Lisa Tozzi
Master of Disaster. The Markup Managing Editor, News & Operations. Priors: BuzzFeed, NYTimes. I'm buying all the hotdogs and I'm giving them to the good people.
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NBC Says Trump Will Hold Town Hall Meeting Thursday, Competing Against Biden
The candidates were set to debate on Thursday night until President Trump bowed out. Now they will take part in dueling town-hall-style meetings, with Joe Biden taking questions from voters on ABC.
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Lisa Tozzi
So, Trump refuses Covid safety protocols, throws a tantrum, and refuses to debate Biden and NBC rewards him for it. Cool.
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Trump Will Undergo Televised Medical Evaluation on Friday Night, Fox News Announces
The stunt will go ahead a day after Trump insisted he was fine while coughing his way through a phone interview.
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Lisa Tozzi
What if we skip this and we just get a straight answer on the president’s Covid test history?
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With President in the Hospital, a V.P. Debate Takes On Outsize Import
Vice-presidential debates can often be afterthoughts in a presidential race, but Mike Pence and Kamala Harris will now face an unusual amount of scrutiny, and a tricky balancing act in dealing with the virus.
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I still don’t get why it’s a given that they have to have these in-person debates in light of ::WAVES ARMS
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“He was sitting in a sea of people with Covid,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, an infectious disease expert at Harvard University. “There is no way he should go anywhere.”
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Covid: 'Upsurge' in giant veg growing during lockdown
Shows have adapted during the pandemic to allow growers to display their enormous produce.
N.Y.C. Will Again Delay Start of In-Person Classes for Most Students
The city had scheduled classes to start on Monday. Now, it will phase students back on a rolling basis, beginning with pre-K.
The Worst Day Of My Life Is Now New York's Hottest Tourist Attraction
Nearly 13 years after my sister's death, a reluctant Sunday visit to the 9/11 Memorial Museum, where public spectacle and private grief have a permanent home together.
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This is a grim day in the grimmest of years. I will do today what have done for the past few years and start it by reading this gem by my friend and former colleague @SteveKandell
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I found out my ex cheated on me — from his wedding announcement
On Aug. 9, the New York Times published a “Vows” feature on the courtship and wedding of locals named Robert and Lauren. It read like a perfect love story. But not to Nikyta Moreno, 30, Robert’s ex…
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Lisa Tozzi
“That was news to me — because I was his wife in January 2017. We split in late March of that year, officially divorcing in January 2018, and I never exactly understood why. Until I read about it in the Times.”
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OpenIDEO - City of Chicago Winter Dining Challenge - Ideas
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Lisa Tozzi
I kind of love this: A design challenge to come up with ideas for outdoor dining in Chicago in the fall and winter.
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Why the United States is having a coronavirus data crisis
Political meddling and years of neglect of public-health data management mean the country is flying blind.
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Lisa Tozzi
When people argue about how they haven’t heard about major outbreaks at gyms or some other place they want to go, it doesn’t mean it is safe. Tracking and tracing is a mess.
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Yurt alert: how the holiday PM dodged the great British exams meltdown | Marina Hyde
You’ll have been aware for some time that Boris Johnson is on holiday, but from what? says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Lisa Tozzi
“I thought it must be the chilliest place the prime minister had ever secluded himself, until I remembered he hid in a fridge during the general election.”
Who is better than @MarinaHyde? No one!
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Are New Yorkers Wearing Masks? Here’s What We Found in Each Borough
Over several days this summer, The New York Times tallied the face-covering status of over 7,000 people at 14 spots across the city.
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The home health aide who says it’s all a conspiracy is really something.
“Rafael Martinez, 33, a home health aide, said he thought the pandemic was made up. “Of course it’s a conspiracy” Mr. Martinez said. ‘Hell yeah, everything is a conspiracy.’”
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Reopening Gyms Seems Like a Bad Idea
Transmission in New York remains low, but for how long?
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Lisa Tozzi
“Gyms —indoor venues where people breathe hard and sweat and touch shared objects — incorporate just about every coronavirus risk we’ve been told to avoid. “
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Wiped out by demand: Clorox says disinfecting wipes shortage will last until 2021
The supply chain is on the rox.
Trump’s New COVID Doctor Says Sex with Demons Makes You Sick
The president is pushing the coronavirus theories of a Houston doctor who also thinks sexual visitations by demons and alien DNA are at the root of common American health concerns.
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Lisa Tozzi
“Before Trump and his supporters embrace Immanuel’s medical expertise, though, they should consider other medical claims Immanuel has made—including ones about alien DNA and the physical effects of having sex with witches and demons in your dreams.”
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The White House Called a News Conference. Trump Turned It Into a Meandering Monologue.
The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes. He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters.
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Lisa Tozzi
“Even for a president who rarely sticks to the script and wanders from thought to thought, it was one of the most rambling performances of his presidency.”
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Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now
How to protect yourself from a virus that may be floating indoors? Better ventilation, for starters. And keep wearing those masks.
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Lisa Tozzi
“This risk is highest in crowded indoor spaces with poor ventilation, and may help explain super-spreading events reported in meatpacking plants, churches and restaurants.”
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Zadie Smith wrote an entire essay collection in lockdown, and you can read it in July.
Think you’ve made good use of the COVID lockdown? Is your sourdough starter in decent shape? Did you achieve Inbox Zero? Has your home gym kept you fighting fit? Congratulations! Those are al…
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Lisa Tozzi
Damn.
Zadie Smith wrote an entire essay collection in lockdown, and you can read it in July.
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The Real Economic Catastrophe Hasn’t Hit Yet. Just Wait For August.
After a terrifying spring spent in lockdown and a summer of protests in the streets, things are going to get a lot worse in the fall.
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That @tomgara, always trying to sugar-coat the news:
“The US economy right now is like a jumbo jet that’s in a steady glide after both its engines flamed out. In about six weeks, it will likely crash into the side of a mountain.”
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Fauci Warns That the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Far From Over
The nation’s leading infectious disease expert tells biotech executives that Covid-19 has inflicted global damage, exposing worrisome racial disparities.
Ousted manager was told to manipulate COVID-19 data before state’s re-opening, she says
Rebekah Jones said the deputy Secretary of Health asked for misleading data on rural counties.
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Lisa Tozzi
“If refusing to mislead the public during a health crisis is insubordination, then I will wear that badge with honor”
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