Metronome and its Climate Clock, soon after it was activated.
Credit: Jeenah Moon for The New York Times
** LOCAL, STATE NEWS **
+ Tacoma News- Tribune: Fall is here, and it’s bringing the first heavy rain of the season
+ Office of Gov. Jay Inslee: Issues guidance for miscellaneous venues under Safe Start Washington
+ Airliner Watch: Boeing gearing up for 787 move to South Carolina
+ JOLT News: Thurston County seeks feedback on climate mitigation plan
+ JOLT News: County seeking to fund historic preservation projects
+ The Seattle Times: New tool shows economic impact of COVID-19 across Washington state
+ South Sound Business: LeMay Car Museum Reopens This Week with Enhanced Safety Protocols
** NATIONAL NEWS **
Judge: Postal Service must process election mail on time
18-Year-Old Indigenous Climate Activist Fights to Save Arctic Wildlife Refuge
How long until it’s too late to save Earth from climate disaster? This NYC clock is counting down.
QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game – The conspiracy theory has the best attributes of a multiplatform game, except that it can cause harm in the real world.
QAnon Conspiracy Theory Is Exactly What Fueled Nazi Germany, Genocide Scholar Says
** CORONAVIRUS NEWS **
Coronavirus pandemic won’t have a ‘fairy tale ending’ even with a vaccine, ex-CDC director warns
The University of Washington predicts the overall U.S. [virus death] toll will double to 400,000
Anthony Fauci calls 200,000 pandemic death toll ‘sobering, and in some respects, stunning’
Despite Claims, Trump Rarely Uses Wartime Law in Battle Against COVID
Wisconsin declares new public health emergency after surge in coronavirus cases among young people
Walmart rolling back two of its COVID-19 precautions as customer behaviors change
Operation Warp Speed advisers held investments in COVID vaccine firms, records show
U.S. Public Now Divided Over Whether To Get COVID-19 Vaccine
CDC issues Halloween guidance, discourages traditional trick-or-treating
Warp Speed Vaccine Will Be Shielded From Liability
The U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 200,000, and it’s just ‘the tip of the iceberg’ – 21% of all confirmed Covid-19 deaths around the world despite having only 4% of the world’s population
** TRUMP **
Former National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster: ‘Putin wants to drag us down’
C.I.A. Reasserts Putin Is Likely Directing Election Influence Efforts to Aid Trump
AG Barr fabricates new rule to deny Congress access to Justice Department witnesses
The Supreme Court cost GOP big in 2018, and 2020 may be even worse
Bloomberg raises $16 million to pay off fines and fees of Florida felons
Sen. McConnell Op/ED in USA Today in 2016: Let the people have a voice
The Atlantic: The Inside Story of the Mueller Probe’s Mistakes – In a new book, Andrew Weissmann, one of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s top deputies, lays out the limits and letdowns of the years-long Russia investigation.
Biden Campaign Rakes in Three Times More Funds Than Trump in August
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