Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
NY Times: The Cult of Selfishness Is Killing America
Washington Post: Goodbye, jeans. The pandemic is ushering in an era of comfort.
Washington Post: An oil spill in Russia’s Arctic exposes risks for Moscow’s Far North plans
Washington Post: Trump’s lawyers say subpoena for his tax records is ‘wildly overbroad,’ amounts to ‘harassment’
Washington Post: Barr plans to mount a defiant defense of Trump in showdown with House Democrats
The Guardian: Alarm over discovery of hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels near Galápagos Islands
The Guardian: Soap dodger: meet the doctor who says we have been showering wrong
The Guardian: Revealed: oil giants help fund powerful police groups in top US cities
The Guardian: Covid-19 outbreak in Xinjiang prompts fears of spread inside China's camps
The Guardian: Anthony Fauci denies Trump claim that he misled US public about coronavirus
The Guardian: Trump returns to plugging false Covid-19 'cure' as US deaths near 150,000 – live
The Oregonian: Portland protesters gassed by federal officers on advance through city streets, park Monday
Redding Searchlight: Coronavirus updates: 12 more people test positive, 1 in ICU
Seattle Times: Tahlequah, the orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days, is pregnant again
Reuters: Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores
Monterey Weekly: Big Sur land returns to Esselen Tribe after 250 years.
Press Democrat: 18 CDC tips for preventing COVID-19 in everyday life
Sacramento Bee: Newsom to send coronavirus ‘strike teams’ to fight outbreak in hard-hit Central Valley
LA Times: 3 food suppliers in L.A. County ordered to close after ‘significant’ coronavirus outbreaks
KTLA: Gun maker Remington Arms files for 2nd bankruptcy in 2 years
LA Times: Coronavirus ravages California’s Central Valley, following a cruel and familiar path
LA Times: Officer contradicts official account of clearing of protesters from D.C.'s Lafayette Square
Press Democrat: County hospitals hit pandemic high number of COVID-19 patients
SF Chronicle: 30-horse protest rides through Bay Area trail
Monday, July 27, 2020
Washington Post: Postal Service memos detail ‘difficult’ changes, including slower mail delivery
The Hill: Intel community returns final Russia report volume to Senate after declassification review
Scientific American Blog: Racism, Not Genetics, Explains Why Black Americans Are Dying of COVID-19
Washington Post: President Trump is not playing enough golf
Washington Post: Let’s throw the kitchen sink at covid-19 and get back to normal by October
NY Times: Georgia Senator Is Criticized for Ad Enlarging Jewish Opponent’s Nose
NBC News: Ivanka Trump says feds will finally help solve cases of missing and murdered Native American women
CNN: Dr. Anthony Fauci's baseball card just became one of the best selling in Topps' history
Rawstory: White supremacists posing as BLM protesters instigated Richmond riots: Police
MSN News: Those face masks with breathing valves? They aren't effective, doctors say
CNN: Child hospitalizations from Covid-19 surge 23% in Florida as schools statewide must reopen
SF Chronicle: Alameda County's cases are triple what they were June 1
Washington Post: One question still dogs Trump: Why not try harder to solve the coronavirus crisis?
The Atlantic: The Return of Walls Amid the pandemic, open plans are closing up.
LA Times: Trump is ‘hijacking’ White House events for ‘partisan, political’ gain, experts say
CNBC: Trained dogs were able to sniff out Covid-19 infections with 94% accuracy: study
NY Times: Melania Trump to Announce Plan to Revamp White House Rose Garden
The Atlantic: Don’t Count Trump Out Polling could be wrong.
Politico: Marijuana licensing woes dog Missouri’s governor
Politico: U.S. testing czar: Everyone who 'needs' a Covid-19 test can get one
Daily Beast: That Coronavirus Chart Might Be Lying to You
Washington Post: National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Tests Positive for COVID-19, Says Report
Daily Beast: Deluded Anti-Mask Tourists Swarm COVID-Plagued Puerto Rico
Washington Post: Vietnam Vet Sprayed In The Face By Trump’s Federal Agents In Portland