Read this before you click “Buy Now” With Black Friday and Cyber Monday now just days away, it’s an especially good time to read Will Evans’ new investigation for The Atlantic on how ruthless quotas at Amazon are maiming employees. As Lauren Goode puts it, “Read this before you click ‘Buy Now.’” 
For this story, which is a collaboration between The Atlantic and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, Evans reviewed internal injury records from 23 of Amazon’s 110 U.S. fulfillment centers. He found the rate of serious injuries was more than double the national average for the warehousing industry. As Louise Matsakis says, “There have been a lot of great stories about injuries and safety issues at Amazon, but this one from the Atlantic and @reveal is particularly vital, shocking, and important. Read it before you start buying holiday gifts with Prime.” ‘The world has squandered so much time’ Brady Dennis of The Washington Post reports on a “bleak” new U.N. report that says drastic action is the only way to avoid the worst effects of climate change. “The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid, unprecedented cuts in greenhouse gas emissions offer the only hope of averting an ever-intensifying cascade of consequences,” he writes. Which is why Jeff Goodell thinks, “Trump’s climate crimes, not whatever went down w Russia and Ukraine, will be his most lasting and tragic legacy.” At The New York Times, Somini Sengupta points out, World Powers Vowed to Cut Greenhouse Gases. They’re Still Rising Perilously. Looking for some kind of positive note, Bill McKibben tweets, “At least the reporting on climate change is much more real than it used to be--the @nytimes has a tough story on the planet’s rapidly rising emissions that includes this line: ‘that trajectory is terrible for the future of humanity.’” News: Presidents are not kings 
As Charlie Savage reports at The New York Times, a federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s argument that senior White House officials are immune from congressional subpoenas, ruling in a 120-page decision that Donald McGahn must testify to Congress. Adam Goldman highlights this part: “Stated simply, the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings.” The administration says it will appeal the decision. Spencer Hsu and Ann E. Marimow cover the ruling at The Washington Post in their piece, Former White House counsel Donald McGahn must comply with House subpoena, judge rules, and Robert Schlesinger quotes, “‘No one is above the law.’ cc @realDonaldTrump.” As for Americans’ opinions about impeachment, the latest CNN poll finds no change in views on impeachment after public hearings. Jennifer Agiesta has those details. A very specific, very long list of crimes In other legal news, Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Rebecca Ballhaus and Shelby Holliday of The Wall Street Journal report on federal subpoenas seeking information on Giuliani’s consulting business, and “I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A JACK BURKMAN CAMEO HERE!!!” tweets Sam Stein. As Ballhaus explains, the “Subpoenas indicate a broad federal investigation into possible money laundering, obstruction of justice & campaign finance violations. Among the entities the subpoenas seek records on: Giuliani Partners.” In other words, “This is a very specific, and very long list of serious crimes that Giuliani is being investigated for,” tweets Mimi Rocah. And some scoop from Kara Scannell and Mark Morales of CNN reveals that National Enquirer company chief David Pecker is talking with New York prosecutors as part of the New York district attorney’s office investigation into the Trump Organization’s handling of hush money payments. There is no bottom, part 437 Trump is now telling his allies he wants absolved war criminals to campaign for him. Because of course. That story is from The Daily Beast’s Asawin Suebsaeng and Spencer Ackerman, who puts it this way: “New from me & @swin24: First Trump pardoned/restored to rank three accused/convicted war criminals. Next, if he gets his way, people who killed unarmed civilians will campaign for him.” Mark Gongloff dubs it, “There is no bottom, part 437: the re-un-bottoming.” Also, “think the president might be a bad guy,” tweets Laura Olin. John Patrick Pullen wonders, “Why not name one a running mate? It’s not like a Republican would protest or disagree.” Ousted Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, meanwhile, spoke with David Martin of CBS News after leaving the Pentagon on Monday, telling him, “I never threatened to resign. I do. I don’t threaten. I got fired.” Some harsh truths In a new piece for The New York Times, Erica L. Green and Eliza Shapiro write that some black and Latino families are feeling betrayed as the leading Democratic candidates back away from charter schools. Richard Whitmire is “Happy to be wrong here. I thot the NYT would be last pub to write a balanced piece about blacks/Hispanics/charters/politics, but here it is from @EricaLG and @elizashapiro. Most of the ‘prog’ wing writing off the support as a Walton conspiracy.” Next, “For those of us who live in a fact-based world, @michaelharriot has some facts.” Leigh-Ann Jackson links to Michael Harriot’s piece for The Root, which is pretty straightforward: Pete Buttigieg Lies About Education Disparities (also headlined “Pete Buttigieg Is a Lying MF”). 
About that one, “Never in my life have I read an opinion column, gasped and repeatedly shouted, ‘OH SHIT!’ @michaelharriot is one helluva writer, but this one about Mayor Pete will go down in history as one of his best. Every mofo ain’t able,” tweets Goldie Taylor. Lois Beckett agrees: “The writing in this @michaelharriot piece is extraordinary. The images, the individual sentences, the structure of the whole piece.” Adds Eileen Connelly, “Some harsh truths that apply to most candidates And a great twist to end it.” Marc Caputo of Politico reports that Vanessa Cárdenas, the most senior Latina Biden staffer, has quit, telling allies she was frustrated over her lack of input as well as with Biden’s immigration rhetoric. But Matthew Yglesias notes that “Hispanic politics professionals are mad that Biden won’t take a more dovish stance on immigration, but Hispanic voters do not appear to share this concern.” 
