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Overnight News Digest for October 12, 2022 [1]

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Date: 2022-10-12

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and now moi, JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to) Interceptor 7, Man Oh Man, wader, Neon Vincent, palantir, Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (RIP), ek hornbeck (RIP), rfall, ScottyUrb, Doctor RJ, BentLiberal, Oke (RIP) and jlms qkw.

OND is a regular community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their own presentation styles and content choices, typically publishing each day near 12:00 AM Eastern Time. Please feel free to share your articles and stories in the comments.

First up: Tomorrow’s Jan 6 hearing in Congress is going to be FUN!

The likely final public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to highlight newly obtained Secret Service records showing how President Donald Trump was repeatedly alerted to brewing violence that day, and he still sought to stoke the conflict, according to three people briefed on the records. During Thursday’s hearing, the committee plans to share new video footage and internal Secret Service emails that appear to corroborate parts of the most startling inside accounts of that day, said the people briefed, who, like others who spoke to The Washington Post, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive records and conversations. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified in June that Trump was briefed on Jan. 6 that some of his supporters were armed for battle, demanded they be allowed into his rally and insisted he wanted to lead them on their march to the Capitol.

x In an interview with CNN, Jamie Raskin said that one focus of the next January 6 Committee hearing will be on 3 people pardoned by Trump between the election and the Capitol attack: Flynn, Stone, and Bannon.

The hearing is TOMORROW at 1P - don't forget to watch! — Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) October 13, 2022

x NEWWWW — Jan 6 hearing will highlight new ⁦@SecretService⁩ surveillance video and records showing Trump knew about violence Jan 6, sought to stoke it - w ⁦@JaxAlemany⁩ https://t.co/l2NeBvnkqb — Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) October 12, 2022

Election News

x NEW: We're just 4 weeks away. It's time to launch my annual cheat sheet of what's on the ballot!



Here's my primer of 468 (& counting) things I'm watching, & why: Congress, judges, referenda, sheriffs, DAs, governors, & much more. https://t.co/JSwC131Z2l



(Bookmark & share!) — Taniel (@Taniel) October 11, 2022

Wisconsin’s biggest paper just dumped on Ron Johnson in a VERY big way:

..He’s a science fabulist who suggested, without evidence, that the COVID-19 vaccines could make the pandemic worse and who repeatedly touted unproven remedies for the disease — from Ivermectin to mouthwash. ...He suggested the government should rewrite the rules for the two government programs seniors rely on most — Medicare and Social Security — making them subject to annual political fights in Congress rather than mandatory payments as promised. For years, Ron Johnson has demonstrated that he should be retired to his family's seaside Florida home — and not representing Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate. Voters should send him packing this November. Here are eight reasons...

The Networks are going after John Fetterman in an absolutely despicable way — instead of noting that he has a complete mastery of the issues, they focus on his stuttering after suffering a stroke earlier in the year.

..Taking a page from the Oz campaign’s especially nasty smears mocking Fetterman’s weight and recovery, cable media has chimed in, too, to give Oz an assist. On Wednesday, CNN ran a segment treating Fetterman’s use of captions, which he’s spoken openly about for months, as a sort of “gotcha” hit piece exposing a disqualifying impairment. NBC ran a piece somehow equating Fetterman’s use of reasonable accommodations for his recovery with revelations that Herschel Walker’s entire campaign rooted in Christian, “pro-life” family values is a lie. Referring to Fetterman’s use of captions in interviews, a CBS News journalist asked, “Will Pennsylvanians be comfortable with someone representing them who had to conduct a TV interview this way?” Other outlets have since picked up on the story, “outing” Fetterman with interview clips of him appearing to stutter. And one NBC reporter claimed that “in small talk” before her interview with Fetterman, “it wasn’t clear he understood what I was saying.” Last month, without any evidence, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson claimed Fetterman is “brain damaged” and “can barely speak.” The media coverage of Fetterman’s condition has descended into a circus, just four weeks out from the election, and, as the group Real Doctors Against Oz has pointed out, targeting the candidate specifically for (temporarily) needing captions is pretty unabashedly ableist. The group tweeted on Tuesday that every year, plenty of doctors taking board exams use “assistance with keyboard tasks, audio rendition,” and “extended testing/break time.” These doctors “are no less valuable or competent.”

x Meghan McCain's father had a brain glioblastoma for over a year while serving as a US Senator. pic.twitter.com/9gLpGbP6DK — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 12, 2022

x Republicans: Fetterman is drooling in his oatmeal and unable to serve.



