About 850 people who die in car crashes every single year aren't included in federal fatality totals because they took more than 30 days to succumb to their injuries. I wrote about why those deaths should count, and what happens when they don't. 🧵 usa.streetsblog.org/2024/06/24/whe…

The study found that the most significant driver of the increase in infant deaths was babies who died of congenital anomalies. In other words, women were forced by Texas law to have babies everyone knew would suffer and die.

ICYMI: In 5 days, the Adams administration is going to replace an award-winning community composting site with a parking lot hellgatenyc.com/adams-administ…

If only there was a policy that could fix this bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The city council in Missoula, Montana, voted yesterday to ban homeless encampments citywide, an about-face from a local effort just two years ago to come up with a solution that doesn't involve penalizing people who have no other shelter options. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Justice Sotomayor says today’s decision reshapes the presidency, arguing in her dissent — with Jackson and Kagan — that if a president “orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in

The president is himself forever immune from prosecution for crimes committed using his official power, and he can pardon anyone helping him to commit federal crimes, including an actions in furtherance of a coup to illegally hold onto the presidency. That’s the upshot.

So Biden can’t forgive student loans but he can order a drone strike on the loan collectors?

The housing affordability crisis is nearly inescapable in the US. Rents across the country have risen by 26% since early 2020, according to a new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. With @Eliza_Relman for Business Insider businessinsider.com/housing-crisis…

Scoop: Biden WILL announce plan to cap rents at 5% nationwide, sources say Would strip tax benefit from corporate landlords who dont comply Plan, which likely requires D control of Congress, comes as Biden emphasizes populist econ ideas after debate W/ Rachel Leah Siegel

Nikki Haley's son reacts to the news of Sen. JD Vance's selection as Trump's VP:

JD Vance, Trump's VP pick, has long opposed abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. During his Senate campaign, he repeatedly castigated the "childless left" and specifically, "childless cat ladies" 19thnews.org/2024/07/jd-van…

JD Vance in 2016: "If Trump wins it would be terrible for the country, but good for book sales." (he was right, Hilbilly Elegy became a bestseller) chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

“I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J. D. Vance,” Mitt Romney told me when he was running for Senate. More below: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

"That's Nancy using her drone, it’s the SAME as Obama using Clooney," a top Hill aide told me cnbc.com/2024/07/17/rep…

NYC lawmaker wants to require landlords to provide air conditioning during the summer buff.ly/46bDCKX

make Eliza Relman NYC's dating czar cc: Mayor Eric Adams!!!!!!! businessinsider.com/elon-musk-favo…

This story is what happens when you jokingly pitch your friends on a non-profit dating app and it turns into a months-long investigation What if the government could save your love life?? Plz enjoy my findings: businessinsider.com/elon-musk-favo…

We know that more than 7M people face an eviction each year... but this only captures evictions that are filed via the courts. What about those evictions that happen illegally and in the shadows? Join us this Thursday for an Insta live with Business Insider to learn more.

When it's $2 bus fare evasion, local news runs stories saying illegal behavior is "out of control" When it's Lexus drivers blocking hundreds of thousands of working class DMVers from getting to work on time, local news runs stories saying enforcement is "out of control" 🤔🚩