Pfizer doses finding ready arms across the country with news of more vaccines to come. These shots of hope lifting Americans amidst grim statistics. 306 electors say yes, and the President-elect is tired of attempts to get election results reversed. Also, Bill Barr is out, and the snow is coming in.
The FDA gives Pfizer a green light, but how quickly can those vaccines go to everyone who needs them? State Electors making President-elect Biden official today, even if not everyone agrees. Dissenting protests get violent over the weekend. Also, Russian hackers, bad governors, and a name change in Cleveland. Plus, Media Monday recommendations to watch (and to skip).
A committee of experts tells the FDA: yes! Pfizer on its way to FDA approval, and we need it. Fighting around the President’s bid to reverse the election heating up. Who’s supporting the President and who’s calling these moves an assault on our democracy? Lame duck executions, more Arab-Israeli ties, and some Taylor Swift to cheer you up for your weekend. Also, some Friday Fun Facts about Gretchen.
The first hearing for the FDA as it reviews the first COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook facing the music, and it sounds like a full choir of lawsuits. A headline I’ve definitely said before but here it goes again ...the President-elect building out his Cabinet as the current President continues to fight election results saying he won. And cookies, dreidels and TIME magazine’s Person of the Year.
COVID numbers still going up. So, can hospitals handle the pressure? Help is on the way, but vaccination distribution is still a difficult knot to untangle. The President-elect has some ideas, though, and he’s gearing up for his first 100 days. Also, the Supreme Court unanimously says no to the Trump legal team, a big defense bill, and companies thriving during COVID. Plus, our Woman of the Week, radio host and entrepreneur Angela Yee!
The United Kingdom is the first to start vaccinating against COVID-19, while COVID numbers here in the US continue to break records. Have election results finally hit their "safe harbor," or will the Trump legal battles continue? The President-elect sizing up his placement choices in the Pentagon, while Congress gives itself a week-long extension. Also, keep practicing your TikTok dances and grab your boombox.
President Trump’s number one lawyer sidelined and hospitalized with COVID-19. He’s part of those still-skyrocketing COVID numbers, while hospital beds filling up all across the country. Can state lockdowns stop the spread while we wait for the vaccine? Senate runoff debates -- were they peachy down in the Peach State, as all eyes are on Georgia. The President-elect keeps nailing that Cabinet together, and Bob Dylan saying Lay Lady Lay that money on the table.
Covid numbers skyrocketing! With mandatory stay at home orders and talk of mandated masks for 100 days. President-elect Biden and VP-elect Harris give an extensive interview covering everything from whether they think President Trump will show up at the Inauguration to the official decision on what to call Harris’ husband. The Director of National Intelligence gives a dire prediction about who he believes America’s greatest threat is -- China or Russia? And the monolith mystery now comes in threes?
Conspiracy theory consequences, another Covid high point that’s actually a big low-point for Americans. Some high-profile peeps ready to promote the vaccine by taking it LIVE on TV when it arrives. If that doesn’t stimulate you… maybe a new stimulus package will. Also, is the make-up of Biden’s Cabinet diverse enough? Sweatpants forever and cats on planes.
Coronavirus putting more Americans in the hospital, but we’re making gains on getting Americans the shots in the arm needed to get us back on our feet. The President and attorney general Bill Barr, no longer best buds. Potential preemptive pardons from the President for his family members? And a plea to him to stop rhetoric that could lead to violence. Also, a tech merger and some Oscar news. And, don’t miss today’s Woman of the Week interview: March of Dimes President/CEO Stacey D. Stewart.
