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When I began Schwartzreport my purpose was to produce an entirely fact-based daily publication in favor of the earth, the inter-connectedness and interdependence of all life, democracy, equality for all, liberty, and things that are life-affirming. Also, to warn my readers about actions, events, and trends that threaten those values. Our country now stands at a crossroads, indeed, the world stands at a crossroads where those values are very much at risk and it is up to each of us who care about wellbeing to do what we can to defend those principles. I want to thank all of you who have contributed to SR, particularly those of you who have scheduled an ongoing monthly contribution. It makes a big difference and is much appreciated. It is one thing to put in the hours each day and to do the work for free, but another to have to cover the rising out-of-pocket costs. For those of you who haven’t done so, but read SR regularly, I ask that you consider supporting it. -- S Yes, I support SR Click on a Book Cover to Order The New England Journal, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the British Medical Journal constitute the leading medical journals in the world. To have the New England Journal come out against a president is unprecedented it has never before happened in over 200 years. I think, this editorial should be taken as a measure of the disgust and rejection of Donald Trump and his policies by the medical community of the United States. Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders have failed that test. They have taken a crisis and turned it into a tragedy.The magnitude of this failure is astonishing. According to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering,1the United States leads the world in Covid-19 cases and in deaths due to the disease, far exceeding the numbers in much larger countries, such as China. The death rate in this country is more than double that of Canada, exceeds that of Japan, a country with a vulnerable and elderly population, by a factor of almost 50, and even dwarfs the rates in lower-middle-income countries, such as Vietnam, by a factor of almost 2000. Covid-19 is an overwhelming challenge, and many factors contribute to its severity. But the one we can control is how we behave. And in the United States we have consistently behaved poorly. Amy Coney Barrett is so wrong as a Supreme Court nominee. Imagine the president nominating a Muslim Taliban cult member for the court. Does that seem inconceivable? Well, Barrett is the same thing, only a member of a christofascist cult, part of the movement that has taken over Christianity in the United States, as the Taliban took over Islam in Afghanistan. Knight After Night Art by Mr. Fish/ScheerpostThe Christian right is content to have the focus on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett revolve around her opposition to abortion and membership in People of Praise, a far-right Catholic cult that practices speaking in tongues. What it does not want examined is her abject subservience to corporate power, her hostility to workers, civil liberties, unions and environmental regulations. And since the Democratic Party is beholden to the same donor class as the Republican Party, and since the media long ago substituted the culture wars for politics, the most ominous threat Barrett s appointment to the court represents is going unmentioned.All fascist and totalitarian movements paper over their squalid belief systems with the veneer of morality. They mouth pieties about restoring law and order, right and wrong, the sanctity of life, civic and family virtues, patriotism and tradition to mask their dismantling of the open society and silencing and persecution of those who oppose them. This is the real game being played by Christian fascists, whosince the early 1970s have been building institutions with tens of millions in corporate donations to take power. Donald Trump, who has no ideology, has allowed the Read the Rest>> These two women scientists, to their great credit, the first two-woman team to ever win a Nobel Prize have opened a door, but to what is not clear. On the one hand, it could bring great wellness if made equally available to all as needed. On the other hand, a dark path could be taken. If only the uber-rich get control of it, it could result in the creation of a new species of human, Homo Superior. I have written about this in several papers (see SR archive). That would create a world with two kinds of humans, and that is a very dark path indeed. Emmanuelle Charpentier, left, and Jennifer Doudna may have made the most important biological advance since the discovery of the structure of DNA. Credit:Miguel Riopa/Agence France-Presse/GettyWhen Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a paperback titled “The Double Helix” on her bed.She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved. When she read it on a rainy Saturday, she discovered she was right, in a way. As she sped through the pages, she became enthralled by the intense drama, filled with colorful characters, about ambition and competition in the pursuit of nature’s wonders. Even though her high school counselor told her girls didn’t become scientists, she decided she would.She would help to make what the book’s author, James Watson, later told her was the most important biological advance since he and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA. She worked with a brilliant Parisian biologist named Emmanuelle Charpentier to turn a curiosity of nature into an invention that will transform the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as Crispr, it ushered in a brave new world of medical miracles Read the Rest>> This should be ringing alarms in every media. Trump s world has prospered mightily during his tenure, but the country, as a country, is in shambles. Jerome Powell Federal Reserve Chairman Credit: CNBC.comAs the United States continues its struggle with the pandemic-induced economic recession and a sputtering recovery, the country s burgeoning debt is not anyone s top concern these days.Even deficit hawks are urging a dysfunctional Washington and a chaotic White House to approve another round of badly needed stimulus to the tune of trillions. The US federal budget is on an unsustainable