Saturday News: “Donald Trump’s brutal day in court”; “GOP’s QAnon Faction Is Waging War on Republicans”; Bill Nye Explains Masks; “Gym Jordan” Strikes Again; “We dissect Bob Good’s conspiracy theories”

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, December 5.

‘This is not that hard to understand, everybody’ — Bill Nye is back on TikTok to drop more knowledge about masks and COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/XozmrelfFA

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 5, 2020

• Race to Vaccinate World Against Covid-19 Intensifies
• How Melbourne eradicated Covid-19
• British PM Johnson and EU chief seek to break Brexit impasse (It continues to be moronic and self-destructive for Britain to pull out of the EU.)
• Congress has a chance to strike a blow against Chinese forced labor
• Trump Orders All American Troops Out of Somalia
• The UAE and Israel’s whirlwind honeymoon has gone beyond normalization
• The people of Belarus are still marching against dictatorship. The U.S. can help.
• The EU’s biggest oil producer has taken a huge step: It’s ending oil production by 2050 (“Denmark’s significant move makes EU climate change targets actionable.”)
• ‘Warning Signs Flashing’: Job Growth Slows Sharply As Pandemic Takes Toll On Economy
• The November jobs report has no silver lining. Americans need help — now.
• Gripped by surging pandemic, US employers cut back on hiring
• The Virus Is Devastating the U.S., and Leaving an Uneven Toll
• The U.S. Has Passed the Hospital Breaking Point
• First shipments of Covid vaccine will fall short (“States are learning there’s not enough for them to fully vaccinate those designated as their first and top priority”)
• Biden Predicts ‘Bleak Future’ If Congress Doesn’t Act On COVID-19 Aid (“The president-elect said he and his team have been consulting with labor leaders, CEOs, mayors and governors in crafting their own coronavirus aid bill.”)
• Why are Republicans moving toward a stimulus compromise? Here’s a clue. (“States run by Republicans have some of the worst shortfalls”)
• Pelosi eyes combining Covid aid with mammoth spending deal (“She said Mitch McConnell also agrees on pairing the two together.”)
• DHS Must Post Online Notice Welcoming Dreamers, Judge Rules in Rescinding Unlawful Chad Wolf Memo
• Federal judge restores DACA, orders DHS to accept first-time applications from immigrants
• Judge Orders Government to Fully Reinstate DACA Program
• Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore DACA As It Existed Under Obama
• America may not be so lucky next time (“How to fix the electoral cracks that Trump cynically tried to exploit.”)
• Millions Of Census Records May Be Flawed, Jeopardizing Trump’s Bid To Alter Count
• The price of Republicans’ war on reality: Vaccine denial
• I beg your pardon? Does Trump really plan to absolve himself and his family?
• Under Biden, NOAA’s profile is set to rise as climate change takes center stage
• A change in the weather: new demand for TV presenters to include climate in forecasts
• E. Jean Carroll should get to make her case against Trump
• Judges turn back claims by Trump and his allies in six states as the president’s legal effort founders
• Donald Trump’s brutal day in court
• Eleventh Circuit Dismisses Sidney Powell and Lin Wood’s Appeal in Georgia Kraken Case: The Answer Is ‘No’
• The size of Joe Biden’s victory matters. And it is huge.
• Biden Clinches Electoral College Win as California Certifies
• White House exodus begins even as Trump continues to baselessly claim victory (Again, they use “baselessly” instead of the word “falsely” for whatever reasons.)
• Trump’s Election-Fraud Bluster Finds an Audience
• White House fires Pentagon advisory board members, installs loyalists (This is banana republic shit.)
• Pentagon blocks visits to military spy agencies by Biden transition team (Utter bullshit.)
• DeVos extends student loan pause through January
• AP, NPR and others suddenly sounding all tough on Trump, but it’s too little and too late (Yep, they disgraced themselves for four years.)
• What I Learned From My Brush With Trump (“Journalists should never again allow someone to create an alternative reality in order to seize the presidency.” Many of them are still allowing it, while right-wing media is actively abetting it.)
