There are now 7,979,885 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the USA. There have been 217,700 deaths from the virus here as well. The CDC now projects up to 240,000 US COVID 19 deaths by November 7. Have no fear. Donald Trump is willing to donate his plasma to save you. Really. (UGH...)
VIRUS NEWS:
'Hunker down': The fall Covid-19 surge is here.
Why won’t the White House say when Trump last tested negative before testing positive two weeks ago? Here is why it matters...
The president had still not shown a current negative test since his infection, despite saying he is going to resume "really big" rallies. His first new negative was shown October 12.
Trump says he is 'medication-free' and described his COVID battle.
Following his illness, Trump resumed his public events with a mini-rally on the White House lawn (many of which were paid to be there.) He is now ready to take his COVID misinformation show on the road... In fact, Trump wants to hit campaign trail every day through election.
Trump claims he’s ‘immune’ to COVID 19 as he aims for a barrage of rallies in swing states. Claiming immunity, he said he felt like going into the audience and kissing all of the men and the beautiful women (which has to be seen/heard to be believed.)
Trump claims to have the “protective glow” of immunity from COVID-19 on Fox News and the tries to stir up a bogus new Biden health issue.
A Right-wing conspiracy theorist has been online spouting that Trump was infected by a ‘weaponized drone’ that sprayed COVID in the Rose Garden in an assassination attempt.
The CEO of Regeneron, the company that created the antibody cocktail that helped the president when he was first diagnosed with the coronavirus, poured cold water on Trump's claim that the therapy made him immune to COVID 19.
Confused Eric Trump says that his dad is getting cured by his own ‘vaccine.’
Twitter censored a tweet from the president in which he claimed to be immune from the virus.
Trump held a rally for about 2,000 "fans" (many of whom were paid to be there) at the White House last Saturday at an event that some critics have dubbed “Covchella.” In addition to the president, his medical advisor, Dr. Scott Atlas, was not wearing a mask.
A passenger on Joe Biden’s plane has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Kamala Harris canceled campaign travel after two on her plane get COVID-19. She will continue to campaign remotely.
The president's youngest son, Barron, 14, had tested positive for the coronavirus but has recovered.
The US saw its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day since August.
Fox's Chris Wallace grilled Lara Trump on masks at the debate: 'Did you think the rules didn't apply to you?'
Former New Jersey governor, Chris Christie, who was at the Rose Garden "superspreader" event, has been released from the hospital following treatment for COVID 19.
An Illinois Republican congressman announced he tested positive for coronavirus.
White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, was asked by reporters to wear a mask. He put one on...and then stormed off.
COVID 19 positive Senator tweeted excuses for not wearing a mask (or self-isolating!) for the Senate SCOUTUS confirmation hearings.
With infected members or suspected infected members unwilling to take tests, the GOP is seemingly literally willing to kill to get their SCOTUS nominee confirmed.
According to a new report, a Trump appointee pressured the CDC to alter a report on COVID-19 risks in children during the White House's push to re-open schools.
A public health champion has asked the CDC director to expose the White House for its COVID 19 failures.
A public health champion has asked the CDC director to expose the White House for its COVID 19 failures.
The number of cases of children with COVID 19 is on the rise.
A idiotic mother, spouting misinformation about masks and children not being superspreaders, was on Fox News (of course) spreading these incorrect facts.
A 'perfectly healthy' 16-year-old who loved photography and video games died suddenly from COVID-19.
On Wednesday, Oregon reported 21 cases linked to schools.
Coronavirus outbreaks hit three schools in Minnesota. A surge in cases in the state overall means that few schools in Minnesota meet the school in-person rules.
A teacher in North Carolina resigned after she says COVID-19 requests were not met.
Keuka College in New York is temporarily closing after 14 more students test positive for COVID-19.
A school district in New York has started testing asymptomatic students.
Eight Texas school systems will get rapid coronavirus tests with new pilot program.
A faith-healing church school in Redding, CA flouted masks and social distancing rules. It's now the source of a superspreading event, with 274 new cases of COVID19 so far in less than a week.
Restrictions and rebellion bring about New York City’s COVID-19 surge among Orthodox Jews.
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) no longer expects employers to report COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Trump flubs study on masks and coronavirus.
Kristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota, took a page from Donald Trump's playbook and said her state was seeing an increase of cases simply because it was doing more testing.
Rudy Giuliani has apparently been telling folks that people are no longer dying from COVID 19.
An aide to White House coronavirus task force leader, Mike Pence, discussed what it was like, saying "It is everything that horrifies you."
A new poll reports that two-thirds of Americans say the President handled the risk of coronavirus infection to others around him irresponsibly.
Minnesota health officials said last Friday that Trump’s September 18th rally is now associated with at least nine coronavirus cases.
A new poll reports that two-thirds of Americans say the President handled the risk of coronavirus infection to others around him irresponsibly.
Minnesota health officials said last Friday that Trump’s September 18th rally is now associated with at least nine coronavirus cases.
COVID 19 hyperinflammation looks similar to what immunologists have seen in systemic lupus erythematosus.
An infectious disease expert says that Florida will be 'like a house on fire' in weeks now that the state has dropped coronavirus restrictions.
An infectious disease expert says that Florida will be 'like a house on fire' in weeks now that the state has dropped coronavirus restrictions.
A hockey game in Florida turned into COVID-19 superspreader event.
Residents of a Florida city are terrified that Trump’s super-spreader rally will cause their case numbers to go up. ‘No person in their right mind would do this.’
Dr. Fauci says the U.S. is 'facing a whole lot of trouble' with coronavirus cases as the temperatures drop. But he also says we should be seeing a return to some degree of normalcy in late 2021.
The White House cites bogus herd-immunity petition signed by fake experts including ‘Dr. Johnny Bananas’ as their plan of course.
