There are now 10,554,805 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the USA. There have been 242,430 deaths from the virus here as well. Just days after the election, our country jumped to more than 10 million cases...and the numbers keep on rising. The CDC now projects up to 282,000 COVID-19 deaths by December and nearly 200,000 more US COVID-19 deaths by March.
An infectious disease expert predicts that the US could soon hit 200,000 daily coronavirus infections as the nation has now blasted through 10 million infections and counting... Hold the phone! Yesterday, we DID get to 200,000 cases in a day.
The U.S. is preparing for the worst four months of the pandemic. Just this last Wednesday, states reported that 61,964 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, more than at any other time in the pandemic.
Trump's stunning abdication of leadership and pointless focus on the election results comes as the pandemic is at its all-time worst.
Pelosi scolded Republicans, asking them to stop the election ‘circus’ and ‘start focusing on COVID.’
How bad is the coronavirus in the US? Doctors Without Borders is here now to aid in the U.S.'s coronavirus response.
As COVID-19 spread, the World Health Organization often shied away from criticizing countries including Japan, France, and Britain, which made repeated mistakes. Leaked recordings reveal WHO’s pandemic analysis behind closed doors.
President-elect Biden vows action on the coronavirus on Day One of his presidency. The Monday after the election--even before he is officially president--he was in action setting up his own Coronavirus Task Force (Hint: Mike Pence, Jared Kushner, and Scott Atlas are NOT a part of it.)
As COVID-19 spread, the World Health Organization often shied away from criticizing countries including Japan, France, and Britain, which made repeated mistakes. Leaked recordings reveal WHO’s pandemic analysis behind closed doors.
President-elect Biden vows action on the coronavirus on Day One of his presidency. The Monday after the election--even before he is officially president--he was in action setting up his own Coronavirus Task Force (Hint: Mike Pence, Jared Kushner, and Scott Atlas are NOT a part of it.)
Biden's COVID advisor says that a U.S. lockdown of 4 to 6 weeks could control the pandemic and revive the economy. He later walked back the proposal.
With the Senate majority hinging on a double run-off in Georgia in January and Mitch McConnell already vowing to be uncooperative should he remain in power, here is what Biden could still do to fight COVID-19 if there’s a Republican Senate.
At least 5 people in Trump's orbit, including his chief of staff, Mark Meadows (an anti-masker), have tested positive for COVID-19.
Ben Carson is the latest Trump official to test positive for coronavirus.
David Bossie, an outside adviser to Donald Trump who is leading his post-election fight over vote counts, has tested positive for coronavirus.
The White House's political affairs director, Brian Jack, tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.
Two more people from Trump’s Election Night party at White House have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Corey Lewandowski, President Donald J. Trump’s adviser who’s been issuing baseless lawsuits regarding illegal election activity in specific states, tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday.
The Republic National Committee's chief of staff, Richard Walters, has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a GOP official.
A Republican congresswoman-elect, who flipped an Iowa seat in last week’s election, says she has tested positive for the coronavirus.
After months and months of them being held by her boss (including one that got her infected), Kayleigh McEnany is suddenly very upset about superspreader events now that masked Biden supporters have taken to the streets to celebrate.
Scientists are relieved as Joe Biden won the tight US presidential election. The new president has the opportunity to reverse four years of anti-science policies — but he has a hard road ahead as he will inherit a nation divided.
Pfizer says that early analysis shows that its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective.
A vaccine is closer than ever. Here’s what happens next.
After hopeful findings from Pfizer, campaigners demand the suspension of patents. "This is a race against time and we cannot allow the pursuit of profit to triumph over human need," said Heidi Chow of Global Justice Now.
The Pfizer vaccine results leave questions about safety and the longevity of results.
Bitter and angry, Donald Trump Jr. suggested that Pfizer timed their vaccine announcement to hurt his dad.
Most states are not prepared to distribute Pfizer’s finicky COVID-19 vaccine.
Moderna expects to know by the end of the month whether its COVID-19 vaccine works.
The Veteran's Administration has joined the Pentagon in recruiting volunteers for COVID vaccine trials.
Another vaccine study is looking for "high-risk, healthy adults."
Who gets priority when Covid-19 shots are in short supply? Network theorists have a counterintuitive answer: Start with the superspreaders first and save the vulnerable for later.
A COVID-19 vaccine won’t be an ‘instant stimulus’ to the U.S. economy, warns economist.
A coronavirus vaccine could be ready for all Americans by April, Dr. Fauci says.
Pfizer's CEO sold millions in stock after its coronavirus vaccine news was announced, raising questions of insider trading.
China is inoculating thousands with unapproved COVID-19 vaccines.
People on Twitter were having fun with the name of the newly approved experimental coronavirus drug, Bamlanivimab.
The search for a snakebite drug might lead to a COVID treatment, too.
Can a nose-full of chicken antibodies ward off coronavirus infections?
'We can do this better,' say doctors critical of of the Trump administration's COVID-19 antibody treatment rollout.
'We can do this better,' say doctors critical of of the Trump administration's COVID-19 antibody treatment rollout.
The Pasteur Institute's biomedical research center says it is close to producing an affordable, handheld COVID-19 diagnostic test kit that can give results in a matter of minutes.
President-elect Joe Biden has called governors and mayors about having mask mandates.
Here is what Dr. Fauci thinks about Biden's mask plan.
Escalating COVID cases have forced Montana to change its masking strategy.
Escalating COVID cases have forced Montana to change its masking strategy.
Utah's governor ordered a statewide mask mandate to slow the COVID-19 surge.
Why a face shield alone may not protect you from coronavirus.
Wearing a mask can help protect you, not just those around you, from COVID-19 transmission, the CDC says. The new guidance cites a number of studies showing that masks reduce the risk of transmitting or catching the virus by over 70% in various instances.
Costco is requiring all customers, even those with medical conditions, to wear face coverings.
Kentucky's Supreme Court upheld Governor Beshear’s coronavirus restrictions, including a mask mandate.
What symptoms does COVID-19 show in children?
Six more Utah secondary schools move online due to COVID-19 cases
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump moved their kids to a new school after parents complained about the couple not following coronavirus protocols.
An alarming new study of more than 3,000 counties in the United States finds a link between higher levels of particulate air pollution and higher death rates from COVID-19.
Most infectious disease experts have been vocal critics of herd immunity, but the idea has leapt from the fringes into the national consciousness.
