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from New York Post
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
The Supreme Court probably is not going to nullify ObamaCare. Congress should — one piece at a time. Democrats opposed to the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court were very worried — or at least pretended to be worried — about the upcoming case challenging the constitutionality of the so-called Affordable Care Act. The case is based on a legal theory considered pretty shaky on both sides of the aisle — many conservative legal analysts who would like to see the ACA repealed believe that the Court is extremely unlikely to throw it out. Some have gone as far as to predict a 9-0 ruling against the challenge.
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from Skagit Valley Herald
On Saturday morning, a caravan of trucks loaded with hay, feed and other donations left Skagit County for Okanogan County. It was the second weekend this month a group of Skagit County residents have hauled and delivered hay and other essentials to farmers and ranchers devastated by wildfires earlier this fall.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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Thousands in the Spokane area were still without power Saturday as near-record low temperatures crept in following a historic October snowstorm that snapped branches onto power lines. A whopping 6.9 inches of snow fell Friday, shattering the previous record of 5.9 inches in 1957. But the storm had an even bigger impact when the early hours of Saturday are factored in, with a grand total of 7.5 inches falling at the Spokane International Airport, the National Weather Service said.
Spokane police officers are required to follow the county health, city and state guidelines for mask-wearing, department spokesperson Julie Humphreys said. If officers feel like they can’t get their message through, however, or need the community member they’re contacting to see their facial expressions, they have discretion on when to wear a mask, Humphreys said. “Communicating with people is more than just speaking,” Humphreys said. “Officers have discretion, too. And, I mean, of course they’re careful; they don’t want to get sick.” Health district officials agree there are more communication considerations for law enforcement officers than the general public, Kelli Hawkins from the Spokane Regional Health District said. “Communication and facial expressions are really important in maybe a tense situation,” Hawkins said. “You want to be able to show on your face that, ‘I’m OK and this is a casual conversation,’ right off the bat.”
A Seattle police officer who slammed a protester’s head to the ground, another who punched a demonstrator in the head a half dozen times and a third officer who put his knee on the necks of two looting suspects violated policies against using excessive force, an independent agency tasked with investigating police misconduct said Friday.
Four centuries after white Europeans stepped off the Mayflower and onto America’s shores, some descendants of the colonists are wrestling with the complicated legacy of their ancestors amid a global racial reckoning. There is immense pride among those who can trace their families back to the passengers who boarded the ship in Plymouth, England, in 1620 to flee religious persecution and realize a better life. Yet for some, the devastating impact that the Pilgrims’ landing in New England had on Native Americans weighs heavily in this moment of unrest over systemic racism.
The United Nations announced Saturday that 50 countries have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons triggering its entry into force in 90 days, a move hailed by anti-nuclear activists but strongly opposed by the United States and the other major nuclear powers. Once it enters into force all countries that have ratified it will be bound by those requirements. The United States had written to treaty signatories saying the Trump administration believes they made “a strategic error” and urging them to rescind their ratification. The U.S. letter, obtained by The Associated Press, said the five original nuclear powers — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France — and America’s NATO allies “stand unified in our opposition to the potential repercussions” of the treaty.
President Donald Trump assured supporters packed shoulder to shoulder at a trio of rallies Saturday that “we’re rounding the turn” on the coronavirus – despite spiking cases – and mocked challenger Joe Biden for raising alarms about the pandemic. Meanwhile, Biden bemoaned to a smaller gathering the need to campaign at a distance but said he understood the public health reasons behind it.
Academics, journalists and First Amendment lawyers are rallying behind New York University researchers in a showdown with Facebook over its demand that they halt the collection of data showing who is being micro-targeted by political ads on the world’s dominant social media platform. The researchers say the disputed tool is vital to understanding how Facebook has been used as a conduit for disinformation and manipulation.
Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked Saturday to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States. The state Agriculture Department had spent weeks searching, trapping and using dental floss to tie tracking devices to Asian giant hornets, which can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom but are the biggest threat to honeybees that farmers depend on to pollinate crops. The nest found in the city of Blaine near the Canadian border is about the size of a basketball and contained an estimated 100 to 200 hornets, according to scientists who announced the find Friday.
Myron Lizer has no qualms about it: As one of the top officials on the country’s largest Native American reservation, he’s a proud Donald Trump supporter. The Navajo Nation vice president says Native American values – hard work, family and ranching – align more with the GOP than with Democrats. Lizer is part of a vocal minority pushing the president’s agenda to voters long considered the Democratic Party’s constituency. But Native Americans may be more politically divided than assumed, though not evenly. As in rural America, jobs aren’t plentiful on many reservations and government oversight means economic development moves along at a snail’s pace. Trump has resonated among those voters, helping him cut into a Democratic constituency in some battleground states
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