Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Thursday, October 7, 2021.
RED ALERT
·CIA Creates New 'Mission Center' to Counter China
·U.S. Troops Have Been Deployed in Taiwan for at Least a Year
·Taiwan seeks international support after Chinese incursions
VAX SCENE
·Biden pushing vaccine mandates amid national effort to sell multi-trillion dollar tax and spend plan
·Pfizer asks Feds to allow shots for kids ages 5 to 11
·Studies confirm waning immunity from Pfizer's Covid vaccine
·Australia's COVID Police State Is The Future Liberals Secretly Want
·Big question for Newsom, lawmakers: Who can can opt out of school COVID vaccine mandate?
·Religious Exemptions Tested in New York Case
CORONA-OVER-IT
·America Running Out Of Everything
·Dr. Gottlieb sees Covid’s ‘pandemic phase’ ending when antiviral pills, kids’ vaccines available
MO MONEY, NO PROBLEMS
·Democrats, Republicans agree to short-term debt limit increase
·Bernie Sanders refuses to condemn aggressive left-wing activists who cornered Sinema in bathroom
LET’S GO BRANDON!
·‘Let’s Go Brandon’ effect: Gallup poll shows Democrats have lost significant support
·Poll: Only 38% Of Americans Approve Of Biden's Job Performance
·Democrat Terry McAuliffe says ‘unpopular’ Biden is a drag on Virginia governor’s race
FAKE NEWS?
·'Truman Show presidency': Biden ridiculed for using fake White House set
·Sweeping report details how Trump and top DOJ lawyer attempted to steal the 2020 election
·Doocy Presses Psaki On Whether Biden Considers School Board Protesters 'Domestic Terrorists'
PUMP THE BRAKES
·Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions
CRAZY CALI
·These Are the Bills Newsom Is Still Deciding On
·Calif. Gov. Newsom signs law ending mandatory jail time for non-violent drug crimes
·Newsom signs laws banning 'forever chemicals' in children's products, food packaging
·California could soon have its own public banking service, under new law signed by Gavin Newsom
CLIMATE CALAMITY
·Heat waves are far deadlier than we think. How California neglects this climate threat
·Oil spill puts spotlight on the magic and fragility of California’s coast