Tracing and warning apps can help break the chain of coronavirus infections, nationally and across borders, and save lives by complementing manual tracing. They are being used in Europe.
COVID superspreader risks are linked to restaurants, gyms, and hotels.
After a COVID-19 diagnosis, nearly 1 in 5 are diagnosed with a mental disorder.
Acute testicular infections have been found in patients with the coronavirus disease.
Wisconsin's COVID-19 outbreak is ‘worse’ than New York City's surge. COVID-19 is so bad there that its Department of Health Services needed to create a whole new level--and all but seven counties are in it.
Wisconsin's COVID-19 outbreak is ‘worse’ than New York City's surge. COVID-19 is so bad there that its Department of Health Services needed to create a whole new level--and all but seven counties are in it.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he wishes the neighboring Dakotas would take more aggressive steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus, singling out South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for criticism.
North Dakota's hospitals are at 100% capacity. Because of this, Governor Burgum has announced that COVID-positive nurses can stay at work.
There are more than 60,000 South Dakotans who have now tested positive for COVID-19.
Texas has hit 1 million COVID-19 cases just after the election, the most in the nation. In El Paso, there are now 10 mobile morgues for COVID-19 deaths and a judge wants to extend the shutdown there. In fact, if Texas were its own country, it would be ranked among the world's Top 10 countries in terms of total COVID-19 cases.
A nurse in Utah has died from the coronavirus.
A 28-year-old nurse in Mexico sent his family in California's Central Valley a reassuring video message hours before losing his life to COVID 19. The family's message is to remind people that this virus is real and to wear a mask.
The mayor of Chicago asked residents to cancel Thanksgiving plans and stay indoors as COVID cases rise there.
A Trump-loving New York City councilman was shamed for boasting he’ll violate COVID-19 guidelines on Thanksgiving.
An ICU nurse said about patients who failed to take COVID precautions; 'You can see the regret.'
Black people are 'twice as likely to catch coronavirus.'
With the election seemingly not going as Republicans had hoped it would, the prospects for a new stimulus deal are fading. If one does happen, will $1,200 checks be part of the new coronavirus relief bill?
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer want a $3.4 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus package.
Florida's Governor DeSantis has spent billions in federal coronavirus relief cash with little oversight — and the spigot will be running dry soon.
Already trying to demonize Democrats, MAGA folk are decrying the absence of the coronavirus after the election because Trump said it would magically disappear after Nov. 3. They do not seem to get that it is raging worse than ever.
Already trying to demonize Democrats, MAGA folk are decrying the absence of the coronavirus after the election because Trump said it would magically disappear after Nov. 3. They do not seem to get that it is raging worse than ever.
Due to the pandemic, Dr. Fauci orders takeout several times a week: ‘I feel it’s almost a neighborly obligation.’
As COVID cases rise, there is no need to stockpile supplies, an expert says.
Billionaire Trump donors, Liz and Richard Uihlein, have contracted COVID-19 after downplaying the risks.
Robots are joining the fight against coronavirus in India.
The first cruise to depart in the Caribbean since the beginning of the pandemic has come to an abrupt end after one passenger tested positive for COVID-19. Later on, more passengers tested positive for COVID on the Caribbean cruise ship.
A compromised COVID-19 test sends a Bay Area woman back home from Hawaii.
United Airlines using new Clorox Electrostatic sprayers to disinfect airport terminals.
Ticketmaster plans to verify the COVID vaccination status of fans before issuing concert passes.
At dinner parties and game nights, casual American life is fueling the coronavirus surge
The holidays are usually a time for family gatherings, office parties and exchanging gifts with friends. But COVID-19 has changed how we do everything. How should you navigate the holidays this year?
The coronavirus vaccine is a negative for Netflix stock.
U.S. stocks closed lower over COVID-19 concerns.
GLOBAL:
There have been 52,753,626 confirmed cases of the virus around the world. There have been 1,293,434 deaths from the virus globally.
In Australia, Melbourne has earned itself some hard-won success after a marathon lockdown.
The United Kingdom has become the fifth country to exceed 50,000 coronavirus deaths.
The European Union bought 300 million doses of the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine.
France is the worst affected country in Europe and now has more cases than Russia.
The Russian provinces are buckling under COVID-19.
The Russian provinces are buckling under COVID-19.
Sweden is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases, dashing immunity hopes. The country has opted for light-touch, anti-lockdown approach since start of pandemic.
A communist physics teacher flattened the COVID-19 curve in southern India.
STATES:
Infections are on the rise in 49 states. Health experts have blamed the increase in part on the onset of cold weather and growing frustration with mask-wearing and other precautions.
STATES:
Infections are on the rise in 49 states. Health experts have blamed the increase in part on the onset of cold weather and growing frustration with mask-wearing and other precautions.
Maine had 142 new coronavirus cases and two deaths reported on Wednesday. Nearly 200 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Thursday.
Coronavirus deaths surpassed 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts.
There were 919 new coronavirus cases reported in Rhode Island on Wednesday.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday imposed a new round of restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus deaths surpassed 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts.
There were 919 new coronavirus cases reported in Rhode Island on Wednesday.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday imposed a new round of restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
Pennsylvania is averaging more than 4,000 new cases a day.
Kentucky set a daily high for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday with 2,700 new cases and 14 deaths.
On Wednesday, Michigan’s update on the virus added 6,008 new cases and 42 additional deaths. Residents of the state received dire warnings from state officials as an additional 6,900 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed yesterday.
The governor of Indiana plans to reimpose coronavirus restrictions in most counties.
All Minnesotans, aged 18-35, should get tested for COVID-19, health officials say. The Twin Cities in Minnesota are maxed out of ICU beds due to COVID 19 cases. The state, on Thursday, reported 7,228 newly confirmed cases.
Kentucky set a daily high for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday with 2,700 new cases and 14 deaths.
On Wednesday, Michigan’s update on the virus added 6,008 new cases and 42 additional deaths. Residents of the state received dire warnings from state officials as an additional 6,900 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed yesterday.
The governor of Indiana plans to reimpose coronavirus restrictions in most counties.
All Minnesotans, aged 18-35, should get tested for COVID-19, health officials say. The Twin Cities in Minnesota are maxed out of ICU beds due to COVID 19 cases. The state, on Thursday, reported 7,228 newly confirmed cases.