Also Republicans: Herschel Walker is a picture of mental health and totally good to go. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 12, 2022

x “Recovering from a stroke in public isn’t easy,” Fetterman tweeted Wednesday. “But in January, I’m going to be much better—and Dr. Oz will still be a fraud.” https://t.co/DSuZNqeJQ1 — John FitzGerald (@TheTweetOfJohn) October 12, 2022

Meanwhile, Hershel Walker has no mastery of anything, including the basics of his own biography…

HuffPost’s Jennifer Bendery reported that Walker said he had just learned his mom is “a big part Native American” at one campaign event in May, described himself as “other” and said he found out “a year and a half ago” at another May event, and at a south Georgia meet-and-greet the same month claimed he is “proud to be Black but... I may not be Black” because he had just learned “my mother is part Native American.” At a June 20 campaign event in College Park, he made similar claims but added that he made the discovery using a 23andMe ancestry test. “I don’t care what color you are,” Walker said after stating he wanted to “acknowledge all of my family.” His latest, boldest announcement came at a campaign event last month, but this time he claimed his grandmother was “full-blood Cherokee.” … Walker’s mother, Christine, spoke to the site and said “she has no idea if an immediate ancestor was full-blooded Cherokee.”

Meanwhile, in Florida, the worst person in America may be in a mite of trouble

x the U.S. Department of Treasury is auditing & investigating “as quickly as possible” Ron DeSantis' use of Covid relief funds to transport immigrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard under false pretenses https://t.co/gGXjerurzv — PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) October 12, 2022

The Treasury Office of Inspector General (TIG) is inquiring into whether DeSantis used the interest earned on funds from the coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funds (SLFRF) program that his state received as part of Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The intended use of SLFRF was to support state and local response to and recovery from the Covid public health emergency. ...DeSantis defended his decision, arguing that the migrants had intentions to come to Florida, despite having no evidence for such a claim. The Republican governor is facing legal challenges for his stunt, including a class-action lawsuit from the migrants he transported who believe they were purposefully misled into boarding the flights.

x A new South Dakota Poll shows Kristi Noem’s lead over Democrat Jamie Smith has decreased to just 4%. Smith’s favorability amongst female voters has surged since Noem suggested a 10 year old girl should be forced to give birth to her rapist’s baby because “every life is precious.” — Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) October 12, 2022 x I can’t wait until Nov. 9 when everyone realizes models were wrong because they underestimated youth turnout. — Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) October 12, 2022 x DO NOT STAY HOME ON NOVEMBER 8TH.



Every race is close or tied, and we absolutely need every single vote.



Each failure to vote is a vote for Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, and Lauren Boebert.



PLEASE VOTE. — BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) October 12, 2022 x x YouTube Video Green News

Here come the green jobs, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act:

CNBC — Honda’s new $4.4 billion EV battery plant will be built in Ohio

Honda Motor and LG Energy Solution on Tuesday said a new multibillion-dollar plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles will be located in Ohio. ...Honda and LGES announced plans for the joint venture and battery plant last year, but had not revealed a location. The facility is expected to employ about 2,200 people, the companies said. In addition to the new battery plant, Honda on Tuesday said it plans to invest $700 million to retool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants for production of EVs. The Japanese automaker expects to begin production and sales of EVs in North America in 2026. The announcements are part of several recent multibillion-dollar investments in U.S. production of EVs and batteries amid tightening emissions regulations and legislation to encourage domestic manufacturing.

x The only reason that the price of gas is up is Putin's invasion--this is literally the definition of windfall profits (though in the case of Big Oil, their long support of Putin has helped make that wind blow)

Windfall profits tax now! https://t.co/qolX1xSQS9 — Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) October 11, 2022

x It's been 60 years since ‘Silent Spring’, widely viewed as an inspiration for the modern environmental movement.



