Trending News - Friday, November 12, 2021

Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Friday, November 12, 2021.

BUILD BACK BETTER

·America is hiring a record number of robots

·A record number of Americans quit their jobs in September

·Dogs trained to fly plane

·Biden's Build Back Better will raise taxes on 30% of middle-class families

·Supply Chain Breakdown: Dry Cleaners Out Of Hangers, Silverware Shortage For Restaurants, MORE

CORONA-OVER-IT

·Thanksgiving air travel on track to exceed pre-pandemic levels

·What pandemic? SoCal Thanksgiving travel expected to be second busiest ever, Auto Club predicts

·275 Minutes on Hold: Airline Customer Service Still Can't Keep Up

·How does COVID change brain? This scientist finding out

·New Covid Hotspots In USA

·What took so long? Biden waits nearly 10 months to name FDA commissioner, amid ongoing pandemic

·Biden to Choose Robert Califf to Lead F.D.A., Despite Drug Industry Ties

VAX-SCENE

·CDC shifts pandemic goals away from reaching herd immunity

·Virginia pharmacy incorrectly administers doses to 112 kids

·Not Vaccinated? Prepare to Pay as Governments Ready Crackdowns

COURT GESTURE

·Critics howl over Rittenhouse judge's Veterans Day gesture

·Kyle Rittenhouse's mom blasts Biden for 'defaming' her son

·CNN Claims Judge Made 'Strange,' 'Off-Color' Asian Joke By Worrying That His Lunch Might Be Stuck Off California Coast

ORANGE THEORY

·Trump defends threats to 'hang' Pence

·Trump plants his flag on a logical absurdity

·Court temporarily delays release of Trump’s Jan. 6 records

·Meadows did not appear for Jan. 6 deposition

·'We killed Herman Cain': Trump staffers say they blame themselves for Cain's COVID-19 death after he attended Tulsa rally

GOING FOR WOKE

·Google's Veterans Day Doodle Appears To Feature A Male Marine Wearing A Dress

·CBS report blasts 'failed' climate summit: No 'major objectives' achieved, just false hope

·Negotiators Race to Reach Climate Deal as Activists Demand Action

·This Colorado community was proof an all-electric, net-zero future is possible. Now that vision is under siege.

·McDonald's CEO faces calls to resign as backlash mounts over insensitive texts

SCHOOLED

·WH tie to school boards' group's 'terrorist' letter revealed: emails

·The next battle in the war for parents' rights in education is a line politicians dare not cross

·California college students live in vans and hotels as campus housing plans spark backlash

MAGA COUNTRY

·Kevin Costner’s Red State Comfort Food “Yellowstone” Was the Most Watched Anything Last Week