Funeral homes and hospitals in parts of Texas are bracing for a new wave of coronavirus infections and deaths.
Emergency doctors in Montana have warned that COVID-19 has their community on 'the brink of disaster.'
Colorado posted an update of businesses, such as grocery stores and schools, that have active outbreaks in them.
Utah's governor ordered a statewide mask mandate and other new coronavirus restrictions. The state shattered its single-day COVID-19 record with 3,919 new cases and 9 deaths yesterday.
Washington state added over 3,300 COVID-19 cases in two days.
Oregon chimed in Wednesday to report 876 new cases and 5 deaths. Amid the coronavirus spike, 9 Oregon counties are on a two-week 'social pause.' Oregon's Governor Brown will announce new measures on Friday as COVID-19 cases continue to spike. The state smashed another record and reported 1,122 new COVID-19 cases with 4 deaths yesterday.
Oregon chimed in Wednesday to report 876 new cases and 5 deaths. Amid the coronavirus spike, 9 Oregon counties are on a two-week 'social pause.' Oregon's Governor Brown will announce new measures on Friday as COVID-19 cases continue to spike. The state smashed another record and reported 1,122 new COVID-19 cases with 4 deaths yesterday.
Hawaii reported 97 new coronavirus cases yesterday.
CALIFORNIA:
CALIFORNIA:
California hit the unfortunate milestone of 1 million coronavirus cases on Thursday afternoon amid talk of a possible new nationwide lockdown that could last six weeks.
The photo below is from Nov. 11 showing a huge line of cars full of people waiting to COVID testing a Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles:
Eleven counties have been ordered to impose more restrictive COVID measures, with many more likely. Theaters must close again in three counties.
Downtown San Jose’s No. 2 ranking for COVID-19 cases in Santa Clara County traces back to homelessness.
There were 55 new COVID-19 cases that were identified Thursday in Tuolumne County.
San Francisco has shut down indoor dining once again. The city also shut down 11 bars since March due to repeated COVID-19 health order violations.
San Francisco has shut down indoor dining once again. The city also shut down 11 bars since March due to repeated COVID-19 health order violations.
Pacoima, in San Fernando Valley, has the highest coronavirus case rate in Los Angeles County.
Ventura County is planning to fight a possible return to more restrictions over rising COVID-19 case rates.
Orange County reported 335 new cases and more than 1.2 million tests on Wednesday. There were 295 new cases and six new deaths reported in Orange County yesterday.
LOCAL:
Orange County reported 335 new cases and more than 1.2 million tests on Wednesday. There were 295 new cases and six new deaths reported in Orange County yesterday.
LOCAL:
Fresno Mayor-elect Jerry Dyer's message after getting his COVID-19 diagnosis: 'Be considerate, wear a mask.' Dyer attended a small election night gathering with Supervisor Steve Brandau, who tested positive a couple days later.
The mayor of Clovis self-quarantined after a possible exposure to the virus.
Fresno County could soon be pushed back into the most-restrictive 'purple tier', health officials worry. With temperatures dropping and the holidays around the corner, officials are worried even more COVID-19 cases are to come.
Fresno County could soon be pushed back into the most-restrictive 'purple tier', health officials worry. With temperatures dropping and the holidays around the corner, officials are worried even more COVID-19 cases are to come.
Fresno leaders are working on a $1-million deal with United Health Centers to fund as many as 1,500 tests a day, and trying to get the county to fund more rural testing sites.
Coronavirus cases are surging in Kern County, just two weeks before Thanksgiving.
Fresno restaurant owners are preparing for the county to move back into the 'purple' tier.
A live drive-in concert is coming to Tulare's International Agri-Center.
Some residents are pushing to reopen gyms in the 'purple tiered' Tulare County. The state rules say fitness facilities located in 'purple tier' counties, such as Tulare, can only operate outdoors.
With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, you may have to line up at stores if Fresno County goes back into 'purple tier'. If you want to skip long lines, many local businesses are still offering online shopping along with curbside delivery.
Marie Callender's popular pies will return for the holiday season for safe pick-up only at the former Cedar and Shaw location.
Regal Cinemas closed its remaining theaters, including Fresno's Manchester Center, on Thursday.
POST-ELECTION:
POST-ELECTION:
The world has literally been celebrating Biden's presidential win and the end of the Trump regime.
Pope Francis congratulated Joe Biden, who will be the 2nd Catholic president.
President-elect Joe Biden is planning executive orders that would sweepingly reverse Trump's biggest policies.
Biden is moving forward without help from Trump's intelligence team.
Joe Biden's climate plan could put the Paris Agreement targets 'within striking distance,' experts say.
‘He’s psychologically incapable of processing this loss’: Mary Trump and government insiders worry about Trump’s ‘smash and grab’ on his way out of office.
Trump says he will keep fighting even as his aides doubt there is a path forward. Later, there was word he may consider a peaceful transition of power, depending on how his legal challenges fair (as if he has any choice about not leaving the White House).
The Attorney General, Bill Barr, has authorized prosecutors to investigate ‘substantial allegations’ of voter fraud—if they exist.
Election officials have found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
When do states certify their election results?
‘Get that result changed’: Inside Donald Trump’s frantic efforts to overturn pivotal Fox News election call.
Trump's legal advisor for his election lawsuits doesn’t have a law degree. Or even a Bachelor’s degree. He does have COVID, though.
Trump's campaign has sued Pennsylvania elections officials over mail-in balloting. Legal experts say the case is baseless.
The Trump campaign's "voter fraud" hotline "has turned into a nightmare...bombarded with prank calls from people laughing or mocking them over Biden's win before hanging up..."
The Trump Campaign this week called out what they claim to be "criminal voter fraud" here in the Silver State. They are upset about military families, currently not living in their home state of Nevada, voting there through absentee ballot.
A Georgian election official says that it is 'unlikely' that there were enough unqualified voters to change the results.
Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says his office has not seen any credible examples of voter fraud or disenfranchisement at this point in the state.
In Pennsylvania, small-town Trump defectors are rare — but could be decisive. In one of the most hotly contested 2020 battlegrounds, some Democrats worry that Trump will win. But it wouldn't take many Trump crossover votes to tip the state to Biden.
Republican Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt says his office, which runs the vote count, has received death threats.
Trump would still lose Pennsylvania, even if all of the late-arriving ballots were tossed out.