path, has been for some time, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said this week. But, Powell added, This is not the time to give priority to those concerns. However, when the country eventually pulls out of its current health and economic crises, Americans will be left with a debt hangover.On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that for fiscal year 2020, which ended September 30, the US deficit hit $3.13 trillion or 15.2% of GDP thanks to the chasm between what the country spent ($6.55 trillion) and what it took in ($3.42 trillion) for the year.As a share of the economy, the estimated 2020 deficit is more than triple what the annual deficit was in 2019. We won t know how the election will play out until it happens, but the signs of potential violence coming particularly from the Trumper base is very alarming. And it has certainly alarmed a large percentage of the American population. Credit: USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Bill Fry,61, is a supporter of President Donald Trump in rural Ohio who doesn t share much in common politically with Matt Edelman, 29, a Joe Biden backer in Brooklyn, New York.Except this: They both worry about the legitimacy of theupcoming presidential electionand fear an outcome that appears taintedcould heighten the nation s already frayed psyche and exacerbate violence in the streets.They re not alone.A new pollshows a large swath of Americans harbor deep reservations about the election results weeks before Election Day and are concerned about what actions people might resort to as a consequence.The YouGov poll of 1,999 registered votersfound that nearly half– 47%– disagree with the idea that the election is likely to be fair and honest. And that slightly more than half– 51%– won t generally agree on who is the legitimately elected president of the United States. The online poll was conducted Oct.1-2and has a margin of error of +/- 2.56 percentage points.Mass killers and violent militias have echoed President Donald Trump s rhetoric for years, but his stoking of dangerous conspiracy theories and tacit approval of extremists have resulted in countless threats of violence and looming civil war ahead of the election, according to a new report from the gun control advocacy group Everytown shared exclusively with Salon.The report linksthe National Rifle Association s (NRA) potentially radicalizing messaging to the gun rights fanaticsm driving themodern militia movement, which was further emboldened by Trump s conspiratorial rhetoric. The trend was on full display at the first presidential debate when Trump, who said there were fine people on both sidesof the deadly white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Va.,urged the violent extremist group the Proud Boys to stand back, and stand by when he was asked to condemn white supremacy. Trumpdenounced white supremacydays later, but not before his message wascelebrated by the far-rightandemblazoned onto the Proud Boys logo. Michael D. Shear, Katie Benner and Michael S. Schmidt, White House Correspondent - The New York Times Eventually, it all comes out, so let s go back to one of the most vile decisions of any administration in American history, the deliberate separation of young children, even nursing babies from their mothers and fathers. Jeff Sessions, remember Jeff Sessions, we now know was a fervent proponent. So was Rod J. Rosenstein, then Deputy Attorney General.  What we see is that Trump appointed people who were just as cruel, racist, and vicious as he himself. As attorney general, Jeff Sessions enforced a “zero tolerance” policy on immigration that separated children from their parents. Credit: Doug Mills/The New York TimesWASHINGTON — The five U.S. attorneys along the border with Mexico, including three appointed by President Trump, recoiled in May 2018 against an order to prosecute all undocumented immigrants even if it meant separating children from their parents. They told top Justice Department officials they were “deeply concerned” about the children’s welfare.But the attorney general at the time, Jeff Sessions, made it clear what Mr. Trump wanted on a conference call later that afternoon, according to a two-year inquiry by the Justice Department’s inspector general into Mr. Trump’s “zero tolerance” family separation policy.“We need to take away children,” Mr. Sessions told the prosecutors, according to participants’ notes. One added in shorthand: “If care about kids, don’t bring them in. Won’t give amnesty to people with kids.”Rod J. Rosenstein, then the deputy attorney general, went even further in a second call about a week later, telling the five prosecutors that it did not matter how young the children were. He said that government lawyers should not have refused to prosecute two cases simply because Read the Rest>> Emma Brown, Jon Swaine and Michelle Boorstein, - The Washington Post I don t think which religion a person affiliates with should be a factor in public service, but I do think that being a member of a bizarre cult, with bizarre beliefs should be. Read this report and reach your own conclusion. Amy Coney Barrett, Handmaid in a Christian cult, and Trump nominee for the Supreme CourtWhile Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has faced questions about how her Catholic faith might influence her jurisprudence, she has not spoken publicly about her involvement in People of Praise, a small Christian group founded in the 1970s and based in South Bend, Ind.Barrett,a federal appellate judge, has disclosed serving on the board of a network of private Christian schools affiliated with the group. The organization, however, has declined to confirm that she is a member. In recent years,it removed from its website editions of a People of Praise magazine — first those that included her name and photograph and then all archives of the magazine itself.Barrett has had an active role in the organization, as have her parents, according to documents and interviews that help fill out a picture of her involvement with a group that keeps its teachings and gatherings private.A 2010 People of Praise directory states that she held the title of “handmaid,” a leadership position for women in the community, according toa directoryexcerpt obtained by The Washington Post.

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