jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 The Week @TheWeek 10 things you need to know today: 10 things you need to know today: October 7, 2020 Trump calls off coronavirus relief talks until after Election Day, Biden calls for unity in Gettysburg speech, and more theweek.com 7:11 AM · Oct 7, 2020·Sprout Social 1. Trump calls off coronavirus relief talks, then backtracks President Trump on Tuesday called for suspending negotiations on a new round of coronavirus relief until after Election Day. "[House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi is asking for $2.4 Trillion Dollars to bailout poorly run, high crime, Democrat States, money that is in no way related to COVID-19," Trump said of the $2.2 trillion package House Democrats approved last week. "We made a very generous offer of $1.6 Trillion Dollars and, as usual, she is not negotiating in good faith." Trump said he had told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to "instead focus full time on approving my outstanding nominee to the United States Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett." He later backtracked, tweeting that Congress should "IMMEDIATELY Approve" a new round of stimulus checks, as well as aid to prevent airline layoffs and revive a lapsed loan program for small businesses. [NBC News, The New York Times] 2. Biden calls for unity in Gettysburg speech Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called for unifying the country during a speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. "A house divided could not stand. That is a great and timeless truth," Biden said at an event near the Civil War battlefield, making a reference to President Abraham Lincoln's famous "House Divided" speech. "Today, once again, we are a house divided. But that, my friends, can no longer be." Biden drew parallels between the country's Civil War split and today's partisan division, saying America is again locked in "a battle for the soul of the nation." Biden said bringing people together is key to getting through the coronavirus crisis. "Let's set the partisanship aside. Let's end the politics. Let's follow the science," he said. "Wearing a mask isn't a political statement. It's a scientific recommendation." [The Hill, The New York Times] 3. Hurricane Delta strengthens rapidly Hurricane Delta intensified explosively on Tuesday, building from a tropical storm with 40 mile-per-hour winds to a Category 4 storm with top sustained winds of 145 mph in just 36 hours. It grew from a tropical depression to a Category 4 hurricane faster than any Atlantic hurricane on record. The storm weakened slightly as it headed for an expected Wednesday landfall near Cancun on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, dipping to Category 3 status with top sustained winds of 120 mph. Next, forecasters say it will cross the Gulf of Mexico and slam into Louisiana on Friday. The National Hurricane Center urged residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle to monitor Delta closely. [The Washington Post, The Associated Press] 4. Pentagon leaders self-quarantine after coronavirus exposure All but one member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are quarantining after being exposed to coronavirus at a meeting. The military leaders, including Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley, were potentially exposed to coronavirus via Adm. Charles Ray, the vice commandant of the Coast Guard. Only Marine Corps. Commandant Gen. David Berger won't be isolating, as he tested negative for the virus multiple times last week. Ray is the Coast Guard's No. 2 commandant and was "at the Pentagon last week for meetings with other senior military leaders," Jonathan Hoffman, the Pentagon spokesman, said in a Tuesday statement. All of the joint chiefs and other close contacts at the meeting tested negative for the virus, but will remain isolated for further testing, Hoffman added. [CNN, The New York Times] 5. Facebook bans QAnon groups Facebook announced Tuesday that it will ban all QAnon groups, accounts, and pages from Facebook and Instagram. The policy resulted in the deletion of 1,500 pages, groups, and profiles. Facebook said the moves were in keeping with its enforcement actions against "militarized social movements," such as militia and terror groups that call for violence. The QAnon conspiracy theory falsely claims that President Trump is leading a fight against a pedophile ring of elites and Democrats. Facebook started banning QAnon accounts that advocated violence over the summer. Work to remove these accounts will "continue in the coming days and weeks," with content moderation led by Facebook's Dangerous Organizations Operations team. [NBC News] 6. FDA releases coronavirus vaccine standards after White House reversal The Food and Drug Administration informed coronavirus vaccine developers that they would have to follow its strict guidelines to receive emergency authorization. The White House budget office approved the rules in an abrupt reversal a day after The New York Times reported that White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had been holding them up for weeks. The standards require vaccine developers to monitor half of the participants in clinical trials for at least two months after their final dose of the vaccine or placebo before applying for emergency authorization, making it highly unlikely a vaccine will be approved by the November election as President Trump wants. Trump tweeted his displeasure on Tuesday evening, saying : "New F.D.A. Rules make it more difficult for them to speed up vaccines for approval before Election Day. Just another political hit job!" [Politico, The Washington Post] 7. Grand jury indicts St. Louis couple who brandished guns at protesters A St. Louis grand jury on Tuesday indicted a white couple, Mark and Patricia McCloskey, for brandishing guns at Black protesters who marched past their home in June. The McCloskeys were charged with two felonies, unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering. The McCloskeys confronted protesters who were heading to the home of Mayor Lyda Krewson of St. Louis, a Democrat whose resignation they were demanding for releasing the names of city residents who supported defunding the police. The showdown earned the