Sept. News Pt. 2
Editor’s Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative September 2021 news and views. This is Part 2 of our excepts during a heavy news month.
Sept. 22
Top Headlines
New York Times, F.D.A. Authorizes Pfizer Booster Shots for Older and At-Risk Americans
- Washington Post, House passes bill to avert shutdown, but legislation faces grim prospects in Senate
- Washington Post, U.S. default this fall would cost 6 million jobs, wipe out $15 trillion in wealth, study says
- Washington Post, U.S. careens toward shutdown, financial crisis amid stalemate in Congress
- New York Times, Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows, Alan Feuer
- Washington Post, Opinion: New details about Trump’s Dominion scam help explain our authoritarian slide, Greg Sargent
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Covid and Trumpism lead to coups and rumors of coups, Wayne Madsen
- Washington Post, More centrist Democrats question size of $3.5 trillion economic plan
New York Times, In U.N. Debut, Biden Confronts Doubts About U.S. Global Leadership
Virus Victims, Responses
Washington Post, Second dose of J&J vaccine increases covid protection, company says
- New York Times, Pressure Grows on U.S. Companies to Share Covid Vaccine Technology
- New York Times, People with serious conditions are waiting weeks for non-Covid surgeries as hospitals are inundated once again
Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals, U.S. Deaths: 696,918
- Washington Post, 212.3 million U.S. vaccinated
U.S. Governance, Politics, Elections
Washington Post, Former treasury secretaries tried defusing debt-ceiling bomb in talks with Yellen, McConnell
- Washington Post, Fed projects new interest rate hikes in 2022, signals upcoming easing of supports if economy continues to heal
- New York Times, What’s at Stake in the 2022 Races for Governor
- Washington Post, ‘I’ve never seen maggots this big’: New Orleans hasn’t picked up some people’s trash since Ida.