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Biden’s Still giving, still thankful in a tough year

Trump’s
moderation
unsettles mark
party’s left on court
Some see early bid to sets in
cool partisan passions as
weakness against GOP CONSERVATIVES
SPLIT FROM ROBERTS
BY A NNIE L INSKEY
AND S EAN S ULLIVAN
Reshaped majority backs
faith groups in covid case
wilmington, del. — Republi-
cans had been gearing up for the
first partisan brawl of the new BY ROBERT BARNES
administration — a battle over
whether to confirm the woman The Supreme Court’s new con-
widely believed to be on Joe servative majority showed its mus-
Biden’s shortlist for secretary of cle on Thanksgiving Eve, with Jus-
state. tice Amy Coney Barrett playing a
They blasted Susan E. Rice as a key role in reversing the court’s
polarizing throwback to an inter- past deference to local officials
ventionist style of foreign policy when weighing pandemic-related
or, as one senator put it, the “Ty- restrictions on religious organiza-
phoid Mary” of the Obama ad- tions.
ministration for what they saw as All three of President Trump’s
her role in multiple controversies. nominees to the court were in the
Some Democrats urged Biden to AMANDA ANDRADE-RHOADES FOR THE WASHINGTON POST 5-to-4 majority that blocked New
pick her anyway, to stand by an York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s re-
experienced hand in foreign af- Jonathan Moncada serves a meal to Charles Hill on Thursday at Central Union Mission in Washington. The strictions on houses of worship in
fairs who could be one of the most temporary hot spots where the cor-
prominent Black women in his
pandemic forced the charity to cancel its sit-down Thanksgiving meal, which usually draws hundreds, Story, B1 onavirus is raging.
government. The court’s most conservative
That fight will have to wait. justices distanced themselves from
Biden’s choice of the lower-pro- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
file Antony Blinken, an establish- Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Trump’s
ment figure with close ties to the
president-elect for decades, is
widely seen as less likely to kick
Remote school is leaving children sad and angry first nominee, went out of his way
to say that lower courts should no
longer follow Roberts’s guidance of
up a political storm in the closely deference, calling it “mistaken
divided Senate that will vote on BY H ANNAH N ATANSON Disconnected and full of doubt, young students home-school experiment, garner- from the start.”
his confirmation. AND L AURA M ECK ing more than 60 responses from “Even if the Constitution has
But while the State Depart- are especially struggling. Their parents are, too. families living in 18 states. taken a holiday during this pan-
ment nomination, along with sev- Sophia Sanchez, age 9 and School-age children are losing demic, it cannot become a sabbati-
eral other Cabinet picks rolled out stuck in perpetual Zoom school, is fourth grade and, more than any- Sophia: They are suffering emo- interest in food. They are com- cal,” Gorsuch wrote. Rather than
this past week, underscores crying a lot lately. thing, missing her friends. She tionally, mentally and even physi- plaining of back pain and burning applying “nonbinding and ex-
Biden’s intention to govern as a Her mother and sister rush in hasn’t seen a single friend since cally from so many hours, often eyes. They are developing feelings pired” guidance from Roberts in an
conciliator and not a partisan and ask what went wrong. Did the March, when she was in third alone, in front of a computer of depression. earlier case from California, Gor-
warrior, some on the left worry Internet go out again? Is her com- grade. screen. It is unsurprising, even pre- such said, “courts must resume ap-
that his early moves signal weak- puter plugged in? Is the math too “So I just get really angry and To gauge the struggle, The dictable, experts say, and likely to plying the Free Exercise Clause.”
SEE BIDEN ON A7 confusing? Sophia can’t really an- frustrated,” she said. “I cry.” Washington Post asked parents get worse the longer school cam- “Today, a majority of the court
swer. She’s too upset, wondering Some children are doing fine nationwide to share stories and puses throughout the country re- makes this plain.”
Election: Trump says he will leave whether she’ll ever learn new with remote school; some even artwork produced by youths par- main shut down. The halt of Cuomo’s orders,
if electoral college picks Biden. A3 things again, fearing she’ll fail the prefer it. But many others are like ticipating in the mandatory SEE STUDENTS ON A4 SEE COURT ON A2

False claims In Mexico, feminists

put GOP say ‘enough’
on tightrope Activists occupying a federal building decry
in Ga. runo≠s official inaction amid record rates of femicides
BY C LEVE R. WOOTSON JR. BY M ARISSA J . L ANG
AND A MY G ARD
mexico city — They’re groped marble building in Mexico City’s
griffin, ga. — Sen. David Perdue on the train and abused at home. central historical district, which
was encouraging a crowd at a gun Girls are assaulted at school, wom- began in September, is one of the
club south of Atlanta to support en at work. They’re killed in big most extreme acts of a feminist
him and fellow Republican Kelly cities and small villages. movement that has grown more
Loeffler in their bids for Georgia’s In 2020, on pace to become the aggressive amid the intensifying
Senate seats, which he called the deadliest year for women in Mexi- violence and what its members say
only thing standing between co on record, activists say there is is official inaction.
America and “a radical socialist no safe place left for women here. Last year, authorities here re-
agenda.” So they have made one. They ported a record 3,142 femicides —
But five minutes into the sena- kicked the government workers the killing of girls and women for
tor’s speech, a man interrupted. JOVELLE TAMAYO FOR THE WASHINGTON POST out of the federal Human Rights their gender. Activists say an un-
“What are you doing to help The Swinomish and Sauk-Suiattle tribes are working to restore salmon habitat along Commission building in Mexico dercurrent of machismo that runs
Donald Trump and this fraud Nookachamps Creek, a tributary of the Skagit River near Mount Vernon, Wash. City. They covered the walls with through every part of Mexican so-
case?” the man screamed, as one the names of rape victims and ciety — families, communities, the
woman said “Amen” and the hung posters with the faces of the government — is as much to blame
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
crowd applauded. “What are you dead. Then they invited women as the perpetrators who kill, on
doing to stop what’s been going on and children to shelter. average, nearly 10 female victims a
here and this election fraud?”
The Republican candidates in An ancient people with a modern plan “In here, you realize that you’re
not really alone, that we have all
day.
Elected leaders “say that they
Georgia’s dual Senate runoff cam- suffered some kind of gender vio- don’t know why we are angry, they
paign are navigating a highly un- BY JIM MORRISON tions of a tribe that calls itself the People of the lence and nobody has taken care of say that everything is fine in the
usual political labyrinth — caught Salmon. us — not the state, not the police,” country,” said Doc, a 21-year-old
in the middle of an intraparty war For 10,000 years, the Swinomish tribe has At the ceremony’s conclusion, single salmon said Cali, a 26-year-old member of who helps treat injured protest-
that has erupted since President fished the waters of northwestern Washington are ferried by boat in four directions — north to the group Bloque Negro, who like ers. “But the situation is abysmal.”
Trump narrowly lost the state to state, relying on the bounty of salmon and shell- Padilla Bay, east to the Skagit River, south to others spoke on the condition that Protests to fight the physical
President-elect Joe Biden and has fish not only as a staple of its diet but also as a Skagit Bay and west to Deception Pass — and her full name not be used for fear and sexual violence have overtak-
turned his fire on the Republican centerpiece of its culture. At the beginning of the eased into the water with a prayer that they will of reprisal. “So, it makes you feel en cities across the country. None
leadership there. fishing season, the tribe gathers on the beach for a tell other salmon how well they were treated. safe to know that in here we can of the activists’ demands — includ-
The infighting now threatens to First Salmon ceremony, a feast honoring the In recent years, though, the tribe’s harvest, take care of ourselves.” ing police training, a public review
SEE GEORGIA ON A6 return of the migratory fish that binds the genera- SEE CLIMATE ON A16 The occupation of the stately SEE FEMINISTS ON A11

In the News experiences. A10

Russia’s Vladimir Putin
national defense. A12
Inside
remained one of few THE REGION
THE NATION thousands remain global leaders not to Two families in Mont-
gomery County alleged WEEKEND
Americans endured a displaced in Honduras, congratulate President-
gloomy Thanksgiving, as and the impoverished their children were The spirit remains
elect Joe Biden. A10
coronavirus cases country is appealing for extensively exposed to A guide to seasonal cheer
continued to surge and help in what may be a THE ECONOMY pornography on school- in the Washington area.
questions swirled about years-long recovery. A8 Columnist Allan Sloan issued laptops. B1
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results from a top Four Indian states are weighs whether it’s A Capitol Hill tree-
worth it to invest in value house at the center of a A holiday-flick funk
vaccine candidate. A3 considering laws to This year, will “Elf” and
Coronavirus cases are thwart interfaith stocks, which have five-year public saga will
underperformed growth come down — but not others do the trick? C1
spiking again in cities marriages, which some
nationwide, with some leaders view as tools for stocks and the S&P 500 until 2024, when the
being hit harder than in religious conversion. A9 for over a decade. A12 girls it was built for will

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Supreme Court ruling on covid-19 restrictions gious minority to stand,” the organi-
zations said in court documents.
“The nature of the epidemic, the
spikes, the uncertainties, and the
precedents for his position that the
court should defer to local officials

for religious groups shows conservative shift

Cuomo attributed the court’s or- need for quick action, taken togeth- during health crises.
der to its more conservative major- er, mean that the State has counter- The chief justice seemed taken
ity. “I think that Supreme Court vailing arguments based upon aback. He said his earlier opinion
ruling on the religious gatherings health, safety, and administrative in the California case asserted only
COURT FROM A1 for months. vices are capped at 10 people. At the is more illustrative of the Supreme considerations that must be bal- that the Constitution chiefly leaves
They were previously outvoted next level, “orange zones,” there is Court than anything else,” Cuomo anced against the applicants’ First such decisions to local officials.
which had been allowed to remain when Ginsburg was alive, as she an attendance cap of 25. The size of told reporters. “It’s irrelevant from Amendment challenges,” Breyer That, he wrote, “should be un-
in place by lower courts, was the and the other liberals joined with the facility does not factor in to the a practical impact because the zone wrote. controversial, and the [Gorsuch]
first evidence that Roberts may no Roberts to leave in place restric- capacity limit. that they were talking about has Sotomayor was more pointed in concurrence must reach beyond
longer play the pivotal role he occu- tions in California and Nevada that The diocese said in its petition already been moved. It expired last a separate opinion joined by Ka- the words themselves to find the
pied over the past couple of years. imposed limits on in-person ser- that the plan subjects “houses of week. I think this was really just an gan: “Justices of this court play a target it is looking for.”
He had been at the center of the vices at houses of worship. worship alone” to “onerous opportunity for the court to ex- deadly game in second guessing He also defended the liberal jus-
court, with four consistently more In the cases involved in the fixed-capacity caps while permit- press its philosophy and politics.” the expert judgment of health offi- tices from Gorsuch’s tough words,
conservative justices and four court’s midnight order Wednesday, ting a host of secular businesses to Technically, the court’s order cials about the environments in even though Roberts did not join
more liberal ones. the Roman Catholic Diocese of remain open in ‘red’ and ‘orange’ blocks Cuomo’s restrictions from which a contagious virus, now in- their dissents.
Barrett’s replacement of liberal Brooklyn and Jewish organizations zones without any restrictions being reimposed while legal chal- fecting a million Americans each “I do not regard my dissenting
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg led by Agudath Israel challenged whatsoever.” lenges continue. But the court’s week, spreads most easily.” colleagues as ‘cutting the Constitu-
means there are now five members Cuomo’s system of imposing drastic And the Jewish organizations unsigned opinion would appear to Roberts noted in his opinion tion loose during a pandemic,’
of the court — a majority — more restrictions on certain neighbor- noted that Cuomo, a Democrat, had make the ultimate outcome clear. that the rules might be unduly re- yielding to ‘a particular judicial
willing to move it quickly in a more hoods when coronavirus cases specifically mentioned outbreaks “Even in a pandemic, the Consti- strictive but said Cuomo has al- impulse to stay out of the way in
conservative direction. spike. in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods tution cannot be put away and ready eased them, essentially giv- times of crisis,’ or ‘shelter[ing] in
And pandemic-related restric- Under Cuomo’s plan, in areas when imposing the restrictions. forgotten,” the opinion said. “The ing the churches and synagogues place when the Constitution is un-
tions on worship services have designated “red zones,” where the “This court should not permit such restrictions at issue here, by effec- the relief they had requested. der attack,’ ” Roberts wrote, quot-
drawn the ire of the conservatives virus risk is highest, worship ser- remarkable scapegoating of a reli- tively barring many from attend- “The Governor might reinstate ing Gorsuch’s opinion.
ing religious services, strike at the the restrictions. But he also might “They simply view the matter
very heart of the First Amend- not,” the chief justice wrote. “And it differently after careful study and
ment’s guarantee of religious liber- is a significant matter to override analysis reflecting their best efforts
ty.” determinations made by public to fulfill their responsibility under
The opinion was endorsed by health officials concerning what is the Constitution.”
Barrett, Gorsuch and Justices Clar- necessary for public safety in the Conservative religious organiza-
ence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. midst of a deadly pandemic.” tions praised the court’s action.
and Brett M. Kavanaugh, Trump’s Gorsuch disagreed. “Governor Cuomo should have
second appointment to the court. “It is time — past time — to make known that openly targeting Jews
It was mild compared with recent plain that, while the pandemic pos- for a special covid crackdown was
comments from Alito and the Gor- es many grave challenges, there is never going to be constitutional,”
such opinion, which no other jus- no world in which the Constitution said Eric Rassbach, vice president
tices joined. tolerates color-coded executive and senior counsel at the Becket
Alito, who did not write a sepa- edicts that reopen liquor stores Fund, which represented Agudath
rate opinion, recently told the con- and bike shops but shutter church- Israel. Covid-19 is the disease
servative legal organization the es, synagogues, and mosques,” he caused by the coronavirus. “The
Federalist Society that the pan- wrote. Supreme Court was right to step in
demic “has resulted in previously Gorsuch’s solo opinion was at and allow Jews and Catholics to
unimaginable restrictions on indi- times scathing and sarcastic. He worship as they have for centuries.”
Join us at this live webinar event. You’ll hear from an MS expert speaker and from someone vidual liberty.” noted that Cuomo had designated, But Donna Lieberman, execu-
living with MS.
“It pains me to say this, but in among others, hardware stores, tive director of the New York Civil
certain quarters, religious liberty is acupuncturists, liquor stores and Liberties Union, said the court’s
fast becoming a disfavored right,” bicycle repair shops as essential action was dangerous.
Benjamin Osborne, MD Date: Alito said. businesses not subject to the most “New York’s temporary restric-
Georgetown University Hospital Thursday, December 03, 2020 But Justice Stephen G. Breyer, strict limits. tions on indoor gatherings do not
writing for fellow liberals Sonia “So, at least according to the discriminate against houses of
Time: Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, said governor, it may be unsafe to go to worship, and, in fact, treat them
Event ID: 17356 6:00 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST it was a strange time for the court church, but it is always fine to pick better than comparable non-reli-
to be offering relief. up another bottle of wine, shop for gious gatherings,” Lieberman said
Register today at http://biib.mobi/17356 or call 1-866-955-9999 “The number of new confirmed a new bike, or spend the afternoon in a statement. “The Supreme
cases per day is now higher than it exploring your distal points and Court’s decision will unfortunately
Monday-Friday from 9 am to 6 pm ET. has ever been,” Breyer wrote, point- meridians,” Gorsuch wrote. “Who undermine New York’s efforts to
ing to the growing national death knew public health would so per- curb the pandemic.”
toll and the outsize number of fa- fectly align with secular conven- The cases are Roman Catholic
talities New York has suffered, ience?” Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo and
which tracking by The Washington Gorsuch criticized Roberts for Agudath Israel v. Cuomo.
Post puts at more than 34,000. relying on one of the court’s 1905 robert.barnes@washpost.com
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Politics & the Nation

Trump says he will leave if electoral college picks Biden
picked Biden. tend Biden’s inauguration, he de- club in Virginia. paign against the election could Aides say Trump has begun
Comment is president’s Though advisers have long said
he would leave on Jan. 20, it was
murred. “I know the answer,” he
said, though he declined to pro-
The president also said he
planned to campaign in Georgia
discourage some supporters from
voting.
discussing a 2024 presidential
bid, but he said on Thursday that
first explicit commitment Trump’s first explicit commit- vide it. for two Republicans in Senate “I’m very worried about that,” he was still focused on 2020.
to vacating White House ment to vacate office if the vote
did not go his way.
Even as most of his lawyers
have quit and many campaign
runoffs set for January. The races
are key to the party keeping the
Trump said, when asked if Geor-
gia’s Senate runoff elections
“I don’t think it’s right he’s
trying to pick a Cabinet,” Trump
Trump said he planned to con- officials say the effort to overturn majority. Trump said he may go as would be legitimate. said of Biden. Trump had blocked
tinue to make claims of fraud the election is going nowhere, soon as Saturday, though a White “You have a fraudulent sys- a presidential transition for sev-
BY J OSH D AWSEY about the results and said, with- Trump said it was going “very House spokesman later said he tem,” he said he told Republican eral weeks but relented this week
out evidence, that Biden could well.” meant next Saturday. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly and allowed his team to go for-
President Trump said on not have won close to 80 million The president made the re- Republicans close to Trump Loeffler of Georgia. He said his ward.
Thursday that he would leave the votes. His legal team has been marks in the Diplomatic Room of have said he was largely uninter- supporters feared the race was Trump also glancingly ad-
White House if the electoral col- widely mocked — and has lost the White House after he spoke to ested in the runoffs until his illegitimate. dressed the coronavirus pandem-
lege voted for President-elect Joe almost every claim in every state, soldiers across the world. The Thursday appearance. He railed Trump continued to falsely ic, which has killed at least
Biden next month, though he as officials certify results for Thanksgiving session — an an- against Georgia officials, who he claim that there had been wide- 262,000 people in the United
vowed to keep fighting to over- Biden. nual tradition for Trump — believes have not intervened spread voter fraud in his election, States, though mainly to brag.
turn the election he lost and said “It’s going to be a very hard marked the first time he took enough as the state has counted without offering proof. And he “The vaccines — and by the way,
he may never concede. thing to concede,” he said of the questions since the election. ballots and certified results for again falsely said Republican poll don’t let Joe Biden take credit for
“Certainly I will, and you know election. Aides have privately said He planned to have dinner Biden. watchers were not allowed to the vaccine. . . . Don’t let him take
that,” he said when asked if Trump will never concede that he with his family at the White Trump’s continued rhetoric observe in Pennsylvania, though credit for the vaccines, because
he would leave the White lost. House on Thursday night and has worried Republicans working his lawyers have said in court that the vaccines were me,” he said.
House if the electoral college Asked whether he would at- spent much of the day at his golf on the race, who fear his cam- some were allowed to observe. josh.dawsey@washpost.com

A Thanksgiving marked the United Kingdom and the

European Union.
“Now that we’ve found what
pandemic began.
The nation’s governors have
cited the rising death toll — and

by surging virus cases, looks like a better efficacy, we

have to validate this, so we need
to do an additional study,” Soriot
concerns about a critical short-
age of hospital intensive care
beds — as one reason they are

questions about vaccine said.

At an evening news confer-
ence in London, Patrick Val-
issuing new orders to try to slow
the spread of the virus.
In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom
lance, the British government’s Wolf (D) took the unusual step of
BY T IM C RAIG that compared Americans’ battle chief scientific adviser, said he shutting down liquor sales in
AND C AROLYN Y . J OHNSON against the virus to adversity remained optimistic that the bars and restaurants the night
that European settlers faced 400 vaccine was still on track for before Thanksgiving, effectively
Americans endured a gloomy years ago. final scrutiny from government eliminating one of the biggest
Thanksgiving on Thursday, as “We have leveraged our regulators. bar nights of the year.
coronavirus cases continued to strengths to make significant “Headline results: This vac- On Thursday morning, Cuo-
surge while questions swirled breakthroughs that will end this cine works, and that’s very excit- mo blasted the Supreme Court’s
about how to interpret results crisis,” the White House state- ing and it’s going to be put new conservative majority for
from a top vaccine candidate. ment said, referring to “ground- forward for approval,” Vallance ruling against his restrictions on
Despite pleas from top gov- breaking therapeutics and life- said. “The regulators will need to religious gatherings, even as he
ernment leaders and scientists saving vaccines.” look at it and decide, and that stressed that the ruling is not a
for Americans to scale back President-elect Joe Biden, ÉTIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK will be true for all of the vac- final legal decision because the
Thanksgiving gatherings this meanwhile, released a video in Airline crew members wear protective gear Tuesday at Los Angeles cines.” matter will be passed down to an
year, it appeared that a large which he and his wife, Jill, called International Airport. An estimated 50 million Americans are on David Benkeser, a biostatistics appeals court.
number still tried to gather with on Americans to stick close to the move this weekend, raising concerns about virus transmission. expert at Emory University’s “I think this was really just an
loved ones. home during the holiday. The Rollins School of Public Health, opportunity for the court to
The Transportation Security Bidens also called on the nation New coronavirus cases and deaths 200k said in an email that remaining express its philosophy and poli-
Administration reported that to remember the more than in the U.S., by day questions about the vaccine tics. It doesn’t have any practical
nearly 1.1 million people passed 262,000 Americans who have As of 8 p.m. Thursday could be answered by modifying effect,” Cuomo said. “I fully re-
150k
through airport security check- died from covid-19. CASES
the ongoing trial in the United spect religion, and if there’s a
points Wednesday, the agency’s “We might not be able to join States. time in life when we need it, the
Total 12,880,478 Yesterday 127,563
highest screening volume since our hands around a table with 100k “The more details I hear about time is now, but we want to make
March 16. our loved ones, but we can come these trials, the more challeng- sure we keep people safe at the
Those travelers still repre- together as a nation,” the presi- 7-day avg. ing their interpretation gets,” same time.”
sented fewer than half of the dent-elect said. “I know better 50k Benkeser said. “But overall, the New York did try to offer the
2.6 million screenings that TSA days are coming.” results are still encouraging. A nation one semblance of nor-
agents conducted on the day But on Thursday, confusion vaccine with 60 to 70 percent malcy. The annual Macy’s
before Thanksgiving last year. and new questions persisted Feb. 29 April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 26
efficacy, a good safety profile, Thanksgiving Day Parade was
Combined with auto and rail, about the vaccine that pharma- tenable cold chain, and inexpen- broadcast nationally, although
AAA predicted that as many as ceutical company AstraZeneca is DEATHS sive manufacturing costs is still, the parade was confined to just
50 million Americans will have developing with the University Total 262,709 Yesterday 1,388 by all accounts, a good vaccine.” one block and some of the show
been on the move by the end of of Oxford, which is viewed as 3k Even amid widespread specu- was taped beforehand.
the weekend, raising concerns one of three early candidates for 7-day avg. lation that the FDA could ap- There were no visible specta-
2k
that coronavirus cases will con- FDA approval. prove at least one of the vaccine tors, but the parade ended with
tinue to flare in the coming AstraZeneca said Monday 1k candidates before Christmas, the traditional arrival of Santa
weeks. that its vaccine was 70 percent the Centers for Disease Control Claus and Mrs. Claus.
With some states and big effective overall, with the most Feb. 29 April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 26 and Prevention and state health Santa did not wear a mask,
cities suspending reporting of hopeful segment of data — a departments braced for deaths although Mrs. Claus waved to the
new cases for the holiday, many 90 percent effective vaccine — covid-19, including whether they participants for whom the vac- to increase in the coming weeks. camera while wearing a face
medical experts predict that the reported in a group of fewer received a placebo or the vac- cine proved 90 percent effective. One model used by the CDC covering.
country will not know until next than 3,000 people who received cine. Such data is pivotal in Older people are considered cru- projects a death toll of more tim.craig@washpost.com
week just how rapidly the virus only half the initial dose of the understanding the effectiveness cial to study because they are at than 3,000 people a day by the carolyn.johnson@washpost.com
is spreading. By Thursday eve- two-dose regimen. The full two- of a vaccine. elevated risk for severe illness third week of December, when
ning, however, the United States dose regimen, the one being “It’s very confusing at this from the coronavirus. He added the nation is likely to eclipse Paulina Villegas contributed to this
had already reported more than tested in a large clinical trial in point,” Ira Longini, a biostatisti- that the two efficacy results were 300,000 total deaths since the report.
127,000 new cases and more the United States, was 62 per- cian involved in vaccine trials at “overlapping statistically,” mak-
than 1,300 additional deaths cent effective. the University of Florida, said in ing it possible, though unlikely,
from those locations that contin- Although the vaccine ap- an email. “We need to see all the that random chance could ac-
ued to report data. peared less efficacious than can- numbers. . . . It’s not good statis- count for the difference.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, didates being developed by Mod- tical practice to publicly release “We need to understand
the nation topped 2,000 deaths erna and jointly by Pfizer and ad hoc calculations without a what’s behind it scientifically,”
for the first time since May 6. BioNTech, the news was wel- completely transparent presen- Slaoui said.
Wednesday was the 33rd consec- comed by physicians and scien- tation of all the results.” AstraZeneca chief executive NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY
utive day the United States set a
record in its seven-day average
tists. The AstraZeneca vaccine
appeared effective and had ad-
The next day, Moncef Slaoui,
scientific leader of Operation
Pascal Soriot told Bloomberg
News that the company would
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A4 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 2020

Parents feel
helpless as
their kids
struggle
STUDENTS FROM A1

“The strain on kids is enor-

mous,” said Matthew Biel, chief of
the child and adolescent psychia-
try division at Georgetown Univer-
sity School of Medicine. “Your 7-
year-old wants to be recognized
when they raise their hand. Often-
times doesn’t happen on Zoom.
They want to be able to make a
comment, make a joke with a peer
— can’t do that, no chatting al-
lowed. Wants to be able to get up
and walk around the classroom
and move — can’t do that, we need
to see your face on screen.”
He said it can be particularly
hard for children with special
needs, developmental delays or so-
cial struggles, but it can also be
challenging for youths who simply
crave friendship and the comfort
of school rituals.
Especially for younger children,
Biel said, the only way to express
shock, sadness and displeasure is
through emotional, sometimes vi-
olent outbursts and tantrums.
And, although parents across the
United States are rushing to reas-
sure their children, they cannot
provide the one answer that would AMANDA ANDRADE-RHOADES FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

help most — telling children when Olivia James attends a virtual class late last month while her mother, Karen James, works at the dining-room table at their home in Alexandria, Va.
the pandemic will be over.
“This is just how life is now,” Biel
said. “None of us can really share 7-year-old daughter, Olivia Gabrie- her teacher. The death of George “No, baby, really, this time Not because of online school — good days, 10 minutes.
with our kids when it is going to la James. She took first-day-of- Floyd added a layer of pain that Grandpa can’t come from Florida,” that’s predictable. He knows how On the most stressful days, he
end. We don’t know.” school photos and dressed her up Olivia, who is Black, is barely able she told her. “It’s real.” many 15-minute screen breaks to just starts crying and can’t stop.
in nice school clothes. Olivia was to process. The second-grader Olivia was in tears. So was her expect. He knows he will be taught “I don’t know why,” Luke said.
‘Frustrated and furious’ right on time to her at-home work- glimpsed some of the news foot- grandfather, leaving James forced by seven teachers over the course “It’s like a roller coaster of emo-
For Creedence Peterson, the station, in the dining room of the age, and her mother felt forced to to comfort both her father and of the week. And he knows exactly tions.”
school day has become a lesson in family’s home in Alexandria, Va. talk with her about injustices years daughter. how tired he will be — and how Ethan, who is in fifth grade, has
discomfort. But as time went by, James before she would have liked. “I just think about the long term much his head will hurt — by the come up with his own words to
It starts when the 12-year-old found there were holes she could “George Floyd died, and it just and how it will affect her academi- third Zoom class. describe what is happening inside
pulls on his uniform: white but- not fill. Sometimes the mother felt made me really sad, upset,” Olivia cally as well as emotionally, and I The uncertainty is due to his his head. “Big feelings,” he calls it.
ton-down shirt, gray slacks, blazer helpless. said. She knows exactly what hap- try to give as many hugs and kisses constantly shifting emotions. “I am feeling very sad and an-
and tie, as mandated by his New “Hands tied, I can’t change any- pened. “The officer put his knee in and support as I can,” James said. “Emotions” is not a word Luke gry,” Ethan said. “Sad because I
York City private school. Then he thing myself,” she thought. “And his neck so he couldn’t breathe.” “And I tell her, you know, we’re all used a lot pre-coronavirus. The can’t see my friends and the people
sits down on his bed, where he will I’m doing the best that I can. The hardest blow came just be- doing this, like everyone in Ameri- sixth-grader, who lives in Gaithers- I miss. Angry because I have to see
spend the next six hours attending Right? Which on some days fore Olivia’s birthday, on Aug. 2, ca this is happening to right now. burg, Md., with his parents and the same people, including my
an almost unbroken string of doesn’t seem good enough.” when James had to tell Olivia that But I wonder sometimes, you little brother, Ethan, never spent annoying brother.”
Zoom classes. A single mom, James had to her grandfather would not be com- know — am I just talking over her time thinking about how he was He also wishes he could see his
Immediately, the waistband balance helping her daughter with ing to the house for her party. He head? So [I] just try to love on her, feeling before. The answer was teachers in person. Watching
cuts into his stomach. The blazer her own demanding work-from- comes every year, so when James the best I can.” almost always “good.” them on Zoom is “fine,” but the
feels hot. home responsibilities. told her daughter that he wouldn’t He is still happy, sometimes. But 10-year-old sometimes feels as if
Two hours in, his neck starts to Olivia complained about tech- be showing up this year, she feared ‘A roller coaster of emotions’ that sense of well-being has an his teachers are not really his
bother him. His muscles feel nology (“It’s glitchy”) and missing Olivia would think it was a trick, Luke Pages, 12, has a lot of expiration date now, and he never teachers — and he’s not a real
strained, stretched. Holding his her friends (“It’s really hard”). She setting up some kind of super-spe- trouble guessing how his days are knows how long it will last. On fifth-grader — because he has nev-
head in the same position for so longed to be in the same room with cial surprise. going to go. good days, an hour. On not-so- er actually set foot in a classroom.
long is unnatural, just plain Ethan has questions about his
wrong. lessons, and he doesn’t know how
But the worst is when his eyes to put them into words that will
start to water and itch, which they make sense in an online chat or an
almost always do. Creedence rubs email, which is the only way to win
them, and that helps, but within private time with the teacher. He
seconds they hurt worse. Soon would like to walk up to his teach-
they’re bloodshot, so ghastly look- er and explain his confusion with
ing that his parents at one point his hands. Sometimes, especially
tested him for pinkeye — but no, it when school is hard, he closes his
was just from staring at a screen eyes and imagines doing that.
for so long. Luke, meanwhile, daydreams
One room over, his 8-year-old about something he always took
sister, Piper, who attends Zoom for granted — the several-minute
classes while in her bedroom, usu- slices between every lesson. Back
ally starts feeling lightheaded at in real school, that is when he
Hour 3. Her eyes begin burning walked the hallways with his
around then, too. She takes every friends, headed for the next class-
one of the “stretch breaks” her room. He can’t remember what
school offers, but what she would they talked about — just random
really like to do is run out to the stuff, probably. Now, he can’t even
playground for a game of tag. see his friends’ faces, because not
That, Piper is sure, would make everybody likes to turn their cam-
her feel better — or at least closer eras on for Zoom class.
to how she used to feel before the Although the rest of his emo-
pandemic, back when she woke up tions have gone haywire, the 12-
every morning feeling happy. year-old said there is one feeling
There wasn’t a particular reason, he can always count on: The end of
she said. She just remembers be- every school day brings the same
ing excited for the day. exhaustion and disappointment.
That almost never happens If Luke could just go play football
now. Instead, “you get frustrated with his best friend after school,
and furious,” Piper said. “Like, you the way he used to, that might
don’t want to look at a screen. You make him feel better. Instead, he’s
don’t want to be at online school. developed a mantra.
You start crying.” “We’re all in this together,” he
Creedence said he is just as LUKE PAGES ETHAN PAGES
tells himself. “We will get through
frustrated as his sister. He would it.”
like to complain about school to
his friends — in online chats, be- It doesn’t feel like she’s
cause he can’t see them in person talking to her best friend
— but so many of his friends have Sophia Sanchez in Los Angeles
moved away. There was the family knows who she would like to tell
that left for Florida, and the twins, about everything going wrong
once his best friends, who now live with her life — her best friend,
in the Hamptons. Their parents Sofia, who shares her name and
decided they didn’t like New York whom she has known since first
anymore, Creedence said. grade. Before the pandemic, she
Piper misses her soccer team. and Sofia were working on an
Creedence misses the doughnut illustrated book about a spy. They
shop across the street, which re- drew side by side at recess, unfold-
cently shut down because of a lack ing new details of the plot with
of customers. every picture. And they talked —
When things get too sad or about school, what was happening
weird, the siblings like to lose that day, how it made them feel.
themselves in video games. The Sofia is the only friend Sophia
nice thing about a video game, has spoken to since school shut
Creedence said, is that it lets you down. But her mother doesn’t
shape the world the way you want have Sofia’s mother’s number, so
it to look — or, he clarified, the way Sophia messages Sofia through
you need it to look. the chat function of an online
But as soon as he closes the game they both play. It’s okay,
console, the same fear surges back. Sophia said, but it doesn’t really
“We might never be able to go feel like she’s talking to her best
back to some of our favorite res- friend.
taurants, because they closed If the coronavirus were some-
down, and we might never really how gone tomorrow, that’s who
see our friends again, because they Sophia would want to see first. She
moved away,” Creedence said. would march straight back to nor-
“This may never get back to nor- mal school. She would head for the
mal.” monkey bars, where she would
race Sofia, just like before.
The holes she could not fill AMANDA ANDRADE-RHOADES FOR THE WASHINGTON POST This time, for once, she’d let
At the start of the school year, TOP LEFT: Luke Pages, 12, a sixth-grader in Gaithersburg, Md., made this to show how the coronavirus has reshaped his life. TOP Sofia win.
Karen James tried to make things RIGHT: Luke’s brother Ethan, 10, a fifth-grader, illustrated how he has felt most of the time. ABOVE: Karen James and daughter hannah.natanson@washpost.com
as normal as she could for her Olivia take a break from work and school in Alexandria. “I try to give as many hugs and kisses and support as I can,” James said. laura.meckler@washpost.com
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 2020 . THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE A5

WHY DOES WASHINGTON

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INSTEAD OF THIS?

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other chronic conditions, yielding better health outcomes.

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A6 EZ SU THE WASHINGTON POST . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 2020

Coronavirus cases are skyrocketing again in U.S. cities

BYB RITTANY S HAMMAS, follow if the situation worsens.
M ARK G UARINO Wayne County’s health depart-
AND J ACQUELINE D UPREE ment on Nov. 20 strongly recom-
mended that schools shift to virtu-
For a few months, coronavirus- al instruction through mid-Janu-
weary Chicago residents got a re- ary, noting that the current wave
prieve from the strict regulations “is at a level higher than the first
that shuttered the nation’s third- peak in April 2020.”
largest city during the spring. Philadelphia on Nov. 20 im-
After infections plummeted in posed new “Safer at Home” re-
early June, restaurants welcomed strictions, which required schools
diners back inside. Movie thea- to shift to online learning, restau-
ters, fitness centers and bowling rants to suspend indoor dining,
alleys reopened their doors. And and gyms and indoor fitness class-
the barriers came down on the es to close. Movie theaters, casinos
bike pathway along the city’s cher- and bowling alleys were also shut-
ished lakefront. tered and indoor gatherings of
But with new coronavirus cases more than one household prohib-
surging beyond the springtime ited.
peak, Chicago is now hunkering “The hope is that by imple-
down. Statewide measures have menting these restrictions as soon
closed some businesses and limit- as we could — and we’re doing it
ed the capacity at others, while ahead of at least a lot of surround-
officials are urging residents to ing counties and states — that
stay home. Again. we’ll be able to head off getting to a
“We’ve been through a heck of a point where we outstrip our ca-
lot this year,” Lori Lightfoot, the pacity and get to a point worse
city’s Democratic mayor, said dur- than we were in April,” Garrow
ing a recent news conference. said.
“And it’s not over.” Months after the first shut-
Across much of the United downs in the United States, a bet-
States, the picture is similar. Ma- ter understanding of how the cor-
jor metropolitan areas were the onavirus spreads means that this
face of the pandemic before being latest wave of restrictions can be
overtaken by spikes in less-popu- more targeted, Michaud said. Au-
lated parts of the country in Sep- thorities can focus on what is be-
tember. Since then, the nation’s lieved to carry the greatest risk of
worst outbreaks have been con- transmission: venues where peo-
centrated in rural parts of the SCOTT OLSON/GETTY IMAGES ple are crowded together indoors
Upper Midwest. Customers eat outside at a restaurant in Chicago on Nov. 11. New coronavirus cases in Cook County, where Chicago is located, are surging for extended periods of time.
Yet dramatic increases have beyond the springtime peak. Statewide measures have closed some businesses, and officials are once again urging people to stay home. “In the spring, we didn’t know a
been reported in many major U.S. whole lot about the virus and ex-
cities in recent weeks, with some are investing in our future, but if hospitalizations rising since early even the Sun Belt’s summer surge. of significant travel and extended actly what were the activities that
being hit harder than they were this becomes a longtime shut- October. “The entire country is surging family get-togethers, health ex- were the riskiest,” he said. “We
during their previous peaks. Test- down, it just hurts everything.” In Maricopa County, which in- at the same time,” she said. perts feared the number would know a whole lot more now. And
ing has greatly ramped up since At NorthShore University cludes Phoenix, Valleywise Health Health officials attribute the vi- only continue to climb. that means that we don’t have to
the start of the pandemic, but that HealthSystem, infectious-disease “had a little breather” after the rus’s resurgence in cities to several “We would love to be that shin- put in a Chinese-style lockdown to
alone does not explain the grow- specialist Kamaljit Sandhu Singh summer’s surge in Sun Belt states, factors, including eased restric- ing city on the hill where we’re have an effect on transmission.
ing caseloads. said he and other health-care said Michael White, the health tions, increased gatherings and avoiding all this,” said Philadel- You can be much more surgical in
“The dreaded fall wave, in workers were “exhausted physi- system’s chief clinical officer. But what’s being called “covid fatigue.” phia Department of Public Health your approach.”
many places, is upon us,” said Josh cally and mentally” as hospitaliza- the seven-day average of new cas- Eight months into the pandemic, spokesman James Garrow. “But I But among some already bat-
Michaud, an epidemiologist and tions and intensive care unit ad- es, which hovered around 500 a “there is no longer that sense of don’t know that anybody’s going tered by earlier shutdowns, the
associate director for global missions increased. day in late October, exceeded urgency,” said Mouhanad Ham- to be able to avoid this.” new restrictions drew frustration.
health policy at the nonprofit Kai- He said the pandemic remind- 2,000 on Monday. mami, chief health strategist in Mortality rates have improved The Illinois Restaurant Associ-
ser Family Foundation. “And that ed him of growing up during the “We’re hanging in there is how I Wayne County, home to Detroit. from earlier in the pandemic — a ation released a statement object-
includes in metropolitan areas.” Vietnam War: “I could never wrap would describe it,” White said. “When you live with something, it change attributed to improved ing to the state’s ban on indoor
In Cook County, where Chicago my name around the number of “Our biggest concern always is, as is no longer urgent, and you tend therapeutics and knowledge of dining, arguing that it “will force
is located, the seven-day average soldiers’ lives lost, but the pictures we continue to see this case count to get desensitized to it.” how to handle covid-19, the dis- people into less controlled, private
of new cases hit a record high of were compelling.” rise, that that certainly can lead to Some authorities in Chicago ease caused by the virus. Still, gatherings with no safety precau-
4,654 on Nov. 17 — far outpacing Cases are surging on Chicago’s more folks needing hospitaliza- blamed rock-bottom hotel prices authorities in areas that are seeing tions — resulting in the exact op-
the peak of 1,690 during the spring West and Southwest sides, where tion down the road, on top of a and the state-imposed indoor din- spiking infections have reacted posite of slowing the spread” of
surge. Deaths are lower than the the virus spread at a dispropor- time where we usually see a higher ing ban, suggesting it may have with alarm, noting that the explo- the virus. The organization said
numbers seen in the spring but tionate rate in the spring and the rate of hospitalizations for non- caused parties to relocate to hotel sion in cases will inevitably drive that without being allowed to
have climbed in recent weeks. majority of residents are Black or covid-related illnesses.” rooms or other spaces, such as up the death toll. serve indoors in some capacity,
With winter approaching, busi- Latino. Kiran Joshi, senior medi- Phoenix-based Banner Health Airbnb rentals. On Nov. 12, Light- In Los Angeles County, where “our state’s largest private sector
ness owners who stayed afloat by cal officer at the Cook County is projecting that 125 percent of foot told reporters that current hospitalizations are up and deaths employer will be pushed to the
turning to outdoor service have Department of Public Health, said the system’s licensed hospital restrictions apply to both. increased slightly last week, Pub- brink of permanent devastation.”
been investing in heating lamps, “a myriad of factors” play into why beds will be full by the first week of “I know the hotel industry was lic Health Director Barbara Ferrer Mark Domitrovich, co-owner of
hoping to keep customers coming those areas are surging highest, December. Hospital administra- hit hard and is in many instances on Nov. 20 described the data as Chicago restaurants Ina Mae Tav-
even in temperatures that can but that a common attribute is tors believe they have stocked up is on life support, but that cannot looking “really bad right now” and ern and Frontier, said he was try-
drop below freezing. that people there “experienced on enough personal protective include parties,” she said. “I urge added that the county had experi- ing to “string together as much as
Michelle Foik, co-owner of Eris structural racism over decades.” equipment, ventilators and beds the hotel industry to be much enced “three terrible days in terms an outdoor dining situation as we
Brewery & Cider House, said she The second peak in Chicago to weather the surge, Chief Clini- more diligent about who is com- of case rates and increases in hos- can get” because takeout and de-
saw the shutdown of indoor din- mirrors those in metropolitan ar- cal Officer Marjorie Bessel said ing in. . . . People think it’s party pitalizations.” She said health offi- livery alone weren’t enough to get
ing as inevitable. The facility’s pa- eas across the country. In recent during a news conference Tues- time. It’s not.” cials were hoping deaths “don’t go by.
tio has been “our saving grace,” she weeks, counties home to cities in- day. They worry most about staff- Officials in many hard-hit cities up . . . as much as earlier in the “At this point, we’re trying to
said, but she worries about what cluding Philadelphia, Los Ange- ing; they’ve hired nearly 1,000 also point to increasingly wide- pandemic.” grind it out. To try to drive as much
will happen this winter. She’s torn les, Detroit, Las Vegas and Minne- health-care workers from out of spread transmission across the With rapidly rising case num- business as possible,” he said. “It’ll
between relief that the rise in cas- apolis have seen new cases sur- state and are recruiting 900 more. United States, which has been re- bers has come a return to some of run out at some point, and it
es was met with more restrictions pass their past highs. Miami-Dade The health system always beefs porting record-setting numbers of the restrictions of the spring. In doesn’t seem like the cavalry is on
and concern over the effect on her County has been trending up up its staff for the winter months, infections. Over the past week, the Los Angeles, health officials sus- the way, either, so we’re just pray-
business. again, while Salt Lake County is Bessel said, but the coming weeks country had well over 150,000 pended outdoor dining for the ing right now.”
“Believe me, we need the mon- experiencing its first major peak are expected to be markedly dif- new cases each day. Ahead of first time since May. They warned brittany.shammas@washpost.com
ey,” Foik said. “We’re a start-up. We of the pandemic, with cases and ferent from previous years and Thanksgiving, traditionally a time that a stay-at-home order could jacqueline.dupree@washpost.com