Fauci calls 'herd immunity' declaration embraced by White House 'ridiculous'
Achieve herd immunity by "protecting people from a virus, not by exposing them to it," the World Health Organization director-general says.
This argument is happening in the UK (and should happen here): Lockdown or a drip feed of COVID restrictions? One path is better for the economy. (Guess which.)
The scientific consensus on the COVID-19 pandemic is that we need to act now.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says a new coronavirus stimulus package is "unlikely" before the election, despite Trump's desperation for one to boost his re-election bid. On Thursday, he shot down a $1.8 trillion deal, breaking with Trump. This comes just two days after CNN's Wolf Blitzer grilled Nancy Pelosi about a stimulus package even though the problem was clearly not her doing.
Wells Fargo Bank fires more than 100 employees accused of coronavirus relief fraud.
What we know about what it's like to recover from COVID-19 and its long-term effects.
An elderly Dutch woman became the first known person to die after catching COVID-19 twice, according to experts, raising serious questions about how long immunity and antibodies can last.
A Seattle-area man has been infected twice with the coronavirus.
A Nevada man got COVID 19 twice, with second hit 'more severe'.
Spain reported its first confirmed case of COVID19 reinfection. The patient is a healthy, 62-year-old man who suffered life-threatening pneumonia the second time.
A Texas man who dismissed COVID-19 and then survived it (although others in his family did not) says he is an example for doubters.
A Wisconsin bar owner who hosted Donald Trump Jr is now in the ICU with COVID 19 — and wants to punch the president.
Husband and wife nurses both got COVID 19. She died in the hospital where they worked.
A 28-year-old doctor in Texas died from COVID 19. One person said, 'She wore the same mask for weeks, if not months.'
A school bus driver in Florida died of COVID 19 just weeks before she was due to retire.
A second coronavirus vaccine trial illness dims hope for short-term relief.
A Moderna vaccine volunteer shared her story. 'I volunteered to test one of the first experimental coronavirus vaccines. Here's what the experience was like and why it's given me hope for the world.'
Pfizer is going to start testing its Covid-19 vaccine in children as young as 12.
Giving a COVID vaccine to 30-59 year olds first would be the most effective way of stopping the spread.
Most people try to avoid COVID-19. But thousands are signing up to be deliberately exposed.
A scientist in the UK calls a coronavirus testing lab 'chaotic and dangerous'.
People with a Type O blood type seem to be less at risk for severe COVID 19.
People who have 'long COVID' could have four different syndromes.
Scientists say they have found genes that sway the course of the coronavirus.
Remdesivir has little effect on COVID-19 mortality, a World Health Organization study says. The results of the highly anticipated Solidarity trial strike a blow to hopes for coronavirus treatments
Scientists have a powerful new tool for controlling the coronavirus: Its own genetic code.
Is it a cold, flu, or the coronavirus? This article (with a video) will help you know if you've got COVID 19.
"I'm not going to walk away from this outbreak, no matter who's the president." Dr. Anthony Fauci says he is not deterred and will continue to serve in his role despite President Trump's efforts to undermine the infectious disease expert.
Rising coronavirus infections and colder weather may signal trouble ahead.
An emergency room doctor is calling for a halt to indoor dining.
Is it safe to dine outside in a closed tent?
The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive for 28 days on surfaces, researchers say.
A high air exchange and HEPA filters on commercial airlines shows the virus spread lower on flights than in other indoor settings, a recent test suggests.
The risk of COVID-19 transmission on planes is 'virtually nonexistent’ for mask-wearers.
10,000 mink are dead in COVID-19 outbreaks at several US fur farms, after the virus is believed to have been spread by humans. (I can't believe we still have mink farms? Who wears fur anymore?)
Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar think Trump is lying about having COVID 19.
Broadway will stay dark until the end of May 2021 due to the pandemic.
Broadway will stay dark until the end of May 2021 due to the pandemic.
A woman called 9-1-1 after refusing to wear mask inside of a store, and got shut down by the operator.
Nashville officials are investigating a religious concert that lacked a permit and drew thousands without masks.
Is it safe to travel for the holidays this year?
The New York coronavirus exodus is fueling the ‘gangbusters’ Maine real estate boom.
See Trump do his death dance to the states with the most COVID 19 death per capita (and notice they are all RED or RED-leaning states):
See Trump do his death dance to the states with the most COVID 19 death per capita (and notice they are all RED or RED-leaning states):
GLOBAL:
There have been 38,918,634 confirmed cases of the virus around the world. There have been 1,098,268 deaths from the virus globally.
In Europe, a second wave is gaining speed across the continent. London and Paris unleash strict new rules as cases surge across Europe.
'Momentous miscalculations' resulted in a ski resort COVID outbreak in Austria.
France reported 30,621 new infections yesterday.
Argentina has surpassed 900,000 COVID-19 cases and the virus is now spreading into the country's interior.
Hundreds of Brazilian shoppers cram into a department store, despite the country surpassing 150,000 coronavirus deaths.
STATES:
There are 21 states that have hit their peak 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases this week.
Newsweek reported that coronavirus deaths are rising in 16 states. Is your state one of them?
New coronavirus infections are rising to record highs in the U.S. Midwest and beyond.
Due to rising COVID-19 rates in Indiana, travel to the state from Ohio is now under a travel advisory.
Maine had 20 new cases and one death yesterday.
6 counties in New Hampshire are now on Vermont's COVID-19 restricted travel list.
These 63 Massachusetts communities are now in the ‘red zone’ for COVID-19 infection. Parties haven’t stopped in Boston, despite COVID-19. Officials there vow they will crack down.
The governor of New Jersey hopes to use a 'scalpel' to deal with coronavirus hot spots and not another broad shutdown.
North Carolina reported its highest ever number of new cases on Thursday.
