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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative October 2020 news and viewsNote: Excerpts are from the authors' words except for subheads and occasional "Editor's notes" such as this.
Oct. 21
Top Headlines
- Washington Post, Analysis: The U.S. has already hit 70 percent of total 2016 early voting, Brittany Renee Mayes, Kate Rabinowitz and Lenny Bronner
Washington Post, Analysis: Key swing states vulnerable to mail slowdowns, data show, Jacob Bogage and Christopher Ingraham- Washington Post, OxyContin maker pleads guilty to criminal charges, agrees to $8.3 billion settlement
- Washington Post, Trump weighs firing FBI director after election as frustration with Wray, Barr grows
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Donald Trump goes berserk about FBI Director Christopher Wray
- Washington Post, Editorial: Let’s not mince words. The Trump administration kidnapped children
- Washington Post, Obama makes his debut on 2020 campaign trail with blazing critique of Trump
Trump Watch
- New York Times, Investigation: Trump Records Shed New Light on Chinese Business Pursuits, Mike McIntire, Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig
- Palmer Report, Opinion: The real reason Donald Trump’s secret Chinese bank account is such a nightmare for him, Bill Palmer
New York Times, Analysis: Government and Tech Firms Push Back on Russia (and Trump)- New York Times, Trump Campaign Coffers Shrink to $63 Million in Race’s Final Weeks
- New York Times, Analysis: How the ‘Spygate’ Attacks Fizzled, Kevin Roose
- New York Times, Analyst Who Reported the Infamous Trump Tape Rumor Wants to Clear His Name
- Wayne Madsen Report (WMR), Investigative commentary: Proud Boys: Garden variety neo-Nazi trash, Wayne Madsen
Virus Victims, Reponses
- New York Times, Live Updates: 7 Countries Report at Least 100,000 New Coronavirus Cases in Past Week
- Washington Post, Live updates: White House classifies 31 states as ‘red zones’ for infection
- Washington Post, Opinion: Why Mitch McConnell is trying to kill a big stimulus before the election, Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent
- Washington Post, Senate Democrats block slimmed-down relief bill as Capitol Hill rancor worsens
- New York Times, ‘It Has Hit Us With a Vengeance’: Virus Surges Again Across the U.S.
New York Times, Volunteers to Be Infected With Coronavirus in Vaccine Study- Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals, U.S. Deaths: 226,204
- New York Times, Worried About Covid-19 in the Winter? Alaska Provides a Cautionary Tale
- New York Times, Three Tests, a Private Jet and a New Rule: How Saban Made It to Kickoff
Media News
New York Times, Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Against Google- Washington Post, The Justice Department is suing Google — but it’s the government’s power to police big tech that’s on trial, Tony Romm
- Washington Post, Analysis: Five takeaways from the Google antitrust lawsuit, Heather Kelly
- New York Times, Analysis: It’s Google’s World. We Just Live In It, Brian X. Chen
- The Guardian, Rudy Giuliani faces questions after compromising scene in new Borat film,
U.S. 2020 Elections, Politics
New York Times, Voters Prefer Biden Over Trump on Almost All Major Issues, Poll Shows- New York Times, A deadlocked Supreme Court lets stand a Pennsylvania ruling allowing extra time for mail-in voting
- Washington Post, Opinion: Republicans, it’s time to choose between autocracy and a republic, Stuart Stevens, Rick Wilson, Steve Schmidt and Reed Galen
- Washington Post, Opinion: Trump’s attack on the debate commission is an attack on the election itself, John C. Danforth
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Donald Trump’s stooge Mark Meadows melts down as finance scandal gets even uglier, Bill Palmer
- Washington Post, U.S. government concludes Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats
- Washington Post, ‘Not a fair fight’: In Kansas, GOP frustrated as money rolls in for Democrat and Senate race tightens
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Rudy Giuliani has total meltdown after getting caught with his hand down his pants, Bill Palmer
U.S. Law, Crime, Courts
- Washington Post, Democrats to boycott committee vote on Barrett nomination
