| Two Oregon men arrested for allegedly attacking counter-protesters at pro-Trump rally Posted: 08 Sep 2020 04:06 PM PDT  Two people were arrested for attacking counter-protesters during a pro-Trump rally outside the Capitol building in Salem on Labor Day.
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| Trump narrows the battleground deficit, but Biden remains above 270 electoral votes Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:47 AM PDT  First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
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| A Florida jogger kept his cool while cops detained him. Then, they offered him a job Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:58 AM PDT  Florida jogger detained by cops offered job by sheriff
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| Rochester Police department's entire command staff, including its chief, have resigned over the death of Daniel Prude Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:54 PM PDT  Rochester, New York, Mayor Lovely Warren announced that the police department's command staff was resigning during a city council meeting Tuesday.
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| $300,000 raised for salon owner accused of "setting up" Pelosi Posted: 08 Sep 2020 09:29 AM PDT  Salon owner Erica Kious received support after saying she is thinking of relocating her business due to threats following the viral video.
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| ‘Cult’ booted from Hawaii island following protests over cultural appropriation Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:55 AM PDT  Group previously forced to leave Kauai for own safety
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| Australia shark attack: First fatal attack on Gold Coast beaches in 60 years Posted: 08 Sep 2020 08:12 PM PDT  Surfer Nick Slater is the first victim of a fatal shark attack on the city's beaches in 62 years.
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| Democrat McGrath assails McConnell's leadership on virus Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:14 PM PDT  Democratic candidate Amy McGrath laid the mounting toll of coronavirus cases in the U.S. at the feet of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday while declaring that the country needs people in power who "take responsibility again." During a campaign event in Georgetown, Kentucky, the retired Marine pilot who is trying to block a seventh term for McConnell zeroed in on the senator's response to the ongoing health crisis, calling it a "dereliction of duty." McGrath said an improved federal response is needed in testing and contact tracing to combat the virus.
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| 9 Color Blocking Ideas for a Bright, Cheery Home Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:56 AM PDT |
| Ukrainian church leader who blamed COVID-19 on gay marriage tests positive Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:21 PM PDT  Patriarch Filaret, a prominent Ukrainian Orthodox leader, blamed same-sex unions for the global coronavirus pandemic, which has killed thousands in Ukraine.
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| How Jerry Falwell helped pave the way for the white nationalist horrors of the Trump era Posted: 07 Sep 2020 12:48 PM PDT  To understand Trumpism and the Christian Right in 2020, one must understand the role Falwell, Sr. played
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| Wild temperature drop: September snowstorm wallops Denver, a day after temps in the 90s Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:40 AM PDT  A major winter storm and frigid temperatures brought summer to a screeching halt in the Rockies on Tuesday.
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| Bollywood actor's death grips India with frenzied TV coverage Posted: 08 Sep 2020 09:47 PM PDT  The demise of a young movie star has transfixed India like no other news in a year of bad headlines. The abrupt death of Sushant Singh Rajput has spurred a debate about the stigma of mental health, the rarefied insider world of Bollywood, and, more recently, condemnation of the media for the non-stop coverage of the duelling accusations between Rajput's family and his girlfriend. Mumbai police initially reported Rajput's death as accidental and local media called it a suicide.
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| Georgia to investigate 1,000 alleged cases of double voting in primary Posted: 08 Sep 2020 10:55 AM PDT  Georgia's top election official said Tuesday that his office has identified about 1,000 cases of double voting in the June primary election — a felony he's determined to see prosecuted.
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| Chinese state media accuse Australia of raiding journalists' homes Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:50 AM PDT  The state media reports say Australian intelligence agents raided Chinese journalists in June.
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| Lukashenko's love of being photographed with guns suggests he might be worried about the loyalty of his inner circle Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:47 AM PDT  Western security experts believe Lukashenko wants to be sure he is never the only unarmed man in the room, just in case his inner circle gets ideas.
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| Oregon declares state of emergency, 36 wildfires burning Posted: 09 Sep 2020 12:11 AM PDT  Fire crews in California are bracing for strong winds, which threaten the state's more than two dozen wildfires. ABC's Megan Tevrizian reports.
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| AG: Women committed hate crime by attacking Trump supporters Posted: 08 Sep 2020 03:21 PM PDT |
| Klamath National Forest fire threatening homes near California-Oregon border Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:24 PM PDT  The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order for the town of Happy Camp. Fires rages elsewhere in California and in Oregon.