Trump’s false claims roil They say Georgia remains a con-

servative state with a history of
runoff campaigns going the GOP’s

GOP in Ga. Senate races way. And the absence of Trump on

the ballot could help win back
suburban voters who rejected his
style but still want to support con-
GEORGIA FROM A1 Complicating the senators’ servatives.
pitch is the call by some Trump One person who has been help-
turn off the very Republican vot- advocates for voters to protest the ful for the Republican Senate can-
ers Perdue and Loeffler need to balloting system in ways that didates is Trump’s elder son, Don
stave off challenges from their some GOP strategists fear will ef- Jr., who tweeted that Georgians
Democratic rivals, Jon Ossoff and fectively result in support for the should “IGNORE” calls to boycott
the Rev. Raphael Warnock. Democrats. the runoffs.
Trump and his allies have re- One prominent Trump ally, At- “We’re not as divided as you
peatedly, and falsely, accused lanta attorney Lin Wood, who un- think,” said one Republican strat-
Georgia Secretary of State Brad successfully sued Georgia election egist involved in the race.
Raffensperger and Gov. Brian officials to stop the certification of Still, many Republicans remain
Kemp, both Republicans, of pre- the vote, has urged Republican concerned that the public hostility
siding over a fraudulent election. voters not to vote in elections with within the party — as well as ef-
Trump has pushed the baseless Dominion machines. forts to foment distrust of voting
claim that the Dominion Voting Wood has attacked Perdue and — pose serious threats to Loeffler
Systems machines used in Geor- Loeffler for not doing enough to and Perdue.
gia were rigged as part of a global help, and he told his 631,000 Twit- And those tensions do not ap-
conspiracy, and Perdue and Loef- ter followers last weekend that if pear to be going away. Trump, for
fler have called for Raffensperger’s the senators don’t step up their his part, has continued to push as
resignation. support, he would take a pass on BRYNN ANDERSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS recently as Wednesday the un-
But therein lies the conun- Jan. 5. Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), left, and Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia rally supporters in founded claims about Georgia’s
drum: Perdue and Loeffler are “If not fixed, I will NOT vote in Cumming, Ga., on Nov. 13 as Loeffler and Perdue try to retain their seats and the GOP majority. voting machines.
traveling the state pleading with GA runoff,” he tweeted. Raffensperger hasn’t shied
Republican voters to turn out on Asked whether his efforts would the state’s GOP base. the Trump era and the potential Trump has tweeted in favor of away from the divisions, either.
Jan. 5 — effectively asking Trump depress GOP turnout, Wood told Hundreds of people attended benefit of running now without Loeffler and Perdue, but he has His tenor hardened after Loeffler
supporters to put their faith in the The Washington Post via email “Stop the Steal” protests outside the president on the ticket. not shown up in the state so far, and Perdue called for his resigna-
same voting system their presi- that the Dominion machines the Georgia Capitol and gover- Addressing donors on a confer- though Vice President Pence did tion — and after death threats
dent claims was manipulated to “have no integrity” and insisted nor’s mansion Saturday. ence call earlier this month, Per- lead a rally. On Thursday, Trump began filtering in through social
engineer his defeat. that “Georgia can vote by written Four senators have called for a due spoke of an “anti-Trump vote signaled that he may campaign for media to him and his wife.
“What did [Trump] get, 73 mil- ballot if necessary in January.” special legislative session to address in Georgia” and said the runoff is the two candidates in the coming Now, he makes no secret of his
lion votes? Those folks don’t just Raffensperger, among the most voting issues before the runoff. about getting “enough conserva- days. disdain for the unfounded attacks
disappear. Trump’s blessing goes outspoken who have said such talk And the state Republican chair- tive Republicans out to vote” who Kemp, the governor, has also on him.
far here,” said the Rev. Benny Tate will hurt Loeffler’s and Perdue’s man, David Shafer, has echoed might have opposed the presi- avoided making any runoff cam- “If Republicans don’t start con-
of Rock Springs Church, who has chances, expressed exasperation questions about the state’s voting dent’s reelection. Details of the paign appearances on behalf of his demning this stuff, then I think
been traveling with Perdue on at Wood’s comments. After all, a system. He signed a letter along call were shared with The Post by a state’s two Republican senators. they’re really complicit in it,”
campaign stops and prayed before statewide audit of the presidential with the state party executive person who provided a precise The governor has been walking a Raffensperger said in the inter-
Monday’s event. “There are folks result, in which every ballot was committee demanding fresh scru- account of the discussion. line between supporting the integ- view. “It’s time to stand up and be
that didn’t come out to vote neces- recounted by hand, disproved the tiny of signature verification on “I’m talking about people that rity of the election result — he counted. Are you going to stand
sarily Republican, they came out claims about the voting machines. mail-in ballots. may have voted for Biden but now signed the certification on Friday for righteousness? Are you going
to vote for Donald Trump. I think “I really don’t know what he’s “We have grave concerns as to may come back and vote for us of the presidential votes — and to stand for integrity? Or are you
it’s imperative that [Perdue and thinking,” Raffensperger said in whether or not proper verification because there was an anti-Trump agreeing that improvements can going to stand for the wild mob?
Loeffler] do get the Trump voters an interview. “If the people don’t took place,” the letter said. vote in Georgia,” Perdue said. “And be made to signature verification You wanted to condemn the wild
back. I think it remains to be seen use the machines, then I guess No evidence has surfaced that we think some of those people, and voter-identification rules. mob when it was on the left side.
whether they actually come back.” they vote absentee, and then their ballots with nonmatching signa- particularly in the suburbs, may Kemp did not respond to a request What are you going to do when it’s
Loeffler and Perdue are walking ballot will be scanned on a Domin- tures were counted. come back to us. And I’m hopeful for comment. on our side?”
what one Republican strategist ion machine. People need to get a The Perdue and Loeffler cam- of that.” Republican strategists say they cleve.wootson@washpost.com
called “a high-wire act right now, grip on reality.” paigns did not respond to requests The odd political dynamics hope some of tensions will fade in amy.gardner@washpost.com
to figure out exactly where the Nonetheless, support for the for comment. have come across in part through the weeks before the runoff, giving
candidates should be relative to claims being spread by Trump and Perdue has privately pointed to the absence of some potential the party time to air enough at- Josh Dawsey contributed to this
the president.” his supporters is clearly strong in the challenges of campaigning in campaign-trail headliners. tacks to tarnish the Democrats. report.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 2020 . THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE A7

Democratic left signals unease as Biden avoids a warlike posture toward GOP
BIDEN FROM A1 political aspects of the Republi-
cans, many of whom still have not
ness even before he steps into the acknowledged that he’s the presi-
Oval Office. They say Biden, 78, dent of the United States.”
naively thinks the Senate still Rather than gearing up for a
functions as it did during his fight, Biden has said he expects
36 years there, with potential for some back-and-forth with Senate
compromise and conciliation. Majority Leader Mitch McCon-
“To meet Republicans where nell (R-Ky.) when it comes to Cabi-
they are is to meet them in Fanta- net nominations.
syland,” said Rebecca Katz, who “I take McConnell at his word,”
worked as a top aide to Nevada Biden said recently when discuss-
Democrat Harry M. Reid when he ing his process for making selec-
served as Senate majority leader. tions. “I understand he said that
“We don’t have any time to spare. he will make it clear who he’s
Sometimes you’ve got to fight. We prepared to support or not sup-
can’t fold before we’ve had one port, and that’s a negotiation that
fight.” I’m sure we’ll have.”
On Capitol Hill, other Demo- Last week, Biden’s newly mint-
crats are sounding similar warn- ed chief of staff, Ron Klain, of-
ings. fered a more traditional posture
“There is still plenty of room for on the Cabinet, saying that Biden
bipartisanship, but real biparti- would not defer to GOP leaders on
sanship, from a position of his choices.
strength, not begging Republi- “On these executive branch
cans to confer bipartisanship nominations, these are the choic-
upon us if we do things their way,” es for the president to make, and
said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse then the Senate needs to act on
(D-R.I.), who is worried that those choices,” Klain told CNN’s
Biden’s outreach to the GOP is Wolf Blitzer.
being met with resistance. However, some Democrats
But Biden is making clear have been quick to point out that
through his early moves that he Republicans are showing no indi-
meant it when he said, for months cation they’ll work with Biden —
on the campaign trail, that he even as he tries to work with
would turn down the partisan them.
heat in Washington. His team has Some Democratic operatives
quietly reached out to Republi- see Biden’s current strategy as an
cans in the House and Senate and SALWAN GEORGES/THE WASHINGTON POST effort to claim the higher ground
expressed public sympathy for If President-elect Joe Biden, seen Nov. 19 in Wilmington, Del., assembles a governing team with moderate Democrats and Republicans but with the American public and
their delicate political calculation without “the progressive community,” that would be “enormously insulting” to the left, said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a liberal icon. predict that it will be short-lived.
in weighing the potential back- “Biden’s entire message —
lash from Trump’s base if they ever going to be his style,” said party untended. Sanders is hoping that Biden nominations. which I did not enjoy, but I think I
acknowledged the election re- Biden friend and donor John “It seems to me pretty clear that will tap him to be labor secretary, Biden, in an NBC interview understand the political calcula-
sults, according to a person famil- Morgan. “He is an institutionalist. progressive views need to be ex- according to a person familiar Tuesday night, indicated that he tion — has always been seeking
iar with the strategy who, like He’s friendly with both sides. And pressed within a Biden adminis- with his ambitions, although that was reluctant to select Democrat- cooperation as part of his ‘healing
others, spoke on the condition of I think the reason he was chosen tration,” Sanders said in an inter- could reignite GOP campaign ic senators or House members for America mission,’ ” said Adam
anonymity to share internal to be vice president was because view with the Associated Press. “It talking points that Biden is cap- his Cabinet because of the poten- Jentleson, a former deputy chief
thinking and private discussions. of his relationships.” would be, for example, enormous- tive to the left. Biden avoided a tial impact on the party’s legisla- of staff to Reid. “It’s fine for Re-
So far, Biden can boast of some As he has awaited formal recog- ly insulting if Biden put together a similar fight by skipping over Sen. tive strength. publicans to be the ones to shoot
success with his approach. Along nition of his victory by the elector- ‘team of rivals’ — and there’s some Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as Democratic members urged first and break any sort of cease-
with other olive branches to Re- al college next month, Biden has discussion that that’s what he in- treasury secretary, a position she Biden not to dial back any Cabinet fire that may exist.”
publicans, he backed away from showcased bipartisan meetings. tends to do — which might in- sought, according to several War- choices. annie.linskey@washpost.com
filing a lawsuit to force the Gener- Speaking to a group that included clude Republicans and conserva- ren allies. “He should go by the person sean.sullivan@washpost.com
al Services Administration to re- Republican governors, he vowed tive Democrats — but which ig- “You can only pick one or two that he feels is the most qualified,”
lease resources for his presiden- to marshal a bipartisan assault on nored the progressive communi- battles,” said a Biden insider, ex- said Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Karoun Demirjian and Karen
tial transition. The GSA instead the coronavirus. During a meet- ty.” plaining Biden’s approach to (D-N.Y.) “Don’t worry about the DeYoung contributed to this report.
relented under pressure that ing with mayors, he declared that
came first from Democrats, and there are not “blue cities” or “red
then Republicans, along with cities.” A panel of medical experts
back-to-back-to-back losses in he named to advise him on the
state courts for the president’s pandemic includes two former
attempt to overturn the election Trump administration officials.
results. Biden’s attempts at unity offer a
“I’m making a judgment based direct contrast to the way in
on many years of experience and which Trump whooshed into the
how to get things done with the presidency four years ago, con-
opposition,” Biden said recently demning the Washington estab-
when asked why he had declined lishment, making early Cabinet
to pursue a legal challenge to decisions that were highly contro-
Trump’s refusal to cooperate with versial and working frenetically
a transition. to undo the actions of his Demo-
The tension between picking cratic predecessor.
fights and pursuing conciliation Though Biden is expected to
so far is typified by questions use executive orders to take on
about Rice, who was a finalist in issues unpopular on the right,
Biden’s vice-presidential search such as mitigating climate change
and was mentioned by Biden al- and liberalizing immigration
lies as a possible secretary of state rules, his early focus will be on
when she didn’t get that post. containing the virus and bolster-
“Susan will land in another key ing the economy — two issues on
job,” said one Biden insider. The which there has been recent his-
person declined to say whether tory of bipartisan agreement.
the position would be one requir- “I am hopeful that I’m going to
ing Senate confirmation. be able to get cooperation from
The person also scoffed at the our Republican colleagues in the
notion that Rice was set to get the Senate and the House, as well as
job but for Biden’s reluctance to the governors, to build a consen-
launch a fight with Republican sus as to how we proceed when we
senators. do,” Biden said recently.
“Tony was always the choice. The conciliatory tone goes be-
Always,” the person said, refer- yond just the division between
ring to Blinken. “Anyone who parties.
thinks Tony was not going to get When talking about his then-
this doesn’t know Joe Biden.” unnamed pick for treasury secre-
Rice was a leading candidate to tary last week, he eagerly pointed
be secretary of state during out that the person would be “ac-
Obama’s second term. The Stan- cepted by all elements of the Dem-
ford University-educated foreign ocratic Party.” Former Federal Re-
policy phenom had risen quickly serve chair Janet L. Yellen, who
in the diplomatic ranks, becom- has been tapped for the position,
ing one of the country’s youngest fits that bill.
assistant secretaries of state. Biden’s recent meeting with na-
But she withdrew from consid- tional security officials included
eration amid furor over her initial retired Gen. Stanley A. McChrys-
comments about the 2012 armed tal, who clashed with Biden over
attacks on U.S. facilities in Ben- troop levels in Afghanistan and
ghazi, Libya — which killed four was fired by President Barack
Americans, including the U.S. am- Obama in 2010 after he dispar-
bassador to Libya — that relied on aged administration officials, in-
what turned out to be inaccurate cluding Biden, in comments to a
talking points supplied by the reporter for Rolling Stone.
White House and CIA. Eight con- On Monday, Biden named for-
gressional panels investigated the mer secretary of state and Senate
events; none found that Rice had colleague John F. Kerry to be a
been deliberately misleading. special presidential envoy for cli-
Instead, Obama named Rice as mate matters, adding him to the
his second-term national security National Security Council —
adviser, a job that does not require showing that the president-elect
Senate confirmation. She worked has no hard feelings about a Feb-
closely with Biden as vice presi- ruary cellphone call in which Ker-
dent, often hashing out policy ry, then in Iowa as a surrogate for
ideas with him in the West Wing. Biden, was overheard musing
Before the Blinken selection, about jumping into the Demo-
GOP senators lined up to oppose cratic primaries.
Rice, even as they refused to fully Part of Biden’s calculation is
acknowledge Biden’s victory. It the reality he faces in a closely
was Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a divided Senate — a chamber with
member of the Armed Services control now in Republican hands.
Committee, who called her the Even if Democrats win both of

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member of the Foreign Relations edge with the tie-breaking vote of
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After 2 hurricanes, Honduras braces for long recovery

Weeks since Eta and Iota’s devastation, tens of thousands are displaced amid the pandemic, and the impoverished nation appeals for help

BY D ELPHINE S CHRANK of the Ministry of General Coordi- than Honduras, where at least Communities have been flayed families. The overcrowding has ne- municado, the government said.
nation of the Government, charged 3.7 million people, or more than a and flipped inside out, houses gated months of government They included people of the bor-
san pedro sula, honduras — with managing the response. “We third of the population, have been burst open, their contents dumped warnings to stay physically distant do areas, riverbank agglomera-
Blanca Costa crouched on a wood- never thought and never imagined affected. And no region of Hondu- in the road, leaving muddy piles of during the pandemic. tions unrecognized by the govern-
en cart with her three daughters that we would have three emergen- ras has suffered more than the ruptured sofas, smashed televi- Rodríguez was hustling back ment that lack basic services.
under a highway bridge. It had cies of this magnitude in one year.” flood-prone valley surrounding sions, broken fridges. from a brief visit to his apartment Fredy Romero stood outside one
been days since the second of two The government has begun to San Pedro Sula, the country’s sec- “We lost everything. Absolutely in the low-lying La Planeta district such bordo, the Flor de Cuba com-
hurricanes roared through this sketch out a plan in three phases, ond-largest city and industrial cen- everything,” said Charlie of San Pedro Sula. As floodwater munity, cut off from the city when
Central American country, flood- Madero said. The most pressing is ter, where the storms caused the Rodríguez, a vegetable vendor, one from the first storm crept up the an improvised footbridge over the
ing their one-room home with emergency and humanitarian re- Chamelecón and Ulúa rivers to of 368,000 Hondurans who evacu- three-story building, he scrambled rushing Chamelecón snapped.
muddy, chest-high water. lief for tens of thousands of evacu- breach their banks, sending surges ated their homes for higher to the roof with his wife and three Romero’s brother and nephews
The cart was the one possession ees who still need shelter, food, crashing into densely populated ground, according to the govern- children and waited through the were somewhere in the communi-
Costa was able to save when they water and other basic necessities. working-class neighborhoods. ment. Many remain indefinitely night for rescue. Just after dawn, a ty. Without electricity, he said, they
clambered out. The three horses Phase 2 would involve rapid re- “This has overwhelmed the crammed into schools or churches, police boat guided by neighbors had run out of phone battery pow-
that pulled it, enabling her to earn habilitation and repair of homes, city’s capacities,” Mayor Armando around gasoline stations, under rescued them and five other adults er. He didn’t know what they were
money as a trash collector, were roads and bridges. The storms de- Calidonio said. “It’s difficult to con- highway bridges or in trucks parti- and children. The family now doing for food and water.
gone. It would take years, she said, stroyed or damaged more than 850 front this alone.” tioned with sheeting to fit three bunks in the home of his wife’s Government shelters in homes
to save enough to buy another one. square miles of farmland, threat- employer, a grocery store manager, and schools, already at capacity
“I’ll just have to go on foot now,” ening one of the few economic ac- sharing space on the bare floor after the first storm, now house
said Costa, 40, one of about 100 tivities that had remained relative- with some 10 strangers. 15,000 people in San Pedro Sula,
people sheltering under the bridge. ly dependable during the pandem- In the municipality of La Lima, the mayor said, and 89,000 nation-
“But it will be more difficult.” ic. A third phase would address the Rev. Fredy Valdiviezo, a Catho- wide, according to the Permanent
Category 4 Hurricane Eta and “sustainable reconstruction” amid lic priest, bumped along in a pick- Contingency Commission of Hon-
Category 5 Hurricane Iota cut simi- what Madero described as “a up truck past empty health clinics, duras. Government-coordinated
lar paths across Central America change in the climate that will have derelict police stations and aban- medical brigades have deployed
this month, a one-two punch that a direct impact on us poor coun- doned schools. The only visible life rapid coronavirus tests and tried to
killed scores and displaced hun- tries. . . . Honduras is the photo- was goats, pigs and a few people isolate the positive cases, Vice Min-
dreds of thousands. More than a graphic example.” poking through the refuse. The air ister of Health Roberto Cosenza
week after the second storm, vast It’s unclear how much the recov- was heavy with the smell of rot. said. But evacuees have frequently
areas of Honduras, Nicaragua and ery will cost. Madero said the gov- “The water went down, but refused testing, fearful of losing
Guatemala remain flooded. Some ernment is talking with the United there is nothing habitable; the their last chance at a roof.
areas are accessible only by boat. Nations, individual countries and houses are uninhabitable,” Valdivi- Seen from the air this week,
Remote communities are relying multilateral banks: “Once we have ezo said. “Everything is full of con- large stretches of farmland re-
on food dropped by Honduran and a sustainable reconstruction plan, taminated mud.” mained a vast brown lake.
U.S. military helicopters. Now a it will be presented to the interna- The combined death toll for Cristiano Sanchez is contem-
region that had already been ham- tional community for support.” Honduras from the two storms plating migrating. “We had a man-
mered by the coronavirus and a The International Committee of stands at 91, but rescue workers zana of cacao,” the farmer said —
deep economic contraction is fac- the Red Cross estimates the recov- PHOTOS BY ENCARNI PINDADO expect the number to rise as com- about two acres. “Gone. Rotten.
ing a recovery that could take years. ery of damaged areas across Cen- TOP: People wait for a boat to cross a flooded road in San munication networks are restored, Bananas? Rotten. Before this, we
“Honduras is facing probably tral America will take at least two Pedro Sula, Honduras. ABOVE: Bernardino Bustillo looks the waters recede and bodies are were doing well enough. But now?
the greatest catastrophe of its his- years. toward his house in La Lima after it was flooded when the discovered. On Monday, about We have to start from zero.”
tory,” said Carlos Madero, secretary No country has been hit harder Chamelecón River overflowed and broke a levee. 289,000 people remained incom- delphine.schrank@washpost.com

DI GEST

VENEZUELA all now U.S. citizens, and Jose past Maradona’s casket inside ETHIOPIA The government campaign is victims — he called them “slaves”
Pereira, a permanent resident. the palace to pay their final against the political party — with calculated precision.
6 U.S. oil executives They’re charged with respects. On Thursday afternoon, Abiy: Assault to take controlling the province, the From his home in Seoul’s
convicted, sentenced embezzlement stemming from a the coffin was taken in a hearse Tigray could begin Tigrayan People’s Liberation suburbs, the 25-year-old
never-executed proposal to on its way to a cemetery on the Front, which once dominated the orchestrated one of South
A Venezuelan judge found six refinance some $4 billion in outskirts of the city. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy coalition that ruled the country Korea’s most infamous sex
American oil executives guilty of Citgo bonds by offering a 50 The death of Maradona at the Ahmed announced Thursday for nearly 30 years. With the rise crimes.
corruption charges Thursday percent stake in the company as age of 60 on Wednesday, that the final operation to take of Abiy, they retreated to their Under an online alias as the
and immediately sentenced them collateral. President Nicolás following a heart attack, has the capital of the rebellious power base in Tigray, and in “Doctor,” he blackmailed at least
to prison. Maduro at the time accused sparked mourning worldwide Tigray province could begin after recent months, relations with the 74 young women, including
The judge’s ruling came with them of “treason.” They all and celebrations of a true a 72-hour ultimatum to central government have soured. minors, into sharing sexually
sentences of more than eight pleaded innocent. sporting star, who was a genius surrender had expired. At least 40,000 refugees have explicit videos of themselves,
years for each. The “Citgo 6” had — Associated Press on the soccer field but lived a life Ethiopia’s military intervened fled the fighting into neighboring then sold the footage online
been lured to Venezuela three marred by struggles with in the rugged northern province Sudan, and there have been through a chat group on the
years ago for a business meeting ARGENTINA addiction. after local forces there attacked reports of hundreds of civilians encrypted app Telegram.
and arrested. In Italy, crowds tied hundreds an army base and made off with massacred. Photos blazed across On Thursday, a court
They are employees of the Crowds gather to bid of blue and white scarfs to the military equipment Nov. 3, social media of people with convicted Cho of organizing a
Houston-based Citgo refining farewell to Maradona railings outside his former club sparking three weeks of unrest in bullet and machete wounds. crime ring and violating child
company, which is owned by Napoli, while in France, sports which federal forces have taken — Paul Schemm protection laws and jailed him
Venezuela’s state oil company, Huge crowds gathered to say paper L’Equipe’s front page over much of Tigray. and Danielle Paquette for 40 years.
PDVSA. goodbye to Diego Maradona on blared out: “God is dead.” With communications to the Prosecutors had sought a life
Their trial started four months Thursday, and with emotions In Argentina, three days of province cut, it was impossible to SOUTH KOREA sentence for Cho. Both they and
ago, and closing arguments took running high, clashes between national mourning were called verify whether the military Cho have a week to appeal the
place Thursday. police and fans broke out near for the player who led the operation against the regional Sex crime ringleader verdict. Cho’s attorney could not
The men accused are Tomeu the presidential palace in the country to a 1986 World Cup win capital of Mekele had begun. jailed for 40 years be reached for comment.
Vadell, Gustavo Cárdenas, Jorge Argentine capital where the and is revered with cultlike Government forces said they had The police have detained 124
Toledo, brothers Jose Luis soccer great was lying in state. devotion. surrounded the city of 500,000 Over nine months starting in suspects.
Zambrano and Alirio Zambrano, Fans had earlier proceeded — Reuters with tanks from 30 miles away. spring 2019, Cho Ju-bin lured his — Min Joo Kim
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 2020 . THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE A9

Indian leaders promise to combat interfaith marriages

some Hindu nationalists, who
threatened to boycott the brand
Conspiracy theory alleges for promoting “love jihad.”
such unions are used for Such rhetoric has prompted
some unusual responses. A trio of
religious conversion journalists launched an Insta-
gram account in late October
called the India Love Project to
BY J OANNA S LATER highlight true stories of interfaith
couples. The response has been
new delhi — Marrying across overwhelming, said Samar
religious lines has always been a Halarnkar, one of the founders.
challenge in India, a vast multi- Every day, new stories arrive, he
faith democracy where the pull of said.
family and tradition remains “It’s moving, it’s inspiring and
strong. in a sense, frustrating,” Halarnkar
Now politicians in India’s rul- said. “The very fact that we’ve had
ing party are contemplating laws to start something like this indi-
to thwart such unions, driven by a cates where we are today as a
conspiracy theory that views country.”
them as a tool for conversions. India has a decades-old law
At a rally last month, the leader that is supposed to make it easier
of the country’s largest state for interfaith and intercaste cou-
warned of the danger of “love ples to marry but in practice often
jihad,” an inflammatory slur re- ends up doing the opposite, said
ferring to an alleged plot by Mus- Surbhi Karwa, a gender and law
lim men to convert Hindu women researcher in Delhi. Under the
through marriage. statute, an advance notice period
Men who “conceal their names and other formalities are re-
and play with the honor of daugh- quired to ratify such unions.
ters and sisters” should prepare The new laws under consider-
for their final journeys, thun- ation in BJP-controlled states are
dered Yogi Adityanath, the radi- “effectively telling people that
cal Hindu monk who leads the you can’t marry outside your
state of Uttar Pradesh. faith,” said Karwa. Women al-
The “love jihad” smear is base- ready face an uphill battle to
less, but it has become common assert their own choice of a
parlance among members of In- spouse in India, where arranged
dia’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Par- marriages are the norm for most
ty. In recent weeks, four state SAM PANTHAKY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES couples. Now, Karwa said, “the
governments have promised to In India, Hindus march in a rally against “love jihad” in Ahmedabad on July 22, 2018. “Love jihad” is a smear that refers to an alleged plot state is going to make it even
enact new laws to combat the by Muslim men to convert Hindu women through marriage, a baseless notion that has garnered much attention from India’s leading party. more difficult.”
purported threat. Many interreligious couples
On Tuesday, the state cabinet study based on statistics from This week, Arun Singh, the relationships. The probe was ini- one should, either by trapping a view the current atmosphere
in Uttar Pradesh — home to more 2005 suggested they represented national general secretary of the tiated after several women be- person in the web of love, tempta- with dismay. Abdul Mustakeem, a
than 200 million people — ap- about 2 percent of the total. BJP, told reporters in Delhi that came involved “with men from a tion, by seducing or by threaten- civil servant, is Muslim, and his
proved an order criminalizing re- In recent years, some such cou- “love jihad” is a “very serious different religion,” which caused ing, change someone’s religion,” wife, Sonam, a language trainer
ligious conversions “by marriage” ples have also endured harass- problem” that states should pass “public anger,” said a copy of the he said in a recent television who goes only by her first name, is
with jail terms of between one ment by Hindu extremists, who laws to address. “Many mothers team’s final report, which was interview. Hindu. They met as students, fell
and 10 years. The order, once it’s have revealed their identities and and sisters have suffered its bad viewed by The Washington Post. Companies that depict inter- in love and married in 2014. To-
signed by the state governor, personal details online. consequences.” The police examined 14 cases of faith romance have faced outrage. day’s environment is “turning
would also nullify unions in Now the notion of “love jihad” Such assertions are without interreligious relationships In Madhya Pradesh, state police toxic” for couples like them, Mus-
which a woman changes her reli- — once relegated to the Hindu basis. In India’s Parliament this where some wrongdoing was al- registered a complaint against takeem said.
gion solely to marry. nationalist fringe — has moved year, a government minister said leged, either by a woman or her two Netflix India executives after Close friends who once saw
The new laws will deepen con- on to the legislative agenda in no case of “love jihad” has been family members, and found no a Hindu nationalist group object- their relationship as normal have
cerns that under Prime Minister states controlled by the BJP. registered by federal authorities evidence of conspiracy, said Mo- ed to a scene in the serial “A begun questioning it, the couple
Narendra Modi, India’s Muslim Conspiracy theories alleging and no such term is defined in hit Agarwal, a senior police offi- Suitable Boy.” In the scene, a said. They think twice about post-
minority is increasingly subject plots to seduce Hindu women Indian law. cial in Kanpur. Hindu woman and a Muslim man ing their views on controversial
to suspicion, discrimination and and convert them to Islam have A probe by a national investi- Despite the absence of evi- share a kiss near a Hindu temple. topics on social media to protect
even violence. circulated for years, propagated gating agency in 2018 examined dence for the phenomenon of (The complaint is unlikely to re- their families.
Couples belonging to different by “a section of Hindu nationalist 11 interfaith marriages in the “love jihad,” three more BJP-con- sult in any penalty for Netflix.) “It’s hard to keep quiet, but we
religions or castes have long faced activists,” said Charu Gupta, a state of Kerala and found no proof trolled states — Madhya Pradesh, Last month, the jewelry brand choose to,” Sonam said.
hurdles in India that range from historian at the University of Del- of coercion. Haryana and Karnataka — have Tanishq was forced to withdraw joanna.slater@washpost.com
familial opposition to death hi who studies issues of gender More recently, police in the pledged to enact laws targeting it. an advertisement built around a
threats. There is no official data and sexuality. “But now it has this northern Indian city of Kanpur Anil Vij, a minister in the Hary- touching scene of interreligious Taniya Dutta in New Delhi and
on how many interfaith marriag- endorsement and sanction from formed a special investigation ana government, was among harmony at a baby shower. It Saurabh Sharma in Lucknow
es there are in the country, but a authority and power.” team in August to scrutinize such those promising strict action. “No evoked a furious response from contributed reporting.

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A10 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 2020

Russia’s Sputnik vaccine volunteers share results as amateur researchers

BY R OBYN D IXON and symptoms and sling around day and you put on weight.” compared it to one of the Soviet
technical information about anti- Samsonov decided to join the Union’s most famous exports.
moscow — Their friends and rela- bodies and T cells. vaccine trial after his 92-year-old “Sputnik V is like a Kalashnikov,
tives called them “test bunnies” A few are experts, with a back- grandmother died of covid-19 and simple and reliable,” he said on the
and warned they risked horrible ground in biochemistry or data re- friends contracted the virus. “Vesti Nedeli” television program
health problems from Russia’s en- search, but most are ordinary folk, He described the vaccine, even earlier this month. “Just like any
try into the vaccine race. as Russia’s new cases reach records still experimental, as helping lift frozen product, Pfizer is likely to
But a group of Russians who of around 24,000 a day. his mood like the curtain rising on a suffer logistical problems.”
dived in early as volunteers in trials Russia’s government has not premiere. He found a new job in Vladimir Rusetsky, 36, and his
of Russia’s Sputnik V have emerged commented publicly on the Web public relations. wife, Yelena, both IT specialists,
as amateur researchers before the salon. But the chatter should seem “I feel much calmer. I feel like I started the Telegram group to
official results of full Phase 3 data, familiar. Like Russian officials, al- can get out of self-isolation now,” he share information and were sur-
still months away even though Rus- most all of posts in the Telegram said. “I can’t live in isolation until prised to see how fast it grew.
sian officials on Tuesday asserted group believe Sputnik V is effective. the summer of 2021.” They flew 1,670 miles from their
the vaccine was 95 percent effec- “The satellite, d---, flies and home in Omsk to Moscow — twice
tive. beeps!” posted Dmitry Kulish, con- Medical ‘Kalashnikov’ — to join the trial and take the two
Instead, they have set them- vinced of the power of the vaccine As global competition heats up, sets of shots. They were afraid of
selves up in an online community named after Russia’s first Cold War MAX POPOV Russia is targeting markets in Asia, infecting their parents.
— and, like members of a nerdy satellite. Max Popov, a Canadian in Moscow, and his Russian wife joined the Latin America, the Middle East, “When you have older relatives,
high school science team, they are Kulish, a biochemist and profes- Sputnik V vaccine trial and a Telegram group to discuss the results. Central Asia and Africa. President it’s scary,” Rusetsky said.
doing their own explorations and sor at the Center for Entrepreneur- Vladimir Putin pushes the vaccine Max Popov, a Canadian citizen in
analyses. ship and Innovation at the Skolko- Russian reluctance Telegram group who claimed he in every conversation he has with the Telegram vaccine community
Nearly 1,500 people swap mes- vo Institute of Science and Technol- Many other Russians, however, got a strong antibody boost based any world leader — jostling with and a related Facebook group, said
sages, answer questions and share ogy, a private research institute in remain skeptical of vaccination in on the Italian firm DiaSorin’s Liai- rivals that include British-Swedish there was no reason to fear Russia’s
antibody results and other health Moscow, took part in the trial be- general: 59 percent of Russians son test, taken at a Moscow testing giant AstraZeneca in alliance with vaccine. But he and his Russian
updates in an unofficial Telegram cause it was the only way to get the would not take a coronavirus vac- center. Oxford University, and U.S.-based wife, Natalia Khristyukova, had no
group that calls itself “Covid Vac- vaccine. cine, according to October polling Samsonov quit his public rela- Moderna and Pfizer, the latter of antibodies after their clinical trial
cine Trial Volunteers.” “Long story short: I got two shots by the Levada Center. The polling tions job in the summer because his which is collaborating with Ger- shots.
It’s one of the quirkiest corners and two days ago I got my antibody does not reflect the reasons for boss insisted that employees re- many’s BioNTech. “Based on that, I figured that
in the global race for a vaccine, with level and it’s really high so I am so skepticism. But, as in Europe, the turn to office-based work, where Russia’s claims that Sputnik V is both my wife and I are in the pla-
Sputnik V among other formulas happy about it,” he said in an inter- United States and elsewhere, the few bothered with protection mea- 95 percent effective are similar to cebo group, unfortunately,” said
from labs in the United States, Chi- view. anti-vaccine lobby has taken hold sures like masks and gloves. results reported by Moderna and Popov.
na and Europe. According to Russian investiga- in Russia in some quarters — as He eschewed his usual round of by Pfizer and BioNTech. Rusetsky is sure he got the vac-
The online group welcomes tive website Proekt, members of have conspiracy theories suggest- concerts, walks in the park, exhibi- Russia’s stance — in the words of cine, not the placebo. He called it
newcomers desperate to get into Russia’s elite, including tycoons ing that the novel coronavirus does tions and coffee-shop meetings loyal state TV anchor Dmitry Kise- “life-changing.”
the vaccine trial, sending links to and officials, were lining up to be not exist. with journalists. He stayed home lyov — is to pooh-pooh the West’s “And if those people who did not
the best places for swift acceptance. secretly given Sputnik V shots even “As for the efficacy of the Russian for month after month, constantly vaccines as expensive and tempera- want to be vaccinated look at me
Members commiserate with disap- before it was registered in August. vaccine or any other vaccine, I don’t glued to his computer, working mental products that must be kept and change their minds and will
pointed participants who seem to Russian officials have denied that think anyone knows. Only time will freelance. at very low temperatures. Sputnik get a vaccine,” he said, “that would
have gotten the trial’s placebo elite Russians got early insider ac- tell,” said trial volunteer Alexander “I was stressed. I stayed home all V is freeze-dried and more easily just be great.”
shots. They plot graphs of results cess. Samsonov, 39, a member of the the time,” he said. “You sit down all stored and transported. Kiselyov robyn.dixon@washpost.com

To Russia’s Putin, Biden that the Kremlin did not recognize

Biden’s victory.
referring to the Trump legal team
on election challenges led by Ru-
won. He continues to hammer
away at his claims of sweeping elec-
with Washington because they
were already spoiled.

remains just a ‘candidate’

“This is absolutely the incorrect dolph W. Giuliani. (Powell has been tion fraud, without evidence. He said the delay was due to the
interpretation,” said Peskov. “The removed from the team.) Trump’s legal team has lost a “internal political standoff” in the
Russian president will congratu- The Kremlin foot-dragging string of lawsuits, however polling United States and “not that we like
late the U.S. president-elect in due comes with various Russian offi- indicates it has convinced many or dislike someone.”
BY R OBYN D IXON baseless claims that the election course, after the election results are cials predicting that relations Republicans that the election was “We’ll work with anyone trusted
was rigged and apparent attempts summed up. The election results would remain in the deep freeze, tainted. by the American people. But who in
moscow — China’s Xi Jinping did to delegitimize the president-elect. have not been summed up yet.” warning that Biden’s team would It is a message amplified by Rus- particular is given this trust should
it. Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan Russian officials, including Pu- Putin has called the delay “abso- probably pursue a tougher ap- sian officials from Putin down. The be indicated either through the po-
did it. Leaders across Europe, Asia, tin, also have had some tart mes- lutely normal.” Not everyone sees it proach toward Moscow. Russian leader said on Russian litical custom of one side conced-
Latin America and the Pacific also sages about the legitimacy of the that way. China’s Ministry of Foreign Af- state television Sunday that it was ing the other’s victory, or the final
have congratulated President-elect U.S. election in recent days, citing “Putin still has not congratulat- fairs recognized the result Nov. 13, up to Americans to determine the election results should be released
Joe Biden. what they called a “standoff,” after ed Biden, the only major world congratulating Biden. President Xi legitimacy of the vote. in a legitimate and legal manner.
But even as Washington moves the chaotic period triggered by leader not to do so. Keep it classy, Jinping then called Biden on “It is primarily for Americans to This is absolutely normal. There’s
on with the delayed presidential Trump’s refusal to concede defeat. Vladimir,” Michael McFaul, former Wednesday and left a congratula- decide whether the authorities are nothing wrong with that,” Putin
transition, Russian President But Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry U.S. ambassador to Moscow, tweet- tory message, formalizing China’s legitimate or not,” Putin said, asked said.
Vladimir Putin has held back on Peskov, insisted Thursday that no ed Saturday. recognition of the president-elect. about whether the election was le- “Between the lines message
well wishes to Biden. one should draw conclusions “Thankfully, no one in the Biden Xi’s move came after the head of gitimate. from Putin is clear,” tweeted An-
Russia’s holdout diplomacy is about Russia withholding congrat- orbit really cares,” McFaul added the General Services Administra- Referring to Biden as “the presi- drew S. Weiss, a Russia expert at
becoming so awkward that it risks ulations to Biden. Tuesday. “But Putin associating tion, Emily Murphy, finally set the dential candidate,” Putin said in the Carnegie Endowment for Inter-
being interpreted as a pointed mes- In his daily phone call with jour- himself with Sidney Powell and presidential transition in motion the Nov. 22 interview that the fact national Peace — that Biden “has a
sage that Putin is siding with out- nalists, Peskov was asked if the Rudy as the rest of the world moves Monday, and Trump accepted the he had not yet congratulated him legitimacy problem.”
going President Trump and his West might view the delay as a sign on is not a good look,” he tweeted, transition while still insisting he could not spoil Moscow’s relations robyn.dixon@washpost.com

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Mexican Zamudio has denounced the

work of Bloque Negro at the shelter.
In occupying the building, she said,

feminists they have lost sight of the move-

ment’s greater purpose: justice.
But for Erika, the two go hand in

call for end hand.