Republican claims that dead people voted went viral. These are the facts.
A new Trump campaign lawsuit targets Detroit's vote-counting process.in an effort to prevent the certification of Biden's win.
Watchdog group finds no evidence to support Trump's election fraud claims.
Kayleigh McEnany is now complaining that ballots received before November 3 are being counted. (She really needs to just give it up and start looking for a J-O-B. I hear McDonald's is hiring...)
Trump is attempting a coup in plain sight.
The Trump Administration is acting more like a dictatorship than a democracy. Former Defense Secretary William Cohen warned that “we’re witnessing the decimation” of democratic institutions as the president refuses to accept defeat.
Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis publicly backed Trump’s calls for a coup.
Trump has been quietly dumping agency leaders in the post-election chaos.
A retired general unloaded on Trump for destabilizing the United States by ousting Esper and hiring a new Department of Defense head while he only has 2 months left in office. 'This is cause for alarm.'
The Trump administration has removed several senior defense officials and has been installing loyalists, triggering alarm at the Pentagon.
Why is Trump making these controversial staffing changes now? No one knows for sure.
ABC’s Martha Raddatz said of the flurry of Pentagon resignations this week: “No one has seen anything like this … Is the president planning a military operation or the use of federal troops, which [Defense Secretary Mark] Esper opposed?”
An ardent opponent of the US military's presence in Afghanistan who once called for the use of lethal force against illegal immigrants and has made a litany of racist comments has been made a senior adviser at the Pentagon. Trump directed this controversial Pentagon pick after his nomination failed.
Retired General Barry McCaffrey warned that Americans are “watching a slow moving Trump coup to defy the Biden election and refuse to leave office by diktat,” after reports that Pentagon leaders are being replaced with individuals loyal to Trump.
Even the insiders agree: Trump’s dangerous Pentagon moves are the act of a dictator.
Lack of transition coordination and Pentagon chaos could leave the US vulnerable to national security threats.
Trump attorney freaked out and said that we mustn’t call Biden the ‘President-Elect’ because ‘public perception matters.’
Trump’s possible next move: Block election certification with judges and legislatures before the Electoral College.
Fox News said that we must give Trump a few days to concede because he needs time to ‘absorb the emotional aspect of his loss.’ Boo hoo hoo...
A Fox News anchor shut down a Trump spokesman over election misinformation.
Later, Fox News cut off a news conference where White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was spewing unfounded, proof-less, false facts about democrats trying to commit fraud. Whoa! Fox News did that? You KNOW Trump lost if they've abandoned the small-handed baby man.
Here is why Donald Trump’s refusal to give Biden the keys to the White House matters.
The Trump campaign's lawyers may have violated the Privacy Act and USPS rules in Nevada with their voter fraud lawsuit.
The Justice Department's top election crimes prosecutor resigned Monday in protest after Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors that they should examine allegations of voting irregularities before states move to certify results in the coming weeks, which is in direct opposition of the Non-Interference Policy.
Trump is apparently furious at Mitch McConnell for not doing enough to help him claim voter fraud.
In 2016, even though he won the election (with electoral votes---NOT the popular vote, which he lost to Hillary Clinton), Trump complained that there was rampant voter fraud. This older article from 2018 details the investigation into his claims---and there was no voter fraud found.
Once out of the White House, Trump will return to a company that is deep in debt and under criminal investigation.
When Trump leaves the White House, his presidential 'cloak of immunity' goes away and he will be 'vulnerable to prosecution.' This may be why he fears leaving. Trump is facing ‘two avenues’ of criminal charges after losing to Biden, and a pardon will not absolve him of all of them.
Michael Cohen says that either Trump or his kids will go to jail once they leave the White House, with Trump having no qualms about throwing them under the bus to save his own skin.
E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against President Trump, stemming from his alleged rape of her in a dressing room, moves forward. The defamation lawsuit is among the legal vulnerabilities Trump faces.
This is powerful and spells out so eloquently what Biden's win means to so many people:
A Republican rumor has been fact checked: Wisconsin did not have more votes than registered voters.
In Philadelphia, the birthplace of American democracy, election officials have been carrying out their duties while facing unfounded attacks on the integrity of the vote by a sitting president.
Lt. Governor John Fetterman ridiculed Pennsylvania's GOP for its elections audit: ‘Math doesn’t care about your feelings.’
State Senate majority leader Jake Corman said that Republican lawmakers will honor the wishes of the voters and will be awarding electoral votes to the popular vote winner.
Jubilant Americans celebrated Donald Trump’s electoral defeat at spontaneous celebrations from coast-to-coast.
The teen with a stutter who spoke at the DNC is thrilled about Biden’s victory. “I see him as a role model,” said Brayden Harrington. “He stutters, and he made it, like, this far in life, as a president-elect.”
'It's an embarrassment,' was how Joe Biden responded to Donald Trump's refusal to concede the presidential race.
Trump’s return to White House from golf course, where he was when the election was called (of course), was delayed as celebrators were cleared from the packed streets.
Biden has begun his transition plans even though Trump refuses to concede.
Jill Biden will be the only First Lady to have a job outside the White House.
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen longtime Washington operative Ronald A. Klain as White House chief of staff, sending an early signal that he intends to rely heavily on experience, competence and political agility after a Trump presidency that prized flashiness and personality.
Senator Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday that, if asked, he would accept the position of Labor secretary in President-elect Joe Biden's administration.
Democrats say Pete Buttigieg will almost certainly be in Biden's Cabinet.
Cindy McCain says that she expects Republicans to be named to Biden’s Cabinet.
Three MSNBC contributors are leaving the network to join the Biden administration.
Joe Biden is considering Hillary Clinton for the United Nations ambassador post.
Cori Bush has become Missouri's first Black congresswoman.
Biden won't continue the border wall project that was started under the Trump administration.
President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda in Washington may only go as far as Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell lets him.
CREATIVITY:
Check out what happens when you visit loser.com . Also, if you have it, ask Siri to "show me a photo of an idiot."
Georgian voters can put an end to Mitch McConnell’s 'grim reaping' in the January runoff races that could flip the Senate and prevent the majority leader from obstructing another Democratic presidency.
Georgia's GOP Secretary of State responded to Senators Loeffler and Perdue (both of whom were up for re-election, didn't win, and are now facing runoff elections in January) and their demand that he quit: ‘Not going to happen,’ he says.
