Out d’Coup | Record COVID Deaths; Pfizer Vaccine; No COVID Relief; Biden and NAACP; Newsmax Beats Fox; Texas Sues Democracy; Wolf Has COVID; Fetterman Tweets; Artemis News; Starship Boom; Free Will

<p>It’s official. More people died from COVID-19 yesterday than died in the 9/11 attacks. <a href='https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/status/1337192776727924738'>3,067 died yesterday</a>. Daily deaths are now higher than any time during the pandemic. </p> <p>The FDA is set to approve the Pfizer vaccine today after an independent panel gave it the thumbs up yesterday. </p> <p>Turns out the <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/trump-covid-vaccine-pfizer.html'>Trump administration under ordered the Pfizer vaccine</a>. </p> <p>A r<a href='https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-financial-aid-steven-mnuchin-d327eac762f3152899904ad67f442632'>elief package is nowhere to be found</a> as Mitch McConnell demands that corporations be freed from all liability for putting employees and consumers at risk during the pandemic. The AP reports that “an emerging $900 billion COVID-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers all but collapsed Thursday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican senators won’t support $160 billion in state and local funds as part of a potential trade-off in the deal.” Apparently, McConnell plans to hold Americans hostage until gets his top priority corporate liability shield. </p> <p>Ryan Grim of The Intercept published audio of a <a href='https://theintercept.com/2020/12/10/biden-audio-meeting-civil-rights-leaders/'>contentious and at times cringe-worthy meeting between Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Civil Rights leaders from the NAACP</a>. Biden recycled unsubstantiated claims that “defund the police” caused Democrats to lose House seats, scolded attendees for suggesting he take bold administrative action, and shouted that he was the only one who ran on healing the soul of America. </p> <p>In our continued decent into the the world of Mad Max, <a href='https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/water-futures-to-trade-on-wall-street-first-time-ever-2020-12-1029870836'>water futures will soon be traded on Wall Street </a>for the first time just like oi