurdles as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform. Twitter’s new owner fired the company’s board of directors and made himself the board’s sole member, according to a company filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Does adversity make you stronger? Scientists say not always. There’s an old saying that adversity makes you stronger. Real life shows that’s not always true, but the adage highlights an evolving debate among scientists about resilience. After traumatic events and crises such as child abuse, gun violence or a pandemic, what explains why some people bounce back, while others struggle to cope? Is it nature — genes and other inherent traits? Or nurture — life experiences and social interactions? Decades of research suggest both play a role, but that neither seals a person’s fate.
Scientists Finally Learned More About the Clitoris. On average, they counted 5,140 dorsal clitoral nerve fibers among their samples. And since the clitoris, like most body parts, is symmetrical, that ought to mean that the average dorsal nerve of the clitoris contains 10,281 fibers. Because there are other relevant nerves in the clitoris, the authors note, even this count is an underestimate of how many nerve endings the organ truly has…They note that a commonly cited figure of the clitoris having 8,000 nerve endings seems to originate from a single study of cows—about 20% less than their clitoral count.
Taylor Swift Makes History as First Artist With Entire Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100. Taylor Swift scores one of the most historic weeks in the 64-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, as she becomes the first artist to claim the survey’s entire top 10 in a single frame.
‘Planet killer’ asteroid spotted hiding in the sun’s glare. Astronomers have spotted three near-Earth asteroids that were lurking undetected within the glare of the sun. One of the asteroids is the largest potentially hazardous object posing a risk to Earth to be discovered in the last eight years.
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