Another month of the novel coronavirus - COVID-19 - world pandemic. I am tired of it. I have no problem staying at home, reading and doing research. I have no problem wearing a mask and staying 6 feet away from others. I do have a problem with people who don't believe in social distancing, who don't wear masks, who complain about both, and who get angry when I move away from their un-masked closeness - especially people who are exerting themselves while jogging, running, biking and skateboarding who pass with a foot or less and are facial uncovered. I had to go pick up Lovey's medication from the veterinary office the first week college students were back in class, and was struck by the handlebars of 6 bicycles in 3 blocks, by students riding on the sidewalks instead in bike lanes, and none were wearing a face mask. .... Sorry, just had to air pent up feelings.
Trump is still doing his best to divide the country, spewing racial hatred and spreading fascist ideas. Yesterday evening he compared a police officer shooting an unarmed suspect 7 times in the back to playing golf and missing a putt. Disgusting.
On this first day of September, I will once again change the way I'm doing this daily update for the month. Since the World Health Organization started posting a "Weekly Epidemiological Report" each Monday, which I had been doing for several weeks, I will just post the URL instead of typing all the countries and numbers each Monday. - And since reading and reporting all the Trump news is making me depressed, I'll post less of that, too. Some days, there might only be the daily numbers from the Johns Hopkins University Database on COVID-19 and the report of the state of Colorado numbers.
Somehow, it seems fitting that on the first day of September, we had the first snowfall on one of the Front Range mountains - Long's Peak, 24.6 miles to our northwest, had snow this morning. - It was 54° here at 7 a.m. ..... Here's hoping September is less disturbed by killings and riots than the past few months!
And, off we start with September 2020:
1 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
25,650,801 cases 854,596 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,073,174 cases 184,629 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
57,775 cases 1,946 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
In WHO Global Pulse Survey, 90% of Countries Report Disruptions To Essential Health SErvices Since COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/31-08-2020-in-who-global-pulse-survey-90-of-countries-report-disruptions-to-essential-health-services-since-covid-19-pandemic
Athens Protects Vulnerable Communities During COVID-19
https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/athens-protects-vulnerable-communities-during-covid-19
WHO Warns That "No Country Can Just Pretend The Pandemic Is Over"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/coronavirus-who-warns-that-no-country-can-just-pretend-the-pandemic-is-over.html
US Won't Join Global Coronavirus Virus Vaccine Effort Because Its Led By the WHO
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/01/us-wont-join-global-coronavirus-vaccine-effort-because-its-led-by-the-who/#6c157a085876
US News:
Source: The Washington Post - Politics - The Fix - Analysis: Written by Aaron Blake, with contributions by Mark Berman; posted at 11:45 am EDT on 1 September 2020
Trump's Illuminating Defense of Kyle Rittenhouse
At the start of and throughout his news conference Monday evening, President Trump attacked Joe Biden for condemning violence but not specifically left-wing perpetrators of it.
By the end of the news conference, Trump not only pointedly declined to condemn right-wing violence at the the same demonstrations, he voluntarily defended it.
The president offered his first public comments about Kyle Rittenhouse, a supporter who was charged with murder in Kenosha, Wis., as well as other Trump supporters who converged on Portland, Ore., and apparently fired paintball guns and pepper spray at protesters.
Trump found little fault with any of them. He noted that at least the paintballs weren't bullets and called it a "peaceful protest."
"Well, I understand that had large numbers of people that were supporters, but that was a peaceful protest," he said. "And paint is not - and paint as a defensive mechanism, paint is not bullets. ... These people, they protested peacefully. They went in very peacefully."
Trump supporters in Portland
Trump then pointed to a man who identifies as an anti-fascist and who is under investigation in the killing of a right-wing demonstrator after a Trump rally in Portland.
Trump said the man "shot a young gentleman and killed him - not with paint, but with a bullet. And I think it's disgraceful."
The president offered no such condemnation, though, when it was noted that one of his supporters, Rittenhouse, has been charged with killing with actual bullets in Kenosha. Trump indicated that he thought Rittenhouse's actions might have been warranted.
"That was an interesting situation," he said. "You saw the same tape as I saw. And he was trying to get away from them. I guess it looks like he fell and then they violently attacked him. And it was something that we're looking at right now, an it's under investigation. But I guess he was in very big trouble. He would have been - probably would have been killed, but it's under investigation."
The exchanges highlighted the similarities and the differences between Trump's and Biden's approaches to the unrest.
Biden has repeatedly condemned the violence that has occurred in cities across the country, often in broad terms. He has drawn criticism from Trump and his allies for not more specifically highlighting left-wing violence or mentioning antifa, but Biden has referenced "anarchists" and said he condemns violence on both sides of the political spectrum. "I condemn violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the left or the right," Biden said Sunday.
Trump was given his own chance to acknowledge and condemn violence perpetrated by his supporters, and he notably took a hard pass - failing to even offer the broad type of denunciation that Biden has stated.
It bears noting that there is much we don't know about the Rittenhouse situation. Multiple videos show him being chased by demonstrators, though it is not clear what preceded that. Prosecutors charged him with two counts of murder and one count of attempted homicide. Trump's comments echoed the defense put forth by the 17-year-old's attorneys, who said he "did nothing wrong" and "exercised his God-given, constitutional, common law and statutory law right to self-defense." ****Note from BND: Even though he carried an assault rifle, which, as a minor, is illegal for him to own, across state lines and was violation of a law-mandated curfew.****
Kyle Rittenhouse before the shootings
The contrast between how Trump spoke about that situation vs. the others is telling. In the Portland case, he called the actions of someone who hasn't been charged "disgraceful"; in the case of Rittenhouse and the supporters who apparently fired paintballs and pepper spray at protesters, he defended them and suggested they were acting understandably under the circumstances.
Trump offered similar comments Sunday after videos surfaced showing his supporters in Portland.
"Th big backlash going on in Portland cannot be unexpected after 95 days of watching and incompetent Mayor admit that he has no idea what he is doing," Trump Tweeted in response to a video posted by New York Times reporter Mike Baker, who said Trump backers "shot me too."
"The people of Portland won't put up with no safety any longer. The Mayor is a FOOL. Bring in the National Guard!" the president wrote.
Trump offered similar comments on Fox News on Monday night, saying, "I want to leave it to law enforcement. But my supporters are wonderful, hardworking, tremendous people, and they turn on their television set and they look at a Portland or they look at a Kenosha ... They are looking at all of this and they can't believe it. They can't believe it."
He added, despite the scenes of paint balls and pepper spray, that "it's a peaceful protest."
To some degree, this is how personal biases work. It's easier to sympathize with someone who agrees with you and with whom you associate. You're much more liable to question the motives of someone who you don'y align with, and you're much more likely to give the benefit of the doubt to someone you sympathize with.
It's evident to whom Trump gives the benefit of the doubt, from Charlottesville through today. And in the course of a couple of minutes Monday night, that benefit of the doubt applied to a supporter who has been charged with a crime - in a way it very much didn't apply to a person who hasn't. Trump's comments about supporters who fire paintballs and pepper spray are also notably different from how he has talked about those who have used other nonlethal blunt instruments. Just because it's not deadly doesn't mean it's not violent.
It's one thing to denounce someone more forcefully - particularly when there is an ongoing elegal case; it's another to volunteer defenses for them. And for a president who has criticized his opponent for supposedly failing to condemn people on his political side specifically enough, it was instructive that Trump declined to provide a similar statement.
Source: The Guardian - US Edition - US Politics: Written by Tom McCarthy; posted at 2:12 pm EDT on Tuesday, 1 September 2020
Trump Arrives In Kenosha With Bill Barr As He Pushes Law-And-Order Message
Full story can be read at https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/01/trump-golf-police-shooting-comparison-fox-news-interview - this is an excerpt....
....... Before his visit, the president defended a teenager who shot two anti-racism protesters dead in the city last week. He also compared the actions of a white Kenosha police officer who fired seven shots into the back of a black man, hitting him four times in the back, to a golfer choking on a putt.
The Democratic governor of Wisconsin and the mayor of Kenosha both urged Trump to stay away from the city, where many have marched to protest the shooting last month of Jacob Blake by officer Rusten Shesky. Partially paralyzed from the shots, Blake remains in the hospital.
Police follow Jacob Blake to his car, shooting him 7 times as he
opens the door, and his three sons were sitting in the car
As Trump flew in, reverberations continued from an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham on Monday night in which he compared Shesky to a golfer missing a putt.
"Shooting the guy - shooting the guy in the back many times, I mean, couldn't you have done something different, couldn't you have wrestled him?" Trump said.
"You know, I mean, in the meantime he might've been going for a weapon and you know, there's a whole big thing out there. But they choke. Just like in a golf tournament. They miss a 3-foot putt."
Ingraham, a prominent Trump supporter who spoke at the 2016 Republican convention, cut the president off abruptly.
"You're not comparing it to golf, because that's what the media would say," she said.
"I'm saying people choke," Trump replied. "People choke." ......
2 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
25,925,003 cases 860,857 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,111,485 cases 185,669 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
58,019 cases 1,952 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO Recommends Cheap Everyday Steroids As COVID-19 Treatment
https://www.ft.com/content/b77f87cc-8224-4061-ae2d-7702b16d8cbe
US News:
First Coronavirus Death Linked To Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Reported In Minnesota (At Least 260 Cases Have Been Reported So Far)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/02/sturgis-rally-death-coronavirus/
Department of Homeland Security Withheld Intelligence Warning About Russian Misinformation Attack On Biden
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/department-homeland-security-russia-joe-biden-mental-health-disinformation-a9700951.html
Fact Check: A Guide To 9 Conspiracy Theories Trump Is Currently Pushing
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/fact-check-trump-conspiracy-theories-biden-covid-thugs-plane/index.html
3 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
26,201,282 cases 866,671 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,148,875 cases 186,754 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
58,287 cases 1,955 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
Globally, COVID-19 confirmed cases surpass 26 million.
US News:
****** From my own corner of the world: we have had some rain over the past few days in various areas of Colorado. We are still in a severe drought. However, two of our largest wildfires are seeing more containment. Just counting the 5 largest fires burning at this time, 325.5 square miles have been burned - that's 208,286 acres. We have had a reprieve from smoke and haze, but the upper wind systems are changing, and starting tomorrow we have been told to expect more smoke and haze, most coming from the huge wildfires in California....
