“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” -- Abraham Lincoln
Deaths
US: 247,397 (+1598)
World: 1,289,533 (+10,349)
Cases
US: 10,708,630 (+149,446)
World: 52,432,512 (+627,173)
Countdown: 70 days.
‘Devastating’: Top Pentagon leadership gutted as fears rise over national security. In quick succession, top officials overseeing policy, intelligence and the defense secretary’s staff all had resigned by the end of the day Tuesday, replaced by political operatives who are fiercely loyal to Trump and have trafficked in “deep state” conspiracy theories...”If this is the beginning of a trend — the President either firing or forcing out national security professionals in order to replace them with people perceived as more loyal to him — then the next 70 days will be precarious at best and downright dangerous at worst.”...All told, the moves are stoking concerns that those who would serve as guardrails against rash Trump decisions have left the building.
The crisis at the top of the Pentagon is just beginning. Many officials in the agencies they are taking over are also now wondering whether the loyalists’ plan includes helping Trump resist leaving office...The moment of truth will come if and when the General Services Administration certifies that Joe Biden won the election, making it the law of the land. Trump may order his officials not to comply. That could force every senior official, including Milley, to choose between following the law or staying loyal to the president. If such a development comes to pass, the continuing crisis atop the Pentagon and across the government would reach a new and dangerous level, leaving our country during this fraught transition even more unstable and unsafe than it has already become.
New Pentagon chief hires adviser who wants quick withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Biden names Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff.
Trump is telling allies he plans to run for president in 2024 and that he could announce it by the end of the year. The U.S. constitution allows two four-year terms and they do not need to be consecutive.
Texas becomes 1st state to surpass 1 million COVID-19 cases. — Republicans are literally trying to kill you.
Indoor and outdoor gatherings in private homes in New York state will be limited to 10 people, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says. Covid-19 cases are rising in New York and neighboring states, and the move aims to curb traffic from more restricted states into New York.
This is why we try to flatten the curve. It helps more people benefit from a vaccine.
As Covid hospitalizations soar, states struggle to find enough beds and staff.
White House political affairs director Brian Jack has tested positive for coronavirus.
72,000 Food Workers Have Contracted COVID-19. OSHA Is Ignoring Them.
Two new reports reveal that many military personnel and recruits who test positive for coronavirus infection show no symptoms at all, which suggests asymptomatic spread of the disease has likely played a big role in outbreaks.
Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money. Why would candidates for Florida Senate seats do no campaigning, no fundraising, have no issue platforms, nor make any effort to get votes? Local 10 News has found evidence to suggest three such candidates in three Florida Senate district races, two of them in Miami Dade County, were shill candidates whose presence in the races were meant to syphon votes from Democratic candidates.
DeSantis proposing "anti-mob" legislation in effort to strengthen Florida's Stand Your Ground law. The legislation would reportedly expand the state’s list of “forcible felonies” to justify using force against people engaging in conduct resulting in the “interruption or impairment” of a business. It would also justify the use of force against those involved in looting, which is defined as a burglary within 500 feet of a “violent or disorderly assembly.”
US deports migrant women who alleged abuse by Georgia doctor. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already deported six former patients who complained about Dr. Mahendra Amin, who has been accused of operating on migrant women without their consent or performing procedures that were medically unnecessary and potentially endangered their ability to have children.
All Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers to resign as China crushes opposition. Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers said Wednesday they would all quit in protest at the ousting of four of their colleagues by the city's pro-Beijing authorities. The four were disqualified in line with a resolution adopted earlier in the day by China's parliament authorising the local government to expel any politician it deemed a threat to national security.
India to regulate streaming services, online content. India’s federal government will regulate content on video streaming platforms, including global services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Walt Disney’s Hotstar, as part of rules announced this week.
Hurricanes stay stronger longer after landfall than in past. Warmer ocean waters from climate change are likely making hurricanes lose power more slowly after landfall, because they act as a reserve fuel tank for moisture, the study found. With Eta threatening Florida and the Gulf Coast in a few days, the study’s lead author warned of more damage away from the coast than in the past.
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