This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareJared Kushner’s coronavirus response team, we learned this week, is fumbling because it’s with . Of course it is. It’s being run by one.Kushner’s lack of experience and expertise has not been remedied in any way during his now three-plus years in the White House. After bungling many high-profile efforts to address various problems and often making them worse (see, , peace in), he keeps being handed more responsibilities with higher stakes. He has wasted taxpayer resources and endangered lives trying on policy roles...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareJared Kushner’s coronavirus response team, we learned this week, is fumbling because it’s with . Of course it is. It’s being run by one.Kushner’s lack of experience and expertise has not been remedied in any way during his now three-plus years in the White House. After bungling many high-profile efforts to address various problems and often making them worse (see, , peace in), he keeps being handed more responsibilities with higher stakes. He has wasted taxpayer resources and endangered lives trying on policy roles...WW…

The primary contests for Bernie Sanders and, while the election isn’t over yet, the question now looms about what happens to the progressive movement after Bernie Sanders.I think the answer to that was never centered around the presidential race to begin with. Which should be intuitive because the future of the progressive movement can’t be a 78-year-old white guy who’s been in politics for several decades, almost by definition. Bernie is a pioneer, not the future. The future is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (And Ayanna Pressley. And Ilhan Omar. And Rashida Tlaib. And Katie Porter. That they...…The primary contests for Bernie Sanders and, while the election isn’t over yet, the question now looms about what happens to the progressive movement after Bernie Sanders.I think the answer to that was never centered around the presidential race to begin with. Which should be intuitive because the future of the progressive movement can’t be a 78-year-old white guy who’s been in politics for several decades, almost by definition. Bernie is a pioneer, not the future. The future is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (And Ayanna Pressley. And Ilhan Omar. And Rashida Tlaib. And Katie Porter. That they...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementPay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? . (It’s anonymous!)Dear Pay Dirt,I’m in the process of divorcing my good-for-nothing, lazy, hateful wife. For years she has stayed at home, where she spent my money and had me subsidize her lifestyle while she supposedly was doing the “hard work” of raising children. Whenever I came home from a busy, hectic day, she would throw the kids at me, then sit on her phone while I did all the heavy lifting; on weekends, she would harangue me if I had the audacity to go out with friends, when she has...…AdvertisementAdvertisementPay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? . (It’s anonymous!)Dear Pay Dirt,I’m in the process of divorcing my good-for-nothing, lazy, hateful wife. For years she has stayed at home, where she spent my money and had me subsidize her lifestyle while she supposedly was doing the “hard work” of raising children. Whenever I came home from a busy, hectic day, she would throw the kids at me, then sit on her phone while I did all the heavy lifting; on weekends, she would harangue me if I had the audacity to go out with friends, when she has...WW…

is still not taking the pandemic seriously. And I don’t mean he isn’t anxious about it, or that he’s still pretending it’s a hoax perpetrated by Democrats. He’s turned the corner on that, because even those of his supporters who favor aluminum headwear are beginning to see irrefutable signs that COVID-19 is real and spreading.But he does not, in any meaningful sense, understand the gravity of the problem. Or he is willfully ignoring it in a haze of narcissistic magical thinking, the radius of which extends to much of the executive staff. He demonstrated this on Wednesday when he put his...…is still not taking the pandemic seriously. And I don’t mean he isn’t anxious about it, or that he’s still pretending it’s a hoax perpetrated by Democrats. He’s turned the corner on that, because even those of his supporters who favor aluminum headwear are beginning to see irrefutable signs that COVID-19 is real and spreading.But he does not, in any meaningful sense, understand the gravity of the problem. Or he is willfully ignoring it in a haze of narcissistic magical thinking, the radius of which extends to much of the executive staff. He demonstrated this on Wednesday when he put his...WW…

On May 11, Elon Musk announced that and restarting production in Tesla’s Freemont factory. “I will be on the line with everyone else,” he tweeted. “If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.” He also threatened to move Tesla out of California if he wasn’t allowed to reopen. Protesters, , responded with a rally outside of the factory, arguing that Musk was not above the law, and should in fact be arrested.But Musk has demonstrated over and over again that he believes that laws do not apply to him and has faced minimal consequences for violations, which no doubt reinforces that...…On May 11, Elon Musk announced that and restarting production in Tesla’s Freemont factory. “I will be on the line with everyone else,” he tweeted. “If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.” He also threatened to move Tesla out of California if he wasn’t allowed to reopen. Protesters, , responded with a rally outside of the factory, arguing that Musk was not above the law, and should in fact be arrested.But Musk has demonstrated over and over again that he believes that laws do not apply to him and has faced minimal consequences for violations, which no doubt reinforces that...WW…