'More than 90 percent of the population remains susceptible' to COVID-19, CDC director says

'More than 90 percent of the population remains susceptible' to COVID-19, CDC director says

The United States has recorded nearly 7 million coronavirus infections and has surpassed 200,000 deaths, with public health officials warning that most of the population remains at risk of contracting COVID-19.

Trump Supporters Celebrate Imminent Loss of Their Health Insurance. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• CIA clamps down on flow of Russia intelligence to White House
• Pentagon used taxpayer money meant for masks and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor
• Dr. Fauci Schools Rand Paul in Heated Clash Over Coronavirus Lockdown Response: 'You Are Not Listening'
• Despair at CDC after Trump influence: 'I have never seen morale this low'
• DHS awarded $6 million in contracts to firm where Acting Secretary Wolf's wife is executive
• Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison charged with wanton endangerment in Breonna Taylor case
• Former Florida AG Pam Bondi Defends for 'Little Boy' Kyle Rittenhouse, Charged With Murdering Two and Shooting Another in Kenosha

Are we 100% sure Dr. Fauci is not actually Rand Paul's neighbor? - Rex Huppke

I Wonder If John Bolton Has Bodyguards?
A former National Security Council official says the White House intervened in “unprecedented” fashion in the prepublication review process of John Bolton’s book in an effort to deem information classified and prevent the memoir’s publication. 

Americans Relieved That Their Initial Impression of Mitt Romney As Asshole Was Correct. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Ted Cruz blocks a U.S. Senate resolution to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, citing a “partisan” amendment
• Trump Now Leads Biden in Florida, Arizona, According to Washington Post-ABC Poll
• Trump Aides Reportedly Didn’t Tell Him About RBG’s Death During Rally Because They Feared Crowd Would Cheer
• Cindy McCain Left Speechless When Confronted by Trump Tweet Dismissing Her and Her Husband
• ‘Thank You, Mitt’: Trump Praises Romney for Supreme Court Decision at Rally, Celebrates ‘Unified’ GOP
• 'Appalling': Reporters Call Out Trump for Reveling in ‘Beautiful Sight’ of MSNBC’s Ali Velshi Being Shot With Rubber Bullet
• Florida governor proposes law that could allow drivers to run over a "mob"
• Norah O'Donnell Confronts Pence on Trump Health Care Plan: 'Why Should Americans Believe You' on Preexisting Conditions?
• McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment
• Photo surfaces showing Eric Trump in Ukraine as investigations into the Trump Org intensify: report

White House Press Secretary: ‘Trump’s Critics Will Seize On Any Six-Figure Death Toll That Suits Their Narrative’ - The Onion

What's Next? Lebensborn?

Mahendra Amin, the physician accused of performing unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures at an immigrant-detention facility, is not certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

The National Catholic Prayer Breakfast will present an award to Attorney General Barr for “Christlike behavior” today. A.G. Barr has ordered the executions of six men with at least one more on the calendar. What is “Christlike” about using discretionary power to kill? - Sister Helen Prejean

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Democrats Favor Expanding Supreme Court by Adding Entire Obama Family. - Andy Borowitz

 

 

Rock The Voter News

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at Supreme Court
• Elizabeth Warren Goes Off on 'Sleazy' Republicans in Blistering RBG Speech, Says Dems Must 'Explore Every Option'
• Meghan Markle and Prince Harry call on voters to 'reject hate speech' and 'misinformation'
• 'This Is My Country': Rep. Ilhan Omar Blasts Trump For Attacking Her Somali Roots in Rally Remarks

She was a beacon for decency....Her memory will be a movement. - Dan Rather

 

 

Prediction: GOP Investigation Of Hunter Biden Will Be As Successful As The GOP Investigation Of Benghazi
Republicans senators have finished an investigation that President Donald Trump was impeached for pursuing. The central thesis of GOP’s findings about Hunter Biden focused on information largely known to the public: Biden’s position on the board of Ukrainian gas company Burisma while his father Joe Biden was vice president...But other salacious claims and innuendos about Hunter Biden receiving a large wire transfer from the widow of Moscow’s former mayor and Biden allegedly making payments to Russian women linked to human trafficking are now entering the public sphere at the height of his father’s presidential campaign—a coup for Trump and Rudy Giuliani.

