The City of Detroit Tells a Federal Judge 'There is Blood on Lin Wood and Sidney Powell’s Hands' https://t.co/CkPwuSInTQ via @lawcrimenews

George Conway reacts to GOP senator's plan to force vote on election results https://t.co/jjx3zUWUH1

Barr’s abandoning the Trump ship before it sinks in a sea of lies.

Distinguishing Biden from his predecessor, NYT columnist Thomas Friedman said on Reliable Sources today: “Biden doesn’t chase rabbits.”

In 53 days the White House will return to sanity.

Friedrich Hayck’s essay “The Use of Knowledge in Society” published 1945. “No one can know the totality of a given situation. . . but the optimal solution can be reached by ‘the interactions of people each of whom possesses only partial knowledge.” An inspiration for Wikipedia.

Trump tried to emulate Zambia president Lungu. Lungu won in 2016 by arresting the opposition leaders, shutting down the independent newspaper, stuffing the ballot boxes, and having the judges he appointed to the Supreme Court block a recount on procedural grounds.

Now Biden will have to pull us out of Trump’s death spiral for democracy.

Trump without his clothes. via @NYTOpinion

Why?: 3.3% of US population infected with Covid-19 with 246,526 deaths.   In Germany 1% infected with only 12,581 deaths. The U.S. 5 times the population of Germany but 20 times the number of Covid-19 deaths. Better management 180,000 Americans still alive. John’s Hopkins data.

Politics and the seven deadly sins: The seven deadly sins are the seven behaviours or feelings that inspire further sin. They are typically ordered as: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth.

Malcolm Gladwell’s description of Hitler in his 5 hour meeting with Lord Halifax in 1937: “sulking, shouting, digressing, denouncing . . . hated the press. . . evils of communism” TALKING TO STRANGERS.

So true.

Many Northeastern colleges have experienced few coronavirus outbreaks. One key reason? A testing operation run by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. https://t.co/zqwakc8jiQ via @WSJ

A simple and powerful message from a person in Hudson NY

Pence demanding that Harris answer *his* own personal questions when he won’t even answer the moderator’s is gross, and exemplary of the gender dynamics so many women have to deal with at work.

COVID-19 Associated Hospitalization Related to Underlying Medical Conditions | CDC. With a high BMI there is a high risk of hospitalization.

This makes sense. On page 248 of DISLOYAL, Cohen describes the purchase for $40m and sale to $95m to Ryboloview. I remember reading that Deutsche Bank lent Trump the funds to buy the mansion with no security. Epstein wanted to buy it but Trump blocked him from bidding.

This is a recurrent story of large crowds that disdain masks and distancing fueling super-spreader events that keep driving the pandemic. Here: the Sturgis motorcycle rally and possibly the SD State Fair. In the next states: campus parties.

Brian Stelter's book HOAX is enlightening. Excerpts from Chapter 1. “No one will ever be able to say, with absolute certainty, how many Fox News devotees died from the virus.” “The network braced for lawsuits over its coverage.” . . . "Fox failed its viewers. . ."