“I took this building because in
response to my complaint, I was

to violence forced to leave my home, I was

stripped of my home . . . and the
authorities did not protect me,”
she said. “We are no longer fight-
FEMINISTS FROM A1 ing against the abuser, the rapist,
but instead we are fighting this
of government actions to stop the government, this system, these au-
violence and a guarantee of the thorities.”
protesters’ safety — have been A housekeeper and doll maker,
met. she and her youngest daughter
The shelter has been a safe har- moved into the shelter after
bor for women fleeing violent months of homelessness. The two
homes, abusive relationships, sex- no longer felt safe in their own
ual assault, threats or the fear of home, Erika said, after the child,
being female in a country where then 7, said she was sexually as-
researchers say femicides have saulted by a family member.
grown by 130 percent in the past For two years, Erika said, she
five years. begged police and prosecutors to
President Andrés Manuel Ló- do more to resolve her daughter’s
pez Obrador has spoken against case. Erika was sexually assaulted
the violence. But he has also con- herself when she was 10, she said.
demned the vandalism and vio- But when she told her mother, her
lence at the feminists’ demonstra- family did nothing to help her.
tions. Protesters have dumped “How many women put aside
paint on statues, vandalized mon- their complaint because they pre-
uments, shattered windows and fer to work and eat than to lose
set fires. their job, their life, like me?” she
López Obrador, a populist who NURPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES said. “I have lost three years of our
rode a wave of dramatic demon- Activists march in Mexico City this month to demand justice for the sexual abuse, disappearances and killings of women and girls. lives, my daughter’s and mine,
strations to prominence himself, fighting for this man to pay and
has suggested the activists are not do the same to other women.
protesting the “wrong way.” breaking for my daughter.” been sexually assaulted six times, that exist, and I think that is be- and live off donated food and That is why we fight: to stop this
“Without a doubt the feminist The approach carries risk. Pro- beginning at age 7 and most re- cause of the personal belief of the clothing. from repeating.”
movement deserves all our re- testers gathered in Cancún after cently six years ago. But it wasn’t president.” Children race up and down Her daughter can’t imagine a
spect, but I do not agree with the body of 20-year-old Bianca until she had a daughter, she said, López Obrador has said femi- hallways as mothers and volun- future that doesn’t involve living
violence,” he told reporters in Sep- “Alexis” Lorenzana Alvarado was that she felt compelled to join the nist groups have been infiltrated teers prep meals in a communal at the shelter, surrounded by
tember. “That we all achieve peace found dismembered this month. movement. by his political rivals and co-opted kitchen and sort donations of women. An energetic child, she
and tranquility, that is an objec- When they tore down plywood Two years ago, she said, the to undermine his administration. clothes, art supplies and toiletries. bounces as she talks and runs fast
tive that we have. We are working boards blocking the entrance and child came home from preschool He has expressed outrage over Men are not allowed inside the through the open courtyard as her
toward that.” windows to the state attorney gen- crying. She told her mother a man violence against women, but he building. dark hair trails behind her.
The activists say the vandalism eral’s office, police opened fire. Two had touched her sexually. has also slashed funding to the Those who have sought shelter She likes that men aren’t al-
isn’t a byproduct of their protests journalists and several demonstra- “I teach my children that their National Institute of Women amid here are looked after by a rotating lowed in, she said, and that the
— it’s a tactic. tors reportedly were wounded. body is theirs, but we live in a coronavirus-related austerity cast of young women in black women are free to do and say what
“For years, they protested A 2020 government survey country where that is not true — measures and threatened to with- balaclavas — the Bloque Negro, or they like. She likes the wall paint-
peacefully, going to the Monu- found that nearly 80 percent of not for children, not for women,” draw government funding from the Black Bloc. ings and the black hoods. She
ment [to Independence] with pho- Mexican women don’t feel safe in she said. “Enough.” shelters operated by nonprofit or- Bloque Negro activists stand helped paint over an oil portrait of
tos and candles, and nobody paid their own country. Ten percent of Her last name is being withheld ganizations — suggesting instead guard with baseball bats, hockey Francisco Madero, the tragic revo-
any attention,” said a 22-year-old criminal cases here result in pris- to protect her daughter’s identity. that women fleeing abuse could be sticks and pipes. Atop a mini- lutionary hero. She gave him
university student at the shelter on sentences; when the victims Yaderi joined Ni Una Menos, a given a direct cash payment. fridge sit neat rows of ready-made bright red lipstick; others filled in
who wore a black hood and mask. are women, the percentage is low- grass-roots movement across Latin “When the pandemic started, molotov cocktails, rags hanging green eye shadow and purple hair.
“It was not until private property er. Human rights groups estimate America to fight violence against he said violence against women from the tops of old beer and “I’m going to stay here for my
began to be destroyed that the that only about 2 percent of ac- women and push for more effective should be less because the home is tequila bottles. whole life,” she said.
country turned to look.” cused rapists in Mexico are ever laws and harsher punishments. a very safe place to be,” Nadurille It makes women like Erika, 42, Erika said the shelter has
Yesenia Zamudio, whose 19- jailed. “All these girls know somebody said. “And when we said this is not and her 10-year-old daughter feel changed the girl’s life.
year-old daughter was found dead The World Health Organization that has been killed or disap- true, that it will actually make safe. “She can sleep without worry-
after being thrown from a fifth- has reported that about half of all peared, and they have watched the things worse, he said no, that’s not Erika, a working-class mother ing that something is going to hap-
floor window in Mexico City in women in Mexico will experience government do nothing about it,” possible, because the family is a of three, was among the small pen to her,” she said. “She can enjoy
2016, is a frequent protester sexual or intimate-partner vio- said Angélica Nadurille of the Eq- happy place.” group of women who took over the the entire building without worry-
around the capital. lence during their lifetimes. But uity and Gender Collective. López Obrador’s office did not offices in early September. Today, ing that something is going to hap-
“I have every right to burn and many suffer several attacks. “They’re angry. And they are right respond to requests for comment. she’s one of the handful that re- pen to her. I can let her run and
break,” she told a crowd in Febru- Yaderi, a 36-year-old university to be — the government is part of Dozens of families have sought main. Infighting has driven wedg- play without worrying that some-
ary. “I’m not going to ask anyone student and retail worker who the problem because they have shelter at the human rights office. es in the movement and led some thing is going to happen to her.”
for permission, because I am lives in Mexico state, said she has closed their eyes to the problems They sleep in converted offices women to leave. marissa.lang@washpost.com

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Economy & Business

BY Y EGANEH T ORBATI ogy despite the increasing public
AND A ARON G REGG concern.”
Rebensdorf said law enforce-
The Trump administration has ment work is “not currently a focus
used a $17 billion loan fund meant of” his company. He added that the
for businesses critical to U.S. na- company does not make or develop
tional security to help a hodge- facial recognition software and
podge of little-known companies only provides images for those
with unclear importance to na- platforms. In a phone interview, he
tional defense, and the fund re- declined to speak at length about
mains mostly unspent eight the loan, except to say that the
months after Congress approved it company’s experience with Treas-
as part of a $2 trillion stimulus bill. ury was positive and rigorous.
Aircraft manufacturers includ- “I’ve never been through more
ing Boeing were the fund’s intend- due diligence in my life, and I’ve
ed recipients but balked at the been through a lot of IPOs,” he said.
terms and did not apply. Instead, In a subsequent email, he said
the 11 companies that have tapped the company did not qualify for the
the fund so far include a company loan based on its facial recognition
that has pitched its products as an work, but rather its other national
enabling technology for the facial security expertise. He cited a con-
recognition tracking of immi- tract and memorandum of under-
grants, a manufacturer of road- standing with the U.S. Air Force to
block barriers and surveillance develop viewing and training plat-
firms. forms for aircraft. Public federal
One company that received a contracting data shows a $50,000
loan is an experimental spaceflight research and development con-
technology firm backed by deep- tract to oVio this year from the
pocketed venture capital investors. Defense Department for “revolu-
Others have a history of financial tionary identity management.”
losses. One manufacturer relies on Early this year, oVio disclosed in
minimum-wage prison labor to an investor presentation on an on-
make wire harnesses for military line crowdfunding site that it was
and commercial customers. “currently operating at a loss” and
“The most important informa- has a history of doing so. Asked
tion to be transparent about is why about the disclosure, Rebensdorf
these firms deserve these funds,” said the company “went through
said Mandy Smithberger, a defense four months of intensive financial
industry analyst at the Project on and legal due diligence” to qualify
Government Oversight. “Under- JIM BOURG/REUTERS for the loan.
standing that these are limited The Treasury Department has disclosed loans of about $736 million to 11 companies from a $17 billion fund for national defense. Another company that received
funds, why were these companies a Treasury loan is SpinLaunch, a
the priorities?” spaceflight technology firm based

Funds meant for

The Treasury Department an- rity loan funds could be reallocated for which companies qualify for in Long Beach, Calif. A Wired arti-
nounced the first national security to help airlines. the loans to be far too narrow and cle this year detailed the compa-
loan, $700 million to trucking “If they were trying to set up a that those rules undermined Con- ny’s plans to build a centrifuge 100
company YRC Worldwide, in a fund which no one would use, it’s gress’s intent in creating the pro- yards wide that would spin a rocket

aerospace firms
news release in July. The 10 follow- not clear to me what else they could gram. Treasury has ignored re- in circles at speeds up to 5,000 mph
ing loans — worth about $36 mil- have done,” said David Berteau, quests from members of the Senate before launching it into space. The
lion total — have been subsequent- who is president of the Profession- Commerce Committee that it firm has raised $80 million from
ly posted on Treasury’s website in al Services Council, a trade associa- broaden the criteria for how com- prominent investors, including

went elsewhere
the past month. Given the timing tion for government contractors. panies qualify, the aides said. venture capital firms Airbus Ven-
of the disclosures — in the days just Manufacturers were discour- One of the companies that re- tures, Kleiner Perkins and GV, the
before and after a contentious aged by overly restrictive and shift- ceived a Treasury loan this month venture capital arm of Google par-
presidential election and in the ing requirements, Berteau said. is oVio Technologies, based in ent Alphabet.

or unspent
midst of a sharp spike in coronavi- Others, including Boeing, may Newport Beach, Calif. The compa- SpinLaunch’s $2.5 million
rus cases nationwide — the new have found the loan terms unat- ny, which had six U.S. employees in Treasury loan is secured by the
loans have received little scrutiny tractive: Publicly traded compa- March, received a nearly $1.2 mil- company’s assets, and the compa-
thus far. nies had to give stock or stock lion unsecured loan, according to a ny qualified for the loan based on a
It is unclear how the remaining warrants to the government to re- Nov. 2 transaction summary dis- certification from the Defense De-
$16.26 billion in appropriated ceive a loan, something spelled out closed by the Treasury Depart- partment. The company received a
funds will be spent. But some in- by Congress in the Cares Act. Firms ment. It qualified for the loan after contract from the Pentagon to de-
dustry experts and congressional also faced restrictions with respect the Defense Department certified velop a satellite launch system pro-
aides say they are disappointed to stock buybacks, executive com- ners — to handle most of the work company would have received its work was critical to national totype. SpinLaunch did not re-
with how the program has been pensation and layoffs. of evaluating companies’ applica- from venture capital funds, Block security. spond to an interview request.
administered so far, as billions of When Congress passed the tions. Treasury awarded Davis Polk said. In promotional videos, oVio Treasury also awarded a nearly
dollars intended to save jobs in the Cares Act in late March, the $17 bil- a $650,000 contract on May 1, and Congress gave the Treasury De- boasts that its 3-D imaging tech- $2 million loan to SemahTronix, an
fragile aerospace industry went lion national security fund was in- applicants started hearing from partment wide latitude in deciding nology can help law enforcement Arkansas firm that produces cable
unspent for seven months. tended to preserve jobs at a range both firms soon after. Neither firm how to disburse the funds, neglect- and immigration control agencies assemblies and wire harnesses.
A Treasury Department spokes- of companies that sell jets and air- responded to requests for com- ing to define in the legislation what with facial recognition tracking. The company had earlier received
woman, Rebecca Miller, declined craft components to the military ment. makes a company “critical to main- One video published several years a Small Business Administration
to comment on the record. Jessica and to commercial airlines, people It was another two months be- taining national security.” ago says oVio’s technology can loan worth between $350,000 and
Maxwell, a Defense Department involved in the conversations told fore Treasury issued the first loan The agency came up with two make it easier for governments to $1 million as part of a separate
spokeswoman, said the Pentagon, The Washington Post at the time. from the fund: $700 million to YRC criteria through which a company track immigrants and refugees. coronavirus relief program.
which was involved in the loan Boeing and the aviation division Worldwide, a struggling trucking could qualify for the national secu- Another video posted by the As of June, the company em-
approvals, acted in accordance of General Electric were seen as company that lost more than rity loans. Either a business had to company on its Instagram account ployed 97 prison inmates through
with the Cares Act, which estab- likely beneficiaries of the program, $100 million last year, long before already be performing on a in September shows a heavily tat- a venture with the Arkansas De-
lished the program. Mnuchin later clarified. Those the pandemic hit. A YRC spokes- “DX”-rated government contract tooed, Latino-looking man being partment of Corrections, accord-
“It appears again that some mis- companies and hundreds of others man declined to comment. The 10 — a type of urgent defense work photographed in an orange jump- ing to a report from the National
understand the intentions of the that supply them were decimated other loans issued so far each took that relatively few firms carry out suit and placed behind bars. The Correctional Industries Associa-
CARES Act — to get money into by the sudden, near-complete about six months to process. — or operate under a high-level advertisement boasted that oVio’s tion (NCIA), which reviews prison
American businesses and to Amer- shutdown in global air travel start- Several applicants told The Post security clearance. imaging scanners are “compatible jobs programs. The company’s
ican workers who are dealing with ing in March. (Boeing’s bottom line they spent hundreds of hours on Those criteria turned away a lot with tier 1 facial recognition soft- website says its “innovative part-
the financial toll of COVID in a had also taken a beating after its financial due diligence and other of otherwise interested firms, in- ware providers.” nership” with the state prison sys-
rapid, efficient and responsible flagship 737 Max jet was grounded paperwork with consultants from dustry representatives said. Com- The video was removed after tem goes back to 2006.
manner,” Maxwell said in a state- following two crashes that killed Davis Polk and Perella Weinberg. panies could also qualify for the The Post asked oVio’s chief execu- SemahTronix President Travis
ment. “That is what DoD did.” 346 people.) But the Treasury Department was loans if the secretary of defense or tive, George Rebensdorf, about the Atkinson declined to comment.
The Congressional Oversight But major aerospace companies rarely a part of the conversation, director of national intelligence content. Cindy Murphy, a spokeswoman for
Commission, created by the Cares did not access the loan fund, opting they said, making it hard for appli- certified that they are critical to “I don’t control our social media the Arkansas Department of Cor-
Act, is scrutinizing the national instead to raise funds elsewhere cants to figure out who in the gov- maintaining national security. Six manager, who is always pulling rections, said 66 female inmates
security loans and plans a public and cut costs through mass layoffs. ernment was making decisions of the 11 companies that have re- and posting content,” Rebensdorf and 39 male inmates are currently
hearing next month with officials Boeing plans to reduce its work- about their applications and on ceived loans so far got such a certi- said in an email. “Maybe I should working for SemahTronix, earning
from Treasury, the Pentagon and force to roughly 130,000 by the end what criteria. It was unclear to fication from the Defense Depart- be more attentive.” between $10 and $10.21 per hour,
the Office of the Director of Nation- of 2021; it stood at 160,000 before them who determined that they ment. Civil rights advocates argue that which is approximately Arkansas’s
al Intelligence, said the commis- the pandemic. GE Aviation, a ma- met the national security require- Maxwell, the Defense Depart- facial recognition technology pre- minimum wage.
sion’s chief clerk, Amber Venzon. jor jet engine supplier, is cutting a ments. ment spokeswoman, declined to sents myriad privacy concerns be- NCIA data shows that for the
The defense industry was large- quarter of its workforce. “The only stuff I had to do per- share any of the loan justification cause, unlike other biometric data, three-month period ending in
ly uninterested in the loan terms The application period opened taining to national security were documents the agency sent to a digitized image of a person’s face June, the Arkansas Department of
offered by Treasury. Only 74 com- April 23, with a May 1 deadline for the initial documents, like a hand- Treasury as part of the approval can be captured without individu- Corrections deducted, in aggre-
panies have submitted applica- “expedited review,” Treasury De- ful of pages,” said Gareth Block, process. als’ knowledge or consent. gate, about 63 percent of inmates’
tions, standing in stark contrast to partment documents show, mean- whose Austin-based drone soft- “DoD used the same criteria we “Even if this technology was pay from SemahTronix to cover
the millions that sought loans from ing most of the loan applicants ware company Third Insight, also used for other CARES Act funding 100 percent accurate, the serious expenses including “room and
the Small Business Administra- spent only about a week preparing known as Visual Semantics, re- opportunities to assess companies privacy concerns would still be board,” taxes, family support and
tion. Just a handful of applications their requests. ceived a $1 million loan, and quali- for DoD certification for Treasury present,” said Saira Hussain, an victims’ programs.
are still being reviewed. Treasury The Treasury Department then fied thanks to a certification from loans,” Maxwell said. attorney at the Electronic Frontier yeganeh.torbati@washpost.com
Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in turned to a pair of private consul- the Pentagon. The terms of the Senate aides, who spoke on the Foundation. “The notion that this aaron.gregg@washpost.com
an appearance on Fox Business last tants — the law firm Davis Polk & Treasury loan, unsecured and at a condition of anonymity to describe is critical to national security is a
month that, with congressional ap- Wardwell and the financial advi- 5.5 percent interest rate, are far internal conversations, said that flawed premise and is a way to try Dalton Bennett and Magda Jean-Louis
proval, the unused national secu- sory firm Perella Weinberg Part- more favorable than those the they found Treasury’s standards to push facial recognition technol- contributed to this report.

In terms of value investing, this money manager says he’s in a losing battle
Now that the Ted Aronson, who is closing his have never heard of: the S&P oriented funds — some of which I why many of their investors are “The latest value drought is
presidential value-oriented money- Value Index and the S&P Growth own, and some of which you may frustrated, too, and taking their about 13 years,” he told me. “It’s
election has been management firm, AJO Partners, Index. own or are thinking of owning — money back. made value investors look like
decided, let’s take and sending back his investors’ I’ve learned about these have underperformed the market. It also explains why AJO’s idiots.” Indeed. For both this year
a look at some $10 billion because he has grown indexes over the years from With one exception — the assets under management, once and for the 12 months ended in
numbers that increasingly dissatisfied with his looking at the numbers Aronson’s month of October — growth has $31 billion, were down to about October, the spread between
Deals don’t involve investment performance and AJO distributes monthly showing outperformed value for every $10 billion when Aronson growth’s gains and value’s losses
ALLAN SLOAN political doesn’t want to keep fighting a the results of value, growth and period in AJO’s statistics from announced that he would close has totaled more than 30 percent.
philosophies. losing battle against markets. 61 other market indicators — three months to 45 years. the firm. A staggering difference.
Rather, they Before we proceed, let me that’s right, 63 sets of numbers — What’s more, except for last “Our secret sauce wasn’t If you’ve studied history — or
involve investment philosophies explain the difference between for 32 periods that range from the month, value has also performing,” Aronson said. For financial markets — you know
— value and growth. value and growth. most recent month to 45 years. underperformed the S&P 500, the the past five years, he had that nothing lasts forever. Is Ted
As a bonus, I’ll give you an Shares of value stocks trade at That’s a lot of numbers. It can most common market underperformed AJO’s Aronson abandoning ship just as
example of how an honorable modest levels relative to their net make for MEGO — you know, My benchmark, during all these performance benchmark, the the tide is beginning to turn in
investment professional behaves assets and earnings. Growth Eyes Glaze Over. But they have a periods. Russell 1000 Value Index. “With value’s favor? If that’s the case, he
when the numbers go against stocks are priced at higher levels real story to tell us. Value hasn’t done better than the handwriting on the wall, we quips, “We’re willing to take one
him. on the assumption that their After Aronson announced on growth since 2007. This means decided to hold our head high, for the [value] team.”
So let me introduce you to earnings and asset values will Oct. 15 that he’s closing AJO at that for the past 13 years, value- return the capital and shutter the Given these strange and
numbers that most retail grow rapidly. Warren Buffett’s the end of the year, I started oriented investors and money business.” uncertain times in both our
investors have never heard of that Berkshire Hathaway is a classic looking more closely at the value managers — whose goal is to Aronson, who opened his firm society and the financial markets,
help explain what’s been going on value stock; Jeff Bezos’s Amazon and growth numbers (which are outperform the markets — have in 1984, says that his age (68) has it would be fitting if AJO’s closing
in the U.S. stock market the past is a classic growth stock. (Bezos subsets of the S&P 500) and faced daunting odds, while nothing to do with his decision to turns out to mark the bottom of
few years. owns The Washington Post). found something that helps growth-oriented investors and close. It’s about the numbers. value’s long slide against growth.
I’d also like to introduce you to Growth is doing much better explain why Aronson is calling it managers have had the wind at “Even if we shot the lights out, it And it would sure make for
the person who introduced me to than value these days, as we can quits. their backs. would take us five years to get fascinating numbers for us to
these numbers. see from two market indicators It also helps explain why any That’s why many value back to showing some decent kick around in the future.
He’s an honorable guy named most nonprofessional investors number of well-known value- managers are frustrated. And historical returns,” he said. allan.sloan@washpost.com
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FRIDAY Opinion
DANIELLE ALLEN JOSH ROGIN

A crash Rebranding
course in Trump’s China
civics policy
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he past four years have been he Biden administration-in-waiting is
hard, and this past year hard- sending clear signals about its China
est of all. But there is one thing approach, which will look very differ-
for which we can be thankful: ent from President Trump’s — at least
We have collectively experienced an on the surface. But at the same time,
intense, accelerated education in the President-elect Joe Biden’s personnel picks so
structure of our democratic institu- far portend a strategy that maintains the
tions and the values that anchor them, Trump administration’s core thrust of focus-
after decades of declining investment ing on competition — not engagement — with
in civics. Beijing. That should comfort nervous allies
The public, after having processed even if it doesn’t satisfy hawkish Republicans.
the 2016 election, in which the winner On Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jin-
lost the popular vote but won the elec- ping sent Biden a congratulatory message, in
toral college (and worrying about the which Xi said he hopes the incoming team will
potential for the same outcome this “uphold the spirit of non-conflict, non-
year), now better understands how confrontation, mutual respect and win-win
important the states-based nature of cooperation.” This is standard Chinese Com-
our federation is to our politics. The munist Party doublespeak for asking the Unit-
lesson has also been driven home by ed States to back off criticizing Beijing’s ever-
the dynamics of the Senate, in which increasing external aggression and internal
senators representing just 44 percent ALEX BRANDON/ASSOCIATED PRESS repression. As the joke in Washington has it,
of the population but a majority of the President Trump during a surprise Thanksgiving Day visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan in 2019. when Chinese officials speak of “win-win co-
states can deliver Supreme Court jus- operation,” that means China wins twice.
tices into lifetime appointments.
The impeachment and trial of Presi-
dent Trump were a project-based-
learning curriculum in the checks and
We can’t abandon Afghanistan CCP leaders are surely glad to put the
antagonism and unpredictability of the
Trump administration behind them, but they
might not want to celebrate just yet. Biden
balances of our system and required has selected key national security officials
close study of the constitutional re- BY K ELLY A YOTTE, U.S. troops out of Afghanistan is the curity forces as they keep the Taliban who are relatively hard-line on China within
quirements of the presidency. The J OSEPH D UNFORD Taliban’s main goal. During our consul- from a battlefield victory and continue the Democratic Party. And the Biden team is
process provided an opportunity to AND N ANCY L INDBORG tations with more than 60 interlocu- to lead the fight against terrorist already changing the United States’ Asia

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revisit the balance of power between tors, we have looked intensely at the groups. policy, but not in a way that benefits Beijing.
the legislative and executive branches, ver the past four years, the question of whether a credible peace Third, reemphasize to the Taliban Biden’s announcement he plans to nomi-
and to consider why the legislative Trump administration took deal between the Afghan government that the full withdrawal of U.S. troops is nate Antony Blinken as secretary of state and
branch is the first branch listed in the bold actions to initiate negoti- and the Taliban is possible. There has strictly conditional on progress toward Jake Sullivan as national security adviser
Constitution. It has the job of articu- ations between the Kabul gov- been one clear and consistent re- peace, including a genuine and broad shows he is making a break from the Obama
lating the will of the people; it should ernment and the Taliban insurgency. sponse: No deal will emerge as long as reduction in violence — a reduction White House’s engagement-focused China
set the strategic direction for the coun- For the first time since the Afghanistan the Taliban believes the United States is that at the moment is not in evidence. policy. There were fears in the region that
try. The president should execute di- conflict began more than 40 years ago, withdrawing troops imminently, with- Our study group’s assessment is that Susan Rice, who resisted a more competitive
rections established by the people. an Afghan government began talking out regard for the Taliban’s behavior. the Taliban has instigated most of the strategy when she was national security
The stand-up behavior of state elec- to its main insurgent rival about creat- If the United States takes that path recent violence and is undermining adviser, might have become America’s top
tion officials all over the country in the ing a foundation for a stable future. before genuine progress is achieved, it their claim that they can and will pre- diplomat.
lengthy process of counting and re- Thanks to this diplomatic initiative, will give up the leverage that could vent the use of Afghan soil by al-Qaeda, Blinken laid out his thinking on China in a
porting votes reminded us of just how the pressing question about the produce a sustainable political com- the Islamic State or other terrorists. July Hudson Institute event, when he argued
many elected officials are responsible U.S. presence in Afghanistan is no promise. Doing so would also damage Fourth, establish a more robust and that Trump put the United States in a weaker
for the health of democracy. It also longer about winning an “endless war” U.S. credibility with its allies and part- coordinated regional diplomatic strat- strategic position vis-a-vis China by under-
highlighted the fact that, at the end of but about brokering a lasting peace. ners. egy. Afghanistan’s neighbors can be mining alliances and waffling on values pro-
the day, the structures of state govern- Congress called last year for the At the same time, the greatly reduced spoilers in this process, but they can motion. Blinken promised to rally allies
ment are the foundation supporting establishment of the Afghanistan U.S. presence over the past few years also be supporters of peace, united by toward the mission of pushing back on China’s
the whole system. Study Group, which we lead, to exam- has signaled to the Afghan government their collective interest in a stable Af- various bad behaviors.
The disjunction between the out- ine U.S. options in Afghanistan and to that the United States’ patience and ghanistan that would greatly expand “There is a growing consensus across par-
comes of ballot propositions and of report in early 2021. In our eight resources are limited, and that Kabul regional trade and investment oppor- ties that China poses a series of new challenges
candidates for federal office forced us months of consultations with U.S., Af- also must negotiate in good faith. tunities. Concerted, unified diplomatic and that the status quo was really not sustain-
to think again about the mechanisms ghan and international leaders and For the immediate future, the Unit- action by the United States is critical to able,” he said. “We are in a competition with
we use for voting. When we vote on experts, our 15-member bipartisan ed States should embrace a peace- build this support and prevent regional China, and there’s nothing wrong with compe-
ballot propositions, we often achieve group believes it has emerged with a centered strategy that has the follow- spoilers. tition, if it’s fair.”
supermajorities, as Massachusetts did clear understanding of the current sit- ing elements: Americans generally agree that it is Increased coordination was a theme of
in affirming the right of small car- uation in Afghanistan — and what is First, we should make clear to all time to end this war. But withdrawing Biden’s calls with regional democratic leaders,
repair shops to access car data in sup- necessary to protect U.S. national se- parties involved what the desired end U.S. troops irresponsibly would likely all conducted before his still-pending conver-
port of repairs. So, too, did voters in curity interests. state will be. In particular, a post-peace lead to a new civil war, inviting the sation with Xi. The Biden team readouts said
New Jersey, where they affirmed the Our study group has a strong and Afghanistan must be able to either reconstitution of anti-U.S. terrorist Biden emphasized working with them to
legalization of marijuana, or in Missis- united position: An abrupt withdrawal sufficiently control its territory to pre- groups and providing them with a nar- maintain a “secure and prosperous Indo-
sippi, where they adopted a new state of U.S. troops, as is now being contem- vent the harboring of terrorists or ac- rative of victory against the U.S. super- Pacific region.” That phrasing has been delib-
flag. Look at our ballot propositions, plated by the Trump administration, cept international assistance to do so. power. Supporting peace negotiations erately changed from the Trump administra-
and we do not look polarized. But if you would undermine the fragile but po- Second, affirm the U.S. commitment offers the United States the chance to tion’s term, a “free and open Indo-Pacific”
look at the results from our federal tentially transformational peace proc- to Afghanistan’s constitutional order honor U.S. sacrifices, secure core region. Many countries in Asia prefer the term
election, we do. ess. It would embolden the Taliban, and the country’s gains in human U.S. interests and show this nation’s “secure and prosperous,” although there isn’t
Why the difference? The use of a destabilize the Kabul government and rights, including the rights of women. enemies that they cannot prevail. much difference in the substance. Biden is
plurality voting mechanism in many allow terrorist groups to reconsoli- Having put severe pressure on the Af- essentially continuing a key feature of Trump’s
of our primaries makes it possible for date. A civil war could result, provok- ghan government to enter talks with Kelly Ayotte is a former Republican strategy but rebranding it to appeal to allies.
extreme candidates to squeak through ing a wider regional conflict and an the Taliban, the United States must now U.S. senator from New Hampshire. Joseph Sullivan, who served as Secretary of State
and become party nominees. They can inevitable humanitarian and migra- show that its support will continue as Dunford is a retired U.S. Marine Corps Hillary Clinton’s policy planning director, laid
then set a more extreme agenda for the tion crisis. long as the Afghan government negoti- general and former chairman of the Joint out his current thinking on China in a May
whole party, forcing voters into a “two The U.S. military presence in Af- ates in good faith, fights corruption and Chiefs of Staff. Nancy Lindborg is the essay for Foreign Policy co-written with histo-
bad choices” scenario. The alternative ghanistan underpins the negotiations, reaches out to all elements of Afghan former president and CEO of the rian Hal Brands and a Foreign Affairs essay in
— ranked-choice voting — requires which offer the likeliest path to peace society. During the negotiations, our U.S. Institute of Peace. They are co-chairs of September 2019 co-written with former Asia
candidates to surpass a 50 percent in that country since 9/11. Getting remaining troops will back Afghan se- the Afghanistan Study Group. official Kurt Campbell. In the former piece,
threshold. Particularly, when applied Sullivan and Brands argue “the signs that
to primaries, this ensures that candi- China is gearing up to contest America’s global
dates who make it through to become leadership are unmistakable, and they are
the party nominee have to build a ubiquitous.” In the latter piece, Campbell and
broad coalition. This can be expected
to deliver a generally moderating set
of incentives to politicians. Trump got
What a conservative court really means Sullivan write, “There is a growing consensus
that the era of engagement with China has
come to an unceremonious close.”
through the 2016 Republican primary According to American Enterprise Insti-
thanks to the plurality voting mecha- BY STEVEN V. MAZIE worship over movie theaters and sport- anti-discrimination law and religious tute visiting fellow Eric Sayers, there are

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nism, allowing him to chart a relative- ing arenas that are closed entirely. She prerogatives. But earlier this month, the three basic camps on China inside the Demo-
ly radical course for the party. Voting hough her name appears no- warns that allowing large groups to court considered whether Philadelphia cratic Party: the competitors, the centrists
mechanisms aren’t just for wonks; where in the 33 pages of opin- congregate in churches “will only exac- can be forced to work with a Catholic and the optimists. Blinken and Sullivan
they are core to our democracy’s ions issued on Thanksgiving erbate the Nation’s suffering.” social services agency that rejects same- could be seen as competitors or centrists,
health. A lot of people have awakened eve, Amy Coney Barrett looms The impact of Barrett’s arrival goes sex couples as foster parents. This case whereas Rice would be considered an opti-
to this, as is evidenced by the adoption large in her first consequential vote as a well beyond tying states’ hands in the tees up a reconsideration of Employment mist. This perception is important because
of ranked-choice voting in Maine, Supreme Court justice. Barrett played fight against covid-19. Her vote will Division v. Smith, a 1990 case written by Republican senators have made clear that
Alaska and New York City. the decisive role in the court’s decision accelerate a trend toward deference to Antonin Scalia holding that neutral laws they want to focus on China during the
We as a nation invest about 50 fed- Wednesday to grant requests from religious institutions that her fellow that apply equally to all do not violate incoming team’s vetting.
eral dollars per child in STEM educa- Catholics and Orthodox Jews in New conservatives — including the chief the Constitution, even if they have an “What constitutes a China-policy centrist
tion each year. For civic education, we York City to block church and syna- justice — have been pursuing for a incidental impact on religious exercise. has moved in a more competitive direction
invest about 5 cents. As the old saw has gogue attendance limits in covid-19 hot decade. Once upon a time, the court This shift is bringing with it a since the Obama years, but that won’t pre-
it, you get what you pay for. A demo- spots. sought to balance the twin religion notable testiness among the justices. vent Congress from imposing a hard China
cratic society has to equip itself with During the pandemic’s first wave in clauses of the First Amendment — In his concurring opinion in the New litmus test on them during confirmation,”
civic strength by offering its rising the spring, the Supreme Court voted separation of church and state on one York case, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch took Sayers said.
generation an education that inspires twice not to interfere when states such hand and free exercise of religion on the aim at Roberts and the liberal dissent- Biden’s calls with Asian leaders all men-
their commitment to constitutional as California and Nevada restricted other. More recently, its right wing has ers, accusing them of sending the tioned climate change, a nod to former secre-
democracy and equips them with the indoor gatherings, including church been all but ignoring the Constitution’s Constitution on “a holiday during this tary of state John F. Kerry, who will sit on
knowledge and skills needed to sus- services. Those votes were 5 to 4, with proscription against an establishment pandemic.” Roberts swatted back with Biden’s National Security Council as special
tain self-government for free and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining of religion while deferring to increasing- his customary restraint: The dissent- envoy on that issue. Everyone will be watching
equal citizens. We haven’t been paying his four liberal colleagues. ly far-fetched religious-liberty claims. ers, he wrote, “simply view the matter how Kerry, perceived as a China optimist, will
for civic education for some time, and But with the death of Justice Ruth Barrett is likely to ramp up the court’s differently after careful study and fit into the new scheme. Biden’s defense secre-
it shows. Bader Ginsburg in September — and support for people and organizations analysis reflecting their best efforts to tary choice will also be a key signal. Former
The past four years have been a very Barrett’s ascension to the bench — the that demand carve-outs from rules that fulfill their responsibility under the undersecretary of defense for policy Michèle
expensive way of closing an achieve- tide has turned. Roberts is now unable the rest of society must follow. In recent Constitution.” Flournoy, who had been seen as the most likely
ment gap on civic knowledge — the to stop a majority from overruling local years, the Supreme Court has let reli- This is not the first time we have seen candidate, is in the competitor camp, but her
gap across our whole population be- officials as they try to combat the gious corporations off the hook from an tensions between Roberts, who strives fortunes appear to be waning.
tween where our civic knowledge is coronavirus’s spread. Limiting attend- Affordable Care Act requirement that to tamp down the court’s perceived The group of Biden officials in the running
and where it should be. Perhaps it’s ance to 10 or 25 worshipers in the most employee health insurance include free politicization, and the justices to his for key sub-Cabinet-level Asia positions also
time to educate ourselves more dangerous zones, the majority said in its contraception. It has bowed to religious right. But Gorsuch’s bombast — and the leans heavily toward the competitor camp.
straightforwardly by investing in civic unsigned opinion, is “far more severe nonprofits that refuse to even sign a uncommonly partisan and recrimina- They include former Obama NSC officials
education in K-12 and by rebuilding than has been shown to be required to form giving them an exemption from tion-filled speech Justice Samuel A. Jeffrey Prescott and Ely Ratner and former
the capacity of higher education insti- prevent the spread of the virus at the this mandate. It has expanded the Alito Jr. delivered to the Federalist Pentagon official Kelly Magsamen. Older op-
tutions to teach American political applicants’ services.” “ministerial exemption” to federal anti- Society this month — carries a disturb- timists such as former NSC official Jeffrey
thought, U.S. political institutions and As infections and deaths spike across discrimination claims for religious- ing air of triumphalism. With Barrett’s Bader and former deputy secretary of state
the theory of democracy and civic the country, the decision is a sign that school teachers. And it told a Christian arrival, the court’s staunchest conserva- Jim Steinberg are not expected to return to
participation. the newly configured Supreme Court baker he did not need to bake a wedding tives have something to give thanks for: government.
I am thankful for the education will not look kindly on steps taken by cake for a gay couple, despite the state’s a five-vote majority that does not rely on The Biden team will never be hawkish
we’ve had over the last four years. state and local officials to protect health protections for LGBT customers. the chief ’s assent. enough on China to satisfy some Republicans,
Now, I hope we can do right by it and and safety if they interfere with the Now the court seems bound to favor but the emerging team should appeal to Asian
directly invest in civic education for autonomy of religious entities. This religion even more heavily. The wedding- Steven V. Mazie is the Supreme Court allies who liked Trump’s enthusiasm but not
our children. switch may come at a painful cost. “I see cake decision was a narrow ruling based correspondent for the Economist and his style. A competition-based approach is not
no justification for the Court’s change of on specific evidence of anti-religious professor of political studies at Bard High a panacea — it’s simply the prerequisite to
Danielle Allen, a Post contributing heart” from its earlier decisions, Justice hostility from a state civil rights commis- School Early College in Manhattan. His most meeting the generational challenge of manag-
columnist, is the author of “Cuz: The Life Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent, as sioner; the justices did not grapple with recent book is “American Justice 2015: The ing China’s rise.
and Times of Michael A.” New York’s rules actually favor houses of the more fundamental tensions between Dramatic Tenth Term of the Roberts Court.” josh.rogin@washpost.com
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Why the Covax Facility is key to poor nations getting vaccines.

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HE WORLD HEALTH Organiza- poorest populations confront the pan- China and Russia are developing
tion’s director-general, Dr. demic, being led by the WHO, the vaccines, too. They have their own
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness national regulatory process, but for
warned in August that no coun- Innovations and Gavi, the Vaccine their vaccines to be used globally
try could afford to go it alone in fighting Alliance. through the Covax Facility, they would
the pandemic. Nations already depend As it stands, 92 lower- income econo- have to meet international standards
on global supply chains for everything mies will be supported by the financing through WHO review of quality, safety
from diagnostic testing to personal mechanism in Covax, the Advanced and impact on disease. They could
protective equipment, he said, and they Market Commitment (AMC). Ninety- distribute the vaccines on their own.
must avoid “vaccine nationalism” when seven higher-income economies have China has joined Covax as a participant,
it comes to the most powerful tool to signed up as self-financing members of allowing it to procure doses from the BY MIKE LUCKOVICH FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

fight covid-19. When the Group of the Covax Facility. The idea is to pool facility, but Russia has not.
20 leaders held their virtual summit vaccine buying power and ensure distri- Among the big donors to the AMC are
meeting last weekend, they again de- bution for all countries, including the the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany
clared their intent not to hoard lifesav- less-developed nations, with a goal of and Saudi Arabia. President-elect Joe LETTERS TO TH E ED ITOR
ing vaccines, saying, “We will spare no obtaining 2 billion doses to protect Biden should commit the United States,
effort to ensure their affordable and 20 percent of their populations by the too. A $200 million donation would letters@washpost.com
equitable access for all people.” end of 2021, enough to cover front-line amount to only 2 percent of spending on
But as vaccines come closer to reality, health-care workers and the most vul- Operation Warp Speed. And we hope
wealthy nations of the world have
already taken care of their own needs
nerable. Negotiations for the shots are
underway with manufacturers. To make
Mr. Biden will rapidly return the United
States to the WHO.
Revitalize Appalachia were Dixiecrat. The Dixiecrats now are
the GOP core. West Virginia was once a
and signed contracts to buy up hun- this initiative work, according to the The world’s wealthiest countries are The plight of Appalachia, at times, Democratic stronghold. But it doesn’t
dreds of millions of vaccine doses. And WHO, there is an urgent need for on the verge of a science triumph with appears insurmountable, but I was en- vote Republican now because it is rural; it
the poor? A global risk-sharing procure- $7.8 billion next year from international the arrival of an effective vaccine in less couraged to read the Nov. 23 op-ed votes red because it is White.
ment initiative to ensure fair and equita- donors, including $5 billion for the than a year. But in this moment of need, “8 mayors: We need a Marshall Plan for Tom Beal, Glenn Dale
ble access to vaccines, the Covax Facility, 92 lower-income countries, and addi- the haves should also extend a hand to Middle America.” Slowly, over the years,
could bring them protection, but only if tional funds to help them set up distri- the have-nots. As Dr. Tedros said in globalization and other forces have Many of the assertions in Jeff Green-
it can get sufficient funding in 2021. This bution systems, a demanding task. All of August, “No one is safe until everyone is changed many areas of the region. Cities, field’s essay are subject to reasonable dis-
is the world’s best chance to help the that funding remains to be raised. safe.” small towns and farming communities agreement. One is not. He maintained
that once flourished are now in decline, that Article V of the Constitution forever
with diminishing social services and forecloses altering the allocation of Senate
opportunities. Cities such as Pittsburgh seats by providing that “No state, without
have been able to make the transition, its consent, shall be deprived of its equal

The fight for democracy continues but too many other areas are not so
fortunate, and the situation worsens.
I often wondered why we did not look
suffrage in the Senate.” At first blush, he
may appear to be right. That sentence is
unequivocal. In fact, however, it would not
at this region as we did postwar Europe have been possible for the framers to
Mr. Biden should invite the Belarus opposition leader to his inauguration. and offer the same boost to a devastated prevent future generations from amend-

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area of our own country. Hopefully, the ing the Constitution to do anything they
OR NEARLY 16 weeks, the streets idea proposed in the op-ed and support- want, including excising this sentence
of Belarus have been a testament ed by several regional alliances will gain from Article V and then either abolishing
to the sacrifice of its citizens and traction. Revitalizing Appalachia would the Senate or altering the allocation of
their determination to recover be a good return on investment, just as senators — so long as they follow one of
their stolen election. Thousands have the Marshall Plan for Europe proved to the two routes established in Article V for
been detained. Many have been beaten, be good for the United States as well. amending the founding document.
threatened and cautioned against Susan Leister, Rockville The first method requires a two-thirds
marching; fired from jobs; expelled vote of each chamber of Congress, fol-
from university — and yet they keep lowed by ratification by three-quarters of
coming to protest President Alexander Scouts’ (lost) honor the states. The second requires convening
Lukashenko’s brazen theft of the Aug. 9 a constitutional convention upon the ap-
ballot, which the opposition candidate Regarding the Nov. 21 editorial “A plication of two-thirds of the states, fol-
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya clearly won. jaw-dropping abuse scandal”: lowed by ratification of any ensuing
Despite all the pressure by Mr. Lu- As a Cub Scout, I found adventure and amendments by three-quarters of the
kashenko’s security forces, including camaraderie, learned practical skills and states. While it is unlikely that superma-
flash grenades and water cannons, the perseverance, and was tested on re- jorities ever could be mustered to deprive
nonviolent protesters returned again for sourcefulness. It was a foundational ex- small states of their “equal suffrage in the
the 111th day on Nov. 22. This time they perience that, years later, evolved Senate,” that is a function of the number
tried a different tactic, holding rallies in through the military’s ethos of leadership of smaller states we currently have, not
multiple residential streets and parks, and selfless service. some constitutional perpetuity.
trying to evade crackdowns. The protest I am distressed by the abuses that have Evan Tager, Washington
movement has been extraordinarily re- been reported and endorse the punish-
silient, coming out over and over again ments being meted out. As a society, we
despite cuts in communications tech- can never condone such malfeasance or Beware the ‘Undertow’
nology and shutdowns of the mass allow it to escape firm sanctions.
transit system. But I also lament the likelihood that a Hugh Hewitt declared in his Nov. 23
Ms. Tikhanovskaya, who is outside century-old institution, having done so op-ed, “The enduring impact of the Trump
Belarus leading the opposition, de- much good for so many, will be run into Undertow,” that the much-vaunted “will
clared, “Belarusians faced today brutal the ground and apparently disappear. of the people” is worth less to him than a
force, gunshots, stun grenades. Hun- This is not a conventional bankruptcy in Republican win. His glee that the GOP will
dreds were detained. Some mothers will which assets are liquidated on behalf of now have more control of reapportion-
not meet their kids today, husbands — creditors. Instead, it represents the death ment following the census gives the game
their wives. The regime is trying to scare of community enterprises built on char- away. His party, he crowed, will be able to
us with terror. But we are not afraid acter and values that have been corrupt- redraw congressional districts and the
anymore. Your time is over.” ed by harmful behavior. electoral college to give an outsize value to
The protests usually grow on Sun- Scouting’s values echo those of most Republican votes. We are not interested in
days, and in recent weeks more than REUTERS people: being “trustworthy, loyal, help- democracy, just in power. All’s fair — if it
1,000 people were arrested each Sunday. Demonstrators gather outside a church during a memorial service for Raman ful, friendly, courteous, kind.” Its institu- works. This is the attitude of his party’s
Overall, the opposition says as many as Bandarenka in Minsk last week. tional mission furthers our human pur- current leader, and Mr. Hewitt is happy to
30,000 people have been detained in pose by “prepar[ing] young people to embrace it. He functions as a good party
various cities since the protests began. A rejected the charge, saying she was eight days earlier after masked security make ethical and moral choices over operative.
video posted online showed security covering the event as a journalist. She forces reportedly beat him. Many in the their lifetimes.” Much of the rancor on In a lame stab at justifying this, he
forces assaulting a bicyclist with trun- was sentenced to eight days in prison. crowd outside of the Church of the today’s political stage would be diffused attempted to minimize President-elect
cheons; he was fined $200 by a judge for Other journalists from the organiza- Resurrection of Christ in Minsk raised if more leaders exhibited such qualities. Joe Biden’s win, by complaining that
“violating the order of mass events,” but tion’s Belarusian service have been pe- their arms and chanted, “You are a I hope, at the end of this national President Trump lost by a mere stadium
none of the baton-wielding police were nalized similarly while doing their jobs. hero!” and “Long live Belarus!” Mr. Ban- nightmare, that Scouting will be re- full of votes in key states. He did not try to
charged. Mr. Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus darenka’s last known written words — stored to its original purpose by extolling deal with the actual 6 million-vote differ-
The arrests have swept up journalists for a quarter-century, does not tolerate a “I’m going out” — have turned into one diversity and equity in all their forms — ence. This is apparently just a game to
too. According to the Association of free press or free speech — the reason so of the slogans of the protests. race, gender, income, geography — to Mr. Hewitt. Forget that our lives are at
Belarusian journalists, 26 reporters many of his people have stubbornly President-elect Joe Biden should in- rise again as an institution that cel- stake. He wants to win, and the future of
were incarcerated as of Nov. 18. Among returned to the streets. vite Ms. Tikhanovskaya to his inaugura- ebrates individual growth as it helps the nation takes a back seat. Is this
them was the chief video editor for Belarus citizens displayed their anger tion and meet with her at the White shape society. patriotism? Only in his painfully
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Yulia again on Nov. 20, when thousands came House to show the world that the Sandy Apgar, Baltimore abridged vocabulary.
Kotskaya, charged Nov. 15 with taking to pay last respects to Raman Bandaren- United States once again supports Howard Schmitt, Green Tree, Pa.
part in an unsanctioned rally; she ka, a 31-year-old protester who died democracy.
Rigged, White and blue I seldom get a laugh out of Hugh
Hewitt’s columns, but one line in his
Regarding Jeff Greenfield’s Nov. 22 Nov. 23 op-ed made me laugh out loud:
Outlook essay, “No, the U.S. Senate isn’t “The party Trump leads is reluctant to tilt

