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 This isn’t a hypothetical concern. Check out the signatories of this letter from December demanding that state legislators ignore the election and install pro-Trump electors.
http://conservativeactionproject.com/conservatives-call-on-state-legislators-to-appoint-new-electors-in-accordance-with-the-constitution/

If you went to bed early, the Senate did not finish work on infrastructure, and did not reach a deal on final votes.  The Senate is out today (for a funeral) and will be back on Saturday at 11 am.

Republican Ralph Norman, suing Speaker Pelosi over the House's mask mandate, has contracted a breakthrough case of COVID-19.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-05/house-lawmaker-suing-pelosi-over-mask-rule-says-he-has-covid

The surge in coronavirus cases is not because of hundreds of thousands of migrants.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/06/why-we-can-be-confident-that-surge-coronavirus-cases-isnt-fault-immigrants/

Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/climate-crisis-scientists-spot-warning-signs-of-gulf-stream-collapse

Taliban claims responsibility for murdering the director of Afghanistan's Government Information Media Center.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1423591273903034375

Rancid Murdoch Hypocrisy. Front pages now promote vaccines, but on Sky News (with 9 million monthly viewers) he's done exactly the reverse—promoting anti-vax & hysteria. Meanwhile, Rupert had his vaccine early. No wonder YouTube imposed bans on them.
https://twitter.com/MrKRudd/status/1423595582006784013

Texas Republican leader dies of COVID-19 five days after anti-vaccination post
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/566513-texas-republican-leader-dies-of-covid-19-five-days-after-anti

Irreversible transition in ocean currents that will rapidly freeze parts of North America
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/05/collapse-atlantic-ocean-currents-could-freeze-north-america-study/5501368001/

Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found frozen in Siberia is 28,000 years old
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/05/world/frozen-cave-lion-cubs-siberia-scn/index.html

Nigeria seizes record $54 million in pangolin parts and elephant tusks
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/05/africa/pangolin-parts-seized-nigeria-intl/index.html

No, really? Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/08/05/bottled-water-is-3-500-times-worse-for-the-environment-than-tap-water-say-scientists

Taiwan's national flag anthem played in front of Chinese athletes for 1st time
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4262639

US returns over 17,000 looted artifacts to Iraq
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/iraq-us-artifacts-repatriation/index.html

Archaeologists Discover 2,550-Year-Old Carving of the Last King of Babylon
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-have-discovered-2550-year-old-etching-last-king-babylon-180978285/