Last 74 Days

1. 2020-11-07: 74 days to go.
   • Rudy Giuliani holds a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, mistaking it for the luxury hotel chain, The Four Seasons.
2. 2020-11-08: 73 days to go.
3. 2020-11-09: 72 days to go.
   • Trump fires Mark Esper, puts in Christopher Miller as sec def. Esper opposed using the US military in US cities. Miller is counterterrorism, special operations, and irregular operations.
     • https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/trump-fires-esper/index.html
     • https://www.hstoday.us/people-on-the-move/dasd-christopher-miller-nominated-to-lead-national-counterterrorism-center/
   • Trump fires head of USGCRP, which creates the global warming assessment for Congress.
     • https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/09/trump-removes-head-of-climate-science-report-435620
   • AG Barr authorizes voter fraud probes; DOJ official in charge of election crimes resigns in protest
   • GSA Head Refuses to Sign Transition Order
     • https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gsa-letter-biden-transition/2020/11/08/07093acc-21e9-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html
4. 2020-11-10: 71 days to go.
   • Three more Pentagon departures, making four so far.
     • https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-installs-loyalists-at-the-pentagon-officials-sound-alarm-2020-11
     • Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Monday.
     • James Anderson, the acting undersecretary of defense for policy, quit on Tuesday after clashing with the White House over its attempts to insert allies and controversial figures into top Pentagon positions, Politico reported.
     • Joseph Kernan, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence.
     • Jen Stewart, Esper's chief of staff.
     • Christopher Miller is now the acting secretary of defense.
     • Anderson was replaced by retired US Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, an ally of Trump and a regular guest on Fox News. Tata has made several false and Islamophobic claims about former President Barack Obama in tweets unearthed by CNN, calling him a Muslim and a "terrorist leader" who "normalized Islam for America."
     • Ezra Cohen-Watnick replaces Joseph Kernan.
     • Kash Patel replaces Jen Stewart.
   • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assures smooth transition — to 2nd Trump presidency
     • https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pompeo-biden-smooth-transition-1.5796934
5. 2020-11-11: 70 days to go.
   • Trump requests the names of Pentagon officials who clapped in support of James Anderson as he left the building.
     • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/white-house-department-of-defense-pentagon-jim-anderson-b1721307.html
6. 2020-11-12: 69 days to go
   • "America's top military officer has spoken at a Veteran's Day event in the midst of a chaotic week at the Pentagon and said, 'we do not take an oath to a king or a queen, a tyrant or a dictator. We do not take an oath to an individual.' General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said 'each of us will protect and defend that document regardless of personal price'."
7. 2020-11-13: 68 days to go
   • Arizona election witness confesses to being business partner of Trump campaign lawyer.
     • https://www.newsweek.com/arizona-election-witness-confesses-being-trump-campaign-lawyers-business-partner-court-1547233
8. 2020-11-14: 67 days to go
9. 2020-11-15: 66 days to go
   • Trump coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas urges Michigan to 'rise up' against new Covid-19 measures
     • https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/15/politics/scott-atlas-coronavirus-michigan/index.html
     • https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/juxy3s/trump_coronavirus_adviser_scott_atlas_urges/
     • "White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas criticized Michigan's new Covid-19 restrictions in a tweet shortly after they were announced Sunday evening, urging people to "rise up" against the new public health measures. "The only way this stops is if people rise up," Atlas said. "You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp""
10. 2020-11-16: 65 days to go
    • Supreme Court declines to take up Pennsylvania absentee ballots case
      • https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-11-16/supreme-court-declines-to-take-up-pennsylvania-absentee-ballot-case
    • Georgia [Republican] Secretary Of State Says [Senator Lindsey] Graham Pressed Him To Toss Legal Ballots
      • https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/graham-raffensperger-georgia-ballots
    • Trump Adviser Welcomes [Risking COVID Exposure at Family Gatherings] as This May Be "[Elderly Family Members'] Final Thanksgiving"
      • https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/17/its-even-worse-video-trump-adviser-welcomes-killing-loved-ones-covid-19-may-be-their
      • https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/jvv1eh/its_even_worse_on_video_trump_adviser_welcomes/
      • In his latest anti-science appeal to Americans, White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Scott Atlas on Monday night called on families to ignore the guidance of public health experts who say the holiday season should not include indoor gatherings—suggesting to Fox News that families should take the risk even for elderly or sick relatives this Thanksgiving because they will no longer be alive next year. "This kind of isolation is one of the unspoken tragedies of the elderly who are now being told, 'Don't see your family at Thanksgiving,'" Atlas, who has no public health expertise, told Fox host Martha MacCallum. "For many people this is their final Thanksgiving, believe it or not. What are we doing here?"
    • U.S. nurse says dying COVID-19 patients spent last minutes insisting virus isn't real
      • https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/u-s-nurse-says-dying-covid-19-patients-spent-last-minutes-insisting-virus-isn-t-real-1.5191235
      • https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/jvo3ty/us_nurse_says_dying_covid19_patients_spent_last/
      • "An emergency room nurse in South Dakota is speaking out in frustration after watching several COVID-19 patients die from a disease they insist isn’t real, describing her job like a “horror movie that never ends.” In a Twitter thread that has since gone viral, Jodi Doering said she has been screamed at by patients who accuse her of using “magic medicine,” who repeatedly tell her there must be another reason why they are sick “all while gasping for air.” “They call you names and ask why you have to wear all that ‘stuff’ because they don’t have COVID because it’s not real,” she said in the thread, published Friday. “These people really think this isn’t going to happen to them. And then they stop yelling at you when they get intubated.”"
11. 2020-11-17: 64 days to go
    • Trump asked advisers last week for ‘options’ to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, says report
      • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-iran-strike-nuclear-site-attack-b1723987.html
      • https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/jviz55/trump_asked_advisers_last_week_for_options_to/
    • Anger in North Dakota after governor asks Covid-positive health workers to keep working
      • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/17/north-dakota-covid-positive-health-workers-coronavirus
      • https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/jvsver/anger_in_north_dakota_after_governor_asks/
    • Senate Blocks Utterly Unqualified Reserve Board Nomination
      • McConnell votes no, but only because procedurally that means he can bring her up again later (and he didn't have the votes because three R's are out).
      • https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-blocks-judy-shelton-trump-federal-reserve_n_5fb424dcc5b6a4664671b912
    • Trump Fires Top US Election Cybersecurity Official Chris Krebs (no relation to Brian Krebs)
      • https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/jw67fp/megathread_trump_fires_top_us_election/
    • Lindsey Graham Also Attempted to Interfere in Arizona and Nevada
      • https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/jw2kjj/graham_probed_state_officials_in_three_states/