Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Monday, November 15, 2021.
BRACING FOR IMPACT
·Closing arguments to begin in Rittenhouse trial as cities brace for possible post-verdict unrest
·Judge dismisses one of the counts against Kyle Rittenhouse ahead of closing arguments
·Kenosha braces for violent riots ahead of Kyle Rittenhouse verdict
·How will the U.S. react to the Rittenhouse verdict? The signs aren't good.
·Rep. Karen Bass Calls Rittenhouse Trial Racist
VAX-SCENE
·Anti-vaccine leaflet objects to Sacramento school mandate. Does it target Latino families?
·California 'sanctuary city' declares itself a Constitutional Republic to fight COVID mandates
CRAZY CALI
·California makes plans to be the nation’s abortion provider in a post-Roe world
·Angry, violent, toxic: How extremists are drowning out local California governments
CRISIS
·Where will the next pandemic begin? The Amazon rainforest offers troubling clues
·New La Jolla trolley line could have bigger, faster impact than green line through Mission Valley
·UN chief says global warming goal on ‘life support’
RUSSIAN INTO THINGS
·NATO Chief Raises Alarm on Russia Military Build-Up Near Ukraine
·US struggles with intel blind spot as Russia builds up forces near Ukraine
LESSON PLANS
·Maryland Public School Forces 14-Year-Olds To Take ‘White Privilege Test’
·Pro-CRT dad tells parents he has 'a thousand soldiers ready to go'
·Manufactured controversy at Natomas high school benefits no one but the chaos agents
·School strips students of privacy, removes bathroom doors
·University Trains Students In Sex Work
LET’S GO BRANDON
·'Let's Go Brandon' Cryptocurrency Jumps 150% In One Week
·Buttigieg’s ‘systemic racism’ claim is the leftist myth about Robert Moses
·Team Joe’s neverending lies about how many Americans were left in Afghanistan
PEOPLE PROBLEMS
·GOP Holds Largest Lead In Early Midterm Election Preferences In 40 Years, Poll Shows
·Exasperation and dysfunction: Inside Kamala Harris' frustrating start as vice president
·Kamala Harris sidelined amid growing tensions with Biden, insiders say
·Vermont Dem Leahy won't seek reelection
·'I Keep Forgetting That You're Alive': Musk Slams Bernie Sanders During Twitter Spat
OFF THE CHAIN
·California sets gas price record for second day running
·Get rid of tariffs on China to help ease inflation, two dozen business groups tell Biden
·MSNBC Host Shames Trucking Industry For Employing Too Many 'Aggressive' Trump Voters
·Biden advisers say pandemic, not policies, fueling inflation
RUN FOR THE BORDER
·Beto Returns With Run For Gov
·DEA Stopped Saying 'Mexican Cartel' To 'Appease' Mexico, Recently Retired Agency Officials Say
AWKWARD
·Taylor Swift sang the 10-minute ‘All Too Well’ on ‘SNL’ and we’re not fine at all