DISCLAIMER: None of the stuff below is written or endorsed by the Outpost, and we’d be willing to bet that at least some of it is crazy and/or wrong. Use critical thinking.
Monday, Aug. 24, 2020
SF Chronicle: Emergency postal aid stalls as WH rejects House-passed bill
Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020
ABC Australia: How the QAnon conspiracy theory is tearing family and friends apart in Australia
Washington Post: Video shows Wisconsin police shooting a Black man multiple times as he enters a car
The Atlantic: How Can We Plan for the Future in California?
Marin Independent Journal: West Marin fire at nearly 2,700 acres as lightning risk looms
Press Democrat: Officials bracing for lightning, winds in fight against Walbridge fire
SF Chronicle: Smoke from California wildfires is now visible in Kansas
Sacramento Bee: Two killed, sheriff’s deputy wounded in shootout near Sacramento
LA Times: Massive California wildfires expected to get worse as lightning, wind storms move in
San Jose Mercury: CZU Complex fires: Commander’s wallet stolen, bank account drained while he fought blazes
KRCR: Elkhorn Fire causes road closure in southern Trinity County
KRCR: New mandatory evacuation orders and warnings for Sheep Fire in Lassen County
Growing Pains, with Nick Flores: 0.12 - Lasara Firefox Allen
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Mon, 24 Aug 2020
NCJ: Hoopa: No New COVID-19 Cases
Politico: FDA to authorize plasma treatment over scientists' objections
Humboldt Last Week: 178. Marci Kitchen released | KKK billboard | Tina Fey | 23andMe | HBO | Malcolm Gladwell | More
Vice: California DMV Is Selling Drivers' Data to Private Investigators
Politico: Trump set to block controversial Alaska gold mine
Tuluwat Examiner: Using armed thugs to try to win the election
Redwood Coast Business: SHORT RIBS AND RANDOM THOUGHTS, August 23 , 2020
Times-Standard : 120-year survey finds 1 in 5 of state’s cases of missing, murdered Indigenous women in Humboldt County
KRCR: Redding grocery store temporarily shut down after protesters enter without masks
Daily Beast: Trump Is Petrified That Pro-Weed Forces Will Roast Him
NBC News: Data show Trump didn't 'build' a great economy. He inherited it.
NY Times: President’s Sister Describes Trump as Liar With ‘No Principles’ in Recordings
Salon: Trump fans swear off Fox News after hosts praise Biden
Washington Post: Portland police stand by as Proud Boys and far-right militias flash guns and brawl with antifa counterprotesters
Washington Post: Trump without evidence accuses ‘deep state’ at FDA of slow-walking coronavirus vaccines and treatments
Washington Post: Tennessee adopts new law that could strip some protesters of voting rights
LA Times: More than 1 million acres have burned in California since July as monster fires rage around Bay Area
LA Times: The fight to save one Northern California town from a fiery monster
The Guardian: 'Donald is cruel': Trump's sister recorded saying president has 'no principles'
The Guardian: The future is fungal: why the 'megascience' of mycology is on the rise
The Oregonian: Opposing rallies battle with mace, paint balls and rocks near Justice Center in downtown Portland
The Oregonian: Dueling demonstrators clash, sometimes violently, in downtown Portland as police issued repeated warnings
Press Democrat: ’Selling like hot cakes’: Popularity of RVs skyrockets during the pandemic
Sacramento Bee: Rancho Cordova cop critically wounded in shootout with gunman who killed woman in mobile home
Sacramento Bee: Watch: Firefighters trapped by flames of Northern California wildfire rescued by helicopter
Times-Standard : ‘Art on the Fence’: Outdoor exhibit is an ‘inclusive expression of different voices and experiences’
Mad River Union: Letters to the Editor, August 19, 2020
Mad River Union: Dogtown: A Tale of Two Mamas – Chica and Deja
Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020
The Guardian: Britain to get first commercial refinery for extracting precious metals from e-waste
KUOW: Don’t reconnect mailing machines, Postal Service tells plants. Tacoma does it anyway
NCJ: Huffman Votes for Postal Service Act as Dozens Rally in Eureka
EcoNews: ‘Dog Ranch’ Dunes Saved from Development
Non Sequitur: Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for Sun, 23 Aug 2020
NCJ: NWS Issues Fire Weather Watch, Red Flag Warning
Governor's Office: California Secures Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to Support State’s Response to Northern California Wildfires