“Before Trump, conspiratorial thinking and authoritarianism were already embedded within the Republican Party, but they weren't nearly so prominent nor so mainstream. He has made them defining characteristics of the modern GOP - and that will not end on January 20th, 2021.” — Brian Klaas
Deaths
US: 265,891 (+2204)
World: 1,414,680 (+12,799)
Cases
US: 12,955,007 (+177,833)
World: 60,102,811 (+589,546)
Countdown 1: 42 days.
Countdown 2: 57 days.
Here is a COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool. This map shows the risk level of attending an event, given the event size and location. — This is pretty cool. It’s free, peer-reviewed, and a scientific way for the public to assess the risk of attending just about any size gathering in every county in the country.
A negative Covid-19 test yesterday doesn’t mean you’re safe tomorrow, US surgeon general says.
The CDC is finalizing plans to shorten the recommended length of quarantine for those exposed to Covid-19, the agency says.
Covid-19 is taking a devastating toll on Filipino American nurses. Nearly a third of the nurses who've died of coronavirus in the US are Filipino, even though Filipino nurses make up just 4% of the nursing population nationwide.
Covid-19 outbreaks in nursing homes hit record high.
Top epidemiologist says Sweden has no signs of herd immunity curbing coronavirus.
Trump tells confidants he plans to pardon Michael Flynn. Trump has told confidants he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts. -- And Trump fired Flynn.
Dow closes above 30,000 for first time in history on hopes of economic recovery under Biden.
There Is No Democratic Reckoning Coming Over Their Unexpected Election Losses. The resistance from Democratic leaders to engage with some of the conversations about where the party has failed infuriates activists, who want to be a part of open discussions about how to win nationally...“There may be nothing that Democrats can do to hold on to the House, given the weight of history. But they really need to think about what they can do as a majority to hold that majority? And that, to me, requires soul-searching,” Kondik, of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, said. “I don't know what the answers are. There may not be an answer. It may be that they’re screwed.”
47 percent of voters support Donald Trump running for president in 2024.
OANN banned from posting YouTube videos for a week. One America News Network, one of President Trump’s favorite media outlets, has been banned from posting new videos to YouTube for a week for spreading Covid-19 misinformation, YouTube said on Tuesday. -- Remember, OANN does not report the actual news. It’s disinformation. Don’t watch it.
What Kyle Rittenhouse’s $2 Million Fundraiser Reveals About the Unequal System of Justice in America. The same day he walked free, a Black mother struggled to raise money to cover her son’s funeral costs.
More than 50 million Americans facing hunger in 2020, projections show. That translates to 1 in 6 people, including 1 in 4 children, experiencing food insecurity this year.
28 migrant children and their parents face deportation after refusing to be separated. This summer, ICE gave the parents the choice between keeping their children with them in detention or releasing their children from detention without them.
After a summer of protests, Seattle cuts police department budget by nearly 17%.
David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93.
Black Babies In Kansas Are Twice As Likely As White Kids To Die Before Their First Birthday. Medical experts say social inequality and racism in medicine can be deadly for Black infants, mothers and families.
Parler — a "free speech" social media platform that's now No. 4 in the news category on the Apple App Store — has become a way station for hate speech and misinformation that Twitter and Facebook wouldn’t allow. The site is also where many Trump supporters are spreading the false narrative that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. The burgeoning influence of Parler is part of a broader trend of fringe outlets like One America News and Newsmax hoping to reel in an audience of Trump loyalists, especially after he leaves office...”This follows a pattern of what the right wing has done [since] the rise of talk radio in the ’80s, and then through live cable TV, and then the rise of social media,” Lawrence Rosenthal, the chair of the University of California Berkeley’s Center for Right-Wing Studies, told Recode. “In each case, what you found is that the right wing gives up on participating in mainstream media and creates an alternative universe.”
Will Trump’s Accusers Finally Get Their Day in Court? He soon will be unable to hide from the women suing him for defamation.
Parents Of Man Killed In U.K. Crash Lose Their Challenge To U.S. Diplomatic Immunity. — Diplomatic Immunity is bullshit.
A new report shows just how underpaid employees of companies like Walmart and McDonald’s are, by revealing how many of them need to lean on government assistance programs as they eke out a living.
Purdue Pharma is expected to plead guilty to federal conspiracy and kickback charges, and acknowledge its aggressive marketing of opioids helped propel an addiction crisis that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Members of law enforcement sue to halt marijuana legalization in South Dakota. A South Dakota sheriff and a colonel in the state highway patrol on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging a voter referendum legalizing recreational marijuana use in the state.
People of color face significant barriers to mental health services.
Decades of studies have shown parents to be less happy than their childless peers. But are the kids to blame?
With passage of new legislation Tuesday, Scotland will become the world's first country to make period products free for anyone who needs them. The Scottish Parliament unanimously passed the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill — which is designed to create a legal obligation for the government to ensure sanitary products are free and accessible for all who menstruate, including tampons and pads in public facilities nationwide.
Country music singer Hal Ketchum passed away at the age of 67 due to complications from dementia, his wife said.
Mysterious monolith discovered in Utah desert. The sleek metal structure embedded in the ground is at least 10 feet tall, and no one seems to know how it got there.
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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