6:51 AM 11/10/2020 – Tweets

Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors to look into any ‘substantial’ allegations of irregularities in #Election2020, prompting the top lawyer overseeing voter fraud investigations to resign in protest https://reut.rs/3phUbz0 

Célébrations à Bakou après l’accord de fin des hostilités #AFP Isgandar Ganbarov

5 things to know about the Pfizer vaccine news http://hill.cm/Eg1afeh 

В Ереване взяли штурмом правительственные здания. Протесты начались после подписания соглашения о прекращении огня.

Подробности — в нашей фотогалерее: https://iz.ru/1085018/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social …

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales @ClarenceHouse shared 10 urgent actions for a new economic model that places the environment at its heart, including mobilizing investment in sustainable infrastructure and nature-based solutions. #GHS2020

“Teachers have a high standing in the US. No wonder they are also at the heart of politics, bringing real experience to the halls of power” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/2020/11/09/first-teacher-jill-biden-will-voice-schools-white-house-need/?utm_content=telegraph&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605008229 …

As First Teacher, Jill Biden will be a voice for schools in the White House. We need a champion too

Teachers have a high standing in the US. No wonder they are also at the heart of politics, bringing real experience to the halls of power

telegraph.co.uk

Coronavirus: People with suspected COVID-19 receive oxygen in cars after Italian hospital overwhelmed http://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-people-with-suspected-covid-19-receive-oxygen-in-cars-after-italian-hospital-overwhelmed-12128992 …

Coronavirus: People with suspected COVID-19 receive oxygen in cars after Italian hospital overwhe…

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Italy has recorded at least 960,373 confirmed cases and 41,750 deaths.

news.sky.com

Turkey says Azerbaijan achieved ‘sacred success’ in Nagorno-Karabakh http://reut.rs/3li6EjH 

Biden’s victory won’t instantly clean up the wreckage of the Trump administration, or the problems that enabled Trump to win in the first place.

As @DylanMatt lays out, there’s much more work to be done now. https://trib.al/fr9q9Am 

Joe Biden has won. Here’s what comes next.

Biden will have to overcome a surging pandemic, an economic crisis, and a hostile Republican Party.

vox.com

.@realDonaldTrump bloquea el proceso de transición con el equipo de Joe Biden https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/estados-unidos/notas/donald-trump-bloquea-el-proceso-de-transicion-con-el-equipo-de-joe-biden/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605006877 …

Partners in occupation: Trump provides the anti-Palestinian incitement, Israel the bullets | Opinion https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-palestine-doesn-t-belong-to-donald-trump-1.6097044 …

Opinion | Partners in occupation: Trump provides the anti-Palestinian incitement, Israel the bullets

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haaretz.com

“I haven’t felt this level of love and togetherness in a long time”: Photographer @stevesweatpants captured images of New Yorkers celebrating Joe Biden’s win https://nym.ag/3eK5Hyc 

Mary Trump labels president’s election challenges “attempted coup” after Biden win https://www.newsweek.com/mary-trump-president-attempted-coup-biden-win-1546255?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605004256 …

Mary Trump labels president’s election challenges “attempted coup” after Biden win

The president’s niece also said Joe Biden had won “legitimately and decisively” on Monday night.

newsweek.com

Denmark dumps millions of mink in mass graves amid Covid strain fears https://trib.al/Yh1izkG 

Denmark dumps millions of mink in mass graves amid Covid strain fears

Shocking photos showed construction lorries offloading thousands of dead mink into ditches this morning in the town of Holstebro in northwest Denmark.

dailymail.co.uk

Germany’s Angela Merkel, Britain’s Boris Johnson, Canada’s Justin Trudeau and India’s Narendra Modi were among world leaders to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. There were notable exceptions. https://on.wsj.com/3k540wc 

World Leaders Ready Themselves for a Biden Presidency

After a drawn-out vote count, many global leaders were quick to respond to Joe Biden’s election victory, with most sending congratulations and vowing to work with him.

wsj.com

DOJ folks: please hang in there until January 20. Never forget that (as Supreme Ct. once said) you are “the representative not of an ordinary party to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as compelling as its obligation to govern at all.”

This is good news, it means I won!
cc: @RepDougCollins @SecretarySonny https://twitter.com/BrianKempGA/status/1325890553536516097

Anti-Fascism & Far Right @FFRAFAction

Growing rate of theft of Nazi objects across Europe

Following a series of robberies of Nazi objects in the Netherlands, Nazi uniforms have now also been stolen from a museum in Denmark.

What lies beneath this growing trend?https://p.dw.com/p/3l2WV?maca=en-Twitter-sharing …

Growing theft of Nazi objects across Europe

Following a series of robberies of Nazi objects in the Netherlands, Nazi uniforms have now also been stolen from a museum in Denmark. What lies beneath this growing trend?

dw.com

Salty Donald Trump Jr. suggests Pfizer timed the vaccine announcement to hurt his dad https://trib.al/E5EEcrD 

Salty Donald Trump Jr. Suggests Pfizer Timed Vaccine Announcement to Hurt His Dad

While the world celebrates news that an effective COVID-19 vaccine is in sight, the oldest Trump son has disappeared down a rabbit hole.

thedailybeast.com

COVID-19 vaccine “more than 90 percent effective” says Pfizer and BioNTech https://www.newsweek.com/covid-19-vaccine-90-effective-pfizer-1545983?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1604926208 …

COVID-19 vaccine “more than 90 percent effective” says Pfizer and BioNTech

Pfizer said no serious safety concerns have been observed so far.