Justice too long deferred rigged against Democrats”:

The Senate is rigged not so much for
rural America but for White America. And
at legal windmills.” What has President
Trump been doing since Nov. 3 but tilting
at legal windmills? Actually, no, he isn’t
the current GOP has become the party of tilting at windmills, because windmills are
Time has not blunted the outrage of Bijan Ghaisar’s needless death. white grievance/power. A huge block of physical realities. Mr. Trump is tilting at

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states from Iowa north through the Dako- phantoms, ghosts. Fever dreams. Illusions.
ijan Ghaisar, an unarmed young on Ghaisar was a “necessary and proper” inching forward? tas, west through Wyoming, Montana He has filed more than 30 lawsuits, and
accountant, died three years ago exercise of their duties? In fact, the officers’ conduct is a case and Idaho is vastly overrepresented in the most were found by courts to be without
this week, shot to death in his That question invites a review of the study, ready-made for the police acad- Senate. The Republicans’ refusal to give legal merit and baseless. Not founded on
barely moving Jeep by two sequence of events in the minutes that emy, of how not to handle what could D.C. representation, even though it has facts. Great big nothingburgers.
U.S. Park Police officers who approached preceded the shooting, which began and should have been a routine officer- more people than Wyoming, is proof that So, many thanks to whatever op-ed
him, guns drawn, after a minor fender when Ghaisar, whose vehicle was lightly involved event. How not to escalate. they fear equal representation. editor left that line in the column when it
bender in northern Virginia — and now rear-ended on the George Washington How not to rashly brandish service The reason some states recently went was on its way to print. It’s fantastic. (In
assert, implausibly, that they felt threat- Memorial Parkway, drove off without weapons. How not to allow exasperation Democratic, but are now GOP strong- both meanings of the word.)
ened. The officers’ stance is preposter- stopping. When the officers, trailed by become a pretext for the unwarranted holds, lies more with the fact that they Margaret Cervarich, Frederick
ous, as a video recording of the incident Fairfax police whose dash cam recorded use of lethal force.
makes clear. Whether it holds up in a the incident, first pulled Ghaisar over To read the motions filed by the
likely federal court proceeding will be a and baselessly pointed their weapons at officers’ attorneys, in federal court, is to
test of whether the judge is persuaded by
tortuous legal pleadings or the plain
him, was that “necessary and proper”?
When, perhaps panicking, he drove off
enter into an upside-down world where
phony justifications are applied retroac-
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evidence before his eyes. rather than roll down his window, and tively regardless of the fact that they FREDERICK J. RYAN JR., Publisher and Chief Executive Officer
The officers, Lucas Vinyard and Ale- one of the officers pounded on the side don’t square with the truth. The video of News pages: Editorial and opinion pages: Vice Presidents:
jandro Amaya, were indicted last month of his car with his pistol, was that Ghaisar’s shooting is a plain refutation MARTIN BARON
Executive Editor
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They are now expected to prevail in an And finally, when the officers opened Ghaisar’s death. Too long for his family, Managing Editor Associate Editorial Page Editor SCOT GILLESPIE ........................................................................... Arc
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DAVID IGNATIUS CATHERINE RAMPELL

A lame-duck Trump’s
test of wills legacy, by
with Iran the numbers
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s the sun sets on Donald s covid-19 hospitalizations
Trump’s presidency, one hit another new high on
piece of potentially danger- Tuesday, President Trump
ous unfinished business is called a news conference to
Iran’s nuclear program. Here’s an boast about a different record: the
area where cool heads must prevail stock market.
over the next two months to avoid an The Dow Jones industrial aver-
11th-hour catastrophe. age, he crowed, had just pierced
Both the United States and Iran 30,000. “That’s a sacred number,
have been messaging their resolve in 30,000,” he said.
recent days, in signals that have It was a bizarre statement even
mostly gone unnoticed. Last Satur- for Trump. After all, Trump has
day, the Air Force flew a B-52 bomber argued for years that any stock
task force from its base in Minot, market gains that occur after a
N.D., to the Middle East, “to deter presidential election should be
aggression and reassure U.S. part- credited to the new president-elect,
ners and allies,” a Centcom news not the guy on his way out the door.
release announced. In reality, neither presidents nor
And this week, three officials said, presidents-elect control stock mar-
the Navy is likely to begin moving an kets, of course; but even if Trump
aircraft carrier task force toward the did unilaterally control equity pric-
Persian Gulf, as a hedge against un- es, and even if he had done so for
anticipated events. the entire duration of his presiden-
The show of force comes as the cy, his record would still pale in
Trump administration is drawing CALLAGHAN O'HARE/REUTERS comparison with his predecessor’s.
down U.S. troops in three Centcom Tammy Benewiat looks at her husband, who is on a ventilator at a hospital in Hutchinson, Kan., on Nov. 20. More important, 30,000 hardly
battle zones: Afghanistan, Iraq and seems like a “sacred number” — or a
Somalia. The Pentagon’s message to
Iran seems to be a cautionary warn-
ing against exploiting the situation,
rather than a direct threat. But the
A parallel pandemic of particularly significant one, in the
context of this administration’s
overall record. Here is a compendi-
um of more memorable metrics that
confrontation over Iran’s nuclear
program looms in the background.
Iran, too, has been signaling its
firmness — along with its willingness
depression, anxiety and grief should forever be linked with the
Trump legacy:
262,000 (and counting): If any-
thing is “sacred,” it is human life.
to revive diplomacy with the new This number is the minimum tally
administration of President-elect Joe BY E RIN N . M ARCUS edly or alone, and without the normal counseling — with adequate backup of American lives lost to the corona-

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Biden. Tehran’s potential threat was rituals of community remembrance when we need to refer patients. Low- virus as of Thursday night. By the
underscored this month by the Unit- long with the resurgence of such as a memorial service — may cost community mental health clinics, time Trump leaves office, it will be
ed Nations’ International Atomic En- covid-19, an insidious and less increase the likelihood of prolonged which have long been inundated with higher.
ergy Agency, which reported that perceptible pandemic has grief disorder, a disabling condition patients, need to be expanded so that $750: The amount Trump report-
Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched ura- arisen: one of anxiety, depres- that can last years and raise the risk of they can accommodate more people, edly paid in federal income taxes
nium is now 12 times the level permit- sion and grief. suicide or alcohol and drug abuse. and need to be paid adequately for the year he won the presidency. He
ted under the 2015 nuclear agree- It’s a phenomenon I’ve seen among More than 1 in 10 adult American telephone counseling. Telehealth sup- paid the same amount his first year
ment, which Trump abandoned in people seeking help in the primary workers are employed in the health- port groups, led by trained mental in the White House, too.
2018. The IAEA said Iran is also care clinic where I work. I think of the care sector, and many of them have health professionals, have been help- 14.7 percent: The unemployment
adding more advanced centrifuges to woman who, after her mother and witnessed events that leave them vul- ful for front-line health workers dur- rate in April 2020. Also the highest
speed enrichment. sister died of covid, lost the motiva- nerable to post-traumatic stress disor- ing the pandemic. Perhaps this strat- unemployment rate on record since
Iran has been hoping to wait out tion to take her diabetes medication, der and other psychological conse- egy could be expanded to help the modern statistics on joblessness
Trump’s presidency, and that theme or do much of anything else. The man quences. Other Americans have lost general public as well. began in 1948, and likely the high-
was reinforced last week by Foreign who recovered from covid but who their jobs, which itself can cause anxi- Peer support programs — in which est rate since the Great Depression.
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. He now can’t sleep because of flashbacks ety and depression. people who themselves have experi- $421 million: The amount of
said Iran would revert to the 2015 to his time in the hospital. The woman Mental illnesses increase a person’s enced anxiety and depression are loans and other debts for which
limits if the new administration re- whose adult children recovered from likelihood of developing other health trained to help others — may be a way Trump is personally responsible,
turned to the deal, too. “This needs no covid — but who is so anxious about problems, such as heart disease. They of reaching more people. Peer support with most of that amount reported-
negotiations and needs no condi- venturing out of her tiny apartment also significantly affect productivity, has been endorsed by the Substance ly coming due within four years —
tions,” he said. that her normally well-controlled costing employers billions annually. Abuse and Mental Health Services that is, a period when Trump had
Anti-Iran hawks in the United blood pressure has rocketed to dan- To get our country on track toward Administration, which is issuing 16- hoped to be serving his second
States and Israel see the window gerously high levels. some sort of normalcy, President-elect month emergency grants to states to presidential term.
closing on the possibility of a pre- My observations are consistent Joe Biden’s pandemic advisory board provide assistance for mental health 100.1 percent: Federal debt held
emptive U.S.-Israeli strike against the with those of national surveys, which will need to address our nation’s psy- and substance abuse disorders during by the public as a share of gross
Iranian nuclear program. Likely sup- have found significant increases in chological recovery. covid-19; that effort may need to be domestic product in the fiscal year
porters of such an attack include depression and anxiety during the Even before the pandemic, a short- continued. Public advertising cam- that recently ended, according to
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne- pandemic. In one large nationwide age of mental health professionals — paigns — perhaps in conjunction with the Congressional Budget Office.
tanyahu and some hard-line officials survey, U.S. adults were more than and a lack of adequate insurance the National Ad Council’s efforts to The last time this measure exceeded
around Trump. Netanyahu has said three times more likely to screen posi- coverage — made it difficult if not promote vaccine acceptance — could 100 percent was just after World
often that the potential Iranian nu- tive for anxiety and depressive disor- impossible for many people to get help de-stigmatize mental illness, War II.
clear threat represents an existential ders, compared with one year earlier. timely and appropriate care. Psychiat- help people realize they may be ex- $1.9 trillion: The 10-year cost of
issue for Israel, and the chance to Another survey found a significant ric and psychological services are of- periencing symptoms, and provide Trump’s 2017 tax cut. (This is “dy-
land a knockout punch may expire increase in alcohol use. ten put in a separate silo by insurance information about where to go for namic” cost — that is, it accounts for
Jan. 20. Those surveys were conducted in companies, making it tough for pri- treatment. Social workers and other the effects of economic growth.)
“There must be no return to the April through June, before the spread mary care physicians and nurses to trained counselors need to be placed This contributes to the debt number
previous nuclear agreement. We of the coronavirus escalated to encom- refer patients. People often don’t want in schools, in workplaces and in com- above.
must stick to an uncompromising pass the entire nation. Today, it’s likely to go to a mental health professional, munity centers to make it easier for $130,000: The amount Trump
policy to ensure that Iran does not that the psychological toll is much both because of a perceived stigma everyone to get help. paid an adult-film actress with
develop nuclear weapons,” Netanya- worse. Every person who dies of covid- and because it’s so difficult to jump These actions would help address whom he had an affair; this bought
hu told an Israeli audience this week. 19 leaves behind, on average, nine through the bureaucratic hoops to get the psychological needs created by the her silence ahead of the 2016
Trump considered a strike on Iran close family members — a grandchild, this care. pandemic — and might in the longer election.
earlier this month but decided son, daughter, brother, sister, spouse, But there are affordable ways to term begin to improve a rickety sys- 26: The number of women who
against it. Worried by the IAEA re- mother or father. The grief experi- begin to tackle these problems. Given tem that has failed to reach so many have publicly accused Trump of
ports that Iran was increasing its enced by those surviving family mem- that primary care physicians and for far too long. sexual misconduct.
uranium stockpile, Trump on Nov. 12 bers and friends is a normal reaction nurses are likely to see anxious and 26 million: The number of Amer-
requested military options. He was to loss. But some psychologists fear depressed people, it makes sense for The writer is a professor of clinical ican adults who reported that their
dissuaded from taking action by that the circumstances of covid-19 — us to be trained to routinely screen medicine at the University of Miami and a household didn’t have enough to
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in which people might die unexpect- everyone and provide some initial Public Voices fellow. eat just ahead of Election Day.
Gen. Mark A. Milley, Secretary of Eight: The number of Trump
State Mike Pompeo and other offi- associates to date charged with or
cials. Trump decided it would be convicted of criminal offenses. The
unwise to start a new war with unpre- former aides and advisers are: one-
dictable consequences in his last two MICHAEL GERSON time 2016 campaign chairman Paul
months in office. But several officials Manafort; 2016 deputy campaign
say the possibility isn’t entirely fore-
closed, and, as one official put it,
“we’re not out of the woods yet.”
The moral journalism we need chair Rick Gates; former national
security adviser Michael Flynn,
whom Trump pardoned Wednes-

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Skeptics about attacking Iran in- day; foreign policy adviser George
clude senior military officers in both f you know any political journalists or gression. people as objects of manipulation rather Papadopoulos; informal Trump for-
the United States and Israel, who fear pollsters in this holiday season, it This kind of issues journalism is impor- than as human beings with inherent digni- eign policy adviser George Nader;
a chain reaction that would leave all might be a good idea to give them a tant, and there should be more of it. An ty. It is wrong to vilify social and cultural political adviser Roger Stone; per-
sides worse off. One former top de- friendly, socially distanced wave or informed electorate, in the long run, will groups — migrants or refugees or Muslims sonal attorney Michael Cohen; and
fense official warns that the idea of a some nicely wrapped hand sanitizer. They have better democratic outcomes. But the — as a method to stir up anger and gain strategist Stephen K. Bannon.
“clean, limited, surgical strike” could use some bucking up. urgent problem of American politics is not political support. It is wrong. 666: The number of separated
against Iranian nuclear facilities is The horse-race polling that occupies so an insufficient airing of policy disagree- The ultimate political questions are thus: migrant children whose parents
folly; war doesn’t work that way. much of their attention has once again ments; it is that policy views have become a Is moral argumentation still possible? Do still have not been found, because
U.S. intelligence agencies also cau- proved deeply flawed. After the collective function of cultural identity. people still feel shame when their prejudice the Trump administration didn’t
tion that despite the troubling IAEA flub of 2016 — which consistently underes- A matter such as climate disruption, for and cruelty are exposed to scrutiny? Do keep sufficient records.
reports, Iran remains many months timated Donald Trump’s support by about example, attracts comparatively little in- most people have some kernel of con- 23,035: The number of false or
away from being able to deploy a four points — the new, improved, refined, formed and reasoned disagreement. Cli- science that can grow under the right misleading claims Trump had made
bomb. adjusted version of national polling under- mate skepticism has become a tenet of circumstances? as of mid-September, according to
Several insiders stress that Trump estimated Trump’s support by about four populism — a revolt against elitist scientists These ultimate questions are always The Post’s Fact Checker team. Pre-
doesn’t want a new conflict in the points. This means that coverage and and liberal politicians seeking excuses for open ones. In the primordial past — say, the sumably that number will continue
Middle East that would undermine commentary based on the premise of a social and economic control. The denial of 1980s — it was conservatives who stood to grow during Trump’s final weeks
what he sees as his legacy of stopping sizable, sustained Joe Biden lead were climate change has become a cultural against moral relativism. They argued that in office.
“endless” wars there. But squeezing distorted. signifier, the policy equivalent of a gun rack “if it feels good, do it” does not provide an $3: The amount that Trump’s
Iran’s nuclear program has also been The explanation, I am sure, is complex. in a truck. adequate basis for our lives together, be- Mar-a-Lago Club charged taxpayers
one of his signature issues, and he’d But one portion seems simple enough. The Will an issues-based political journal- cause it gives no root to our rights, and for a glass of water served to Trump.
probably like to tighten the pressure type of people who show up at Trump rallies ism/analysis/commentary speak across this because cruel and despicable things feel 289: The number of times Trump
further before leaving office. often do not show up (in representative yawning social gap? Maybe sometimes. good to some. visited a golf course while presi-
Elliott Abrams, Trump’s special en- numbers) in polling. Imagine asking, as a But the problem goes deeper still. Many Now it is the right that embraces relativ- dent. So far.
voy for Iran, stressed nonmilitary warm-up speaker at a Trump rally, “How of our most serious divisions have become ism. No doubt it felt good to Trump and 15: The number of times that
options in comments this week: “All many of you want to inconvenience yourself openly moral. In the current case, the adviser Stephen Miller to have government people have to flush their toilet,
through December and January, for the sake of a Washington Post-ABC president and his strongest supporters agents snatch migrant children from their according to Trump. (Why he made
there will be sanctions that deal with News poll?” Or: “Raise your hand if you believe that their cause — the maintenance parents’ arms. The argument against such this claim on the campaign trail I do
arms, that deal with weapons of mass want to provide personal information for a of power — is worth the massive invalida- an outrage is moral. “Whoever causes one of not know.)
destruction, that deal with human New York Times-Siena College survey.” The tion of legitimate votes in disproportionate- these little ones who believe in me to One: The number of viewers
rights. . . . So this will continue on for reception would probably be poor. ly Black urban areas. They claim this is a stumble,” said a distinguished moral teach- Trump officials sought to reach
another couple of months, right until Whatever its cause, the crisis faced by moral action — to fight socialism, or to er, “it would be better for him to have a during their TV appearances (the
the end.” polling is leading to some soul-searching. protect tradition, or to serve their illustri- heavy millstone hung around his neck, and infamous “audience of one”).
The confrontation with Iran is the Maybe the whole business of political ous leader, or whatever. to be drowned in the depth of the sea.” 49 percent: The peak share of
unpredictable X-factor in national analysis and commentary has placed too They are wrong. And only an ethical This is not to argue against the impor- Americans who said they approved
security. Until Inauguration Day, the much emphasis on opinion polls. Maybe argument can demonstrate it. It is racist to tance of horse-race journalism or issues of Trump’s performance as presi-
danger of a U.S. or Iranian strike there should be less focus on the horse-race seek the invalidation of mainly Black votes journalism, both of which will always have dent, according to Gallup.
remains on the table — a small but aspect of politics and more on the issues in Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia or At- their place. It is only to put in a good word 306: The number of electoral
still real possibility. Starting a war facing the country. Maybe we should rebal- lanta. It is a violation of morality and an for moral journalism and moral commen- college votes Trump won in 2016,
without provocation is never wise, ance political coverage away from who is up attack on democracy to throw away valid tary — which reveal the names and faces of which he called a “landslide.”
but especially not for a divided coun- and who is down in favor of candidates’ votes for nakedly political reasons. those who suffer, and remind us of the 306: The number of electoral
try on the verge of political transition. policy proposals on pandemic response, or Such arguments are located in a larger duties we have to one another. college votes Joe Biden won in 2020.
Twitter: @IgnatiusPost police reform, or containing Chinese ag- moral context. It is wrong to use other michaelgerson@washpost.com crampell@washpost.com
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CLIMATE FROM A1

diminished by vanishing habitat

and warming waters fueled by
For the Swinomish, the warming and academic resources. When
looking at ways to protect wet-
lands, Todd Mitchell, the tribe’s
director of environmental protec-
climate change, hasn’t been suffi-
cient to feed the hundreds of peo-
ple who come to pay homage to
their ancestors and to the fish that
world has been a punch to the gut tion, discovered that knowledge
about traditional plantings passed
down through the generations
was lost. So he turned to the
sustained them. University of Washington, which
“We don’t have that abundance had archived notes by ethnogra-
anymore,” said Lorraine Loomis, phers and anthropologists who
an elder who has managed the had interviewed tribe elders in the
tribal fishery for 40 years. “To get 1950s and 1960s.
ceremonial fish, we buy it and A tribal member who earned a
freeze it.” geology degree from Dartmouth
For the Swinomish, perched on College and a master’s degree at
a vulnerable, low-lying reserva- Washington State University,
tion on Fidalgo Island, the effects Mitchell returned to work for the
of a warming world have been a tribe 20 years ago. “I think the
gut punch. missing piece — and I’ve been
The tribe has responded with working on it ever since I got here
an ambitious, multipronged strat- — is how to take this straight-up
egy to battle climate change and science in the academic sense and
improve the health of the land and put it together with traditional
the water and the plants, animals knowledge.”
and people who thrived in harmo- One way the tribe’s approach
ny for generations. In 2010, the differs from others is an innova-
Swinomish became one of the first tive focus on community health.
communities to assess the prob- While the health effects of a
lems posed by a warming planet changing climate have become a
and enact a climate action plan. focus in recent years, the Swinom-
An additional 50 Native American ish, typically, have developed a
tribes have followed, creating cli- broader view.
mate strategies to protect their Jamie Donatuto, the tribe’s en-
lands and cultures, ahead of most vironmental health officer, and
U.S. communities. Larry Campbell, a 71-year-old trib-
The Swinomish see the tasks al elder, have created a tool, Indig-
beyond addressing shoreline risk enous Health Indicators, that goes
and restoring habitats. They look beyond typical morbidity and
at climate adaptation and resil- mortality measures and considers
ience with the eyes of countless ecosystem health, social and cul-
generations. They recognize that tural beliefs, and values integral to
the endangered “first foods” — a community. “It’s a very different
clams, oysters, elk, traditional way of thinking about health,” she
plants and salmon — are not mere said.
resources to be consumed. These Seen through that lens, restor-
foods are central to their values, ing “first foods” is important not
beliefs and practices and, there- LEFT: Swinomish member Alana Quintasket says she thinks about “my responsibility as an Indigenous woman to my relatives.” just for diet and nutrition but also
fore, to their spiritual, cultural and RIGHT: Swinomish tribal elder Larry Campbell helped create a health index that includes ecosystem health and cultural beliefs. for nourishment of the soul. Living
community well-being. somewhere for a long time fosters
Loomis is 80. Every member of a sense of place, and a sense of
her family, from her grandfather place fosters stewardship.
to her nine great-grandchildren, “It’s a different worldview,” said
has fished the tribe’s ancestral Donatuto, who has a doctorate in
waters. She has watched over the resource management and envi-
decades as the salmon disap- ronmental sustainability from the
peared and her family turned to University of British Columbia.
crab, geoduck and sea cucumbers. “The salmon and the crabs and the
She’s seen the salmon season drop clams are relatives. They’re living
to only a few days per species from relatives. They’re not just resourc-
the eight months — May through es. And so you treat them with a
December — of decades past in symbiotic respect. They feed you
order to protect populations. The because you take care of them. It’s
Skagit River is the last waterway in a very different way of thinking
the United States that’s home to all about why these areas are impor-
five species of Pacific salmon. tant.”
Progress has been slow; some Donatuto and Campbell have
researchers say it could be 90 created an index of six health
years before the salmon recover. indicators: cultural use, commu-
Loomis is taking the long view. “If I nity connection, self-determina-
didn’t believe we would recover tion, resiliency, transferring tradi-
[the fishery], I guess I wouldn’t tional knowledge across genera-
still be working on this,” she said. tions, and natural resource secu-
In recent years, the tribe has rity.
fostered salmon recovery through “We believe that if we can go
a variety of projects. It has re- back to the foundation of our
stored tidelands and channels, teachings, the foundation of what
planted trees along streambeds to our elders knew, that it would help
cool warming waters, and collabo- us in the long run,” Campbell said,
rated with farmers to increase adding that merging traditional
stream setbacks to improve water knowledge with Western science
quality. is “the best of both worlds.”
Restoring salmon populations Plans for the clam garden exem-
is just part of an ambitious climate plify the intersection of communi-
action plan to blunt the effects of ty health and climate adaptation.
increased flooding, ocean acidifi- Donatuto and Campbell surveyed
cation, rising river temperatures, PHOTOS BY JOVELLE TAMAYO FOR THE WASHINGTON POST tribal members about three possi-
more-destructive storms and hab- Taylor Studzinski plants willow trees in the Barney Lake Conservation Area in Washington to help restore habitat for wildlife and ble sites on the west side of the
itat loss. filter storm-water runoff. Other projects near the area include rebuilding reefs for the Olympia oyster and designing a clam garden. reservation. They discovered that
The Swinomish are rebuilding one, which had been returned to
oyster reefs for the native Olympia the tribe after years in private
oyster. They’re planning the first hands, had a meaningful history.
modern clam garden in the United Elders told stories about growing
States on the reservation’s tide- up playing on the beach all day. It
lands, reviving an ancient prac- had been a popular clam-digging
tice. They’re monitoring deer and spot and place to net fish from the
elk populations through camera beach. But for years, members had
traps to understand the climate been chased off the tidelands by
change pressures and to inform the property owners.
hunting limits. And they have on- Creating the garden at that spot
going wetland restoration proj- would not only provide first foods
ects to explore preserving native — including the return of native
plants and to help naturally man- littleneck clams that were once a
age coastal flooding. Swinomish staple — but also sym-
“They’re doing really innova- bolize community health.
tive climate adaptation,” said A clam garden requires tribal
Meade Krosby, a senior scientist members to work together to
with the Climate Impacts Group at build and maintain a low rock wall
the University of Washington. at the shoreline. Once in place, the
“They were way ahead of the garden will create a spot for elders
curve. And that really shouldn’t be to share stories, passing on tribal
surprising, because the tribes have knowledge. It will supply a first
shown tremendous leadership.” food while serving as an example
While the Swinomish have been of the tribe’s resilience, self-deter-
pioneers, they are among an in- mination and cultural steward-
creasing number of Indigenous ship, all health indicators.
communities across the country Krosby said the tribe’s outreach
that have created climate plans is a lesson. “When we engage com-
guided by science and culture. munities and when we incorpo-
The Tulalip tribes, neighbors to rate their knowledge and concerns
the south, are relocating nuisance into climate planning, you wind
beavers from urban areas to up with a more equitable and
streams with salmon to improve robust outcome,” she said. “You
water quality and lower the tem- wind up with the backing of the
perature, reduce sediment flowing community. You end up with the
into streams and mitigate the ef- benefit of their knowledge and
fects of increasingly intense expertise.”
storms. The Karuk tribe of North- Mitchell and Shelly Vendiola, a
ern California has a 232-page plan LEFT: A carving represents a legend linking native people and the sea, at Deception Pass State Park on Fidalgo Island, Wash. tribal elder, are chairs of the Pro-
that calls for prescribed burning to RIGHT: Sarah Grossman, a scientist for the Swinomish tribe, measures an oyster to evaluate which areas make the best habitats. tect Mother Earth Committee,
reduce increasing wildfires and working on involving the commu-
removing dams to help decreasing nity in the plan’s update and creat-
salmon and eel populations. Native Americans acutely feel The institute has consulted 15-square-mile skinny rectangle and 900 acres of tidelands were ing a climate change curriculum
The Confederated Salish and the effects of the changing climate with more than 300 of the 574 on Fidalgo Island with 2,900 acres diked and drained in 1937, block- for schoolchildren and adults that
Kootenai tribes of Montana have a because they were forced onto the tribes in the United States, Cooley of tidelands and 7,450 acres of ing the way for young salmon to marries an introduction to tribal
resilience plan that calls for pre- most vulnerable lands, places that said. It’s natural that Indigenous uplands. The tribe, which has reach the tidal channels critical to lore with climate science.
scribed burns and restoring white- were of little use to others, said people who have lived with the about 1,000 members, owns a casi- their development as places to The idea is to interest members
bark pine, a key part of tribal Nikki Cooley, co-manager of the land for generations, attuned to no, an RV park and a golf course on feed, grow and rest. in exploring science, going away to
culture. They plan to identify trees Tribes and Climate Change Pro- the cycles of nature, would be the island 80 miles north of Seat- In early 2006, a 100-year storm study and perhaps returning to
resilient to blister rust — a fungus gram for the Institute for Tribal leaders in adapting to climate tle. It leases 420 acres of the reser- struck the island, causing damag- help develop and implement fu-
exacerbated by climate change — Environmental Professionals. change and marrying that to cul- vation to a planned community of ing flooding. Later that year, an- ture climate adaptation.
collect their seeds and eventually “There’s that big push to ad- ture and health. “We’ve always 2,000 people. other storm downed trees and “Climate change,” Mitchell said,
plant 100,000 seedlings on their dress climate change because been taught and are still being told The hydrology of the area has power lines, isolating the resi- “is going to last for a long time. So
lands. we’re feeling the effects more so we have to preserve for the future been radically altered over a cen- dents and causing evacuations. what we set up now builds the
And in Alaska, a partnership of than other places,” said Cooley, 40, generations,” she added. tury, destroying critical habitat for Those extreme weather events foundation.”
11 tribes has formed to identify who grew up without electricity or fish and wildlife. For example, the helped spur the tribe to examine a Consider it newly traditional
harmful algae blooms so that it’s running water, herding sheep in ‘A symbiotic respect’ Swinomish Channel, once a com- future imperiled by climate knowledge to pass down across
clear when shellfish can be safely the sprawling Navajo Nation res- An 1855 treaty established the plex waterway on the eastern edge change. the generations.
harvested. ervations of the Arizona desert. Swinomish Reservation, a of the reservation, was dredged Their plans merge traditional national@washpost.com
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Parents
warn of
graphic
imagery
DEMAND FOR ACTION
IN MONTGOMERY
Letter says kids exposed
to porn via school laptops

BY D ONNA S T. G EORGE

Two families in suburban Mary-

land allege their children were
extensively exposed to pornogra-
phy as they used their school-
issued laptops amid the pandem-
ic, according to a letter of com-
plaint sent to Montgomery County
school officials.
Calling on the state’s largest
school system to warn other par-
ents and fix weaknesses in its sys-
tem, the letter describes the ex-
periences of a third-grader and a
sixth-grader who were allegedly
able to access graphic material
online with their Chromebook
computers.
PHOTOS BY AMANDA ANDRADE-RHOADES FOR THE WASHINGTON POST The families are unacquainted
From left, Laura Wooldridge, Brandon Johnson and Hamed Shittu with the boxed meals they received Thursday at Central Union Mission in Northwest Washington. and live in different areas of the
sprawling county.
The younger child, 9 years old,

Finding hope in the ‘little things’

accessed hundreds of porno-
graphic sites through Twitter,
which his parents discovered
Nov. 11 in the Web browser history
of his school account, according to
the five-page letter of complaint
filed on the families’ behalf by
attorney Timothy F. Maloney.
“Many of these sites were relat-

Families add On Thanksgiving at a D.C. shelter, looking ahead in an especially hard year ed to popular video games, such as
Fortnite, and linked their son to

to their feasts
pornographic cartoons and por-
BY F ENIT N IRAPPIL nographic video,” the complaint

M
said.

to share with ax Mora usually spends Thanksgiving crowded around 30 relatives in the Chicago
suburbs wolfing down turkey and green-bean casserole. ¶ But the pandemic left the
The family was devastated, the
boy’s father said in an interview.

those in need
SEE COMPLAINT ON B3
former personal trainer and cook unemployed and driving around the country living
out of his car. ¶ Yet Mora, 29, couldn’t help but feel a little upbeat as he picked up a boxed
Any other year
and the
impeccably
Thanksgiving meal from the Central Union Mission homeless shelter in the heart of
Washington. He was grateful for President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, which drew him to the Old power
decorated
Whitley house
would be packed.
capital to celebrate. He was thankful for newfound time allowing him to write raps and work on
a novel about Los Angeles. ¶ “As bad as covid has been, it’s actually been a blessing for me plant to be
mixed-use
Petula Cousins and because it made me reconsider what I was doing in life,” said Mora, wearing a floral mask and
Dvorak grandmothers,
children and
preparing to drive to Maryland to volunteer at a meal distribution site there. “It’s launched me
grandchildren, great-aunts and
great friends since kindergarten
— they’d all be there.
into a whole new world.” SEE THANKSGIVING ON B2
project
“There are people in and out New cases in region
all day,” said Willie Whitley, 49,
describing a usual Thanksgiving Through 5 p.m. Thursday, 5,139
as he stood this week scanning new coronavirus cases were Alexandria site along
the food piled high on the reported in the District, Maryland Potomac slated for green
counters of his kitchen in Fort and Virginia, bringing the total
Washington. number of cases to 440,116. development, firm says
Three turkeys, a chicken, a
D.C. MD. VA.
ham, Stove Top stuffing,
cornbread, towers of dinner +220 +2,319 +2,600 BY L OLA F ADULU
rolls, green beans, collard 20,736 190,480 228,900
greens, mac and cheese, and an A development company with
industrial-size bowl of green Coronavirus-related deaths a history of transforming obso-
confection called “Watergate As of 5 p.m. Wednesday: lete facilities has purchased one
salad.” of the largest industrial sites in
“This year,” the father said, D.C. MD.* VA. Alexandria and plans to build
“it’s just four of us.” +0 +29 +21 housing, office space and retail,
So why all the food? 677 4,547 4,029 granting residents new access to
The Whitleys — like a large swath of the Potomac
thousands of other smart * Includes probable covid-19 deaths River.
families who forwent their usual Elijah Bailey was among those getting a Thanksgiving meal from the The Potomac River Generat-
SEE DVORAK ON B2 D.C. charity, which usually organizes a large sit-down gathering. ing Station, a shuttered, 71-year-
old coal-fired power plant, was
decommissioned in 2012. Hilco
Redevelopment Partners bought
the site last week for an undis-
closed amount after a 31/2-year
pursuit. Pepco will continue to
own part of the site to operate an

Capitol Hill treehouse saga ends with deal for removal in 2024 electrical substation.
“We’re excited about the
chance to reintegrate it into the
surrounding urban fabric, open
BY D ANA H EDGPETH The final agreement between est. lawfully occupying public space,” neighborhood commissioner who up that access to the waterfront
the couple who built the treehouse “We never planned to keep it according to a settlement agree- represents a nearby part of Capitol and create a really dynamic dis-
Like so many controversies in for their two daughters and the forever,” Psychas said. “We’re fine ment filed in the U.S. Court of Hill, said she is glad the treehouse trict with world-class architec-
Washington, the case of a tree- city’s Department of Transporta- with the agreement. We never Appeals for the District of Colum- will stay a few more years and is ture,” said Melissa Schrock, the
house in a family’s backyard on tion came last month, after nearly planned to keep it until the kids bia Circuit. relieved the fight has ended. senior vice president of mixed-
Capitol Hill turned into a long, three months of back-and-forth were teenagers.” A certified arborist must over- “When I heard about the litiga- use development at Hilco. “We
drawn-out saga — complete with with a mediator during the coro- The city agreed to drop $8,000 see the removal of the treehouse tion I thought, ‘What a waste of think the city of Alexandria de-
disagreements between neigh- navirus pandemic. in fines against the couple and when it does come down. time,’ ” Krepp said. “The city was serves nothing less.”
bors, reams of paper on arcane Both parties agreed that the promised no additional fines. Nei- Dave Bloom, a spokesman for dedicating lawyers to work to take Hilco will be guided by Alex-
zoning and permitting regula- treehouse will come down — but ther side admitted wrongdoing, the D.C. attorney general’s office, down a treehouse, and we have so andria’s 2017 Old Town North
tions, allegations of government not until early 2024. And by then, and both agreed to avoid future said in an email that the office had many other problems. That’s a Small Area Plan and must in-
malfeasance, a claim of hacking to say Ellen Psychas and her hus- litigation. The couple maintain no comment on the treehouse. A woeful waste of money.” clude some affordable housing in
the FBI, and a federal lawsuit. band, Bing Yee, their girls, ages 8 that they complied with code re- DDOT spokeswoman also said her Krepp said she always believed the project, officials said.
And after a five-year battle, it and 10, will have outgrown the quirements and that they don’t office had no comment. that the couple had followed The site will include dining
has ended. castle-like play area and lost inter- believe that the treehouse is “un- Denise Krepp, an advisory SEE TREEHOUSE ON B3 SEE PROJECT ON B6
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Still thankful, even on a scaled-back Thanksgiving in D.C.