Senator Kelly Loeffler sold at least $18 million more in stocks before the coronavirus crash than previously reported.
Jon Ossoff has already challenged Perdue to three debates in their Senate runoff. After getting creamed by Ossoff in a pre-election debate (and canceling a second debate), we will see if Perdue accepts.
A Florida news station has found evidence to suggest three candidates in three Florida Senate district races, two of them in Miami Dade County, were shill candidates whose presence in the races was meant to syphon votes from Democratic candidates.
Martha McSally refuses to concede the Arizona Senate race, even as the math shows she can’t win. The senator joins fellow GOP cry-baby losers Donald Trump and John James in refusing to admit defeat in races they can't win.
After Trump’s defeat, his supporters held a heavily armed pity party. Proud Boys, white nationalists, QAnon believers, armed militias and other Trump fans gathered in Pennsylvania, the state that made Joe Biden the president-elect.
The White House has instructed senior officials to block any cooperation with Biden’s transition team.
Republican Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma announced that if Trump won’t give Biden access to intelligence briefings by Friday, he will.
Russian state media is reportedly furious with Trump after his loss to Biden: ‘Nothing will ever be the same.’
Joe Biden and Trump returned to their routines after the election was called. Biden went to church Sunday while Trump, of course, went golfing again.
Trump and Biden marked Veterans Day in solemn, but contrasting, wreath-laying ceremonies.
Trump shows transition will be as turbulent as his presidency. How much damage will he due before January 20, 2021?
George W. Bush' Chief of Staff, Andy Card, says "it's critically important that President Trump allow Vice President Biden, who I believe is the president-elect, be well-prepared to take the baton on day one."
A group of more than 150 former national security officials, who served under President Donald Trump and other Republican and Democratic administrations, is warning that the government’s delay in recognizing Joe Biden as the president-elect poses a “serious risk to national security.”
Trump continued his defiant streak — and ordered federal agencies to prepare February's budget like ‘nothing happened.
‘The meltdown has begun’: Trump was mocked on Twitter for tweeting in all caps that he’s refusing to concede after losing presidential race.
‘Do not expect him to concede’ the election — Trump aides call his behavior an ’embarrassment.’
This could be Donald Trump's completely insane Electoral College strategy to hijack the election.
Trump had just finished golfing the Sunday after the election and he hit Twitter with more delusional tweets; ‘Since when does the lamestream media call who the president will be?’
Bill Barr’s push to investigate voter fraud claims has inflamed tensions with corruption prosecutors.
‘Lunacy’: Observers stunned by Trump’s latest all-caps Twitter meltdown.
Donald Trump will lose special Twitter protections after Joe Biden becomes president.
President Trump plans to brandish obituaries of people who supposedly voted but are dead — plus hold campaign-style rallies — in an effort to prolong his fight against apparent insurmountable election results and build up hostility towards Biden and Democrats.
This article is a little old---but still is concerning, especially since Trump has started doing what it says: If President Trump wins re-election, he'll move to immediately fire FBI Director Christopher Wray and also expects to replace CIA Director Gina Haspel and Defense Secretary Mark Esper, two people who've discussed these officials' fates with the president tell Axios.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.”
Trump fired a top US cybersecurity election official for debunking his false voter fraud claims.
A Trump Government Services Administration appointee has been accused of sabotaging the 'peaceful transfer of power' by refusing to sign off on a 'critical' transition document.
Thirty former GOP members of Congress called on Trump to accept Biden's victory.
Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins say Joe Biden should currently be receiving intelligence briefings.
US Republican Senator Pat Toomey said the Trump administration should start cooperating with Biden's transition team.
Two Republican governors have criticized Trump for his stalled transition.
Jared Kushner and Melania Trump have allegedly advised Trump to accept his election loss.
First lady Melania Trump, much like her husband, is operating as though he didn't lose last week's election. She has yet to reach out to first lady-elect Jill Biden.
Ivanka is reportedly telling her dad to accept reality … because she eyes her own White House run.
Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka are ‘ready to be next in line if their father goes.’ OMG! Who do they think they are, Kennedys? NOT!!
Trump’s like a ‘barricaded subject’ in a hostage situation, says an ex-FBI Assistant Director, Frank Figliuzzi. “It may be that U.S. marshals have to come take the president out.”
Politicians that sold their souls to Trump are still in denial about his election loss. Many Republicans are still backing Trump to the bitter end.
‘Dejected,’ Trump has been ‘dismayed’ watching foreign leaders rush to congratulate Biden.
Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, says he thinks Trump will go to Mar-a-Lago for Christmas and never return to the White House.
A Trump-loving police chief in Arkansas is out of job after calling for ‘death to all Marxist Democrats.’
ABC's George Stephanopoulos sparred with South Dakota's governor on voter fraud conspiracy theories.
Fact check: The Republican National Committee falsely cites turnout increases as evidence of fraud.
Newt Gingrich claims that the 'plot against Trump' was financed by George Soros.
A Trump campaign witness says it's 'odd' that US troops voted for Biden in large numbers. (Maybe that's because Trump called them "suckers" and "losers" and ignored the Russian bounty on their heads, whereas Biden respects them?)
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may be held in contempt for the failure of the U.S. Postal Service to comply with a federal judge's Election Day order.
Just four people showed up for the pro-Trump “Stop The Steal” rally earlier this week.
Fox News originally had tried to tell Trump that ‘it’s over’ by television, knowing that he is listening. Fox News now says ‘we’re just not sure’ if Joe Biden will be next president.
Last month, lawyers were ordered to find migrant families that were separated by the Trump administration. They said they couldn't find parents for 545 kids. Now they say it's 666 children.
A Canadian's hilarious video telling Trump supporters not to move to Canada because Canada doesn't want them has gone viral.
In a court case in Pennsylvania, the Trump team seems to have won a case. The secretary of state lacked authority to change the mail-in arrival deadline two days before Election Day and those votes will not count. (However, even with them removed from the tally, Biden still wins!)
Donald Trump Jr. questioned Joe Biden’s votes and it’s a total self-own based on the Twitter responses that followed.
Trumpworld wants to cash in on the MAGA anger over the election.
Republicans are seeking to raise at least $60 million to fund Trump's legal challenges.
Trump is begging for money for Georgia — but the fine print shows where the money really goes (and it isn't Georgia!)