• We’ll Be Stuck With Trump’s Postmaster General for a While (Not acceptable.)
• House votes to legalize weed, marking monumental step
• U.S. House Votes 228-164 to Legalize Marijuana; All Virginia Dems, Plus Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05), Vote Yea
• ICE Is Trying To Force BuzzFeed News To Divulge Its Sources
• Stop Lin Wood and Sidney Powell Now, or They Will Control the GOP’s Destiny
• This Is Your Brain on Newsmax
• GOP Swamps Democrats with 400% More Cash in Georgia Senate Races
• A Gathering Political Storm Hits Georgia, With Trump on the Way
• Fox News pushes Georgia “suitcase” conspiracy theory before — and after — Fox debunked it
• BREAKING: Loeffler cancels rally plans after campaign staffer dies
• New Jersey investigates Republican gala over Covid rule breaches (“Restaurant closed down after photos posted online showed dozens of maskless partiers, including Florida congressman Matt Gaetz”)
• Kellyanne Conway acknowledges ‘it looks like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will prevail’
• Touting efforts to subvert the election, Rush Limbaugh bemoans that Trump supporters are coming across as “kooks” (That’s because they ARE kooks. And authoritarians, fascists, etc.)
• People Think Jim Jordan’s Weird Tweet About Fauci And Christmas Is A Spoof. It’s Not. (“‘It’s like a right-wing mad libs,’ one Twitter user said of the Republican representative from Ohio’s bizarre post attacking Fauci’s warning to avoid travel over the holidays.”)
• After Trump team calls them ‘cowards’ and ‘traitors,’ state GOP leaders urge Congress to reject Pa. election results (Disgraceful.)
• The MAGA Revolution Devours Its Own
• The GOP’s QAnon Faction Is Waging War on Republicans (“It’s the conspiracy theories versus those who want to keep a toe, at least, in the world of the real.”)
• The GOP Is the Party of Civil War
• Metro board gets first glimpse of budget that proposes drastic cuts to service
• Editorial: We dissect Bob Good’s conspiracy theories (“Fifth District voters have elected a conspiracy theorist to Congress.” Yep, 100% nutjob.)
• 14 Questions For the 2021 Virginia Governor’s, LG, AG and House of Delegates Elections
• Virginia’s COVID-19 Vaccination Priorities Announced; 480,000 Doses of Vaccine Arriving by End of December
• 480,000 Va. health workers, long-term care residents slated to get first dose of vaccine this month
• Virginia is expected to get nearly half a million coronavirus vaccine doses later this month
• Friday (12/4) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +2,877 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 247,380), +102 Hospitalizations (to 15,116), +13 Deaths (to 4,160)
• Virginia expecting to have enough coronavirus vaccine for 96% of top-priority groups before 2021
• Weekly UVA COVID-19 Model Finds 21 of 35 Virginia Health Districts In “Surge Trajectories”
• The Biden administration can reverse the Trump coverup in the Bijan Ghaisar case
• Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor Announces She Will NOT Run for AG Next Year
• Virginia state Sen. Joe Morrissey faces criminal charges for allegedly campaigning inside a polling place (“Morrissey has had numerous run-ins with the law over the years. He faced assault charges in the early 1990s when he was Richmond’s commonwealth’s attorney, and had to resign his seat in the House of Delegates over charges that stemmed from his relationship with his 17-year-old receptionist.”)
• Yes, Far-Right, “White-History”-Defending VA Sen. Amanda Chase (R) Really Is Comparing Herself to the “First Lady of Civil Rights” Rosa Parks (This is Trump’s Republican Party…you can’t make it up.)
• Life After COVID: State Summit Considers Virginia’s Economic Future
• Arlington Memorial Bridge fully reopens after 2 years
• Williams: What was the Navy Hill project has moved north to Henrico. But the same questions remain.
• COVID-19 surge in Fredericksburg region worries local doctors
• Last night’s storm races away, leaving us with chilly and windy conditions (“Wind chills struggle to get into the 40s today. Actual temperatures turn colder through the next few days.”)