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| A mom called 911 to help her 13-year-old with autism, Utah police shot him Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:47 AM PDT  A Utah woman called 911 because her son was having a mental health episode. Police shot him, injuring his shoulder, ankles, intestines and bladder.
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| Venezuela's Maduro proposes giving Russia COVID-19 vaccine to legislative candidates Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:17 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday proposed administering a Russian coronavirus vaccine to nearly 15,000 candidates in upcoming legislative elections so that they can campaign safely. Russia in August licensed a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move celebrated by Moscow but questioned by some experts who note that only about 10% of clinical trials are successful. Maduro's adversaries are broadly planning to boycott the Dec. 6 vote on the grounds that it is rigged in favor of the ruling Socialist Party, although one faction of the opposition has opened talks with the government to seek vote guarantees.
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| Ben Sasse Calls for Repealing 17th Amendment, Eliminating Popular-Vote Senate Elections Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:00 AM PDT  Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) called to repeal the 17th Amendment on Tuesday, which would eliminate the requirement that U.S. senators be elected by popular votes.In a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled "Make the Senate Great Again," Sasse called for an end to the amendment, among other changes to the Senate "aimed at promoting debate, not ending it." He also recommended abolishing standing committees, requiring senators to show up for debates, implementing 12-year term limits, and requiring senators to live together in dorms when in Washington."What would the Founding Fathers think of America if they came back to life?" Sasse wrote. "Their eyes would surely bug out first at our technology and wealth. But I suspect they'd also be stunned by the deformed structure of our government. The Congress they envisioned is all but dead. The Senate in particular is supposed to be the place where Americans hammer out our biggest challenges with debate. That hasn't happened for decades—and the rot is bipartisan."Before the 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913, Article I of the Constitution mandated that each state legislature vote to send two senators to Washington. Sasse argues that returning control to state legislatures would be a way of increasing local control in the Senate in a time of polarization and nationalization in politics."Different states bring different solutions to the table, and that ought to be reflected in the Senate's national debate," he wrote. "The old saying used to be that all politics is local, but today—thanks to the internet, 24/7 cable news and a cottage industry dedicated to political addiction—politics is polarized and national. That would change if state legislatures had direct control over who serves in the Senate."The Nebraskan Senator also suggested ridding the Senate of cameras because in the presence of cameras, Senators "aren't trying to learn from witnesses, uncover details, or improve legislation. They're competing for sound bites.""Without posturing for cameras, Republicans and Democrats cooperate on some of America's most complicated and urgent problems," he wrote.
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| Somaliland launches representative office in Taiwan Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:41 PM PDT  Somaliland opened a representative office in Taiwan Wednesday as the unrecognised but de facto sovereign territories deepen a relationship that has sparked angry rebukes from both China and Somalia.
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| Lukashenko reportedly tells Russian TV the U.S. is orchestrating the Belarus protests Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:11 PM PDT  In his first sit-down interview since anti-government protests swept the nation, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made a slight concession, The Guardian reports — the so-called "last dictator in Europe," who has held his post for 26 years, acknowledged he "may have sat in the president's chair a little too long." But, other than that, he denied responsibility for the unrest, instead pointing a conspiratorial finger at the United States, and reiterated that he does not plan on stepping down.Lukashenko reportedly told members of the Russian media — whom The Guardian notes did not appear to subject the ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin to tough questioning — that he believes Washington is orchestrating the protests via the messaging app Telegram from centers in Poland and the Czech Republic, using the situation as a dry run, more or less, for a similar operation in Russia for the future.The claims are unsubstantiated and dismissive of Belarus' growing, internal, and organic opposition movement that is seeking change from the autocratic regime in Minsk, although Lukashenko accused what he described as a class of "young bourgeois" in Belarus who "want power" of stirring up trouble, as well. Read more at The Guardian, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and RT.More stories from theweek.com The true Election Day nightmare scenario The Trump campaign is trying to raise expectations for Joe Biden's debate performance The Lincoln Project's inevitable ad on Trump's toxic comments on U.S. troops uses his own slurs against him
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| It’s Almost Throw Blanket Season Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:37 AM PDT |
| India in shock over 86-year-old grandmother's rape Posted: 09 Sep 2020 03:22 AM PDT  Police have arrested a man in his 30s for the rape and assault of the woman in Delhi.