The Trump campaign has given supporters a ‘FINAL NOTICE’ to help pay its bills.
Donations under $8,000 pledged towards Trump's ‘election defense,’ are actually going to the president and the Republican National Committee.
Conservative star Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, is asking for donations to "help bring it home for the president," but a watchdog group says they're likely going to her re-election fund.
14 U.S. cities are still waiting for Trump's campaign to pay nearly $2 million in police and public safety bills.
Kimberly Guilfoyle (Don Jr.'s girlfriend) humiliated the Trump campaign by offering a lap dance to the highest donor.
Jimmy Kimmel told Trump donors where he thinks their ‘Election Defense’ money is going. The comedian guessed that whomever the president owes $421 million to might be a start.
As a fitting end (hopefully) to a moving train wreck, the Trump campaign, led by Rudy Giuliani, held its final press conference at the Four Seasons (Not the swanky hotel, but a landscape company that is next to an XXX bookstore and crematorium). Somehow that is a perfect metaphor to describe the Trump presidency.
Rudy Giuliani's supposed election fraud "witness" he announced at the Four Seasons press conference has turned out to be a sex offender who exposed himself to a 7 and 11 year old. You can't make this stuff up!
The IRS erased Roger Stone’s $1 million tax lien after Trump commuted his prison sentence.
Wish-washy Senator Susan Collins was shredded on Twitter for feigning concern and calling for ‘patience’ as Trump refuses to accept election results.
Megyn Kelly is facing a strong backlash after mocking Joe Biden’s calls for unity.
Kayleigh ("I will never lie to you.") McEnany lied (What a surprise! NOT!) and claimed that it’s “constitutionally accurate” for GOP legislatures to appoint Trump electors.
Trump's public schedules show that he has very little interest in work as he protests Biden's legitimate election.
Katie Couric wrote a piece for TIME magazine in which she said: I gave Donald Trump a chance after he was elected. The president's supporters should do the same for Joe Biden now.
Trump is reportedly telling allies he plans to run for president in 2024 and that he could announce it by the end of the year. The U.S. constitution allows two four-year terms and they do not need to be consecutive.
'Dejected' Trump continues to waffle over waging baseless election fight.
Author Don Winslow and ‘Avatar’ sequel co-writer Shane Salerno put their work on hold to make anti-Trump videos that were watched more than 100 million times.
Facebook reportedly exempted Trump's family and allies from its misinformation rules to avoid accusations of anti-conservative bias.
Trump's campaign has started notifying staffers who are expected to be laid off in the coming days.
Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting that Steve Bannon has not violated enough policies to be suspended from Facebook. The ex-Trump adviser suggested in a now-removed video that FBI Director Christopher Wray and Dr. Anthony Fauci should be beheaded.
This was posted on Facebook: A judge has ordered a "HAND RECOUNT by an INDEPENDENT COMMISSION in the state of Michigan, following hard evidence of voting fraud by Detroit City Election Commission." It has been fact checked and is a lie.
Trump went ALL CAPS on Twitter promoting OAN’s voter fraud conspiracy that had already been debunked by the New York Times and others.
Fox News has flip-flopped on their views of elections, as brilliantly shown in this article with video.
Trump buddy and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s tweet congratulating Joe Biden apparently also had a hidden message to Trump.
Federal prosecutors have charged a feral Trump supporter over his threats to blow up the FBI building and take out the “Jew Senator” (Chuck Schumer) from New York.
Pro-Trump ‘Stop the Steal’ protesters seem baffled when they are shown they’ve been suckered by misinformation.
Men with Trump 2020 flag and covered in white sheets last Sunday, Nov. 1st, insisted they were ‘ghosts’ after sparking KKK fears in Indiana.
A Right-Wing cultist says that Trump must take ‘drastic measures’ to undo the election results.
A flag-waving Trump supporter admits to voter fraud: ‘I voted twice for Trump in 2016.’
Has-been actor Jon Voight endorses a violent rebellion and says the 2020 election is a ‘battle of righteousness versus Satan.’
Actor Robert De Niro says that he’s ‘confounded’ by Trump voters who seem to support Hitler’s ‘playbook’ and says we should set an example.
Don Jr. is reportedly in denial over his father’s loss. ‘He doesn’t want the ride to end.’
Don Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are apparently making moves to take over the RNC for themselves.
Don Jr.’s alleged former mistress says that they did drugs together and that Eric is the ‘joke of the family.’ (No--it has nothing to do with the election, but it's too scandalously delicious to skip!)
Trump's eldest children split on his path forward.
CNN's Don Lemon put a spotlight on the election lies spread by Donald Trump’s adult children.
An Uber-driving, conspiracy theorist blogger named Kyle Lamb was just hired by Florida's governor for the job at the state’s Office of Policy and Budget, which pays $40,000 per year. Lamb has few qualifications. Even he admits it.
The women of THE VIEW discussed their feelings about the election results.
Meghan McCain had the perfect meme for Trump after the networks called Arizona for Joe Biden.
A newscaster ripped into Trump and Giuliani: ‘No frickin’ wonder we are where we are,’ he said. The MSNBC host took a look at the “clown show” Giuliani’s been running for the president.
A Trump campaign lawyer admitted to a judge that their search for evidence of fraud produced obvious lies and ‘spam.’
Karl Rove gently explained that Joe Biden beat Trump in Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal.
Trump-supporting newspaper in Nevada told the president to pack his bags in a brutal editorial.
Federal prosecutors have charged a Staten Island, New York, man with making threats to kill and ordering others to kill politicians, law enforcement and people who were celebrating the results of the presidential election for Biden.
A AAA driver was fired after refusing to tow a car with a Biden bumper sticker on it.
A Minnesotan Trump supporter attacked an elderly couple with a golf club over their handmade Biden sign.
Thousands of Trump-loving truckers are threatening to strike over Biden’s win
A Texas preacher apparently said that Christians who voted for Biden ‘made a covenant with death.’
The president of a San Francisco bay area school district has stepped down after his wife made vulgar, racist comments about Kamala Harris on Twitter.
A straight, white Pennsylvania Republican politician pretended to be a gay, African-American Trump supporter on Twitter...and got caught.
Trump's attorney was mocked for demanding that Biden prove Trump’s fraud claims. (She must have gotten her law degree at Trump University...)
The Proud Boys are converging on Washington DC for the ‘Million MAGA March’ protesting the election. The ‘Million MAGA March’ will be on Saturday and will be a mix of white nationalists, conspiracy theorists, and Trump fans.
