DBON - Saturday, September 12, 2020

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September 11, Joe Biden and President Trump separately traveled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to the Flight 93 National Memorial to pay their respects. Both men put aside their political battle for the solemn day. 

Detailed genetic analysis of the strains of virus that cause COVID-19 suggest that the outbreak took hold in Washington state as early as January, but went undetected for weeks, according to two studies published in the journal “Science.” 

Coronavirus outbreaks are expected to overlap with the seasonal flue and common cold this fall and winter. Here is how to tell the difference: in general, COVID patients start their symptoms with a fever, followed by a cough. For the common flu, it is the opposite. 

Authorities in southern Oregon charged a 41-year-old man named Michael Jarrod Bakkela with starting part of one of Oregon’s most destructive fires. He lit a smaller fire just as the larger blaze was moving toward the small town of Phoenix under evacuation. 

False rumors are spreading around that Antifa groups are starting fires in Portland in order to create panic and allow for looting of homes, causing paranoid residents to ignore evacuation requests and remain in their homes. 

Collectively among the coastal states affected by fires, 17 are confirmed dead, dozens are missing, and 5 million acres have burned. 

A repeals court in Florida voted to backtracks a previous 2018 federal judges’ ruling that restored Floria ex-felons the right to vote, despite having outstanding penalties and court fees. This repeal comes just before a very important election in November. 

The air quality in Seattle and San Francisco is so polluted from the coastal fires, cities are opening up emergency weather relief centers for homeless people to find respite. 

Nine St. Louis “Black Lives Matter” protesters from the headline McCloskey confrontation back on June 28, have been cited with trespassing, though local offices say charges may not be filed. The McCloskey couple who branded their guns at protesters in the street in front of their gated community house have been charged with a felony for unlawful use of a weapon since the headline incident. 

The European Union and Washington’s Nancy Pelosi put pressure on the United Kingdom to rewrite a new Brexit “Internal Market Bill” that would change parts of a divorce agreement previously agreed on. Pelosi warns the U.K. to not break with the 1998 Good Friday Agreement or else there will be no U.S.-U.K. trade deal in return. 

Nora Damehy, a top prosecutor in the FBI Russia Probe, resigned from the Justice Department with no explanation, though speculation in the media is that pressure from Attorney General William Barr on the investigation’s reveal might be the reason. 

The country of Bahrain became the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize relations with Israel, as part of a diplomatic push by President Trump and his administration. 

Sources: 

GeekWire.com 

BusinessInsider.com 

NewYorkTimes.com 

FoxNews.com 

CNN.com 

APNews.com (Associated Press) 

Bloomberg.com 

Bloomberg Quicktakes: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGaHpGZJevI 

Music Used for Intro and Ending:  

“Glimpse Horizon, Piano w/Cello” - by Ian Calkins 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K2xN5-_38Q