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| Trump condemned by widower of ex-Joe Scarborough aide Lori Klausutis after president pushes false conspiracy theory that MSNBC host murdered her Posted: 08 Sep 2020 09:03 AM PDT  Lori Klausutis died following an accident in 2001
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| Venezuelan gas lines surge as Iranian tankers go undercover Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:57 PM PDT  Gasoline shortages have returned to Venezuela, sparking mile-long lines in the capital as international concerns mounted Tuesday that Iran yet again may be trying to come to the South American nation's rescue. Three Iranian tankers that delivered gasoline to Venezuela earlier this year have turned off their location tracking devices for up to three weeks, raising suspicions among global ship trackers that the tankers are again headed to Iran's ally. Iran uses cloaking to evade detection by the United States, which seeks to block shipments to Venezuela in a campaign aimed at forcing socialist President Nicolás Maduro from power.
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| Raging wildfires destroy Washington town, roar through California, Oregon Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:46 AM PDT  Firefighters and emergency responders searched on Tuesday for residents of tiny Malden, about 300 miles (480 km) east of Seattle, a day after a firestorm destroyed 80% of its homes, along with the fire station, post office, city hall and library. "The scale of this disaster really can't be expressed in words," said Brett Myers, sheriff of Whitman County, where the town of 200-300 people is located.
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| First, let’s be clear what ‘defunding’ police is and, most important, isn’t | Opinion Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:24 PM PDT  Calls for defunding the police are ringing off the hook. Not just in Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and Rochester, but also here in Miami-Dade County, where concerned citizens are telling commissioners that they want police reform.
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| SNP accused of 'pure treachery' to fishermen after ministers 'sided with EU' over trade talks Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:30 AM PDT  SNP ministers have been accused of betraying Scotland's fishing industry after they told the EU that the UK should give ground in Brexit trade negotiations. Officials in Whitehall are said to have been left furious after Scottish ministers told the EU that the British side should soften its position in a long-standing wrangle over access to fishing waters and quotas after the Brexit transition period ends. Douglas Ross, the Scottish Conservative leader, said that the SNP had displayed "pure treachery" and attempted to "sell out Scotland's fishing industry by backing Brussels over the UK Government in trade negotiations."
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| Missing Fort Hood soldier died by suicide, medical examiner rules Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:25 PM PDT  Sgt. Elder Fernandes, 23, a Fort Hood soldier, was reported missing Aug. 19.
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| 'Bring it': Trump rape accuser E Jean Carroll defiant over Justice Department move to defend him Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:37 PM PDT  Federal government's 'shocking' motion claims president 'acted within the scope of his office or employment' in move to replace private attorneys in defamation suit
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| Wreckage of sunken WWII battleship found off Norway Posted: 08 Sep 2020 04:48 AM PDT  The 571-foot Karlsruhe led the attack on Kristiansand during the invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940.
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| ByteDance is giving its 60,000 employees cash bonuses after working 'endless hours' amid TikTok ban 'noise' Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:08 AM PDT  The bonuses are to "thank everyone for their efforts and dedication" as ByteDance and TikTok face challenges brought on by politics and COVID-19.
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| Mexican president says would extradite predecessor Calderon to U.S. Posted: 08 Sep 2020 10:06 AM PDT  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would extradite former President Felipe Calderon to the United States if Washington asked him to, according to an interview published on Tuesday. Responding to a question from newspaper La Jornada, Lopez Obrador, a leftist, did not explain what could prompt such an extradition request for Calderon, a conservative rival whom he accused of robbing him of the presidency in 2006. Calderon governed Mexico from 2006 to 2012 and is arguably best known for launching a military-led crackdown on drug cartels that coincided with a spike in homicides and gang violence.
