“Let's be clear – this isn't about fraud. These Republicans are simply saying, in effect, they do not and will not accept that Black voters should be allowed to cast votes ... to overrule the desires of a majority of white voters." — Joy Reid
“I didn’t have it in myself to go with grace.” -- Taylor Swift
Deaths
US: 306,459 (+1377)
World: 1,618,908 (+7411)
Cases
US: 16,737,267 (+187,901)
World: 72,646,618 (+542,933)
Countdown 1: 23 days.
Countdown 2: 38 days.
Four months that will decide America's future. If Americans do not change their behavior quickly, experts warn, the weeks and months ahead will be filled with more death and despair, packed hospitals and unemployment lines.
COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort.
Federal database for Covid-19 vaccination info raises concerns about privacy and vaccine uptake.
High-ranking White House officials are set to receive some of the first coronavirus vaccines in the US, sources say. -- Hmmm. Doesn’t seem fair. After all, they claimed it was a “hoax” and refused to listen to science.
Before outbreak, infected House GOP lawmaker skirted COVID-19 guidelines. Democratic members and staff, meanwhile, say they were never informed of Rep. Stephen Hambley’s positive diagnosis, despite his appearances at floor sessions and committee hearings after testing positive. -- And now some of them are infected. It should be illegal for someone who knows they are infected, or knows they have been exposed to the virus, to congregate around others without telling them.
New York Gov. Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by former adviser who alleges his behavior went on for “years.”
Northwestern University rejects Wall Street Journal op-ed on Jill Biden penned by former lecturer.
Iran sentences two women’s rights activists to a total of 15 years in prison, according to media reports. Amid and Vahedi had organized “marriage workshops” aimed at educating women about their rights in marriage, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), a news site run by a collective of Iranian human rights advocates. Judicial authorities have accused the two activists of trying to overthrow the regime by weakening the Iranian family.
Deadliest plastics: bags and packaging biggest marine life killers, study finds.
US looking into possible computer hacks of federal agencies.
A high school in Texas opened a grocery store for struggling families where good deeds are accepted as payment.
RIP Ben Bova. He was 88.
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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