And another day of fighting against a return to what many believe were the “good old days” comes to a close:
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you cannot help them, at least do not hurt them” -- Dalai Lama
Deaths
US: 221,843 (+970)
World: 1,096,876 (+6119)
Cases
US: 8,150,043 (+59,790)
World: 38,743,830 (+389,984)
Countdown: 20 days.
7 big cases the Supreme Court will hear in its new term, explained. A Supreme Court without Ruth Bader Ginsburg is about to show us whether it still cares for the rule of law.
The Supreme Court could take health care away from millions of Americans.
Religious conservatives could gain a constitutional right to discriminate against LGBTQ people.
Federal law enforcement officers could gain immunity from lawsuits claiming they violated the Constitution.
Government officials could be forced to compensate “religious liberty” plaintiffs.
The Court could cut deeply into the Constitution’s safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment.
The Court could impose additional limits on Congress’s power to investigate the president.
The Court could retroactively invalidate years’ worth of agency actions.
In the coming weeks and months, the Court’s Republican majority has the opportunity to add cases to its docket knowing it will likely have the votes to move the law sharply to the right. In other words, the conservative legal movement is poised to remake large swaths of American law — and it’s well-positioned to do so in the years to come so long as Republicans control a supermajority of Supreme Court seats.
Barrett declines to say whether she believes climate change is happening and a threat in hearing. — It is happening. You have to choose not to see it to not see it.
Flashback: November 3, 2016: If Clinton Wins, Republicans Suggest Shrinking Size of Supreme Court.
Texas surpassed 1 million votes on first day of early voting. — That doesn’t happen if people are happy with the status quo.
Trump tweets support for Republicans who installed unofficial ballot drop boxes in California. — Says the one who claims cheating will occur.
5.2 million people can’t vote due to their felony record, according to a new report. In 11 states, at least one in 10 Black people of voting age can’t vote due to a felony conviction. It’s an improvement from 2016, when 6.1 million couldn’t vote due to a felony record. But it means 2.3 percent of Americans old enough to vote, including 6.3 percent of Black people otherwise eligible to vote, still don’t have a say in the country’s democracy.
NBA get-out-the vote effort results in unprecedented voter registration.
Record number of early voters met by long wait times at polls. Nationwide, there are long lines and hours long waits as more than 14.9 million early votes are in, shattering records from 2016. There are nearly 2 million early votes cast in Florida, about 1.2 million in Michigan, and at least another million each in California and Texas. There were nearly 743,000 over the first two days in Georgia and over a million in Virginia. -- Again, this doesn’t happen if people are happy with the status quo. Vote Trump and all of his enablers out.
'It's extremely problematic': Republicans inject new chaos into 2020 election with unauthorized ballot dropboxes in California.
California Republican Party says it will not comply with state's cease and desist order on ballot drop boxes.
Speaking to Barrett, Graham said, "One of the reasons you can say with confidence that you think Brown v. Board of Education is superprecident is that you're not aware of any effort to go back to the good old days of segregation by a legislative body — is that correct?" -- Graham said he was being sarcastic, but it sure didn’t sound sarcastic. Whether he was or not is irrelevant. Words matter. Stop saying shit like that.
NBC says Trump will hold town hall meeting Thursday, competing against Biden.
Twitter suspends fake accounts claiming to be Black Trump fans.
Study: Health systems, govt responses linked to virus tolls. Scientists say a comparison of 21 developed countries during the start of the coronavirus pandemic shows that those with early lockdowns and well-prepared national health systems avoided large numbers of additional deaths due to the outbreak. -- It really wasn’t brain surgery.
How does coronavirus spread? When will a vaccine be available? Your COVID-19 questions, answered.
COVID-19 increases risks for cancer patients; common cold antibodies no help vs coronavirus.
At least 25 people in Trump's orbit have tested positive for COVID-19.
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban announces he tested positive for COVID-19.
Feds chased suspected foreign link to Trump's 2016 campaign cash for three years. It's not clear that investigators ever had concrete evidence of a relevant bank transfer from the Egyptian bank. But multiple sources said there was sufficient information to justify the subpoena and keep the criminal campaign finance investigation open after the Mueller probe ended.
Trump again asks Supreme Court to block subpoena for tax records. -- When one tries this hard to keep something hidden, the person has something to hide.
Trump adviser claims Ice Cube working with administration on plan for Black America.
Germany to give $662 million in aid to Holocaust survivors.
Earth breaks September heat record, may reach warmest year.
The robot dolphin that could replace captive animals at theme parks one day. It hopes that life-like animatronics used in Hollywood movies could one day entertain crowds at theme parks, instead of wild animals held in captivity. Swimmers could dive with robotic great white sharks or even reptiles that filled Jurassic-era seas millions of years ago.
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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