THANKSGIVING FROM B1 Others living transient lives
could count on the holidays to
For nonprofit operations serv- reunite with family. But many
ing the homeless, the holidays are families canceled large gather-
a time to provide big meals to ings, with public health authori-
those who are in need while also ties warning that a Thanksgiving
offering a few hours of celebra- meal with different households
tion and community. The pan- mingling, laughing and shouting
demic has prevented many of the indoors is a prime vector for
usual traditions, forcing organi- transmission.
zations to think creatively about Laura Wooldridge, who lives
other ways to serve some of soci- out of a camper, said she normal-
ety’s most vulnerable. ly celebrates Thanksgiving at her
Central Union Mission, a mother’s house in North Carolina
Christian charity that has served or with extended family in Geor-
people experiencing homeless- gia.
ness in the nation’s capital for Her relatives have opted for
more than a century, had to ditch small meals this year, leaving
its usual Thanksgiving meal, Wooldridge to stay in the District
which drew about 400 annually and eat with Central Union —
to the shelter cafeteria for hot while gaining a newfound appre-
turkey, yams and stuffing. ciation for the time she does get
Instead the shelter set up a with family.
meal distribution site in its park- “There are so many Thanksgiv-
ing lot, overlooked by a Walmart ings we complained about and
and a luxury condo building, and moaned about,” Wooldridge, 55,
handed out Safeway boxes con- said while eating at a courtyard
taining a cold turkey sandwich, a table near the shelter. “What do I
cup of potato salad, an apple, a have gratitude for this year? I
chocolate-chip cookie and a cup- don’t know. It’s hard this year.
cake. Last year I could have had an
“It’s not in our DNA to turn honest answer. This year I don’t.”
people away,” said Joe Mettima- Brandon Johnson, 30, struck a
no, chief executive of Central more upbeat note as he spread
Union Mission. “We were deter- packaged cranberry sauce and
mined to make sure folks out here mustard on the slices of bread on
on the street weren’t alone feeling his sandwich.
like no one cared.” AMANDA ANDRADE-RHOADES FOR THE WASHINGTON POST “I’m just lucky to be out here on
Other D.C.-area groups have Central Union Mission in Northwest Washington serves Thanksgiving meals on Thursday. The Christian charity, which has served people Thanksgiving, because someone
pitched in to feed those in need experiencing homelessness in D.C. for over a century, had to cancel its usual sit-down Thanksgiving meal, which drew about 400 annually. just offered me a free meal and it
while isolated because of the cor- seems like a Thanksgiving meal
onavirus. The restaurant Medi- tional music blasted from a hotels to quarantine shelter resi- hang out. Cornhole tournaments staffers who are helping him get to me,” said Johnson, 30.
um Rare delivered meals to about speaker. dents and other high-risk popula- bring out the competitive heat. back on his feet with encourage- He held out hope that his
3,000 seniors living alone in the A shelter volunteer dancing in tions; 100 rooms have been occu- “We wish we had our family, ment and Christian teachings. grandmother might allow him to
region. The iconic turkey give- the parking lot and shouting pied this week. but we’ve grown as a family unit,” Moncada said he is closer than eat leftovers on the porch of her
away in Ward 8, the poorest part “Happy Thanksgiving!” to pass- While other Washingtonians said Jonathan Moncada, a shelter ever to returning to society and is Northeast Washington home.
of Washington, continued. ersby caught the eye of Oliver, a have resumed dining at restau- resident who donned a neck gai- shifting his focus to finding a job. And more ambitiously, maybe he
The Central Union giveaway 62-year-old homeless man who rants, visiting museums and ter and a face shield to help Eventually, he longs to reunite would have his own home next
wasn’t as well-attended as declined to give his last name. He working out at gyms, the roughly distribute meals Thursday. with four daughters, ranging Thanksgiving to cook whatever
Thanksgiving meals past, which said he was thankful for “any- 50 residents of Central Union It’s the second Thanksgiving at from age 9 to 14. he would like.
drew some homeless people who thing” to help him survive such a Mission’s shelter have remained Central Union for Moncada, a “Next Thanksgiving, I hope to But a year feels like a lifetime
said they cared more about the rough year. under a stay-at-home order since 33-year-old New York native who see my children and kiss my these days. In the meantime,
companionship than the food. “Being homeless in a pandem- March to prevent an outbreak. arrived at the shelter shortly after mother,” Moncada said. “But the Johnson fixated on the orange-
About 50 people who did show ic? It’s like kicking a person while Some chose to return to the relocating to D.C. in September spirit of Thanksgiving should be frosted cupcake that came as
up pumped hand sanitizer and they are down,” Oliver said. streets instead, but others have 2019. carried every day. Be grateful for dessert in his boxed Thanksgiv-
took a free white mask before More than 350 people staying found it helpful to weather the He said he was living a tran- the little things, because especial- ing meal.
volunteers wearing face shields at D.C. homeless shelters have pandemic with others struggling sient life in New York and hit ly with this pandemic, it shows “I’m already good,” Johnson
handed them meals and courtesy contracted the coronavirus and with homelessness. Weekday “rock bottom” during a bitter things can change from one day said, eyeing the cupcake with a
bags of gloves, hats and more 21 have died, according to city meals are now a place for conver- divorce. Now he said he’s thank- to the next unexpectedly. It’s an grin. “But I might be really good.”
masks and hand sanitizer. Devo- data. The city has leased several sation. Sunday football is a time to ful for new friends and shelter eye-opener.” fenit.nirappil@washpost.com

PETULA DVORAK

Nationwide, families quietly take homemade Thanksgiving meals to the streets

DVORAK FROM B1 and leave feeling better about
themselves after working at the
Thanksgiving crowd to help sweet potato station of a food
stop the spread of the line for a spell.
coronavirus — are the kind of It’s not so easy to do amid the
people who need to feed. They pandemic this year, as those
are that house, the one always organizations have trimmed
full of people, buzzing with their offerings, minimized
activity. contact and spent a lot of time
And the thought of a quiet, training volunteers on proper
small Thanksgiving was coronavirus protocols.
agonizing for them. So everyday Americans are
So they decided to cook the responding to that shift.
same amount — Army-size — as Without a formal movement,
always and take at least 50 petition or hashtag, folks are
Thanksgiving dinners to the turning this year’s stunted
people they see living under celebration into a magnanimous
bridges, in parks and in tents gesture.
throughout the nation’s capital. Maybe it’s because we are all
“I heard in church that desperate to connect with other
someday, if Jesus comes back, he people.
could come back as a person Courtney and her 21-year-old
who is homeless,” said the sister, Brittany, are back living
family’s younger daughter, at home, taking college courses
Courtney “Coco J” Whitley, 18. online from their childhood
“So I always have a special place bedrooms. Their parents are
in my heart for them.” home with them. They are all
Across the country, families craving the company of others
like the Whitleys have had the — just like everyone. And in this
same idea — a beautiful and pandemic-induced social
synchronous gesture by the isolation, we may have a small
kinds of humans who insist on glimpse of the utter loneliness
feeding and nurturing people, of those without a home.
whether strangers or friends, “It’s not just about giving
despite the constrictions of the people food or money and
coronavirus pandemic. walking away,” Courtney said.
While searching for “They get really excited about
organizations that were the interaction.”
providing meals to the homeless The Whitleys avoid the well-
this Thanksgiving, I kept known parks and big
coming across people who are encampments, and instead look
doing that work themselves. PHOTOS COURTESY OF WILLIE WHITLEY for people who are isolated and
Like a woman in Orlando candied yams, cornbread ABOVE: Veronica Whitley and alone.
who announced on Twitter that stuffing, baked mac and cheese, her daughters, Courtney “Coco “Over the years, we’ve seen
she’s “making mad food for collards, cornbread, yeast rolls, J,” center, and Brittany, bagged some of the same people in the
thanksgiving, then saving some cranberry sauce and Dutch up 50 Thanksgiving dinners for same places,” said Veronica
to feed the homeless.” apple pie.” the homeless. LEFT: The family Whitley, 50, the matriarch of the
A man in Detroit asked On social media, she asked prepared three turkeys, a family. “I remember a woman
friends on Twitter if they want others to “please consider doing chicken, a ham, Stove Top who kept telling me she didn’t
to come along and help him on something similar in your area stuffing, cornbread, rolls, green know where her son was. I
Thanksgiving Day, when he’s in lieu of gathering. Wear your beans, collard greens, and mac wonder if she found him.”
“just riding around with 50 PPE, glove up, wrap those plates and cheese. On Wednesday evening, she
spaghetti dinners in my trunk up well, and feed our houseless put on her mask and showed
and handing them out.” friends out there.” her daughters how to massage
A woman in Kentucky is The Whitleys have been doing the street during their the brown sugar into the ham.
going to feed the homeless and this on Thanksgiving for a few commutes to work or school. “We’re going to be up all
asked friends if they’d like to years. But it usually has been a It’s a common impulse, on the night,” she said, leading her
contribute blankets that she can small, quiet morning routine — day of giving thanks, to want to daughters through years of
give out, too. just the four of them — before help others. Every year, soup tradition, making a meal that
And Asia Chloe Brown, an all the friends and relatives kitchens and shelters are would be eaten by dozens of
urban farmer in D.C., said she descended on their house. overrun on that day with do- strangers.
handed out about 25 plates of They’d take 10 or so meals to the gooders who show up for a petula.dvorak@washpost.com
food — cooking “roast chicken, folks they’re used to seeing on quick spit-shine of their souls, Twitter: @petulad

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THE DISTRICT everything and easygoing — it says gossip with,” Logania joked.
a lot about his character,” said Ana “There was not a mean bone in his

Five-decade fixture at Logania, a colleague of seven

years.
It was also in Mississippi that he
body.”
On late nights he would walk
her to the garage and make sure

Carnegie dies of covid began a lifelong love affair with

the game of golf, despite segrega-
tion barring him from most
she got in her car before leaving
himself. For his daughter, who
works nights, he would always
courses. He and his brother have coffee ready.
BY R ACHEL W EINER advice that many people said worked as caddies and made their “Every girl in our family was a
changed their lives.” own makeshift holes in the land college graduate. He was very
After over half a century help- Brooks often got a flu when the along with river. Sunday was the proud of that,” his brother Leroy
ing run the historic Dupont Circle seasons changed, and when he one day he never worked — not for Brooks recalled. He drove his wife
home of the Carnegie Institution developed a cough in early Octo- church but for golf. and family anywhere they wanted
for Science, the pandemic made ber he insisted it was not serious. He eventually moved with a to go — Atlantic City, the Poconos.
Don Brooks realize he was ready to But “he just laid there, and cousin to D.C. and began working His home was an “open door,”
leave. that’s not like him,” recalled his at Carnegie. Over the next 52 his brother said, the place extend-
“The time off really reinforced wife, Gloria Brooks. When he years, he became an institutional ed family and neighbors gathered
how much family was important wasn’t working, her husband was memory and guide to the building. for fireworks and board games. He
to him,” Chief Operating Officer “a fixer-upper” — always improv- He developed a close relationship would crack up his children and
Timothy Doyle recalled. ing their Brookland house in some ABBY SEVCIK
with Maxine Singer, president of grandchildren with his absurd
A few months before he was set way. She persuaded him to see a Don Brooks died of covid-19 in October at age 75, after working for Carnegie from 1988 to 2002, who Scattergories answers and his at-
to retire, the building mainte- doctor, and he was hospitalized the Carnegie Institution for Science in the District for five decades. said in a statement he was “vital” tempts to learn the latest dances.
nance specialist died of covid-19. immediately. She never saw him in efforts to expand the institu- “He’s gone, but the spirit still
He was 75. alive again; he died Oct. 24. younger brother were arrested af- ing. tion’s local outreach. lingers,” said his daughter, Chery-
“He just was a gentle soul,” Don Brooks grew up in a share- ter protesting for the integration “That’s the thing that struck me While Singer was his favorite of lee Brooks. “We all try to cling
Doyle said. “Saying he was beloved cropping family in Natchez, Miss. of a local rubber plant; a local civil about Don, someone who’s lived the seven presidents he worked together and stay as a family, be-
by everybody was an understate- He met his future wife in the two- rights leader in that campaign, and experienced some of the dark- for, when asked Brooks insisted cause that’s what he would have
ment. . . . He just was sagely and so room schoolhouse where his Wharlest Jackson Sr., was later est moments in American history that they were all great. wanted us to do.”
even-keeled that he could offer mother taught. In 1963, he and his killed in a still-unsolved car bomb- and to still be so optimistic about “He was the worst person to rachel.weiner@washpost.com

Treehouse hearings at the area’s Advisory

Neighborhood Commission, the
city’s Public Space Committee and
LOCAL D IGES T

can stay till court hearings over whether to

tear it down.
The couple asked to be grandfa-
VIRGINIA
Pedestrian, 63, killed
MARYLAND
Man is fatally shot
girls get too thered in when the city updated its
codes, but the city denied their
request. They filed a lawsuit in U.S.
in Fairfax hit-and-run
Fairfax police are searching
in Capitol Heights
A man was fatally shot late

old for it District Court that sought to keep

the treehouse. When their com-
plaint was dismissed, they ap-
for the motorist who struck a
63-year-old Springfield man
while he was crossing the road.
Wednesday in the 7500 block of
Valley Park Road, Prince
George’s County police said.
pealed. In their suits, the couple Police said Daniel McKay was Officers responded about
TREEHOUSE FROM B1 accused DDOT officials of “per- crossing Backlick Road near 11 p.m. and found a man shot
mitting malfeasance and incom- Edsall Road about 6:30 p.m. outside a home in Capitol
“what they thought were the petence.” Wednesday when he was struck Heights.
rules.” She said she respects them The family also claimed that by a car traveling south. McKay Police did not immediately
for keeping up the fight to save DDOT hacked into Psychas’s on- was not in a crosswalk, police identify the man.
their daughters’ treehouse. line city zoning account without said. The victim was taken to a
“They were good parents by her knowledge — a violation of a The motorist drove away. hospital, where he was
showing their daughters, ‘This is federal computer fraud and abuse Medics who arrived at the scene pronounced dead.
wrong and we’re willing to fight act. Psychas and her husband filed pronounced McKay dead. Police said they did not think
it,’ ” Krepp said. “They were being a complaint with the FBI’s Inter- Police asked anyone with the shooting was a random
good role models.” net Crime Complaint Center, but it information about the crash to crime.
Since the pandemic hit, shutter- went nowhere, she said. call the Crash Reconstruction — Michael S. Rosenwald
ing schools and closing play- The couple’s lawsuit ultimately Unit at 703-280-0543.
grounds, Psychas said the tree- went to a mediator who helped to It was the county’s 14th
house has been a “godsend” to kids broker an agreement this fall be- pedestrian fatality this year.
who live near the alley. At times, tween the two parties. Psychas — Moriah Balingit
kids have played games — with said that the agreement is in “good
pandemic-related safety proto- faith” and that she and her hus-
cols, she said — and used walkie- band will abide by it and take the LOTTERIES
talkies to chat from the playhouse treehouse down by the 2024 dead-
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required and then spent $1,500 to the street don’t have traditional nearly a dozen discussions and dana.hedgpeth@washpost.com

Students, 9 and 11, exposed to porn, families allege

COMPLAINT FROM B1 keep students as safe as possible, The system also provides lessons that at first an IT employee ap-
they said. about digital citizenship and peared concerned but then Ceve-
He described the material as “We filter and block all of our strives to partner with parents as nini contacted them, leading to a
graphic depictions of sex acts, ac- devices whether in school or out of they monitor students, they said. more strained back-and-forth
cessed over a period of a month school,” said Peter Cevenini, asso- Not everyone was as sure that about whether the sites were
and a half. “He’s a little boy, and he ciate superintendent for technol- the letter of complaint does not blocked and how the situation
saw things that no one should see,
especially a child,” he said, speak-
ogy and innovation, who said so-
cial media sites are blocked to all
point to broader problems.
Lisa Cline, the mother of a mid-
could be safer, the complaint said.
The next day, the 11-year-old’s
The Magazine
ing on the condition of anonymity students below ninth grade. dle school student and chair of the school-issued computer was
to protect his son’s privacy. But Cevenini said the system is safe-technology committee of the blocked for any online activity, the Geneticist’s
“One of the most painful parts not foolproof. “There’s no such Montgomery County Council of complaint said. dilemma: A
about it is that he was sitting a few thing as perfect, but we do provide PTAs, praised the families in- Both students have struggled
feet away from us,” he added. “We a very strong layer of support and volved in the complaint for com- emotionally, their families said.
growing number
were checking on him — not once services to make sure our students ing forward and “making this a big The 11-year-old has been with- of scientists
a day, not twice a day, but a dozen are secure and safe,” he said. deal.” drawn and short-tempered — believe that the
times a day.” Inappropriate sites can’t be ac- She wondered how many other filled with guilt and shame, crying cure for disease
The older student, age 11, used cessed “unconsciously or by error,” families don’t know or may not every day and sleepless, his mother
the search engine Ecosia to get to he said. “However, there are al- come forward. In the past, she said in an interview. He had not can be found in
sites with pornographic images, ways ways in any type of computer said, she has heard reports of kids had sex education at school yet, she our DNA. But that
according to the letter. His parents system to bypass filters and secu- accessing inappropriate content said. He starts therapy next week, poses a unique
said that he accessed the materials rities that are put in place and get but “nothing at quite that level.” “I just felt like his innocence has
for more than six weeks and that at to things if you choose to.” “I’m surprised that something been stolen,” said his mother, who
problem for some
least one website asked for his About 140,000 students in that overt could get through the spoke on the condition of anonym- Native Americans.
name and other personal details. Montgomery County are using filter,” she said, adding that the ity to protect her son’s privacy.
They discovered the problem last school-issued devices. An addi- problem probably extends beyond “The whole time, I thought: ‘It’s a
week when they examined his tional 20,000 or so are using tech- Montgomery County. school computer. What harm Sports
browser history. nology provided by their families. “It raises a red flag to all of us,” could it be?’ ” Sports’ Gen Z problem: Executives and experts say
“Both families ask the Board to Cevenini said he tells families she said. “I think we should look at The family said other 11-year- playing sports leads directly to fandom, but many
take immediate action to remedy who inquire that they could seek the browser history of our kids olds are sharing information young people are spending more time than ever
the harm done to their children additional parental controls and check in with them on a daily about the websites. online, which makes grooming a new generation of
and protect their children and through their Internet service pro- basis. Ask them how it went at The parents of the 9-year-old fans a challenge.
other Montgomery County stu- vider if they desire. school . . . give them the chance to said their son had shown a “pro-
dents using these [school system]
accounts and Chromebooks from
Montgomery schools spokes-
woman Gboyinde Onijala added
share any surprises.”
The letter alleges that schools
found change” in behavior in re-
cent weeks — anxious, withdrawn Business
further harm,” the letter of com- that if pornography were a wide- officials knew of the risks, failed to and frequently angry. He does not Where’s Santa? Some retailers have suspended
plaint said. spread problem, the system would warn parents and “denied there is want to participate in virtual les- Saint Nick visits or moved them online, but many
It said that if the board does not have heard about it, given that any problem” when contacted. sons or connect with friends, they others are forging ahead with extra precautions and
act, the families will seek emer- school lessons went online start- “Parents need the ability to protect said. backup plans.
gency relief from the courts. “They ing in March. their children who use the Board’s “We wanted other parents to
should not have to do this,” the
complaint said.
“This is something we have
been doing now for nine months
laptops,” it said.
The third-grader’s family was at
know about the risk,” said the boy’s
father. He said the family also
Sunday Savings
Montgomery schools officials — keeping students safe, blocking first told by IT staff that little could wanted the school system to ad- Discover deals in the Post Marketplace package of
declined to comment on the spe- these websites,” she said. “While be done and then later told Twitter dress the problem and not deny it. this Sunday’s Post!
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cifics of the letter — which they are no system is perfect . . . there is a is blocked for students the boy’s “It’s all very distressing,” the Some stories may not run due to breaking news.
still looking into — but said they whole team of folks working to age, according to the complaint, father said. “This happened be-
go to great lengths to protect stu- ensure that the processes we have which included a screenshot of cause he was using the school-
dents. The system of more than in place work.” some sites the child accessed. At issued Chromebook, which we
160,000 students has long com- Technology staff members have some point, the student’s Twitter thought was safe. It felt like such a
plied with safeguards required been responsive to parents with access was blocked. betrayal.”
under federal law and works to concerns, schools officials said. The sixth-grader’s family said donna.stgeorge@washpost.com
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MARYLAND

Environmental groups fight proposed Eastern Shore natural gas pipeline

BY C HRISTINE C ONDON department will issue its review of prison, for instance, runs a boiler “At first glance, it’s better for ronment and cause devastating bills as a result of the pipeline,
the pieces of the project not relat- system that feeds on burning them to get a pipeline of what they explosions. Thompson said. But those same
baltimore — As a natural gas ed to wetlands, said department wood chips. The university uses a call natural gas, right? Because it Chesapeake Utilities, which is communities will be affected dis-
pipeline proposed for Maryland’s spokesman Mark Shaffer. fuel-oil and propane system, and burns cleaner than oil or wood behind a portion of the project, proportionately by climate
Eastern Shore continues to move Proponents say the pipeline officials there said natural gas chips,” said Susan Olsen, chair of argues that it will help the envi- change, environmentalists argue,
through the state’s regulatory ap- would bring much-needed natu- would represent a major improve- the Sierra Club’s Lower Eastern ronment by lowering emissions and deserve a sustainable future.
proval process, environmental ac- ral gas to key facilities in Somer- ment. Shore Group. “But the thing is: It’s from the university and the prison A study commissioned by the
tivists promised to continue their set, namely the University of “The opportunity for the pipe- a 30- to 40-year commitment.” significantly, all while adding Chesapeake Climate Action Net-
fight to stop a line they say would Maryland Eastern Shore and the line presented itself. It’s heading That commitment could ham- only a small amount to the state’s work, an opponent of the project,
encourage more fracking and Eastern Correctional Institution, in our direction,” said Alissa Carr, per the state’s long-term renew- natural gas use. and conducted by a geographic
harm communities. and attract more businesses to the a university spokeswoman. “We able energy goals, Olsen said. The Proponents have been quick to information systems consultant,
The energy firm Chesapeake area. currently have lots of dirty fuel on state, through its Maryland Com- raise economic equity concerns, found that the majority of the
Utilities Co. wants to extend a But environmentalists argue our campus. And let’s take advan- mission on Climate Change, re- arguing that Somerset County — census tracts in the pipeline’s
natural gas pipeline from Dela- the state is ignoring its commit- tage of this while we continue to cently set a goal to reduce state- which had the state’s highest pov- path include large numbers of
ware through Wicomico County ment to renewable energy and explore other options.” wide greenhouse gas emissions by erty rate, according to a 2018 sur- people of color and low-income
and into Somerset County. brushing aside the pipeline’s po- The university already has pur- 50 percent from 2006 levels by vey — needs natural gas access to people.
The $34 million project would tential impact on the low-income sued renewable energy projects 2030 and achieve net-zero green- attract development that will help “Putting in this pipeline will
add seven miles of new gas pipe- communities it would go through. and may have more in the works, house gas emissions by 2045. its residents thrive. damage my campus community
line in those counties. The project They are urging Gov. Larry Ho- Carr said. In 2011, the school in- Plus, environmentalists warn, Somerset already has lost out and the local community because
received a key approval last week gan (R), Comptroller Peter Fran- stalled a solar array on its farm- natural gas presents hazards of its on economic opportunity because it is not sustainable,” Jailynn Britt,
when the state Department of the chot (D) and Treasurer Nancy K. land. In 2016, it opened the Engi- own. Some worry the new line of its lack of access to natural gas, a student and climate justice ac-
Environment signed off on its tid- Kopp (D) to vote against the pipe- neering and Aviation Sciences would encourage fracking, a proc- turning away boat manufactur- tivist at UMES, said in a news
al wetlands licenses. line, which could open the door Building, which is heated and ess they consider prohibitively ers, welders and others, said Dan- release. “It will create long-lasting
The licenses could go before the for the state to consider greener cooled by 250 geothermal wells. costly to the environment. ny Thompson, executive director problems that affect the water
Board of Public Works as early as ways of meeting the area’s energy But environmentalists see a Fracking can yield contaminat- of Somerset County Economic De- and the air, which in the long run,
next month — either together or needs. missed opportunity to invest in ed water if not done properly. velopment. hurts the people in this already
separately. After the board rules Supporters say the pipeline is a renewable energy projects in- Leaks from pipelines can have Somerset’s low-income resi- impoverished community.”
on the tidal wetlands licenses, the step in the right direction. The stead of the pipeline. disastrous impacts on the envi- dents also could see lower energy — Baltimore Sun

obituaries
PAOLO GABRIELE, 54

Butler to Pope Benedict leaked documents exposing turmoil in the Vatican

BY H ARRISON S MITH of visceral love for the church of
Christ and for its visible head on
As the butler to Pope Benedict Earth.”
XVI, Paolo Gabriele lived in a According to news reports, he
Vatican City apartment just in- reached out to Italian journalist
side the walls of the world’s Gianluigi Nuzzi through interme-
smallest country. He rose before 7 diaries who assessed the report-
most mornings, walked four min- er’s trustworthiness. In 2011, they
utes to the papal apartments in brought Nuzzi to a Rome apart-
the Apostolic Palace, and laid out ment where Mr. Gabriele identi-
the red papal shoes and white fied himself using a code name,
dress clothes for the Holy Father. “Maria,” after Jesus’ mother. He
Mr. Gabriele often joined Ben- soon began turning over papal
edict in prayer at a private morn- files, meeting Nuzzi with pages
ing Mass. He poured his coffee, taped to his back or stored in a
held the pope’s umbrella in the computer thumb drive sewn into
rain and rode shotgun in the his necktie.
popemobile. And in 2010, he re- Many of the files were pub-
portedly began photocopying pa- lished in Nuzzi’s May 2012 book,
pal letters and memos, believing “His Holiness: The Secret Papers
that his beloved boss, the leader of Benedict XVI,” which spurred a
of the Catholic Church, was being leak investigation at the Holy See.
misinformed by his advisers. Mr. Gabriele said he “went to a
Convinced that “evil and cor- confessor” and then turned him-
ruption” had overtaken the Holy self in, prompting Vatican inves-
See, he took hundreds of secret tigators to find some 1,000 papal
papal documents to an Italian documents in his apartment.
journalist, setting off a 2012 scan- In court, he described himself
dal known as Vatileaks. The docu- as an “agent” of the Holy Spirit
ments revealed allegations of cor- and testified that he loved the
ruption and negligence, punc- pope “as a son loves his father.”
tured the Vatican’s reputation as He was sometimes cut off at the
one of the world’s most impene- trial, forbidden from discussing
trable institutions, and were later his conversations with various
seen as influencing Benedict’s cardinals, and was portrayed by
landmark decision to step down. Vatican officials as a lone, mis-
Mr. Gabriele was convicted of guided operator.
stealing the documents by a Vati- News reports suggested he
can court and served two months may have acted with about 20
in jail before being pardoned by others. A Vatican computer ex-
Benedict and exiled from Vatican pert, Claudio Sciarpelletti, was
City, his professional home for later convicted of obstruction of
nearly two decades. He worked at ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/REUTERS justice in the case and given a
a children’s hospital in Rome, Paolo Gabriele, the former butler to Pope Benedict XVI, walks in Rome in 2013. The previous year, Gabriele set off a scandal known as two-month suspended sentence
administered by the Holy See, Vatileaks when he showed a journalist hundreds of secret papal documents revealing allegations of corruption and negligence. before being pardoned.
before dying Nov. 24 at age 54. A Vatican tribunal convicted
His death was announced by representing what critics de- dling of sexual abuse cases. for his career, suggesting that he Washington Post report. Mr. Gabriele of aggravated theft
the Vatican’s media service, Vati- scribed as a betrayal from one of As Benedict’s butler, Mr. Gabri- had been recruited to the Holy Mr. Gabriele shared an office in October 2012 and sentenced
can News, which cited a long the pope’s closest aides. After ele said, he was “the layman See by an influential lay move- with the pope’s personal secre- him to 18 months in the Gendar-
illness but did not offer further months in which secret docu- closest to the Holy Father.” Raised ment or sponsored by an Argen- tary, giving him access to docu- merie barracks. He passed the
details. The director of the Vati- ments were mysteriously leaked in a working-class district in tine cardinal.) ments that included letters from time by painting and was par-
can press office, Matteo Bruni, to the Italian media, Mr. Gabri- Rome, he studied painting at a After Pope John Paul II died in Carlo Maria Viganò, an archbish- doned by Benedict three days
did not immediately respond to ele’s conviction spurred shocked fine-arts high school, sprinkled 2005, leading to Benedict’s elec- op who was transferred from his before Christmas, following a 15-
requests for information. headlines: Indeed, “the butler did his conversations with quotes tion, the longtime valet Angelo Vatican posting after trying to minute jailhouse meeting.
Mr. Gabriele’s leaks exposed it.” from Scripture and supported Gugel announced his retirement, fight “corruption and abuse,” as Banished from Vatican City, he
Vatican infighting, including crit- The Vatican faced further leak- himself in part by scrubbing toi- following nearly three decades of he wrote, and who suggested the was given a new home and a job,
icism of the powerful Cardinal ing scandals in recent years un- lets at a Catholic church, accord- service to three popes. Mr. Gabri- pope had been “kept in the dark” in what the Vatican described as a
Tarcisio Bertone; clashes over the der Benedict’s successor, Pope ing to a 2013 profile in GQ. ele succeeded him in 2006 and about his efforts. “paternal gesture.” By then, the
management of the Vatican bank, Francis, who ascended to the His rise through the Vatican moved into a Vatican apartment Reading the letters, Mr. Gabri- Vatican had also named a new
whose president was ousted amid papacy after Benedict resigned in was reportedly fueled by an ad- with his wife, Manuela Citti, and ele was spurred to take action. papal butler while reportedly
debates over financial transpar- February 2013, the first pope in miring cardinal — or perhaps a three children, who survive him. “Seeing evil and corruption ev- making some changes to office
ency; and allegations that the nearly six centuries to do so. He bishop — who asked, “Who “His black gelled hair, dark erywhere in the Church,” he later protocol, eliminating the butler’s
Holy See had awarded excessive was 85 and cited failing strength cleaned this bathroom?,” leading suits and fleshy cheeks clenched told Vatican investigators, “I was desk space next to Benedict’s
contracts to cronies for construc- of “mind and body” but had also Mr. Gabriele on a journey from in a cherubic grimace became so sure that a shock, even in the personal secretary. It was there,
tion work. faced a wave of challenges that Vatican toilet cleaner to marble familiar around the Vatican Gar- media, might be just the thing to in full view of others, that Mr.
But the disclosures were per- included Vatileaks, financial polisher to papal butler. (Italian dens that clerics affectionately bring the Church back on the Gabriele said he had photocopied
haps just as significant for mark- troubles at the Holy See and media outlets would later offer called him Paoletto,” journalist right track.” He was not a thief, he documents during office hours.
ing a dramatic breach of security, criticism over the church’s han- competing reports accounting Jason Horowitz wrote in a 2013 insisted, but had “acted only out harrison.smith@washpost.com

WALID AL-MOALLEM, 79 Syria was forced to end nearly cized for a rambling speech he
three decades of domination and gave at the start of Syria’s peace

Longtime Syrian envoy military presence in its smaller

neighbor and pulled out its
troops in April that year.
conference in Montreux, Swit-
zerland. Then-U.N. chief Ban Ki-
moon repeatedly asked him to

loyally stood by Assad After the uprising against As-

sad began in March 2011, Mr.
Moallem was tasked with hold-
step away from the podium when
he exceeded his time limit.
Mr. Moallem ignored Ban’s
ing news conferences in Damas- pleas, setting off an exchange
A SSOCIATED P RESS line position against the opposi- cus to defend the government’s that showed the tensions in try-
tion. position. ing to resolve Syria’s bloody
Walid al-Moallem, Syria’s During the current crisis, he He traveled regularly to Mos- conflict.
longtime foreign minister who often held news conferences in cow and Iran, key backers of the “You live in New York. I live in
became one of the country’s most Damascus detailing the Syrian Syrian government, to meet with Syria,” Mr. Moallem snapped. “I
prominent faces to the outside government’s position. Unwaver- officials there. have the right to give the Syrian
world during the uprising ing in the face of international In February 2013, he was the version here in this forum. After
against President Bashar al- criticism, he repeatedly vowed first Syrian official to say during three years of suffering, this is
Assad, died Nov. 16 at 79. that the opposition, which he a visit to Moscow that the gov- my right.”
The state-run SANA news said was part of a Western con- ernment was ready to hold talks Mr. Moallem then proceeded
agency reported his death, with- spiracy against Syria for its anti- even with those “who carried with his speech, saying he had a
out immediately offering a cause. Israel stances, would be crushed. arms.” few minutes left. Ban asked him
His health was said to be deterio- Walid Mohi Edine al-Moallem HADI MIZBAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS In early 2014, he headed Syr- to keep his promise.
rating in recent years with heart was born in Damascus on Jan. 13, Walid al-Moallem, who served as Syria’s ambassador to the United ia’s negotiating team during two “Syria always keeps its
problems. 1941, to a Sunni Muslim family. States for nine years, at a news conference in Baghdad in 2013. rounds of peace talks with the promises,” Mr. Moallem replied,
Mr. Moallem, a career diplo- He received a bachelor’s degree opposition in Switzerland. The triggering approving laughter
mat who served as ambassador in economics from Cairo Univer- In 2006, he was appointed a year earlier. talks, which eventually col- from the Syrian government del-
to Washington for nine years, sity in 1963 and then returned to foreign minister at a time when Many Lebanese, Arabs and lapsed, marked the first time egation behind him and a grin
starting in 1990 during Syria’s Syria to start his career in the Damascus was isolated by Arab Western governments blamed that members of the Syrian gov- from Ban.
on-and-off peace talks with Isra- Foreign Ministry. He held diplo- and Western nations after the Syria for the massive blast that ernment sat face-to-face with Survivors include his wife,
el, was a close confidant of Assad matic assignments in Africa, the assassination of former Leba- killed Hariri — accusations that Syrian opposition figures. Sawsan Khayat, and three chil-
known for his loyalty and hard- Middle East and Europe. nese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri Damascus repeatedly denied. Mr. Moallem was widely criti- dren.
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IN MEMORIAM DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE DEATH NOTICE
WINGFIELD DAVIES MARSHALL TURNER ACEVEDO SHEAR
NICOLE A. WINGFIELD THOMAS L DAVIES
Although you are at rest with your mom, Anita On Friday, November 20, 2020, Thomas L CHARLES S. MARSHALL (Age 86)
L. Benton Wingfield, and Our Savior, no amount Davies passed away at his home in Alexandria, of Arlington, Virginia, passed
of time will ever stop our love for you. (The Lord Virginia. He was the beloved son of Ella Davies, away November, 23, 2020.
is My Shepherd.) brother of Patricia Teevan, William Davies and He was born November 29,
Wingfield Family, All Relatives and Friends Edward Davies (deceased), and long time com- 1933 in Wamego, KS, son
panion of Millie Venesi. Tom was also the uncle of George H and Nellie (Van-
DEATH NOTICE of seven and great-uncle of 13 nieces and
nephews.
Hole) Marstall. Charlie was
a member of Saint Charles
A Memorial Mass will be offered for Tom at St. Catholic Church, and a Honorary Life Mem-
COAKLEY Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Allentown,
Pennsylvania at a future date.
ber of the Knights of Columbus Edward
Douglas White Council #2473 in Arlington,
Donations in Tom's name may be made to the VA. He was married to Loretta Carlo,
PETER W. COAKLEY Salvation Army. who passed away February 12, 2008. He
Peter W. Coakley, 81 passed away on is survived by his daughter, Debra Ann
November 23, 2020. He is preceded in Ruding of Fredericksburg, Va, granddaugh-
death by Pamela Coakley, his wife of 36 ters, Lisa Ruding Lynn, and L. Ruding, both
years, Mason Coakley, his twin brother and of Fredericksburg, Va, and great-grandchil-
his parents, Forrest and Helene Coakley. dren, Phillip S. Lynn and Elizabeth Grace
Lynn; two brothers, Lawrence E Marstall, St.
He is survived by his children, Brett (Jessica)
Coakley of Kennedyville, Maryland and
GIMBLE Marys, KS, and Kenneth P. Marstall, Topeka,
KS. He is preceded in death by his parents,
FRANCES SOURS TURNER JUANITA CARMEN ACEVEDO
KAY M. SHEAR
and brothers, George L. Marstall, James Frances Sours Turner, age 77, of Falls Juanita Carmen Acevedo, age 75, passed
Laura (Andy) Woerner of Chester Springs, Church, VA, passed away peacefully in her peacefully away on Tuesday, November 24, Kay Shear, loving wife and mother of Molly,
Pennsylvania as well as his two grandsons, SIDNEY GIMBLE J. Marstall, and Norman F. Marstall. Mr. Rachel and Andrew passed away suddenly
Of Rockville, MD passed away peacefully Marstall will lie in state at Murphy Funeral sleep on Thursday, November 19, 2020. 2020 at her home in Fairfax, Virginia sur-
Davis and Ryan. He is also survived by She was born in Roanoke, VA, and attended rounded by loved ones. on November 20, 2020 at the age of 53.
his older brother, Gene (Becky) Coakley of on November 25, 2020, at the age of 99. Home, Arlington, VA on Sunday, November Kay was born on October 8, 1967 in Boulder,
Beloved husband of the late Shirley Gimble; 29, 2020, from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Mass Jefferson Senior High School. She went on She earned a Masters in Adult Education
Stuarts Draft, Virginia and four nieces and to attend Queens College (now University) from Boston College in 1974 and pursued Colorado to Pat and Bob Schreiber.
nephews. loving father of Barbara (Larry) Herman, of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St.
Bonnie Gimble, Rona (Alan Unowitz) Gimble, Charles Catholic Church in Arlington, VA, in Charlotte, NC. While at Queens, she was post graduate course work at Fordham
a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. University in 1976. She worked as an She moved to Memphis, TN in 1976 and spent
Pete grew up in Waldorf, Maryland where Glenn (Chana) Gimble, adored “papa” to November 30, 2020, at 12 noon. Interment her childhood there. She graduated from
his grandchildren, Janna, Elena, Aaron will follow at Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Organizational Development Consultant for
he graduated from LaPlata High School and She was predeceased by her parents, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Central High School and went to college at
then served in the Army. After serving in (Danielle), Matt (Erin), Shayna, Rebecca, Arlington, VA the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kayla, Alyssa and devoted great-grandfa- Harold and Katherine Hughes Sours as well (FDIC) focusing on organization change,
the Army and while attending the University as by her husband Robert of 43 years. leadership development, personal and pro- where she graduated with an undergraduate
of Maryland, he met his wife, Pamela. ther to Jordyn, Ella, Ariel, Hailey, Ryan and degree in Mathematics and Theater and
Noah. Graveside service will be private. She is survived by her sons Christopher fessional coaching, and teamwork.
Together they raised their family in Crofton and Andrew Turner of Denver, CO, and Juanita was a devoted mother and partner. received a graduate degree in Rehabilitative
where he lived for 45 years. He loved Memorial contributions may be made to a Counseling. She also obtained a Masters
charity of your choice. her granddaughter Hayley Grace Turner She sacrificed everything for the ones she
nothing more than spending time in his of Boulder, CO. Hayley was one of the loved. She touched many lives and was of Education from The George Washington
community with his friends and family. Pete highlights of her life, bringing joy to her a happy and loving woman with great University.
loved watching his children play sports. He
and Pamela hardly ever missed a game McDONALD days. She loved to tell her friends all about
her current adventures.
strength, courage and discipline. Her way
of facing things head on was amazing with She married Rob Shear on November 15, 1997
regardless of its location. no fear or judgment. She loved to garden, and raised their three children in Chantilly,
NANCY L. McDONALD (Age 70) Virginia. She taught middle school math in
On Saturday, November 21, 2020, She was a life-long educator, beloved by her travel, and dance. Always with a smile on
Many who know Pete knew him as an students and other teachers, taking time her face. Fairfax County and wrote a book to help
avid volunteer through a variety of different
organizations. Over the years, he spent LEBBIN of Manassas, VA. Beloved wife
of Thomas McDonald; mother of out only to raise her sons. Even after she
retired, she continued to substitute teach
She was especially passionate about danc-
ing. When the music started to play, she
teachers pass their certification exam. She
was very active in the community volunteering
much of his time volunteering for the Anne Davis (Clyde "JR") and Todd as PTA President, Sisterhood President,
GARY H. LEBBIN McDonald (Caroline); grandmoth- until 2018. She began her teaching with the would light up a room with her dancing.
Crofton Athletic Council, St. Stephen’s Epis- On Saturday, November 21, Richmond Public Schools, before moving She would smile from ear to ear and dance Mom's Club President and coordinating the
copal Church, The Heating and Air Con- er of Nicole, Nick, Brayden, Chloe, local Freecycle group. Service on Friday,
2020, Gary H. Lebbin of Delray Nathan, Preston, and Harvey. Also to Northern Virginia to teach at Masonville like there was no tomorrow.
ditioning Contractors of Maryland, Ducks Beach, Florida and formerly Elementary School. She then went on to She is survived by her partner Ken Knapp, November 27, 2020
Unlimited and St. Mary’s High School Ath- survived by her siblings Frederick Leonberger www.cunninghamfuneralhome.net
of Bethesda, Maryland, passed and Janet Allen. Haycock and Churchill Elementary Schools her son Jonathan Allen, two sisters Muni
letic Association. He was particularly good away peacefully at age 103. for the last 25 years of her career, all in Chou and Olga Acevedo and two grand-
at fundraising and planning events. Beloved husband for 72 years
Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral
Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Fairfax County, VA. daughters Sophia Allen and Kira Allen.
We will be announcing information about a
CEMETERY LOTS
to the late Bernice H. Lebbin, Spring, MD, Monday, November 30, from 11:30
In addition to his volunteer service, every he is survived by his children, Carole Sue She was a member of The Falls Church memorial service to celebrate her life when
fall and spring Pete could be found attend- a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Due to Covid, the service
Lebbin (Phillip Spector), Roger (Deborah) and interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Episcopal Church and was also a member gatherings permit.
ing the home football and lacrosse games Lebbin, cherished grandchildren, Daniel of the PEO Sisterhood. She enjoyed travel-
for his alma mater, University of Maryland. will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial
He was an active member of the Toy Train
(Erin) Lebbin, Andrea (Mike) Rubinfeld,
Adam (Molly) Spector, David (Heidi) Spector,
contributions may be made to Multiple Sclero-
sis Society, National Capital Chapter, 1800 M
ing, both domestically and internationally,
regularly spending time at the beach during ALEXANDER PAID DEATH
Operators Society and his collection of
Lionel trains was second to none.
and eight great-grandchildren. Born in Ber-
lin, Germany, he narrowly escaped Nazi per-
Street, NW, Suite 750 South, Washington, DC
20036.
her summers off, walking and socializing
with friends. She was always full of conver- NOTICES
secution, fleeing to America in 1938 where www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com sation. She loved living in the City of Falls
Funeral services will be private at this he became a chemist at a Baltimore paint Church even moving back to a different
time due to COVID restrictions. The family
would like to celebrate Pete’s life with his
company. Later, he founded the Duron Paint
Manufacturing Company, which grew to
house on Forest Drive, after a few years
living in New Jersey. HOLIDAY HOURS
extended family and friends at a future become the second largest privately owned
date. paint manufacturer in the United States. There will be a Celebration of Life in Falls
Memorial donations and donations in lieu
Mr. Lebbin was an astute businessman, Church and burial in Clifton Forge, VA, Thursday,
of flowers be made to Hospice of the Che-
sapeake, 90 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD
and pursued golf, traveling with family and
friends, and his many philanthropic pursuits NEILL at a later date. We will always carry
Fran’s memory in our hearts. For more November 26, 2020
dedicated to community service. Private information, and to express condolences
21122 (www.hospiceofthechesapeke.org)
or the Multiple Myeloma Research Foun-
funeral services to be officiated by Rabbi HENRY NEILL, JR. "Hank" please visit https://tinyurl.com/FSTobit . &
dation (www.themmrf.org).
Lustig of Washington Hebrew Congrega-
tion, where Mr. Lebbin was a member
of Springfield, VA passed November 7,
2020. Beloved husband of Judy Y. Neill;
Friday
for 61 years and served on the Board of
Directors for more than a decade. Memorial
brother of Margaret Neill. Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at the Old Post Chapel
TYLER November 27, 2020
contributions may be made to Washington
Hebrew Congregation, Bascom Palmer Eye
at Fort Myer, March 17, 2021 at 10:45 LEE A. TYLER
a.m. Interment Arlington National Ceme- The Officers and Members of John
Institute or The Weizmann Institute of Sci- tery. Contributions in lieu of flowers maybe
ence. Services entrusted to Sagel Bloom- F. Cook Lodge #10 announces the
sent to: Center for Prostate Disease death of our beloved Brother Lee
field Danzansky Goldberg Funeral Care.

When the
Research, c/o The Henry M. Jackson Foun- A. Tyler on November 19, 2020.
www.sagelbloomfield.com dation, 6720A Rockledge Dr., Ste. 100, DIANE CAROL GIBSON ALEXANDER
The funeral services will be held
Bethesda, MD 20817. at Marshall Funeral Home, 4308 Diane Carol Gibson Alexander, 75, originally
Suitland Rd., Hill Crest Heights, Maryland from Montreal, Canada, peacefully passed

need arises, 11 a.m. ~ 3 p.m.