There is a growing expectation among President Trump’s advisers that he will never concede that he lost re-election, even after votes are certified in battleground states over the coming weeks, according to multiple people familiar with the president’s thinking.
Trump isn’t yet conceding. But sources close to the president are telling reporters he knows he can’t win.
There have been very few legal wins so far, as the Trump team hunts for proof of fraud.
Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine said Thursday that the country needs to consider Joe Biden the President-elect -- joining a growing list of Republican allies to President Donald Trump who say the 2020 race is over.
Fox News' Geraldo Rivera told Donald Trump that it is time to step down.
Biden World fears that Trump will bring ‘weird s##t’ to their inauguration.
‘Nobody is going to be hiring these people’: Trump staffers may find chilly reception at CNN and other networks.
According to the New York Post, Trump is among the long shots to replace Alex Trebek as ‘JEOPARDY!’ host. (He'll be lucky to book a DANCING WITH THE STARS, if you ask me.)
Trump ‘plans to wreck Fox’ as revenge for Election Night coverage — and start his own media company.
Mary Trump made a startling prediction about Donald Trump's plans for a 2024 re-election bid.
London's Madame Tussauds' Wax Museum has refit its Donald Trump figure in golf attire following his election loss.
Donald Trump mercilessly fires himself in Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Apprentice’ mashup.
Alec Baldwin is ‘overjoyed’ that he’s going to be out of a job playing Trump on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
Check out what happens when you visit loser.com . Also, if you have it, ask Siri to "show me a photo of an idiot."
Here's a musical remix of Biden and Harris' speeches after being declared the winners:
Remember that crazy White House spiritual advisor's bizarre-o chant to try to pray the president to victory? It has brilliantly been remixed in a musical format:
Wow! The 2020 election may be over, but already work is being done on the 2022 election to take down more of the corrupt:
MAIL:
One of my writer friends, Robby in Pittsburg, PA, sent me a nice email note the other day:
"We are doing well," he said. "Surviving is the keyword: Surviving the pandemic. Surviving our jobs. Surviving the election. Survival of the fittest is such a true statement. We 'hunker' down a lot. All work and no play. All of the time. It's eating me from the inside out. I read a lot. And write a lot. I've done so many writing projects lately, I can't even keep track of them.
"The city is a grand place to find books and to go book shopping. It's one of my passions, which I can't do lately. It's getting under my skin. I do hope I can do this someday soon. We used to throw many parties (wine, book club, football) and haven't in the last 8 months. It's been dreadful. I feel like I'm living the book FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC, minus the incest. LOL
"On the upside... Our health is substantial for being in our fifties. The retirement plan is in the works. I sell a few books for fun here and there. I haven't run out of ideas to write about. Biden looks like he's going to be our next President, which I'm thrilled about. We both have worked through this pandemic every day. Life could be worse.
"I'm going to write. I'm working on a short called THE STORYTELLER. I'm over halfway through it. Ken's sleeping. I can get a few words in."
My friend Andrei in Italy sent me a brief note and some recent pictures of himself:
"Here is bad," he said. "Partial lockdown. For the moment just gyms and other places are closed, but not the important ones. But thanks to God I'm still good and I work."
"Here is bad," he said. "Partial lockdown. For the moment just gyms and other places are closed, but not the important ones. But thanks to God I'm still good and I work."
Kim, my CNA friend in Wisconsin, sent an update:
"I am helping one of the girls that works at the nursing home," she said. "She has COVID and if she needs groceries or anything, I leave it at her door.
"It is so bad here. We have a few out at the nursing home and a couple out at the hospital. My immune system stays well. I have no idea how. I am diabetic and older. And on the heavy side. I do take vitamin C , D and I get enough sleep. I have been trying to eat better as well. I will keep praying that it works.
"I worked at the hospital tonight and we did not get any COVID admits. I'm hoping that means we are slowing down a bit. I work 12 hours tomorrow and work the rest of the week.
"My aunt and I are going to chat in the next couple of weeks and make a final decision about Hawaii. I keep hearing we might get a vaccine in April. I am honestly thinking we should wait. It is better to be safe then have someone get sick.
"Halloween was a bummer. I just stayed home and watched scary movies. The one great day was when Biden was announced the election winner! THANK GOD! It sounds like he wants to get started right away on getting COVID under control. Hopefully 2021 will be a better year."
Vito, who lives in Italy, but is from Argentina and who has been stuck there since the pandemic started, sent me a note:
"Well the situation isn’t the best," he said. "There’s more than a million cases, but also most of the cases have been recovered. The number of deaths it’s around 35k in total. The problem it’s what the government have been doing while the pandemic. We were in a very difficult situation when it comes to economy, now we are even worse. And our money keeps losing value each day. So let’s say you want to buy a property or rent. The price of it it depends of the price on the international market, and that price it’s in dollars. So yeah.. things aren’t great around here."
Yvonne is one of therapists at my old hospital. She only rotates into my old unit once in a while. However, because I left so suddenly, not getting to say good bye to anyone, after I was officially terminated in August, I sent everyone in Rehab (nurses, CNAs, therapists., housekeepers, unit secretaries, social workers, etc. little goodbye cards. Yvonne, who I didn't know that well, wrote back. (Fun fact: She is Irish and went to high school with some of the members of U2!)
Guillaume (who also goes by Bill) in France sent an update and a few pictures. One is he and his wife at a stand-up comedy performance before their current lockdown, another is Guillaume on the streets before the new lockdown, and the last is his family on Halloween (which I didn't know they celebrated. Ha!):
"We are all fine, he said. "No symptoms for none of us. My sister's husband was tested positive and got real sick for a week, but now he is better. Their 6-year-old daughter was also tested positive but with no symptoms at all.
"We had a curfew from 9pm to 6 am for a few days but now we are lockdowned again. Except we can go to work. And buy grocery. And jog for an hour max. All movements outside must be covered by an authorization. Shops are closed except for food. And even in supermarkets, other stuff than food is unavailable. No records, no books, no clothes. Some shops do the click and collect. And online shopping is still open.
"Schools are open and everyone older than 6 is supposed to wear a mask. But the Universities are closed and students work from home.
"And no food delivery can be provided after 10pm.