Pine Gulch fire, near Grand Junction - 217.2 square miles - 81% containment
Grizzly Creek fire, near Glenwood Springs - 50.7 square miles - 82% containment
A photo of Bair Ranch, near Dotsero, where the Grizzly Creek
fire really did create "scorched earth"
Cameron Peak fire, Rawah Wildnerness - 36 square miles - 6% containment
Williams Fork fire, near Fraser - 19 square miles - 10% containment
East Fork fire, near Trinidad - 2.6 square miles - 88% containment ******
And yesterday, President Trump, while campaigning in North Carolina urged all registered voters to vote twice. This is illegal under North Carolina State law, as well as under Constitutional law. In urging North Carolinians to "vote twice" Trump was breaking the law, himself... It is seen, by most people who are not his ardent followers, as a way to further attempt to create 2020 Election Day chaos and to be of use in arguing that the 2020 Election is, or was, "rigged." Trump has been claiming that this will happen for at least two years, and he is happily setting up the scene, with the help of his admirers and lap-dogs in Washington.
4 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
26,510,880 cases 872,569 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,199,334 cases 187,710 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
58,655 cases 1,966 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
Dr. Tedros, Director-General of WHO, Says US's Lack of Concern For Elders During the Pandemic Shows "Moral Bankruptcy"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/health/elderly-care-coronavirus-who-tedros-intl/index.html
US News:
Source: The Atlantic - Politics: Written by Jeffrey Goldberg; posted at 5:32 pm EDT on Thursday, 3 September 2020
Trump: Americans Who Died In War Are "Losers" and "Suckers"
The President has repeatedly disparaged the intelligence of service members, and asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades, multiple sources tell The Atlantic.
When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that "the helicopter couldn't fly" and that the Secret Service wouldn't drive him there. Neither claim was true.
The Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled by the rain, and because he did not believe that it was important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, "Why should I go to that cemetery? It's filled with losers." In a separate conversation on the same trip, Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Bellau Woods as "suckers" for getting killed.
Bellau Woods is a consequential battle in American history, and the ground on which it was fought is venerated by the Marine Corps. America and its allies stopped the German advance toward Paris there in the spring of 1918. But Trump, on the same trip, asked aides, "Who were the good guys in this war?" He also said that he didn't understand why the United States would intervene on the side of the Allies.
Trump's understanding of concepts such as patriotism, service, and sacrifice has interested me since he expressed contempt for the war record of the late Senator John McCain, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese. "He's not a war hero," Trump said in 2015 while running for the Republican nomination for president. "I like people who weren't captured."
There was no precedent in American politics for the expression of this sort of contempt, but the perfomatively patriotic Trump did no damage to his candidacy by attacking McCain in this manner. Nor did he set his campaign back by attacking the parents of Humayun Khan, an Army captain who was killed in Iraq in 2004.
US Marines at Bellau Woods, 1918
Trump remained fixated on McCain, one of the few prominent Republicans to continue criticizing him after he won the nomination. When McCain died, in August 2018, Trump told his senior staff, according to three sources with direct knowledge of this event, "We're not going to support that loser's funeral," and he became furious, according to witnesses, when he saw flags lowered to half-staff. "What the fuck are we doing that for? Guy was a fucking loser," the president told aides. Trump was not invited to McCain's funeral. (These sources, and others quoted in this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity. The White House did not return earlier calls for comment, but Alyssa Farah, a White House spokesperson, emailed me this statement shortly after this story was posted: "This report is false. President Trump holds the military in the highest regard. He's demonstrated his commitment to them at every turn: delivering on his promise to give our troops a much needed pay raise, increasing military spending, signing critical veterans reforms, and supporting military spouses. This has no basis in fact.")
Trump's understanding of heroism has not evolved since he became president. According to sources with knowledge of the president's views, he seems to genuinely not understand why Americans treat former prisoners of war with respect. Nor does he understand why pilots who are shot down in combat are honored by the military. On at least two occasions since becoming president, according to three sources with direct knowledge of his views, Trump referred to former President George H. W. Bush as a "loser" for being shot down by the Japanese as a Navy pilot in World War II. (Bush escaped capture, but eight other men shot down during the same mission were caught, tortured, and executed by Japanese soldiers.
When lashing out at critics, Trump often reaches for illogical and corrosive insults, and members of the Bush family have publicly opposed him. But his cynicism about service and heroism extends even to the World War I dead buried outside Paris - people who were killed more than a quarter century before he was born. Trump finds the notion of military service difficult to understand, and the idea of volunteering to serve especially incomprehensible. (The president did not serve in the military; he received a medical deferment from the draft during the Vietnam War because of the alleged presence of bone spurs in his feet. In the 1990s, Trump said his efforts to avoid contracting sexually transmitted diseases constituted his "personal Vietnam.")
Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60
On Memorial Day 2017, Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery, a short drive from the White House. He was accompanied on this visit by John Kelly, who was then the secretary of homeland security, and who would, a short time later, be named the White House chief of staff. The two men were set to visit Section 60, the 14-acre area of the cemetery that is the burial ground for those killed in America's most recent wars. Kelly's son Robert is buried in Section 60. A first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, Robert Kelly was killed in 2010 in Afghanistan. He was 29. Trump was meant, on this visit, to join John Kelly in paying respects at his son's grave, and to comfort the families of other fallen service members. But according to sources with knowledge of this visit, Trump, while standing by Robert Kelly's grave, turned directly to his father and said, "I don't get it. What was in it for them?" Kelly (who declined to comment for this story) initially believed, people close to him said, that Trump was making a ham-handed reference to the selflessness of America's all-volunteer force. But later he came to realize that Trump simply does not understand non-transactional life choices.
"He can't fathom the idea of doing something for someone other than himself," one of Kelly's friends, a retired four-star general told me. "He just thinks that anyone who does anything when there's no direct personal gain to be had is a sucker. There's no money in serving the nation." Kelly's friend went on to say, "Trump can't imagine anyone else's pain. That's why he would say this to the father of a fallen marine on Memorial Day in the cemetery where he's buried."
I've asked numerous general officers over the past year for their analysis of Trump's seeming contempt for military service. They offer a number of explanations. Some of his cynicism is rooted in frustration, they say. Trump, unlike previous presidents, tends to believe that the military, like other departments of the federal government, is beholden only to him, and not the Constitution. Many senior officers have expressed worry about Trump's understanding of the rules governing the use of armed forces. This issue came to a head in early June, during demonstrations in Washington, DC, in response to police killings of Black people. James Mattis, the retired Marine general and former secretary of defense, lambasted Trump at the time for ordering law-enforcement officers to forcibly clear protesters from Lafayette Square, and for using soldiers as props: "When I joined the military, some 50 years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution," Mattis wrote. "Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens - much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside."
Another explanation is more quotidian, and aligns with a broader understanding of Trump's material-focused worldview. The president believes that nothing is worth doing without the promise of monetary payback, and that talented people who don't pursue riches are "losers." (According to eyewitnesses, after a White House briefing given by the then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joe Dunford, Trump turned to aides and said, "That guy is smart. Why did he join the military?")
Yet another, related, explanation concerns what appears to be Trump's pathological fear of appearing to look like a "sucker" himself. His capacious definition of sucker includes those whose lose their lives in service to their country, as well as those who are taken prisoner, or are wounded in battle. "He has a lot of fear," one officer with firsthand knowledge of Trump's views said. "He doesn't see the heroism in fighting." Several observers told me that Trump is deeply anxious about dying or being disfigured, and this worry manifests itself as disgust for those who have suffered. Trump recently claimed that he has received the bodies of slain service members "many, many" times, but in fact he has traveled to Dover Air Force Base, the transfer point for the remains of fallen service members, only four times since becoming president. In another incident, Trump falsely claimed that he had called "virtually all" of the families of service members who had died during his term, then began rush-shipping condolence letters when families said the president was not telling the truth.
Trump has been, for the duration of his presidency, fixated on staging military parades, but only of a certain sort. In a 2018 White House planning meeting for such an event, Trump asked his staff not to include wounded veterans, on grounds that spectators would feel uncomfortable in the presence of amputees. "Nobody wants to see that," he said.
Senator Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs in the Iraq War, is still
waiting for Trump to acknowledge that his "good friend" Putin
was paying bounties for dead US soldiers during the past 18 months
5 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
26,739,782 cases 876,938 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,243,849 cases 188,507 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
58,989 cases 1,971 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO Holds a Press Briefing On the Coronavirus Pandemic As Nations Race To Develop Vaccine
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/04/watch-live-world-health-organization-holds-briefing-on-coronavirus.html
WHO: Noncommunicable Diseases Increase Risk of Death From COVID-19
https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/who-noncommunicable-diseases-increase-risk-death-covid-19
WHO Says Widespread Coronavirus Vaccinations Are Not Expected Until Mid-2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/04/who-says-widespread-coronavirus-vaccinations-are-not-expected-until-mid-2021-.html
US News:
**** Today is odd in that the Kentucky Derby is being run today, the first Saturday in September, rather than the first Saturday in May, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only that, but the usual third race of the Triple Crown was run on June 20, as the first race in the series. The Belmont is normally the last race, run 5 weeks after the Derby, and is normally 1 1/2 miles. This year it was 1 1/8 miles, making it the shortest race in the Triple Crown series this year. Today's Kentucky Derby will be the longest, at 1 1/4 miles. I will update this tonight, after the race is over. **** Authentic won the Derby, with Tiz The Law, the winner of the Belmont in second. No Triple Crown winner this year. ****
U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Projected To More Than Double By January
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-rate-double-us-410000_n_5f5308e5c5b6578026ce41ac
School Report Card: This Week, Fauci Tells Colleges Not To Send Students Home; White House Adviser Calls COVID-19 School Closures "Hysterical" Reaction
https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2020/09/04/school-report-card-this-week-fauci-tells-colleges-not-to-send-students-home-white-house-adviser-calls-covid-19-school-closures-hysterical/24611459/
Officials Warn Of COVID-19 Risks As Labor Day Weekend Gets Underway
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/labor-day-weekend-covid-19-officials-warn-risks/
Postal Service Police Block Florida Congresswoman From Touring USPS Plants
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/04/usps-dejoy-wasserman-schultz/
Trump Bars Federal "Propaganda" Training Sessions On Race In Latest Overture To His Base
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/politics/trump-administration-memo-race-training-ban/index.html
Trump Calls On Fox News To Fire Reporter Who Confirmed Some Parts Of The Atlantic Story
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/media/the-atlantic-trump-military-fox-news/index.html
6 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
27,002,224 cases 882,053 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,275,614 cases 188,932 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
59,274 cases 1,972 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpass 27 million globally.
