“Miraculous. COVID cured, the very instant the networks called the race for Biden.” So tweeted Ted Cruz a couple days ago. This is one time I wish one of these conspiracy theories were true. Instead of a fever dream, we’ve just got a fever. Records are being set. Cases are on the rise. And unlike past waves, it’s everywhere. “A pandemic that was once raging in New York and later across the Sun Belt is now spread so widely across the country that any number of cities and states might now be considered the worst off, depending on the measurement used.” NYT: What Places Are Hardest Hit by the Coronavirus? It Depends on the Measure.

+ USA Today: US is seeing almost 2,000 deaths a day; mask mandates gain momentum among GOP governors; California almost has 1M cases.

+ And federal leadership? Poof. “In essence, Trump, his family and his advisers are spending all their energy desperately trying to save a job — the presidency — that he appears to have no intention of doing in any meaningful sense.”

+ Ted Cruz’ evidence that the media had stopped covering Covid once the election was over was a screenshot from CNN. Well, here’s mine from today. If it weren’t for the coup clutz clan, this would be the only story anyone was covering.