Saturday, August 29, 2020

And another day circling the drain comes to a close:

“There is no longer a Republican Party. There is the Trump Party. No platform, no principles, no ideals, no vision. Just Donald J. Trump. GOP, RIP.” — Robert Reich

Deaths

US: 186,855 (+954)

World: 846,757 (+5465)

Cases

US: 6,139,078 (+42,843)

World: 25,164,818 (+257,567)

Countdown: 66 days.

Top intelligence office informs congressional committees it'll no longer brief on election security. Still, the abrupt announcement is a change that runs counter to the pledge of transparency and regular briefings on election threats by the intelligence community. — We are watching the deterioration of our democracy. 

7 Takeaways From The Republican National Convention.

Fresh off the Republican convention, President Trump launches a baseless attack on Kamala Harris.

Mail delivery suspended at L.A. public housing complex with over 1,800 residents. “This is marked discrimination ... a political attack on the Latino and African American community.”

My officers did nothing wrong in allowing teen gunman to walk away after allegedly killing 2 protesters, Kenosha police chief says. — A prime example of the problem we are speaking out against.

College Republicans at Arizona State raise money for alleged Kenosha shooter. 'He does not deserve to have his entire life destroyed'. — The Republican Party is a lost cause.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has asked a judge to dismiss murder charges against him in the death of George Floyd.

Arkansas sheriff resigns over racist rant in leaked recording. He also insisted he was not racist. — Such easy words to say. Your actions will always speak much louder, though.

Trump is ignoring right-wing extremists who 'want to start a race war,' former DHS official says.

Children can carry coronavirus in their noses and throats for weeks even if they don't show any symptoms, which might explain how the virus can spread silently, researchers in South Korea reported.

Berlin police break up "anti-coronavirus" protest after 18,000 gather with no masks or social distancing.

Ethics experts say more oversight is needed after a company got federal bailout money and then paid for billboards supporting Trump. — Ethics? The Trump Party has no ethics.

Journalists covering Belarus protests stripped of accreditation. Authorities in Belarus have withdrawn the accreditation of a number of journalists who have been reporting on post-election protests there for foreign media outlets. — A stark warning of what might happen in America?

'Tightening The Screws': Belarus' Lukashenko Shows No Sign Of Bending To Protests.

Google reportedly took five days to decide not to remove misleading ads about voting by mail.

Here's what the payroll tax deferral action means for you. Companies can stop withholding employees' payroll taxes starting September 1, although workers will have to pay the taxes by the end of April 2021.

At least 160 people have been killed by flash floods in Afghanistan. Thirteen provinces, mostly in the country's north, affected by floods following days of torrential rain.

Chadwick Boseman gave 'joy, courage and inspiration' to children battling cancer amid his own fight. — There are good people in the world.

Previously classified film of the detonation of the world's largest ever nuclear explosion has been published online by Russia’s state nuclear agency.

Japan's 'flying car' gets off ground, with a person aboard. The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory

Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.

Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.