By Steve Rhodes
“More people are currently hospitalized in the United States with Covid-19 than ever before, according to the Covid Tracking Project,” CNN reports.
“Illinois’ skyrocketing COVID-19 resurgence showed no signs of letting up Tuesday as public health officials announced another record-breaking total of 12,623 probable and confirmed cases of the virus statewide,” the Sun-Times reports.
“Proclaiming Springfield ‘unsafe for session,’ Illinois legislative leaders on Tuesday canceled the fall veto session amid concerns about convening hundreds of lawmakers and staff in the capital city as the coronavirus again surges across the state,” the Tribune reports.
It didn’t have to be this way.
And yet, Donald Trump actually grew his vote.
“People have had four years now to find out just how truly terrible Mr. Trump is,” Margaret Renkl writes for the New York Times.
“How indifferent he is to the norms of civil discourse and to the responsibilities of democracy itself. How transparently racist he is, how divisive, how selfish. We know he’s a chronic liar who, when caught out, simply doubles down on the lie. We know that he is using the levers of government to enrich himself. We know he delights in and urges on the most violent impulses of his most dangerous followers. We know he has let 237,000 Americans die on his watch and still has no plan for saving the rest of us.
“The numbers as of Sunday revealed that more than 71 million people voted for him anyway – eight million more than voted for him in 2016.
It’s been said before – the absolute exasperation, the inability to understand, the wonder of it all. And yet, it remains unfathomable.
*
7 people in my family now have covid. All it took was one person hanging out with their friends at a lake.
— Asma Nizami (@asmaresists) November 10, 2020
–
New on the Beachwood today . . .
Pie Wins
Brilliant post-election analysis.
*
Nick Silver Checks His Work
Our guy was right.
–
ChicagoReddit
–
ChicagoGram
–
ChicagoTube
New Chicago Vintage Toy Store Full Of Rare Boxed ’70s, ’80s, ’90s Treasures
–
BeachBook
How A Communist Physics Teacher Flattened The COVID-19 Curve In Southern India.
*
The Bob Ross Experience Opens In Indiana.
–
TweetWood
A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.
L.A. Times and Tribune agree to settle pay-disparity lawsuit for $3 million https://t.co/zeOxbch6S1
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) November 10, 2020
*
When Centrists Lose, Corporate Media Blame the Left – https://t.co/MxAgCvcQLV
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) November 10, 2020
*
Lean in to what you are. pic.twitter.com/wyiOr7dpdY
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) November 10, 2020
–
The Beachwood McPlant Line: McPhone it in.
Posted on November 10, 2020