North Carolina reported its highest ever number of new cases on Thursday.
Georgia reached a COVID-19 milestone as hospitalizations surpassed 30,000 and 1,686 new cases were added yesterday.
There were 3,356 new cases and 141 new deaths reported in Florida on Thursday.
Pennsylvania was up 1,598 new cases yesterday.
Michigan safety officials have issued new COVID-19 rules for employers.
Ohio reported 2,178 cases yesterday and the governor told the state's citizens to prepare for a coronavirus 'storm'.
Ohio reported 2,178 cases yesterday and the governor told the state's citizens to prepare for a coronavirus 'storm'.
Governor Beshear of Kentucky reported 1,260 new COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths yesterday.
The single-day COVID-19 deaths in Illinois are at the highest level in months.
Wisconsin’s 3,747 new coronavirus cases set a new one-day record yesterday.
There were 1,410 COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths reported in Iowa on Thursday.
Cases are escalating rapidly in Texas and hospitalizations are on the rise. Just last Tuesday, the state had a record 5,200 new cases. A polling location had to be shut down temporarily due to a case. Epidemiologists are calling Texas' COVID uptick a ‘warning sign.’
There are 735 new cases of COVID-19 in Montana as of yesterday.
Utah had 1,498 new cases and 2 deaths yesterday.
An expert said that rising COVID 19 cases leave Arizona ‘headed toward exponential growth.’
Washington state eclipsed 96,000 total COVID-19 cases with 676 reported yesterday.
Oregon had 390 new cases and three deaths on Thursday.
CALIFORNIA:
California's governor, Gavin Newsom, says the state is ramping up COVID-19 testing and contact tracing.
California's governor, Gavin Newsom, says the state is ramping up COVID-19 testing and contact tracing.
California's death rate continues to fall.
Disneyland and Universal Studios urge Governor Newsom to ‘stop delaying’ and let the parks ‘open now.’
California health officials are urging the public to avoid trick or treating on Halloween.
California health officials are urging the public to avoid trick or treating on Halloween.
L.A. County officials fear Halloween could become superspreader event as coronavirus infections rise
Valley hospitals and blood centers urgently need your help.
Some students returned to Fresno Unified schools for first time in 7 months.
Clovis Unified School District parents have been given two learning options for elementary students.
Selma Unified School District has submitted a waiver to bring some students back on campus.
Selma Unified School District has submitted a waiver to bring some students back on campus.
More Central Valley elementary schools can now hold in-person classes.
Fresno-area business owners pledge to stay open regardless of county's tier.
Some Visalia residents are eligible for $5,000 in COVID-19 relief.
Some Visalia residents are eligible for $5,000 in COVID-19 relief.
Hobb's Grove, the favored Halloween haunted attraction in Sanger, is back this year---with new COVID 19 restrictions.
A haunted car wash in northwest Fresno will leave you scared spotless.
This is the last weekend for the Big Fresno Fair's Drive-Thru Eats:
Free COVID-19 tests are available at the fair as well!
VOTE:
According to an article in Newsweek, only 1/3 of Americans think the election will be free and fair.
The next debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is canceled after the president declined to do a virtual debate despite concerns over his COVID-19 diagnosis. Joe Biden's campaign has called out the decision by President Trump to forgo the second presidential debate. "It's shameful that Donald Trump ducked the only debate in which the voters get to ask the questions — but it's no surprise," a spokesperson said. (Rumor on Twitter has it that Trump is nervous because, just like at the RNC, he has no platform to run on.)
In lieu of a debate, Biden held a town hall. Trump also held one on NBC (that was awkward, but he did share some of his COVID experience--and he would not denounce QANON), for which the network received a lot of flack. Beforehand, Trump went off on the selected moderator---even though he is getting a free hour of TV.
President Trump baselessly claimed during the town hall that Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House's Coronavirus Task Force, was a Democrat when in fact he is not registered with any political party.
Here are some take-aways from the town hall.
The town halls were fact checked. Find out who was truthful and who wasn't.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he will demand President Trump take a COVID-19 test, and for that test to return negative, before he will participate in the next debate.
Devin Nunes refuses to debate his opponent Phil Arballo (Who I am voting for) in a very tight race.
The second debate between incumbent South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and his challenger, Jaime Harrison, was canceled late Friday afternoon after Graham refused to take a COVID19 test beforehand. (However, he lied and said that Harrison skipped out.) (The word on Twitter is that Graham is afraid to debate Harrison again after getting the pants beat off of him last time...and that Graham is actually positive for the virus, but afraid to admit it due to the upcoming hearings for the proposed new Supreme Court justice.)
Democrats have introduce a bill to create a commission that would evaluate Trump’s fitness for office...and possibly evoke Article 25 of the Constitution. (Finally!)
Former operatives for John McCain and George W. Bush who are Republicans are calling on Americans to vote for a Democrat in the presidential election.
During a rally-like interview on Rush Limbaugh, Trump was asked a question from a listener about health care and pre-existing conditions. He floundered answering it and with off on a different subject altogether.
The Supreme Court has cleared Montana election officials to send mail-in ballots to the vast majority of the state's voters, rejecting a last-ditch Republican bid to block the plan.
The GOP is in trouble in deep red Trump country, as candidates struggle to reclaim House seats.
Mitch McConnell openly laughed when his challenger, Amy McGrath, brought up the fact that he had been sitting on coronavirus relief for months.
It may be bye-bye time to Mitch McConnell, as democrats are predicted to win back the Senate. (I soooo HOPE this happens.)
Who is backing whom? Here is a look at those supporting Biden and those supporting Trump.
More than 200 retired generals and admirals endorse Biden for president.
More than 1,600 leaders of faith have endorsed the Joe Biden, a marked change from 2016 when 80% of white evangelicals backed Trump. The president has also had a slight decline in support from white Christians.