The person who told me Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away was my daughter, Neve. I was terribly sad, but also filled with gratitude that my daughter could see first hand how much intelligent, brave women can change the world. - Conan O'Brien

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Scientists say that pretty soon, robots will be smarter than us. In fact, they’ve started building a robot that wears a mask. - Conan O'Brien

 

Business/Tech News

• Walmart is using drones to deliver COVID-19 tests in Vegas
• Halloween costume masks don't replace face masks, CDC warns
• Lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling violence in Kenosha
• Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine is fourth to begin Phase 3 trials in the United States

Every day, Donald Trump challenges the Republican Party to sink lower than they already have, and every day, they oblige. - Middle Age Riot

I'm Surprised Trump Knew A Canned Tuna Fish Brand

Bumble Bee Seafoods responded to President Trump's claim during a rally on Tuesday night that protesters at anti-police rallies in several cities around the country are throwing canned food items at law enforcement. 

"They go out and buy tuna fish and soup ... they go out and buy Goya because they throw it, they throw it, it's the perfect weight. Tuna fish, they can really rip it right, and that hits you, it's true. Bumble Bee brand tuna," Trump said during his speech...

The NRA says if Biden wins Beto O'Rourke is going to come to my front door and take my AR-15.

I'm conflicted. On the one hand, I love my AR-15, on the other hand... it's Beto O'Rourke. - Renee Libby

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Odd News

• A new mini-moon about to join Earth's orbit
•  Shopper flaunting his gun in checkout line shoots himself in the groin, Oregon cops say
• Cult leader who claims to be reincarnation of Jesus arrested in Russia
• Florida Woman Swims Away From Hurricane Sally Flood With 1-year-Old Grandson On Her Back
• Woman, 96, bowls a 300 game at Pennsylvania alley

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The Bracelet of Queen Ahhotep I, circa 1560-1530 BC, on display at the Cairo Museum. Interesting that the artisan's work is around 3000 years later, and the Queen did what?

Peace.

Trump Says Coronavirus 'Affects Virtually Nobody' As Death Toll Set to Hit 200,000

Trump Says Coronavirus 'Affects Virtually Nobody' As Death Toll Set to Hit 200,000

President Donald Trump told a rally crowd in Ohio that the coronavirus that has killed 200,000 Americans and infected nearly 7 million "affects virtually nobody."

There are empty chairs at dining room tables and kitchen tables that, weeks and months ago, were filled with a loved one, a mom, a dad, a brother, a sister.. I worry we're risking becoming numb to the toll it has taken on us and our country. - Joe Biden

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• The United States has surpassed 200,000 deaths from coronavirus
• Dr. Fauci Contradicts Trump's Bragging About Covid Response: After 200,000 Deaths You Can't 'Say That's Terrific'
• Pence Dismisses Reporting CDC Head Has Been Sidelined: 'We've Put Our Scientists in the Forefront'
• Trump blasts China on coronavirus in UN speech
• CIA Believes Putin is 'Probably Directing' Russian Campaign to Undermine Biden, Help Trump: Report

Republicans don't do terrible things because Donald Trump or the Russians "have something" on them.

They do terrible things because they're terrible people. - Middle Age Riot

Hmm, Is This The Real DEEP STATE?
A public affairs official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will "retire" after a news report identified him as the anonymous author of blog posts on a conservative website that disparaged Dr. Anthony Fauci and mocked the use of masks, a spokesperson for the health agency said Monday.

If we saw a government like the Trump Administration in a Middle Eastern country...

