Morning Belz, Dec. 2

Finger on the pulse of Middle America.

Biden tells Friedman he will continue trade war w/China — NYT
WATCH: Georgia election official is fed up w/rhetoric — GPB
Big Easy swingers convention infected 41 with COVID — Times-Picayune
Salesforce to buy Slack for $27.7bn — Ars Technica
Not much correlation btw legal pot and youth use — Argus Leader
Record year for wind-turbine parts at Duluth port — News Tribune
As district bleeds students, 11 St. Louis schools to close — Post-Dispatch
Political stuff accounts for only a tenth of YouTube consumption — Arxiv

Quote
“For if one should propose to all (people) a choice, bidding them select the best customs from all the customs that there are, each race...after examining them all, would select those of his own people; thus all think that their own customs are by far the best.” — Herodotus

About this email: I send this most mornings to force myself to stay informed and in touch. It’s typically ~8 links, a quote, and an update on what I’m working on. Write me back! And please share the email. I was a newspaper reporter for 14 years at the Cedar Rapids Gazette, Des Moines Register and Minneapolis Star Tribune. I gave the basic story of why my family left Minneapolis here. Find my new venture, Scuffed News, on YouTube (subscription is free and appreciated) and Twitter.