20746, on Friday, November 27, 2020, the away Thursday, November 19, 2020 at her
Viewing will be held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., with home in Tampa, FL. Beloved wife, mother and
funeral services to follow. friend. Diane is survived by her devoted hus-
LEE
let families
band Robert M. Alexander, grateful children
Albert H. Murray, III,WM
Victor T. Robinson, Secretary Dawn, Sharron (Seydou), Luci and Todd, loving Photo Deadline:
EDDY G. LEE (Age 72) QUADE sister Carmen (Glenroy); grandchildren
Dominic, Karim, Danielle, Ty, Santara and 1 p.m.
find you in the
Eddy G. Lee was born in Washington, DC in Nasha; great-grandchildren Dominic Jr., Isaiah
1948, youngest son of the late Olive Louis NORA MEEHAN QUADE and Kyng, and a host of friends and extended
Doong and the late Ark Kee Lee, both of Nora Meehan Quade 51, a family. Memorial Services will be performed
NO EXCEPTIONS
Funeral Services
Toishan, Canton, China. He died on November respected NIH nurse from Silver (virtually) by Pastor Quincy Stratford of Carmel

When the
22, 2020 of COVID-19, complicated by renal Spring, MD, passed on November Friendship Church, Wesley Chapel, FL on Satur-
failure. 24, 2020 after a courageous battle day, November 28, 2020 at 11 a.m. Memorial
He graduated from Northwestern High School, donations may be made in Diane’s name to To place a notice,
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with cancer. Nora is survived by
Class of 1965, and completed his degree from
University of Maryland in Electrical Engineering
in 1969. He performed his military service on
her devoted husband, Steven, a
sister, brothers, and extended need arises, Feed the Children or Shriner’s Hospital.
call:
let families 202-334-4122
family. Donations may be made to the Chil-
the USS Bordelon. Subsequently, he worked drens Inn at NIH or The Edmond J. Safra Family
for NAVELEX and NAVSHIPS as a civilian EE. He
was a longtime resident of University Park, MD
Lodge at NIH. A memorial event will be held
800-627-1150
find you in the
when safe to gather. Please share memories
To be seen in the and served as an elections supervisor.
Eddy had an avid interest in the arts, including
and condolences at:
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collecting and playing musical instruments,
attending craft shows and making jewelry. He
was a fan of diverse musical genres, especially
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folk singing. He was also a barbecue con-
noisseur and participated in local barbecue
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and later his great-nephews and niece gifts
SNOWHITE To be seen in the
at 202-334-4122. that encouraged the exploration of science,
engineering and technology.
DEEDE SNOWHITE
Eddy is survived by his brothers, David and
Arthur (Pauline), nieces, Susan (Matt Houser) Died peacefully at home in Reston, VA, on Funeral Services
and Karen (Jon Sippel), great-nephews, Joseph, November 19, 2020, of ALS. The daughter of
the late Abe and Ann Zeitz, she was born in Directory, please call
Timothy, and Oliver and great-niece, Hannah.
There are no plans for a service due to the Brooklyn, NY, on April 25, 1946. She graduated
from Oceanside High School on Long Island, paid Death Notices at COATES
pandemic. Burial is private. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made in his honor to the
National Kidney Foundation. Condolences can
NY, and earned her bachelor’s degree from
Boston University and a master’s degree from 202-334-4122.
be left at www.beallfuneral.com. Yeshiva University.
DEATH NOTICE She started her career as a teacher in the
COLCLOUGH New York City public schools and then worked
on a task force for New York City Mayor
John Lindsay serving low-income families in
JIMMIE LEROY COLCLOUGH DEATH NOTICE
Beloved husband and father passed away LEWIS Brooklyn, NY. She married Larry Snowhite in
1969 and they moved to Virginia, where she
on November 5, 2020. Family will welcome
friends Saturday, November 28, at Johnson & ANNA M. LEWIS (Age 78)
worked first as a teacher and then, from 1985
to 1994, in the labor relations and human WILSON
Jenkins Funeral Home, 716 Kennedy St., NW. Peacefully passed away November 14, 2020. resources department of the American News-
Visitation 1 p.m. Funeral 2 p.m. Interment She is the wife of the late Frank Lewis. She paper Publishers Association.
private. Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery. is survived by her three children: Angela Wash-
ington, Frank Lewis, Jr. (Lisa), and Eric Lewis; She then became a technical writer and editor,
eight siblings: Renee Williams (Steve), Angus first at the engineering/consulting firm CH2M
Williams (Ruby), Tyrone Williams, Gerald Wil- Hill and later at ScoreBoard, a cellular industry
CRAHAN liams, and Richard Williams (Kay); two grand-
children, Erica N. Lewis, and DeLonte Lewis;
startup. She moved on to proposal and senior
writing positions at Northrop Grumman Corp.,
one great-grandchild Charlie P. Crockell; one TASC and ManTech International, where she DEATH NOTICES
CHRISTOPHER GLENN CRAHAN goddaughter LaTasha Thomas; best friend of held a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented GRACE COATES MONDAY- FRIDAY 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
50 years Vera Campbell; family friend Easley Information security clearance. She retired in On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, Grace SATURDAY-SUNDAY 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Chris passed away on November 13, 2020, 2013.
due to complications from surgery related Crawley, and other relatives. Visitation will be Patricia Diggs Coates transitioned into eternal
held November 30, 2020 at Johnson & Jenkins rest. The beloved wife of William Coates "Wil- To place a notice, call:
to his 17 year battle with the autoimmune For almost 50 years, Deede and Larry lived in 202-334-4122
disease Myasthenia Gravis and Thymus Funeral Home, 716 Kennedy St., NW, Washing- lie"; mother of Levastian Gregory (Rica); sister
ton, DC, at 12:30 until time of service at 1:30 Reston, a community she loved and supported of Lloyd Diggs (Jonie), Richard Diggs, Sr., Hope 800-627-1150 ext 4-4122
Cancer. He was born to the late Nicole through various endeavors over the years. FAX:
deVarenne and Gary Crahan in Gales Ferry, p.m. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Mayfield (William) and Adrienne Diggs; and
www.johnsonandjenkinsfh.com grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend to a 202-334-7188
CT. He was a graduate of the University In retirement she served on the Northern EMAIL:
of Connecticut and spent his professional host of many. A walk through viewing will deathnotices@washpost.com
Virginia Hebrew Congregation (NVHC) Board be held at St. John Baptist Church, 7730
career as a Certified Financial Planner at of Directors and as editor of their Glance
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. He Fordson Rd, Alexandria, VA 22306 on Saturday, Email and faxes MUST include
newsletter; as a board administrator for the November 28, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. A
partnered with Rhonda Ebert to form the NVHC Sisterhood Leadership Council; as a name, home address & home phone #
Ebert Crahan Group, where he served as MARSHALL WOODROW WILSON, II private family service will follow (live streaming of the responsible billing party.
greeter for the ADAMS Center’s Friday prayers available). Pastor Charles A Hall, officiating. Fax & email deadline - 3 p.m. daily
Vice President. He was noted for his excep- (Age 80)
tional efforts to work for and support his
clients. He lived in South Riding, VA for 15
LOWE at NVHC; and on the Regional Board of Direc-
tors of Hadassah. Passed away suddenly on Thursday, November
Interment Coleman Cemetery, Alexandria, VA.
Arrangements by Phillip Bell Sr. and Winona
Phone-In deadline
4 p.m. M-F
12, 2020. Marshall graduated from McKinley Morrissette-Johnson Funeral, P.A. 3 p.m. Sa-Su
years supporting his children’s activities of Deede was a mentor, a friend and a fierce Technical High School in Washington, DC in
soccer, swimming, and music. His children ORLANDO E. LOWE, III www.bmjfuneralservice.com
advocate for social justice and equality who 1957. After graduation, he proudly served four CURRENT 2020 RATES:
were the center of his life. He also main- Of Washington DC, passed away suddenly will be missed by all those she touched. years in the US Navy and was a Sergeant with ( PER DAY)
tained many strong relationships with on November 15, 2020. He was prede- She was devoted to her family, friends and the Metropolitan Police Department for twenty
friends from high school and college. He ceased by his father, Orlando E. Lowe Jr. volunteer work. In addition to Larry, her years. Left to cherish his memory are Vanessa, MONDAY-SATURDAY
was a selfless, giving person. He never and brother, Jon K. Kennedy. He is survived beloved husband of 51 years, she is survived by his wife of 42 years; four children: Marshall Black & White
refused to help others. He loved wood- by his mother, Jean Kennedy-Lowe, siblings, two sons, Andrew and Robert; two daughters- W. Wilson, III, Sean Wilson, Erica Wilson and 1" - $150 (text only)
working and other art projects shared with Karl Kennedy and Kimberly Lowe, daughter, in-law, Allison and Illona; three grandchildren, Melanie Wilson; sisters Sylvia Benoit (John) 2" - $340 (text only)
his children. Chris is survived by his two Suni Walker-Lowe and grandson, HueyP- Caleb, David and Kirsi; a brother, Carl Zeitz; and Rita Wilson; brother Alan Wilson (Patricia); 3" - $490
children, Trinity and Noah, his father, Gary; ierre Batchler. A 12 noon memorial service two nephews, Joshua and Nate Zeitz; and four nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; 4" - $535
his sister, Lauren; his former wife, Heather will be held at Holy Redeemer Catholic first cousins, Karen Gejdenson, Debbie Babson, special nephew Timothy Wilson; a host of 5" - $678
Kelly; his stepmother, Carol, and stepsisters Church, 206 New York Avenue NW, Sat- Julie Gilman and David Black. other nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral
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Alexandra Grantham and Victoria Mims. urday, November 28. Due to COVID-19, SUNDAY
services at R. N. Horton’s Funeral Home, 600 Black & White
He was also close to his aunt and uncle only 50 people will be allowed in the A memorial service took place on November Kennedy St NW, Washington, DC 20011 on
Sandra and Remy deVarenne and their church at time. Wearing masks and social 1"- $179 (text only)
21, 2020. Donations in her memory may be Saturday, November 28, 2020. Visitation: 2 2" - $376(text only)
sons Remy and Greg of Chatham, NJ. A distancing required. To livestream log onto made to the Reston-based charity Corner- p.m., Service: 3 p.m. A private Interment will
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Weber, niece Jessica Weber. He will also be Brandon Ricks, Norfolk, VA, Derrick Watson,
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Dr. DENNIS MITCHELL WEBER boating, golfing, poker, and Jaguar cars. He Of Springfield, VA, passed away peacefully Lashae King and Morgan Freeman, both of BETTIE LOUISE NASH (Age 78)
loved a good practical joke, was an avid on Friday, November 20, 2020. Montgomery, AL; great nieces, Ryan Story Our family and community lost a matriarch on All Paid Death Notices
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Gardens, FL and Rockville, MD passed away reader, and always looked good in a suit and Azya Story, both of Norfolk, VA, Taylor Friday, November 20, 2020. Survived by her appear on our website through
or blazer. Dennis took enormous joy in Angela was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on Watson, Atlanta, GA, Cadence Freeman- devoted husband of 56 years, Dr. Daniel A. www.legacy.com
on Tuesday November 24, 2020, after a May 28, 1956 to Alice Dean Story and Harvey
courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. his grandchildren, introducing them to his Carter, Huntsville, AL; brothers-in-law and Nash, Jr. Left to cherish her memory are her
favorite activities and engaging in theirs, Lee Story. She was a resident of Norfolk, sisters-in-law, Mark (Sandra) Freeman, Laster loving children, Cheryl L. Adams (James, III) LEGACY.COM
For more than four years after his diagnosis, Virginia for many years and graduated from Included in all death notices
Dennis lived life to the fullest and remained a including playing hairdresser for grand- King, Jr.;, Jesse (Donna) Freeman, all of Mont- and Daniel E. Nash (Kathleen); grandchildren,
daughter Caden. Above all, Dennis is most Booker T. Washington High School and Nor- gomery, AL; stepmother-in-law, Evergreen James Adams, IV, Justin Adams, Ryleigh Nash Optional for In Memoriams
rock for his family. Dennis was born in New folk State University. Angela later married
York, NY on October 20, 1948, to Annette and remembered as an incredible friend, who Freeman, Union Springs, AL; godmother, Fan- and Andrew Nash; many other loving relatives
spent a lifetime amassing a group of friends Colonel (Retired) Michael E. Freeman. To this nie Mae, Norfolk, VA; and a host of other and friends.
Jerry Weber, and spent his childhood in New union one son was born, Michael E. Freeman PLEASE NOTE:
York, North Carolina, and Maryland, where who became family. Everywhere he went, relatives and friends. On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at McGuire
people were drawn to his kindness, quick II. Funeral Home, 7400 Georgia Avenue NW,
he attended High Point High School. Dennis Notices must be placed via phone, fax or
graduated from the University of Maryland in wit and willingness to talk for hours or have The family has chosen to follow the COVID- Washington DC, Visitation 9 a.m., Service 10 email. Photos must be emailed. You can
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three years and subsequently attended the Department of Justice as a senior team mem-
Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, where health and well-being of family and friends Interment to follow at National Harmony and make payment in person.
A private memorial will be held for family and ber in the financial accounting arena with and will have a private family service. In Memorial Park, Landover, MD. Arrangements Payment must be made via phone with
he received a DPM. After marrying his over thirty-six years of federal service. Most
college sweetheart, Ellen Goldberg Weber, close friends with a celebration of Dennis’ life lieu of flowers, please make donations to by McGUIRE
planned for a future date. In lieu of flowers, recently Angela’s hard work, dedication and Norfolk State University on behalf of Angela In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in
and completing his residency in Detroit, MI, professionalism gained her recognition from
they settled in the Maryland suburbs of donations may be made in Dennis’ memory R. Freeman. Condolences may be forwarded her name to: Make a Wish Foundation.
to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network the DOJ leadership and she was awarded to PO Box 10832, Alexandria, VA 22310. Online condolences and fond memories may
Washington DC, where they raised a family with the Attorney General’s Award for Excel-
(www.pcan.org). www.demainefunerals.com be offered at debit/credit card.
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The Weather
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Sunny but cooler Today Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday OFFICIAL REC ORD
Mostly sunny Partly sunny Partly cloudy Rain, t‑storms Partly sunny, Partly sunny
After some morning clouds, skies cooler Temperatures AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

gradually become mostly sunny, and

it’s a second straight terrific
afternoon. Though a shade cooler
than Thursday, highs still reach the
low 60s, which is more than five degrees above
normal. Breezes from the north are light at about
5 mph. 61° 48 ° 58° 39 ° 56° 45 ° 63° 43 ° 47° 33 ° 48° 33 °

FEELS*: 63° FEELS: 57° FEELS: 55° FEELS: 57° FEELS: 37° FEELS: 41°
CHNCE PRECIP: 5% P: 5% P: 5% P: 65% P: 25% P: 20%
WIND: NW 4–8 mph W: WNW 7–14 mph W: SSW 6–12 mph W: SSE 12–25 mph W: SW 10–20 mph W: SW 8–16 mph
HUMIDITY: Moderate H: Moderate H: Moderate H: High H: Moderate H: Low
Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su
Statistics through 5 p.m. Thursday

REGIO N NATION Weather map features for noon today.

Reagan Dulles BWI
High 67° 2:00 p.m. 70° 2:00 p.m. 68° 1:00 p.m.
Low 53° 2:00 a.m. 52° 3:00 a.m. 52° 1:00 a.m.
Harrisburg Philadelphia
62/45 Normal 54°/38° 53°/32° 52°/34°
60/42 Record high 74° 1979 75° 1990 72° 1979
Hagerstown Record low 17° 1950 16° 1974 15° 1950
Baltimore
59/42
62/44 Dover Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +4.2° yr. to date: +2.4°
61/45
Davis Cape May Precipitation PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST
Washington Annapolis
54/35 61/48 60/46
60/48 OCEAN: 54°

Charlottesville Ocean City

63/44 62/43
OCEAN: 57°
Lexington
57/42
Richmond
64/45 Virginia Beach
67/48 Reagan Dulles BWI
Norfolk OCEAN: 57°
64/50 Past 24 hours 0.04" 0.14" 0.09"
Total this month 3.75" 2.23" 3.61"
Kitty Hawk
67/52
Normal 2.74" 2.95" 2.84"
OCEAN: 62° Total this year 49.99" 42.27" 50.06"
Normal 36.35" 38.21" 38.15"
Pollen: Low Air Quality: Good Snow, past 24 hours 0.0" 0.0" 0.0"
Grass Low Dominant cause: Particulates Snow, season total 0.0" 0.0" 0.0"
Trees Low
Weeds Low UV: Low Moon Phases Solar system
Mold Low 2 out of 11+
Rise Set
Sun 7:04 a.m. 4:47 p.m.
Blue Ridge: Today, partly sunny, breezy. High 49–53. Wind Moon 3:32 p.m. 4:16 a.m.
T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front Nov 30 Dec 7 Dec 14 Dec 21
southwest 6–12 mph. Tonight, mostly clear. Low 32–41. Yesterday's National World
Full Last New First
Venus 4:41 a.m. 3:25 p.m.
Wind northwest 6–12 mph. Saturday, partly sunny. High High: Harlingen, TX 88° High: Julia Creek, Australia 110° Mars 2:20 p.m. 3:06 a.m.
Quarter Quarter
<–10 –0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110+ Low: Daniel, WY –8° Low: Oymyakon, Russia –52° Jupiter 10:40 a.m. 8:19 p.m.
47–51. Wind northwest 6–12 mph. Sunday, increasingly for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica Saturn 10:49 a.m. 8:32 p.m.
cloudy. High 46–50.
NATIONAL Today Tomorrow Des Moines 44/28/s 53/33/s Oklahoma City 56/34/pc 52/36/sh WORLD Today Tomorrow Hong Kong 80/63/s 77/61/s Rio de Janeiro 84/72/s 84/72/s
Atlantic beaches: Today, mostly sunny. High 59–64. Wind Detroit 49/31/pc 47/31/s Omaha 47/29/s 56/32/s Islamabad 69/44/pc 70/47/pc Riyadh 71/59/c 74/62/pc
northwest 6–12 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy. Low 43–50. Albany, NY 49/37/pc 45/31/sh El Paso 64/35/s 57/33/s Orlando 82/63/s 81/63/pc Addis Ababa 73/55/r 73/53/pc Istanbul 59/44/s 57/48/s Rome 62/49/sh 63/48/r
Wind northwest 6–12 mph. Saturday, partly sunny. High Albuquerque 45/29/sf 50/29/s Fairbanks, AK 11/0/c 7/–2/pc Philadelphia 62/45/s 57/37/s Amsterdam 48/38/sh 47/34/pc Jerusalem 56/42/c 57/45/s San Salvador 83/67/t 84/67/t
57–61. Wind northwest 7–14 mph. Sunday, increasingly Anchorage 28/21/c 28/22/sn Fargo, ND 37/27/pc 45/26/s Phoenix 66/45/s 70/45/s Athens 64/48/s 64/57/s Johannesburg 81/56/t 75/58/t Santiago 85/51/pc 85/53/pc
cloudy. High 54–61. Atlanta 70/54/c 67/49/pc Hartford, CT 57/38/pc 52/31/pc Pittsburgh 52/38/pc 46/28/pc Auckland 67/56/pc 68/60/s Kabul 60/28/pc 62/31/pc Sarajevo 47/27/s 50/31/c
Austin 70/54/r 59/41/t Honolulu 84/72/pc 83/71/pc Portland, ME 50/37/c 48/31/c Baghdad 72/55/pc 67/54/sh Kingston, Jam. 86/76/pc 86/76/pc Seoul 46/24/pc 39/24/s
Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, mostly sunny. Wind Baltimore 62/44/s 59/34/pc Houston 75/62/r 65/52/r Portland, OR 48/37/pc 49/39/c Bangkok 91/76/pc 91/75/c Kolkata 79/64/c 83/62/pc Shanghai 55/46/c 53/43/pc
northwest 5–10 knots. Waves a foot or less. Visibility unrestricted. • Billings, MT 48/36/s 50/27/pc Indianapolis 51/29/pc 46/29/s Providence, RI 60/41/c 54/33/pc Beijing 41/20/pc 39/23/pc Lagos 86/75/t 86/75/t Singapore 82/76/t 82/76/t
Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, mostly sunny. Wind north Birmingham 70/51/c 63/46/pc Jackson, MS 70/52/t 62/50/c Raleigh, NC 67/46/pc 65/38/pc Berlin 45/33/c 40/33/c Lima 73/65/pc 73/66/pc Stockholm 36/31/pc 35/27/pc
4–8 knots. Waves 1–2 feet. Visibility generally unrestricted.• River Bismarck, ND 47/24/pc 54/22/s Jacksonville, FL 80/63/pc 73/60/sh Reno, NV 46/22/s 49/24/s Bogota 65/50/sh 65/51/t Lisbon 61/50/c 60/50/r Sydney 85/76/s 100/83/pc
Boise 42/25/s 39/23/pc Kansas City, MO 51/30/s 55/33/s Richmond 64/45/pc 62/35/pc Brussels 49/36/sh 49/33/pc London 44/41/sh 52/43/pc Taipei City 74/65/r 72/63/r
Stages: The stage at Little Falls will be around 3.40 feet today, falling
Boston 58/42/c 53/36/s Las Vegas 60/38/s 59/41/s Sacramento 61/33/s 62/31/s Buenos Aires 81/71/s 81/71/t Madrid 56/42/sh 56/41/pc Tehran 53/40/pc 48/43/c
to 3.20 Saturday. Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet. Buffalo 48/38/pc 45/37/pc Little Rock 62/39/c 54/37/pc St. Louis 52/30/pc 48/32/s Cairo 70/56/pc 70/55/s Manila 86/77/t 86/76/c Tokyo 56/52/r 61/47/s
Burlington, VT 48/39/c 45/36/sh Los Angeles 70/45/s 72/47/s St. Thomas, VI 85/76/s 84/75/s Caracas 83/69/t 84/69/t Mexico City 78/49/pc 80/50/pc Toronto 46/35/c 44/34/pc
Charleston, SC 76/56/sh 70/51/c Louisville 59/37/pc 50/32/s Salt Lake City 39/26/s 43/28/s Copenhagen 44/34/s 39/32/pc Montreal 43/34/pc 41/33/r Vienna 36/30/pc 37/29/c
Charleston, WV 57/40/pc 52/27/pc Memphis 62/41/c 56/40/s San Diego 70/48/s 73/49/s Dakar 84/72/s 83/73/pc Moscow 30/29/sn 33/29/c Warsaw 42/33/sh 36/30/sh
Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)
Charlotte 70/49/c 68/41/pc Miami 81/70/pc 82/69/pc San Francisco 61/43/s 62/43/s Dublin 43/37/pc 49/44/pc Mumbai 95/76/pc 95/75/pc
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain,
Washington 12:30 a.m. 5:57 a.m. 12:32 p.m. 6:16 p.m. Cheyenne, WY 44/24/s 54/24/s Milwaukee 46/30/pc 49/36/s San Juan, PR 85/74/pc 84/73/s Edinburgh 44/32/sh 41/36/pc Nairobi 78/62/t 74/61/t sh- showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries,
Chicago 46/28/pc 49/34/s Minneapolis 38/30/s 48/32/s Seattle 51/44/c 50/37/pc Frankfurt 42/30/pc 44/29/c New Delhi 79/52/pc 80/52/pc sn-snow, i-ice
Annapolis 2:37 a.m. 8:54 a.m. 3:40 p.m. 9:44 p.m.
Cincinnati 56/35/pc 48/31/s Nashville 66/41/c 57/34/s Spokane, WA 41/31/pc 42/25/s Geneva 50/35/c 49/33/sh Oslo 33/27/s 32/24/pc Sources: AccuWeather.com; US Army Centralized
Ocean City 5:12 a.m. 11:35 a.m. 5:25 p.m. 11:33 p.m. Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air
Cleveland 49/36/pc 43/33/pc New Orleans 77/65/sh 70/63/t Syracuse 50/39/pc 45/33/pc Ham., Bermuda 76/68/sh 74/68/pc Ottawa 42/30/c 40/30/sh quality data); National Weather Service
Norfolk 12:53 a.m. 7:19 a.m. 1:38 p.m. 7:38 p.m. Dallas 60/47/c 52/41/t New York City 60/46/pc 56/40/s Tampa 82/66/s 81/66/pc Helsinki 35/30/c 34/30/c Paris 53/38/pc 53/36/pc * AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®
combines over a dozen factors for an accurate
Point Lookout 4:52 a.m. 11:39 a.m. 6:11 p.m. 11:16 p.m. Denver 45/26/s 55/25/s Norfolk 64/50/pc 61/45/pc Wichita 54/28/s 54/36/pc Ho Chi Minh City 92/78/pc 90/76/t Prague 38/28/pc 36/27/c measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

Old Alexandria power plant to become mixed-use project

PROJECT FROM B1

and public open space along the

river.
The group recently redevel- “I think we really
oped Sparrows Point in Balti-
more, once one of the largest envision that this is
steel mills in the country.
“Development and develop- going to become part of
ment policy is the lifeblood of
controversy in local government, an overall eco district.”
but this is actually a pretty good Justin Wilson, mayor of Alexandria
example of a development effort
that very few people are opposed
to,” said Alexandria Mayor Justin
Wilson (D). “Everyone’s pretty
excited to see [the coal plant] go
away.” wrote a report that detailed the
Schrock said the project could concerns she and her neighbors
take five to 10 years to complete, had with the Mirant power plant,
depending on how long the com- its name at the time. She also
pany needs to conduct an envi- called the city’s attention to a
ronmental cleanup of the site. 2002 Harvard University article
The group also plans to make focused on small particulate
what it builds environmentally matter generated by the five
friendly. Hilco strives to reuse power plants in the Washington
and recycle as much material as area, including the one in Alex-
possible, Schrock said, with a andria.
goal of recycling 98 percent of “We said, ‘It’s the responsibili-
the materials. It plans to work ty of the city to protect the public
with the city to meet the goals health of its residents,’ ” Chimen-
outlined in the 2019 Green Build- to said. “The city took on the
ing Policy. project. That was a wonderful
Those goals include reducing thing because we didn’t have the
energy use, mitigating green- money to finance all these stud-
house gas emissions and improv- ies ourselves.”
ing indoor environmental quali- Alexandria formed a Mirant
ty. monitoring group, which con-
“I think we really envision that HILCO REDEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
ducted studies to document the
this is going to become part of an The Potomac River Generating pollution. The city made zoning
overall eco district, you know, Station, a 71-year-old coal-fired changes designed to close the
trying to use some cutting-edge power plant, was plant, over which the company
environmental sustainability decommissioned in 2012. sued. The city ordered the plant
components: district energy and Redevelopment plans include to do an environmental cleanup
geothermal and a lot of things making space along the river in the short term and close in the
that we haven’t seen much of in accessible to the public. It must long term.
the city,” Wilson said. include some affordable Hilco will publish an eco-
The site has a long history. The housing, officials said. nomic impact study soon,
plant was decommissioned after Schrock said, detailing the jobs
residents voiced their concerns that would be created through
about its impacts on health and construction, engineering and
the environment and prodded consultancy, as well as perma-
the city to get involved. nent ones that would come in the
Elizabeth Chimento, a 78- offices, restaurants and other
year-old retired teacher, remem- buildings.
bers attending a neighborhood Wilson called the plant’s
civic association meeting in the planned transformation poetic.
early 2000s to ask about the gray “You’re taking a site that was a
residue she was seeing on her coal-fired power plant, which is
window sills, cars and patio about the most inefficient, non-
furniture. environmentally sustainable
She said the Virginia Depart- way of generating power, and
ment of Environmental Quality you’re going to turn it into hope-
and the plant manager at the fully some of the most environ-
time assured her that there were mental, sustainable develop-
no contaminants floating around ment we’ve had in the city,” he
from the plant. said.
But she was unconvinced. She KATHERINE FREY/THE WASHINGTON POST
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CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

With us all starring in our own bad ‘Home Alone’ reboot, some think
We’ve grown.
holiday movies feel sad this year. Others started watching in March. Enfant terrible
tropes haven’t.
BY A NN H ORNADAY

In the new documentary “Zappa,” a

very young Frank Zappa admits in an
interview that of course he cheats on his
wife, Gail, nonchalantly adding that if he
“gets the clap,” they both simply pop
some penicillin and go on with their lives.
Famous for his irascible perfection-
ism, Zappa is remembered with affection
by Gail and his former bandmates, who
speak admiringly, if ruefully, of their
exacting, aloof and withholding leader.
It’s telling that Zappa’s biggest hit, “Val-
ley Girl,” was co-written with his daugh-
ter Moon, prompted by her pleas for
more time with her emotionally distant
dad.
As a portrait of an uncompromising
artist with intimacy issues, “Zappa” of-
fers a rock-and-roll bookend to “Mank,”
David Fincher’s just-released drama
about “Citizen Kane” screenwriter
(ahem, co-screenwriter) Herman
Mankiewicz. Portrayed with avuncular
jocularity by Gary Oldman, Mankiewicz
wears his vices humbly on his ink-stained
sleeve throughout the movie, which ad-
dresses his drinking and gambling hab-
its, as well as dalliances with other
women — a crazy-quilt of shortcomings
SEE NOTEBOOK ON C3

Stream light
on your pop
STEVE DIET/NETFLIX
blind spots
BY B ETHONIE B UTLER

WILL HOLIDAY FLICKS Are you a film buff who has never seen a
Star Wars movie? A TV enthusiast who
never got around to “Breaking Bad”? This

STILL DO THE TRICK?

list, compiled without judgment and in no
particular order, is for you. We scoured
streaming services for shows and films so
iconic you might not publicly admit you
missed out on them.
Have fun enjoying a pop culture phe-
nomenon (or two) for the first time!
BY A SHLEY F ETTERS AND L ISA B ONOS

D
“Star Wars” (1977)
avid Gowan, 30, has long been known to bust out his favorite Christmas movies a little on George Lucas’s saga about a galaxy far,
far away is available to stream in full. The
the early side, often just before Thanksgiving. “Elf.” “National Lampoon’s Christmas most passionate fans recommend start-
Vacation.” “Christmas With the Kranks.” But in 2020, he pulled the trigger much earlier ing with the original trilogy (“Episode IV:
A New Hope,” “Episode V: The Empire
than even he expected. The instructional-support teacher who lives by himself in Strikes Back” and “Episode VI: Return of
Jamestown, N.Y., was home channel-surfing on a Tuesday night when he unexpectedly took in his the Jedi”), followed by the less-beloved
prequels (“Episode I: The Phantom Men-
first Hallmark Channel holiday movie of the year. It was July 28. ¶ Gowan can’t remember the name ace,” “Episode II: Attack of the Clones”
of the movie he landed on that night, but he remembers it involved a guy losing his job, moving from and “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.”)
From there, you can tuck into the third
the big city back to his quaint hometown and falling in love with a beautiful woman who owns a trilogy, two anthologies, a fan-favorite an-
bookshop (not terribly helpful as a search filter, it turns out). Gowan also remembers the movie was imated series and “The Mandalorian,” but
first things first, young Padawan.
an excellent distraction from his real life. He wasn’t working at the time. He was bored and stressed (Streams on Disney Plus)
staying home alone. Outside, the country was in the grip of a deadly pandemic. ¶ “Christmas movies “Seinfeld” (1989)
just bring that warm feeling,” he said. In such a tense time, “seeing happy movies just helps.” ¶ In This sitcom, from Larry David and Jer-
2020, a year when an alarmingly small number of things are normal, Christmas movies are affecting ry Seinfeld, remains a classic more than
three decades after its debut — not too bad
viewers and would-be viewers in unusual ways. Over the many months of pandemic-related chaos SEE BLIND SPOTS ON C2

and isolation, some people have made holiday movies their anytime movies, with their low stakes,
guaranteed tidy and hopeful endings, and ability to make staying indoors seem appealingly cozy.
BOOK WORLD
Meanwhile, in a season when festive family gatherings are discouraged, others have found that
watching holiday movies is a more bittersweet experience than usual. SEE HOLIDAY MOVIES ON C2
Merger good
for margins,
bad for words
BY R ON C HARLES

It’s a small world after all. And if we

don’t speak up, it will become smaller.
Penguin Random House, already the
largest trade publisher in the country,
has announced plans to buy Simon &
Schuster from ViacomCBS for about
$2 billion. If the deal goes through, the
Big Five publishers will become the Big
Four — or, really, an industry version of
the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little
Pigs.
For book lovers, that development
may feel like background noise. After all,
when looking for something good to
read, we choose authors and titles, not
publishers.
But don’t turn the page on this news
yet. No matter what soon-to-be-enriched
executives say, the proposed consolida-
tion of the publishing business is bad for
authors, bad for readers and bad for
American culture.
ALAN MARKFIELD/NEW LINE CINEMA/MPTV IMAGES
As the number of publishers shrinks,
TOP: From left, Carlos Lacamara, Meeghan Holaway, Luke Bracey and Aimee Carrero in a new Netflix holiday authors find themselves with fewer po-
offering, “Holidate.” ABOVE: Bob Newhart and Will Ferrell in 2003’s “Elf.” Holiday movies have already proved tential buyers for their proposals and
a comfort to some this year. To others, they’re a bittersweet reminder that they miss their family and friends. manuscripts. Bookstores are beholden to
a smaller number of distributors. And
readers face a shelf of titles further
dominated by familiar bestsellers most
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Holiday flicks can be 2020 balm or bittersweet reminder

HOLIDAY MOVIES FROM C1 spend Christmas largely alone:
Dash by choice and Lily by cir-
Nicole Sunderland, a 36-year- cumstance. It’s a plot point that
old travel blogger based in Alex- hit Tracz hard. A year ago, Tracz’s
andria, Va., got an even earlier family had planned to do a big
head start on the holiday-movie Christmas in New York for 2020.
season than Gowan did: When “And then obviously as the year
she had to abruptly stop traveling went on, it became clear that
the globe in March, she found wasn’t going to be happening,”
some comfort in old favorites Tracz said. “I really felt that I was
such as “Bad Santa” and “Mixed in Lily’s shoes, realizing that the
Nuts.” As the year wore on and she plans you make to be with your
felt more and more distressed by family — sometimes life inter-
the worsening pandemic and the venes.”
tumultuous presidential election, For some viewers, watching
she kept returning to them. experiences they won’t have is a
At this point, Sunderland esti- way of bringing a small degree of
mates she’s watched Netflix’s normal into 2020. Felicia Felton,
2018 original “The Holiday Calen-
dar” between 15 and 20 times.
“Christmas is my happy place,”
she said. “It hit a lot harder
Screenwriter Karen Schaler —
who’s earned the nickname with some of the tropes
“Christmas Karen” by writing two
Lifetime Christmas movies, a that you wouldn’t
Hallmark Christmas movie and
the 2017 Netflix hit “A Christmas think about as much
Prince,” as well as multiple Christ-
mas novels — isn’t surprised by if you’re with friends
this trend. Holiday movies aren’t
their own genre just because they and family.”
take place during holidays, she Francis Ferdinand, 25, of Dallas,
pointed out. They also contain on her mixed feelings watching
uplifting messages about “honor- Netflix’s “Holidate”
ing our family, our friends, our
faith, our community.”
Screenwriters have long under- a 41-year-old writer in Los Ange-
stood that people crave from en- les, watches holiday rom-coms
tertainment the emotions they year-round because she writes
aren’t getting from the real world, ALISON COHEN ROSA/NETFLIX these kinds of screenplays — and
Schaler added. “Scandal” creator Glenn McCuen and Midori Francis in Netflix’s “Dash & Lily,” which captures some 2020-appropriate, connected-while-apart hopefulness. this year was no exception. “It
Shonda Rhimes has said that af- makes me feel like I’m going to get
ter the Obama administration it. We need something happy.’ ” Francis Ferdinand, a 25-year- family in Rhode Island. They usu- darling “Dash & Lily,” about two through whatever I’m doing —
ended and the more unpredict- But for some, the standard old woman in Dallas, was watch- ally ask: Who are you dating? Are teenagers who write to each oth- with work or no work, or dreams
able Trump administration took holiday plotlines — family bond- ing “Holidate” last week when it you bringing anyone special er, complete dares and solve puz- I’m going after,” Felton said.
over in 2017, the appetite for the ing and stroke-of-midnight ro- struck her that she’d be alone for home? “This year it’s like: ‘No, I zles in a notebook they pass back Come holiday time, these mov-
show’s suspenseful story lines mance — can be difficult to watch the holidays. “It was definitely haven’t gone on a date. I’ve been and forth without meeting. ies are some of the only traditions
about turmoil in Washington once the viewer realizes that, this something I haven’t been think- locked in my apartment,’ ” Ferdi- Series creator Joe Tracz said she’ll get to maintain. Whereas
waned. year, they can’t do any of that. For ing about, because my mind’s nand said. In June, she moved that when the cast and crew were last year, she went to a tree light-
Schaler has seen firsthand how example, in “Holidate,” a new been consumed with 2020,” Ferdi- from the East Coast to Dallas, filming in New York in late 2019, ing and had celebratory dinners
pop-culture appetites have Netflix offering, two strangers nand said. “Overall I enjoyed the where she doesn’t know many they were wondering: “Will peo- and activities with friends, this
changed in 2020. She said she connect in a bustling mall and movie, but it hit a lot harder with people and will be cooking holi- ple buy that two people can have a year her plan is to “decorate my
faced pressure not to release her decide to spend New Year’s Eve some of the tropes that you day dishes solo and re-watching connection when they’re not in house, sleep, watch Christmas
new Christmas book, “Christmas together in a crowded club. Now- wouldn’t think about as much if favorites such as “White Christ- person?” This year has shown movies, watch Christmas movies,
Ever After,” because of the pan- adays, two singles might strike up you’re with friends and family.” mas.” that the answer is “Absolutely watch Christmas movies,” Felton
demic, but decided to publish it a conversation on the street, but Some of those tropes include There are a handful of holiday yes.” And the series has an unex- said.
independently in response to re- they’ll only be able to see each the hubbub, the arguing, maybe films that feel in sync with our pected lesson for 2020: Even “I’m probably going to be cry-
quests from readers. other’s eyes and foreheads. A suc- the burning of a turkey and al- times. Two strangers correspond- while physically separated, he ing a little,” she added. “It’s going
“My fans were reaching out cessful chat might lead to a Skype ways the prying into single rela- ing over the Internet in “You’ve said, “you can still have connec- to hit me a little bit more than
basically saying, ‘Please, please, date, but definitely not to a night tives’ love lives. “When I go home, Got Mail,” with no idea that tions that are meaningful.” normal.”
please, please — we need some- of dancing in close quarters with things are definitely chaotic,” Fer- they’re business rivals. Or this From the first episode, the lead ashley.fetters@washpost.com
thing,’ ” Schaler said. “ ‘We need hundreds of strangers. dinand said of her big Italian year’s holiday-themed Netflix characters are gearing up to lisa.bonos@washpost.com

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BLIND SPOTS FROM C1 tan (and very occasionally, the out-
er boroughs) through the eyes and
for “a show about nothing.” Be newspaper column musings of
sure to watch it while eating a big Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Brad-
salad. (Streams on Hulu) shaw. (Streams on HBO)
“Pulp Fiction” (1994) “Do the Right Thing” (1989)
And here you thought “Once Watch Spike Lee’s still-relevant
Upon a Time in Hollywood” was classic about exploding racial ten-
peak Quentin Tarantino. (Streams sions on a hot day in Brooklyn. Be
on Starz) prepared to be incensed over the
director’s Oscars snub. (Streams
“Friends” (1994) on Showtime)
If you can get past the unrealis-
tically attainable Manhattan “Goodfellas” (1990)
apartments and (as with most ’90s When it comes to mafia films,
sitcoms) jokes that haven’t aged Martin Scorsese’s crime drama is
particularly well, you’re in for a perhaps second only to “The God-
fun and memorable binge. And father” (which is only available to
you’ll finally understand all those buy or rent online). “Goodfellas”
“We were on a break” references. earned Joe Pesci an Oscar for best
(Streams on HBO Max) supporting actor, and honestly, his
most memorable scene is alone
“The Sopranos” (1999) worth the price of admission.
The late James Gandolfini won (Streams on Sling)
three Emmy Awards and a Golden
Globe for playing introspective “Citizen Kane” (1941)
mobster Tony Soprano on this Discover the meaning of “Rose-
HBO drama, which helped usher bud” by watching Orson Welles’s
in the prestige TV era. (Streams on classic feature debut. (Streams on
HBO) HBO Max)
“Veep” (2012) Marvel Cinematic Universe
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Selina (2008)
Meyer, a vice president who just Test your stamina and start
can’t catch a break, in this occa- with “Iron Man,” working your
sionally all-too-real political sat- way up to “Spider-Man: Far From
ire. (Streams on HBO) Home.” Depending on your level
of dedication, you just might be all
“Living Single” (1993) RON TOM/PARAMOUNT TELEVISION/EVERETT COLLECTION caught up for the twice-postponed
“Living Single,” about a group of Tracee Ellis Ross, Jill Marie Jones, Golden Brooks and Persia White in “Girlfriends.” If you missed it the first time, catch up on Netflix. release of “Black Widow,” which is
young Black professionals living set to open in May after being
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“Friends” was “Friends.” And on Netflix) (Streams on Netflix) the first five shows are also avail- Vince Gilligan’s Emmy- and Gold- on Disney Plus)
when it comes to representation able on Netflix) en Globe-winning drama was just
on-screen, “Living Single’s” im- “ER” (1994) “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” that popular. (Streams on Netflix) “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
pact may be even bigger. (Streams This medical drama marked the (1982) “This Is Us” (2016) (1990)
on Hulu) breakout of so many talented ac- “Stranger Things” owes a lot to Dan Fogelman’s multigenera- “The Office” (2005) With a drama reboot in the
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The popularity of this ’90s sit- Julianna Margulies among them. Freeform and Hulu + Live TV) the values he taught those he loved mys’ album of the year — 15 years know, while you’re “chillin’ out,
com was perfectly captured in a It’s an obvious forebear to another so deeply. (Streams on Hulu and after the show came out. One maxin’, relaxin’ all cool” on the
scene from Ryan Murphy’s ac- iconic medical drama, “Grey’s “Star Trek” (1966) Peacock) quick spoiler alert, borrowed from couch. (Streams on HBO Max)
claimed “American Crime Story” Anatomy,” which streams on Net- The Star Trek universe is vast our friend Pam: “Every so often,
installment, “The People v. O.J. flix. (Streams on Hulu) and spans decades. For the unini- “Casablanca” (1942) Jim dies of boredom.” (Streams on “Game of Thrones” (2011)
Simpson,” in which the seques- tiated, there is no better place to A classic among classics. Here’s Netflix until 2021, when it will David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’s
tered jury was torn between “Mad Men” (2007) start than Gene Roddenberry’s looking at you, kid. (Streams on move to Peacock) eight-season take on George R.R.
watching “Seinfeld” and Martin This acclaimed, Emmy-win- original series, which follows the HBO Max) Martin’s fantasy series became a
Lawrence’s eponymous series. ning period drama follows dapper Enterprise crew, led by the brazen “Girlfriends” (2000) ratings and water-cooler bonanza.
(Streams on BET Plus) advertising exec Don Draper (Jon Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shat- “The Simpsons” (1989) Fans of this beloved sitcom, Winter is coming, so it’s the per-
Hamm) and his Madison Avenue ner), and set the franchise’s Over its three-decades-and- starring “Blackish’s” Tracee Ellis fect time to visit Westeros.
“Jaws” (1975) colleagues, played by an ensemble groundbreaking tone on diversity counting run, Matt Groening’s an- Ross, rejoiced when it became (Streams on HBO)
Face your fears and watch the including Elisabeth Moss, Vincent and inclusiveness. From there, imated comedy has predicted available to stream in September.
blockbuster that made Steven Kartheiser, John Slattery and you can tackle the spinoffs — “The Donald Trump’s presidency, the Issa Rae has cited the show (along “Chappelle’s Show” (2003)
Spielberg a household name. Christina Hendricks. (Streams on Next Generation,” “Voyager,” horrors of auto-correct and sev- with “Living Single” and others) as As comedian Dave Chappelle
(Streams on HBO) AMC Plus and Amazon Prime) “Deep Space Nine” and the less eral Super Bowl outcomes. Maybe inspiration for her HBO dramedy noted during his post-election
popular “Enterprise” — and the we should all watch it. (Streams on “Insecure,” which counts “Girl- “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig,
“The West Wing” (1999) “Stranger Things” (2016) original films, followed by a trio of Disney Plus) friends” alum Prentice Penny as his brilliant (and famously short-
Creator Aaron Sorkin promotes If you were in the Upside Down more recent spin offs: “Star Trek: its showrunner. (Streams on Net- lived) Comedy Central show is
Martin Sheen from chief of staff when Netflix’s massively popular Discovery,” “Picard” and the ani- “Breaking Bad” (2008) flix) now available on not one but two
(in “The American President,” that sci-fi horror premiered, you can mated “Lower Decks.” And that’s Even if you missed Bryan streaming services. (Streams on
is) to POTUS in this beloved dra- catch up ahead of the show’s not even counting the more recent Cranston as a mild-mannered “Sex and the City” (1998) HBO Max)
ma about an idealistic White fourth season premiere, which has film reboots, which are available high school teacher turned drug Explore love and sex in Manhat- bethonie.butler@washpost.com
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The temperamental-genius trope was always problematic. Now it’s obsolete.

