“There's no way to negotiate or live with people who abhor enlightenment and science and who have literally not one care for the health and safety of their own communities.” — Brandon Freidman
“Stupid people are killing Americans.” — Walter Shaub
Deaths
US: 287,825 (+2275)
World: 1,534,380 (+10,032)
Cases
US: 14,983,425 (+210,890)
World: 66,849,669 (+621,364)
Countdown 1: 31 days.
Countdown 2: 46 days.
What Trump is doing isn't politics. It's something much worse. What in the world does Donald Trump think he's doing?...But the reality is this: The just-defeated president is actively working to convince a sizable segment of Americans that the electoral system, the media, the "deep state," and all the institutions of government, including elected and appointed Republicans at all levels, from secretaries of state to federal appellate judges appointed by Trump himself, cannot be trusted to run a free and fair election that identifies the rightful winner and rewards him (and his supporters) with political power. That is incredibly dangerous. Many political traditions, but the American tradition more than most, maintain that a fundamentally illegitimate government can be justly opposed with violence. Already some on the rightward fringes of our politics have sought to take matters into their own hands. Others are just a step or two behind them, sending death threats to officials overseeing vote certifications in a half-dozen states. If Trump keeps it up day-in and day-out, if he comes to see the cultivating of revolutionary sentiments throughout the electorate as his meal ticket, what do we think is likely to happen? What will be the character of what we charmingly call "the Republican base" after weeks and months and years of such incitement? The question answers itself — as does the question with which I started.
Survey of congressional Republicans finds little acknowledgement of Biden's win. — 249 congressional Republicans surveyed. 25 said Biden won. 2 insisted Trump won. The rest did not answer the survey. Depressing.
Trump demands names of the congressional Republicans who said they recognize Biden as winner.
Trump reportedly asked GOP Gov. Brian Kemp to persuade the Georgia legislature to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state.
Politicians are asking for the public's help to fight Covid — before going out to dinner or on vacation. The governors of California and Oklahoma and the mayors of Austin, Texas, and San Francisco are among those not practicing what they preach. While these political leaders didn't break any laws, medical ethicist Arthur Caplan said Friday these examples "set back compliance and makes people skeptical" of any number of coronavirus mandates. "It’s the politicians and the celebrities that set the messaging in our social media and media," said Caplan, a professor of medical ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center. "And what they do counts, for better or worse."
Although COVID-19 treatments have improved and a vaccine is on the way, even a mild case of the virus can cause long-term complications — including the possibility of erectile dysfunction. — Hmm. Maybe old white men will now take this virus seriously.
Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics, marking Russia’s first mass vaccination against the disease, the city’s coronavirus task force said.
Oregon doctor's license revoked over refusal to wear mask during pandemic. The Oregon Medical Board issued an emergency suspension after finding that Steven LaTulippe "engaged in unprofessional conduct or dishonorable conduct."
Michigan pastor facing backlash after encouraging churchgoers to purposefully get COVID-19.
State sponsored assassinations in foreign countries are becoming the new norm – it is simply a form of gangsterism.
'Sonic attacks' suffered by US diplomats likely caused by microwave energy, government study says.
Male Texas teen suspended from school for wearing nail polish. The nail polish violates the school's dress code for boys, according to the Clyde High School Student Handbook. Male students are not allowed to wear make up or nail polish. But Wilkinson, who said that he was given the opportunity to remove the nail polish to avoid suspension, argued that the punishment is a "complete double standard because girls are allowed to paint and get their nails done. Not only that, but freedom of expression is validation enough that the dress code and policy is not okay. I am a gay male and I'm beyond proud. This is unjust and not okay," the 17-year-old high schooler wrote in a Change.Org petition calling on the school to allow male students to wear nail polish. — Give ‘em Hell, Trevor Wilkinson.
Jill Biden to advocate for debt-free community college as next First Lady.
‘Welcome home’: Premier League’s soul is back as fans return.
RIP David Lander. He played Squiggy on “Laverne and Shirley.” He was 73.
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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