9-19: Power politics of the bare-knuckled kind

✅What pandemic rebound? Only 27% of Southern California’s lost jobs replaced 

—OC Reg 

     Local bosses added 315,100 jobs since a 1.19 million drop in March and April 

✅Pandemic timeline in Southern California: Here’s how it all happened 

—OC Reg 

     Looking back at key moments in the coronavirus pandemic so far shows the ups and downs of cases, closings and reopenings, and scientific breakthroughs. 

✅California job growth is sluggish — and experts say it may get worse -- California’s job market improved slightly in August, but the state has regained just a third of the jobs it lost since the COVID-19 pandemic forced thousands of businesses to close. Margot Roosevelt in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/19/20 

✅COVID testing of teachers, staff hotly debated as California schools reopen -- As schools throughout California tiptoe toward reopening, decisions about whether to routinely test teachers, staff and even students for the COVID-19 virus are proving controversial – and potentially costly. Barbara Feder Ostrov CalMatters -- 9/19/20 

✅Ruth Bader Ginsburg tributes from Obama, Clinton: ‘There will never be another like her’ -- As news of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spread Friday, she was remembered as a champion for gender equality by the worlds of politics, business, entertainment and beyond — a spectrum of voices that included former President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Barbra Streisand, Lena Waithe, Tim Cook, Meghan McCain, Jennifer Lopez and Tracee Ellis Ross. Tracy Brown in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/19/20 

✅McConnell vows Senate will hold vote on Ginsburg’s replacement -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed Friday that President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court will be put to the Senate floor for a vote, setting off a titanic political clash over the future of the high court and plunging the Senate into a crisis less than 45 days before the voters head to the polls to pick the next president. Andrew Desiderio, John Bresnahan, Kyle Cheney and Marianne Levine Politico -- 9/19/20 

✅Ruth Bader Ginsburg Live Updates: As Nation Mourns, Trump Pushes to Fill Vacancy ‘Without Delay’ 

—NYT 

     Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, has signaled that he would backtrack from his vow in 2016 that Supreme Court vacancies should not be filled during a presidential election year and would indeed be willing to move a nominee before the election. Mr. Trump, who rolled out a list of possible Supreme Court picks last week, seized the political initiative early Saturday, issuing a thinly veiled warning to any Republicans thinking about delaying a vote until after the election. 

✅Trump’s appointees sought to censor what government scientists said about coronavirus, emails show 

—WashPo 

     Their emails showed how they hectored government scientists even as the virus raged out of control. 

✅Princeton Acknowledged ‘Embedded’ Racism. The Education Dept. Says That’s Grounds for an Investigation. 

—CHE

✅UC Irvine ranked among nation’s top-10 public universities 

—LA Times