And another day of direct threats, flashpoints, backlogs, enthusiasm, planning, kindness, new guidelines, pleading, “how we got here,” “irreparable harm,” QAnon’s ‘save the children’ conspiracy, and yes, they all knew, comes to a close:
“That’s the job of a president, to represent all of us, not just our base or our party.” -- Joe Biden
Deaths
US: 179,200 (+1776)
World: 802,971 (+5872)
Cases
US: 5,796,727 (+50,455)
World: 23,108,150 (+248,650)
Countdown: 74 days.
They All Knew. And they all know now.
Trump and GOP pursuit of Russian disinformation 'a direct threat to America'. “People want to know what is the big worry today,” Wyden said in an interview with Yahoo News amid the ongoing Democratic National Convention. “I think the big issue today is the fact that Donald Trump and current Republican Senate leaders are now pursuing Russian disinformation, and they’re doing it in a way that is a direct threat to America.”
USPS email tells managers not to reconnect sorting machines. The email, sent hours after DeJoy's public suspension of changes on Tuesday, instructs postal workers not to reconnect any mail sorting machines that have previously been disconnected.
“You can’t run a public service like a business.” — Keith Boykin
How the Postal Service became a flashpoint ahead of the 2020 election. The most recent overhaul of federal law surrounding the post office came in 2006, when Congress passed the sweeping Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA), making more than 150 changes to laws concerning the USPS. Among significant changes in the act was a restriction on rate increases for certain categories such as the profitable first-class mail to a cap based on inflation. The new laws also required that the agency establish the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund and pay approximately $5.6 billion annually for 10 years to pre-pay for future retirees’ health benefits. The cap on rate increases and rise in retiree benefit costs have been blamed by some for the USPS's debts.
Postal worker: San Antonio post office hid backlogged mail from congressman. “If this conduct is true, it’s outrageous that USPS management would attempt to deceive the people of San Antonio about the condition of postal operations,” the congressman said in a statement. “I expect an explanation from USPS leadership and an immediate reversal of these delays: Deliver the people’s mail now.”
Officials in multiple states caught off guard by USPS ban on witnessing absentee ballots. But a little-noticed Postal Service policy actually forbids on-duty USPS workers from serving as witnesses. With more voters than ever looking to cast votes by mail this year, that has come as a surprise to election officials.
6 takeaways from the postmaster general's Senate hearing.
Postmaster says election mail will go through despite cuts. -- But if it doesn’t then it will be too late. After all, it’s easier to apologize. This is blatant suppression.
Kris Kobach claimed he spoke with an "enthusiastic" President Trump three times about the border wall project at center of a federal fraud investigation involving Steve Bannon.
Bannon partners had history of cashing in on Trump movement.
Facebook is reportedly planning for Trump to meddle with election results. “Facebook employees are laying out contingency plans and walking through postelection scenarios that include attempts by Mr. Trump or his campaign to use the platform to delegitimize the results,” The New York Times reports. The company is also gaming out what it would do if Trump uses Facebook to “wrongly claim on the site that he won another four-year term,” or if he “tries to invalidate the results by declaring that the Postal Service lost mail-in ballots or that other groups meddled with the vote.”
Biden offers himself as an "ally of the light".
The kindness is the point. The DNC’s best argument in the time of coronavirus: Joe Biden, unlike Donald Trump, is a decent man.
Progressives seethe as Democratic convention largely ignores Supreme Court. “We have two liberal justices over 80 years old, which means this election will be make or break for the future of the Supreme Court. But you wouldn’t have known it from the speeches this week.”
"I'm the only thing standing between the American Dream and total anarchy, madness, and chaos." -- Donald Trump. Yes. And you need to go.
Editorial: Never believe a man who says only he, and he alone, has the answers. Those are the words of dictators and fascists.
Trump administration bars FDA review of some coronavirus tests.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines for schools Friday as children across the country return to the classroom.
Nearly 600 Miami-Dade Public School staff diagnosed with COVID-19.
A 6-year-old girl is now the youngest person to die of COVID-19 in Florida.
Quarantines, closures: Confusion reigns as schools reopen.
Pleading to keep testimony secret, Ghislaine Maxwell says, ‘don’t let cat out of the bag’. — The cat needs to be set free.
Attorney General Bill Barr says he would be "vehemently opposed" to pardoning Edward Snowden.
The Racism Isn’t a “Distraction.” It’s How We Got Here. Birtherism is back. The practice of questioning if someone is American enough to hold office had an early appearance with President John F. Kennedy’s Catholicism, but it really hit the mainstream when Barack Obama was elected president. Many children of immigrants and people of color like me, however, will tell you that our legitimacy has been questioned for our entire lives. Making some part of the population illegitimate is the whole point reinforcing their power and the status quo.
Justice Department says former Green Beret allegedly provided secrets to Russia. A former Army Green Beret has been charged with providing information about US national defenses to Russian agents, the Department of Justice announced on Friday.
Trump remains largely silent on reported poisoning of Russian dissident as Europe, US lawmakers offer support. The Trump administration has not made any substantial statement on the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, in sharp contrast to European reaction, despite Trump saying Thursday his Secretary of State was looking into it.
Trump files emergency motion to block release of his tax returns. — The actions of a guilty man.
Trump attorneys go to 2nd Circuit appeals, say subpoena on tax returns poses 'irreparable harm'. -- As I said: The actions of a guilty man.
Tennessee governor signs bill increasing punishments for certain protests. Among other things, the new law stipulates that people who illegally camp on state property will face a Class E felony, punishable by up to six years in prison. People found guilty of a felony in Tennessee lose the right to vote. -- He’s trying to squash protesting.
For Students With Disabilities, Schools Say They Have To Do Better In The Fall. More than 7 million schoolchildren receive special education services in the U.S.
QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags. QAnon spent years on the fringes of the internet, with the theory evolving and often growing less specific. What was originally a conspiracy theory that centered on an anonymous internet poster has now become something of a catchall for a variety of beliefs about a hidden group of child abusers in positions of power. That's helped create a palatable entry point for many people who might not spend much time in dark parts of the internet but are active on Facebook. It's a strategy that has led to a significant growth in people who might not necessarily be among the most ardent QAnon die-hards, but are beginning to warm to some of its ideas.
California wildfires leave at least 5 dead and force over 60,000 from their homes.
California battles nearly 560 fires as it braces for more.
313 million-year-old fossil footprints at Grand Canyon are the oldest of their kind found at park.
RIP Frankie Banali. He was 68.
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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