Biden has won endorsements from nearly 200 U.S. law enforcement officials.
More than 125 mayors across Pennsylvania announce they're backing Biden for president.
Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg has endorsed Joe Biden.
President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani's daughter is voting for Biden.
The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community located in Florida, is leaning towards Biden by a large margin. Vice President Mike Pence was there Saturday to speak to seniors when a plane flew overhead with a banner that read: ‘Pence is why you can’t see your grandkids.’
Republican John McCain's widow hopes to send the president packing with a new video in whish she endorses Joe Biden.
Trump's alma mater, Wharton School, says Biden's plan would lead to more economic growth.
A GOP-appointed judge says she will not be voting for Trump.
Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker has released a statement declaring that he will not be supporting President Trump for re-election.
In Dearborn, Michigan, Muslim Americans are mobilizing to defeat Trump.
35 psychiatrists just met at Yale University to warn that Donald Trump has a 'dangerous mental illness.'
The Palm Beach Post, the newspaper for the town that is home to Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort, endorses Biden.
Joe Biden's new Facebook ad lists all of the Republicans supporting him over Trump.
Trump won an endorsement from the terrorist organization, the Taliban (this is in addition to Osama Bin Laden's niece and the KKK. REALLY!)
The day before President Donald Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his U.S. Supreme Court pick, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith said Republican senators would come with “guns loaded” and “packed” to ensure the president’s nominee is confirmed. Let's vote these violence-promoting crazies out!
As the Amy Coney Barrett hearings continue, Barrett has had trouble reciting the five freedoms of Article 1 of the Constitution, could not say whether Trump has the power to delay the election (he does not), she refuses to state her stance on climate change, same-sex marriage, or Roe V Wade, and did not recuse herself from voting against the Affordable Care Act. She only has three years experience as a judge and, as a SCOTUS, she is supposed to be a virtual Constitutional scholar. Hello? What is wrong with this picture? And hear her say, “I’m very happy to say that I think racial discrimination still exists in the United States.”
Trump had an epic meltdown after Democrats destroyed his healthcare record during SCOTUS hearings.
88 of Amy Coney Barrett’s faculty colleagues at Notre Dame have released a letter saying she should withdraw from consideration for the Supreme Court. Nearly 8,000 members of her sorority have signed a letter in protest of her nomination.
Senator Lindsey Graham was apparently trying to make a joke when addressing Barrett in the confirmation hearings about "the good old days of segregation." South Carolina Senate candidate Jaime Harrison deservedly ripped into Lindsey Graham over the comments.
Graham also brought up Harrison's campaign contribution donations against him in the Barrett hearings.
Despite protests from Democrats, they are powerless to stop the confirmation of Barrett as a new Supreme Court justice.
While Republicans accuse Biden of a court-packing stance he hasn't taken, they've corruptly engineered a conservative judiciary.
With the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare) in the balance, it is interesting to note that the average American spends 15 times more on health care than Trump paid in federal income taxes in 2017.
Desperate to keep them hidden (even though the New York Times already leaked them), Trump filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to block his takes from the Grand Jury.
Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse laughed at Ted Cruz’s attempt to dismiss his exposé of shadowy right-wing judicial groups.
Biden says he's 'Not a fan' of expanding the Supreme Court.
Despite what the Trump campaign keeps insisting, Biden does NOT plan any new taxes for people who make under $400,000 a year.
A presidential historian recently said ‘Trump is so terrible, he makes Hoover look like Gandhi.’
Noam Chomsky says Trump is willing to dismantle democracy to hold on to power.
A former Trump Homeland Security official details how difficult it was to protect America during the last 4 years — because of the ‘chaos’ president.
President Donald Trump is down in the polls, running out of time, and facing a resurgent coronavirus across the United States. Yet seemingly headed for defeat, he is doing nothing to change course.
Another historian remarked that Trump can no longer rely on his ‘side shows’ to win votes – but what else does he have?
Why do Republicans still work for Trump, especially when the White House is a COVID hotspot?
Trump's "October surprise" seems to be the magical appearance, courtesy of Rudy Giuliani, of Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden's emails. The emails have not been authenticated. In fact, the whole story is widely regarded as disinformation (Facebook and Twitter have limited access to it) ...And Hunter Biden is not running for president. His father is. So the point is?? The Biden campaign lashed out at the tabloid (which is owned by News Corp, a company owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News. Obviously.). An excellent article in Newsweek details the flimsy way the emails (and other materials) were obtained and shared. It all sounds like a very detailed and elaborate hoax created to put the Bidens in a bad light.
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of free speech, which is often mistaken for the right to say anything without repercussions. The White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah either doesn’t know this or is willingly misleading her social media following by saying that the Twitter and Facebook "censorship we are witnessing is the kind of thing you see from rogue regimes and totalitarian states." No... They are private companies and she (and the president and others) are actively lying on them, spreading disinformation/misinformation, which is against the policies of the social media outlets.
The Trump team has been humiliated at the failure of their cooked up "October surprise."
A Justice Department probe commissioned by Attorney General William Barr into whether former government officials under President Barack Obama improperly sought to uncover the identities of individuals ("unmasking")described in national security documents has concluded without finding any evidence of wrongdoing, despite months of Trump's and other Republican supporters going on about "Obamagate."
Two ethics groups have called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment inquiry against Attorney General Bill Barr. Attorney General Bill Barr used his office to further Trump's re-election campaign, one bipartisan ethics group alleges.
Obama's former Solicitor General blasts Bill Bar for ‘unforgivable’ corruption and being ‘Totally reprehensible.’
The militia group behind the planned attempt to kidnap Michigan's Governor Whitmore apparently also had another Trump "enemy" in mind to kidnap later, Virginia's Governor Northam.
