Joe Biden elected with increased support from white, male voters. “Biden made an impressive 11 percentage point gain among white, college-educated men and a 6 percentage point gain among white, non-college educated men, supposedly Trump’s core constituency…. the most important gender dynamic in this year’s election occurred among white men.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/11/29/how-biden-needs-handle-his-new-voter-base-white-males-column/6347523002/
Mother of Florida police shooting victim is shot during his funeral. “The shooting happened as guests gathered at Riverview Memorial Gardens to pay their respects to 18-year-old Sincere Pierce. Pierce and 16-year-old Angelo Crooms were killed Nov. 13 by a Brevard County Sheriff’s deputy…. The teens were killed when Deputy Jafet Santiago-Miranda fired multiple shots into their car when the teens didn’t pull over.” https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-world/mother-of-slain-florida-teen-shot-during-burial-service/507-b80f9408-ca1a-405f-8e92-4ac61599a109
2020 Atlantic hurricanes set records. “The 30 hurricanes and tropical storms used all the names on the list maintained by the World Meteorological Organization, and the final nine were named for letters of the Greek alphabet. The last hurricane of the season, Iota, (which made landfall in mid-November,) was the latest in the year that any storm has reached Category 5 status.” https://www.npr.org/2020/11/30/937986687/too-many-storms-not-enough-names
Unarmed man hiding in dumpster is pepper sprayed, and then tasered, attacked by a police dog and shot twice after allegedly charging at officers. “No officers were injured.” https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/29/us/saint-paul-police-shooting/index.html He was wanted in connection with a ‘domestic incident’ and vehicle crash.
NYPD officers swarm business owner after he complains about officers parked in front of his business. “What you see is a gang running up onto my client when he’s sitting on his own property, and then literally beating on him.” https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/loud-noise-complaint-led-to-excessive-force-arrest-on-staten-island-man-claims/2750934/ Video of the incident can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQGQvchJYQk
Schertz, Texas police release body camera video of violent arrest of unarmed teen accused of driving through a red light. “(Zekee) Rayford arrives home and officers are seen chasing him up to his family’s front porch. Officers then deploy a stun gun as he calls for his father. Additional officers then arrive and tackle the man to the ground.” https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/arrest-footage-released-after-central-texas-police-accused-of-excessive-force-with-black-18-year-old/ Video of the incident can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7zOLPmP-7s
Syracuse, New York to settle pair of excessive force lawsuits involving same police officer for $400,000. “Lawyers for (Maurice) Crawley and (Jabari) Boykins claimed Officer Vallon Smith violated their Constitutional rights during forceful arrests in 2016 and 2017…. During the arrest, Smith broke Boykins’ arm as he threw him to the ground, according to the (14 year-old) boy’s mother.” https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/11/taxpayers-to-pay-400k-to-settle-pair-of-brutality-lawsuits-against-syracuse-cop.html
Jihadist group accused of killing 110 farmers in Nigeria. “The attack took place in the village of Koshobe near the main city of Maiduguri, with assailants targeting farmers (in) rice fields.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/29/nigeria-attack-boko-haram-farm-workers-killed
UK to phase out payments to farm owners. “The £1.6bn subsidy farmers receive every year for simply owning land will be phased out by 2028, with the funds used instead to pay them to restore wild habitats, create new woodlands, boost soils and cut pesticide use…. Some of the biggest recipients of the existing scheme have been the Duke of Westminster, the inventor Sir James Dyson, racehorse owner Prince Khalid bin Abdullah al Saud and the Queen.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/30/environment-to-benefit-from-biggest-farming-shake-up-in-50-years Note that these wealthy landowners will still be receiving tax dollars, just not for farming!
President Trump’s Fox News interview ‘filled with lies’. “We had glitches where they moved thousands of votes from my account to Biden’s account…. We’re doing better than the rest of the world (against the pandemic)…. I came up with vaccines that people didn’t think we’d have for five years….” https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/29/media/bartiromo-trump-interview/index.html
Australian special forces troops in Afghanistan photographed flying Nazi flag, holding Confederate flag. “The photo, obtained exclusively by the ABC, was taken in August 2007. The photograph shows the large swastika emblem hoisted over an Australian military vehicle.” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-14/photo-shows-nazi-flag-flown-over-australian-army-vehicle/9859618 “New footage obtained by Australia’s ABC public broadcasting network shows a pair of Australian special forces soldiers posing with the Confederate flag emblazoned with the words “Southern Pride” while deployed to Afghanistan.” https://taskandpurpose.com/analysis/australian-military-confederate-flag-video/
Police in Turkey round up 641 people accused of being Kurdistan Workers’ Party activists. “A large number of guns, pistols, rifles and cartridges as well as organizational documents and digital materials were seized in the raids…” http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-11/28/c_139549949.htm