(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT)
FIRST TONIGHT POLITICS AND A 4-4 SUPREME COURT DECISION CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS SIDING WITH THE LIBERALS ON THE COURT TO ALLOW PENNSYLVANIA TO COUNT BALLOTS RECEIVED BY MAIL UNTIL THREE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION (FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6TH). THE SPLIT DECISION MEANS THAT THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT RULING IN FAVOR OF THAT POLICY STANDS.
THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THURSDAY NIGHT WILL HAVE A MUTE BUTTON. THAT DECISION FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE COMMISSION. THE FIRST TWO MINUTES THAT A CANDIDATE SPEAKS THE OTHER CANDIDATE'S MIC WILL BE MUTED.
"Fauci is a disaster, I mean this guy, if I listened to him, we'd have 500,000 deaths"
President Trump's straight talk about coronavirus guru Dr. Anthony Fauci who has been giving him advice for months. Trump says that every time Fauci goes on television there's a "bomb" but the "bigger bomb" would be to fire him. The President speaking during a campaign conference call today.....VIDEO LINK
In the UK Wales is set to go into a lockdown that's officially being called a "firebreak" to slow the spread of the coronavirus...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Bars and restaurants shut down for four weeks in Belgium. The country's health minister saying that its possible authorities will "no longer control what is happening" in regards to COVID-19...BBC NEWS
From Peoples Rights in Nebraska the story of an anonymous phone call to police complaining about no masks Sunday evening. Omaha Police getting the call saying that clerks and customers at a Bucky's convenience store were not wearing muzzles.
The police called to scene were told to cancel by their command saying that plastic shields at the location between clerks and customers make the mask ordinance unenforcable.
A mask ordinance passed by Omaha City Council earlier this year with backing from major business interests in the city...PEOPLES RIGHTS
The exit polls held back during the overnight hours finally released in Bolivia's presidential election this morning and they indicate that Luis Arce of the Movement Towards Socialism Party is the winner with just over 50 percent of the vote. Arce an ally of the former President Evo Morales who was forced out of the country after a disputed election result last year. The actual vote count is moving slowly forward.....BBC NEWS.....Late developments include a proclamation of victory by Mr. Arce and a concession from his leading opponent Carlos Mesa.
Raids being conducted by police across France aimed at Islamic groups in the county following last Friday's terrorist attack that decapitated a teacher...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY
Opposition protests continued over the weekend in Belarus with more than 100 arrested according to a human rights organization. The protests over the continued rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko following the disputed results of an election in August...TASS
"hypocrites" "champions of double talk"
The words used by the Prime Minister of the Indian island nation of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth to describe the UK and US.
He spoke at a rally supporting the cause of residents of the Chagos Islands. They were forced from the homes by the UK decades ago. The US has a military base in the islands (Diego Garcia).
The International Court of Justice has ruled that the islands belong to Mauritius...BBC NEWS
AN ARMENIAN LEADER IN THE DISPUTED NAGORONO-KARABAKH REGION HAS SAID THAT ISRAEL IS AIDING GENOCIDE AGAINST HIS PEOPLE. ISRAEL BUYS OIL FROM AZERBAIJAN AND HAS SOLD WEAPONS TO IT. THOSE WEAPONS USED IN THE CURRENT CONFLICT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN...JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY
Thai authorities probing news outlets and restricting access to the Telegram messaging app. The moves come amid continuing protests calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister by anti-monarchist demonstrators...DEUTSCHE WELLE
Coronavirus stats in the USA today via Worldometers showing 57,327 new positive tests with 442 more deaths attributed to COVID-19. 5,503,268 recoveries in the USA.
Worldwide 337,854 new positive tests with the US the leading nation. Other nations include the UK 18,804, France 13,243, Italy 9,338 and Canada 3,289.
The coronavirus story in the UK and around the world as reported by BBC News via its daily blog...BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 10-19-2020
And that's the way it really is Monday October 19th, 2020 Day 218 in the Dictatorship of COVID-19.
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