Subscribe View in browser With Trump Out, GOP Can Finally Come Together to Attack Dems By Sam Brodey “I get more airtime than I used to,” one GOP senator said Wednesday. The Filibuster Can’t Be ‘Reformed’—It Must Be Nuked By Wajahat Ali It’s great that Biden is now open to changing the filibuster. But with this GOP, we’re way past the point where it can be reformed. Enough Sympathizing With Men Like the Massage Parlor Killer By Erin Gloria Ryan How does knowing that Dylann Roof was polite in jail or that Eliot Rodger couldn’t get laid help fix the problem at the root of the violence—that white men are seen as more human? Listen to today's Cheat Sheet PLAY NOW Thought the Right Would Give It a Rest? It’s Just Begun THE DAILY BEAST Catch Fever Dreams, the new podcast from The Daily Beast covering the twisted tales of the new American right. Women Reporters Faced Cuomo’s Creepy Behavior, Too By Emily Shugerman Members of the Albany press corps say the governor left them acutely aware of their gender in discomfiting interactions. Another Really Bad Day for Asians Thanks to White Supremacy By Mikka Kei Macdonald I know personally how anti-Asian dehumanization can shape the trajectory of a group, a community, and a family. North Korea Says It’s Ghosting Team Biden’s Endless Calls Whispers of a new North Korean missile test continue to grow as Pyongyang torpedoes Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s effort to reset the Korean dialogue during Seoul visit. Secret Russian Weapon Scheme Tied to Trump Tower Meeting Documents obtained by The Daily Beast link the $230 million fraud discussed at the Trump Tower meeting in 2016 to Russia’s black-market weapons of mass destruction program. NGOs Shocked at U.S. ‘Horrendous’ Response to Migrant Surge “The idea that DHS, which has $49 billion budget, can’t figure this out, to me, is the wrong conversation,” said Paola Luisi, of Families Belong Together, 1. SEEING RED Putin Ominously Wishes Biden ‘Good Health’ After Killer Jibe Konstantin Kosachyov, the deputy chairman of the Russian parliament’s upper house, said earlier that Biden’s “killer” comment was unacceptable. 2. WRONG WAY 14 States Have Recorded Alarming Virus Spikes This Week: JHU The worst acceleration of infections has been recorded in Michigan, but Delaware, Montana, Alabama, and West Virginia have also seen alarming increases. 3. AD BY TILE Get This and Never Misplace Anything Ever Again Tile can slide into wallets or clip on to key chains and pairs with all major smartphones to ensure you can finally keep track of everything in your life. © Copyright 2020 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add [email protected] to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe. |