The Best of the Week’s News:

• A militia group schemed to kidnap governor Gretchen Whitmer over her COVID lockdown, pursuing weapons training, and conducting surveillance. (Freep) 
   
• Donald Trump attacks Whitmer and echos the terrorists’ grievances, as Whitmer reveals the threats against her are ongoing. (DN, Yahoo)
   
• The Base: The birth of a Neo-Nazi terror group (VICE)
   
• Unions complain to the United Nations about the United States’ plummeting labor standards. (WaPo)
   
• Toxic hogweed chokes rural Russia. (NYT)
   
• Infant daycare slots are disappearing, and parents can’t go to work. (WaPo)

The Best of the Week’s News:

• With unions surging in public esteem, support for labor is 2020’s sleeper issue. (TBT)
   
• Trump is trying to bust the VAs largest union, and workers are living in fear. (ITT)
   
• What if Trump refuses to concede? (Atlantic)
   
• Breonna Taylor’s killers will never face justice because we’ve legalized murder by cop. (WaPo)
   
• Hollywood is cleared to resume production in the COVID era, thanks to a new safety deal with the unions. (DLH)

The Best of the Week’s News:

• Wildfires in California have already smashed all records, consuming 2.2 million acres…and the fire season has barely even started. (LiveScience, Buzzfeed)
   
• While the U.S. grapples with widespread hunger, France will keep paying up to 84% of the salaries of workers furloughed by COVID-19 until next summer. (NYT, ABC)
   
• Michelle Goldberg on what the Woodward tapes reveal about Trump’s lies. (NYT)
   
• Why is the DOJ getting involved in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against Trump? (MoJo)
   
• At least 9 people have been killed in anti-police brutality protests in Colombia. (CBC)

• The garbage workers of New Orleans continue their strike because Black lives matter. (Discourse Blog) 
   
• The Trump administration had a naturalization ceremony at the RNC, but they disenfranchised up to 300,000 people by delaying their ceremonies until after the election. (WaPo)
   
• Unionized professional athletes are striking to protest police brutality and teaching a lesson about the power of labor. (Nation) 
   
• Armed right-wing extremists stormed the Idaho state legislature, pushing past police and shattering a glass door to pack the gallery. (NPR)
   
• Detroit’s embattled nursing home workers delay their strike, despite the urgent needs of their membership. (Dissent)