Breaking. . . MORE GREAT NEWS IN THE MIDDLE EAST . . . President DONALD TRUMP announced that he had met with HAMAD BIN ISA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA, the king of Bahrain, and Israeli Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, and they “agreed to identify diplomatic relations between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain. “»
– BAHREN LEADERS will register for UAE and ISRAEL leaders in Washington on Tuesday, where they will participate in a signing ceremony.
CNN’s VIVIAN SALAMA (@vmsalama): “It is vital to note that Bahrain is necessarily an extension of Saudi Arabia (they are physically connected via a road, but the monarchy of Bahrain is also heavily dependent on Riyadh). This may that it simply would not have happened without Saudi Arabia’s blessing. But also . . . We won’t have to know that Bahrain was the site of a primary uprising during the Arab Spring, which saw brutal repression across Saudi Arabia. It is only 60 minutes away. km from Iran and with its Shiite primary under the Sunni government, sees major merit in this anti-Iranian solidarity effort negotiated through the United States.
. . . AND NOW, THEY ARE PAUSED: The STANDARD POLICY we are experiencing has necessarily been interrupted by the day, as we started the twentieth year since the 9/11 attacks.
JOE BIDEN explicitly stated this morning at New Castle Airport in Delaware that he would cross or make some news, according to pooler CHRIS CADELAGO.
TRUMP this morning in Shanksville, Pennsylvania: “The heroes of Flight 93 are an eternal reminder that regardless of danger, threat, chances, America will rise, resist, and fight. Our sacred task, our righteous Our duty, and our solemn commitment is to promote the noble legacy of the brave souls who gave their lives for us 19 years ago.
IDBEN and Vice President MIKE PENCE met at Ground Zero and exchanged jokes and elbows. Biden also comforted an “old lady in a wheelchair” holding a picture of her son, whom he said Biden had died at the age of 43. image and tested it, reflecting on the loss of his own son, Beau. “It’s never going to go away, ” said Biden, She repeated her words. Todd Heisler’s amazing photo of The NYT of Biden and Pence
IF YOU READ ONE THING . . . DAVID MARANISS in Washington Post A1 newspaper, Sunday September 16, 2001: “September 11, 2001; Steve Miller ate a muffin, Sheila Moody did the paperwork, Edmund Glazer boarded a plane: portrait of a day that regimen and ended up in ashes “
WHAT NEW YORK LISE – “The Trump administration has secretly retained millions of dollars from FDNY’s September 11 fitness program,” through Michael McAuliff of the NY Daily News: “The Trump administration has secretly embezzled nearly $4 million from a program that follows and treats FDNY firefighters and doctors suffering from diseases related to September 11. . . The Treasury Department mysteriously began withholding some of the bills nearly 4 years ago to cover the medical expenses of firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics treated through the FDNY The World Trade Center fitness program reveals documents received through The News.
“[Program Director David] Prezant has never been able to get an explanation. . . After years of complaints, Prezant was given a partial reaction when Long Island Republican Pete King put his political influence on the investigation. This reaction was that some other firm in The City was in an unrelated dispute with the federal government over Medicare bills. For some reason, the Treasury made the decision to harden the FDNY. Neither the Treasury Department nor the White House responded to requests for comment.
HAPPENING TODAY – “A soldier will get the Medal of Honor after helping save 70 captives from execution through Islamic State,” via Alex Horton of WaPo: “The elite team of US Army infantrymen. But it’s not the first time He had already freed dozens of captives at the Islamic State Complex, in case of emergency, a plea cracked on the radio: the team near the roof of a burning building hit the enemy from several sides.
“First Sergeant Thomas P. Payne looked through his night vision lenses in the hours leading up to October 22, 2015, halfway through a bold prisoner rescue in northern Iraq. A fellow soldier had already been shot. “Let’s move on to battle,” he told another soldier before climbing a ladder to triumph on the roof, then throwing grenades and shooting through the holes below. Then came here the staccato breaking explosive suicide vests, shaking the foundations of the building. .
“The next step, Understood Payne and the team, is to enter the building, where dozens of other prisoners are still trapped. The award will make 36-year-old Payne the first winner in the fight opposing the Islamic State. and the first living Delta Force receiver since the creation of the counterterrorism unit in the last 1970s. The army said the project is one of the largest rescue operations in history.
Good Friday afternoon.
Newly published: “Peter Thiel Met the Racist Strip As It Sank for Trump,” via BuzzFeed’s Rosie Gray and Ryan Mac
SCOOP – “ICE sent detainees to Virginia so the planes could send agents to the DC protests. A massive outbreak of coronavirus followed,” through WaPo’s Antonio Olivo and Nick Miroff: “Trump’s management sent detained immigrants to Virginia this summer to facilitate the immediate deployment of tactical National Security groups to quell protests in Washington, avoiding restrictions on the use of charter flights for workers’ travel, according to an existing and former U. S. official.
