Reading archive 2020-12-03

Kayleigh McEnany and the Trump team are running out of voter fraud tricks

No, Joe Biden Did Not Only Improve in Four Major Swing-State Cities - "Is it true that Joe Biden underperformed Hillary Clinton in 32 out of 36, and overperformed in Milwaukee, Detroit, Atlanta, and Philadelphia? No, it is not. It is emphatically false:" [ed. note: National Review]

Trump escalates baseless attacks on election with 46-minute video rant - "The president’s latest salvo came a day after his attorney general, William P. Barr, said the Justice Department had found no evidence of voting fraud that could have changed the outcome of the election."

Their View: Bedford County's 'no shutdown' crowd gives aid to the enemy

Dr. Marvin James Farr - "Dr. Marvin James Farr, 81, of Scott City, Kan., passed away Dec. 1, 2020, in isolation at Park Lane Nursing Home. He was preceded in death by more than 260,000 Americans infected with COVID-19. He died in a room not his own, being cared for by people dressed in confusing and frightening ways. He died with COVID-19, and his final days were harder, scarier and lonelier than necessary. He was not surrounded by friends and family.

"Marvin was born May 23, 1939 to Jim and Dorothy Farr of Modoc, Kan. He was born into an America recovering from the Great Depression and about to face World War 2, times of loss and sacrifice difficult for most of us to imagine. Americans would be asked to ration essential supplies and send their children around the world to fight and die in wars of unfathomable destruction. He died in a world where many of his fellow Americans refuse to wear a piece of cloth on their face to protect one another."

Parler's got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social network

‘When the Bombs Go Off, the Blood Is on Mike Flynn’s Hands’: Retired Officers Blast His Calls for Martial Law: The pardoned Army three-star promoted a call to suspend the Constitution for an election do-over. “Grant and Lincoln are rolling over in their graves,” said one retired general.

Trump campaign’s star witness in Michigan was deemed ‘not credible.’ Then, her loud testimony went viral.

Project Veritas’s James O’Keefe crashed a private CNN teleconference. CNN says he may have broken the law.

Man, 41, had no teeth and could barely speak after his mother locked him in their suburban apartment for 28 years, say reports [ed. note: Stockholm, Sweden]

The most petulant 46 minutes in American history

Rural Virginia county officials pass resolution rejecting ‘tyranny’ of governor’s coronavirus restrictions

Inside The Great British Baking Show’s Pandemic Production Bubble: The producers of television’s most soothing program tell V.F. how they went full Mission: Impossible to (safely!) film a new season mid-pandemic, and deliver it to a crisis-plagued audience.

Farah resigns as White House communications director in tacit nod to Trump’s loss

Army museums have tens of thousands of artifacts. They’re looking to downsize.: With 47 museums across the country, Germany and South Korea, and duplicates of nearly everything, a massive culling is underway.

1-year-old Carmelo Duncan is the latest victim of gun violence in D.C. as homicides hit a 15-year high - "Houseal blames the violence on disruptions caused by the coronavirus — people home, out of work, out of money and out of options. 'These are survival crimes associated with people who are traumatized,' she said. 'There are lot of people who are struggling and they need support. … Lately, a lot of people have been acting out of desperation.'" [ed. note: shooting into a car is not a "survival crime"]

Legendary Afghan pilot in hiding after U.S. reverses decision to help him flee Taliban