McCloskeys praise from President Trump and an appearance at the Republican National Convention. The McCloskeys complained that none of the protesters were charged over the clash, saying that if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins in November, the government will view "its task as protecting criminals from honest citizens." [The New York Times] 8. Early voting breaks records More than 4 million Americans have voted already, more than 50 times more than the number that had cast ballots at this point in the 2016 election, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing data from the United States Elections Project. "We've never seen this many people voting so far ahead of an election," said Michael McDonald of the University of Florida, who administers the project. "People cast their ballots when they make up their minds, and we know that many people made up their minds long ago and already have a judgment about Trump." The voting pace is setting up what could be record turnout in the showdown between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. McDonald said that with 4 million ballots already in four weeks before Election Day, turnout could reach 65 percent of eligible voters, the highest rate since 1908. [Reuters] 9. Stephen Miller tests positive for coronavirus Stephen Miller, a senior policy aide to President Trump, has become the latest White House insider to test positive for the coronavirus. "Today, I tested positive for COVID-19 and am in quarantine," Miller said on Tuesday. Miller, a main architect of Trump's immigration policies, said he had been working remotely for five days. He travels frequently with President Trump, who was hospitalized over the weekend and is still under treatment for COVID-19. Miller's wife, Katie, is Vice President Mike Pence's communications director. She tested positive in May. Pence tested negative Tuesday ahead of his Wednesday debate against Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris. After initially protesting the idea, Pence has consented to plans to separate the candidates by plexiglass dividers on the debate stage as a precaution against coronavirus infections. [NBC News] 10. Guitar legend Eddie Van Halen dies at 65 Legendary rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 65. Van Halen was a guitar innovator whose band, Van Halen, helped define hard rock in the '70s and '80s. Van Halen led the group for five decades through three lead singers, including David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar. The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, but Van Halen missed the ceremony because he was in rehab. That year bassist Michael Anthony was pushed out and replaced with Van Halen's son, Wolfgang. "Every moment I've shared with him on and off stage was a gift," tweeted the younger Van Halen, son of actress Valerie Bertinelli. Condolences poured in from other rock stars. "Eddie was not only a Guitar God, but a genuinely beautiful soul," KISS frontman Gene Simmons said. [Rolling Stone, NBC News] Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney To recap: -Trump called off negotiations with the House on coronavirus stimulus bill hours before calling for a coronavirus stimulus bill. -Trump ordered the declassification of all Russia probe documents just minutes before declaring he had already done so “long ago.” 10:16 PM · Oct 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 MSNBC @MSNBC "He is the super spreader," fmr. RNC Chairman Michael Steel says of President Trump. "He is the problem in the White House, and everyone wants to tiptoe around it." Fmr. RNC Chairman: Trump ‘is the problem in the White House, and everyone wants to tip-toe around... Today a still infected President Trump again compared the virus to the flu, and said we are learning "to live with it." Joining Katy Tur to discuss is former RNC Chairman and Senior Advisor to the... msnbc.com 6:21 AM · Oct 7, 2020·SocialFlow 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN Politics @CNNPolitics Thirteen employees at a restaurant in Minneapolis are in quarantine after catering a party attended by President Trump on September 30 https://cnn.it/3nq9lBh 12:02 PM · Oct 6, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Preet Bharara @PreetBharara I like a president who is not Patient Zero. Or Individual 1. 12:02 AM · Oct 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Raw Story @RawStory 'Steroids and stupidity': MSNBC anchor warns Trump is 'panicking on steroids' as he tanks in the polls ‘Steroids and stupidity’: MSNBC anchor warns Trump is ‘panicking on steroids’ as he tanks in the... MSNBC anchors worried about President Donald Trump’s mental state on Tuesday evening. During the handoff between their shows, anchors Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell discussed fears over Trump’s... rawstory.com 10:50 PM · Oct 6, 2020·Hootsuite Inc. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Raw Story @RawStory Trump killing stimulus days before election proves he’s ‘unstable’: Morning Joe Trump killing stimulus days before election proves he’s ‘unstable’: Morning Joe President Donald Trump claimed ownership for ending negotiations on a stimulus bill, and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said that proves he’s a danger to himself, his party and his country. The “Morning... rawstory.com 7:33 AM · Oct 7, 2020·Hootsuite Inc. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Axios @axios Anthony Fauci said during a virtual event hosted by American University Tuesday evening that unless precautions are taken for this fall and winter, "we could have 300,000-400,000 COVID-19 deaths" in the U.S. Fauci warns up to 400,000 Americans could die of coronavirus without safeguards in place He expects a vaccine to become available by late summer or in the fall of 2021. axios.com 10:57 PM · Oct 6, 2020·TweetDeck 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Paula Reid @PaulaReidCBS 3 press assistants (seen here on left) sat maskless at 10/1 WH briefing, 2 of them have now tested positive for #COVID19. HT@JenniferJJacobs 4:39 PM · Oct 6, 2020·Twitter for iPhone 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN @CNN New York Times: Top Justice Department officials were 'driving force' behind migrant children separation. New York Times: Top Justice Department officials were 'driving force' behind migrant children... Top officials in the US Justice Department were the "driving force" behind President Donald Trump's controversial zero tolerance immigration policy that separated thousands of migrant children from... cnn.com 5:00 AM · Oct 7, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof ‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ even infants, the Justice Department ordered privately in organizing its policy of family separation. In other words, cruelty was the point. 