"The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." — George Orwell
Deaths
US: 220,873 (+862)
World: 1,090,756 (+5384)
Cases
US: 8,090,253 (+52,464)
World: 38,353,846 (+313,783)
Countdown: 21 days.
An Open Letter to Judge Amy Coney Barrett From Your Notre Dame Colleagues. That is why it is vital that you issue a public statement calling for a halt to your nomination process until after the November presidential election. We ask that you take this unprecedented step for three reasons. — All three reasons are well thought out.
Barrett says for SCOTUS to take up same-sex marriage, “you’d have to have lower courts going along,” and the “most likely result would be that lower courts who are bound by Obergefell would shut such a lawsuit down and it wouldn’t make its way” to SCOTUS. — She just explained why McConnell and Trump have been stacking the lower courts.
Appeals court allows Texas governor to close multiple ballot drop-off sites. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, all appointed by President Donald Trump, rejected arguments from civil and voting rights groups that claimed Abbott’s order suppressed voting rights by making it harder to cast a ballot, particularly for elderly and disabled voters who are the most likely to use mail-in balloting. — And here’s an example of how that court stacking Trump and McConnell have done pays off for the Trump Party.
As Arizona, Texas and Georgia become less white, voter suppression could keep these states from turning blue.
US election 2020: World reaction to long queues of voters in US. The long queues have prompted a huge global reaction.
Trump's words haunt Amy Coney Barrett as she vows not to be a 'pawn' on Supreme Court.
Amy Coney Barrett used an offensive term while talking about LGBTQ rights. Her apology was telling.
Senator Gary Peters becomes first sitting senator in history to share his abortion story.
Why Trump picking on Fauci is bad politics. From a political standpoint, Trump's willingness to go after Fauci makes almost no sense. If anything, Trump's actions are a manifestation of the traits that have led him to a historic deficit in the polls.
In a campaign frenzy, Trump heads to Iowa — where Covid-19 is currently ‘out of control’.
Joe Biden says he is “not a fan” of adding seats to the Supreme Court, after weeks of avoiding questions about the proposal that’s been pushed by progressives and used by Republicans to attack him.
U.S. ethics groups say Barr uses DOJ as political tool, call for his impeachment.
Barr's 'unmasking' investigation concludes without charges. The US attorney tasked by Attorney General William Barr to review instances of "unmasking" done around the 2016 election has completed the probe without bringing any charges. -- So all of it was BS.
UN warns that world risks becoming 'uninhabitable hell' for millions unless leaders take climate action. — Too many people just don’t care.
AMC, the world's largest theater chain, warns it could run out of cash by the end of this year without new movie releases.
Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for COVID-19.
A star experienced "spaghettification" as a black hole shredded it into thin strips 215 million light-years away. Astronomers used multiple telescopes to watch the event.
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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