7 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
27,254,716 cases 891,240 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,300,431 cases 189,207 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
59,487 cases 1,973 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Situation Report: (Case numbers and deaths around the world) -
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200907-weekly-epi-update-4.pdf?sfvrsn=f5f607ee_2
WHO News:
WHO Director General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing on COVID-19 - 7 September 2020
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---7-september-2020
Sri Lanka: Using Technology to Train and Mentor STaff On the NonCommunicable Diseases (NCD) Frontline
https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/sri-lanka-using-technology-to-train-and-mentor-staff-on-the-ncd-frontline
8 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
27,453,109 cases 894,796 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,325,042 cases 189,557 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
59,674 cases 1,973 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO Says World Must Be Better Prepared For the Next Pandemic
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idPSwI?now=true
WHO To Review International Health Regulations During Pandemic
https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/who-review-international-health-regulations-during-pandemic
Elderly At Risk With High Mortality Rate From COVID-19, WHO Warns
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/9/8/21423020/coronavirus-covid-19-elderly-death-rate
US News:
Fauci Says A Coronavirus Vaccine Is "Unlikely" By U.S. Election
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/08/coronavirus-vaccine-dr-fauci-says-its-unlikely-it-will-be-ready-by-us-election.html
COVID-19 and Obesity: Doctors Studying Link Between Excess Weight and Severe Disease
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-19-obesity-doctors-studying-link-between-excess-weight-severe-n1239530
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Was A "Superspreader Event"
https://news.yahoo.com/sturgis-motorcycle-rally-spread-coronavirus-across-the-nation-leading-to-12-billion-in-healthcare-costa-182736696.html
Nine Vaccine Makers Sign Safety Pledge In Race For COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/health/covid-19-vaccine-pharmaceutical-companies-pledge-bn/index.html
Half a Million Children Have Been Diagnosed With COVID-19 In the United States
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/health/half-million-us-children-covid-wellness/index.html
Newly Renovated White House Rose Garden Under repair Less Than Three Weeks After Unveiling
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/rose-garden-repair-melania-trump/index.html
A 13-Year-Old Boy With Autism Was Shot Multiple Times By Police After His Mother Called For Help In Managing A "Mental Breakdown"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/us/salt-lake-city-police-shoot-boy-autism-trnd/index.html
Source: CNN - Politics - Donald Trump - 2020 Election: The PO!NT - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, Editor-at-Large, updated at 12:11 pm EDT on Tuesday, 8 September 2020
The 37 Most Absurd Lines From Donald Trump's Labor Day "News Conference"
President Donald Trump held a news conference gave a speech on Labor Day, a grievance-and-falsehood-filled address that was more fitting for a campaign rally than the White House.
I went through his remarks and pulled out the lines you need to see. They're below.
1. "Happy Labors - - Labor Day."
And away we go!
2. "As you probably see, the numbers are terrific. So we called some people, wished them a very happy Labor Day. And they told us how they're doing."
What numbers? What People? How are they doing?
3. "The unemployment rate plunged, really to the surprise of many, all the way down to 8 - 8.4% in August. And that's the second-largest single-month decline on record. And we have the first; we have both of them. So we have two number one declines. Decline meaning positive, not negative."
It is true that the unemployment rate dropped to 8.4% in August. But the reason we have had such big drops in the unemployment rate is that it soared to over 14% during late spring due to the coronavirus shutdown. You can only have such big drops if you have big increases, too. Also "decline meaning positive." Or put another way: "Not "bad" meaning "bad" but "bad" meaning "good.""
4. "We have a V shape; it's probably a super V."
Trump is talking about the shape of the economic recovery. A "V"-shaped recovery is one where things collapse quickly and recover quickly. A "Super V" recovery is, umm, not a thing. (Joe Biden has said this is a K-shaped recovery.)
5. "Under Operation Warp Speed, we've pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April."
What's really changed since April is that we have identified lots more people who have the virus, which, as this article in Psychiatric Times notes, has "increased the size of the denominator, while the numerator has remained relatively unchanged." Meaning the number of people dying is not all that different. We are simply better able to ID who has mild or asymptomactic cases far better.
6. "This could've taken two or three years, and instead it's going to be - going to be done in a very short period of time; could even have it during the month of October."
Trump is floating the idea of a vaccine being ready "during the month of October." Put a pin in this. We'll come back to it later.
7. "Joe Biden, the radical socialist Democrats would immediately collapse the economy. If they got in, they would collapse it. You'll have a crash the likes of which you've never seen before."
Overstatement, thy name is Donald Trump.
8. "Biden's also pledged to demolish the US energy industry and implement the same policies causing blackouts in California. He wants to have things lit up with wind."
"He wants to have things lit up with wind." - The President of the United States
9. "So we're setting records in jobs, we're setting records in numbers. And you're going to see some very big numbers."
So you say we are setting records in "numbers," eh? Tell me more...
10. "Biden wants to surrender our country to the virus, he wants to surrender our families to the violent left-wing mob, and he wants to surrender our jobs to China - our jobs and our economic well-being."
He does? How have I not heard about this before????
11. "Our farmers wouldn't be existent right now. Right now, they're very happy."
"Why US Farmers Are Falling Out of Love With Donald Trump" - article, Financial Times
12. "We're way ahead on the nuclear front. We've upgraded our nuclear."
Everyone knows upgraded nuclear is the best kind of nuclear.
13. "When reports come out that certain countries don't really like me too much, that's not because of my personality, although it could be that also, frankly."
[Trump nods his head slowly]
14. "And Biden doesn't have a clue. He - you know know he doesn't have a clue. Everybody knows he doesn't have a clue. In prime time, he wasn't good, and now it's not prime time."
Wait, this is not "prime time?" When was "prime time?" Did I somehow miss it and not even know?
15. "His son, Where's Hunter? - - Where's Hunter? I call him 'Where's Hunter?' - walked away with one and a half billion dollars to manage, even though he never did that before."
"I cal him 'Where's Hunter'?" - The President of the United States.... Also, this claim about how much money Hunter Biden made in China is false.
16. "'I won't give them the billion dollars,' he says. 'I won't give them unless they get rid of that prosecutor,' and the, voila, they got rid of the prosecutor. And the press doesn't even want to talk about it."
The press has investigated this claim in regard to Joe Biden's role in Ukraine. And nothing Trump says here is accurate.
17. "I'm not saying the military is in love with me. The soldiers are. The top people in the Pentagon probably aren't because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy."
Holy crap. This is the President suggesting that the leaders of the US military don't like him because he is trying to break up their war machine. Very normal stuff!
18. "We defeated 100% of the ISIS caliphate. 100%. When I was in, when I came in it was a mess. It was all over. They have it i a certain color, all ISIS. A year later I said, 'Where is it?' 'It's all gone, sire, because of you.' It's all gone because of my philosophy."
In which Donald Trump says he personally defeated ISIS. (Also, this is not true.)
19. "I talk about it cause today's Labor Day. It's a good time to talk about when we're being ripped off by countries, but nobody's even close to China."
Proposed new Labor Day slogan: "A day to remember how we are being ripped off by other countries!" That could catch on...
20. "And Biden's a stupid person. You know that. You're not going to write it. You know that."
OK, so reporters should just write the words "Biden is a stupid person?" Like, that doesn't feel like what journalists do?
21. "If Biden wins, China wins, because China will own this country."
Again, how did I not know about this? Seems relevant!
22. "You're going to have to take that off, please. Just - you can take it off. You're - you're - how - how many feet are you away? Well, if you don't take it off, you're very muffled. So if you would take it off it would be a lot easier ..."
In which Donald Trump tells a reporter (Jeff Mason of Reuters) to take off his mask while asking a question. Sure! Nothing to see here!
***** Note from BND - Jeff Mason refused to remove his face mask, and Trump proved he's going deaf to some degree... *****
23. "John McCain liked wars. I will be a better warrior than anybody, but when we fight a war, we're going to win them."
Worth noting: Senator John McCain was imprisoned for five years in a North vietnamese prison camps after he was shot down. Donald Trump received five deferments to keep him out of the Vietnam War.
***** Note from BND: At the 2015 Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, speaking to Frank Luntz, who hosted the event, Trump called Senator McCain a "loser" for failing to win the Presidency in 2008. "He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured. ... I don't like losers," said the real-estate salesman, who had filed for corporate bankruptcy four times. *****
24. "But I wasn't a fan, but I respect people and I respect a lot of people."
So, Trump wasn't a McCain fan. But he respects people. In fact, he respects "a lot" of people.
25. "Who would say a thing like that? Only an animal would say a thing like that. There's nobody that has more respect for our military, but the people that gave their lives in the military - there's nobody - and I think John Kelly knows that. I think he would know that, I think he knows that from me."
At this point, CNN, Fox News, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press (at least) have confirmed that the original reporting of The Atlantic that Trump denigrated soldiers who died in war. So....
26. "I understand helicopters very well."
Uh huh.
27. "I've done very well with deals, OK? That's what I do."
"Has Trump Declared Bankruptcy Four Or Six Times?" - article, The Washington Post
28. "They spied on my campaign, and if they were Democrats, they would have been in jail two years ago. They would have been in jail - literally, if this side were the Democrats, they would have been in jail two years ago for 50-year terms for treason and other things."
No, "they" didn't.
29. "They spied on my campaign, and that includes Biden and Obama. They spied on my campaign trying to defeat me."
Again, no.
30. "But let me just - let me just tell you something: President Obama and Biden - Sleepy Joe - he knew everything that was happening. They were spying on my campaign, and they got caught. Now let's see what happens."
NOPE!
31. "And the dirtiest fight of all is the issuance of 80 million ballots, unrequested. They're not requested. They're just sending 80 million ballots all over the country - 80 million, non-requested. I call them unsolicited ballots. That's going to be the dirtiest fight of all."
