“What’s going on? How’d it get so wrong?” — Blue Rodeo
Deaths
US: 235,159 (+982)
World: 1,193,744 (+7521)
Cases
US: 9,316,297 (+103,530)
World: 45,898,590 (+548,009)
Countdown: 4 days.
Millions of Americans are voting for the first time this year, and it's not just young people.
The whereabouts of an untold number of ballots in Pennsylvania's Butler County that were slated for delivery to would-be voters in next week's election remain unaccounted for...Postal officials say they are unaware of any issues, but the director, Aaron Sheasley, said the county has received in excess of 10,000 phone calls seeking information about ballots that were requested but not received, and that some callers have called multiple times.
Elections officials warn last-minute Washington voters could face hours-long lines.
On virus, Trump and health advisers go their separate ways. It’s the opposite of what usually happens in a public health crisis, because political leaders tend to repeat and amplify the recommendations of their health experts, not short-circuit them. “It’s extremely unusual for there to be simultaneous contrary messaging,” said John Auerbach, who heads the nonpartisan Trust for America’s Health. — But Trump destroys everything he touches.
Internal Documents Reveal COVID-19 Hospitalization Data The Government Keeps Hidden. As coronavirus cases rise swiftly around the country, surpassing both the spring and summer surges, health officials brace for a coming wave of hospitalizations and deaths. Knowing which hospitals in which communities are reaching capacity could be key to an effective response to the growing crisis. That information is gathered by the federal government — but not shared openly with the public.
Reaching natural herd immunity in the United States would mean “so much suffering and death in the country, it would be unacceptable,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said during an interview.
U.S. records over 90,000 coronavirus cases in a day for 1st time.
As much of the world struggles to contain new waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwan just marked its 200th consecutive day without a locally transmitted case of the disease.
State leaders facing 2nd wave resist steps to curb virus. Even as a new surge of coronavirus infections sweeps the U.S., officials in many hard-hit states are resisting taking stronger action to slow the spread, with pleas from health experts running up against political calculation and public fatigue. -- And that’s why things aren’t going to get better.
Facts First: Without the Affordable Care Act, experts say there is no mechanism for the federal government to guarantee that Covid-19 vaccines will be covered by private insurance plans.
How Donald Trump took a broken asylum system and turned it into a machine of unchecked cruelty.
The congressional candidates who have engaged with the QAnon conspiracy theory. There is no factual evidence or foundation for the conspiracy theory. In the three years since the conspiracy was born, QAnon has grown from an American virtual cult to a global phenomenon. QAnon beliefs aren’t just divorced from reality but can instigate real-world violence; The FBI warned last year that QAnon posed a potential domestic terrorist threat. And now the people who have engaged with the QAnon conspiracy theory, including Greene, are running for Congress. -- Nearly two dozen Republicans on the ballot. Ugh.
Third anonymous juror from Breonna Taylor case speaks out to promote "transparency". A third anonymous grand juror from the Breonna Taylor case on Friday joined two others in speaking publicly about the case, supporting the claim that no additional charges were presented to the jury, according to a law firm representing the juror.
Walmart has reversed its decision to take guns and ammunition from store displays in response to concerns about "isolated civil unrest."
One Million Moms targets Uber Eats over Jonathan Van Ness ads. The conservative Christian mom group claims ads featuring the nonbinary "Queer Eye" star are “pushing the LGBTQ agenda on families.” — All walks of people should be represented in ads. Not just conservative Christians who love to discriminate.
U.S. Billionaires Got $1 Trillion Richer During Trump’s Term. The numbers don’t lie: We are living in the Billionaire Age. Four years ago, America elected its first billionaire president. Since then, the nation’s 200-or-so wealthiest people -- a cohort representing 0.00006% of the population -- have increased their combined wealth by a staggering $1 trillion.
China urges U.S. not to be haven for criminals and their assets. China said on Friday the United States should not become a haven for Chinese criminals’ ill-gotten wealth and it denied that five people arrested in the United States for conspiring to coerce a Chinese family to go home were its law enforcement officers.
Two lesbian couples tie the knot in a mass wedding held by Taiwan’s military in a historic celebration on Friday.
The Campaign To Wipe Out Polio Was Going Really Well ... Until It Wasn't. The multibillion-dollar global effort to eradicate polio hasn't just stalled. It's moving backward. When the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began in 1988, roughly 350,000 kids a year were paralyzed by the virus. By 2016 that number had been driven down to 42 cases of any type of polio anywhere in the world. But now cases are on the rise and expected to climb even further in the coming months.
Study: 1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash go astray. More than a million tons a year of America’s plastic trash isn’t ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is landing in places such as oceans and roadways, according to a new study of U.S. plastic trash.
Now That More Americans Can Work From Anywhere, Many Are Planning To Move Away.
Oregon could become 1st US state to decriminalize hard drugs. In what would be a first in the U.S., possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other hard drugs could be decriminalized in Oregon under a ballot measure that voters are deciding on in Tuesday’s election.
Greece and Turkey rocked by 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
A 5-story building in Shanghai 'walks' to a new location. An 85-year-old primary school has been lifted off the ground -- in its entirety -- and relocated using new technology dubbed the "walking machine." -- Check out the video. That’s awesome.
If 2020 couldn’t get any stranger, we will have a full moon on Halloween – something that hasn’t happened in nearly 20 years.
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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