Jacob Weindling

Harper’s Magazine once estimated that slaves were forced to do a quarter billion hours of free labor valued at around $97 trillion.

Jun 01, 2020

Here is just a sampling of the thousands of videos uploaded to social media over the weekend where cops can clearly be seen unnecessarily escalating situations entirely on their own.

Jun 01, 2020

Team Trump’s inability to get the Ukraine allegations to stick, or to successfully paint Biden as “China’s puppet,” or the early vagaries of so-called “Obamagate” proves that the 2016 strategy that worked so well for him does not directly translate to 2020.

May 21, 2020

It is highly illegal for members of Congress to trade stocks on non-public information gleaned through their classified briefings, and the outline of what is known about Loeffler’s market activity seems to run afoul of federal laws.

May 21, 2020

If this burgeoning left-center alliance extends past this one issue, it could dramatically reorient how governance gets done in the Democratic House for as long as the party holds a majority.

May 20, 2020

Fisher Sand and Gravel, a North Dakota construction firm that has been repeatedly lauded by President Trump in meetings with border officials and military commanders, has been awarded the largest border wall contract ever.

May 20, 2020

The president has historically used these rallies to fire up his base and influence the media’s coverage of him.

May 20, 2020

Biden said to MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell, “It is not something the president is entitled to do, to direct a prosecution or decide to drop a case. It's a dereliction of duty.”

May 15, 2020

An amendment added by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., that would have required the Justice Department to show probable cause before collecting data under the Patriot Act failed to pass the 60-vote threshold, as 59 Senators voted for it.

May 13, 2020

NYU’s analysis found that compared with a rival test, the one developed by Abbott Laboratories missed at least a third of positive coronavirus cases and as much as 48% when compared to the dry nasal swabs.

May 13, 2020

In yet another signal that the 2020 campaign will not be filled with the type of acrimony that characterized the 2016 campaign, this task force is co-chaired by multiple progressives who supported Bernie Sanders in the primary, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

May 13, 2020

While the anti-lockdown protests have received much attention in the media, there is virtually no evidence that support for them is widespread.

May 12, 2020

A new survey from Oxford University of over 200 economists and economic officials finds that the impending plans from governments across the world to stimulate their economies in the face of the coronavirus pandemic could be boosted by investing in climate-friendly “green” policy programs.

May 11, 2020

Over 1,900 Department of Justice alumni signed a statement excoriating Attorney General William Barr for “assaulting the rule of law” by moving to dismiss the case against President Trump’s former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn.

May 11, 2020

A chorus of experts have repeatedly raised the alarm about glass shortages and the immense logistical challenges of scaling up efforts to distribute a coronavirus vaccine once it is completed.

May 11, 2020

Amid reports of “frenzied” lobbying around the historic trillion-dollar stimulus bills passed out of Congress came a seemingly anodyne anecdote from Roll Call’s reporting on the next stimulus bill being crafted by House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s leadership.

May 08, 2020

Theoretically, the delegates already won by Biden could vote for a different nominee at the Democratic National Convention even if Biden coasts into it fully healthy and unopposed.

May 08, 2020

Of the job losses reported today, just 2 million were permanent while 18.1 million unemployed persons reported being temporarily laid-off.

May 08, 2020

The Supreme Court found that "wrongdoing" was perpetrated by allies of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in the 2013 "Bridgegate" scandal, but asserted that "federal fraud statutes at issue do not criminalize all such conduct."

May 07, 2020

The CDC developed a detailed guide for states to reopen the economy due to be published on Friday, but the Trump Administration has shelved it, as reported by the AP.

May 07, 2020

A Washington Post-Ipsos poll indicates that 77% of laid-off or furloughed workers expect to be rehired once stay-at-home orders are lifted. Just 20% believe it is somewhat or very unlikely they will be rehired by their former employer.

May 07, 2020

Multiple polls indicate that Republicans are generally more energized to vote in the upcoming 2020 presidential election than Democrats.

May 06, 2020

A complaint filed last month with the House Oversight Committee claims that those assigned to secure personal protective equipment (PPE) for hospitals are poorly matched with the job.

May 06, 2020

Federal documents and people familiar with the arrangement reveal that the Secret Service rented a room in President Donald Trump’s Washington D.C. hotel for 137 consecutive nights in 2017 in order to guard Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin while he lived in one of the hotel’s luxury suites.

May 01, 2020

While anti-lockdown protests garner more and more media attention, a new survey indicates that most Americans, including most Republicans, are weary of returning to normal life too soon.

May 01, 2020

A new USA Today/Suffolk poll indicates that 22% of Bernie Sanders supporters would not vote for Joe Biden in November’s election.

Apr 30, 2020

In a move that signals that the 2020 Democratic primary will not have the acrimony of 2016, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden reached an agreement with Bernie Sanders to let the runner-up keep hundreds of delegates he would have otherwise lost thanks to DNC rules around candidates who drop out of the race.

Apr 30, 2020

A month after the state paid out $69.1 million, New York canceled the contract and is currently attempting to recoup their payment made to the Silicon Valley Engineer.

Apr 30, 2020

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “has to deal with” sexual assault allegations made by a former staffer of his, Tara Reade.

Apr 30, 2020