Wednesday, November 04, 2020

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He Already Saw the Election as Good vs. Evil. Then His Tractor Burned. In Nebraska, President Trump’s supporters hope he wins a second term, and that they get four more years of feeling like the country’s leader understands and defends them.

Trump Is Now ‘Biohazard-Curious,’ Says Trevor Noah After the president offered to “kiss the guys and the beautiful women” at his Florida rally, Noah speculated that he might have lost Mike Pence’s vote.


Don’t Grieve Alone. Reach Out. Finding emotional support during a crisis often means turning to long-established networks already built for distance. ..............  and often felt like I was having one long, sustained panic attack. .......... friends kept vigil with me, lighting up my phone with support and listening when I called to vent or cry. ..........  We can share stories, cry and laugh together over Zoom, but we can’t simply sit in quiet companionship or hold each other when words fail us. After my loss, I ran out of words to share; I couldn’t imagine calling anyone. ............ As it turned out, socially distanced grieving didn’t mean grieving alone — so many people found ways to offer support, as if they knew what I needed even when I didn’t. It occurred to me that most of them hadn’t needed to dig deep in order to understand what I was going through. ..............  starting with “just one person who has been consistently good about reaching out” to you. “This gives that person positive feedback” for being such a good friend to you ............ the intimacy that can take root when we have a bit of physical distance, and at the same time get these powerful glimpses into each other’s homes and daily experiences. ............... Whenever I rise and get back to it — to help my family, to do my job, to support my friends the way they’ve generously supported me — I often think of my mother, the person most responsible for showing me that love can defy distance and be an endless source of strength and resilience. 

He Won’t Concede, but He’ll Pack His Bags All evidence suggests that the president would run from the responsibility of overseeing the violent fracture of America.

Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome The president’s abnormal comments may be the best evidence that, deep down, he really is normal.

ActBlue’s stunning third quarter: $1.5 billion in donations Democratic online donors are pouring cash into 2020 campaigns, from Joe Biden down to state legislative candidates.

Bidenworld fires warning shot against Cabinet jockeying Members of Joe Biden's transition team have been fuming at the recent flood of stories listing people in contention for top administration posts.

Coronavirus News (309)

A Framework for Leaders Facing Difficult Decisions
How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest Within weeks of the gathering that drew nearly half a million bikers, the Dakotas, along with Wyoming, Minnesota and Montana, were leading the nation in new coronavirus infections per capita.
Jimmy Kimmel Rips Into Trump’s  ‘Superspreader’ Rally “Even though his own White House put out guidelines saying there should be no gatherings in central Iowa with more than 25 people, they’re doing this,” Kimmel said of President Trump’s rally.
Biden’s Covid Response Plan Draws From F.D.R.’s New Deal Mr. Biden has staked his campaign on a more muscular federal role in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. But some of his big government proposals may be difficult to put into effect.
Nerd Wars Nate Silver and G. Elliott Morris are trying to make sense of the 2020 election — and each other..............  When FiveThirtyEight first published its forecast for the 2020 race, it put Biden’s chances to win at 71 percent, while The Economist set them at 87 percent. Today the two have gotten significantly closer: FiveThirtyEight has an 87 percent chance of a Biden win, and The Economist has 91 percent.