“I always believed the vast majority of folks were good. 2020 taught me I was wrong. Here, the depth of selfishness & inhuman depravity is incomprehensible, where so many kill to avoid wearing a face mask, where cruelty & abuse is cheered by millions. It was a horrific awakening.” — Kurt Eichenwald
Deaths
US: 343,182 (+2044)
World: 1,781,505 (+9621)
Cases
US: 19,781,624 (+207,777)
World: 81,671,335 (+529,206)
Countdown 1: 8 days.
Countdown 2: 23 days.
A year ends. Another begins. Just like always. Yet like nothing ever before. From that vantage point, the United States is barely a teenager. Left alone, it will eat junk food and scroll its phone until 3 a.m. It will test boundaries and taunt others with whom it disagrees. It won’t do the dishes or take out the garbage. Sometimes, it will seem to have no future other than playing XBox, watching “The Bachelorette” and eating Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Remember, though, as 2021 creeps in: Teenagers are the ultimate embodiment of in-betweenness — caught between two confusing eras, never quite sure what of yesterday to retain and what of the future to grab at and make real. And teenagers, of course, grow up. Eventually.
2020 was a difficult year for many, but according to historians, it's not the most stressful year in U.S. history. Bloom asked the historians to choose what they believed to be the most stressful year in U.S. history. The eight most stressful years listed below are ranked based on the number of historians who chose each year as the worst.
National Security Experts Warn Trump “Is Promoting Terrorism”. "There is a reluctance to identify the kind of violence that Trump is propagating, maybe because it seems too close to calling him a terrorist. You can call him whatever you want, but the tactics he’s using are clearly a form of terrorism.”
The House has passed a bill to increase stimulus payments to $2,000. The legislation now moves to the Senate, where its future is unclear.
House overrides Trump's National Defense Authorization Act veto — the first of his presidency. — Now we’ll see what happens in the Senate.
GOP lawmaker sues Pence in bid to overturn Biden win. But the Republican lawsuit, which was filed against Pence in his official capacity as vice president, asks a federal judge in Texas to strike down the law as unconstitutional. The GOP plaintiffs go further: They ask the court to grant Pence the authority on Jan. 6 to effectively overturn Trump's defeat in key battleground states. — The fact this is even being attempted shows that the GOP is no longer interested in American democracy.
Increase in coronavirus admissions prompts a Los Angeles hospital to use chapel and gift shop for new patients.
Fauci: Differing state responses a "major weakness" in fighting coronavirus.
Russia acknowledges COVID-19 death toll is three times what was previously reported.
Donald Trump delivers an historic week of disarray from America’s Nihilist-in-Chief.
Ohio officer who fatally shot Andre Hill in Columbus is fired. Officer Adam Coy's actions "do not live up to the oath of a Columbus Police officer," Columbus Public Safety Director Ned Pettus, Jr. said in his decision.
From the Atlantic hurricane season to wildfires in the West: How 2020 weather shattered records. “The years we're experiencing now aren't just the warmest years on record into the past, they're going to be some of the coolest years on record going into the 21st century."
Hospital admissions for children with eating disorders rise by a third in England.
U.S. to allow small drones to fly over people and at night.
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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