- New York Times, Opinion: Law enforcement’s problems could get even worse, Phillip Atiba Goff
Washington Post, FBI: ‘Nothing to add’ to Ratcliffe remarks about Hunter Biden- Washington Post, Schumer says he had a ‘serious talk’ with Feinstein
- Washington Post, Study finds no crime increase in ‘sanctuary’ cities, despite Trump claims
- Washington Post, The parents of 545 children separated at the border still haven’t been found. The pandemic isn’t helping
World News
Washington Post, Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples- Washington Post, France mourns slain teacher Samuel Paty as government mobilizes against Muslim groups
- Washington Post, Nigerian protesters say security forces fired on them amid growing global outrage
Top Stories
Washington Post, Analysis: The U.S. has already hit 70 percent of total 2016 early voting, Brittany Renee Mayes, Kate Rabinowitz and Lenny Bronner, Oct. 21, 2020 (print ed.). At least 33.0 million have voted nationwide, and there are still 14 days until Election Day. It looks like a record number of ballots will be cast ahead of Election Day, with voters taking advantage of early voting and expanded absentee options. The number of ballots already cast is a sign of highly enthusiastic voters adapting to an election taking place amid a pandemic.Washington Post, Analysis: Key swing states vulnerable to mail slowdowns, data show, Jacob Bogage and Christopher Ingraham, Oct. 21, 2020 (print ed.). Battlegrounds that may decide the presidential race have some of the nation’s most erratic mail service, which has particular implications for states with firm ballot deadlines.Key swing states that may well decide the presidential race are recording some of the nation’s most erratic mail service as a record number of Americans are relying on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver their ballots, agency data shows.Consistent and timely delivery remains scattershot as the agency struggles to right operations after the rollout, then suspension, of a major midsummer restructuring. In 17 postal districts covering 10 battleground states and representing 151 electoral votes, first-class mail service is down 7.8 percentage points from January benchmarks and nearly two percentage points below the national average. By that measure, roughly 16 in 100 items will not arrive within the Postal Service’s one-to-three-day delivery window; in January, it was fewer than 10.
Virus Victims, Reponses
New York Times, Live Updates: 7 Countries Report at Least 100,000 New Coronavirus Cases in Past Week, Staff reports, Oct. 21, 2020 (print ed.). Argentina, Brazil, Britain, France, India, Russia and the U.S. have helped push the global total to more than 40.7 million. Here’s the latest.In many cases, these countries are seeing numbers that are much higher than they were during the height of the pandemic in the spring. At that point most countries locked down, stopping movement and much interpersonal contact. Strategies have changed, and today local lockdowns are the way forward for most. There is more testing, giving a clearer picture of the pandemic. But the numbers continue to grow.
Over the past week in the United States, there have been 421,114 new cases, illustrating that the long-predicted fall wave of the virus is well underway. Midwestern and Rocky Mountain states are struggling to control major outbreaks. And the national trajectory is worsening by the day, as the cooler weather drives more people to stay indoors where the virus spreads easily. In some states, hospitals are almost full.
India reported 411,718 over the past seven days, but numbers have been falling since mid-September. On Monday, the country recorded fewer than 50,000 cases, the lowest number since July, the government said. But the lower numbers, which would seem at first glance to be good news, have raised questions. The government recently approved the use of rapid coronavirus testing based on gene-editing technology, hoping to increase its testing capabilities. But experts question the reliability of rapid tests.
In France, which has added 174,273 cases in the past seven days, a curfew has been implemented in Paris and eight other regions. Still, more than 11,000 virus patients are hospitalized, and 2,000 are in intensive care, a threshold that had not been reached since May. (The country currently has 5,800 intensive care beds.)
