<h1>Things That No Longer Seem Strange</h1>
Finding surgical masks as litter in the streets. Seeing people wearing masks *while driving alone* in their cars. Being told over the public address system in stores to maintain six feet between yourself and others. Hand sanitizing stations at the entrances to every store. Empty shelves, again. A President who openly talks about a coup and then *laughs* at people’s responses. Having a major milestone birthday and not planning on going to a nice restaurant with your spouse to celebrate the occasion.
<h1>Coronavirus News, Analysis, Opinion. And Other Stuff:</h1>
<a href="https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-cases-infections-pandemic-texas-arizona-bad-40f80c91-b05a-4d09-9ef0-03d749c12698.html">Coronavirus cases rise in 22 states</a>
<a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/news/covid-19-meds/2020/09/23/Operation-Warp-Speed-advisers-held-investments-in-COVID-vaccine-firms-records-show/stories/202009230100">Operation Warp Speed advisers held investments in COVID vaccine firms</a>
>The Department of Health and Human Services financial disclosures, which were released by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, show that several Operation Warp Speed advisers who were selected by President Donald Trump either held board positions with firms that are currently engaged in coronavirus work, or held securities in firms now contracted to produce vaccines.
<a href="https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/24/thom-tillis-echoes-conspiracy-theory-on-pandemic-deaths/">Tillis Echoes Conspiracy Theory on Pandemic Deaths</a>
<a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/24/pandemic-un-urges-help-for-thousands-of-stranded-mariners/">UN urges help for thousands of stranded mariners: More than 300,000 are reportedly still at sea, some after a year, due to lockdowns</a>
<a href="http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-bill-for-americas-50-trillion.html">The Bill for America's $50 Trillion Gluttony of Inequality Is Overdue</a>
>The battle to claw back a significant percentage of the $50 trillion is just beginning.
>Do you hear the pathetic bleating of America's billionaires and their army of toadies? If not, you soon will, for a remarkable report has been released that documents the $50 trillion in earnings that's been transferred to the Financial Aristocracy from the bottom 90% of American households in the past 45 years.
>The report was prepared by the RAND Corporation, and has a suitably neutral title: Trends in Income From 1975 to 2018. (The full report can be downloaded for free.)
<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/517918-rising-coronavirus-cases-spark-fears-of-harsh-winter">Rising coronavirus cases spark fears of harsh winter</a>
<a href="https://www.fginsight.com/news/news/china-may-face-food-shortage-111836">China may face food shortage</a>
<a href="https://www.salon.com/2020/09/25/gop-senator-openly-hopes-supreme-court-battle-will-distract-voters-from-200000-covid-19-deaths_partner/">GOP senator openly hopes Supreme Court battle will distract voters from 200,000 COVID-19 deaths</a>
<a href="https://peakd.com/money/@maneco64/the-fed-s-digital-dollar-will-be-backed-by-weimar-bonds">The Fed's Digital Dollar Will Be Backed By Weimar Bonds.</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/23/trump-doj-censorship-section-230/">Justice Department asks Congress to weaken social media companies’ liability protection.</a> Call it a guess, but this is probably D.O.A. in the House which is in no mood to take its lead from Bill Barr.
<a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/24/coronavirus-uptick-in-cases-among-young-people-could-spread-to-more-vulnerable-cdc-says/">Coronavirus: Uptick in cases among young people could spread to more vulnerable, CDC says</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/pennsylvania-discarded-ballots/2020/09/24/c99a3580-feaf-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html">Justice Dept. statement on mail-in ballot investigation appalls election law experts</a>
<a href="https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/wow-trump-didnt-know-that-the-dollar-floats">Trump Didn't Know That the Dollar Floats</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/congress-post-trump-reforms/2020/09/23/38291e70-fd44-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html">House Democrats Unveil ‘Post-Trump’ Reforms</a>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/what-if-trump-refuses-concede/616424/">Trump’s Contingency Plan to Bypass Election Results</a>
>According to sources in the Republican Party at the state and national levels, the Trump campaign is discussing contingency plans to bypass election results and appoint loyal electors in battleground states where Republicans hold the legislative majority. With a justification based on claims of rampant fraud, Trump would ask state legislators to set aside the popular vote and exercise their power to choose a slate of electors directly. The longer Trump succeeds in keeping the vote count in doubt, the more pressure legislators will feel to act before the safe-harbor deadline expires.
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54274115">Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power</a>
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<a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/09/24/are-we-a-banana-republic-490423">POLITICO Playbook: Are we a banana republic?</a>
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<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-got-a-kick-out-of-the-election-fears-hes-stoked-inside-the-doj-theres-some-panic">Trump Amused by Uproar Over Comments on Transition</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200923-is-princes-sign-o-the-times-the-greatest-album-of-all-time">Is Prince’s Sign O’ The Times the greatest album of all time?</a>
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