...we'd bomb that sucker into rubble and make them start over. - Stonekettle tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• 'They Cheated in 2016': Dan Abrams Calls Out GOP Flip-Flop on Supreme Court Nomination
• Fox's Napolitano Says Trump is 'Playing With Fire' on Supreme Court Push: This Will Be 'World War III of Political Battles'
• Tucker Carlson Doesn't Believe RBG's Dying Wish to Let 2020 Victor Choose Successor: If True, That's 'Pathetic'
• Rush Limbaugh encourages Senate to skip hearings for Trump's SCOTUS nominee
• Trump said the people of Minnesota have ‘good genes’
• Trump Supreme Court front-runner Amy Coney Barrett criticized Roe v. Wade, Obamacare decision
• DeVos under investigation for potentially violating Hatch Act because of Fox News interview
• Ohio Lt. Gov. Booed at Trump Rally While Trying to Encourage Mask-Wearing
• Lincoln Project places anti-Trump ads in military newspapers
• Woodward: Historians examining the Trump era will ask 'What the F happened to America?'
• Two people armed with gun and shovels arrested at Ohio airport ahead of Trump rally

Trump Says Vaccine Will Be Ready In Weeks But Could Take Several Months To Receive By Mail. - Andy Borowitz

Mitt Romney marched with Black Lives Matter and then sold them out. This is who he really is.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) signaled on Tuesday that he is open to confirming a Supreme Court nominee this year, solidifying GOP support for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) vow to hold a vote on President Trump's nominee.

Is Mitt Romney's disappearing and reappearing spine a preexisting condition? - Middle Age Riot

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Rock The Voter News

• Senate Democrats introduce bill to investigate political interference in Covid-19 response
• Joe Biden Refuses To Rule Out Adding SCOTUS Justices: 'Let Me Tell You Why I’m Not Going to Answer That Question'
• Biden Rips Trump Over Rallies: He Has People Packed in Tight, 'Risking Disease,' While He 'Safely Keeps His Distance'
• Hillary Clinton launching podcast this month

We entered this timeline 20 years ago with Bush v Gore. - Chris Hayes

Good For Michael Bloomberg!!

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has reportedly raised more than $16 million in an effort to help convicted felons in Florida register to vote. 

The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition estimated Bloomberg's fundraising push has already paid off monetary obligations for 32,000 felons, Axios reported. 

Kavanaugh Warns That Expanding Size of Supreme Court Would Require More Kegs. - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

• U.S. existing home sales approach 14-year high
• Trump applied in 2008 to register his trademark in Cuba: report
• Nancy Pelosi wonders how top Facebook employees can 'look themselves in the mirror' because they 'make money off of poison'
• Steakhouse chain Sizzler files for bankruptcy

Republican Party Declares Moral Bankruptcy. - Andy Borowitz

Biden Is Backed By 13 Nobel Prize-Winning Economists. Trump Is Backed By Larry Kudlow.

Thirteen Nobel Prize-winning economists said Tuesday they are backing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s economic agenda, according to a letter released by the Biden campaign. 

The endorsement, signed by the 13 Nobel Prize winners, touted Biden’s economic agenda as leading to “economic growth that is faster, more robust, and more equitable.” 

SUPREME COURT TRIVIA: 25% of the current Supreme Court Justices have been credibly accused of sexual abuse 

BONUS TRIVIA: 100% of them were nominated by Republican Presidents. - Andy Borowitz

 

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Odd News

• Nasa outlines plan for first woman on Moon by 2024
• Dolphin rescued from pond 9 miles inland after hurricane
• 6-month-old baby goes water skiing in Utah
• Couple to get matching tattoos of winning lottery numbers
• Illinois man has kept Richard Nixon's unfinished sandwich for 60 years

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1931 Bugatti Type 51 Dubos Coupe. It's perfect for cruising during the pandemic.

Peace.

Bill and Hillary Clinton bash McConnell for pushing forward with Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement

Bill and Hillary Clinton bash McConnell for pushing forward with Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement

Former President Bill Clinton, who nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court during his first year in office, remembered her as a ...

Mitch McConnell is trying to pass a Supreme Court nomination before passing a Coronavirus bill during a pandemic, tells you everything you need to know.

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam Trump

• DOJ Designates New York City as an “Anarchist Jurisdiction”
• More than half of states are reporting more new coronavirus cases as the US nears 200,000 deaths
• Kilmeade Asks Trump if China is Going to 'Get Away' With Coronavirus: They're 'Responsible For the Deaths of 200,000 Americans'
• CDC quietly shifts guidance on coronavirus transmission through the air
• Robert Kennedy's Grandson Couldn't Take the LSAT, So He Joined Kushner's Coronavirus Task Force — And Blew the Whistle
• White bar owner indicted in death of Black man during protest dies by suicide, officials say

I don’t want 4 more years of this administration. Actually if someone could take back the last 4 that would be great. I want 4 less years. - Sarah Cooper

Trump & the Taliban. Jesus.
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Sunday said the withdrawal of US troops from places like Afghanistan and Germany are "mistakes" from a long-term national security perspective and called for a sustained commitment to assisting the Afghan government and its security forces..."He, in effect, is partnering with the Taliban against, in many ways, the Afghan government," he said.