“After the transfer, dozens of newcomers tested positive for the new coronavirus, prompting an outbreak in Farmville, Virginia, an immigration criminal who ignited more than three hundred inmates, one of whom died.
ACÉRATE – “‘We’re going to shoot them very fast’: Trump threatens to quell the insurrections of election night,” via Quint Forgey: “The president’s comments came here in an interview with Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, which aired Saturday, in which he asked how he would react to insurrection incidents if he declared a winner on November 3.
“We will knock them down very temporarily if they do. We have the right to do that. We have the strength to do it, if necessary,” Trump said. “Look, it’s called an insurgency,” he added. We only ship and do it very easily, that is, it is very easy. I’d rather not because there’s no reason, but if we did, we’d do it and mitigate it in a few minutes. “Political
DEPT. DE VERY NEW – “911 dispatchers have criticized calls about false statements about forest fires not backed by QA”, through CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan: “Police departments described 911 dispatchers being filled with calls about a fake online rumor that ‘Members of Antifa had been arrested for lighting fire, a claim promoted through the conspiracy theories of QAnon’s unmarked account.
“The incident highlights how online conspiracy theories, a sustained crusade on the right to create greater concern in anti-phase teams, and the amplification of false statements through QAnon fans have genuine consequences. CNN Company
– NBC’s BEN COLLINS (@oneunderscore_), which selects this pace: “No one adequately assesses how temporarily QAnon (and Q under other names) has taken over white women in the suburbs and countryside. It’s everywhere . . . I, too, am suffering mentally and emotionally with the number of other people who have come to anything that is stupid and dangerous, but pretend that this does not happen and that we are bigger than not a crisis that happens in a text message from the moms’ organization close to you. “
TIME’S CHARLOTTE ALTER in Kenosha, Wisconsin: “How conspiracy theories are shaping the 2020 election and shaking the foundations of American democracy”
CHOOSE YOUR NEW . . . NBC: “Democrats are concerned about Trump’s persistent merit about Biden over the economy. ” Array. WAPO: “Trump’s advantage over Biden in the economy seems vulnerable, a turning point”
REALITY RESIFICATION – “Donald Trump is unlikely to run out of money for the crusade, according to election data,” via Dave Levinthal of Business Insider: “Sorry, Biden’s supporters. President Donald Trump has no shortage of money for the crusade. The re-election effort remains at the same point as 53 days before Election Day, especially as it was 4 years ago . . .
“[N], either crusade is threatened with running out of money, no matter how competitive their spending in the last hour, they have declared Democrats and Republicans prominent in interviews this week.
ANOTHER WOODWARD ANECDOTE, through FOX NEWS’ HOWARD KURTZ: “The president’s opinion of the press is reflected in a verbal exchange [in ‘Rage’] about another book, ‘A Very Stable Genius’, through Washington Post hounds Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig. Trump disputed an anecdote and said “everything is invented. “Woodward said they were simply resourced hounds and that it was “an intelligent religious effort. “
“Trump has retired 70% of his composition. ” Woodward said the hounds made mistakes but made smart religious efforts. “Well,” Trump joked, “I have Russia and Sean Hannity with me. ” Fox News
MEDIAWATCH – “Leaked documents show that Russian trolls attempted to infiltrate left-wing media,” through Adam Rawnsley and Max Tani of the Daily Beast: “Records of private discussions and emails from Russian trolls, reviewed through The Daily Beast, show that they tried to get their American participants to write for Jacobin, a primary socialist medium; Truthout, a left-wing nonprofit news site; and tried to buy their position in the long-standing liberal media in These Times.
“None of the media showed interest in Russian content or its murky advertising offers. But knowledge of “PeaceData,” a frontage of an editorial operation connected to the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency and developed through American freelancers, demonstrates how ecumenical Russians take to pollute the data ecosystem.
THE ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN PAZ: “The forgetfulness of Latino voters: what is at stake has never been so high for millions of Latinos devastated by the pandemic and economic crisis. That doesn’t mean they’re going to vote. “
THE NEW FROID WAR – “Trump’s First TikTok Movement: A Chinese Obstacle of His Own Creation”, via Meridith McGraw: “Trump has retreated to a corner. His moves against TikTok are part of a larger push against China, he made a centerpiece of his Array re-election crusade . . . But each and every time he chose to face China, in trade, the 5G generation or Hong Kong, it ended at a critical moment where he has you find your way out of a traffic jam.
“This time, Trump’s exit is unclear. If China delays the sale of TikTok, or completely cancels the deal, Trump will be forced to give in to Beijing or completely ban the application of viral video on U. S. soil. If Trump blinks, it would possibly appear to be delivered to Beijing weeks before the election. If Trump goes ahead with his threats, he risks Chinese retaliation that opposes the American business community, not to mention the anger of millions of Americans in love with TikTok. Deadline is approaching: Trump has called for an agreement to be reached during the week of September 20.