President Donald Trump bragged about the shooting death of self-described 'anti-fascist' Michael Forest Reinoehl as being a targeted killing.
Eric Trump canceled a trip to a Michigan gun store after a former employee allegedly plotted to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Donald Trump Jr falsely claims that Biden's campaign is the most anti-2nd Amendment ever. At a Florida rally, Trump continued his attacks against an imaginary version of Joe Biden, including saying that Biden wants to take away cars.
Amy Thorn, the registered nurse from West Virginia who recently spoke at the Republican National Convention to defend Donald Trump’s response to the COVID crisis, has been arrested for shooting a woman in the stomach.
The New York Times recently ran a series of articles about the president's secret finances, saying he only paid $750 in taxes the year he was elected and nothing in 10 of the 15 years before then--and that he is more than $400 million in debt. A new report suggests his tax records show 200 entities funneled money to Trump properties while reaping benefits from White House, which is totally illegal. Just add that to his growing list of woes that he will be facing once he is out of the White House.
Andrew Weissman, the top deputy to Special Counsel Robert Mueller during the Russia Investigation, expects Trump to try an pardon himself of his crimes if he loses the election. (There's his questionable tax situation and tax breaks, money laundering, oh and that pesky rape case...)
A Nobel Prize-winning economist has shown how manufacturing started to die under Trump long before the COVID 19 outbreak, despite what the president's campaign would have you believe.
The US counterintelligence chief says foreign adversaries are exploiting Trump's lies to influence the election.
Republicans are scrambling to maintain a hold on Mitch McConnell's Senate majority.
Here is a list of 10 Republican Senators who are vulnerable to being swept out with Trump in November.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz has warned that the election 'could be a bloodbath of Watergate proportions' for the GOP.
A conservative columnist said that Trump’s incompetence is turning his losing campaign ‘into a party-killing, landslide defeat.'
A reporter for THE DAILY SHOW went to Pennsylvania to speak with Trump supporters before a recent rally. Check this out:
A group called Feed the Polls is planning on serving thousands of meals to people waiting in line to vote in food-insecure areas.A group of volunteer lawyers will advise military personnel who question the legality of orders during protests and any upcoming election disputes.
In a desperate bid for re-election, Trump is now claiming that Barack Obama's presidency—when Biden served as vice president—was marked by "chaos, hatred & discord." Uh...I don't think so, bub. That's describing Trump's presidency--NOT Obama's.
Scrambling to score votes, Trump is now claiming that Obama and Biden really did not assassinate Osama Bin Laden. He claims it was all faked and the six Navy SEALs that carried out the job were executed. This has been called out as a lie by the Navy SEAL who actually shot Bin Laden.
Unhinged, Donald Trump has apparently decided to start insulting senior citizens after realizing he’s losing their votes.
Older voters, who propelled Trump to his 2016 win, feel more confident about the future of Social Security under Biden.
Trump still thinks people will buy into his ‘healthcare lie’ with ridiculous tweet. Trump claims Republicans “will be providing far better healthcare” than Democrats. He's been saying that for four years and still has no plan.
Two polls that predicted his 2016 win are now predicting Trump's landside loss.
Biden has a 91% chance of winning so says this poll.
Who was truthful and who was lying? Here is a vice presidential debate fact checking video:
Federal judge delayed Arizona's voter registration deadline to October 23, 2020.Dr. Fauci says he was taken out of context in a new Trump campaign ad touting the president's coronavirus response.
Similarly to Dr. Fauci, a top general did not give his consent to be used in Trump political ad.
A Fox News commentator says that the polls showing Biden in the lead are wrong because of the pro-Trump boat parades.
Donald Trump’s economic adviser, Stephen Moore, was captured on video complaining about the president’s “crappy” debate performance.
A GOP senator’s views on if Trump is ‘moral and ethical’ are being used against him in the Colorado Senate race.
Sasha Baron Cohen, the comedic actor most famous for his portrayal of Borat, has a serious article in Time magazine, saying 'We must save democracy from conspiracies,'
Trump is furious with Fox News for allowing anti-Trump ads to air on their network.
For the fourth time, a Trump-affiliated group has used Russian footage in an ad.
A bipartisan Christian group “Not Our Faith” has created a TV ad opposing Trump.
CREATIVITY:
Here is a super quick parody of SHE'S GOT BETTE DAVIS EYES by Laurie Lehner about Supreme Court justice-nominee Amy Coney Barrett and her MICHELE BACHMAN EYES (Michele Bachman being one of the crazier Republican Representatives from Minnesota who was also a founding member of the GOP offshoot, the Tea Party.)
Here is an animated take on the recent vice presidential debate. (Caution--adult language):
MAIL:
I had a note from my CNA friend, Kim in Wisconsin:
The second photo is a close up of the lower right-hand corner, which shows some postcards I've sent him. One from Florence, Oregon, one from Florence, Italy, and the other from San Diego. How nice.
SHIRLEY:
On Friday, the day after Shirley came home after being at an alternate location while I was in Washington, I put her out in the backyard. It took her a while to wake up and get moving, but she eventually enjoyed a very pleasant day in the yard.
Eventually, she came to the door and wanted in the house. She seemed really tuckered out. Instead of her box/cardboard condo, she wanted her "shacks". She crawled under one, but was so tired, she fell asleep with her head still outside of the box.
Stay SAFE! Stay HEALTHY! Stay ALIVE!Experts are warning that Trump will do horrifying things if he is re-elected.
Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday...and fell into his typical routine of spewing lies about many things...all of which have been fact-checked here.
Trump begged suburban women to come back to his failing campaign.
Here are some of the Pennsylvania women Trump has lost.
Trump’s promise to revive Wisconsin's manufacturing industry with FoxConn deal has been an utter flop.
Conservatives apparently think Pence has the ‘sex-appeal’ they need to win over suburban women. (I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say he doesn't...)