newsweek.com

Transition veterans aim to give President-elect Joe Biden a quick start to governing. https://nbcnews.to/2U8clER 

Transition veterans aim to give President-elect Biden a quick start to governing

The transition team has identified 4,300 prospective appointees for the 4,000 federal jobs it must ultimately fill.

nbcnews.com

.@piersmorgan: Dear Donald, you’ve lost and – unless you actually have real PROOF of fraud – stop sulking, suck it up, and go now #Election2020 https://trib.al/3VxU0kJ 

Damaging democracy –
Trump to Continue to Hold Campaign Rallies – Jared and Rudy Behind Scheme – POTUS Refuses to Admit He Lost: Reportshttps://buff.ly/3n0rtR0 

Trump to Continue to Hold Campaign Rallies – Jared and Rudy Behind Scheme – POTUS Refuses to Admit…

President Donald Trump is going to continue to hold large campaign-style rallies despite losing the election that ended nearly a week ago. Trump will focus the rallies on “specific pieces of eviden…

thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

UPDATED: Pfizer: Early look shows COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective https://bit.ly/3pd8ncb 

Pfizer: Early look shows COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective

A coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer proved more than 90% effective in a preliminary analysis of a trial involving thousands of enrollees, a major milestone in the race for shots that can reel in the pan

washingtontimes.com

Swedes ignore their first-ever lockdown as country sees record number of new Covid infections https://trib.al/TCq9uTo 

Swedes ignore their first-ever lockdown amid rising infections

Swedes have ignored their first ever lockdown as the country sees a record number of Covid-19 infections.

dailymail.co.uk

I think it’s going to be a shock to Trump how quickly the news cycle shifts its focus away from him as the Biden transition ramps up.

“Trump has sucked up all the oxygen for the last four years. He’s been a movie star and dictator and a cult leader and a hideous distraction from our normal lives,” writes @mollyjongfast. https://trib.al/1DtD2NR 

America Finally Breaks Up With Her Abusive Boyfriend

Will everything be perfect? Obviously not—we’re looking at divided government, and half the country needs to be deprogrammed. But now, the madness has an end date.

thedailybeast.com

“Joe Biden’s magic is that everything he does becomes the new reasonable,” @AndrewYang told @AnandWrites. “He has shown the ability to move the mainstream of the Democratic Party on issues before.” https://nyti.ms/36fPv3Q 

Opinion | Biden Can’t Be F.D.R. He Could Still Be L.B.J.

He has the power to make transformational progress look like “C’mon Man” common sense. Will he use it?

nytimes.com

WATCH: Fireworks in London, Edinburgh as Biden win celebrated abroad http://hill.cm/Nxgu1aG 

Dutch Protestant Church acknowledges failing Jews in World War II https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-protestant-church-acknowledges-failing-jews-in-world-war-ii/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

Dutch Protestant Church acknowledges failing Jews in World War II

‘Anti-Semitism is a sin against God and against people,’ church representative says in letter to Jewish community, hopes admission ‘is not too late’

timesofisrael.com

Recognition is growing in Donald Trump’s inner circle that efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory will be futile https://trib.al/6sPqppw 

Trump’s Advisers View Legal Challenges to Biden Win as Futile

Recognition is growing in Donald Trump’s inner circle that efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory will be futile, though some advisers have urged the president to pursue focused legal challenges,…

bloomberg.com

Dear outgoing President Trump,
We are so happy to get rid of you. We have had it with your persistent lying. Please stop lying to us! Can you please limit your lying to your family or those closest to you who are mourning your well-deserved defeat!@realDonaldTrump

Armenian officials denied the report but confirmed fighting around the city, a hilltop settlement located on a main road overlooking the breakaway region’s main city, Stepanakert. http://ow.ly/VHYo50CeNmy 

Nagorno-Karabakh Fighting Flares Up As Azerbaijan Says Key City Captured

President Ilham Aliyev says Azerbaijan’s forces have taken Shushi (known as Susa in Azeri), the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, while Armenian officials say fighting continues in…

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“The next chapter of American politics won’t be easy. But this one — squalid, terrifying, degrading, tragic — is almost over,” writes @michelleinbklyn https://nyti.ms/2IifNu7 

Opinion | We Are Finally Getting Rid of Him

Don’t undersell the triumph of ousting Trump.

nytimes.com

#Israel‘s Netanyahu congratulates Biden on #US election win, thanks #Trump https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201108-israels-netanyahu-congratulates-biden-on-us-election-win-thanks-trump/ …

Israel’s Netanyahu congratulates Biden on US election win, thanks Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday, hailing a strong alliance that could be burdened by differences over policy on Iran and the Palestini…

middleeastmonitor.com

Sen. Mitt Romney calls for Americans to ‘get behind’ President-elect Joe Biden http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-donald-trump-accepting-results-biden-transition-election-2020-11 …

Sen. Mitt Romney calls for Americans to ‘get behind’ President-elect Joe Biden

The Utah Republican said that Trump “will accept the inevitable” once he has exhausted all legal avenues to contest the presidential election results.

businessinsider.com

The ex-president said he knows Biden to be a “good man who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country.” https://trib.al/4dEEhAj 

Ex-President George W. Bush on Biden Victory: Election

The ex-president said he knows Biden to be a “good man who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country.”

thedailybeast.com

BREAKING: Jeopardy! says it “is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends.”

Few countries are likely to benefit as much & as fast from a Biden presidency as Ukraine.
1. Biden will reinforce US military support & reinforce its credibility.
2. He will insist on renewed serious combat against corruption & the rule of law.