Pesticides were wiping out bald eagles, our national symbol. It was a perfect metaphor for a fledgling green movement to rally around https://t.co/4d3FF9LXEW — Jeremy Bloom (@jeremybloom) October 12, 2022

This is pretty:

Just another friendly reminder that we COULD have had a Green New Deal and/or a Build Back Better for $0 down and 0% interest…

x Remember that time when we could have locked in all the financing that was ever needed to do the Green Transition at a negative real rate? Yeah - we pissed that one again the wall too: pic.twitter.com/pRzPGltWhl — Mark Blyth (@MkBlyth) October 12, 2022

As world leaders prepare to address the climate crisis in Glasgow at COP26, activists in Boston target hometown insurance giant Liberty Mutual with a creative guerilla advertising campaign to expose the company’s role in supporting climate-wrecking, rights-violating fossil fuel projects.

x Check out this awesome fake ad campaign by Boston activists against Liberty Mutual's funding of climate chaos! https://t.co/yWINEuoIh2 — EldersClimateAction (@eldersclimate) October 13, 2022

Friendly reminder: Going Green is also MORE FUN

x “I could tell you about the emissions saved by the bike bus, that it takes 100s of cars off the road… but the thing that sticks… is watching all these kids floating to school on a vast ocean of joy.” - @byjacobward @NBCNightlyNews



🚲 🚌 @CoachBalto

pic.twitter.com/n2tcpKzaZ6 — Jonathan Berk (@berkie1) October 12, 2022

And here’s another fun event coming up tomorrow that you can attend virtually:

x Join @MichaelEMann and #ClimateWeek at @Penn for the upcoming event "Beyond the Hockey Stick: Climate Lessons from the Common Era" on Thursday, October 13th https://t.co/vD8GbVWTWl — Mann Research Group (@MannResearch) October 11, 2022

Basic Justice

U.S. Army base Fort Hood, named for a Confederate major general who led troops into battle against the United States during the Civil War, will be renamed for a Latino postwar four-star Army general. The new name will honor Gen. Richard Cavazos, who is noted for his leadership during the Korean War, when he earned the Silver Star and Distinguished Service Cross for leading the Puerto Rican regiment “The Borinqueneers.” He also served in Vietnam. ...“He overcame racism and other obstacles through his 33 years of service and eventually led the U.S. Army Forces Command, making him one of the highest-ranked Army officials of his time,” the Congressional Hispanic Caucus said in a letter that recommended the late general's name replace Hood's.

Cool Science

Astronomers are delving into the dark period between the light from the Big Bang fading and the birth of the first stars. The light, in the beginning, didn’t last. Everything started out so hot. Pure radiation, at first: drawn from some primeval impulse now lost to the obscurity of over-stretched space-time, hidden behind the wall of fire that seared through every femtometre of an incipient cosmos. There was no source of the light, no ignition point to spread from; it was everything, everywhere, and that everywhere was growing. The cosmos was swelling, space escaping from itself, spreading light across the face of creation until droplets formed: matter was born hot and screaming. The first particles tore through searing plasma in waves, acoustic vibrations spreading and colliding. The Universe was a sea of ions – unpaired protons and electrons, with a sprinkling of helium and other light nuclei – born nuclear-hot from the all-encompassing furnace. The Universe exhaled fire that slowly turned to atomic ash. Positively charged protons and negative electrons spiralled together to form neutral atoms – the first in the Universe – mostly hydrogen, no longer plasma, not ions, but gas. The gas cooled. It became quiet. The Universe rested for 100 million years. x The light, in the beginning, didn’t last.



My latest for @sciencefocus:https://t.co/Y92RmQCiVy — Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) October 11, 2022 x The geological history of Earth from Pangaea to the present in 12 seconds. See more: https://t.co/6DRpMB2QIi pic.twitter.com/XTpZcJsWcU — Fascinating (@fasc1nate) October 12, 2022

x All we need to know about the @GOP pic.twitter.com/eAQy7kKMU6 — Prince KellyLynn (@PrinceKellyLynn) October 11, 2022

x PARENTS, please check your kids candy this Halloween. I just found the One Ring forged in secret in the fires of Mount Doom, which the Dark Lord Sauron poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life. pic.twitter.com/F1HhnQgtcH — Higgybaby (@TheHiggybaby) October 11, 2022

x Vivaldi’s Gloria (before doing a segue into the Four Seasons) performed by the children of the Goede Hoop Marimba Band, South Africa.



These are OUTRAGEOUSLY talented children!



pic.twitter.com/RT9PDxesut — Daniel Holland🎗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ॐ (@DannyDutch) October 12, 2022

x If you missed today's phone banks, no worries. There are plenty more to come! https://t.co/RhnHlwBhci — EldersClimateAction (@eldersclimate) October 12, 2022

What are YOU doing to ensure a pro-science, pro-climate action, and pro-choice victory in every race from Dog Catcher and School Board right up to Congress? Tell us about it in the comments!

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