A Trump supporter got busted for political vandalism in Florida – against a fellow Trump supporter.
Lindsey Graham has been accused of illegally soliciting donations in a federal building.
During a recent speech in Sanford, Florida, Trump begged for Puerto Ricans to vote for him. He said, “I’m not gonna say the best, but I’m just about the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico. You better vote for me, Puerto Rico.” Puerto Rico is a US territory and does get to vote on some things...it just does NOT get to vote for president. Ha!
Early voting has started in Georgia (128,000 the first day), South Carolina, Texas (59,809 in Dallas County the first day), and Kentucky. Record-breaking crowds are showing up to vote, many having to wait hours (reports have ranged from 5 to 12 hours or more--see above) to cast their vote. Amazing!
Texas shattered voter registration records as the Trump-Biden showdown election draws closer.
More than 17 million Americans have already voted.
Trump encourages vote by mail in Florida, but Democrats are crushing Republicans in early returns. Trump’s vote-by-mail conspiracy theories decimated the Republican Party’s early vote lead in Florida
Republicans across the country are employing every trick they can think of to suppress voter turnout for the Nov. 3 election.
Not enough voters are detecting ballot errors and potential hacks, study finds.
The Trump campaign is ready to unleash thousands of poll watchers on Election Day. Listen to the Trump campaign's training tapes for poll watchers.
A video shows Conservatives being told not to fear ‘voter suppressor’ label.
Non-white voters are seven times more likely than white voters to wait in line for more than an hour to vote.
Former top Postal Service official testified that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and the White House were involved in slowing the mail.
Trash bags of undelivered mail were found outside a postal worker's home in Pennsylvania.
A federal court blocked Texas Governor Abbott's order limiting each county to only having one mail-in ballot drop-off location per county. But then, a federal appeals court, packed with Trump-appointed judges granted a temporary administrative stay, allowing Texas Governor Greg Abbott's directive for one location per county for ballot drop boxes to remain in place for now.
An appeals court dismissed the Texas GOP's lawsuit over drive-thru voting in Harris County.
Trump claims, with no evidence, that California Governor Gavin Newsom will “harvest” votes. (Harvesting votes is what the California Republican Party is doing with their illegal and bogus voter drop boxes.)
California's Republican Party refuses to comply with the state's attorney general’s order to remove “illegal” ballot drop boxes. More so, Trump is encouraging their illegal behavior.
A Pennsylvanian judge has rejected an effort by the Trump campaign to send poll watchers to voting sites in Philadelphia, ruling that the campaign's attempted poll-watching isn't allowed under state law.
For Biden to win, he'll need to take back Michigan and several other states.
Senator Mitt Romney says he’s fed up with “vile” American politics and blames Trump for much of the division.
Former US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that President Donald Trump lacks the needed "patience" and "focus" to make substantial changes to American foreign policy.
Last Monday, Trump went off on an absolutely insane tweet storm. Was it his virus meds or just fear of political annihilation that set him off?
Jaime Harrison is narrowly leading Lindsey Graham in a new poll.
Georgian Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler is said to be making a campaign appearance with QANON conspiracy candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Democrat Phil Arballo has cut Representative Devin Nunes's lead in half and trails the incumbent by only 5 points.
Trump is on the campaign trail and is still falsely claiming that Mexico is paying for his border wall.
Nate Silver, prognosticator extraordinaire, sees very exciting Biden news (And Trump’s in trouble...).
A Pennsylvanian bakery's candidate cookies have accurately predicted the last three elections.
A Proud Boys supporter has warned of 'Civil War' if Donald Trump loses the election.
The Kanye West for President distraction to take away votes from Biden didn't work, so now Ice Cube (who said in 2016 that he'd never vote for Trump) is trying to promote Trump to African-American voters.
Louis DeJoy, the new Trump-appointed Postmaster General, donated nearly $700,000 to Trump's convention, new filings show.
A “Superspreader Event” billboard was erected next to the Iowa Trump rally site.
Trump declared that the only person more famous than him is Jesus Christ himself.
Outtakes from THE APPRENTICE TV show were recently obtained by lawyers for E. Jean Carroll, a woman who says Trump raped her and still has her DNA stained dress which she says can prove it. THE APPRENTICE outtakes reportedly demonstrate just how racist and misogynistic Trump is.
Secret audio has turned up that allegedly has Devin Nunes saying that protecting Trump is more important than protecting the US.
There was an awkward moment on Fox News when a host asked a White House spokesman why no GOP surrogates are campaigning for Trump.
A GOP senator from Nebraska unloads on Trump in leaked call: He ‘kisses dictators butts’ and ‘sells out our allies.’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Canada is preparing for possible 'disruptions' following the U.S. election.
In a Fox interview, Trump delivered his most terrifying message yet -- and we all knew this was coming: He might not concede if he loses.
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CREATIVITY:
Just in time for the Halloween season, here is a short, 17-minute scary movie set in and made in quarantine featuring genre stars Dee (E.T., CUJO) Wallace, Scout (HALLOWEEN 2007 remake) Compton, Barbara (RE-ANIMATOR) Crampton, Danielle (HALLOWEEN 4/5) Harris and Kane (FRIDAY THE 13TH: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN) Hodder playing themselves.
Speaking of horror, a new fan-film sequel to the FRIDAY THE 13TH series debuted online this week.
THE BRADY BUNCH is b-a-c-k in the age of COVID 19. With the help of the son and daughter of series creator Sherwood Schwartz, original Bradys Barry ("Greg") Williams and Christopher ("Peter") Knight and a cast of Broadway performers, a Maine theater company will present a benefit reading of the all-new "A VERY BRADY MUSICAL."
