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In Bizarre 1-Minute Press Briefing, Trump Takes Credit for Stock Market Gains

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) surpassed 30,000 points for the first time ever on Tuesday, President Donald Trump, appearing in a bizarre (and short) press briefing at the White House, sought to take credit for it. A number of media sources indicated that the gains seen on Wall Street Tuesday were primarily in reaction to the General Services Administration (GSA) announcing on Monday night that it was going to formally begin the transition process for President-elect Joe Biden. Other factors that led to the outcome seen in the stock market on Monday included Biden’s selection of former Fed...

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4 in 10 Americans Plan to Defy CDC Guidelines on Thanksgiving

A new poll finds that a majority of Americans are curtailing their plans for Thanksgiving this year, due to the continued presence of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet millions still plan to travel across the country, flocking to airports and potentially spreading the virus even more than what has been seen in recent weeks, with governors of several states actually encouraging their residents to travel. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged Americans last week not to travel for Thanksgiving, and to instead make plans to celebrate with loved ones virtually. The agency created a checklist that included a...

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Russia Threatens US Warship With "Ramming" Over Alleged Maritime Border Violation

Russia Threatens US Warship With "Ramming" Over Alleged Maritime Border Violation Tyler Durden Tue, 11/24/2020 - 13:00 The US and Russian navies have had a close encounter in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday which has sparked a major diplomatic war of words. Russia claims the submarine hunting US Navy ship USS John S McCain violated Russia's sovereign maritime borders off the coast of the Russian Far Eastern capital, Vladivostok. The Kremlin said the US ship strayed over two miles within Russia's internationally recognized territorial waters, with the Ministry of Defense (MoD) asserting the warship had "violated" Russian waters and was "warned of the...

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Solid Foreign Demand For Record-Sized 7Y Auction

Solid Foreign Demand For Record-Sized 7Y Auction Tyler Durden Tue, 11/24/2020 - 13:16 After two mediocre, record big coupon auctions in the Treasury shortened week on Monday, moments ago the Treasury concluded the week's abbreviated issuance schedule with the sale of another record large auction when it had no difficulty finding buyers for $56BN in 7Y paper, the most on record and double the average 7Y auction size since 2010.  The auction stopped at a high yield 0.653%, which was the highest since March (and decidedly above October's 0.600% auction), but due to the...

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Yellen's Appointment As Treasury Secretary Raises Five Critical Questions

Yellen's Appointment As Treasury Secretary Raises Five Critical Questions Tyler Durden Tue, 11/24/2020 - 13:21 By Michael Every of Rabobank The official US presidential transition process has belatedly begun, in part, and the key slots in the provisional Biden administration are now being filled: this is despite sustained Trump court challenges (and a painfully-slow partial ballot recount in Wisconsin, and a second recount that may or may not include matching signatures to ballots in Georgia). On those slots, as the old joke goes, it’s déjà vu all over again. Most important for markets, at Treasury we have none other...

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Zoom cancels meetings at several universities on Zoom censorship

Zoom’s dramatic escalation of censorship has major implications as schools, academic institutions as well as political organizations have become increasingly dependent on the platform to conduct classes, conferences and meetings. Source / World Socialist Web Site

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Nearly seven million German adults are heavily indebted

In Germany, almost one in 10 adults cannot make ends meet. Source / World Socialist Web Site

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Chicago nursing home workers launch strike against poverty wages, lack of protection from COVID-19

Nearly 700 certified nursing assistants and other workers walked out Monday morning for higher pay, more staffing and protections against COVID-19. Source / World Socialist Web Site

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NZUSA elects a national representative from Wellington

News from NZ Union of Students’ Associations The New Zealand Union of Students’ Associations (NZUSA) has elected the National Vice President for 2021, but the National President position has not been filled. The elections took place over the weekend at the NZUSA Congress (Annual General Meeting) in Wellington. Liam Davies, 21, was elected to serve Source / Wellington Scoop

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Porirua GP frustrated by lack of progress with better meds for Type 2 Diabetics

Media release from Royal NZ College of General Practitioners PHARMAC has put the brakes on two new medications that would greatly improve treatment options for Type 2 diabetics, frustrating The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. There are 220,000 New Zealanders living with Type 2 diabetes, and an estimated 11 per cent of the Source / Wellington Scoop

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Second Karori tunnel proposed, to solve traffic jams in western suburbs

News from Karori Residents Assn The Karori Residents Association has come up with a comprehensive proposal that would see greater access for around 18,000 Karori residents plus Karori businesses and public transport of all types, as well as at least 7000 more western suburbs residents. Karori development – residential and commercial – has been plagued Source / Wellington Scoop

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Trump Hints of “Big Lawsuit” Even as He Greenlights Transition Process for Biden

The head of the General Services Administration (GSA), Emily Murphy, announced in a letter to President-elect Joe Biden on Monday that she would allow him and his team to begin the formal process of transitioning into the White House. But less than one day after that announcement was made, statements from President Donald Trump indicated he was not yet done raising questionable challenges to the 2020 presidential election results. Biden was declared the winner of the election on November 7 by a number of media outlets citing election returns from several states, which demonstrated an insurmountable lead for Biden over...

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Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Yes, It's Time to Come Home

Within establishment circles, Donald Trump’s failure to win re-election has prompted merry singing and bell-ringing galore... Source / TomDispatch

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The Young Turks - November 23, 2020

Michigan certifies election results. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Source / The Young Turks

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Is anti-lockdown Switzerland becoming the new Sweden?

Covid cases are skyrocketing, but federalist politics, an aversion to big government, and even snobbishness, prevent Switzerland from adopting stricker pandemic measures, reports Portia Crowe in Zurich Source / The Independent - World

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In Bizarre 1-Minute Press Briefing, Trump Takes Credit for Stock Market Gains

4 in 10 Americans Plan to Defy CDC Guidelines on Thanksgiving

Russia Threatens US Warship With "Ramming" Over Alleged Maritime Border Violation

Solid Foreign Demand For Record-Sized 7Y Auction

Yellen's Appointment As Treasury Secretary Raises Five Critical Questions

Zoom cancels meetings at several universities on Zoom censorship

Zoom’s dramatic escalation of censorship has major implications as schools, academic institutions as well as political organizations have become increasingly dependent on the platform to conduct classes, conferences and meetings. Source / World Socialist Web Site

Nearly seven million German adults are heavily indebted

In Germany, almost one in 10 adults cannot make ends meet. Source / World Socialist Web Site

Chicago nursing home workers launch strike against poverty wages, lack of protection from COVID-19

Nearly 700 certified nursing assistants and other workers walked out Monday morning for higher pay, more staffing and protections against COVID-19. Source / World Socialist Web Site

NZUSA elects a national representative from Wellington

Porirua GP frustrated by lack of progress with better meds for Type 2 Diabetics

Second Karori tunnel proposed, to solve traffic jams in western suburbs

Trump Hints of “Big Lawsuit” Even as He Greenlights Transition Process for Biden

Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Yes, It's Time to Come Home

Within establishment circles, Donald Trump’s failure to win re-election has prompted merry singing and bell-ringing galore... Source / TomDispatch

The Young Turks - November 23, 2020

Michigan certifies election results. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Source / The Young Turks

Is anti-lockdown Switzerland becoming the new Sweden?

Covid cases are skyrocketing, but federalist politics, an aversion to big government, and even snobbishness, prevent Switzerland from adopting stricker pandemic measures, reports Portia Crowe in Zurich Source / The Independent - World

Welcome to Disrupt

D!SRUPT is a curated hub of independent news analysis, aggregated from the far corners of the Web.