If I could nominate a Supreme Court Justice I’d pick that dude who threw the shoe at George W. Bush. - Ron Placone

 

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump claims vaccine coming ‘within a matter of weeks,’ contradicting health officials
• Trump says he could close Biden fundraising lead with 'one day and a telephone'
• Lindsey Graham's House Swarmed by Early Morning Protests Over Support for Trump's Push to Replace RBG
• Trump tells Woodward he's 'broken every record' on appointing judges: 'My percentage is ... ridiculous'
• Woman suspected of trying to send ricin to White House to appear in New York court
• Trump Hits Back at Bill Gates Saying His Travel Restrictions Made Pandemic Worse: 'This is a Democrat Talking Point'
• Trump HHS Official Michael Caputo Admits Bonkers Meltdown Accusing CDC Scientists of Sabotage Was 'Inappropriate,' But Stands By It: 'I Believe Everything I Said'

When did we start nominating Supreme Court justices before the one who just died is even buried? 

You people really are just monsters. - Victoria Brownsworth

A Rapist That Chooses RBG's Replacement Is An Insult

President Trump on Monday said the Senate should vote to confirm his forthcoming Supreme Court nominee before Election Day, sending his clearest signal yet on the timing of a possible vote.

"I think the vote, the final vote, should be taken, frankly, before the election. We have plenty of time for that," Trump said in an appearance on "Fox & Friends."

Jimmy Kimmel: “Of course we don’t have an audience, this isn’t a MAGA rally, it’s the Emmys."

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg served until her last day. Rep. John Lewis walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 2020 after announcing his Stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Rep. Elijah Cummings signed subpoenas from his death bed. What do we owe them? EVERYTHING we can give. - donaldonethics tweet

 

Rock The Voter News

• CNN's Jeffery Toobin Calls Democrats 'Wimps' For Not Pushing Hard Enough Over SCOTUS, Encourages 'Street Protests'
• Sen. Patrick Leahy Calls Out Trump on MSNBC for Mocking Ali Velshi Getting Hit by Rubber Bullet
• Bill Clinton Reflects on Nominating RBG to SCOTUS, Says Ginsburg ‘Hoped Hillary Would Be Elected’ So She Could Retire

So let me get this straight: a Democratic president can’t appoint a new a justice to the Supreme Court during an election year, but a Republican president can? - Robert Reich

More Americans Think Democrats Can Cleanup This Mess

The Gallup poll found that 47 percent of participants said they believe Democrats are more equipped to manage what they defined as the most important problem in the country, while 39 percent said Republicans would better handle it. 

Anyone else feel like they’re living in a bad horror movie and the music just got a lot more ominous?

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Business/Tech News

• Stocks sink amid European coronavirus spike, dwindling US stimulus chances
• GE to stop producing coal-fired power plants
• Airbus attempting to create zero-carbon passenger plane by 2035
• ByteDance says TikTok will become its subsidiary

Man Presiding Over 200,000 Deaths Insists Supreme Court Nominee Be Pro-life. - Andy Borowitz

Air Canada Is Much Nicer To Their Customers Than Any American Airline
Eligible Canadian residents will receive COVID-19 insurance included in the price of their international round-trip ticket with Air Canada, news which could help encourage vacations to Costa Rica.

The Trump trials better be televised. - Hamish Mitchell

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Odd News

• Rosetta spacecraft detects unexpected ultraviolet aurora at a comet
• Study: Carbon-rich Planets Could Be Made of Diamonds
• Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites clutter the skies, frustrating astronomers
• Thailand officials mail litter left in parks back to litterers
• Michelob Ultra offers $50,000 to explore national parks and drink beer
• Estonians sink 114,357 free throws for basketball world record

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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument located in Arizona looks as though it is on acid.

Peace.