This is brilliant. It compares President Obama and President Trump discussing the assassination of two different terrorists. One looks and sounds very presidential. The other sounds like a complete idiot and buffoon. Trust me--this is funny. https://twitter.com/i/status/1314964163949744130
Willie Nelson just released a new song, VOTE 'EM OUT:
Demi Lovato also has a new song, COMMANDER IN CHIEF:
Here is a musical remix of the vice presidential debate:
To follow that up, here is a hilarious and quick remix video about the fly on Mike Pence's head:
This is a clever take on the president's recent infection.
Here is a decent COVID 19 parody of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and back to school:
And here is a decent Back Street Boys parody:
The Late Late Show with James Corden has put out some nicely done parodies:
And here are a couple of COVID parodies done for some schools that are okay:
Puddles Pity Party is back with a cover of ROYALS:
There is just a tsunami of smart and edgy political ads as the election season comes to a head. Here are some more:
MAIL:
I had a note from my CNA friend, Kim in Wisconsin:
"COVID is so bad here!," she said. "All of the major hospitals in the area are full or close to it. My hospital is full and all the other hospitals want to send us patients. As you said in your blog, we have set up a field hospital in Milwaukee where my aunt lives. I am getting so many hours that I am getting leg cramps. I knew this day was coming. So far, I am staying healthy. I get checked twice a week now. My family is healthy so far and so are my friends. I am just concerned that if I keep wearing myself out, I may get sick. I have a feeling it is going to be a long winter. I do have the weekend off. I plan on watching scary movies and just relax, I suppose."
I had an email from my friend Mikey in Iowa:
My friend Eric in Costa Mesa sent a note:
"Things are still about the same here," he said. "The COVID cases are going up about 10+ per day. One of the employees at the local soft serve shop just tested positive and none of them ever wore masks. I'm glad we stopped going there last month.
"Nobody here wears masks, except for the employees at Walmart. I went to the court house yesterday to drop off our ballots and they required masks for anyone entering the building, but none of the employees there were wearing masks. Weird. I guess they are only required during the few seconds it takes to enter the building. LOL! At least we voted. Now to play the waiting game to see if we get the COVID.
"We just purchased a nice, used Suburban from a local used car dealer. I didn't drive it for about a month, until I decided to take it in for a transmission service. (New filter, fluid, and pan gasket). Bad news. The mechanic told me the transmission was on it's last leg and if I 'baby' it, it might last for a couple of years. I was soooo sad. The car wasn't cheap and we finally got something that seemed nice -- and now this.
"I sent a short note to the dealership telling them of my woes. I hadn't heard back from them. I really didn't expect to, as it was an 'as-is' sale. Then, just now, the phone rang, but I was busy so I let it go to voicemail. I Googled the number and it is the car dealership. Now, I'm kind of apprehensive about calling them. They left a message, but I haven't even listened to it yet. I hate these things. I always get caught off guard when I'm on the phone and prefer to communicate via email when talking to someone about business. I know it sounds a bit silly. I should just listen to the message and then call them. Who knows, maybe they will offer to have it fixed? The estimate was for between $3500 and $5000 to have it rebuilt. I was kind of thinking that maybe I could find a used transmission and swap it out myself in the driveway, but I'm not sure if I really want to do that on gravel. At least I have some time to save up for it, or maybe find a used one at a junkyard. I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and see what the message says."
Mikey sent a follow-up note:
"Okay, well, I finally listened to the message," he said. "He wants me to call him back to have a chat. I had a small panic attack, so I wasn't going to call. Ray decided to pretend to be me and he called. He's a lot better with things like that. I get caught off guard a lot when I'm on the phone with someone and then later think of things I should have or could have said. LOL! Turns out, just as I thought, I'm screwed. I just have to save up some money for the day the transmission dies. Oh well, live and learn, I guess. That's a lot of seed packets to sell...
"Just a quick note on the COVID thing here... The county next to ours where the Walmart is, cases jumped another 10 since I checked yesterday afternoon and it's only 6:30 am. I check the totals two or three times a day and for the past few weeks, they have been increasing a lot throughout the day. I don't know what's changed, but it's getting a bit scarier."
Here is an email from Kathleen in North Hollywood:
"Your story of trying to find out the cause of your pain reminds me of Rick’s (her husband) story," she said.
"Rick has a rare disease that took a few years to diagnose. The problem is that when it is bad, you can’t see a doctor right away. When it is gone, doctors don’t care to hear about it. It is sort of like telling an MD you had a bad case of flu or a sore knee or whatever. When it is gone, they don’t want to hear about it.
"He has Palindromic Rheumatism. Internist and other doctors could not find out what was wrong. But, a rheumatologist (old and smart…many have only seen this disease once or twice) told him what he has. There was a period when it was wrecking his life. There isn’t any treatment for it. He can’t take steroids since he is diabetic.
"Rick’s pain was so severe some days that all he could do was sit on the couch looking pitiful. Other times, his pain didn’t keep him from functioning. He once had a very bad few months. He still gets attacks, but not often. Knock on wood.
"I hope you will end up feeling better eventually even if you don’t get completely over it."
My former co-worker from the Fresno Bee days, Jenny, sent me some happy news:
"I am a grandmother," she said. "It's very exciting. His name is Walker Spencer McGill. He is adorable. He was in NICU for two weeks, but is fine now and growing He was 6 weeks early. My daughter is staying with us for awhile. Because of the pandemic, she was able to work from here. She normally lives in L.A. and is a fashion director."
My friend Mauro in Italy sent me a super brief note that said "My Tuscany trip." He included four photos, but I do not know the story behind them.
My friend Eric in Costa Mesa sent a note:
"In my opinion, Trump really is losing it," he said. "Who could come off with such weird things- thankful to God he got the Virus???? What? I used to think Trump would easily be re-elected, but I don't think that way anymore. I bet it is going to come down to a few districts or a state, pretty much 50/50.