VACCINE UPDATE – “China is injecting thousands of experimental vaccines opposed to Covid-19,” through WSJ’s Chao Deng: “China National Biotec Group Co. , a subsidiary of state-owned Sinopharm, has given two experimental candidate vaccines to thousands of others on emergency use status approved through Beijing in July, the company said this week. In addition, Chinese drug manufacturer Sinovac Biotech Ltd. reported that it left approximately 3,000 of its workers and members of the family circle, adding that CEO of the company, with its experimental coronavirus vaccine.
– NYT: “From Asia to Africa, China is selling its vaccines to make friends,” through Sui-Lee Wee: “Philippines will have a quick to a Chinese coronavirus vaccine. Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will get $1 billion in loans to purchase the drug. Bangladesh will get more than 100,000 single doses from a Chinese company.
“It doesn’t matter that China is probably still months away from mass production of a vaccine that is for the public. The country is using the prospect of drug discovery in a charming offensive aimed at repairing broken ties and bringing friends closer to spaces than China. “considered important to their interests. ” Nyt
WAR REPORT – “Attacks on U. S. troops in Iraq have increased,” said U. S. Commander, via NBC’s COURTney Kube: “More than 8 months after a barrage of rockets killed a U. S. contractor and wounded 4 U. S. service members in Kirkuk, Iraq, in defense forces teams continue to target U. S. army bases in that country , and the frequency of such attacks has increased”.
ANOTHER ENQUETA – “House Democrats are investigating a $250 million courier contract opposed to the coronavirus,” through Daniel Lippman and Dan Diamond: “The camera’s most sensitive Democrats have launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s award of a $250 million communications contract to help. “depression and motivate hope “about the pandemicArray coronavirus while wondering the political motivations of the taxpayer-funded message campaign. Lawmakers are also asking management to suspend the contract while under investigation. “Political. . . The letter
RECKONING RACIAL – “The restriction device involved in daniel Prude’s death has a debatable story,” through Shan Li of the WSJ: prosecutions opposed to death since 2010 as advocates of adjustments in criminal justice and academics have called for increasing regulation of the use of the device through law enforcement. . .
“Although little known to the public, anti-brooch caps have been used for decades by police, criminal guards and doctors to prevent one from biting or spitting. Its goal is to prevent injury and the spread of diseases . . . Some scholars examining the police say that hoods can be deceptively undeniable to wear, however, without the proper education of those who apply them, others placed on them may suffocate or drown in their own vomit while wearing hoods.
– NYT: “Black police chiefs, feel pressured, face complaints everywhere,” via John Eligon: “Some black leaders have had negative interactions with police officers when they were not uniformed, and alleviate tensions between angry black citizens with police and officials moving away from the concept of fueling racial prejudice.
“Leaders are praised for seeking to replace the system, but also eliminated as traitors through some of the blue ones and in the communities from which they come. Some leaders knelt down with the protesters, but they also monitored officials who deployed tear-fuel demonstrations. “. Nyt
READ MUCK . . . REUTERS: “Big pharmaceutical companies are waging a poaching war against the drug-keeper dog,” through Caroline Humer: “While this spring has increased evidence that re-drug drugs are helping PATIENTS with COVID-19, some Wall Street investors have opted for analysts’ estimates that their manufacturer , Gilead Sciences Inc. , may qualify up to $10,000 for a remedy. Second, a small but increasingly influential organization of studies on the value of drugs, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), said the Remedy only guaranteed a value between $2800 and $5,000. Soon after, Gilead announced that he would be worth approximately $3,100 for a five-day remedy and $5,700 for 10 days, as recommended by ICER.
“The episode illustrates the developing strength of the Boston-based nonprofit to involve drug charges in the United States. For more than five years, ICER has pressured drug brands to reduce the cost of nearly a hundred drugs. similar role with new COVID-19 remedies and vaccines. Health insurers are increasingly looking at ICER’s fair prices to restrict access to expensive medicines or to negotiate larger discounts with drug brands.
VALLEY TALK – “Facebook calls move to slow down EU-USData transfer,” via Sam Schechner of the WSJ: “Facebook Inc. it is a pleasant initial order from the Irish privacy regulator to suspend its knowledge transfers from Europe to the United States, announcing its position in a case with broad implications for global generation companies. »
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK – The American Enterprise Institute welcomes seven new researchers: Scott Winship, who was recently Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee in Congress; Elaine McCusker, former Defense Department warker; William Greenwalt; Amitabh Chandra; Steven Kamin; Philip Wallach; and Kevin Kosar.
ADDITIONAL ANNIVERSARY: Barbara Starr, CNN correspondent at the Pentagon
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