Estimates are that 80 million people may vote by mail this year amid Covid-19 concerns. But that is not what Trump is saying here. He is saying that "they" are sending 80-million "non-requested" ballots to people. I have no idea where he got that number, but one thing to make clear: What's being sent out is mail-in ballot applications, not mail-in ballots. If someone fills out the application, a mail-in ballot is only sent if their information matches what is on file with the elections department in their state of residence.
32. "And if you look at the last period of six months, take a look at the races where they've sent ballots out, take a look at Carolyn Maloney, whose race should be redone because she won that race totally unfairly to her opponent."
Simply not true. The vote counting in Maloney's district took far too long, yes. But no one alleged wrongdoing in the count.
33. "They've been looking at me for four years. They found nothing. Four years, think of it. For four years. From the day I came down the escalator I've been under investigation by sleaze and they have found nothing. They found nothing."
Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chairman, his personal fixer, his White House political adviser, his political Svengali, and his national security adviser - among others!! - have been convicted of federal crimes. So........
34. "So we're going to have this - a vaccine very soon, maybe even before a very special date. You know what date I'm talking about."
Trump, who has blasted Democrats for making the vaccine political, just comes right out and says he wants to have the vaccine before election day. OK.
35. "But you have to look at [Kamala Harris] a little bit more closely, because obviously Joe's not doing too well, so you're going to have to look at her a little bit too closely."
There is zero evidence that "Joe's not doing well."
36. "We have to have - if we get the vaccine early, that's a great thing, whether it's politics or not. Now, do benefits inure if you're able to get something ahead of schedule? I - I guess maybe they do. But the most important thing to me is saving lives. It's the most important thing."
He literally just said the vaccine would be available "before a very special date." Like, am I on crazy pills here?
***** Note from BND: His comment on benefits inuring if something is ahead of schedule.... He's trying to convince the public to vote for him because he has miraculously forced the FDA and CDC to approve a vaccine without thorough testing! *****
37. "I want to thank you all, and I just want to wish you a very happy Labor Day. And we're having tremendous success, whether it's on the vaccines, whether it's on the pandemic - the - the plague that came in from China that China should've never let happen, cause I will never feel the same about China."
Yeah, this feels like a good place to end.
9 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
27,699,974 cases 900,239 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,358,983 cases 190,727 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
59,920 cases 1,977 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
"The UK Is Going Along the Sames Lines": France and Spain Spark Concern of a Second Wave As Britain Watches
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-cases-france-spain-covid-19-latest-uk-holiday-schools-b419246.html
Why "Vaccine Nationalism" Could Doom Plan For Global Access To a COVID-19 Vaccine
https://theconversation.com/why-vaccine-nationalism-could-doom-plan-for-global-access-to-a-covid-19-vaccine-145056
US News:
Bob Woodward Has Receipts On Trump's Deadly Coronavirus Lies
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-09/opinion-forget-shooting-someone-on-fifth-avenue-190-000-americans-are-dead-because-trump-wanted-to-play-down-coronavirus
Donald Trump Said He Wanted To "Play Down" the Threat of COVID
https://www.ft.com/content/9b8724d4-cc53-4a21-b03f-67fe141def1a
Amid Campaign Jabs Over Vaccine, Senate Holds Hearing On Treatment Development
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/09/910748796/amid-campaign-jabs-over-vaccine-senate-to-hold-hearing-on-treatment-development
Why Canada Flattened the Curve - And the US Didn't
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/opinions/us-canada-covid-19-bociurkiw/index.html
10 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
28,047,828 cases 907,377 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,396,047 cases 191,731 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
60,185 cases 1,979 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
Globally, confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 28 million, with over 907,000 deaths.
US News:
Trump Says Everyone Knew the Coronavirus Was Airborne in February: It's "No Big Thing"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/10/trump-says-everyone-knew-the-coronavirus-was-airborne-in-february-its-no-big-thing.html
"I Didn't Lie": A Subdued But Defensive Trump Denies He Misled Despite Tape
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/politics/trump-woodward-tapes-michigan/index.html
Trump's Deliberate Coronavirus Deception
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/opinion/trump-woodward-coronavirus-tapes.html
11 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
28,316,230 cases 912,212 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,440,541 cases 192,886 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
60,492 cases 1,985 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
Coronavirus Global Response: Access to COVID-19 Tools - Accelerator Facilitation Council Holds Inaugural Meeting
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/10-09-2020-coronavirus-global-response-access-to-covid-19-tools-accelerator-facilitation-council-holds-inaugural-meeting
COVID-19 Could Reverse Decades of Progress Toward Eliminating Preventable Child Deaths, Agencies Warn
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/09-09-2020-covid-19-could-reverse-decades-of-progress-toward-eliminating-preventable-child-deaths-agencies-warn
WHO Holds a Press Briefing On the Coronavirus Pandemic
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/10/watch-live-the-world-health-organization-holds-a-press-briefing-on-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html
Booker and Durbin Introduce Bill To Fund the World Health Organization
https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/booker-durbin-introduce-bill-fund-world-health-organization/
US News:
Fauci Warns U.S. Must 'Hunker Down' For a Fall and Winter That 'Won't Be Easy'
https://theweek.com/speedreads/937025/fauci-warns-must-hunker-down-fall-winter-that-wont-easy
Yes, You Can Have Covid-19 And the Flu At the Same Time. Here's What That Could Do To Your Body
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/health/covid-flu-together-health-impact/index.html
Americans Twice As Likely To Get COVID-19 After Eating At a Restaurant
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8722711/Americans-twice-likely-COVID-19-eating-restaurants.html
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In the U.S. Don't Show the "Total Burden of the Pandemic," Study Says
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html
Fauci Says We May Not Get Back to Our Normal Lives Until the End of 2021
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-09-11-20-intl/h_429c94d4d63f9ab3a1b632ef081c1e15
12 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
28,643,1020 cases 918,352 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,480,834 cases 193,650 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
60,907 cases 1,988 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO Donated 60,000 PCR Tests to Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://www.sarajevotimes.com/world-health-organization-donated-60000-pcr-tests-to-bosnia-and-herzegovina/
Woodward Book Casts New Light On Trump's Fight With WHO
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/09/11/911968726/woodward-book-casts-new-light-on-trumps-fight-with-who
Document of the Week: Trump Plan For World Health Organization Has Few Followers
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/11/document-of-the-week-u-s-plan-for-world-health-organization-has-few-followers/
US News:
Trump Officials Interfered With CDC Scientific Reports On Covid-19
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/11/exclusive-trump-officials-interfered-with-cdc-reports-on-covid-19-412809
Ohio College Students Were Cited After Hosting a House Party Despite Testing Positive For Covid-19
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/us/miami-university-student-party-covid-trnd/index.html
Air Pollution From the Wildfires Can Make People More Vulnerable To Coronavirus, Doctors Say
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/12/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html
***** Wildfires are horrendous this year. We think it's bad here in Colorado, where we currently have 4 "Major" wildfires and 2 "Large" wildfires burning. Before we had an Alberta Clipper drop 14 inches of snow in the mountains earlier this week - a late summer snow storm - Boulder, where I reside, was having gray, smoke-filled skies and ash falling like rain from the Cameron Peak wildfire... Today was the first clear morning, without haze, in 3 weeks.
But in Colorado, as of yesterday, 456.5 square miles had been burned by our 6 wildfires:
*Pine Gulch is currently the biggest, at 217.2 square miles - but it is 95% contained
*Cameron Peak is the "crazy" fire at the moment - it had 14 inches of snow fall on it, but it's been dry and windy since then and is winding back up - it has burned 160.3 square miles, mostly in he Rawah Wilderness, but it crossed over into Rocky Mountain National Park and has burned 11 square miles there (along Cascade Creek, Hague Creek and Mummy Pass Creek) - and the containment for this fire is at only 4%.
*Grizzly Creek is at 50.7 square miles and is 91% contained.
* Williams Fork has burned 19 square miles and has 10% containment.
*Middle Fork, north and west of Cameron Peak, has burned 6.7 square miles - and has no containment.
*East Fork is 80% contained and has burned 2.6 square miles.
However, as bad as our fires are - the West Coast is awful. Towns and villages are gone. People are dying daily trying to escape the flames. Here are square mileage numbers for those 3 states:
*California - 5,600 square miles.
*Oregon - 1,500 square miles.
*Washington - 950 square miles.