"I'm still planning on going to Arizona next month. My eBay sales are down 45% in October-- is that because everything is opening up, so people are going out to spend?? That's my only guess."
My friend Nedra in Los Angeles called on Thursday. She is planning to maybe come and spend Halloween with me (unless she gets a new job she is trying for). She sent this pre-Halloween spook-a-rama picture:
My friend Angel in Colombia sent me a brief note with photos.
His note read simply "My office." He included this photo:
SHIRLEY:
On Friday, the day after Shirley came home after being at an alternate location while I was in Washington, I put her out in the backyard. It took her a while to wake up and get moving, but she eventually enjoyed a very pleasant day in the yard.
I'd had several errands I had needed to run that day (go to the bank, post office, groceries, etc.), but Erich had been there. He said that when she got moving, she'd first visited a mud puddle (from the sprinklers that morning), sloshed around in it and had a drink. Later, she ate very well---which I was super pleased with. (I have no idea how she ate while I was gone. She will also be hibernating soon and she needs to eat to make it through the winter.) She spent hours outside -- more than she had done in a long time.
Eventually, she came to the door and wanted in the house. She seemed really tuckered out. Instead of her box/cardboard condo, she wanted her "shacks". She crawled under one, but was so tired, she fell asleep with her head still outside of the box.
She seemed to want to sleep all day Sunday as well, so I didn't put her out again until Monday. She ate some grass and some weeds, but refused to touch her food and didn't stay out all that long.
She stayed in again for a couple of days. I am guessing she is getting closer to time for her to hibernate. I am still concerned about her having enough intake before she goes to sleep. She really has not eaten much this summer it seems. With Thursday being another warm day (It was 90 degrees today), I put her out. She did eat, but only a modest amount.
She stayed out several hours Thursday. I'm glad about that. I want her to enjoy the yard as much as possible before hibernation, because when she wakes up in the spring, she'll probably be in Washington and will never see this backyard again.
ME:
There hasn't been too much excitement for me. On Sunday, Erich and I met a friend for breakfast in Clovis. She just started chemo for cancer and I was concerned about her being immunocompromised--especially with the virus going on. But she wanted to meet. I was also surprised to learn that we could eat indoors. I had no idea that Fresno County had been allowing indoor dining since September 30th.
On Tuesday, I went for my lumbar puncture (spinal tap). It was at Clovis Community Hospital, which is all torn up and going through a big expansion construction job. Erich dropped me off just before 7 AM. He said he hadn't slept well the night before, so I reminded him to please make sure his phone was on when he got home so the hospital could call when I was done.
Instead of the outpatient area, I was directed to another area of the hospital.
This is the room I was eventually rolled into for the lumbar puncture. It looks less than sterile, but whatever... I was told I would have the area the puncture was going to be done in numbed before the actual spinal tap was done. I was told to roll onto my stomach. There was a very sharp (OWW!) stinging sensation (was that the numbing thing or the puncture? Jeepers!). Then I had the sensation akin to what it feels like to be kicked in the groin---only not as intense and in my back. And then it was over.
I had to lay in the recovery room flat on my back (and then the same at home for an additional 24 hours). Just before the hour was up, the nurse came by and told me that she could not reach Erich. She had called several times. Hmm. Erich had texted me earlier, saying he had turned his phone on. Perhaps they had an incorrect number for him? I tried calling--and texting. Nothing.
I asked if I could just Uber home. At first they were against it. But then they realized I had not been given anesthesia. I was also a nurse. They could give me discharge instructions--which they did.
I ordered an Uber and a CNA wheeled me out to the temporary outpatient pickup/drop off location. Just before the Uber arrived, Erich called. He said his phone was right next to him and turned on, but that he had slept so soundly and had not heard the calls. (His ringtone is very soothing chimes---I can understand his missing it.) He wanted to come and get me, but I told him the Uber was there. No worries. But he felt so bad. He had stayed in town specifically to take me to and from the procedure. Oh well. (He has actually extended his stay again due to the new heatwave in California. It is actually hotter in the Bay Area where he lives now than it is here...and I have air conditioning, which he does not.)
On Wednesday, we decided to go out to dinner. We decided to check out the new taqueria that had set up shop in the former location of another Mexican restaurant we used to frequent that has giant margaritas. When we got to the new place, it seemed to be doing good business (There was a line to order and many diners on the patio.), but the menu was very underwhelming...especially since it did not (Gasp!) have any cocktails on it.
We decided to go to the other restaurant (which had moved to another, bigger location just a little ways down the street) instead. However, I did like this neon sign in the new place and want to check it out sometime for lunch.
The other restaurant (in the new location) did not have nearly as many customers. It was only my second visit to the place and it had been months in between visits. The new location, while bigger, lacks ambience and is very barn-like. I would bet that the restaurant managers wished they hadn't moved as I don't think they've had nearly as many customers as they once had.
I ordered my favorite dish there, camarones hongos, which is shrimp with these incredibly buttery mushrooms. Yum! While my main dish was as tasty as ever, the portion was markedly smaller. The chips were kind of stale and the salsa tasted like tomato sauce--nothing like it used to taste like. The beans and rice were utterly unremarkable. Erich had a combo plate of a tostada, chalupa and a taco and he said the food was bland as well. And, ugh! I had the worst gas afterwards as well.
I did have one of the giant margaritas, but even that was disappointing.
Yesterday, while working on the virus diary blog, someone came to the door. It was a Fed Ex man dropping off a package for me. Golly, I apparently had won something from Dread Central, a horror website!
I think I remember entering for something---but that had only been a few days ago. How could I have won so quickly? But win I had! It was a BluRay of some new movie called YUMMY (The tag line reads "Human flesh never tasted so good." Ha!). Hooray! Just in time for Halloween...
CHEERS!
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