Trending News - Wednesday, September 15

Here's your midday update on everything happening in San Diego, the nation and the world on Wednesday, September 15, 2021.

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

·Blowout - California recall election results: Newsom prevails, will remain governor

·Exit polls show SUPPORT for Covid restrictions

·‘We said yes to ending this pandemic.’ Gavin Newsom makes victory speech in Sacramento

·California Dems strike back – future recalls will face blowback in state's One Party Empire

·Newest CNN hire faces backlash after comments on Newsom recall

·5 takeaways from Gov. Newsom's win

·Newsom beat the recall. Will it change how he governs?

·San Diego influence on recall started big, then faded

·Here's how much the failed Newsom recall election cost California

·How Republicans blew their opportunity to recall Newsom

·Recall was a colossal waste. Don’t expect California’s GOP to learn from it

TRUMP’S FAULT

·Trump still wins elections — for Democrats — and other California recall lessons

·The growing danger of another Trump presidency

·It’s now Larry Elder’s California GOP. What’s his next move?

NO SHOT

·NBA players won't be required to get COVID-19 vaccination

·Woman dies from Covid after visiting state with low vaccination rate

·5th Conservative Radio Talkshow Host Dies of Covid - in just 6 weeks!

·This pastor will sign a religious exemption for vaccines if you donate to his church

COVID CONTINUES

·Think This Pandemic Was Bad? New Documents Show It Could Have Been Much Worse ... And Fauci Knew

·Teachers in CO Face Criminal Charges If Don't Enforce Masks; Punishable By Prison

·Stewart 'surprised’ over liberal meltdown over his belief in China lab leak theory

LESSON PLANS

·California parents demand answers on school board member's profane tweets: 'Really disturbing to me'

BORDER BATTLE

·Migrant encounters over 200,000 again in August, as border surge continues

BUMBLIN’

·'Who Pushes The Button?': GOP Senator Asks Blinken Who Shuts Biden Up When He Veers Off Course

·Biden Underwater On Job Approval And Handling Of Key Issues, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Than 6 In 10 Americans Believe U.S. Troops Will Return To Afghanistan

OUTLOOK NOT SO GOOD

·56 Percent of Young People Think Humanity Is Doomed

·Tired nation: Average American sleeps poorly 3 nights each week

·Priciest Food Since 1970s Is a Big Challenge for Government

·Car prices are about to soar again. Blame Hurricane Ida

SINKIN’ BLINKEN

·‘Beatings of women and girls’: Senator pressures Blinken over fallout of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

·Blinken cracks up at hearing over GOP senator's conspiracy theory

·Biden ignored Austin and Blinken on Afghanistan withdrawal: Woodward book

BAD CALL

·'Immediately Ordered Into A Room ... With Polygraph': Rand Paul Says Gen. Milley Must 'Be Removed Of His Command' If He Made China Call

·Trump Calls For Prosecution Of General Who Allegedly Made Secret Calls To China

ROCKET MAN

·North Korea launches two ballistic missiles as fears grow over nuclear capability

LAST LAUGH

·Norm Macdonald Remembered by Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and More Late Night Hosts in Touching Tributes

·Norm MacDonald Keeps Saying Bill Clinton Is A Murderer On 'The View'