Grim and getting grimmer --
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 210k cases, and a record 106,688 COVID-19 patients in US hospitals. There were 3,054 reported deaths today -- the highest single-day total to date. pic.twitter.com/LcgzPJZdO6
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) December 10, 2020
The misery continues --
Jobless claims spiked in the U.S. last week, with 853,000 people seeking new benefits https://t.co/UsV1KzVfVC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 10, 2020
The Republican Party is Trump, Trump is the Republican Party (loosely translated from the original German) --
The Republican Party is now a seditious, subversive organization, a Fifth Column of organized authoritarian yahoos. Where's Joe McCarthy when you need him? https://t.co/1AR9msttQP
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 9, 2020
Despite their protestations, Trump and most of his supporters understand that he got fewer votes, that he lost the states he lost, and that Biden won. It’s just that they don’t think votes for Democrats should count, so none of that actually matters. https://t.co/D2Hnslzn6p pic.twitter.com/hwYeOYkFLV
— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) December 10, 2020
Texas Congressman is super mad he might have to wear a paper mask. https://t.co/UcMMfZFrIC
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) December 10, 2020
If Perdue and Loeffler don’t believe in free and fair elections than perhaps they shouldn’t be running. https://t.co/1IGSXtjDiz
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) December 10, 2020
is it possible to invoke the 25th Amendment in the middle of a clumsy brazen coup attempt? asking for 81 million sick-to-death-of-this-shit-already friends
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) December 10, 2020
Republicans all trying to be more like Trump will either be the death of the party or of America. Hard to say which will go first.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 10, 2020