Deaths
US: 268,219 (+2328)
World: 1,426,823 (+12,143)
Cases
US: 13,137,962 (+182,955)
World: 60,719,936 (+617,125)
Countdown 1: 41 days.
Countdown 2: 56 days.
'Catastrophic loss of medical care' possible if Washington's COVID-19 numbers skyrocket. Now doctors are seriously worried they will have to choose which patients receive lifesaving care if Washington state's COVID-19 numbers continue to skyrocket.
Another 778,000 Americans filed unemployment claims last week.
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he has "granted a Full Pardon" to his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, wrapping up the retired general's long legal drama over his communications with a top Russian diplomat that Trump's Justice Department sought to end...Flynn, who was Trump's first national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI during its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign about his conversations with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the presidential transition -- Trump again, abusing his power.
Trump phones into Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers' baseless voter fraud event after canceling trip. Speaking Wednesday as a witness via speakerphone during the event, Trump once again falsely claimed that he won the 2020 presidential election. He made unproven, unspecified allegations of voter fraud, ballot dumping and voter suppression against his supporters. State and local election officials have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and both a federal court and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have dismissed lawsuits seeking to prevent the state from certifying the results of the election. Pennsylvania officially certified the results on Tuesday, sealing Biden's win in the key battleground state.
Trump Is Leaving the White House. Meanwhile, He’s Escalating His Execution Spree. The day after his execution, which was the first carried out by a lame duck president in more than a century, the administration announced that it would be doubling down on its killing spree: Another three inmates would be executed in the weeks leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, bringing the total number of inmates scheduled to die during the lame duck session to six. As I have often noted, Trump loves the death penalty.
Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute Policies, Before Jan. 20. The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads and electrocutions to federal executions. The rule cleared White House review on Nov. 6, meaning it could be finalized any day...Other less dramatic-sounding rules could prove harder to unravel and have broader consequences. In particular, the Environmental Protection Agency is on the cusp of finalizing several rules that would make it harder to justify pollution restrictions or lock in soot levels for at least five years.
Biden urges Americans to recommit to fighting pandemic in Thanksgiving address. "I know the country's grown weary of the fight. But we need to remember, we're at war with the virus, not with one another. Not with each other. This is the moment where we need to steel our spines, redouble our efforts and recommit ourselves to the fight.”
What can states do to save jobs? Order people to mask up. As debates over wearing masks continue to divide Americans, new research shows that covering your face isn't only good for public health — it can also boost the economy. That's according to a working paper by four professors at the University of Utah who analyzed information on people's movements and credit card spending between February and the present. Their findings: When a state required mask-wearing, people moved around more and spent more money. They increased their spending by an average of $24 per month per person, boosting economic growth.
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban tests positive for COVID-19 again.
With US in COVID-19 panic, Sen. Perdue saw stock opportunity. But for Sen. David Perdue, a Georgia Republican, the crisis last March signaled something else: a stock buying opportunity. And for the second time in less than two months, Perdue’s timing was impeccable. He avoided a sharp loss and reaped a stunning gain by selling and then buying the same stock: Cardlytics, an Atlanta-based financial technology company on whose board of directors he once served.
Many people say their closest relationships have either ended or evolved due to the many challenges brought on by the pandemic. With coronavirus cases rising exponentially, people are living at different levels of risk. And it’s causing a strain with some of their closest relationships.
President-elect Joe Biden nominates the first woman to lead intelligence and first Latino to head homeland security.
Indigenous people across the US want their land back -- and the movement is gaining momentum. Around this time every year, Americans come together to share a feast commemorating a myth about its first inhabitants. An indigenous tribe did eat with the Pilgrims in 1621 and sign a treaty with the colonists that had settled on their shores -- an act of survival rather one of goodwill and friendship. But the relationship would eventually break down, decimating the tribe's population and whittling away its land. Nearly 400 years later, the descendants of the very tribe at the heart of the Thanksgiving holiday are still fighting to reclaim their lands -- a fight that ironically hinges on whether or not the tribe meets the federal government's definition of "Indian."
McConnell pushed Trump to nominate Coney Barrett on the night of Ginsburg's death. -- Of course he did. McConnell has caused more damage to this country than anyone else over the past decade or so.
How can you cut back on food waste this Thanksgiving? The billions of pounds in food waste Americans throw away each year amounts to almost 40% of the entire food supply, and emits millions of tons in greenhouse gases in landfills. The most wasteful time of the year are the holidays.
The pandemic is changing Hollywood, maybe forever.
Virtual sex is trending as millennials and Gen Z look for intimacy during COVID-19 pandemic, survey finds. According to a recent survey of 2,000 unmarried millennials and Gen Z folks — all under 35 years old — six in 10 have engaged in virtual sex at some point since the pandemic started. Nearly 75% of that subgroup had virtual sex for the first time, the study found...As for what actually happens during virtual sex, talking and showing skin and body parts was the usual form of play for 51% of those who had virtual sex, the study found. Twenty-six percent said their virtual sex involved one person masturbating, while 23% said both partners masturbated during the session.
Virus-Killing UV Lamps Are Burning People's Eyes, Doctors Warn.
For the first time, scientists detect the ghostly signal that reveals the engine of the universe. Neutrinos from a long-theorized nuclear fusion reaction in the sun have been definitively observed, confirming the process that powers most stars.
RIP Diego Maradona. He was 60. “Pure genius.”
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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