How it started: How it’s going:

how it started vs. how it ended ✌️

Profs, if you ever doubt an assignment can change students’ lives, read this beautiful piece The Advocate by Alice Wu 伍思薇 re how Estelle Freedman’s “coming-out letter” touched her Estelle was my PhD adviser Stanford University + I STILL think “WWED” all the time advocate.com/commentary/202…

I’m doing just fine, you ignorant evil witch. And my little third world country is A LOT more civil than the shit show this country has become. So there’s that.

The Taliban has officially endorsed Trump. Extremists of all flavors love him.

Trumpworld now cares about civility and empathy after the president contracted the virus he has downplayed for months vntyfr.com/ajbIIx6

Secretly recorded tapes of Melania Trump reveal her frustration at criticism over immigration policies bit.ly/3js2qVP

#SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS, THE FULL SERIES. In July Australia's Seven News killed a ten-part investigation of Tom Cruise and Scientology's dirty tricks that had taken the network months to prepare. All ten episodes have now been leaked, and we have the links.

A federal judge blocked an order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that restricted the number of locations where voters can hand-deliver mail-in ballots in each county a month before the election. abcn.ws/34ZhAvN

Someone had to Endorse him.

Some of the men arrested and accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had taken part in armed protests this past spring at the state Capitol, calling for an end to a coronavirus lockdown. apne.ws/kxw7Xfm

.The Film Vault Anderson Cowan Bryan Bishop - This month is #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth. I know that Adam Carolla + Dr.dew have had their issues with the community. Can you pls flickfess some filipino films this month? Yellow Rose? #AThousandCuts? #FAHMS #representationmatters

After the Netflix show described Chicago-style deep dish pizza as “a quiche made of cement,” Lou Malnati fires back. bit.ly/3ns11kl

BTW this means he still had a fever (at least one active Covid-19 symptom) at some point Friday.

Rejecting a remote debate, Eric Trump said on This Week that debating your opponent, face to face, is how we've handled presidential debates for the last 200 years. FWIW The first presidential debate was in 1960. The third Nixon Kennedy debate, also 1960, was done remotely.

Ouch!!..This is the greatest "one liner" against Trump ever produced by anyone anywhere at anytime!.... This is Bloomberg at is fiery best! Omg...he just humiliated Trump in the worst way!

Hunter Biden was Chairman of the World Food Program,... which just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Eric Trump, Donald J Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump are banned from ever operating a charity again because they stole donations to children with cancer. Any questions?

Fauci: "In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never publicly endorsed any political candidate. The comments attributed to me without my permission in the GOP campaign ad were taken out of context from a broad statement I made months ago...” cnn.com/2020/10/11/pol…

Trump campaign spox Tim Murtaugh responds: “These are Dr. Fauci’s own words. The video is from a nationally broadcast television interview in which Dr. Fauci was praising the work of the Trump administration. The words spoken are accurate, and directly from Dr. Fauci’s mouth.”

Joe Biden's polling better than any challenger since 1936. cnn.com/2020/10/11/pol…