NOTEBOOK FROM C1 “French hours” — a 10-hour day
with no break for lunch. The
that led his wife to be known as result was that she and her collab-
“Poor Sara.” orators could go home in time to
Set in the 1930s and 1940s, have dinner with their families.
“Mank” was always intended to “For many women, that’s the dif-
be a period piece. And, like Zappa, ference between working and not
Oldman’s Mank is nothing if not working,” she noted.
lovable, his flaws portrayed as At Women in Film and Video’s
frailties rather than a cruel or evil ScriptDC conference on Nov. 17,
character. But at a time when best the director Catherine Hardwicke
practices and awareness of per- (“Thirteen”) shared her own
sonal boundaries are becoming methods, including how to exert
normalized on movie sets — in- control with often male-dominat-
troduced in the wake of #MeToo ed crews. She doesn’t engage in
and reinforced by pandemic- theatrical swagger to establish
mandated precautions — the be- dominance. She arrives early,
haviors on display in “Mank” look with her shot list, knowing where
as anachronistic as a stenogra- she’s going to put the camera for
pher typing in nothing but a pair the first shot. Then, she said, “I
of pasties (one of “Mank’s” early just stand there,” so that the tech-
visual gags). nicians know exactly where to put
Fincher ends his film with their equipment. The strategy
Mankiewicz presenting a 300- worked even with “the crustiest
page screenplay to the director English grips and electrics” when
Orson Welles, who turned it into she was filming “Miss You Al-
the classic that is often cited as ready” in London. “They saw that
the finest movie ever made. They I knew what I was doing and I had
clash in “Mank,” auguring the a plan,” she recalled, “so nobody
notorious conflicts over writing ever argued with me.”
credits that would ensue. But Heller’s and Hardwicke’s ap-
Fincher is more interested in proaches coincide with a trans-
Mankiewicz’s artistic process. formation underway in how Hol-
And one of the movie’s tacit mes- lywood operates. Today, pro-
sages about that process is that ducers frequently employ “inti-
the trope of the “difficult genius” macy coordinators” to help
is alive and well, if prone to the protect actors from being ha-
occasional hangover. rassed or assaulted in the course
Whether it’s Jackson Pollock in of doing their jobs. In the wake of
the art world or Norman Mailer the coronavirus, film crews in-
in literature, Elia Kazan in the clude consultants on following
theater or George Balanchine at NIKOLAI LOVEIKIS/NETFLIX health and safety protocols. Hello
the New York City Ballet, the A behind-the-scenes shot of Gary Oldman in “Mank.” The actor portrays “Citizen Kane” scribe Herman Mankiewicz as a difficult genius. masks and six-foot perimeters.
image of the narcissistic, control- Bye-bye creepy, unwanted hugs.
ling, borderline sociopathic artist justified as being in service to the all the way to the Super Bowl. directors can no longer assume not just the unwitting young Even when production goes
is such an enduring archetype greater creative good. Kill his Much like the punishing resi- that their film sets are personal women he invites to his inner back to normal, “normal” will
that it’s become a cliche. But demons, goes the conventional dency schedules that become a playgrounds; instead, they’re sanctum. have shifted. Whether out of prin-
nowhere is it more thoroughly wisdom, and you kill his God-giv- point of pride for the doctors who workplaces, where cast and crew “The Assistant” brilliantly ciple or brute self-protection,
inscribed than in the iconic figure en gifts, as well. survive them — regardless of how are entitled to the same expecta- limns the ripple effect of moral thoughtfulness and intentionali-
of the cinematic auteur, whether And it’s almost always a “him.” useful they are, educationally or tions and standards of civility of injury to enablers, bystanders ty are being baked into the proc-
in the classic forms of domineer- There’s always room in American medically — being “difficult” has any professional space. and ignorers. And it illuminates ess, accelerated by millennials
ing figures such as Erich von cultural lore for one more story become part of a director’s macho In a parallel development, how utterly fatuous and counter- and Gen-Zers who are increasing-
Stroheim and Alfred Hitchcock about the demanding, mercurial bona fides, a sign that he’s above more attention and energy has productive the mythology “diffi- ly loath to accommodate bad be-
or, more recently, Quentin Taran- diva — Viola Davis gives an elec- such mundane matters as empa- gone into making crews and cre- cult genius” has been. “I hate the havior.
tino, Brett Ratner and David O. trifying performance as one in the thy, mutual respect or common ative leadership more inclusive: narrative that people have to be In other words: We might final-
Russell. upcoming adaptation of “Ma consideration. As women reach critical mass as tortured in order to be good art- ly be able to envision a world in
Some of these figures are Rainey’s Black Bottom.” But the That model began to show directors and department heads, ists,” the writer-director Marielle which creativity is decoupled
known for being exacting, while myth of the temperamental au- cracks a few years ago, when a culture steeped in the rites and Heller said in the Guardian re- from pathology, leadership from
some have been called out as teur holds pride of place in Holly- multiple sexual assault charges rituals of fraternity hazings will cently. “I think it’s a solipsistic impunity and greatness from un-
straight-up bullies. Others are ac- wood, functioning as an exten- against producer Harvey Wein- look increasingly ludicrous — and view that people use in order to be accountability. Even the most
cused of being sexually inappro- sion of the male gaze that has stein led to a cascade of similar harmful beyond those who are selfish. I don’t think we have to be gifted directors aren’t angels sent
priate, some for being predatory. dominated American cinema for accusations throughout the film immediately victimized. In “The jerks to make good art either, but from on high or alpha dogs mark-
Maybe they’re prone to occasion- the past century and a half, with industry. What was once per- Assistant,” one of the best movies somehow we as a society have ing their territory. They’re hu-
al fits of pique, or insensitive to its practitioners regularly com- ceived as business as usual was of 2020, Julia Garner plays a romanticized that idea.” man. Which means that it’s fully
the point of sadism. The behavior paring the direction of a film to suddenly revealed for what it secretary to a Weinstein-adjacent Heller noted that when she within their prodigious imagina-
exists on a continuum, but wher- leading an army into battle or was: an inexcusable — and often movie mogul whose barbaric be- made “A Beautiful Day in the tive capacities to also be humane.
ever it lands, it’s been habitually quarterbacking a football team illegal — abuse of power. Male havior infects the entire office, Neighborhood,” she obeyed ann.hornaday@washpost.com

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to our publishers.” for better deals, or for the Au- the root problem is the swelling
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statement is not really a descrip- notes that previous consolida- publishers’ books. The online gi-
tion of corporate culture; it’s a tions in the publishing industry ant is now so large that it can
preemptive defense against anti-
trust concerns.
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ACROSS
1 Easter
beginning?
4 Small amount
10 Hot tub with a
whirlpool
13 Period often
with a name
14 Ring of color
15 Welcoming
16 Observe
music festival
performers?
18 Russian refusal
19 Small battery
type
20 One snugly in
bed, say
22 2018 SAG Life
Achievement
Award recipient
23 Ukr., once
24 Comment
not meant for
everyone NICK GALIFIANAKIS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
27 Wish undone

Barking ultimatums from the doghouse

29 Vegas
attractions
31 Ones who take
things badly?
34 Freudian topics © 2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 11/27/20 Hi, Carolyn: list, and mentioned that I would is — quite clearly, yes? —
After a long find it very hurtful and awkward precarious enough that she could
35 Word of encour- DOWN 29 Shade of 39 Apt name 52 Set aside marriage, the last if three couples — former be one bad conversation away
agement 1 It has a smell black for a chef? for later dozen years of longtime friends of mine who from changing her mind on
38 Observe named for it 30 Too 42 Math class 53 Starter for which lacked any have treated me exceptionally including you at all.
woodworking 2 Soothsayer calculations 007’s car? true partnership, poorly — are invited and attend. So this was not the time to
tools? 32 Cheat, Carolyn
3 Like many in a way 44 First name in 56 Future JD’s my ex-wife and I I asked her not to invite them. make demands of her, of any
40 Full house cosmetics hurdle Hax divorced two I have learned that she has degree of validity. Your role was
Disney films 33 Sugar amt.
sign 46 DSL provider 57 Blunted sword years ago. invited them. Any suggestions on to decide you could, in good
4 Wonka’s 35 “However,” in Although we had how to handle this situation? I conscience, play the role your
41 Plays (with) creator 48 Colors 58 Unnamed ones
tweets lived apart for years, the divorce don’t think I can pay for this, go, daughter asked you to play — or
43 Brimming 5 Venus or Mars 49 Calls up 59 Calendar square
36 Western was surprisingly acrimonious. and grin and bear it. decide you couldn’t. Period. No
45 Washington 6 Depends (on) wolf 50 English 60 Run a tab, say I’m not sure what my ex-wife — Anonymous substitutions.
Monument, sheep
for one 7 Norman Bates, 37 Observe fancy 62 “Survivor” told everyone, but my adult That’s still your role, actually.
thankfully dances? breed station children wouldn’t talk to me for Anonymous: I could have done a But you complicated it by
47 Had an months, my brothers have never lot more to help you if you had making a demand before
intense 8 Cutlass, e.g.
9 Over and done invited me for holidays — but asked me before you put in your thinking through how you’d
longing THURSDAY’S LA TIMES SOLUTION invited my ex-wife and her special guest-list request. respond if it was denied. Before,
51 Vagabonds with boyfriend — and friends of 40 I understand that you’re in the your choice was either to suck it
52 Abe’s role in 10 Observe years have completely cut off doghouse; that, whether you up and deal with whomever the
“The Godfather” engagement contact without telling me why were sent there fairly or not, you bride put on the guest list, or
jewelry? or hearing “my side.” were utterly blindsided by it; boycott at the risk of losing your
54 Video recorder
since 1999 11 Capital of I’ve reestablished that you’re doing your best just daughter (again). Now your
Portugal? relationships with my adult to take your banishment bravely choice is to go with the full
55 Java products
12 __-Man: Marvel children, but they still treat me and carry on. I hear you. knowledge that your daughter
58 Kind of horn hero as if I’m to blame for the divorce But no matter the specifics of included people you asked her
59 Clinton’s 1996 15 Baby’s and spend significantly more how you got there: When you’re not to, or boycott at the risk of
opponent bodysuit time with their mother than with in the doghouse, you don’t order losing your daughter (again).
61 Observe bank 17 First name in me. room service. The same choice, only harder.
drafts? superhero lore
My daughter will marry next That’s basically what you did Before I go — aren’t your
63 Punches in a summer. I’m happy for her. when you tried to tell your brothers the ones to ask why
21 Syllables While my daughter would like daughter whom to cross off her people sided against you?
workshop in some
64 Oxygen-loving me to walk her down the aisle, I guest list.
madrigals have not been included in any of Again, it could be entirely Write to Carolyn Hax at
organism 23 Has the wheel the planning. I asked what their unfair that people turned on you, tellme@washpost.com. Get her
65 Three-way joint 25 Way out expectations were for financing and your ex-wife may well have column delivered to your inbox each
66 Okay 26 Canadian gas the wedding, and my daughter fabricated horrible things to turn morning at wapo.st/haxpost.
67 Wee 28 Trains over said it would be nice if I everybody against you. But the
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CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET AGNES TONY COCHRAN

BRIDGE

BOTH SIDES VULNERABLE

NORTH
♠ KQ63
♥ A4
♦ QJ964
♣ J4
WEST (D) EAST
♠ A8 ♠ 94
♥ KQ973 ♥ J 10 8 6 5
♦ K 10 7 ♦ 852 MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES WUMO
♣ A95 ♣ Q 10 7
SOUTH
♠ J 10 7 5 2
♥2
♦ A3
♣ K8632

The bidding:
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
1 ♥ Dbl 3 ♥ 4♠
All Pass
Opening lead — ♥ K

B
CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ MIKE DU JOUR MIKE LESTER
aron Barclay, the world’s
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A vital defensive skill
is distinguishing “active
RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA
defense” (grabbing tricks in
a hurry) from “passive” (wait-
ing patiently). In today’s deal
from “Keys,” South takes the
ace of hearts and starts the
trumps. West wins and tries
to cash a heart, and South
ruffs, draws trumps and lets
the queen of diamonds ride.
When West wins, he may
feel like taking his ace of
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But West can count South’s
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DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠A8♥KQ973
♦ K 10 7 ♣ A 9 5
You are the dealer. West
in today’s deal opened one
heart. Do you agree with that
call?
ANSWER: Whether to
open 1NT with, or despite, a
five-card major suit is a mat- BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
ter of contention. Experts
decide case by case, but I
believe most would open 1NT
here, suggesting the hand’s
strength and approximate
shape in one bid. If you open
one heart and hear a one-
spade response, you will
have no good second bid.
— Frank Stewart
©2020, TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.

SHERMAN’S LAGOON JIM TOOMEY

SUDOKU

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MUTTS PATRICK McDONNELL ZITS JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN

HOROSCOPE

BIRTHDAY | NOVEMBER 27
Exciting, instinctive
and quick, you have
an electric quality
that feeds your
accomplished work. In 2021,
you succeed best in a project
with others that has a strict
deadline. If single, you become
very frustrated with a situation
that clearly isn’t working, and
you switch partners frequently.
If attached, you’re happiest
DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS JUDGE PARKER FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & MIKE MANLEY with both stability and the
freedom to roam. You have a
rare and wonderful partner.
Aries fits the bill.
ARIES
(MARCH 21-APRIL 19).
Spend wisely and seek extra
income opportunities. Your
success depends upon how
well you’re able to adapt to
changing economic conditions
in the world around you. Since
you’re by nature a pioneer,
this should be easy enough to
accomplish.
TAURUS
FRAZZ JEF MALLETT CANDORVILLE DARRIN BELL (APRIL 20-MAY 20).
Loving and being loved is a
focus. A preference for beauty
and comfort always leads
you to insist upon quality. The
force of habit can’t be denied.
A sense of deja vu prevails.
There’s conflict between your
family life and professional
aspirations.
GEMINI
(MAY 21-JUNE 20).
Create a wholesome mind-set
and direct your imagination
toward positive creative
projects. You must make
GARFIELD JIM DAVIS BARNEY AND CLYDE WEINGARTENS & CLARK your own happiness now.
Visualization can generate
powerful magic.
CANCER
(JUNE 21-JULY 22).
Today brings word from old
friends. Past life regressions
can be especially vivid and
could bring insights about
future goals. Today can also
bring some tension to shared
finances. Control your own
purse strings.
LEO
(JULY 23-AUG. 22).
STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER STAN LEE & ALEX SAVIUK The role of teacher or adviser
DUSTIN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN comes your way now. You’ll
process and analyze facts
with a flair that leaves others
speechless. This promises
growth and an overall
improvement in your standard
of living.
VIRGO
(AUG. 23-SEPT. 22).
Today promises some
interesting social opportunities.
A new relationship can begin
suddenly. You are growing
disenchanted with someone
who hasn’t lived up to his or
her promises.
PRICKLY CITY SCOTT STANTIS LOOSE PARTS DAVE BLAZEK
LIBRA
(SEPT. 23-OCT. 22).
Information is revealed
concerning the feelings and
plans of another. You will
become aware of what you
are about to outgrow, both
personally and professionally.
A well educated or well
traveled new friend can be a
source of happiness.
SCORPIO
(OCT. 23-NOV. 21).
Old relationships can either
assume new sparkle and
excitement or, in some cases,
NON SEQUITUR WILEY BABY BLUES RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT end. Sudden new infatuations
transform your life. Romantic
happiness is likely to come
along.
SAGITTARIUS
(NOV. 22-DEC. 21).
Mental attitude plays a pivotal
role in your physical health.
Focus on understanding
your health conditions and
communicating with health
care practitioners so you can
alleviate anxiety about your
body.
CAPRICORN
LINCOLN PEIRCE BILL HOLBROOK (DEC. 22-JAN. 19).
BIG NATE ON THE FASTRACK A relationship that was on
hold moves forward. A really
wonderful intimacy develops.
A valued and cherished
relationship becomes more
stable. A problem linked to
child care -- for you or a loved
one -- suddenly dissolves.
AQUARIUS
(JAN. 20-FEB. 18).
Your tastes and priorities
aren’t like those of your
relatives. Flexibility and
patience help. A neighbor
becomes a better friend.
Allow a temperamental family
BEETLE BAILEY MORT, BRIAN & GREG WALKER PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS member time and space to
work on a problem.
PISCES
(FEB. 19-MARCH 20).
Strive for clear
communication. A neighbor
can become more important.
Resist the temptation to try
juggling too many projects at
once. As dark falls, the tension
subsides and it will be easier
to focus.
— Madalyn Aslan
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U.S. ends
long layo≠
against
familiar foe
Women’s national team
meets World Cup finalist
Netherlands on Friday

BY S TEVEN G OFF

Under the best circumstances,

the U.S. women’s national soccer
team would face a tall task Friday
in attempting to stretch its unde-
feated streak to almost two years.
The opponent is the Nether-
lands — the team the Americans
defeated in the 2019 World Cup
final — and, unlike most U.S.
friendlies during three decades of
excellence, the venue is far from
home.
Then consider the United
States has not played in more
than eight months because of the
coronavirus pandemic, its longest
pause since 1989-90.
Megan Rapinoe and Carli
Lloyd aren’t up to speed and were
left behind. Alex Morgan hasn’t
played an international match
since the World Cup. Lindsey
Horan was scratched from the
roster after testing positive last
week. And a truncated National
Women’s Soccer League season
limited many of the U.S. players
to a handful of games.
“We know we are nowhere
close to our best,” said Coach
Vlatko Andonovski, who cited
physical, tactical and mental
challenges ahead of the World
Cup rematch in the Dutch city of ROGER STEINMAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Breda. “We knew coming into this WASHINGTON 41, DALLAS 16: Defensive end Montez Sweat gets mobbed by his teammates after returning an interception for a touchdown to clinch the victory.
camp that we’re going to have to

Top of the heap

take a step back before we take
two steps forward.”
That is not to suggest the
team’s 31-game unbeaten streak
is doomed. Even in suboptimal
conditions, the top-ranked Amer-
icans are better than most, if not
all, foes.
Since a January 2019 loss to
France, they have won 12 straight
against European teams. Andon-
ovski is 10-0-0 since succeeding
Jill Ellis, tying the best start for a
U.S. coach. This breakthrough victory shows Washington grabs NFC East lead
The players arrived in camp
last Friday in varying degrees of Rivera’s team might be learning to win by routing Cowboys for rivalry sweep
fitness and, before starting
SEE USWNT ON D2 arlington, tex. created by Joe Burrow’s injury BY N ICKI J HABVALA Washington at Pittsburgh
On the — Learning to and butchered, baffling decisions Dec. 6, 1 p.m., Fox
United States at Netherlands NFL win — how many by Dallas Cowboys Coach Mike arlington, tex. — The Wash- Inside: Antonio Gibson has career
Today, 12:30 p.m., ESPN2 LES times have we McCarthy. ington Football Team dug deep game as young stars shine. D4
CARPENTER heard Washington Thursday’s 41-16 victory on and pulled out a trick that dates
Football Team Thanksgiving came with the gift back 90-something years: the ol’ especially in the red zone — “He
Coach Ron Rivera talk about of McCarthy’s choice not to punt Bumerooski. told us last night he was going to
PRO FOOTBALL
that? from the Dallas 34-yard line and Alex Smith fielded the snap come out and hold nothing back,”
Lamar Jackson tests For weeks he has insisted his a ridiculous fake punt from its with his offensive linemen still wide receiver Terry McLaurin
positive as the Ravens’ young team was getting better, 24. But Washington seized the standing and handed the ball off said — and Coach Ron Rivera had
understanding the fight, drawing opportunities presented it, between the legs of running back run it successfully in 2011, so why
coronavirus concerns closer to walking off victorious turning those mistakes into J.D. McKissic, who took off run- not? Something had to jump-start
reach a higher level. D2 from NFL fields even as the points to earn only its second ning while the Dallas Cowboys’ an offense that had a habit of
losing kept coming and the climb Thanksgiving victory against its defense tried to comprehend starting slow.
PRO FOOTBALL back became more improbable fiercest rival. what it witnessed. By the time it “It actually goes back to a mov-
by the game. “Learning to win,” “You’ve got to distance did, McKissic had a first down en ie called ‘Little Giants,’ and it’s
The Texans have little he would say. But suddenly yourself from them,” Rivera told route to a Washington field goal. called — I hope I don’t get in
trouble with the Lions Washington has started winning, his players at halftime, when Offensive coordinator Scott trouble — the annexation of
to kick off the NFL’s twice in a row, seizing openings SEE ON THE NFL ON D3 Turner seems to love trick plays, SEE WASHINGTON ON D3
Thanksgiving schedule. D2
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Top-ranked Gonzaga
outscores No. 6 Kansas,
102-90, in the season
opener for both teams. D5

New faces but same expectations

No. 2 recruit in nation tops list of newcomers for No. 12 Maryland women
BY K AREEM C OPELAND faces both young and old,” said Maryland vs. Davidson
Frese, who is starting her 19th Today, 2:30 p.m., in Estero, Fla.
Brenda Frese doesn’t sound the season as Maryland’s coach. “This
least bit concerned. team, I’m not worried about our transfer Mimi Collins, a former
A bit of trepidation could be offense. We have a tremendous McDonald’s all-American. And
expected after her Maryland amount of firepower. This team, it don’t forget about redshirt fresh-
women’s basketball program won is a better three-point shooting man guard Zoe Young, who was
the Big Ten regular season and team than we had last season. It’s ranked No. 30 in her class by
tournament championships with been a luxury because, first and ESPN before a torn ACL forced
a 28-4 record in the spring. Five of foremost, everyone on this roster her to sit out last season.
the top six scorers from that team can score. . . . It’s just you guys are Then there’s Owusu, the Big
are gone, including a pair of used to the faces that scored it for Ten tournament MVP who aver-
former five-star signees. Another us last year. I’m excited for each aged 12 points, 5.4 assists and 3.8
five-star recruit who didn’t play and every one of them to have rebounds as a freshman and now
last season transferred from the their opportunity this year.” faces higher expectations and
team that ranked fourth in the Frese’s program, in typical more leadership responsibilities.
final Associated Press poll. fashion, has reloaded instead of She spent the offseason working
So the Terrapins approach the rebuilt. Meet Angel Reese, the on her three-point and midrange
2020-21 season with a ton of No. 2 recruit in the country, and game after shooting 31 percent
turnover. But they are anchored Mississippi State transfer Chloe from three-point range and
by reigning Big Ten freshman of Bibby, who played 37 games as a 44.6 percent from the field as a
the year Ashley Owusu, and they freshman on a Bulldogs team that freshman.
remain the highest-ranked team went to the Final Four. Enter “I’ve been trying to be more
in the conference at No. 12. Harvard transfer Katie Benzan, a vocal during practice,” Owusu
KATHERINE FREY/THE WASHINGTON POST “You’re going to see a blend of three-time first-team All-Ivy said. “Coach has challenged me a
Coach Brenda Frese said of her 19th Maryland team, “We have a tremendous amount of firepower.” familiar faces . . . and a lot of new League performer, and Tennessee SEE MARYLAND ON D5
D2 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 2020

31-game streak is on line NFL NOTES

as U.S. plays Netherlands Jackson’s positive test jolts Baltimore

USWNT FROM D1 for the decision Alex made to go F ROM NEWS SERVICES
to England because we know it’s a AND STAFF REPORTS
workouts, had to self-isolate and strange world we are living in,” he
pass coronavirus tests. said. “We know it’s a hard time. Baltimore Ravens star quarter-
Five players arrived from Eng- And for her to make a decision in back Lamar Jackson tested posi-
land, where they are more than the middle of a pandemic and tive for the coronavirus, part of the
two months into the season. One take her kid and move to an team’s ongoing outbreak that is
is active on the French circuit, environment that will prepare jeopardizing this weekend’s al-
and another completed a Swedish her to be better for this team is ready postponed game in Pitts-
campaign before returning state- incredible.” burgh and could lead to the NFL’s
side. Morgan and her U.S. col- regular season being extended by
However, those in the NWSL leagues will not have it easy Fri- a week.
finished in mid-October after a day. The fourth-ranked Nether- The positive test result for Jack-
short fall series. Some opted out lands has played three games this son, the NFL’s reigning most valu-
of both that competition and a fall, extending its unbeaten able player, was confirmed by a
month-long summer tournament streak to 12 since losing to the person familiar with the situation.
in Utah. United States at the World Cup. According to another person with
“A 90-minute international Everyone on the roster is active knowledge of the matter, the Ra-
game is a pretty intense load,” with European clubs, though Ar- vens had four additional players
said defender Kelley O’Hara, who senal star Vivianne Miedema, test positive for the coronavirus, in
hasn’t played for the NWSL’s who has scored 70 goals in 91 all.
Utah Royals or the U.S. squad Dutch matches, is sidelined with The Ravens-Steelers game re-
since March. “It might feel a little a hip injury. mained scheduled, as of Thursday
weird at first because it’s been so While muscle memory and night, for Sunday at 1:15 p.m. East-
long.” chemistry might lag, the U.S. ern time, according to a person
After sitting out the NWSL this team’s hunger hasn’t waned. familiar with the NFL’s planning.
year, forward Christen Press “That is just the way this team But the additional positive test
signed with Manchester United, a is, and that is the way these results for the Ravens returned
move that helped accelerate her players are wired,” Andonovski Thursday night further imperiled
mental and physical preparation. said, brushing aside suggestions the status of that game, given the NICK WASS/ASSOCIATED PRESS

“When I play [at peak form], I the outcome won’t matter. “That NFL’s stance that it must be confi- Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s positive test jeopardizes Sunday’s game against the Steelers.
don’t think at all,” she said. “And is how the staff is wired, and dent that transmission of the virus
I’ve been away from [soccer] for that’s how this environment func- is contained before a game is to start in Jackson’s place. He had been working in an inter- leading tackler Micah Kiser on
so long, at moments I can hear my tions.” played. Approximately a dozen Ravens val throwing program since last injured reserve, but Coach Sean
thoughts. When I am back to In the big picture, Andonovski The game already has been players and at least seven staff week and was a limited partici- McVay said the injury was not
[being] me, I don’t even know I’m has his eye on the Olympics, pushed back once after originally members have tested positive for pant in practice Wednesday. season-ending.
there. That comes with time.” which are scheduled to take place being scheduled for Thanksgiving the coronavirus in recent days. l BROWNS: Cleveland didn’t l OBITUARY: Jim Hanifan,
Forward Tobin Heath also next summer after the global night. — Mark Maske dodge the coronavirus on the holi- the former St. Louis Cardinals
moved to Manchester United. health crisis forced a postpone- If the Ravens-Steelers game is l DOLPHINS: Tua Ta- day. coach who returned to the city as
Midfielders Rose Lavelle and Sam ment this year. His aim, he said, is further delayed until Monday or govailoa’s sore thumb was better The Browns placed defensive offensive line coach to help the
Mewis signed with Manchester to play as many top teams as Tuesday, that would impact the Thursday, and Miami Coach Brian end Porter Gustin on the covid-19 Rams win the Super Bowl, died.
City. From a fitness standpoint, possible over the next seven Ravens’ scheduled game next Flores expressed optimism that reserve list, further weakening a He was 87.
all are well ahead of their months. If the health situation Thursday against the Dallas Cow- his rookie quarterback will be able group already missing star Myles Hanifan’s daughter, Kathy Hin-
U.S.-based teammates. improves, the United States will boys. If the Ravens-Steelers game to play Sunday against the New Garrett and the latest move for a der, told the St. Louis Post-Dis-
Morgan has made two appear- welcome three high-quality cannot be played at all in Week 12, York Jets. team hit hard by the virus in re- patch that he died Tuesday at Mis-
ances for London-based Totten- teams to the annual SheBelieves the NFL could be forced to add a Tagovailoa hurt the thumb on cent weeks. souri Baptist Hospital. She said
ham Hotspur since giving birth in Cup in February and March. Week 18 to the regular season. his throwing hand in practice and Gustin’s positive test forced the the cause of death hadn’t been
May. She has yet to play for “That is a short amount of time Whenever the Ravens play next, was limited in practice for the Browns to close their facility for determined but it wasn’t related to
Andonovski, who has been on the to get ready [for the Olympics],” they are likely to be without Jack- second day in a row. the third day in a row. the coronavirus.
job for 13 months. Nonetheless, O’Hara said. “We do look pretty son. Under the NFL’s treatment l JETS: Sam Darnold was a full l BRONCOS: No. 3 quarter- The Cardinals’ head coach from
Andonovski said he is impressed good in practice, but to get from protocols, a player with a con- participant at practice, putting back Jeff Driskel was placed on the 1980 to 1985, Hanifan is best
with Morgan’s desire to return to here to Olympic-ready, there is so firmed coronavirus case is placed the New York quarterback on covid-19 reserve list, but contact known for his offensive lines as an
world-class status. much more we have to do.” in isolation and cannot rejoin track to start Sunday against Mi- tracing showed starter Drew Lock assistant with St. Louis and Wash-
“I have gained so much respect steven.goff@washpost.com team activities for at least 10 days. ami. and Denver’s other quarterbacks ington. He coached star tackle
Robert Griffin III, the former Darnold missed the 0-10 Jets’ weren’t in danger of being infect- Dan Dierdorf and notorious guard
NFL offensive rookie of the year past two games with a shoulder ed by the coronavirus. Conrad Dobler with St. Louis, then
for Washington, would be in line injury, his second since October. l RAMS: Los Angeles placed the “Hogs” in Washington.

Watson lifts Houston with four touchdown passes

picked off in the past six games. 13-29-1 and General Manager Bob overs on two straight snaps and
TEXANS 41, “You’ve got to give some credit Quinn’s mark to 12 games under three consecutive possessions in
LIONS 25 to the guys up front,” interim .500 over five seasons. the first half. Houston’s defense
coach Romeo Crennel said. “If Patricia was peppered with entered the game with an NFL-
they give him time, he’s able to questions about his job being in low five forced turnovers.
BY L ARRY L AGE make plays. Guys can get open, jeopardy and evaded each query. Watt put his hands up on a rush
and he can hit them. He has that “My focus every day is on the just in time to pick off Stafford’s
detroit — Deshaun Watson kind of accuracy.” guys in that locker room and pass and returned it 19 yards for a
dropped back in a protected Texans star defensive end J.J. working as hard as I can to help touchdown in the first quarter.
pocket at midfield and perfectly Watt had an early pick-six and them be successful,” he said. “I saw he was going to throw
lofted one of his four touchdown Fuller had six receptions for 171 The Lions retained Patricia quickly so I stopped rushing and
passes, connecting with Will Full- yards and two scores, including a and Quinn for this season, and jumped up,” Watt said. “It hit me
er V in stride just before he 40-yard touchdown catch in ownership said there was an ex- square in the hands.”
reached the end zone. which it looked like he and Wat- pectation they contend for the Jonathan Williams fumbled on
Houston’s star quarterback son were all alone on a practice playoffs by playing in meaningful Detroit’s next snap, and Houston
made it look easy, and the Detroit field. games in December. That seems took advantage with Watson’s
Lions did their part by not put- The Texans (4-7) have won two highly unlikely. two-yard touchdown pass to C.J.
ting up much of a fight. straight for the first time this Detroit quarterback Matthew Prosise to go ahead 13-6.
Watson had a pair of go-ahead season and three of their past Stafford said the scrutiny on Pa- “Three turnovers early in the
touchdown passes in the first half four games with Crennel in tricia has not appeared to affect game killed the momentum,”
and threw for two more scores in charge. the coach. Stafford said.
the fourth quarter Thursday to “That’s good, but we haven’t “He’s the same guy every day,” Stafford was 28 of 42 for 295
help Houston pull away and beat won enough,” Crennel said. Stafford said. “The guy comes to yards with a 14-yard touchdown
Detroit, 41-25. The Lions haven’t, either, and it work, grinds and wants to win pass to Mohamed Sanu in the
Still, Watson wasn’t satisfied. might cost at least one man his like all of us. He’s a passionate fourth. Detroit’s Adrian Peterson,
“It was definitely good, but I job. coach who loves the game. I’ve who had a pair of one-yard touch-
missed two touchdowns,” he said. Detroit (4-7) might end the had a lot of respect with how he’s down runs in the first half, tried
Watson completed 17 of 25 season with interim leaders after continued to come to work.” to take some blame off Patricia.
MICHAEL REGAN/GETTY IMAGES passes for 318 yards with no inter- losing consecutive games for the Detroit, coming off its first “It has nothing to do with the
During the Americans’ long layoff, Christen Press, left, and Tobin ceptions. He has thrown 15 touch- third time this season, dropping shutout loss since 2009, scored head coach,” Peterson said.
Heath kept in game shape while playing for Manchester United. down passes without getting Coach Matt Patricia’s record to first before collapsing with turn- — Associated Press

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Washington pulls out all the tricks to blow out the Cowboys
WASHINGTON FROM D1

Puerto Rico,” Rivera explained.

“We nicknamed it the ‘Bumeroos-
ki,’ and most of these guys don’t
understand it so we had to ex-
plain to them who Bum Phillips
is, and we did as a tribute to him.”
But Washington saved its best
Thanksgiving Day trick for last: a
41-16 blowout win over its rival on
the road to claim the division lead
— at 4-7.
Welcome to the NFC East.
Washington earned its second
so-called “statement” win in only
five days to complete a season
sweep of Dallas and hand the
Cowboys their second-worst loss
on Thanksgiving.
Washington, however, wasn’t
the only one that came armed
with tricks. It’s just that its tricks
actually worked. Cowboys Coach
Mike McCarthy was ridiculed on
social media throughout the
game after he had his team pass
on fourth and one at its 34-yard
line after losing both of its start-
ing tackles to injuries, and then
basically handed the game to
Washington with a failed fake
punt deep in his team’s territory
in the fourth quarter.
Washington turned both Dal-
las gambles-gone-wrong into
scores — and continued to build
upon its midseason turnaround,
with many young players who
have emerged as foundational
pieces for the future.
For much of the first half of the
season, Washington beat itself,
committing mistakes it couldn’t
overcome. Over the past three
games, with 16th-year veteran
Alex Smith at quarterback, the
offense has found stability and
efficiency while boosting a de-
fense that had been relied upon
too often to lead the way.
Washington amassed 338
yards, 22 first downs and seven
scoring drives, and Smith — who
two years ago this week was fight- ROGER STEINMAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

ing for his life after suffering a Washington rookie running back Antonio Gibson had 115 yards and three touchdowns on the ground and added five catches for 21 yards in Thursday’s victory at Dallas.
severe leg injury — went 19 for 26
for 149 yards and one touchdown have dreamed in a million years Tight end Logan Thomas, a for- quarter, a five-yard touchdown ized. maining.
with one interception. that something like this would be mer quarterback, threw a 28-yard after Dallas’s failed fourth and Jeremy Reaves, an undrafted Throughout the season, Rivera
“To get two wins in five days is happening.” completion to McLaurin on a re- one. safety, broke up a would-be touch- has stressed to his players the
hard in this league, especially But it was Washington’s young- verse. Dustin Hopkins, who had down that forced Dallas to kick a need to “take ownership” and to
coming on the road in a short est stars who shined the brightest. “Scotty’s got some innovation, struggled with misses, had a per- short field goal to make it 20-16 learn to win. Their victory Thurs-
week, juggling the covid protocol Rookie wide receiver-turned- and when you watch some of the fect kicking game with 23- and late in the third quarter. day, he said, was proof his players
that’s intensified. I thought guys running back Antonio Gibson things that we do, some of the 36-yard field goals to pad Wash- Washington quickly expanded have heeded his teachings. But
just did a great job locking in and had 115 of the team’s 182 rushing things we work on in practice, you ington’s lead, and a big play from that edge to 25 points in the just how far they have come will
not letting any of that stuff be a yards and added three touch- can see the potential for big McLaurin preserved it. Smith was fourth, thanks largely to Gibson. be determined in the week ahead,
distraction,” Smith said. “To get downs to become the first player plays,” Rivera said. “And using the intercepted by the Cowboys’ Jay- The rookie needed only one play when it awaits a meeting with the
the opportunity to play on with at least 100 rushing yards guys and giving them the oppor- lon Smith in the third quarter, to find the end zone after Dallas’s league’s only undefeated team,
Thanksgiving is special and with and a hat-trick of rushing touch- tunities to use their skills, that’s and McLaurin sprinted down- failed fake punt, running it in the 10-0 Pittsburgh Steelers.
this rivalry even more special. So downs on Thanksgiving since huge. . . . We have players with field to bring down the linebacker from 23 yards. He followed with a “We got a hell of a test next
to come down and get a win like Barry Sanders in 1997. His first specific skill sets we need to take at Washington’s 4-yard line. 37-yard rushing touchdown to all week,” Rivera said. “We’ll see
we did today, means a lot. touchdown — a five-yarder in the advantage of.” Rivera lauded the hustle play but seal the victory before Montez where you are when you get to test
“And as far as me, it’s hard to first quarter — capped a 12-play Thomas later caught Washing- because it gave the defense “a Sweat provided the exclamation yourself against one of the elites.”
put into words. I never would drive that included another trick: ton’s go-ahead score in the second chance.” And the defense capital- point: a pick-six with 3:36 re- nicki.jhabvala@washpost.com

ON THE NFL

This time, Rivera’s squad is able to take advantage of another team’s misfortunes
ON THE NFL FROM D1 Snyder was finished with team
president Bruce Allen, finished
they held a tenuous 17-13 lead. with a dismal decade that would
So many times this season, his close two days later, finished
team hasn’t been able to open with a path that had only
that gap or push through when brought misery.
given openings. For the second He refused to even look at the
time in five days, Washington soon-to-be-exiting Allen as they
has done just that: churning, passed in the tunnel below the
churning, churning toward ugly stands, leaving Allen to make a
but effective victories. And now long, slow, humiliating walk to
it is in first place in the wretched the team buses while Snyder’s
NFC East, with a 4-7 record that police-escorted motorcade of
won’t glow proudly from the top black SUVs roared past. Within
of the standings but still screams hours, Rivera would be on a
progress for an organization plane, signing his contract to
where progress has come hard. become the team’s new coach.
Learning to win — earlier this Three days later, Snyder stood
week, Rivera was talking about beside Rivera at the news
what that meant. “Doing your conference announcing a new
job with a little something extra,” beginning, leaned into a
he said. microphone and blurted, “Happy
If you make a block, you need Thanksgiving.”
to hold it longer. If you run a While Snyder obviously had
route, you have to do it at exactly misspoken — botching his
the right pace. If the ball is in holiday wishes and turning his
your hands, push for one yard first comments on a new start
more. into a joke that rolled through a
“Take ownership,” he said. “If tumultuous summer — his
you’re not doing it well, do it mistake may have turned out to
better.” be prophetic. If the winning
Learning to win — there was should continue for Washington,
the burgundy blur of wide Thursday’s will be Rivera’s first
receiver Terry McLaurin, chasing signature win, a blowout on the
Cowboys linebacker Jaylon scoreboard that marks a turning
Smith down the AT&T Stadium point he has been seeking for
sideline, trying to keep Smith weeks.
from a certain touchdown after A hard road looms with a
he had intercepted an Alex Smith game at undefeated Pittsburgh
pass near midfield. Washington in 10 days and one at San
was up, 20-13, and Jaylon Smith Francisco a week later. But in the
was about to tie the score until NFC East, which probably will
McLaurin — after sprinting not be won by a team with a
almost 50 yards — lunged at the RON JENKINS/ASSOCIATED PRESS
winning record, Washington’s
racing Smith, tackling him at the Tight end Logan Thomas (82) and running back J.D. McKissic (41) celebrate Thomas’s touchdown catch Thursday against the Cowboys. back-to-back wins have given it
Washington 4-yard line. what a racing Terry McLaurin
Learning to win — there was “It gave our team a chance,” cries rattled around the empty of the other team’s misfortune others shouldn’t be difficult to did when he ran down Jaylon
Washington’s defense on that 4- Rivera said of McLaurin’s chase stands. And Dallas, already and turned those advantages grasp. Smith: a chance.
yard line, trying to keep Dallas and tackle. “That’s all you need without quarterback Dak into wins in back-to-back games “We’re capitalizing when we And that’s something
from tying the score, stopping to do — give the team a chance.” Prescott, lost both of its starting has to feel especially good. need to capitalize,” running back Washington didn’t have just five
running back Ezekiel Elliot, Perhaps they don’t seem like tackles in the game’s early Football rarely is a game of Antonio Gibson said. days ago, when a young team
stopping wide receiver CeeDee much, these beatings of the minutes Thursday. beauty. The teams that gain from Change was coming on the was still grappling to understand
Lamb, knocking the ball away in Bengals and the Cowboys. But for a Washington team someone else’s affliction are night Washington last slumped that simplest of phrases forever
the end zone, forcing a field goal Cincinnati was never the same that couldn’t win after those that often win most. For from this building, as 47-16 losers uttered by its new coach:
but slicing the heart from Sunday after Burrow fell to the dominating second halves at the years, teams have benefited from in what would become the final “learning to win.”
whatever hope Dallas might have turf at FedEx Field, holding his New York Giants and Detroit, the Washington’s calamities. Rivera’s game played under its old name. Sometimes it’s not that hard.
had. knee, screaming so loud that his fact that it has taken advantage message of doing the same to By then, team owner Daniel les.carpenter@washpost.com
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NFL WEEK 12
TOTAL NET 1 2 3 4 FINAL
S CORIN G

Washington 7 10 3 21 41
YARDS

FIRST QUARTER
x

Dallas: FG Zuerlein 33, 8:30. Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards,

Dallas 3 10 3 0 16
4:38. Key play: Elliott 8 run on third and one.
Washington: Gibson 5 run (Hopkins kick), 1:37. Drive: 12
plays, 75 yards, 6:53. Key play: Barber 2 run on third and
one.
x

SECOND QUARTER
Dallas: Cooper 54 pass from Dalton (Zuerlein kick), 14:08.
Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:29. Key play: Dalton 10 pass to
Cooper.
Washington: FG Hopkins 23, 7:13. Drive: 14 plays, 67
yards, 6:55. Key play: Johnson kick return to Washington
28.
Washington: L.Thomas 5 pass from Smith (Hopkins kick),
2:26. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards, 2:51. Key play: Gibson 10
run.
Dallas: FG Zuerlein 32, :19. Drive: 10 plays, 61 yards, 2:07.
Key play: Dalton 9 pass to Gallup on third and 10.
THIRD QUARTER
WASH DAL Washington: FG Hopkins 36, 10:48. Drive: 6 plays, 15
338 247 yards, 3:29. Key play: Smith 15 pass to Inman.
Dallas: FG Zuerlein 28, 2:32. Drive: 4 plays, -6 yards, 1:38.
66 plays 57 plays Key play: J.Smith 43 interception return to Washington 4.
5.1 avg. 4.3 avg. FOURTH QUARTER
Washington: Gibson 23 run (Hopkins kick), 12:07. Drive: 1
play, 23 yards, 00:06.
Washington: Gibson 37 run (Hopkins kick), 3:31. Drive: 10
plays, 76 yards, 5:50. Key play: Barber 15 run on third and
NET PASSING one.
YARDS Washington: Sweat 15 interception return (Hopkins
kick), 3:24.
Attendance: 30,048.
Washington Cowboys
First downs ........................................ 22 13
x

Rushing ............................................. 14 6
Passing ................................................ 6 6
x

Penalty ................................................ 2 1
Third-down efficiency..................... 7-13 4-13
Fourth-down eff. .............................. 1-1 1-4
Total net yards ................................ 338 247
Total plays ......................................... 66 57
Average gain .................................... 5.1 4.3
Net yards rushing ............................ 182 60
Rushes ............................................... 36 18
Average per rush............................... 5.1 3.3
WASH DAL Net yards passing ............................ 156 187
Sacked-Yards lost........................... 3-21 4-28
156 187 Gross-Yards passing ....................... 177 215
27 att. 35 att. Completed-Att. ............................ 20-27
Had Intercepted .................................. 1
25-35
1
5.2 avg. 4.8 avg. Yards-Pass play ................................ 5.2 4.8
Kickoffs-End zone-TB .................. 8-8-8 5-3-3
Punts-Average ............................ 2-58.5 2-55.0
Total return yardage ......................... 71 52
Punt returns ................................... 2-15 1-9
NET RUSHING Kickoff returns ............................... 2-41 0-0
Interceptions .................................. 1-15 1-43
YARDS Penalties-Yards ............................. 5-53 5-45
Fumbles-Lost ................................... 0-0 1-1
Time of possession ...................... 35:56 24:04

RUSHING
x

Washington: Gibson 20-115, Barber 11-57, McKissic 1-6,

Thomas 1-3, Smith 3-1.
TOM PENNINGTON/GETTY IMAGES Dallas: Elliott 10-32, Dalton 3-17, Pollard 4-12, C.Wilson
1-(minus 1).
A Cowboys fan exudes dismay after visiting Washington dismantled Dallas on Thanksgiving to sweep the season series 2-0. PASSING
x

Washington: Smith 19-26-1-149, Thomas 1-1-0-28.

