Trending News - Monday, November 8, 2021

Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Monday, November 8, 2021.

SICKO MODE

·Travis Scott, Drake Hit With Lawsuit After Festival of Death

·Lawsuit points to old tweet from Travis Scott in accusation over festival tragedy

·Texas man killed at Astroworld festival trying to save 'love of his life,' family says

·Crazed man injected victim with opioids before stampede

·Astroworld investigators to look at barriers and crowd control in determining what led to concert deaths

·Houston Officials Worried About Crowd Control Before Travis Scott Took the Stage

·Ireland Baldwin defends Travis Scott, compares Astroworld tragedy to dad's

CLIMATE CONTROL

·Obama denounces Trump, GOP for 'active hostility toward climate science'

·Doctor Clinically Diagnoses Patient As Suffering From ‘climate Change’ 

·'Shut The F*ck Up': Bill Maher Drops Truth Bombs On Gen Z During A Savage Monologue

·Why Are Republicans Now Loving the Sweet Sound of Electric Vehicles?

·No, China Hasn’t Given Up on the Climate

RED DAWN

·China triggers growing fears for US military

·China Builds Missile Targets Shaped Like U.S. Aircraft Carrier, Destroyers in Remote Desert

·US Navy launches ship named for gay rights leader

GOING FOR WOKE

·AOC rips Dem strategist for blaming Va. governorship loss on 'wokeness'

·'The Far-Left Is Right, He's Not Woke Enough': Bill Maher Mocks Biden For Dozing Off At Climate Summit

·Texas Democrat candidate and former Bush adviser says Jesus today ‘would be accused of being woke’

·Democrats decry GOP’s focus on critical race theory as a racist dog whistle. What’s their next move?

SCHOOLED

·A ‘war on books’: Conservatives push for audits of school libraries

·MIT alums: We can't support a school that caved to woke mentality

·Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading

VACCI-HATE

·Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

·Anti-Mandate Protest Turns Violent After Antifa Shows Up

·Aaron Rodgers Loses Major Endorsement Deal After Speaking Out About Being Unvaccinated.

·Bradshaw Slams Aaron Rodgers for Vaccine Fake

·Van Morrison sued over COVID criticism

·Restaurants in low-vaccine areas of L.A. brace for new mandate hits

·Poll: Half Say Nothing Will Change Mind

NORMALCY

·Border opens to non-essential travel after 20 months of restrictions

·Here come the touristsMiles-long lines of cars wait to cross into US as pandemic travel ban is lifted

CRAZY CALI

·Where's Gavin? Newsom disappears from public

·San Fran Luxury Condos Overlook Worst Squalor

·Number of tents in Sacramento homeless camps has ‘easily doubled’ since 2019, survey shows

LABORING

·Are California labor laws holding back supply chain? Businesses ask Newsom for a break

·Rise of Robots Speeds Up With Labor Scarce

·Walmart Using Fully Driverless Trucks

·Retailers Scramble to Attract Workers Ahead of the Holidays

NEW LOW

·President Biden's bleak approval ratings get worse — and VP Kamala Harris' numbers are even lower

·Camilla Parker Bowles can't stop talking about Joe Biden's 'long fart'

·Bill Clinton Saved His Presidency. Here’s How Biden Can, Too.

BUILD BACK BETTER

·'Squad' Socialists Silent On Major Tax Loophole Helping Richest Americans

·Here Are The 13 House Republicans Who Voted For Biden's Infrastructure Bill

ALL UPSIDE… NO DOWN!

·Stranger Things 4’s new teaser promises ‘the best spring break ever’