The destruction on the west coast is terrible. The loss of our environment, homes, lives, habitat and wildlife will leave scars for several generations. I am mourning the losses. *****
13 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
28,884,553 cases 922,212 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,517,326 cases 194,036 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
61,324 cases 1,988 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO Reports Record New Global Cases; Israel First Country To Reimpose National Lockdown
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/sep/14/coronavirus-live-news-who-reports-record-new-global-cases-israel-becomes-first-country-to-reimpose-lockdown
WHO Calls Delay in AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine Trial "a Wake Up Call"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/10/who-calls-delay-in-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-a-wake-up-call-.html
Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/science/coronavirus-vaccine-trials.html
The World Needs a Better World Health Organisation
https://www.economist.com/international/2020/09/12/the-world-needs-a-better-world-health-organisation
US News:
Moment Trump Aide Peter Navarro Is Abruptly Cut From CNN Interview During VERY Heated Debate Over President 'Downplaying' Threat of COVID
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8728123/Peter-Navarro-abruptly-cut-CNN-heated-debate-Trump-downplaying-COVID.html
Coronavirus: Israel To Impose Three-Week National Lockdown
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54134869
Trump's Campaign Defends Holding First Indoor Rally in Three Months TONIGHT in Nevada After Last One in Tulsa Saw Staff and Secret Service Agents Test Positive For COVID
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8728863/Donald-Trumps-campaign-defends-holding-indoor-rally-three-months-TONIGHT-Nevada.html
Death Toll Rises As Wildfires Ravage U.S. West Coast - 13-Year Old Boy Found dead With His Dog in His Lap, Trying To Save His Grandmother
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/death-toll-rises-wildfires-ravage-west-coast-200913200952786.html
Trump Supporter On Not Wearing a Mask: "It's a Fake Pandemic"
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/09/11/trump-rally-attendees-michigan-ctn-vpx.cnn
QAnon Fans Spread Fake Claims About Real Fires in Oregon
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/09/13/oregon-wildfire-qanon-conspiracy-theory-claims-facebook-osullivan-nr-vpx.cnn
Trumps Suggests He Would 'Negotiate' A Third Term As President Because He Is 'Probably Entitled' To It
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-negotiate-third-term-in-office-2020-9
Trump proclaiming he is "probably entitled" to 12 years as President
14 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
29,159,839 cases 926,307 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,552,590 cases 194,466 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
61,699 cases 1,990 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Update (case numbers and deaths by country):
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200914-weekly-epi-update-5.pdf?sfvrsn=cf929d04_2
WHO News:
*Globally, confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpass 29 million today.*
WHO Says Record Number of New Cases - 307,930 - Counted Worlwide On Sunday
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coronavirus-update-who-says-record-number-of-new-cases-307930-counted-worldwide-on-sunday-2020-09-14
Pandemic Preparedness Panel Slams Collective Failure To Heed Warnings
https://www.reuters.com/article/instant-article/idINKBN2650CX
Just $5 Per Person A Year Could Prevent Future Pandemics, Says Ex-WHO Head
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/14/just-5-per-person-a-year-could-prevent-future-pandemic-says-ex-who-head
US News:
Wild Animal Populations Worldwide Have Declined Nearly 70% in Just the Past 50 Years, New Report Says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/endangered-species-animal-population-decline-world-wildlife-fund-new-report/
Trump Health & Human Services Aide Caputo Launches Unhinged Attack Upon CDC, Warns of Insurrection
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/trump-hhs-aide-caputo-attacks-cdc-warns-of-insurrection.html
Impeachment Witness Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman Says Trump Is a "Useful Idiot" For Putin And Wants To "Please" Him
https://www.businessinsider.com/impeachment-witness-vindman-trump-useful-idiot-for-putin-2020-9
A few of Trump's recent Tweets - (Why do I post these things? Because: "The Department of Justice on Monday told a federal district court judge In Washington, D.C. that Donald Trump’s tweets are “official statements of the President of the United States.” " - This was dated 14 November 2017.)
Sent from @realDonaldTrump:
- on 12 September 2020 at 9:09 am EDT: "Was Andy McCabe ever forced to pay back the $700,000 illegally given to him and his wife, for his wife's political campaign, by Crooked Hillary Clinton while Hillary was under FBI investigation, and McCabe was the head of the FBI??? Just askin'?"
***** Please see: Fact Check: Trump Makes Four False Claims In One Sentence
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/fact-check-trump-mccabe-clinton-mcauliffe/index.html ) *****
- on 12 September 2020 at 9:58 pm EDT: "Just landed in Nevada but while on Air Force One watched most vicious TV commercial I have ever seen. Pathetic Joe's people placed an unsourced as where they have me saying unthinkable things about soldiers while standing over their graves. It is a MADE UP LIE. A TOTAL CON JOB!"
***** The ad shows Trump at various cemeteries; there are recordings being played of what he has said in speeches and statements at various times throughout his presidency. *****
- on 13 September 2020 at 12:13 pm EDT: "Sleepy Joe Biden has spent 47 years in politics being terrible to Hispanics. Now he is relying on Castro lover Bernie Sanders to help him out. That won't work! Remember, Miami Cubans gave me the highly honored Bay of Pigs Award for all I have done for our great Cuban Population!"
***** Ummm - There is NO "Bay of Pigs Award." A small group of survivors (and their families) of the Bay of Pigs attack gave an endorsement of Trump running for President in 2019... *****
Portions of an article from The Sacramento Bee newspaper, published today, 14 September 2020:
"Donald Trump Blames "Matchstick" Trees and Dead Leaves For California Wildfires
...... The president met with California Governor Gavin Newsom at [McClellan Park], which is also the home to hangars for CalFire aircraft.
“When trees fall down, after a short period of time, about 18 months, they become really dry. They become really like a matchstick.... and they just explode,” Trump told reporters on the tarmac. “Also leaves, if you have years of leaves, dried leaves on the ground, it just sets it up. It’s really a fuel for a fire. So they have to do something about it.”
In a round-table briefing shortly afterward, the Democratic governor told the president that forest management is unquestionably a piece of the problem, but noted that 57% of the forests in California are on federally controlled land.
The visit brought into sharp relief the differences between the two on climate change and COVID-19. The governor, wearing a mask in his meeting with the president, says the fires are a direct result of a “climate damn emergency” and vowed to accelerate efforts to develop green energy in California. The president, who did not wear a mask during his visit, has pursued policies that encourage use of fossil fuels.
“The hots are getting hotter. The drys are getting drier,” Newsom told Trump, noting the state is also experiencing grass and brush fires in addition to forest fires. “Something has happened to the plumbing of the world.... We submit the science is in, and observed evidence is self evident that climate change is real... Please respect the difference of opinion out here as it relates to this fundamental issue of climate change.”
The president replied, “Absolutely.” .....
Later, speaking with officials at the meeting, President Trump said," It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
One of the officials stated, "I wish science agreed with you."
The president responded, "I don't think science knows, actually." ....... "
- Trump Baselessly Questions Climate Science During California Wildfire Briefing
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/donald-trump-wildfires-briefing-climate-change/index.html
- South Dakota Department of Public Safety: State Attorney General Reported Hitting a Deer, But Man's Body Discovered the Next Morning
https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/dps-attorney-general-reported-hitting-a-deer-but-mans-body-discovered-the-next-morning/article_d30c1f03-6e69-577d-9b0c-08106a963b60.html
15 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
29,425,572 cases 931,454 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,603,509 cases 195,727 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
62,099 cases 1,996 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
16 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
17 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
29,751,156 cases 939,175 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,629,357 cases 196,732 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
62,686 cases 2,002 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO Announces Distribution Plan For COVID-19 Vaccine
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/world-health-organization-announces-distribution-plan-covid-19/story?id=73031332
Hospitalizations of 15- To 49-Year-Olds Rising, Says WHO; New Netherlands Cases Record
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/sep/16/coronavirus-live-news-world-still-at-beginning-of-pandemic-who-covid-19-envoy-warns
WHO Is Concerned About Covid Resurgence in Europe
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2020-09-16/who-is-concerned-about-covid-resurgence-in-europe-video
US News:
Trump's ABC News Town Hall: Four Pinocchios, Over and Over And Over Again
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/15/trumps-abc-news-town-hall-four-pinocchios-over-over-again/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most
Hurricane Sally Live Updates: Sally Strikes Gulf Coast As Category 2 Storm, Causing "Catastrophic" Flooding
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/09/16/hurricane-sally-flooding-florida-alabama/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most
Doctor "Wouldn't Trust" COVID-19 Vaccine If It Hasn't Completed Clinical Trials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xscvpSiV1dA
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
30,065,728 cases 944,604 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,674,070 cases 197,615 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
63,145 cases 2,006 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
** Confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 30 million cases today, with over 944,600 documented deaths. **
Health-Care Workers Make Up 1In 7 COVID-19 Cases Recorded Globally, WHO Says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/09/17/health-care-workers-make-up-one-seven-covid-19-cases-recorded-globally-who-says/
WHO Does Not Recommend Coronavirus Passports, Because Immunity Remains Questionable
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/16/who-doesnt-recommend-coronavirus-passports-because-immunity-remains-questionable.html
WHO Calls For "Consistent Messaging" After Trump and Meadows Contradict CDC Chief
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/17/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/
WHO Warns Europe Over "Very Serious" Covid Surge
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54189575
US News:
CDC Virus Testing Guidance Was Posted Against Scientists' Objections
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/health/coronavirus-testing-cdc.html
Pence's Former Lead Coronavirus Task Force Aide Slams Trump And Endorses Biden in New Videohttps://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/former-pence-aide-coronvirus-task-force-slams-trump/index.html
An Idaho Pastor Skeptical Of Masks Lands In the ICU For COVID-19
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/us/idaho-pastor-covid-masks-trnd/index.html
Top Black Democrat Jim Clyburn Attacks "God-Awful" AG Bill Barr For Comparing Coronavirus Lockdowns To Slavery
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8744583/Top-black-Democrat-attacks-God-awful-AG-Bill-Barr-comparing-coroanvirus-lockdowns-SLAVERY.html
Trump HHS Aide Michael Caputo Taking Leave of Absence For Health Reasons After Targeting CDC Scientists
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-caputo-health-human-services-leave-absence/
Trump Announces "Patriotic Education" Commission, A Largely Political Move - Claiming "Left-Wing Indoctrination" in Children's Education
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/914127266/trump-announces-patriotic-education-commission-a-largely-political-move
18 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
30,387,551 cases 949,686 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,722,537 cases 198,477 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
63,750 cases 2,009 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO Press Conference Briefing on COVID-19 on 18 September 2020
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/18/watch-live-the-world-health-organization-holds-a-press-briefing-on-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html
WHO Demands Global Solidarity As COVID-19 Tally Surpasses 30 Million
https://www.leadertelegram.com/news/world/world-health-organization-demands-global-solidarity-as-covid-19-tally-surpasses-30-million/article_fa4fb7ba-2b6a-5ada-9938-989635584178.html
Keep Health Workers Safe To Keep Patients Safe: WHO
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/17-09-2020-keep-health-workers-safe-to-keep-patients-safe-who
US News:
***** Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg died today from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Born on 15 March 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, the Judge was 87. *****
Emails Detail Effort To Silence CDC And Question Its Science
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html
Residents Are Angry After Maine Wedding Linked To 7 Virus Deaths: "We Can't Go Nowhere"
