It’s the covid-economy, stupid
Contrary to what some fearful Democrats believe, law-and-order looks unlikely to decide this election
SHORTLY AFTER George Floyd was killed by a Minnesotan policeman last May, Joe Biden condemned the riots that his killing had sparked. “Protesting such brutality is right and necessary,” he said. “Burning down communities and needless destruction is not. Violence that endangers lives is not.” He repeated his denunciation several times over the next few days. President Donald Trump meanwhile accused him of ignoring the issue.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “It’s the covid-economy, stupid”
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An Ivy League graduate is charged over Brian Thompson’s murder
He appears to be an unusual sort of radical
America’s best-known practitioner of youth gender medicine is being sued
A patient of Johanna Olson-Kennedy thinks she has been negligent
Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s wizard, wants to reform the FBI
But his list of political enemies would be a scary place to start
Dinesh D’Souza admits his documentary was fiction
An influential political documentary was based on falsehood
The US Supreme Court appears likely to uphold a medical ban affecting trans youth
At oral arguments, the justices divided on ideological lines