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| A Misleading Attempt to Bolster the ‘Mostly Peaceful’ Riots Narrative Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:43 PM PDT  Has this summer's unrest been "mostly peaceful," as some have claimed? A new study from Roudabeh Kishi and Sam Jones at the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) has been trumpeted as sufficient justification for the media's attempt to push this line. Kishi and Jones's partisan framing have doubtlessly contributed to this misunderstanding. "In more than 93 percent of all demonstrations connected to the movement, demonstrators have not engaged in violence or destructive activity," they explain. "Violent demonstrations, meanwhile, have been limited to fewer than 220 locations," they assure us. More remarkable is their assertion that the media is responsible for the public's increasingly negative view of the Black Lives Matter movement. They lament the "disproportionate coverage of violent demonstrations" and dismiss the claim that "antifa is a terrorist organization" as a "mischaracterization." They advise that we not let ourselves be manipulated by "the media focus on looting and vandalism . . . there is little evidence to suggest that demonstrators have engaged in widespread violence."While Kishi and Jones may be surprised that the media is more inclined to cover violent riots than peaceful protests, the people living and working in the neighborhoods ravaged by those riots do not share their confusion. For widows such as Ann Dorn, whose husband, David, was killed in St. Louis by people attempting to loot a pawn shop he was protecting, it is readily apparent why the violence matters. Nineteen people had already died in riot-related violence two weeks into the protests in early June. For small-business owners already struggling to stay afloat under the pressure of a pandemic, it is similarly self-evident. In a six-day period from May 29 to June 3, rioters were responsible for over $400 million in damage across the country. As of June 9, 450 New York City businesses had been looted or otherwise vandalized. In Minneapolis and St. Paul — where riots first broke out after George Floyd's death — 1,500 businesses have sustained damage. As Brad Polumbo has observed, the socioeconomic shadow cast by that damage will be a long one, as business owners will be loathe to invest in an area in which the government cannot guarantee that their property will be protected. Tragically, because the riots are concentrated in urban settings, they disproportionately take the lives and damage the property of minorities.Yet Kishi and Jones remain sanguine about the role that Black Lives Matter has played in the destruction, and insist that where violence has occurred, it is largely attributable to the far right. As evidence, they cite the fact that a single member of the Hells Angels gang was caught smashing windows in Minneapolis in late May. That behavior is worthy of condemnation and imprisonment, but Kishi and Jones can't help themselves from laying the blame of all of the ensuing violence on this single incident. According to their analysis, those smashed windows "helped spark an outbreak of looting following initially peaceful protests." If a man smiles and shakes your hand before pulling a gun on you, the initial feigned friendliness may not have been genuine. If a man sees smashed windows and thinks, "That looks like fun," he was probably never especially opposed to committing acts of violence.The ACLED researchers further excuse lawlessness in American cities by conveniently ignoring the aforementioned harm caused to blameless families and businesses, asserting that "in many cases" the "violent demonstrations have specifically targeted statues seen to represent the country's legacy of racist violence." Notably, Kishi and Jones draw no distinction between efforts to tear down statues of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis versus those of Christopher Columbus. Moreover, while Rich Lowry has convincingly argued that conservatives should not feel any particular affinity toward Confederate monuments, all Americans should share an attachment to the rule of law.Kishi and Jones's assessment of data also changes depending on if they feel the numbers carry enough water for Black Lives Matter. They dismiss violence in 7 percent of demonstrations as miniscule, yet count a similar proportion of violent incidents inspired by anger at monuments as "very many." Kishi and Jones also express outrage at the fact that there has been "government intervention" in about 9 percent of the demonstrations, "despite the fact that demonstrations associated with the BLM movement have been overwhelmingly peaceful." Per their own analysis, that makes for a difference of only 2 percent between the protests that have turned violent and the ones in which authorities have stepped in.None of this is to say that the many peaceful protesters who have participated in marches around the country have no legitimate grievances, or to call those participants violent criminals. The Republican majority in the Senate has acknowledged issues with our criminal-justice system and proposed legislation to address many of them — legislation blocked by their Democratic colleagues for political purposes. But it is to suggest that that hundreds of violent riots resulting in billions of dollars in damage, lost life, and a fraying social fabric is not an issue to be set aside. And it's also to suggest that the efforts of academics and journalists attempting to set them aside are as transparent as they are egregious.
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| Tropical trouble for the Carolinas? Forecasters eye system in the Atlantic Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:07 PM PDT  A tropical disturbance about 300 miles southwest of Bermuda could become a tropical depression as it moves northwest over the Atlantic this week.
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| Hannity: Democrats, media mob align to defeat President Trump at all costs Posted: 08 Sep 2020 06:42 PM PDT  The Washington Swamp won't decide this election and neither will Hollywood snobs.
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| A plane made an emergency landing on Alligator Alley. Then, along came a truck Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:17 AM PDT  A single-engine plane made a successful emergency landing along Alligator Alley Wednesday morning, managing to avoid injuries or even blocking any Interstate 75 lanes, the city of Weston said.
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| Letters to the Editor: Does anyone think LAPD cops have earned $123 million in raises? Posted: 08 Sep 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Residents of Los Angeles are in dire need of basic services that will be cut because of police union raises. That is unconscionable.
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| Poll: Biden up by 9 points in Pennsylvania Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:28 AM PDT  Multiple recent surveys have shown Biden out in front of Trump by only a few percentage points in the swing state.
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| Ohio governor forced to deny rumors of ‘coronavirus camps’ as unfounded conspiracy theories go viral Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:11 PM PDT  Mike DeWine calls conspiracy theory 'crazy' and 'ridiculous'
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