****Early August wedding and reception in Millinocket, Maine (population 4,000) traced to 167 infections and 7 deaths ****
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/politics/trump-cdc-coronavirus.html
Armed Residents Confront COVID-19 Testing Team in Minnesota
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/09/18/armed-residents-confront-covid19-testing-team-in-minnesota
Trump Says U.S. Will Manufacture Enough Coronavirus Vaccine Doses For Every American By April
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/18/trump-says-us-will-manufacture-enough-vaccine-doses-for-every-american-by-april.html
Boulder COVID-19 Positivity Rate Is Sky-Rocketing, Says Governor Polis
https://www.westword.com/news/covid-19-boulder-positivity-rate-skyrocketing-polis-says-11801013
Voters Endure Long, Socially Distanced Lines To Cast Early Ballots In Four States
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/early-voting-minnesota-south-dakota-virginia-wyoming/index.html
3 People Arrested In Oregon Accused Of Setting Up Illegal Roadblocks Near Wildfire Evacuation Zones
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/us/oregon-wildfires-roadblock-trnd/index.html
Alabama Governor On Hurricane Sally Damage: " It's Really, Really Bad"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/us/alabama-hurricane-sally-damage-really-bad/index.html
Analysis: Presidential Town Halls (Biden's & Trump's) Show A Massive Empathy Gap
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-town-halls-election-2020/index.html
19 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
30,666,122 cases 954,905 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,764,369 cases 199,258 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
64,356 cases 2,013 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
20 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
30,911,999 cases 959,059 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,796,384 cases 199,474 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
64,857 cases 2,014 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO and UNICEF Recommit To Accelerating Health and Well-Being At All Ages
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/18-09-2020-who-and-unicef-recommit-to-accelerating-health-and-well-being-at-all-ages
WHO's Three Messages For the 75th United Nations' General Assembly
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/15-09-2020-who-s-three-messages-for-unga75
US News:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Health Officials Tiptoe Around Trump's Vaccine Timeline
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/world/covid-coronavirus.html
Bill Gates: It's "Outreageous" That Americans Can't Get Coronavirus Test Result In 24 Hours
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/20/media/bill-gates-outrageous-coronavirus/index.html
Protests in Madrid, Spain Over Coronavirus Lockdown Measures
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/20/protests-madrid-coronavirus-lockdown-measures-spain
In A "Power Grab," Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over the Food and Drug Administration
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/health/azar-hhs-fda.html
Majority of Americans Report No Confidence In Trump To Confirm Vaccine Safety, Effectiveness: Poll
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/majority-americans-report-confidence-trump-confirm-vaccine-safety/story?id=73121980
Nearly 11,000 People Have Been Exposed to COVID-19 On Airplane Flights, the CDC Says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/nearly-11000-people-have-been-exposed-to-the-coronavirus-on-flights-the-cdc-says/2020/09/19/d609adbc-ed27-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html
What the White House Coronavirus Testing Czar Had To Say About Trump Rallygoers Not Wearing Masks
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/20/politics/brett-giroir-coronavirus-trump-rally-cnntv/index.html
21 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
31,200,220 cases 962,793 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,833,800 cases 199,818 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
65,399 cases 2,018 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report - Case Numbers and Deaths in Each Country:
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200921-weekly-epi-update-6.pdf?sfvrsn=d9cf9496_4
WHO News:
*** Confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpass the 31 million mark globally. ***
WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing on COVID-19 On 21 September 2020
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---21-september-2020
Canada Supports PAHO Bahamas' Fight Against COVID-19
https://www.paho.org/en/news/19-9-2020-canada-supports-paho-bahamas-fight-against-covid-19
Expert Panel Endorses Protocol For COVID-19 Herbal Medicine Clinical Trials
https://www.afro.who.int/news/expert-panel-endorses-protocol-covid-19-herbal-medicine-clinical-trials
Uganda: Village Health Teams Look For COVID-19 Patients House-To-House In Kanungu District
https://www.afro.who.int/news/village-health-teams-look-covid-19-patients-house-house-kanungu-district?country=879&name=Uganda
US News:
The N95 Shortage That America Can't Seem To Fix
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/local/news/n-95-shortage-covid/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most
WHO Unveils Plan For Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine, Urges Cooperation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-vaccine-covax-who/2020/09/21/d21c7b4a-f9d3-11ea-a510-f57d8ce76e11_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most
**** The CDC, which is currently being run by Trump's non-scientists, keeps flipping on it's statements to the public. Personally, I no longer trust them.... Here's the latest: ****
CDC Reverse Itself And Says Guidelines It Posted On Coronavirus Airborne Transmission Were Wrong
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/21/cdc-covid-aerosols-airborne-guidelines/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most
22 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
31,467,508 cases 967,881 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,890,662 cases 200,170 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
66,053 cases 2,025 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
***** The United States of America has surpassed 200,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19. *****
US News:
****** Having spent 7 hours in the mountains, contemplating the glories of nature on the first day of Autumn, I want a few more hours of mental freedom.... I'll start up again, with one of my usual posts, tomorrow. - BND *****
23 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
25 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
31,778,331 cases 973,956 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,943,078 cases 201,930 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
66,669 cases 2,030 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
WHO Says COVID-19 Is Killing About 50,000 People A Week: "That Is Not Where We Want To Be"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/18/coronavirus-who-says-pandemic-is-killing-about-50000-people-a-week-that-is-not-where-we-want-to-be.html
Who Should Get The Covid-19 Vaccine First? The Equality vs. Equity Debate, Explained.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21439799/covid-19-vaccine-priority-access-covax-who
Health Chief Hails Africa's Fight Against Covid-19
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54248507
US News:
Massive Genetic Study Shows Coronavirus Mutating And Potentially Evolving Amid Rapid U.S. Spread
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/23/houston-coronavirus-mutations/?arc404=true
"You Are Not Listening," Dr. Fauci Tells Senator Rand Paul During A Senate Hearing On COVID-19
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/23/you-are-not-listening-fauci-tells-rand-paul-during-senate-hearing.html
Top CEOs Call For 'Major' Coronavirus Stimulus To Keep Economy From Backsliding
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/23/business-roundtable-ceo-survey-economy/
Congress Poised To Leave Town Until After the Election Without Passing Coronavirus Stimulus
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/stimulus-negotiations-latest-congress-leaving-town/index.html
"This Is Deeply Concerning," Ex-FDA Chief Gottlieb Says Of CDC Coronavirus Guidance Errors
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/22/this-is-deeply-concerning-ex-fda-chief-says-of-cdc-coronavirus-errors.html
Scientists Discover Sugar Molecules In SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Spike Protein Play Active Role In Infection
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-sugar-molecules-in-sars-cov-2-coronavirus-spike-protein-play-active-role-in-infection/
A 'Distressed' Dr. Birx Questions How Long She Can Remain On White House Task Force, Sources Say
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/deborah-birx-white-house-task-force/index.html
Times Square Will Host "Virtual" Ball Drop On New Year's Eve
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-09-23-20-intl/index.html
24 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
32,091,257 cases 980,299 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
6,975,087 cases 202,728 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
67,217 cases 2,033 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
*** Today, the global number of confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed 32 million. ***
Boost For Global Response To COVID-19 As Economies Worldwide Sign Up To COVAX Facility
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/21-09-2020-boost-for-global-response-to-covid-19-as-economies-worldwide-formally-sign-up-to-covax-facility
Managing The COVID-19 Infodemic: Promoting Healthy Behaviors And Mitigating The Harm From Misinformation and Disinformation
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-09-2020-managing-the-covid-19-infodemic-promoting-healthy-behaviours-and-mitigating-the-harm-from-misinformation-and-disinformation
Ukraine Working Towards Universal Health Coverage While Responding To COVID-19
https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/ukraine-working-towards-universal-health-coverage-while-responding-to-covid-19
US News:
Dr. Fauci To a Meddling HHS Official: "Take A Hike"
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/fauci-caputo-alexander-cdc-fda/616436/
Trump HHS Official Michael Caputo Diagnosed With Metastatic Head and Brain Cancer
https://people.com/politics/michael-caputo-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer/
CDC Director Says More Than 90% Of Americans Remain Susceptible To The Coronavirus
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/23/cdc-director-says-more-than-90percent-of-americans-remain-susceptible-to-the-coronavirus.html
The Code: How Genetic Science Helped Expose A Secret Coronavirus Outbreak
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/genetic-science-coronavirus-outbreak-iowa/
Fauci Cautions That A COVID-19 Vaccine Won't Eliminate The Need For Masks And Public Health Measures
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html
This Republican Governor Refused A Mask Mandate. Then He Got Coronavirus.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/24/politics/mike-parson-missouri-governor-coronavirus/index.html
New Health Order Requires All Boulder (Colorado) 18- To 22-Year-Olds To Halt Gatherings
https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/young-people-ordered-to-halt-boulder-gatherings/73-9a6c9473-ee85-4560-a887-802829d3f1a2
Wave Of Suicides In Northwest Colorado Part Of "Toxic Stress" From Coronavirus, Experts Say
https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/wave-of-suicides-in-northwest-colorado-part-of-toxic-stress-from-coronavirus-experts-say/
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
32,457,883 cases 985,797 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
7,030,887 cases 203,615 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
67,926 cases 2,037 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
*** The United States surpasses 7 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and had over 203,000 deaths. ***
WHO Holds a Press Briefing On the Coronavirus Pandemic
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/25/watch-live-the-world-health-organization-holds-a-press-briefing-on-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html
US News:
Source: POLITICO - 2020 Elections: Written by Nick Niedzwiadek; posted at 6:04 pm EDT, Thursday, 24 September 2020
The 9 Most Notable Comments Trump Has Made About Accepting the Election Results
The president has repeatedly cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 election.
President Donald Trump's refusal Wednesday to guarantee that he would accept the results and exit the White House if he is defeated caused an explosion of outrage and put congressional Republicans on the defensive about what would otherwise be a fundamental assumption of a democratic system.
It also ratcheted up tensions amid a burgeoning Supreme Court fight that is sure to further embitter both sides of the political spectrum, as Trump has said he wants a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in place in time to adjudicate possible legal disputes over contested election results.
But for months Trump has raised doubts about the integrity of this year's elections, accusing Democrats of going to great lengths to skew results in their favor and making it a recurring theme in his reelection campaign - while providing little evidence to back up his grievous assertions.
He's also off-handedly mused on a handful of occasions about getting more than the constitutionally permitted eight years in office because of the time in his first term "stolen" from him due to former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation - comments that also raised concerns about Trump's commitment to the limits of presidential terms.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday declared that the president "will accept the result of a free and fair election," though Trump himself has claimed he will lose only if he is cheated out of victory.
It's familiar ground for Trump, who in 2016 also took a wait-and-see approach to questions about whether he would accept the results of the election that ultimately went his way and has frequently adopted a never-say-never position to legislation, personnel moves and other decisions.
Here are some of Trump's most notable statements casting doubt on the coming November 3rd election.
