Thursday – December 3, 2020

Progress?

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1818 – lllinois (the S is silent) became the 21st state 

1847 – Frederick Douglas established, The North Star, an anti-slavery newspaper

1947 – Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy star in the opening of “A Streetcar Named Desire”

1979 – A stampede at a Who concert in Cincinnati kills 11 people and injures 8 others

1992 – The first text message is sent using a personal computer and a Vodaphone system

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP’S FACEBOOK ADDRESS — CLAIMS IF HE’ RIGHT ABOUT THE ELECTION BIDEN CAN’T BE PRESIDENT

BIDEN APPEARS TO BE BACKTRACKING ON HIS TAX PLEDGE

JOE BIDEN TWEETS ‘HELP IS ON THE WAY’ — SD GOV CHANNELS REAGAN, LEVELS HIM

POLITICO: RNC IS SO ‘DISHONEST’ WE FEEL NO OBLIGATION TO ASK FOR COMMENT

STACEY ABRAMS-FOUNDED VOTER GROUP UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FRAUD

WATCH: DEM REP KATIE PORTER SPAR WITH TREASURY SECRETARY MNUCHIN

DOMINION EMPLOYEE – WHISTLEBLOWER TESTIFIED ON ‘COMPLETE FRAUD’ AT DETROIT VOTING CENTER

GOP REP MO BROOKS PLANS TO CHALLENGE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES

OBAMA WILL TAKE COVID-19 VACCINE AND PROBABLY FILM IT

PROGRESSIVES: ‘DEFUND THE POLICE’ IS NOT A SLOGAN, IT’S A MANDATE

CNN EXECS CAUGHT TALKING ABOUT BURYING HUNTER BIDEN STORY, HELPING JOE

General News

AUSTIN, TX MAYOR TELLS PEOPLE TO ‘STAY HOME’ (FROM HIS MEXICO VACATION)

NO SHOCK DEPT. — PEOPLE MAG’S ‘PEOPLE OF THE YEAR’ LIST INCLUDES DR FAUCI

CDC DIRECTOR: WINTER COULD BE ‘MOST DIFFICULT TIME IN PUBLIC HEALTH HISTORY

OHIO JUST ADDED OHIO TO IT’S COVID TRAVEL ADVISORY MAP 

LOS ANGELES MAYOR ISSUES ‘STAY AT HOME’ ORDER

LA COUNTY MAYOR: NOT WEARING A MASK IS AN ‘ACT OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM’

COVID-19 VACCINES COULD BRING A NEW ‘SURVEILLANCE MATRIX’

JAPAN: 98% OF COVID PATIENTS HAVE ANTI-BODIES 6 MONTHS LATER

AMERICAN OLYMPIC LEGEND RAFER JOHNSON IS DEAD AT 86

UPS DRIVERS TOLD NOT TO PICK UP SHIPMENTS FROM MAJOR RETAILERS AMID MASSIVE, PANDEMIC-FUELED ONLINE SHOPPING SURGE

Other News Catching My Eye

TOP PET NAMES OF 2020 HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN COVID AND THE CORONAVIRUS

A.I. BREAKTHROUGH COULD COMPLETELY CHANGE HOW WE FIGHT CANCER

HUMAN EMBRYO ANIMATED AFTER MORE THAN 25 YEARS SETS A NEW RECORD

THURSDAY’S ‘MONOLITH’ STORY — THIS ONE’S IN CALIFORNIA