maeve harris @maeve@girlcock.club

#Trump campaign files an appeal of the rejection of its motion to halt certification of #Pennsylvania election results, which the lower court judge found to be meritless and without evidence. Running out the clock, I suspect, they can't expect to win https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/527096-trump-campaign-appeals-dismissal-of-pennsylvania-election-challenge

#Tennessee man, now aged 94, who served as a guard at a #Nazi concentration camp, but lived undetected in the US 60 years will be deported to #Germany for trial https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8975329/Tennessee-man-94-served-SS-guard-Nazi-concentration-camp-deported.html

#Philippines president #Duterte ends the ban on #healthcare workers travelling to take jobs overseas (although limiting the number to 5000). In my experience, Philippines nurses are critical to patient care in the US. https://de.reuters.com/article/instant-article/idUSKBN28105Q

Studies by multiple #healthcare organizations find that hospitals charge patients as much as 1800% (i.e. 18 times as much) as the actual cost. Nurses union says this points to the need for single payer health care https://www.salon.com/2020/11/22/top-hospitals-charging-patients-up-to-1800-more-for-services-than-they-actually-cost-study/

The #Trump campaign has thrown QAnon obsessed attorney Sidney Powell under the bus, which some (@joshtpm [Josh Marshall] for one attribute to the fear that she would adversely impact the Jan 5 run off in Georgia https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-11-22/trump-campaign-says-sidney-powell-not-a-member-of-legal-team

US couple fined $35k by a US Federal Court in #Arizona for downloading movies from torrent site YTS (yts.mx) https://fossbytes.com/us-couple-fined-35000-downloading-pirated-movies-yts/

Apparently doting #UK comedy legend causes significant backlash for his #transphobic tweets in support of her who is not to be named https://variety.com/2020/film/news/john-cleese-transphobic-tweets-jk-rowling-1234837693/

#Trump says "Republicans would never win again if it was easier to vote" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/30/trump-republican-party-voting-reform-coronavirus

Massive rollback in voting rights feared as a result of the #SCOTUS' 'breathtakingly radical' new approach to election law. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/22/supreme-court-election-law-voting-rights-438844

#Trump loses again: Federal Judge dismisses a suit seeking to invalidate millions of #Pennsylvania mail-in votes. I've lost count of the number of cases tossed out https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/21/politics/federal-judge-dismisses-trump-pennsylvania-lawsuit/index.html

District Judge in #Nevada denies a request by a right wing group to halt the state from certifying the election result. The Judge pointed out such a measure would disenfranchise 1 million voters https://in.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-nevada/judge-denies-bid-to-halt-nevada-from-certifying-election-results-idUSKBN2802XH

#Thailand's Central Bank (Bank of Thailand) is implementing measures to curtail the surging value of the #THB, which is having serious negative impacts on its economy (especially the export sector). https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2022983/central-bank-moves-to-curtail-bahts-rise

Proposed drastic cuts to #Medicare payments in the midst of a pandemic would reduce them to the rate they were 30 years ago. https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/526982-drastic-cuts-proposed-to-medicare-would-hurt-health-care-quality

A group of #Georgia republicans in a video that has gone viral, threaten to 'destroy the #Republican party and boycott the January 5 run off, if #Trump is not declared winner of the state. Roflmao. https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-trump-supporters-destroy-gop-boycott-senate-runoffs-1549245

#Thailand police announce they intend to charge at least 30 pro-democracy demonstrators on a variety of charges. It is not yet clear whether they will be charged with Lèse-majesté. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2023019/police-to-charge-at-least-30-demonstrators

US Appeals Court voids the ban against the discredited practice of conversion therapy in South #Florida counties. 2 therapists claimed their precious 'free speech rights' were being violated by the policies. https://in.reuters.com/article/us-usa-conversion-therapy/u-s-appeals-court-voids-south-florida-bans-on-conversion-therapy-for-children-idUSKBN28029C

#EU officials, including EC Commissioner Van der Leyen say that a #Brexit deal is close to being finalized, although they warn an 'accidental no-deal' remains possible. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/20/brexit-deal-close-to-being-finalised-eu-ambassadors-told

#Russia Political analyst Valery Solovei says that #Putin is battling both cancer and parkinson's disease, and will announce his retirement early in 2021. These claims are, as one would expect, denied by the Kremlin. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13253481/putin-cancer-parkinsons-emergency-surgery/

The #WNBA (the women's Basketball League) is committed to defeating Sen Kelly Loeffler in the Jan 5 run off election in Georgia. The defeat of Loeffler and Perdue in the run off would put the US Senate in a 50/50 split, and is a consummation devoutly to be wished. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article247242954.html

(appointed) Sen Kelly Loeffler, who describes herself as 'to the right of Genghis Khan, and will face Raphael Warner in the Jan 5 run off election, seems to have some ethics rules and criminal charge problems over her financial disclosure https://www.salon.com/2020/11/20/kelly-loefflers-disclosures-appear-to-omit-the-holding-company-that-operates-her-private-jet/