24 September, from the White House lawn
"We have to be very careful with the ballots," Trump said, when asked whether the election results are legitimate only if he wins. "The ballots, that's a whole big scam."
"We want to make sure the election is honest, and I am not sure that it can be. I don't know that it can be with this whole situation of unsolicited ballots."
23 September, during a White House press briefing
"We're going to have to see what happens," the president said, when asked whether he'd commit to a peaceful transfer of power, "win, lose, or draw. - You know I've been complaining about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster."
"And the ballots are out of control," he continued. "You know it. And you know who knows it better than anybody else? The Democrats."
Earlier in the day, during a meeting with state attorneys general and Republican senators to discuss looming litigation against major tech companies, Trump said, "I think this scam that the Democrats are pulling, it's a scam [and] this scam will be before the United States Supreme Court; and I think having a 4 - 4 situation is not a good situation."
13 September, during a Nevada campaign rally
"The Democrats are trying to rig this election because that's the only way they're going to win," he said.
24 August, during his Republican National Committee acceptance speech
"The only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election," Trump said.
17 August, at a rally in Wisconsin
"The only way we're going to lose this election id if the election is rigged, remember that," Trump said. "It's the only way we're going to lose this election. So we have to be careful."
"The only way they're going to win is that way, and we can't let that happen."
2 August, in a televised interview with Axios journalist Jonathan Swan
"There is no way you can go through a mail-in vote without massive cheating," Trump said, when asked what it would look like if a sitting president didn't accept the election results.
"You could have a case where this election won't be decided on the evening of November 3rd. This election could be declared two months later. It could be decided many months later. ... You know why? Because lots of things will happen during that period of time, especially when you have tight margins. Lots of things can happen, There's never been anything like this."
30 July via Twitter
"With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history," Trump wrote. "It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???"
Trump tried to clarify his tweet later that day, saying, "Do I want to see a day change? No, but I don't want to see a crooked election," before doubling down in a tweet two hours later.
"Must know Election results on the night of the Election, not days, months, or even years later!" Trump wrote.
19 July interview on "Fox News Sunday"
Asked directly by host Chris Wallace whether he would accept the results of the election, Trump said he'd "have to see" and "it depends."
"I'm not going to just say yes," Trump said. "I'm not going to say no."
"Are you suggesting that you might not accept the results of the election?" Wallace asked in a follow up.
"No. I have to see," Trump said.
26 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
32,712,009 cases 991,678 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
7,077,329 cases 204,486 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
68,510 cases 2,040 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
COVID-19 Pandemic: Countries Urged To Take Stronger Action To Stop Spread Of Harmful Information
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-09-2020-covid-19-pandemic-countries-urged-to-take-stronger-action-to-stop-spread-of-harmful-information
United Nations General Assembly Virtual High-Level Side Event On Mitigating The Impact of COVID-19
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-09-2020-unga-virtual-high-level-side-event-on-mitigating-the-impact-of-covid-19
WHO Says 2 Million Coronavirus Deaths Is "Not Impossible" As World Approaches 1 Million
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/25/who-says-2-million-coronavirus-deaths-is-not-impossible-as-world-approaches-1-million-.html
US News:
Fewer Than 10% Of U.S. Show Signs Of Past Coronavirus Infection, Study Finds
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/26/less-than-10percent-of-us-show-signs-of-past-coronavirus-infection-study-finds.html
China Gives Unproven Covid-19 Vaccines To Thousands, With Risks Unknown
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/business/china-coronavirus-vaccine.html
Trump Is Escalating His Coronavirus Lies. As The Death Toll Increases, So Does His Deceit.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/trump-escalating-coronavirus-lies.html
U.S. Reports Over 55,000 New Coronavirus Cases
https://www.axios.com/us-new-coronavirus-cases-c47928f8-5524-4180-8f95-5fcaf0b4abf0.html
This Is What Happens To Your Body Over Months In Isolation
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/26/health/what-isolation-does-to-body-wellness-trnd/index.html
8 Texas Cities Were Alerted To a Brain-Eating Amoeba Found In Their Water Supply
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/26/us/brain-eating-amoeba-found-in-texas-water-supply-trnd/index.html
Local Officials Say 9 Pennsylvania Ballots Were Discarded Due To An Error, Undercutting Trump Claims Of Intentional Fraud
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/politics/pennsylvania-discarded-ballots-incorrectly-threw-out/index.html
27 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
32,969,955 cases 996,096 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
7,110,781 cases 204,750 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
69,079 cases 2,041 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
Exploring The Benefits Of Global Health Law And the WHO
https://www.borgenmagazine.com/global-health-law/
UK To Become WHO's Largest State Donor With 30% Funding Increase
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/uk-to-become-whos-largest-state-donor-with-30-funding-increase
Use of World Health Organization Guidelines To Improve Hand Washing Efficacy
https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jcen/2020-10-51-10/%7Bf84ce6e4-8173-433e-b2f1-bb5d2cd21798%7D/use-of-world-health-organization-guidelines-to-improve-hand-washing-efficacy
US News:
Twenty-One States Are Reporting Increased COVID-19 Cases As Experts Warn Of a Fall Surge
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/27/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html
Ohio Woman Tased After Refusing To Wear Mask At a Football Game
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/09/25/ohio-woman-tased-football-game-mask-trnd-orig-llr.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/
New York Times: Trump Paid No Income Taxes In 10 Out of 15 Years Beginning In 2000
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/27/politics/trump-income-taxes-new-york-times-report/index.html
What the 1918 Flu Pandemic Can Teach Us About Coronavirus
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/25/health/1918-flu-pandemic-lessons-coronavirus-wellness/index.html
Trump Is Using The Coronavirus As An Excuse To Go Full Kleptocrat, And The GOP Is Going Right Along With Him
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-using-coronavirus-pandemic-to-go-full-kleptocrat-gop-helping-2020-9
28 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
33,273,720 cases 1,000,555 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
7,147,241 cases 205,031 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
69,490 cases 2,042 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Report - Case Numbers and Deaths in (almost) Every Country:
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200928-weekly-epi-update.pdf?sfvrsn=9e354665_2
US News:
Trump's Taxes Show He's A National Security Threat
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-28/trump-s-tax-returns-show-he-s-a-national-security-threat
Source: The New York Times - Poltics - 2020 Elections - Donald Trump: Written by David Leonhardt, updated at 7:08 pm EDT on Sunday, 27 September 2020
18 Revelations From A Trove Of Trump Tax Records
Times reporters have obtained decades of tax information the president has hidden from public view. Here are some of the key findings.
The New York Times has obtained tax-return data for President Trump and his companies that covers more than two decades. Mr. Trump has long refused to release this information, making him the first president in decades to hide basic details about his finances. His refusal has made his tax returns among the most sought-after documents in recent memory.
Among the key findings of The Times's investigation:
* Mr. Trump paid no federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years that The Times examined. In 2017, after he became president, his tax bill was only $750.
* He has reduced his tax bill with questionable measures, including a $72.9 million tax refund that is the subject of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
* Many of his signature businesses, including his golf courses, report losing large amounts of money - losses that have helped him to lower his taxes.
* The financial pressure on him is increasing as hundreds of millions of dollars in loans he personally guaranteed are soon coming due.
* Even while declaring losses, he has managed to enjoy a lavish lifestyle by taking tax deductions on what most people would consider personal expenses, including residences, aircraft and $70,000 in hairstyling for television.
* Ivanka Trump, while working as an employee of the Trump Organization, appears to have received "consulting fees" that also helped reduce the family's tax bill.
* As president, he has received more money from foreign sources and U.S. interest groups than previously known. The records do not reveal any previously unreported connections to Russia.
It is important to remember that the returns are not an unvarnished look at Mr. Trump's business activity. They are instead his own portrayal of his companies, compiled for the I.R.S. But they do offer the most detailed picture yet available.
Below is a deeper look at the takeaways. The main article based on the investigation contains much more information, as does a timeline of the president's finances. Dean Baquet, the executive editor, has written a note explaining why The Times is publishing these findings.
The president's tax avoidance
Mr. Trump has paid no federal income tax for much of the past two decades.
In addition to the 11 years in which he paid no taxes during the 18 years examined by The Times, he paid only $750 in each of the two most recent years - 2016 and 2017.
He has managed to avoid taxes while enjoying the lifestyle of a billionaire - which he claims to be - while his companies cover the costs of what many would consider personal expenses.
This tax avoidance sets him apart from most other affluent Americans.
Taxes on wealthy Americans have declined sharply over the past few decades, and many use loopholes to reduce their taxes below the statutory rates. But most affluent people still pay a lot of federal income tax.
In 2017, the average federal income rate for the highest-earning .001 percent of tax filers - that is, the most affluent 1/100,000th slice of the population - was 24.1 percent, according to the I.R.S.
Over the past two decades, Mr. Trump has paid about $400 million less in combined federal income taxes than a very wealthy person who paid the average for that group each year.
His tax avoidance also sets him apart from past presidents.
Mr. Trump may be the wealthiest U.S. president in history. Yet he has often paid less in taxes than any other recent presidents. Barack Obama and George W. Bush each regularly paid more than $100,000 a year - and sometimes much more - in federal income taxes while in office.
Mr. Trump, by contrast, is running a federal government to which he has contributed almost no income tax revenue in many years.
A large refund has been crucial to his tax avoidance.
Mr. Trump did face large tax bills after the initial success of "The Apprentice" television show, but he erased most of these tax payments through a refund. Combined, Mr. Trump initially paid almost $95 million in federal income taxes over the 18 years. He later managed to recoup most of that money, with interest, by applying for and receiving a $72.9 million tax refund, starting in 2010.
The refund reduced his total federal income tax bill between 2000 and 2017 to an annual average of $1.4 million. By comparison, the average American in the top .001 percent of earners paid about $25 million in federal income taxes each year over the same span.
The $72.9 million refund has since become the subject of a long-running battle with the I.R.S.
When applying for the refund, he cited a giant financial loss that may be related to the failure of his Atlantic City casinos. Publicly, he also claimed that he had fully surrendered his stake in the casinos.
But the real story may be different from the one he told. Federal law holds that investors can claim a total loss on an investment, as Mr. Trump did, only if they receive nothing in return. Mr. Trump did appear to receive something in return: 5 percent of the new casino company that formed when he renounced his stake.
