Big Time News Blog: 10/14/20

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

‘A regional Covid storm,’ one governor says as cases spike up in less populous states.

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Barron Trump Tested Positive for Coronavirus, Melania Trump Says

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Live: Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Yahoo News to discuss the coronavirus pandemic

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An explosive New York Post story that's sending Trumpworld into a frenzy is riddled with holes and red flags

The New York Post's story about Hunter Biden has several glaring holes that raise questions about its authenticity.

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Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia's wife, a recent White House guest, tests positive for COVID-19

Trish Scalia, the wife of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon, the Labor Department told staffers in an email on Tuesday night.Trish Scalia is "experiencing mild symptoms but doing well," the Labor Department said, while the secretary has tested negative for the virus and has not shown any symptoms.Trish Scalia, Eugene Scalia, and his mother, Maureen Scalia, all attended the Rose Garden ceremony last month where Trump officially introduced his Supreme Court pick, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. In the 1990s, Barrett served as a law clerk for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Eugene Scalia's father.A Politico analysis has found that as of last Thursday, 35 White House aides and allies of President Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. Many of those people were at the Rose Garden ceremony and an indoor reception that followed.More stories from theweek.com Biden's post-election tightrope walk The Democrats' desperate SCOTUS scaremongering An anxious poll-watcher's guide to 2020

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“I would have waited all day if I had to”: Hours-long lines mar first day of early voting in Georgia

Critics accused Georgia of "voter suppression." State officials blamed "record turnout" and voter "enthusiasm"

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'Stop playing games with our lives': Americans on financial brink plead with politicians to pass bill for 2nd stimulus checks

For many Americans across the country, the prospect of getting a second stimulus check from the government is a matter of life or death.

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McConnell laughs in debate when challenger Amy McGrath slams his COVID stimulus 'dereliction'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his Democratic challenger, Amy McGrath, faced off in their first and perhaps only debate Monday night. McGrath, a retired Marine combat pilot, criticized McConnell for blocking a new round of COVID-19 economic support, calling it a "dereliction of duty" and failure of leadership. McConnell, oddly, laughed.> Trying to figure out what he is laughing about. pic.twitter.com/1bF0TuOBzy> > — Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 13, 2020McConnell blamed congressional Democrats for blocking another coronavirus relief package, even though he publicly shot down negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the White House. He also noted that he brings home the bacon in a way McGrath could not from the "back bench" of the Senate. "I allow Kentucky to punch above its weight," McConnell said. "My last term $17.5 billion for the commonwealth that would not have been there had I not been the majority leader of the Senate.""I think her entire campaign is: she's a Marine, she's a mom, and I've been there (the Senate) too long," McConnell said. McGrath didn't disagree: "Senator, you've been there for 36 years. How's it looking, Kentucky?" McConnell's "one job is to help America through this crisis right now in passing legislation to keep our economy afloat so that people can make ends meet," she added. "And instead of doing that, he is trying to ram through a Supreme Court nominee right now, instead of negotiating, which is what he should have been doing all summer long to make that happen."McConnell also took several shots at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — and also President Trump, perhaps, who is famously from New York as well.> McConnell said some version of this a number of times in tonight’s debate: “Do you want somebody from New York setting the agenda” — referring to Schumer leading a dem senate majority.> > — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 12, 2020The debate was held in the studio of WKYT in Lexington. The station "took a number of precautions in response to the coronavirus," The Associated Press reports. "Kentucky is in the midst of another spike of COVID-19 cases."More stories from theweek.com Biden's post-election tightrope walk The Democrats' desperate SCOTUS scaremongering An anxious poll-watcher's guide to 2020

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Harris questions Barrett about recusal from Obamacare case

Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, pressed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett about the process for recusal in a case before the court concerning the Affordable Care Act.

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Anger in the Philippines as 'political prisoner' denied the right to hold her dying baby

The harsh treatment of a young human rights worker whose newborn baby died while she was in jail on what her supporters claim are trumped up charges has sparked widespread anger in the Philippines. River, the three-month-old daughter of Reina Mae Nasino, tragically died of pneumonia just weeks after she was torn from her inconsolable mother despite a concerted campaign to keep the pair together and allow the infant to be nurtured and breastfed. The controversy has gripped a country where the contrast of the alleged VIP treatment of rich and well-connected prison inmates has already sparked deep-seated resentment within the general population. Ms Nasino, 23, who worked for the urban poverty group Kadamay, was arrested in November 2019 during a mass crackdown by President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration on dozens of Left-leaning activists. She and two colleagues in the same office were charged with the illegal possession of firearms and explosives, which all three denied and said were planted by the authorities as a pretext to jail them.

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Big Time News Blog

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

‘A regional Covid storm,’ one governor says as cases spike up in less populous states.

Coronavirus

Barron Trump Tested Positive for Coronavirus, Melania Trump Says

Live: Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Yahoo News to discuss the coronavirus pandemic

An explosive New York Post story that's sending Trumpworld into a frenzy is riddled with holes and red flags

Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia's wife, a recent White House guest, tests positive for COVID-19

“I would have waited all day if I had to”: Hours-long lines mar first day of early voting in Georgia

'Stop playing games with our lives': Americans on financial brink plead with politicians to pass bill for 2nd stimulus checks

McConnell laughs in debate when challenger Amy McGrath slams his COVID stimulus 'dereliction'

Harris questions Barrett about recusal from Obamacare case

Anger in the Philippines as 'political prisoner' denied the right to hold her dying baby

These states require travelers to self-quarantine or present a negative COVID-19 test

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Thai protests: Thousands gather in Bangkok as king returns to country

Guardian identified for small child found wandering Sunday morning by Fort Myers police