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Happy Monday, sorry for the break in transmission on Friday. Kitchen is a disaster. There was a slow leak under the dishwasher that didn’t make itself known until water started to bubble up under a rug in the adjacent room. The water never appeared in the kitchen, but it was there long enough to destroy the subfloors and some of the walls near it. So, there’s that. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.You can support the newsletter that you’re reading right now using PayPal, Venmo, CashApp, or purchase a subscription on Substack.Don’t forget to join us in the Stranger Slack for access to source documents and a running feed of news throughout the day. (this link was broken for awhile and has now been fixed)TOP NEWS
Facebook’s CEO Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok “Mark Zuckerberg emphasized that Chinese internet companies posed a threat as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook.”
New Covid-19 Cases in U.S. Fall to Lowest Level in More Than Two Months “The number of new coronavirus infections in the U.S. fell to 34,567 on Sunday, reaching its lowest level in more than two months and notching a ninth straight day with fewer than 50,000 new cases.”
FDA Authorizes Convalescent Plasma for Covid-19 Use “The emergency-use authorization comes after preliminary studies supported the benefits of the antibody-rich plasma taken from recovered Covid-19 patients.”
Storms Projected to Hit Gulf Coast in ‘One-Two Punch’ “Tropical Storms Marco and Laura are projected to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast this week, as coronavirus-hit states prepare for the threat of back-to-back storms.”
Millions fall back into crisis as stimulus and safety nets disappear “Without federal aid, households on the margins are being pushed to the brink of financial ruin.”
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: Billionaire Boys ClubIn 1980s Los Angeles, a group of prep school boys got together to make investments together, get rich quick, and live large. But headed by a handsome and charismatic leader named Joe Hunt, the members of the self-proclaimed “Billionaire Boys Club” get sucked deeper into twisted schemes of kidnapping, torture, and revenge. The boys must stick together, or risk prison - or worse.From the makers of The Wonderland Murders, Young Charlie, and The Dating Game Killer, this six-part series is co-hosted by Tracy Pattin and Emmy-nominated actor Timothy Olyphant.
Luka Doncic and the Bubble Buzzer Beater Heard ‘Round the World
THE COMMENT
“ The country has already waited too long. A wide consensus among economists and business leaders recognizes that the U.S. government not only can afford to extend additional large-scale aid but cannot afford not to — unless our national leaders are prepared to see the incipient recovery wither, and to consign possibly millions of workers to long-term joblessness. Yet Republicans and Democrats are far apart on how much money to provide. The Republican Senate put forth a $1.1 trillion proposal, after the Democratic House offered a $3.4 trillion plan. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) have said, as Ms. Pelosi repeated Aug. 13, “We’ll come down $1 trillion if you go up $1 trillion.” Yet Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said $2 trillion is too high.” - Washington Post Editorial Board
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