In 2011, the I.R.S. began an audit reviewing the legitimacy of the refund. Almost a decade later, the case remains unresolved, for unknown reasons, and could ultimately end up in federal court, where it could become a matter of public record.
Business expenses and personal benefits
Mr. Trump classifies much of the spending on his personal lifestyle as the cost of business.
His residences are part of the family business, as are the golf courses where he spends so much time. He has classified the cost of his aircraft, used to shuttle him among his homes, as a business expense as well. Haircuts - including more than $70,000 to style his hair during "The Apprentice" - have fallen into the same category. So did almost $100,000 paid to a favorite hair and makeup artist of Ivanka Trump.
All of this helps to reduce Mr. Trump's tax bill further, because companies can write off business expenses.
Seven Springs, his estate in Westchester County, N.Y., typifies his aggressive definition of business expenses.
Mr. Trump bought the estate, which stretches over more than 200 acres in Bedford, N.Y., in 1996. His sons Eric and Donald Jr. spent summers living there when they were younger. "This is really our compound," Eric told Forbes in 2014. "Today," the Trump Organization website continues to report, "Seven Springs is used as a retreat for the Trump family."
Nonetheless, the elder Mr. Trump has classified the estate as an investment property, distinct from a personal residence. As a result, he has been able to write off $2.2 million in property taxes since 2014 - even as his 2017 tax law has limited individuals to writing off only $10,000 in property taxes a year.
The 'consulting fees'
Across nearly all of his projects, Mr. Trump's companies set aside about 20 percent of income for unexplained 'consulting fees.'
These fees reduce taxes, because companies are able to write them off as a business expense, lowering the amount of final profit subject to tax.
Mr. Trump collected $5 million on a hotel deal in Azerbaijan, for example, and reported $1.1 million in consulting fees. In Dubai, there was a $630,000 fee on $3 million in income. Since 2010, Mr. Trump has written off some $26 million in such fees.
His daughter appears to have received some of these consulting fees, despite having been a top Trump Organization executive.
The Times investigation discovered a striking match: Mr. Trump's private records show that his company once paid $747,622 in fees to an unnamed consultant for hotel projects in Hawaii and Vancouver, British Columbia. Ivanka Trump's public disclosure forms - which she filed when joining the White House staff in 2017 - show that she had received an identical amount through a consulting company she co-owned.
Money-losing businesses
Many of the highest-profile Trump businesses lose large amounts of money.
Since 2000, he has reported losing more than $315 million at the golf courses that he often describes as the heart of his empire. Much of that has been at Trump National Doral, a resort near Miami that he bought in 2012. And his Washington hotel, opened in 2016, has lost more than $55 million.
An exception: Trump Tower in New York, which reliably earns him more than $20 million in profits a year.
The most successful part of the Trump business has been his personal brand.
The Times calculated that between 2004 and 2018, Mr. Trump made a combined $427.4 million from selling his image - an image of unapologetic wealth through shrewd business management. The marketing of this image has been a huge success, even if the underlying management of many of the operating Trump companies has not been.
Other firms, especially in real estate, have paid for the right to use the Trump name. The brand made possible the "The Apprentice" - and the show then took the image to another level.
Of course, Mr. Trump's brand also made possible his election as the first United States president with no prior government experience.
But his unprofitable companies still served a financial purpose: reducing his tax bill.
The Trump Organization - a collection of more than 500 entities, virtually all of them wholly owned by Mr. Trump - has used the losses to offset the rich profits from the licensing of the Trump brand and other profitable pieces of its business.
The reported losses from the operating businesses were so large that they often fully erased the licensing income, leaving the organization to claim that it earns no money and thus owes no taxes. This pattern is an old one for Mr. Trump. The collapse of major parts of his business in the early 1990s generated huge losses that he used to reduce his taxes for years afterward.
Large bills looming
With the cash from 'The Apprentice,' Mr. Trump went on his biggest buying spree since the 1980s.
"The Apprentice," which debuted on NBC in 2004, was a huge hit. Mr. Trump received 50 percent of its profits, and he went on to buy more than 10 golf courses and multiple other properties. The losses at these properties reduced his tax bill.
But the strategy ran into trouble as the money from "The Apprentice" began to decline. By 2015, his financial condition was worsening.
His 2016 presidential campaign may have been partly an attempt to resuscitate his brand.
The financial records do not answer this question definitively. But the timing is consistent: Mr. Trump announced a campaign that seemed a long shot to win, but was almost certain to bring him newfound attention, at the same time that his businesses were in need of a new approach.
27 September 2020, Trump said this New York Times article is
"fake news." - Looks like his makeup person got carried away
by the Pumpkin Spice season - look at the contrast between his
ears and face, around his eyes, and at his temple area... He is
such an egotistical ass!
The presidency has helped his business.
Since he became a leading presidential candidate, he has received large amounts of money from lobbyists, politicians and foreign officials who pay to stay at his properties or join his clubs. The Times investigation puts precise numbers on this spending for the first time.
A surge of new members at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida gave him an additional 5% million a year from the business since 2015. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association paid at least $397,602 in 2017 to the Washington Hotel,, where it held at least one event during its World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians.
In his first two years in the White House, Mr. Trump received millions of dollars from projects in foreign countries, including $3 million from the Philippines, $2.3 millin from India and $1 million from Turkey.
But the presidency has not resolved his core financial problem: Many of his businesses continue to lose money.
With "The Apprentice" revenue declining, Mr. Trump has absorbed the losses partly through one-time financial moves that may not be available to him again.
In 2012, he took out a $100 million mortgage on the commercial space in Trump Tower. He has also sold hundreds of millions worth of stock and bonds. But his financial records indicate that he may have as little as $873,000 left to sell.
He will soon face several major bills that could put further pressure on his finances.
He appears to have paid off none of the principal of the Trump Tower mortgage, and the full $100 million comes due in 2022. And if he loses his dispute with the I.R.S. over the 2010 refund, he could owe the government more than $100 million (including interest on the original amount).
He is personally on the hook for some of these bills.
In the 1990s, Mr. Trump nearly ruined himself by personally guaranteeing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans, and he has since said that he regretted doing so. But he has taken the same step again, his tax records show. He appears to be responsible for loans totaling $421 million, most of which is coming due within 4 years.
Should he win re-election, his lenders could be placed in the unprecedented position of weighing whether to foreclose on a sitting president. Whether he wins or loses, he will probably need to find new ways to use his brand - and his popularity among tens of millions of Americans - to make money.
29 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
30 September 2020 -
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
33,511,752 cases 1,004,808 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
7,188,071 cases 205,942 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
70,025 cases 2,046 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
Global Partnership To Make Available 120 Million Affordable, Quality COVID-19 Rapid Tests For Low- and Middle-Income Countries
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/28-09-2020-global-partnership-to-make-available-120-million-affordable-quality-covid-19-rapid-tests-for-low--and-middle-income-countries
WHO to Investigate Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Ebola Response In Democratic Republic of the Congo
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/29-09-2020-who-to-investigate-allegations-of-sexual-exploitation-and-abuse-in-ebola-response-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo
Official Coronavirus Death Toll Is Likely An "Underestimate" of the True Total, WHO Says
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/28/official-coronavirus-death-toll-is-likely-an-underestimate-of-the-true-total-who-says.html
US News:
How Operation Warp Speed's Big Vaccine Contracts Could Stay Secret
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/29/917899357/how-operation-warp-speeds-big-vaccine-contracts-could-stay-secret
Coronavirus Cases Surge Among College-Aged Individuals Just As Universities Reopened, Studies Say
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/29/us/college-age-covid-cases-soar-trnd-wellness/index.html
The Latest On the Coronavirus Pandemic
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-09-29-20-intl/index.html
Police Broke Up a Massive Party Of More Than 1,000 Near Florida State University
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/us/florida-state-party-police-trnd/index.html
Census Workers Say Early End Risks Incomplete Tally In 10 States
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/29/politics/census-incomplete-count/index.html
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report for the world:
33,867,247 cases 1,012,341 deaths
From the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 Report in the US:
7,229,319 cases 206,887 deaths
Colorado COVID-19 Report:
70,536 cases 2,051 deaths (from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
WHO News:
UN Welcomes Nearly $1 Billion In Recent Pledges - To Bolster Access To Lifesaving Tests, Treatments And Vaccines To End COVID-19
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-09-2020-un-welcomes-nearly-1-billion-in-recent-pledges-to-bolster-access-to-lifesaving-tests-treatments-and-vaccines-to-end-covid-19
It's Never Too Late To Fight Back Against the Pandemic
https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/never-too-late-to-fight-back-against-pandemic
US News:
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infects Human Embryonic Epithelial and Lung Cells
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200929/SARS-CoV-2-infects-human-embryonic-epithelial-and-lung-cells.aspx
University of Texas at San Antonio Study Shows Airborne Coronavirus Particles Could Travel More Than A Mile
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/09/30/utsa-study-shows-airborne-coronavirus-particles-could-travel-more-than-a-mile/
Group of Ex-FDA Commissioners Slam Political Interference at FDA and CDC; U.S. Death Toll Tops 206,000
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coronavirus-update-group-of-ex-fda-commissioners-slam-political-interference-at-fda-and-cdc-us-death-toll-tops-260000-2020-09-30
White House Blocked CDC Order To Keep Cruise Ships Docked
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/health/covid-cruise-ships.html
Wisconsin Reports Record Number of Covid-19 Hospitalizations After Task Force Warned of "Rapid Worsening"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/30/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html
Largest Study of COVID-19 Transmission Highlights Essential Role of Super-Spreaders
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-30/largest-covid-19-transmission-study-highlights-super-spreaders
Coronavirus Is Causing the "Historic Decimation" of Lantinos, Medical Expert Says
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/coronavirus-causing-historic-decimation-latinos-medical-expert-says-n1241576
North Carolina College Student, Seemingly Otherwise Healthy, Dies Of Covid-19 Complications
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/30/us/app-state-student-covid-19-death-trnd/index.html
"Putin's Piglet": Russian Media Admits Trump Lost the Debate
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-media-calls-trump-putins-piglet-admits-he-lost-the-debate
UYS Presidential Debate Quickly Devolves Into Disgrace Without Strong Moderation
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/29/media/biden-trump-debate-reliable-sources/index.html
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