Today is Tuesday, and I’m getting a COVID-19 test AND phone banking, so, uh, cross your fingers for me? (I’m not sick or anything, just want to be careful before visiting my parents!)
Amy Coney Barrett Is As Cynical As Trump (Slate)
Senate Republicans Are Playing a Dangerous Game With the Court’s Legitimacy (The Atlantic)
UGH I was afraid of this: Appeals court allows Abbott to close multiple ballot drop-off sites (Statesman)
Reminder: long waits to vote are a voter suppression story, NOT a feel-good story: Long lines mark the first day of early voting in Georgia as voters flock to the polls (WaPo)
Fauci Slams Trump Camp For Taking His Words Out Of Context In Ad Without His Consent (TPM)
Whistleblowers Say CBP Knowingly Broke The Law As It Turned Back Asylum-Seekers (KPBS)
A hate group employee is now leading diversity & inclusion efforts in the Department of Education (LGBTQ Nation)
Finally: Facebook bans Holocaust denial content (The Verge)
Imagine living in THIS fantasy: 'Scent of democracy': fragrant hand sanitiser ticks box for New Zealand's early voters (The Guardian)
I saw the video of one waking the other up (they’re neighbors) and it was VERY cute: U.S. Auction Theorists Win the 2020 Nobel in Economics (NYT)
And some longer reads:
What Strength Really Means When You’re Sick (The Atlantic)
In Florida, the Gutting of a Landmark Law Leaves Few Felons Likely to Vote (ProPublica)
A Portrait of a Market in India Run Solely by Women (NYT)
One Romance Novelist’s Fight for Diverse Love Stories (Slate)
The Unsung Heroine of Lichenology (JSTOR Daily)
xoxo, Katie