Meanwhile, at Politico Magazine, Ryan Lizza offers us “a deep dive on Barack Obama’s post-presidency and his role in the 2020 primaries, including reporting on what he’s been saying privately about Bernie, Biden, Pete, Kamala, Deval, and others.” That piece is called Waiting for Obama, and as Carrie Budoff Brown says, there’s “TONS of new reporting here from @RyanLizza on Obama, 2020 and how he’s navigated an unexpectedly fraught post-presidency.” Actually click the link and read it Sacha Baron Cohen admits that this is “Very odd. Never expected to have an op-ed in The Washington Post. But it’s time to hold #MarkZuckerberg and the #SiliconSix accountable for spreading conspiracies and lies. Congress, what are you going to do?!” Do read that op-ed for The Washington Post, in which Baron Cohen argues, The ‘Silicon Six’ spread propaganda. It’s time to regulate social media sites. Casey Newton thinks, “he’s right about some things, wrong about other things,” noting “Like, obviously I share a lot of his concerns. And I guess it’s good to have a big star raising awareness of this stuff. But it’d be cool if he reckoned with some of the trade-offs involved in regulation rather than pretending all the solutions are simple and obvious.” 
Speaking of social media, That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It (103,000+ shares). Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren spent the past two years studying online disinformation and building a deep understanding of Russia’s strategy, tactics and impact. In a new piece for Rolling Stone, they explain what Russia’s 2020 disinformation operations look like. Anna Lewcock urges, “Please read this. Actually click the link and read it. Save it for your lunch break or your commute if you can’t read it now. Just...read it.” And also, “stop sharing glurge,” tweets Maura Johnston. World news In an op-ed for The Times, Britain’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, wonders, What will become of Jews in Britain if Labour forms the next government? Tweets James Masters, “This is quite unprecedented. The UK Chief Rabbi speaks out ahead of the election. Seismic. I’m not sure it’s possible to quantify how big a step this is.’ ‘Be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake.’” Adds Alex Massie, “The Chief Rabbi’s article in @thetimes is remarkable; it’s still rather more remarkable, and more dispiriting, that he felt he had to write it at all.” An exclusive by Keith Zhai, James Pomfret and David Kirton of Reuters reveals that China has set up a Hong Kong crisis center in the mainland and is considering replacing its chief liaison. Stuart Lau suggests reading this for “Heaps of details by almighty @QiZHAI: Han Zheng got a direct hotline with Carrie Lam; Xi got daily reports fr Team Shenzhen; Wang Zhimin set to be replaced bc he only focused on meeting rich people; cybersec officials part of China’s crisis team.” In Australia, Anne Davies reports at The Guardian that PM Scott Morrison is standing by the embattled minister for emissions reduction, Angus Taylor, despite New South Wales police launching an investigation into the origins of an altered document used to attack the Sydney lord mayor, Clover Moore. wow makes u think 
The Vice UK staff have compiled Nine Hacks to Enrich Your Life (aka “The VICE Guide to Not Being a Stupid Idiot”), and while these are written for a UK audience, we’re sharing it here because we believe the advice applies more broadly. After all, “this is the only life hack list i have ever respected,” Sam Diss says. “wow makes u think,” adds Jamie Clifton. Dipo Faloyin notes, “This is probably the biggest investigation we’ve ever done, putting together 8 life hacks that are GUARANTEED to change your life.” (It was originally 8, but they’ve since come up with one more helpful hack.) Bottom line, says Phoebe Hurst, this is “A huge and important article that is guaranteed to change your life.” The good, the bad, the culture crack -
Kristen Hare of Poynter shares some good news for state government reporting: The AP and Report for America are creating 14 new statehouse jobs in a collaboration that will bring more coverage to Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah. As she says, “That number is small, yes, but it’s a start.” -
In an exclusive for The Washington Post, Robert Moore reveals that, after detained children started dying at the border last winter, the CDC recommended that migrants receive the flu vaccine. CBP rejected the idea. -
Also at The Post, Josh Dawsey and Nick Miroff let us in on Jared Kushner’s new assignment: Overseeing the construction of Trump’s border wall. Tweets Dawsey, “Kushner has begun convening biweekly meetings on wall, getting involved in eminent domain and pushing officials to expedite construction ahead of November. That has concerned Army Corps officials and others who say he knows little & laws must be followed.” -
Aileen Gallagher points out that “Digital platforms don’t usually lend themselves to good packaging (in the magazine sense), but @nytimes figured it out.” From The New York Times, here are 33 Ways to Remember the 2010s. (A warning, via Adam Sternbergh, “omg this is culture crack.”) “Wowowow. This is gorgeous and fascinating and so so so well-crafted and going to consume many hours of my life,” says Rebecca Zamon. | 
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