Biden has named a Louisiana congresscritter who's in the fossil fuel business's pocket to a White House post.

I don't know what power or influence he would have in that post. It does not sound like he would be in charge of any environment-related decisions or actions. Perhaps this is less important than it looks. But I don't know that.

Several sheriffs in New York State say they will refuse to enforce the governor's order limiting the size of private gatherings.,

They say that it is unconstitutional to restrict who can enter, invited, into a home. I hope that is true in normal times, but I'd expect that there is an exception for emergency situations — and this is certainly an emergency.

(satire) *Governors Call On [Michigan Governor] Gretchen Whitmer To Shut Down Their States So Residents Won’t Get Mad At Them.*

It looks like Google biased its search engine to try to defeat a California ballot initiative that restricts companies' use of people's data.

This does not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Google cheated. But on the preponderance of the evidence, I am convinced.

*US Military Buys Location Data Harvested From Apps, Including One for Muslim Prayers.*

If the data is collected, it will be misused. We need laws to prevent systems from collecting such data.