Morning Reads for National Reptile Awareness Day (October 21)

Good morning, and happy National Reptile Awareness Day! In honor of all things cold-blooded, here is a list of ways to celebrate your reptile of choice.

Let’s get on to the news:

Pat Conroy

• Over 1.1 million Georgians have already voted, and there are still 10 days left to cast ballots early.
• Take a look a the profiles and decision processes of six new American citizens voting for the first time in Georgia this year.
• Kamala Harris will be in Atlanta on Thursday. (Alternate link.)
• The high dose flu vaccine for seniors is getting hard to find in Georgia. (Alternate link.)
• The Texas billionaire who paid off the student loan debts of the whole graduating class of Morehouse has settled his tax fraud case. (Alternate link.)
• A 5 year-old from Albany has written a book to help other children get through the pandemic.

Alice Walker

• The United States is nearing “rapid acceleration” of COVID cases, with daily infections over 60,000.
• Mitch McConnell is trying to thwart a pre-election stimulus deal between Nancy Pelosi and Steve Mnuchin. (Alternate link.)
• Threatening emails were sent yesterday to Democratic voters in three swing states, prompting investigations. (Alternate link.)
• Parents of 545 children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border have yet to be found.
• The University of Michigan suspended undergraduate, in-person classes yesterday due to a spike in COVID cases.
• Top universities have taken billions in unreported foreign funds, according to a Department of Education investigation. (Alternate link.)
• While it’s still a stretch that Texas will turn blue in regards to the Presidential and U.S. Senate races, Democrats could take control of the state House.

Flannery O’Connor

• A study has found that the fluid around the brain redistributes in “weird ways” during spaceflight due to lack of gravity.