And another day of questions, misinformation, a “gift to Putin,” a desperate grasp for suburbia, conspiracy theories, voters backing Trump, the Senate and smaller states, social media, Kodak, B&W challenges, and mystery seeds comes to a close:
“Thank God the Republican Party stood up to the president before the shit hit the fan.” — Andy Slavitt
Deaths
US: 153,840 (+1520)
World: 670,200 (+6735)
Cases
US: 4,568,037 (+69,694)
World: 17,185,927 (+292,634)
Countdown: 97 days.
An NPR analysis of new coronavirus cases and hospital capacity shows that in addition to well-known hot spots like Arizona, Texas and Florida, hospitals in other states are having to shuffle patients between hospitals to ensure all patients get a bed.
Irregularities in COVID Reporting Contract Award Process Raises New Questions. An NPR investigation has found irregularities in the process by which the Trump administration awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a Pittsburgh company to collect key data about Covid-19 from the country's hospitals. The contract is at the center of a controversy over the Administration's decision to move that data reporting function from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which has tracked infection information for a range of illnesses for years — to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Misinformation on coronavirus is proving highly contagious. As the world races to find a vaccine and a treatment for COVID-19, there is seemingly no antidote in sight for the burgeoning outbreak of coronavirus conspiracy theories, hoaxes, anti-mask myths and sham cures.
GOP tucks $8 billion for military weaponry in coronavirus bill. The Republican measure includes billions for F-35 fighters, Apache helicopters and infantry carriers sought by Washington’s powerful defense lobby. Overall, the proposal stuffs $8 billion into Pentagon weapons systems built by defense contractors like Boeing, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics — corporate titans that sit atop the Washington influence industry.
U.S. to withdraw almost 12,000 troops from Germany in sweeping reorganization
President Donald Trump has long singled out Germany, a historically close U.S. ally, for not spending enough on defense and running a trade surplus.
President Trump's decision to move troops from Germany slammed as "a gift to Putin".
Rep. Louie Gohmert, who often went without a mask, tests positive for coronavirus. -- The virus doesn’t give a shit what you believe.
Lawmakers question why there isn't a testing regimen on Capitol Hill.
Pelosi mandates masks in House chamber after Gohmert tests positive for Covid-19.
Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message. Trumpeting his rollback of an Obama-era rule meant to combat segregation, Trump informed "all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood. Your housing prices will go up based on the market, and crime will go down," Trump went on in his message posted to Twitter. "I have rescinded the Obama-Biden AFFH Rule. Enjoy!" — Could be his most racist tweet yet. Plus his disdain for poor people is again showing. Suburban Lives Matter!! Suburban Lives Matter!!
Operation Legend Expanded to Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee.
For some of the people arrested on protest-related charges by US federal authorities in Oregon, their conditions for release include an order that they may not participate in any protests, demonstrations, or rallies, a review of court records shows. “The government cannot force you to relinquish your First Amendment rights as a condition for your freedom. Release conditions must be related to public safety or flight. This is neither."
'Nobody likes me': Trump ponders pandemic popularity of Fauci and Birx. — The man is certifiable.
Around half of Americans with a high school diploma or less education (48%) say the conspiracy theory that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak is probably or definitely true. — Ugh.
President Trump says he did not talk to Vladimir Putin about reports the Russians paid bounties to Taliban rebels for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The voters who are still backing Trump. Beyond the numbers, though, it's critical to understand why so many of them continue to support Trump. They think a businessman is best suited to turn the country around economically. They feel Covid-19 was not Trump's fault, and he's doing the best he can to contain it. They conflate the Black Lives Matter protesters with the rioters attacking federal buildings and retail shops. They don't want historic monuments torn down. And they dismiss defunding the police as ridiculous. These voters tell me they want America finally to be put first; they oppose immigration and trade policies they say give benefits to foreigners at their expense. And they want a non-politician who relentlessly fights back, after witnessing too many office holders fold in the face of special interests. These voters may sound like typical Fox News watchers, but, significantly, the overwhelming majority are not...In short, while America's political media generate a pipeline's worth of information daily, these swing voters consume merely a trickle...For those of us who follow politics closely, my admonition is: Pay a lot of attention to those voters who don't pay much attention at all. They may be telling us something very important. -- Ignorance in this day and age is a choice. Will the country be torn down because these voters refused to “pay attention”?
As crime surges on his watch, Trump warns of Biden’s America. President Donald Trump is painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden’s America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would ravage communities should the former vice president win the White House in November. Left unsaid: A recent surge in violent crime in several American cities has happened on his watch.
How Brett Kavanaugh tried to sidestep abortion and Trump financial docs cases.
The Senate Has Always Favored Smaller States. It Just Didn’t Help Republicans Until Now. In fact, it’s reached the point that Republicans can win a majority of Senate seats while only representing a minority of Americans. — Um, that’s not right.
A former Border Patrol agent describes the special federal unit deployed in Portland as one of 'the most violent and racist in all law enforcement'.
AOC, ACLU demand answers after NYC protester arrested and thrown into unmarked van.
A federal appeals court has restored a major part of actor Ashley Judd’s lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, saying she can move forward with her 2018 case against the former Hollywood producer under a California sexual harassment law.
Once again, there is no 'anti-conservative' bias on social media. President Donald Trump and other politicians and pundits on the right love to complain that social media companies “censor conservatives.” There is no evidence that's true. In fact, conservative news thrives on Facebook. Of Trump’s thousands of lies, Twitter had the audacity to lightly fact-check him three times.
Kodak shares soar by 570 percent after Trump announces deal to help produce drugs in fight against COVID-19. Eastman Kodak shares soared on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a deal to work with the photography pioneer to produce ingredients in generic drugs in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to remove denial posts. Holocaust survivors around the world are lending their voices to a campaign launched Wednesday targeting Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site.
‘Empowerment’ Selfies Are Burying a Turkish Women’s Rights Campaign. What is now a light-hearted expression of female solidarity in America was originally, in Turkey, a campaign inspired by both the soaring rates of violence against women and the brutal murder of a 27-year-old student named Pinar Gültekin...But the vast majority of black-and-white posts currently flooding our Instagram feeds could just as easily have been tagged #feelingmyself, #selfcare or #selflove, and accompanied by an appropriately light-hearted phrase like “Pass it on.” Using serious tags for uninformative posts isn’t just misleading, it can act as a barrier to constructive work.
Some 22 million people around the world are so dependent on marijuana that it affects their ability to function in life. But a new study shows that abuse or dependence on weed may respond to treatment with CBD, or cannabidiol.
Mystery seeds from China are landing in Americans' mailboxes. The USDA and agriculture officials across the U.S. have issued warnings about unsolicited shipments of foreign seeds and advised people not to plant them..."At this point in time, we don't have enough information to know if this is a hoax, a prank, an internet scam or an act of agricultural bio-terrorism," he said. "Unsolicited seeds could be invasive and introduce unknown diseases to local plants, harm livestock or threaten our environment." -- It’s believed the seeds came from China. Still a lot of unknowns. Regardless, don’t plant the seeds. Follow the guidelines for what to do with them.
The Perseverance rover is finally ready to launch on its journey to Mars on Thursday after nearly a decade of hard work and planning by thousands of engineers, scientists and specialists at NASA centers across the country and their commercial partners.
Secret UFO files? In Canada the truth is out there — online and searchable.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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