Friday, October 16, 2020

10-16: Trump: "California is going to hell. Vote Trump!"

Christian College Faculty Aren't Lining Up for Trump 
Reflecting new polling that indicates college-educated white evangelicals are moving away from supporting Trump, many on Christian campuses are struggling to back him. 
—Inside Higher Ed 
     …But while recent polls show Trump continues to hold a wide lead over Democrat Joe Biden among religious voters, a bad sign for the president is that some of his support is slipping, including among white evangelicals who, like the faculty at Christian colleges, have a college education. 
     At the nation’s Christian colleges, a number of professors described in interviews this week their struggle to reconcile their support for a president moving toward ending abortion with their discomfort, and even spiritual revulsion, over him.

Tech mogul Palmer Luckey slated to host event at his Newport Beach home, as latest fundraising numbers show Trump falling behind Joe Biden. 
—OC Reg 

The prime-time network events replaced the canceled second scheduled presidential debate and reflected jarring differences between the candidates. 
—WashPo 

The network was criticized for accommodating Trump after he rejected a debate. But then the “Today” host started asking him questions. 
—WashPo 

Trump administration blocks California wildfire relief -- The Trump administration has rejected California’s request for disaster relief funds aimed at cleaning up the damage from six recent fires across the state, including Los Angeles County’s Bobcat fire, San Bernardino County’s El Dorado fire, and the Creek fire, one of the largest that continues to burn in Fresno and Madera counties. Andrew J. Campa in the Los Angeles Times$ Dustin Gardiner in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/16/20 

Norma Shearer (1902-1983)
Trump’s immigration changes will affect California long after he’s gone -- It was a Monday morning in Washington less than three weeks from the November presidential election, and with the first day of Senate hearings for his Supreme Court pick and more than 210,000 Americans having died from COVID-19, President Trump tweeted: “California is going to hell. Vote Trump!” Molly O’Toole in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/15/20 

Schools shouldn’t reopen without adequate safeguards, California voters say -- Most California voters want schools to require safeguards like face masks, proper ventilation and social distancing in classrooms, and Covid-19 testing and tracing before schools return for in-person instruction, according to poll released Thursday by the California Teachers Association. Diana Lambert EdSource -- 10/16/20 

President Trump’s town hall turns contentious; Joe Biden focuses on policy -- As President Trump angrily refused to disavow the QAnon conspiracy theory or accept responsibility for the surge of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., Joe Biden laid out his policy plans in a more muted style on a separate stage. Evan Halper, Eli Stokols, Melanie Mason, Brittny Mejia in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/16/20 

White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump -- U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, according to four former officials familiar with the matter. Shane Harris, Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller and Josh Dawsey in the Washington Post$ -- 10/16/20 

—NYT 

—NYT 

—CHE 

On the cravenness and cowardice of the corporate university. 
—CHE

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