"Now, if you go out on the streets it does not look like a lockdown. People in the streets, going various ways, with masks. But it feels like they've been there, done that. In March no one was out, everyone stayed inside. Now, people go out. With an authorization but they go out.
Here's a link for the official authorization if you want to see how many options you have if you need to go out:
"It's incredible from here to see Trump react and behave. Nobody likes to lose but in his case, it's never seen before. I hope Biden will be able to be the 46th president inJanuary. It feels like anything can happen... But there are still those millions of people who voted for Trump because they think he is right. And that's scary."
Scott, in North Carolina, sent a brief note:
"The virus here is not too bad, but we're pretty much staying home," he said. "We have been camping a lot lately, so we don't see anybody. Almost everyone wears masks here, at least in the stores. We're prepared for another year of this if needed."
Rosa in London dropped a quick note:
"I am going back to Spain for few months and will be working from Spain, as my dad is unwell. I am moving out, so I just decided to do it sooner rather than later. My house selling and buying is really going very slowly, but still marching on. No stopping now!
"COVID here is a freaking disaster. No one knows what this government is doing. Now we have severe restrictions, but people are dying every single day. It's sad. I just hope the vaccine will come soon.
"Congratulations on Biden’s win. What a massive relief!"
"When we last spoke, Melbourne was still in the midst of the lockdown (curfew, distance restrictions and all stores closed except chemists, grocery and cafes - take out only)," he said.
"Melbourne got the brunt of Australia's second wave - due mainly to a bungled hotel quarantine scheme where private security was used instead of police or army (who offered). There were stories of the security guards allowing guests to leave for a cigarette and even sleeping with the guests. (Nothing says 'come here to me more than a snotty corona virus...)
"Anyhow... After a shitload (that's a real word here) of hard work, Victoria is free... Nearly.
The shops are open. Pablo is back at work (as a tradie, he was not able to work by himself tiling swimming pools... Go figure). All driving tests were on hold and there is a six month wait for people to get their licences. All the poor 16-year-olds are suffering... The thing is, Pablo was needing to get his licence. This week they allowed a special test because of his work needs and.... He passed. So, now he is out on the road alone. (We had been getting practice once a day during lockdown when leaving the house for groceries - that was the only way he could practice).
We have a travel limit of 25km now (it used to be 5) and regional and metropolitan Victoria cannot mix as yet (insert Nellie Oleson rolling her eyes "a country party, how droll").
As I write this, I am sipping a Starbucks at a good court. Well, I had to check in via a QR code ..and wear my mask (not while sipping)...
And considering two months ago we had nearly 800 cases a day... Victoria has just recorded EIGHT straight days with no new cases and no deaths.
Halloween in Australia is beginning to pick up a little like the USA. (Historically, we are not huge trick or treaters). As you know, I always do a pumpkin.
This year the scariest thing has been waiting for the Victorian Premier, Dan Andrews, to announce out daily COVID numbers. Dan has a bit of a cult following now, always turning up to the press conference in his North Face jacket.
So, I did a Dan-O-Lantern...
Attached is a picture, and the real Dan for comparison."
ZZZZZZ zzzzzzz....
She's sleeping away, dreaming of spring.
ME:
I have not been doing much. I've just been so tired. And while I have been trying to go through old clothes and things to get rid of and/or been making out Christmas cards (It's way too early, I know...but I make out so many each year.), I haven't really done much. I've had no doctor appointments, no social engagements, nor any need to go to the bank or the store. I also haven't shaved or showered or changed in days.
ME:
I have not been doing much. I've just been so tired. And while I have been trying to go through old clothes and things to get rid of and/or been making out Christmas cards (It's way too early, I know...but I make out so many each year.), I haven't really done much. I've had no doctor appointments, no social engagements, nor any need to go to the bank or the store. I also haven't shaved or showered or changed in days.
On Tuesday, I wanted to get to the post office before the 5 pm pick up for the day. (I wanted to mail off all of my overseas Christmas cards, just to make sure they arrive okay.) On the way there, I got a call from my former co-worker Mike, who never calls. He wanted to know if I was home. I explained where I was and that I'd be home soon. (I was, of course, in my slippers, pajama pants and T-shirt. I was sure I was pretty "ripe" and wasn't planning on going anywhere that I could be seen.) He said he had something he was going to leave on my front porch in about 15 minutes.
I raced home. I was thrilled with the idea of seeing Mike. I hadn't seen him since his last day at work in March (which, serendipitously, I happened to come across a photo of randomly on Tuesday or Wednesday. It's below).
It took longer than the 15 minutes he expected it to take to get there. During the wait, I found myself migrating down the hallway to my room to sort clothes again. It was there, all of the way at the far end of the house, when Mike was at my door. I had to make my way down the hall to the front door. By the time I got there, Mike was in his car and starting it.
I stood on the porch, in my PJs, masked and waving at him, but he didn't see me. I kept waving as he drove down to the corner and turned it. He didn't look back. Oh well... But that's when I turned and saw the bag next to the door.
Oh my stars! Mike (and his wife M'lissa and daughter Emily) had made me dinner--for DAYS! How utterly kind of them--and such a total surprise. There were three trays of enchiladas, a container of rice and three hunks of yellow cake. Wow! Mike and his family have always been so very generous. It was swell of them to think of me.
Of course I made myself a plate right away, I don't think I had eaten that day yet. Wow! Wow! WOW! THANK YOU, Mike, M'lissa, and Emily.
I am bewildered by all of the generous and thoughtful gifts and acts of kindness over the last several months. Normally, I would be in full Christmas mode--but this year, with my physical limitations, exhaustion and the medical costs not covered by insurance, I just can't afford to anything physically or financially. That bothers me to no end... I just hope everyone knows how much I have appreciated all they have done.
On Thursday, a delivery guy left a package on my front porch. Hmm. It turned out to be a Donald Trump Christmas ornament with the president with an eagle in one hand, a flag and machine gun in the other. Nothing inside indicates where it came from. My guess is it came from my former co-worker, Mike. I also think he was the one who sent the screaming goat toy a while back (since both of my prime suspects deny doing it). Ha! THANK YOU, Mike! (??)
By Thursday evening, fully shaven, showered, and dressed, I went to pick up my mom from the airport.
She is here to work on one of her rental houses that is vacant. However, lucky me, she will stay here through Thanksgiving.
Stay SAFE! Stay HEALTHY! Stay ALIVE!
CHEERS!
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