Spineless ND Guv Sacrifices 3rd Health Czar as COVID Surges

By Michael Daly

Gov. Doug Burgum rescinded an expanded quarantine order almost immediately after a Trumpish backlash—and he lost his third health director in four months in the process.

By Matt Wilstein

On this week’s episode of “The Last Laugh” podcast, stand-up comedian Michelle Buteau talks about her explosive new Netflix special “Welcome to Buteaupia.”

By Hanna Trudo, Asawin Suebsaeng

“Biden’s superpower right now is not to fact-check Trump,” a former adviser to Clinton’s 2016 campaign said. His “superpower,” the former adviser said, is to be “the contrast.”

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By Anna Nemtsova

The foreign minister of a disputed region on the Armenia Azerbaijan border says his comrades in Armenia may have to call on Putin to facedown the Turkish-backed forces.

By The Daily Beast

A John Hopkins professor explains the “Pillars of Democracy” that Trump is eroding and Rick and Molly get honest about Mitch McConnell’s SCOTUS hypocrisy.

By The Conversation

It turns out that proteins on the surface of the virus bind to another protein that pain researchers have been studying.

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By Matt Lewis

Donald Trump has invested a lot in the idea that Biden is a senile idiot. If Joe shows Tuesday night he’s not that, it’s a win.

By Jamie Ross, Asawin Suebsaeng

Each host panicked in their own unique way as the former New York City mayor rambled on the show ahead of Tuesday night’s debate.

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TIT-FOR-TAT

In a tit-for-tat argument, Biden’s team claimed the Trump campaign asked debate moderator Chris Wallace not to mention the 200,000 dead Americans.

 NOT HOW SCIENCE WORKS

One of Mike Pence’s staff members has said she regretted being “complicit” in the effort to subvert coronavirus protections and left the White House in August.

 SNEAKY, SNEAKY

The Wool Piper sneakers feature a fully-laced upper made from Merino wool.

 IT’S GETTING HOT

Spolier: Joe Biden paid more than $750 in federal income tax last year.

 ‘INCOMPLETE INFORMATION’

In a rare public statement, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller said he stood by his decisions.

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