Washington Post, Opinion: Why Mitch McConnell is trying to kill a big stimulus before the election, Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent, Oct. 21, 2020. There’s a frenzy underway in Washington over whether we’ll get another round of stimulus spending to help Americans still struggling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. But a lot of it seems disconnected from reality, with regular statements of optimism emanating from key players as they insist a deal could be on its way.So let’s cut through all that and focus on this unfortunate reality:
Mitch McConnell will do all he possibly can to kill any big stimulus bill before the election. And he’ll probably succeed
If President Trump wins reelection on Nov. 3, there will probably be a sizable stimulus passed shortly after, with the Senate majority leader’s support.
If Joe Biden wins and Republicans hold the Senate, McConnell will do all he can to strangle the Biden presidency by preventing any big stimulus from passing, ...
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" John OLoughlin, host of the podcast McDuff: JFK's Man To Smash the CIA, interviews JIP Editor Andrew Kreig on Oct. 21, 2019., as the third show in a series about the latter's book on Presidential Puppetry: Obama, Romney and Their Masters, which documents hidden influencers on U.S. presidents during recent decades (80:26 min. video).McDuff Channel Podcast,
, interview by John OLoughlin at Lafayette Park / White House, Washington, DC (7 min. livestream video.). Two DC-based attorney / researchers discuss power structures in the nation's capital after attending the annual Red Mass at the historic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on Sunday.This year's celebrants included, as usual in recent years, Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as several other justices, prominent members of the U.S. foreign service and regional bar, as well as presidential cabinet members, including Attorney General William Barr and recently confirmed Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia.
The McDuff Channel, available here and entitled in full "McDuff: Kennedy's Man To Smash the CIA," presents cutting-edge commentaries on current events inspired by the late president's battles against Deep State intelligence networks. Later segments:
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Salem Radio Network, JIP Director Andrew Kreig interviewed on 2020 Democratic candidates, Jane Silk, left, co-host of the Silk-Antrim Show on the Main Street Radio Network, Aug. 22, 
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WMRD 1420 AM / WLIS 1150 AM (Middletown and Old Saybrook, Connecticut), JIP Director Andrew Kreig interviewed on the Phil Mikan Show, Aug. 21, 2019 (56 min.). Phil Mikan, right, a longtime broadcaster, interviews the Justice Integrity Project's editor on his latest reporting about the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's death and other complex national news developments.
Midnight Writer News Podcast, 'Presidential Puppetry' with Andrew Kreig, Host S.T. Patrick, Dec. 19, 2018 (Episode 105). Andrew Kreig, the 
director of the Justice Integrity Project and the author of Presidential Puppetry, joins S.T. Patrick to discuss presidential politics of the last 40 years. What should we have known about George H.W. Bush, Bill & Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, John Kerry, John Edwards, and John McCain?
Kreig takes a non-partisan approach to dissecting the pros, cons, misdeeds, and motivations of American presidential and vice-presidential candidates, dating back decades. In the interview, Kreig covers the Bush dynasty, why Reagan chose Bush in 1980, 
Bush and the October Surprise, the Willie Horton ad, The Election of 1992, Ross Perot's deficiencies, what Fletcher Prouty still teaches us, the legitimacy of Bob Dole's 1996 nomination, the value of Jack Kemp, Bush v Gore, The Two Johns: Kerry & Edwards, the real John McCain, and much more.
Kreig also discusses current events with us, including the Corsi/Stone vs Mueller situation and the unbelievable resolution of the Jeffery Epstein trial in Palm Beach. Andrew Kreig can be read and followed at the Justice Integrity Project.
Wiki Politiki, The Latest REAL News on the 9/11 Attacks and Finding Truth in a Sea of Lies, Steve Bhaerman, Dec. 18, 2018. An Interview with Andrew Kreig, Author, Attorney, Broadcaster and Founder of the Justice Integrity Project. Did you know that In a letter dated November 7, 2018, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York notified the Lawyers Committee for 9/11 Inquiry that he would comply with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3332 requiring him to present to a special grand jury the Lawyers' Committee's reports filed earlier this year of unprosecuted federal crimes at the World Trade Center?
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