And another day future elections, runoff elections, flipping elections, loyalty, lawsuits, conserving oxygen, resignations, no charges, another lying Republican, ‘stand your ground’ laws, and banning emotional-support animals comes to a close:
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” -- Abraham Lincoln
Deaths
US: 365,620 (+3497)
World: 1,875,467 (+14,976)
Cases
US: 21,578,606 (+225,555)
World: 86,833,587 (+728,612)
Countdown: 15 days.
Brad Raffensperger defended the election—but not the right to vote in future ones. The most significant measures could prevent Democrats from winning future elections by targeting the methods that have led to record turnout in Georgia. — At his core he is still a Republican.
Why does Georgia have runoff elections? Many historians say was designed to make it harder for the preferred candidates of Black voters to win, and to suppress Black political power.
The Whigs blew up over slavery. Will the GOP blow up over loyalty to Donald Trump? The Republicans are not debating big ideas: economic policy, national security, the role of government. The debate is whether to join Trump’s clownish but dangerous attempt at a political coup. There is nothing noble here. Do you accept Trump’s democracy-defying cult of personality or not? For Trump and his followers, this is now what makes a Republican.
Trump leans harder on Pence to flip election results, though he lacks that power.
Dominion worker sues Trump campaign and conservative media. An election systems worker driven into hiding by death threats has filed a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s campaign, two of its lawyers and some conservative media figures and outlets.
Paramedics in Southern California are being told to conserve oxygen and not to bring patients to the hospital who have little chance of survival. It comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases that have inundated ICUs.
1 in 15 Georgia residents infected by Covid-19, data shows.
Just 1% of Californians immunized amid slow vaccine rollout.
Inslee announces new phased regional approach to reopen Washington amid coronavirus pandemic. The new plan currently includes two phases. Every region across the state will start in Phase 1. The state will look at four key metrics when moving regions forward from the first to the second phase, including case rates, positivity rates and hospital occupancy.
Attorney on Trump call with Georgia secretary of state resigns from law firm.
No charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake.
Watch this short video and expose this liar who used his wife and child to create a fake "victim" story. Just disgusting. -- Josh Hawley is a horrible person.
Police say protest outside Hawley home not "that big of a deal": “There were no issues, no arrests".
Ohio governor signs gun bill expanding "stand your ground" right. The measure expands the so-called "stand your ground" right from an individual's house and car to any place, "if that person is in a place in which the person lawfully has a right to be."...”Only cowards would pass and sign a bill that has been proven to disproportionately harm Black people," added Sykes, who is Black.
Trump administration locks down border wall contracts, complicating President-elect Joe Biden's pledge to stop construction.
China sentences top banker to death for corruption and bigamy. “Lai Xiaomin was lawless and extremely greedy,” the court statement said. — That’s one way to put it.
A court in Pakistan on Monday outlawed virginity tests on rape victims— a longstanding practice in the country used to assess a woman’s so-called honor...The World Health Organization says the two-finger virginity test — an invasive examination which involves a medical examiner inserting two fingers into a woman's vagina — has no scientific merit. The judges ruled that the practice "offends the personal dignity of the female victim and therefore is against the right to life and right to dignity."
A company in Texas was criticized Monday after replacing traditional Chinese mahjong tiles with redesigned game pieces covered in images of items such as bubbles and bags of flour.
Macy's to close 45 stores this year.
Dog Gone: American Airlines is banning emotional-support animals in a move that will force most owners to pay extra if they want their pets to travel with them.
“I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story.” -- Erica Jong
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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