7:58 PM · Oct 6, 2020·Twitter Web App 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN @CNN When pressed over and over again, GOP Sen. Martha McSally wouldn't say if she was proud of her support of the President. The response was simpler for Democratic opponent Mark Kelly, who called Trump's overall behavior and actions in office unacceptable. Arizona Senate debate turns on Trump When pressed over and over again, Republican Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona would not say on Tuesday whether she was proud of her support of President Donald Trump in her debate against Democratic... cnn.com 7:30 AM · Oct 7, 2020·SocialFlow 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis fox news is talking about hillary clinton using "the russia hoax" as a distraction from her emails -- as a distraction from president trump's disastrous coronavirus response 7:36 AM · Oct 7, 2020·TweetDeck 3 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN @CNN President Trump is once again warning voters that Democrats would "shut our economy and jobs down" if they win in November. Goldman Sachs is telling its clients the exact opposite. Goldman Sachs: A Democratic sweep would mean faster economic recovery President Donald Trump is once again warning voters that Democrats would "shut our economy and jobs down" if they win in November. cnn.com 12:02 AM · Oct 7, 2020·SocialFlow 2 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN @CNN The Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security announced that they will release regulations targeting H-1B visas intended for highly skilled workers Trump administration announces new restrictions on employment-based visa program The Trump administration is tightening up an employment-based visa program that allows highly skilled foreign workers to come to the United States, arguing the changes are necessary following shocks... cnn.com 11:28 PM · Oct 6, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN @CNN A federal judge in New Jersey rejected an attempt by President Trump's campaign to curtail part of the state's vote-by-mail plan just weeks before Election Day. Federal judge rejects Trump's efforts to curtail New Jersey vote-by-mail plans A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday rejected an attempt by President Donald Trump's campaign to curtail part of the state's vote-by-mail plan just weeks before Election Day. cnn.com 9:30 PM · Oct 6, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN @CNN White supremacist extremists will remain the deadliest domestic terror threat to the US, according to the Department of Homeland Security's first annual homeland threat assessment White supremacists remain deadliest US terror threat, Homeland Security report says White supremacist extremists will remain the deadliest domestic terror threat to the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security's first annual homeland threat assessment, which... cnn.com 9:15 PM · Oct 6, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN @CNN JUST IN: Hurricane Delta has made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 storm Hurricane Delta makes landfall on the Yucatan peninsula Hurricane Delta has made landfall roughly half-way between the Mexican resort towns of Cancun and Playa del Carmen, in the town of Puerto Morelos, according to the latest update from the National H... cnn.com 7:20 AM · Oct 7, 2020·SocialFlow Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 The Associated Press @AP Ethics experts say the special treatment President Donald Trump received to access an experimental COVID-19 drug raises fairness issues and the public’s right to know more about Trump's condition. By @MMarchioneAP. Ethicists say Trump special treatment raises fairness issues The special treatment President Donald Trump received to access an experimental COVID-19 drug raises fairness issues that start with the flawed health care system many Americans endure and end... apnews.com 7:35 AM · Oct 7, 2020·SocialFlow 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 The Associated Press @AP A French scientist, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and an American biochemist, Jennifer Doudna, have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for pioneering work on a gene editing tool that offers hope of one day curing genetic diseases. 2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for 'gene scissors' STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a method of genome editing likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing... apnews.com 6:49 AM · Oct 7, 2020·SocialFlow Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk Johnny Nash, best known for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now," has died. He was 80 years old. 'I Can See Clearly Now' singer Johnny Nash dies at 80 Johnny Nash, best known for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now," died Tuesday morning, his son, John Nash, told CNN. He was 80 years old. cnn.com 8:55 PM · Oct 6, 2020·SocialFlow Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 CNN @CNN The Seattle Storm have won the 2020 WNBA Finals, sweeping the Las Vegas Aces Seattle Storm win 4th WNBA championship The Seattle Storm won the 2020 WNBA Finals, sweeping the Las Vegas Aces in the best-of-five series with a dominant 92-59 win on Tuesday in Game 3. cnn.com 4:00 AM · Oct 7, 2020·SocialFlow Link to post Share on other sites
jakeem Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 When Is Trump Gone? @DaysLeft4Trump 3 Months, 13 Days, 6 Hours, 25 Minutes, and 50 Seconds 6:34 AM · Oct 7, 2020·Microsoft Power Platform Link to post Share on other sites
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