Dallas: Dalton 25-35-1-215.
RECEIVING
WASH DAL
Washington drives Cowboys drives Washington: McLaurin 7-92, Gibson 5-21, Thomas 4-20,
182 60 McKissic 2-21, Inman 1-15, S.Sims 1-8.
Dallas: Cooper 6-112, Gallup 6-41, Schultz 5-24, Lamb
36 att. 18 att. Time How ball Drive Number Net Last Drive Time How ball Drive Number Net Last Drive 5-21, Pollard 2-10, Elliott 1-7.
5.1 avg. 3.3 avg. received obtained degan of plays yards snap result received obtained began of plays yards snap result PUNT RETURNS
1 15:00 Kickoff WAS 25 3 -4 WAS 21 Punt 1 13:08 Punt DAL 28 11 57 WAS 15 Field goal Washington: S.Sims 2-15.
Dallas: Lamb 1-9.
2 8:30 Kickoff WAS 25 12 75 DAL 5 Touchdown 2 1:37 Kickoff DAL 25 5 75 DAL 46 Touchdown
KICKOFF RETURNS
TIME OF 3 14:08 Kickoff WAS 28 14 67 DAL 5 Field goal 3 7:13 Kickoff DAL 25 4 -6 DAL 34 Downs
Washington: Johnson 2-41.
POSSESSION 4 5:17 Downs DAL 19 5 19 DAL 5 Touchdown 4 2:26 Kickoff DAL 25 10 61 WAS 14 Field goal Dallas: None.
5 0:19 Kickoff WAS 25 1 -1 WAS 25 End of half 5 15:00 Kickoff DAL 25 2 8 DAL 31 Fumble TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS
6 14:17 Fumble DAL 33 6 15 DAL 18 Field goal 6 10:48 Kickoff DAL 25 5 12 DAL 37 Punt Washington: Holcomb 6-4-.5, Curl 5-3-0, Bostic 4-3-0,
Moreland 4-1-0, Apke 3-0-0, Young 2-0-1, Darby 2-0-0,
x

7 7:42 Punt WAS 5 9 45 50 Interception 7 4:10 Intercetion WAS 4 4 -6 WAS 10 Field goal
x

Davis 2-0-0, Fuller 2-0-0, Allen 1-3-0, Reaves 1-0-1, Settle

WASH DAL 8 2:32 Kickoff WAS 29 3 2 WAS 31 Punt 8 0:31 Punt DAL 12 7 11 DAL 24 Downs 1-0-1, Hudson 1-0-0, Payne 0-3-.5, Sweat 0-2-0, Hamilton
0-1-0, Luke 0-1-0.
35:56 24:04 9 12:13 Downs DAL 23 1 23 DAL 23 Touchdown 9 12:07 Kickoff DAL 25 5 9 DAL 34 Punt Dallas: D.Wilson 7-1-0, X.Woods 6-4-0, Awuzie 5-1-0,
10 9:21 Punt WAS 24 10 76 DAL 37 Touchdown 10 3:31 Kickoff DAL 25 1 0 DAL 25 Interception Vander Esch 4-3-0, Ra.Robinson 3-2-0, Gregory 3-0-2,
A.Smith 2-2-0, Armstrong 2-1-0, Lee 2-1-0, J.Smith 1-4-0,
11 2:08 Downs DAL 44 4 11 DAL 32 End of game 11 3:24 Kickoff DAL 25 6 19 DAL 41 Downs Lawrence 1-3-1, Lewis 1-2-0, Ankou 1-1-0, Crawford
1-0-0, Gallimore 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
Washington: Sweat 1-15.
Dallas: J.Smith 1-43.

Washington’s schedule

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LAR
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@ PIT @ SF SEA CAR @ PHI
27-17 30-15 34-20 31-17 30-10 20-19 25-3 23-20 30-27 20-9 41-16 1, Fox 4:25, Fox 1, Fox 1, CBS 1, Fox

Gibson’s rising star shines a light on Washington’s youth

tight end Logan Thomas connect-
ed for a big gain on a trick-play
Rookie running back’s pass. He stood strong in blitz pro-
three-touchdown effort tection in the third quarter to key
a third-down conversion for quar-
leads way against Dallas terback Alex Smith.
With his performance Thurs-
day, Gibson became the first play-
BY S AM F ORTIER er with 100 or more rushing yards
and three or more rushing touch-
arlington, tex. — After Anto- downs on Thanksgiving Day since
nio Gibson got the edge, after he NFL legend Barry Sanders in 1997.
knew he could outrace the de- Gibson’s first touchdown illus-
fense to the pylon, he allowed trated his growth as a power back.
himself a glance back. The rookie In Week 1, the team used Peyton
running back saw Dallas Cowboys Barber almost exclusively in
safety Donovan Wilson giving short-yardage situations; but
chase. In moments such as these, now, it leaned on Gibson, and he
when he is putting the exclama- plowed into the end zone to give
tion point on a win, Gibson usual- Washington a lead it would never
ly flashed the peace sign. But this relinquish. He clinched it early in
time, he switched the ball from his the fourth quarter when the Cow-
right hand to his left and waved, a boys tried a disastrous fake punt
farewell to the Cowboys, a hello to deep in their own territory and
the national TV audience and a Gibson turned around to deliver a
swaggering statement about 23-yard touchdown on the first
what this team believes it can be. play of Washington’s next posses-
For all its miscues and mis- sion.
takes, the Washington Football “He’s still growing,” Rivera
Team has proved to be a tough and said. “He had some really good
resilient unit — and the promise runs today — popped a couple for
finally shined through in the 41-16 touchdowns — and there’s more
Thanksgiving thumping. This [to his game]. . . . Pretty excited
was the clearest example yet that about who he’s developing into.”
Coach Ron Rivera is molding the Nine minutes later, driving to
team in the image he promised, bleed the clock, Gibson burst up
and the play of several of his the middle and into daylight, out-
young players — Gibson, wide re- running the defense again, this
ceiver Terry McLaurin, defensive time for a 39-yard backbreaking
end Montez Sweat — illustrated it. touchdown. By then, even Fox
What Gibson said after the broadcaster Joe Buck had to ad-
game perhaps best embodies the mit, “This kid’s good, man.”
mind-set of a team that, at 4-7, TOM PENNINGTON/GETTY IMAGES
“I like everything I see from
jumped into first place for the Rookie Antonio Gibson produced 136 total yards on 25 touches and was one of several first- and second-year players to buoy Washington. Antonio Gibson,” agreed Troy Aik-
NFC East. man, Buck’s broadcast partner
“Our record isn’t the best; our pose yards, including a 50-yard SMU game put me on the map.” paid running back, and put him in tremely dependent on running and former Cowboys quarter-
conference isn’t the best; but receiving touchdown, a 78-yard Since then, no one embodies the running backs room full time. backs, turning check-downs into back.
we’re still in it,” Gibson said. “That rushing touchdown and a 97-yard the progress and maturation of Early in the year, Gibson looked first downs. Afterward, a few young players
gives us hope. If we can make the kickoff return touchdown. He the team better than Gibson. like a wide receiver playing run- On Thursday, Gibson’s prog- mingled on the field. Wide receiv-
playoffs, why not?” couldn’t believe the symmetry, Washington drafted Gibson in the ning back. He missed holes; he ress was evident. He proved too er Steven Sims Jr. and linebacker
After a career day — 25 touches, another breakout game on an- third round as a project, a young misjudged linemen; he confused tough for one tackler in the run- Cole Holcomb, two important sec-
136 yards, three touchdowns — other national stage against an- weapon who had played a little protections. Slowly, though, he ning game and too slippery for ond-year players, were close by.
Gibson couldn’t help but think other team from Dallas. running back and a little receiver made strides. His role expanded, Cowboys linebacker Leighton Gibson lingered for a moment,
back to November 2019. He was at “It’s the story of my life,” he in two seasons in the Football and he lined up in two-back for- Vander Esch to cover one-on-one too, looking around, soaking in
Memphis, and he set a school said. “Every time the spotlight Bowl Subdivision. Rivera com- mations with J.D. McKissic. He in the passing game. He earned the career day, standing on the
record against then-No. 14 South- come on, it seems like God’s al- pared him to Carolina’s Christian used his athleticism to help the the respect of the Cowboys, help- star.
ern Methodist with 386 all-pur- ways watching on me. . . . The McCaffrey, the league’s highest- Air Coryell-based offense, ex- ing attract the defense before sam.fortier@washpost.com
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TA KEA W A Y S TOD AY’S COLLEGE F OOTBALL GAMES ON TV

Excerpted from EARLY SHIFT

washingtonpost.com/sports Gibson runs wild Winning field position Injuries dog Dallas Noon No. 13 Iowa State at No. 17 Texas » ABC
After rushing for a career-high Washington scored 17 points on The Cowboys marched right 1 Nebraska at No. 24 Iowa » Fox
128 yards on 20 carries in his three drives totaling 57 yards that down the field and took the early
Washington moves first meeting with Dallas, started on Dallas’s side of the lead on a short field goal on their Every team in the Big 12 has at least two losses, but Iowa State — whose
into playoff position Washington rookie running field. With Washington leading opening possession, but the last league title came in 1912, when it played in the Missouri Valley
Conference — sits alone atop the standings with just one loss in league
back Antonio Gibson was every 20-16 early in the fourth quarter, drive came at a cost, with left
With only its second win in 10 bit as good in his nationally the Cowboys ran a fake punt from tackle Cameron Erving and right play. Only three players nationally are averaging more rushing yards per
games against the Cowboys on televised encore. Gibson capped deep in their own territory. It was tackle Zack Martin leaving the game and only one has more touchdowns than Cyclones running back
Thanksgiving, Washington Washington’s second possession a colossal failure, and on the first game for good with injuries. Breece Hall, but Texas (Iowa State’s opponent Friday) has held two of
completed a season sweep of with a five-yard touchdown run, play of Washington’s ensuing Without two key members of its past three opponents to 64 rushing yards or fewer. Likewise, the
Dallas for the first time since 2012 and he was just getting started. drive, Gibson scored his second its already decimated offensive Longhorns lean heavily on one player, in this case quarterback Sam
and, more importantly, took over The third-round draft pick out touchdown of the game to give line, Dallas did an admirable job Ehlinger, the four-year starter who will be playing in his final home game.
sole possession of first place in of Memphis had touchdown the visitors a two-score lead. protecting quarterback Andy Ehlinger leads the team in rushing and has thrown for 1,834 yards and 22
the NFC East, at least until runs of 23 and 37 yards in the With five minutes remaining in Dalton, as rookie defensive end touchdowns with just five interceptions.
Sunday. Washington turned a fourth quarter to ice the game, the second quarter, Washington Chase Young registered
SWING SHIFT
tight game into a rout by becoming the first rookie to cornerback Ronald Darby, who Washington’s only sack in the
outscoring the Cowboys 21-0 in score three touchdowns on was burned for a touchdown by first half after the two-minute 3:30 No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 19 North Carolina » ABC
3:30 Central Florida at South Florida » ESPN
the fourth quarter and recording Thanksgiving since Randy Moss Amari Cooper earlier in the game, warning.
4 Stanford at California » Fox
its largest margin of victory caught three touchdown passes broke up a pass intended for The Cowboys had less success 4 Wyoming at UNLV » Fox Sports 1
against its biggest rival since a in the Vikings’ 46-36 win at CeeDee Lamb on fourth and short establishing the run. Ezekiel 4 Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan » CBS Sports Network
28-point win in 2005. Dallas in 1998. from the Dallas 34. After a Elliott, who managed only 45
Thursday’s game wasn’t a Gibson finished with 20 personal foul penalty on tight end yards on 12 carries against Notre Dame’s offensive line, touted as one of the nation’s best,
must-win for Washington’s carries for 115 yards against Dalton Schultz, Washington’s Washington in October, was will be down two starters against North Carolina: Right guard Tommy
playoff hopes, but it was an Dallas’s 31st-ranked rushing offense took over inside the red limited to 32 yards on 10 carries Kraemer had an appendectomy last week, and center Jarrett Patterson
important one. Washington defense and also had five zone, and Alex Smith threw a Thursday. Elliott lost his fifth suffered a season-ending foot injury in the Fighting Irish’s last game vs.
improved to 4-7 and has its first catches for 21 yards. He has touchdown pass to Logan fumble of the season on Dallas’s Boston College. This could pose a problem for a team that values ball
winning streak of the season, but eight touchdowns in his past Thomas five plays later. first drive of the second half, control (Notre Dame averages just more than 34 minutes of possession,
the schedule is about to get a five games and 11 for the season, Meanwhile, Dallas settled for a which led to a Washington field tops among Power Five conference teams that have played at least six
whole lot tougher. Washington which leaves him two field goal while trailing 20-13 late goal. On the next series, Elliott’s games) and running the ball (233.5 yards per game, tied for 14th
will face the Steelers, 49ers and touchdowns shy of tying Alfred in the third quarter after longest run of the game was
nationally). The Tar Heels, who average the exact same rushing yards per
Seahawks over the next three Morris for the franchise rookie linebacker Jaylon Smith negated by a holding penalty.
game as the Irish, could get a number of players back from injury,
weeks before ending the season record. With Morgan Moses intercepted a pass and returned it Washington finished with
with games against the Panthers starting at left tackle and David to the Washington 4-yard line. three sacks, and Montez Sweat including spectacularly named cornerback Storm Duck.
and Eagles. Washington is a half- Sharpe at right tackle for the Terry McLaurin hustled to make a capped the scoring with an NIGHT SHIFT
game ahead of 3-6-1 Philadelphia, second straight week, touchdown-saving tackle on the interception return for a 7 No. 15 Oregon at Oregon State » ESPN
which hosts the Seahawks on Washington rushed for 182 pick, which was the play of the touchdown.
Monday night. yards on 36 carries. game at the time. — Scott Allen — Matt Bonesteel

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

No. 1 Bulldogs give Few

his 600th career victory
ability to get the break and run.”
GONZAGA 102, Illinois shot 60 percent (36 for
KANSAS 90 60) from the field and 39 percent
(7 of 18) from three-point range.
Xavier Johnson led Chicago
F ROM NEWS SERVICES State (0-2) with 10 points. Jordan
AND STAFF REPORTS Polynice had nine.
l WEST VIRGINIA 78, VCU
Coach Mark Few and Gonzaga 66: The Mountaineers missed
keep reaching new heights. their first 10 shots of the game.
While the top-ranked Bulldogs They still raced to a 13-0 lead over
opened their season with a 102-90 the Rams.
victory over No. 6 Kansas in Fort Derek Culver had 23 points and
Myers, Fla., Few won his 600th 15 rebounds to help No. 15 West
game. Virginia beat Virginia Common-
“I got an ice shower in the wealth in the Crossover Classic
locker, which I didn’t expect,” said semifinals in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Few, who has been at Gonzaga “I try to play hard on the defen-
since 1999. “[Kansas Coach] Bill sive end, and the offense was just
[Self ] and I set this up for a big going to follow,” Culver said. “I
college basketball game on just ended up getting in there and
Thanksgiving Day before the playing hard.”
Cowboys game. That’s why we West Virginia (2-0) will face
love college basketball. There’s a Western Kentucky in the finals
lot more games like this coming Friday.
across the season.” “That’s the neat thing about a
Drew Timme scored 25 points, tournament like this,” West Vir-
Jalen Suggs had 24 and Corey ginia Coach Bob Huggins said.
Kispert added 23 as No. 1 Gonzaga “Three games in three days with
pulled away for a statement win. three different styles of play, three
“We’re not that experienced of different styles of coaching.”
a team coming back,” Few said. Culver rebounded from a sev-
“We needed Drew and Corey en-point game Wednesday night PHOTOS BY KATHERINE FREY/THE WASHINGTON POST

against a high-, high-level team. in the Mountaineers’ opening vic- Guard Ashley Owusu, the Big Ten freshman of the year last season, spent the offseason working on her three-point and midrange shooting.
We needed their experience and tory over South Dakota State,
toughness.” finishing two shy of his career
The Bulldogs built a double-
digit lead in the first half at the
Fort Myers Tip-Off, then saw the
Jayhawks tie it twice in the sec-
high. He was 8 of 14 from the field.
Sean McNeil added 16 points,
and Oscar Tshiebwe had 11 points
and 16 rebounds.
Maryland reloads with talented scorers
ond half before putting them Nah’Shon Hyland led the Rams
away. Gonzaga went on a 22-7 run (1-1) with 13 points. MARYLAND FROM D1
to go up 96-78. VCU missed its first nine shots,
Self said he believes the Bull- finally scoring on a goaltending lot to talk more and say what I see
dogs are as talented as the Ken- call midway through the first half. and different stuff like that. . . . I
tucky team in 2014-15 that went The Rams rallied with a full-court don’t look at [sophomore year] as
38-0 before losing to Wisconsin in press and cut it to two with five pressure. I just look at it as this is
the Final Four. minutes left in the half. what I prepared for and this is
“I thought we played a great West Virginia had 21 turnovers. what I worked hard for. So I’m
team,” he said. “They have four just going to go out and play my
guards who I think will be the Maker debuts as Bison fall game and show everyone what
best guards we’ll play all year.” Heralded five-star recruit I’m capable of. We’re pretty much,
Suggs, who got in foul trouble Makur Maker scored 11 points basically, a new team. So we know
in the first half, scored 17 of his 24 and grabbed eight rebounds in that and know we have to jell
points in the second half. his debut with the Bison, but together and just be prepared for
“I played patient, picked my Howard committed 17 turnovers whatever happens.”
spots, picked my moments,” and missed eight of 13 free throws With talent coming in from all
Suggs said. and fell to Belmont, 95-78, in their directions, the most intrigue may
Few said Suggs was special. season opener in the Paradise center on Reese. The Baltimore
“And he’s so good to coach,” he Jam Tournament at the Walter E. native is the highest-ranked in-
added. Washington Convention Center. coming freshman in program his-
Marcus Garrett led Kansas Thomas Weaver led the Bison tory, and ESPN ranked her the
with 22 points, and Ochai Agbaji with 14 points and five assists. No. 1 wing in the country. She
added 17 points. Agbai picked up Jacobi Wood led the Bruins averaged 18 points, 20 rebounds
his fourth foul midway through with 21 points. and five assists in her high school
the second half, which hurt the l GEORGE MASON 66, career at St. Frances Academy. At
Jayhawks. When he left, Kansas QUEENS (N.C.) 65: Javon 6-foot-3, she is a problem in the
trailed 70-67. Greene scored a game-high 19 post with good footwork and an
“We needed Ochai out there,” points, but the Patriots commit- aggressive disposition, but she
Self said. “We’re not deep enough ted 18 turnovers, were out- also can put the ball on the floor
to make up for him.” rebounded by 12 and had to hold from the perimeter and knock
l ILLINOIS 97, CHICAGO on to beat the Royals, a Division II down jumpers. Her length is an
STATE 38: Ayo Dosunmu scored power from Charlotte, in the Par- asset on the defensive end.
22 points, freshman Andres Cur- adise Jam Tournament in the sea- Physical skills are one thing,
belo added 18, and the eighth- son opener for both teams. . . . but Frese raved about Reese’s
ranked Illini trounced the Cou- George Mason redshirt senior competitiveness. Coach Brenda Frese’s Terrapins had a legitimate shot at the NCAA championship this past season.
gars in Champaign, Ill. Ian Boyd is taking a leave of “The thing that has separated
Illinois (2-0) never trailed, absence from the program for Angel has been all the intangi- ent when she speaks. ning, competitiveness is relent- rolling with 17 consecutive wins
scoring the first nine points and personal reasons. bles,” Frese said. “I haven’t had a “I don’t really feel it,” Reese less. It’s something that you really and had a legitimate shot at win-
leading 47-17 at halftime. Big man l SAN FRANCISCO 79, freshman come in with the lead- said. “I understand that pressure can’t teach. I know I’m going to go ning the NCAA tournament be-
Kofi Cockburn had 13 points and TOWSON 68: Jamaree Bouyea ership qualities, the vocal-ness, that I do get, but it felt like a clean hard every single day. Whatever fore the coronavirus pandemic
five rebounds at the break. scored 20 points and Dzmitry the confidence that this freshman fresh start when I got here be- sacrifice Coach tells me I have to ended last season early. The Terps
Adam Miller scored 15 points, Ryuny had 18 points and 10 re- Angel has come in with.” cause my teammates are pushing make, I’m willing to do.” can’t exactly pick up where they
and Cockburn finished with 14 bounds to lead the Dons past the That’s a strong statement from me every day. Nobody really re- The Terrapins begin the season left off after so much roster turn-
points and 11 rebounds. It was Tigers in Uncasville, Conn. a coach who has been named minds me about being the No. 2 in the “Beach Bubble” at the Gulf over, but Frese pointed out that
Cockburn’s 14th double-double in Damari Milstead added 11 Associated Press coach of the [recruit in the nation]. That was Coast Showcase in Estero, Fla., one thing doesn’t change at Mary-
34 career games. He had one points and Samba Kane had 10 year, has won a national champi- in high school. I have a fresh start, with games against Davidson land — and that’s why she’s not
more rebound than the entire points for San Francisco (1-1). onship and consistently sends and this is a new thing for me. I (Friday), No. 24 Missouri State concerned.
Chicago State team. Khalil Shabazz, who scored 31 players to the WNBA. Reese have to rebrand myself and re- (Saturday) and No. 14 Arkansas “When you sign up to come to
The Illini used their huge re- points in the opener, was held to doesn’t shy from the expecta- make myself. It’s just a fresh start. (Sunday). They return home to Maryland,” she said, “you know
bounding edge (55-10) to fuel five points on 2-of-11 shooting. tions, and she spent the offseason . . . I don’t really feel the pressure host Towson, Coppin State and it’s about winning and champion-
their running game. Zane Martin had 25 points for trying to improve her condition- like that. I just feel so confi- Mount St. Mary’s during the first ships and you want to do it at the
“Definitely rebounding is key the Tigers (0-2). Nicolas Timber- ing while knowing she may play dent. . . . eight days of December before highest level. If you had the op-
and will be through the end of the lake added 12 points, and Victor big minutes and will be counted “Of course I’m going to have to starting Big Ten play. portunity to come into our prac-
season,” Illinois Coach Brad Un- Uyaelunmo had 11 points and 10 on to score. That confidence Frese score, but I know my rebounding There’s a bit of unfinished busi- tices, we’re competing for titles.”
derwood said. “It gives us that rebounds. mentioned is immediately appar- ability is relentless and my win- ness for Maryland, which was kareem.copeland@washpost.com
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Tomorrow PRO FO O TB A L L COLLEGE BAS K ETBALL S OCCER

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NFL NCAA men W. Kentucky 75, Memphis 69 MLS playoffs
Noon Vanderbilt at Missouri » SEC Network NFC WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS W. KENTUCKY (2-0)
PLAY-IN ROUND
EAST C.Williams 5-8 2-3 14, Bassey 8-13 4-6 21, Anderson 2-6
Noon Ohio State at Illinois » Fox Sports 1 EAST W L T PCT. PF PA 2-2 6, Cooper 1-4 5-7 8, Hollingsworth 6-11 4-4 18, EASTERN CONFERENCE
Washington .................. 4 7 0 .364 241 243 Army 93, United States Merchant Marine Academy 32
Noon Kentucky at Florida » ESPN Georgetown 70, UMBC 62
Frampton 1-6 0-0 3, McKnight 0-3 2-2 2, Rawls 1-2 0-0 3, FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Philadelphia .................. 3 6 1 .350 220 254 Osawe 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-54 19-24 75.
Noon Maryland at Indiana » ESPN2, WTEM (570 AM) N.Y. Giants .................... 3 7 0 .300 195 236 Maryland 85, Old Dominion 67 MEMPHIS (1-1) at New England 2, Montreal 1
Mass.-Lowell 76, San Francisco 68 at Nashville SC 3, Inter Miami CF 0
Noon Texas Tech at Oklahoma State » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45) Dallas ............................ 3 8 0 .273 251 359
Navy 78, George Washington 71
Jeffries 3-9 0-0 6, Cisse 3-6 0-0 6, Lomax 2-5 1-2 5, Nolley
9-17 1-1 25, Quinones 1-5 2-4 5, Ellis 5-13 2-4 14, Baugh FIRST ROUND
Noon Penn State at Michigan » WJLA (Ch. 7), WMAR (Ch. 2) New Hampshire 93, Keene State 54 3-6 0-0 6, Dandridge 1-4 0-0 2, Thomas 0-1 0-0 0,
SOUTH W L T PCT. PF PA Providence 97, Fairfield 56
Noon Bowling Green at Ohio » ESPNU New Orleans ................. 8 2 0 .800 295 222 Hardaway 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-66 6-11 69. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Quinnipiac 84, Fairleigh Dickinson 66 Halftime_Memphis 35-34. 3-Point Goals_W. Ken- SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Noon Kent State at Buffalo » CBS Sports Network Tampa Bay .................... 7 4 0 .636 320 253 Rutgers 86, Sacred Heart 63
Carolina ......................... 4 7 0 .364 253 272 tucky 8-21 (C.Williams 2-3, Hollingsworth 2-4, at Orlando City 1, New York City FC 1 (Orlando City
Noon North Carolina State at Syracuse » ACC Network St. Francis (Pa.) 80, Pittsburgh 70 Bassey 1-2, Rawls 1-2, Cooper 1-3, Frampton 1-6, advances in shootout, 6-5)
Atlanta .......................... 3 7 0 .300 252 275 St. John’s 76, St. Peter’s 75
3 p.m. North Texas at Texas San Antonio » MASN2 Anderson 0-1), Memphis 9-20 (Nolley 6-10, Ellis 2-6, at Columbus 3, New York 2
UConn 102, CCSU 75 Quinones 1-2, Jeffries 0-1, Thomas 0-1). Fouled
3:30 p.m. Auburn at Alabama » WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13) NORTH W L T PCT. PF PA Villanova 76, Boston College 67 TUESDAY’S RESULTS
Out_Lomax, Nolley, Quinones. Rebounds_W. Ken-
Green Bay ..................... 7 3 0 .700 308 258 Virginia 89, Towson 54 tucky 42 (Bassey 14), Memphis 28 (Jeffries 10). Nashville 1, at Toronto 0 (OT)
3:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Clemson » WJLA (Ch. 7), WMAR (Ch. 2) Chicago ......................... 5 5 0 .500 191 209 West Virginia 79, S. Dakota St. 71 New England 2, at Philadelphia 0
Assists_W. Kentucky 12 (Cooper 4), Memphis 15
3:30 p.m. Northwestern at Michigan State » ESPN Minnesota ..................... 4 6 0 .400 264 278 (Lomax, Nolley 4). Total Fouls_W. Kentucky 15,
Detroit .......................... 4 7 0 .364 252 328 SOUTH WESTERN CONFERENCE
3:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee » CBS Sports Network Memphis 23. SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Alabama 81, Jacksonville St. 57
4 p.m. San Jose State at Boise State » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45) WEST W L T PCT. PF PA Appalachian St. 81, SC State 61 at Sporting KC 3, San Jose 3 (Sporting KC advances in
Chattanooga 99, Lander 63 shootout, 3-0)
4 p.m. Mississippi State at Mississippi » SEC Network L.A. Rams ...................... 7 3 0 .700 243 192
at Minnesota United 3, Colorado 0
Seattle .......................... 7 3 0 .700 318 287 Clemson 53, Mississippi St. 42
4 p.m. Rutgers at Purdue » Fox Sports 1 Arizona ......................... 6 4 0 .600 287 238 Davidson 82, High Point 73 at Portland 3, Dallas 3, (FC Dallas advances in shootout,
4 p.m. Louisville at Boston College » ACC Network San Francisco ................ 4 6 0 .400 238 234 E. Kentucky 80, North Florida 67 Boston College 69, 8-7)

7 p.m. LSU at Texas A&M » ESPN AFC

Elon 82, NC Wesleyan 52
Florida Gulf Coast 65, Florida A&M 56
Rhode Island 64 TUESDAY’S RESULT
at Seattle 3, Los Angeles FC 1
7 p.m. Kansas State at Baylor » ESPN2 Georgia St. 123, Georgia Tech 120, 4OT BOSTON COLLEGE (1-1)
EAST W L T PCT. PF PA Jacksonville 99, Coastal Georgia 57 Felder 2-3 4-8 9, S.Mitchell 6-10 1-5 15, Ashton-Langford CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
7 p.m. Duke at Georgia Tech » MASN Buffalo .......................... 7 3 0 .700 272 265 James Madison 89, Limestone 55 2-5 0-0 4, Langford 2-6 3-4 7, Tabbs 4-11 7-10 16, Kelly
7 p.m. Memphis at Navy » CBS Sports Network, WFED (1500 AM) Miami ............................ 6 4 0 .600 264 202 Kennesaw St. 87, Carver 40 3-8 4-5 11, Scott 1-2 1-2 4, Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Kraljevic EASTERN CONFERENCE
New England ................. 4 6 0 .400 209 238 Kentucky 81, Morehead St. 45 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 21-50 20-34 69. SUNDAY’S MATCHES
7:30 p.m. Georgia at South Carolina » SEC Network N.Y. Jets ....................... 0 10 0 .000 149 302 RHODE ISLAND (0-2) Game 1: New England at Orlando City, 3
Louisville 79, Evansville 44
7:30 p.m. Utah at Washington » WJLA (Ch. 7), WMAR (Ch. 2) Mercer 79, North Georgia 48 Walker 2-5 0-0 4, Makhi.Mitchell 3-6 0-3 6, Carey 3-6 2-4 Game 2: Nashville at Columbus, 8
8 p.m. TCU at Kansas » Fox Sports 1 SOUTH W L T PCT. PF PA Mount St. Mary’s 62, Morgan St. 55 8, Russell 9-20 3-4 23, Sheppard 4-9 2-2 10, Johnson 2-4
N. Kentucky 74, Ball St. 73 0-0 5, Leggett 3-4 1-2 7, Martin 0-2 0-0 0, Makhe.Mitch- WESTERN CONFERENCE
Indianapolis .................. 7 3 0 .700 276 208
8 p.m. Troy at Appalachian State » ESPNU Tennessee ..................... 7 3 0 .700 279 259 NC State 95, Charleston Southern 61 ell 0-1 1-3 1. Totals 26-57 9-18 64. TUESDAY’S MATCH
8 p.m. Arizona at UCLA » WTTG (Ch. 5), WBFF (Ch. 45) Houston ........................ 4 7 0 .364 268 297 North Carolina 79, Coll. of Charleston 60 Halftime_Rhode Island 31-30. 3-Point Goals_Boston Dallas at Seattle, 9:30
Jacksonville .................. 1 9 0 .100 202 298 South Alabama 68, FAU 66 College 7-22 (S.Mitchell 2-4, Kraljevic 1-1, Scott 1-1, WEDNESDAY’S MATCH
8 p.m. Virginia at Florida State » ACC Network, WRC (570 AM) South Florida 94, Florida College 84 Felder 1-2, Kelly 1-4, Tabbs 1-5, Ashton-Langford 0-2, Minnesota United at Sporting KC, 9
NORTH W L T PCT. PF PA UAB 99, Alcorn St. 50 Williams 0-3), Rhode Island 3-18 (Russell 2-8, Johnson
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Pittsburgh ................... 10 0 0 1.000 298 174 UALR 71, Prairie View 66 1-3, Carey 0-1, Martin 0-2, Sheppard 0-4). Fouled CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Cleveland ...................... 7 3 0 .700 238 261 VMI 90, St. Andrews 63 Out_Makhe.Mitchell. Rebounds_Boston College 32 SUNDAY, DEC. 6
Noon North Dakota State at Nebraska » Big Ten Network Virginia Tech 77, Radford 62 (Tabbs 10), Rhode Island 28 (Makhi.Mitchell 7). As- Game 1: Teams TBD, 3
Baltimore ...................... 6 4 0 .600 268 195
4 p.m. Hall of Fame Classic, semifinal: South Carolina vs. Liberty » ESPNews Cincinnati ...................... 2 7 1 .250 213 270 W. Carolina 98, UNC-Wilmington 76 sists_Boston College 9 (Kelly 3), Rhode Island 7 (Walker, Game 2: Teams TBD, 6:30
Wake Forest 111, Delaware St. 51 Russell 2). Total Fouls_Boston College 21, Rhode Island
6 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Minnesota » Big Ten Network Wofford 88, Toccoa Falls 49 27. MLS CUP
8 p.m. Notre Dame at Michigan State » Big Ten Network WEST W L T PCT. PF PA
Kansas City ................... 9 1 0 .900 321 214 MIDWEST SATURDAY, DEC. 12
Las Vegas ...................... 6 4 0 .600 286 276 Teams TBD, 8
SOCCER Austin Peay 72, Nebraska-Omaha 66
Denver ........................... 4 6 0 .400 206 267
L.A. Chargers ................ 3 7 0 .300 260 273
Bradley 61, Toledo 59
Butler 66, W. Michigan 62
Nevada 69, Nebraska 66
10 a.m. English Premier League: Burnley at Manchester City » NBC Sports Network
WEEK 12 Colorado 84, South Dakota 61 NEVADA (2-0)
10:15 a.m. Spanish La Liga: Atlético Madrid at Valencia » beIN Sports Drake 80, Kansas St. 70 Hymes 2-3 4-4 8, Washington 1-1 0-2 2, Cambridge 7-17
12:30 p.m. English Premier League: Leeds United at Everton » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11) THURSDAY’S GAMES Illinois 122, NC A&T 60 2-2 18, Milling 2-3 0-1 4, Sherfield 4-13 9-12 19, Coleman English Premier League
Indiana 89, Tennessee Tech 59 2-3 0-1 5, Robinson 1-2 0-0 2, Meeks 4-6 0-0 8,
12:30 p.m. Spanish La Liga: Sevilla at Huesca » beIN Sports Washington 41, at Dallas 16
Iowa 97, NC Central 67 Huseinovic 1-2 0-0 3, Henry 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-50 15-22
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Houston 41, at Detroit 25 Tottenham....................... 9 6 2 1 21 9 20
3 p.m. English Premier League: Sheffield United at West Brom » NBC Sports Network Marquette 99, Ark.-Pine Bluff 57 69. Liverpool .......................... 9 6 2 1 21 16 20
SUNDAY’S GAMES Miami (Ohio) 81, North Dakota 67 NEBRASKA (1-1)
3 p.m. Spanish La Liga: Alavés at Real Madrid » beIN Sports Michigan 96, Bowling Green 82
Chelsea ............................ 9 5 3 1 22 10 18
Mayen 2-9 1-3 7, Allen 3-11 9-13 17, Banton 6-17 3-4 18, Leicester .......................... 9 6 0 3 18 12 18
Arizona (-21/2) at New England, 1 Michigan St. 83, E. Michigan 67 McGowens 0-5 0-0 0, Thorbjarnarson 0-4 0-0 0, Steven-
GOLF Southampton................... 9 5 2 2 17 13 17
Carolina at Minnesota (-31/2), 1 Minnesota 99, Green Bay 69 son 3-5 3-3 9, Webster 4-10 3-4 13, Ouedraogo 0-1 2-3 2. Everton ............................ 9 5 1 3 19 16 16
Cleveland (-61/2) at Jacksonville, 1 Missouri 91, Oral Roberts 64 Totals 18-62 21-30 66. Aston Villa....................... 8 5 0 3 19 11 15
5 a.m. European Tour: Alfred Dunhill Championship, third round » Golf Channel Nebraska 102, McNeese St. 55 Halftime_Nevada 35-29. 3-Point Goals_Nevada 6-21
L.A. Chargers at Buffalo (-51/2), 1 West Ham........................ 9 4 2 3 15 10 14
12:30 p.m. Ladies European Tour: Spanish Open, third round » Golf Channel Las Vegas (-3) at Atlanta, 1 Nevada 62, N. Dakota St. 48 (Sherfield 2-4, Cambridge 2-11, Coleman 1-2, Hu- Wolverhampton .............. 9 4 2 3 9 10 14
Miami (-7) at N.Y. Jets, 1 Ohio 84, Chicago St. 61 seinovic 1-2, Meeks 0-2), Nebraska 9-41 (Banton Man United ...................... 8 4 1 3 13 14 13
AUTO RACING Ohio St. 94, Illinois St. 67 3-11, Webster 2-6, Allen 2-7, Mayen 2-9, Stevenson Crystal Palace.................. 9 4 1 4 12 13 13
N.Y. Giants (-6) at Cincinnati, 1 Purdue 77, Liberty 64 0-1, McGowens 0-3, Thorbjarnarson 0-4). Fouled Arsenal ............................ 9 4 1 4 9 10 13
Tennessee at Indianapolis (-3), 1 Saint Louis 89, SIU-Edwardsville 52
6 a.m. Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix, practice » ESPN2 Out_Hymes. Rebounds_Nevada 47 (Robinson 9), Man City .......................... 8 3 3 2 10 11 12
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (-41/2), 1:15 W. Kentucky 93, N. Iowa 87 Nebraska 30 (Banton 7). Assists_Nevada 12 (Sher-
9 a.m. Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix, qualifying » ESPN2 Leeds ............................... 9 3 2 4 14 17 11
New Orleans (-6) at Denver, 4:05 Wisconsin 77, E. Illinois 67 field 6), Nebraska 13 (Banton 5). Total Fouls_Nevada Newcastle........................ 9 3 2 4 10 15 11
San Francisco at L.A. Rams (-61/2), 4:05 Xavier 101, Oakland 49 27, Nebraska 24. Brighton........................... 9 2 3 4 13 15 9
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Kansas City (-31/2) at Tampa Bay, 4:25 SOUTHWEST Burnley ............................ 8 1 2 5 4 12 5
Chicago at Green Bay (-71/2), 8:20 Fulham............................. 9 1 1 7 9 18 4
10 p.m. UFC Fight Night, heavyweights: Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis » ESPN Abilene Christian 70, ETSU 47 West Brom ...................... 9 0 3 6 6 18 3
MONDAY’S GAMES Arkansas 142, MVSU 62 Sheffield United .............. 9 0 1 8 4 15 1
Sunday Seattle (-5) at Philadelphia, 8:15
WEEK 13
Houston 89, Lamar 45
Oklahoma St. 75, Texas-Arlington 68
SMU 97, Sam Houston St. 67
San Francisco 79, Towson 68
SAN FRANCISCO (0-1)
FRIDAY’S MATCH
Jurkatamm 2-9 1-2 5, Kane 4-5 2-2 10, Bouyea 7-12 5-7 Crystal Palace vs. Newcastle, 3
NFL THURSDAY’S GAMES
TCU 69, Houston Baptist 45
20, Milstead 4-7 0-0 11, Shabazz 2-10 0-0 5, Ryuny 6-11
Texas 91, Rio Grande 55 SATURDAY’S MATCHES
0-0 18, Kunen 2-4 2-2 8, Visser 0-0 0-0 0, Rishwain 1-2
1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis » WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13) Dallas at Baltimore, 8:20 Texas State 98, Mary Hardin-Baylor 59
0-0 2. Totals 28-60 10-13 79. Brighton vs. Liverpool, 7:30 a.m.
Texas Tech 101, Northwestern St. 58
1 p.m. New York Giants at Cincinnati » WTTG (Ch. 5) SUNDAY’S GAMES
TOWSON (0-1) Man City vs. Burnley, 10 a.m.
FAR WEST Gray 1-4 0-0 2, V.Uyaelunmo 2-3 7-8 11, Gibson 3-9 0-3 7, Everton vs. Leeds, 12:30
1:15 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11), WIYY (97.9 FM), West Brom vs. Sheffield United, 3
Cincinnati at Miami, 1 Martin 9-17 3-5 23, Timberlake 3-10 5-5 12, Dottin 0-2
WBAL (1090 AM) Arizona St. 94, Rhode Island 88 0-0 0, Allen 2-6 0-0 4, Mims 2-4 0-0 5, Thompson 2-4 0-0
Cleveland at Tennessee, 1 BYU 108, Westminster (UT) 59 SUNDAY’S MATCHES
4:05 p.m. New Orleans at Denver » WBFF (Ch. 45) Detroit at Chicago, 1 4, S.Uyaelunmo 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-60 15-21 68.
Fresno St. 87, William Jessup 47 Halftime_San Francisco 34-30. 3-Point Goals_San Fran-
Indianapolis at Houston, 1 Southampton vs. Man United, 9 a.m.
4:25 p.m. Kansas City at Tampa Bay » WUSA (Ch. 9), WJZ (Ch. 13) Loyola Marymount 85, S. Utah 83 cisco 13-33 (Ryuny 6-11, Milstead 3-4, Kunen 2-3,
Jacksonville at Minnesota, 1 Chelsea vs. Tottenham, 11:30 a.m.
Memphis 73, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 56 Bouyea 1-4, Shabazz 1-6, Rishwain 0-1, Jurkatamm 0-4),
8:20 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay » WRC (Ch. 4), WBAL (Ch. 11), WJFK (106.7 FM) Las Vegas at N.Y. Jets, 1 Montana St. 91, UNLV 78
Arsenal vs. Wolverhampton, 2:15
Towson 5-17 (Martin 2-3, Mims 1-2, Gibson 1-3,
New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 Oregon St. 71, California 63 Timberlake 1-6, Allen 0-1, Gray 0-2). Fouled Out_Mims. MONDAY’S MATCHES
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Washington at Pittsburgh, 1 Pacific 66, UC Riverside 60 Rebounds_San Francisco 32 (Ryuny 9), Towson 35
Pepperdine 86, UC Irvine 72 Leicester vs. Fulham, 12:30
1 p.m. Richmond at Kentucky » ESPN L.A. Rams at Arizona, 4:05 (V.Uyaelunmo 10). Assists_San Francisco 16 (Bouyea West Ham vs. Aston Villa, 3
Sacramento St. 101, Bethesda 57 6), Towson 4 (Gibson, Martin 2). Total Fouls_San
N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 4:05 San Diego St. 73, UCLA 58
1 p.m. Hall of Fame Classic, third-place game: teams TBD » ESPN2 New England at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 Francisco 18, Towson 18.
Santa Clara 62, Idaho St. 49
2 p.m. Florida A&M at Georgia » SEC Network Philadelphia at Green Bay, 4:25 Seattle 84, Portland 72
2 p.m. Mount St. Mary’s at Maryland » Big Ten Network, WTEM (980 AM) Denver at Kansas City, 8:20 Southern Cal 95, California Baptist 87, OT
German Bundesliga
BYE: Carolina, Tampa Bay VCU 85, Utah St. 69
3:30 p.m. Hall of Fame Classic, final: teams TBD » ESPN2
MONDAY’S GAMES
Washington St. 56, Texas Southern 52 NCAA women GP W D L GF GA Pts
4 p.m. Hofstra at Rutgers » Big Ten Network Weber St. 88, Adams State 60 Bayern ............................. 8 6 1 1 28 12 19
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Dortmund ........................ 8 6 0 2 20 7 18
4:30 p.m. Baylor at Seton Hall » Fox Sports 1 Buffalo at San Francisco, 8:15 THURSDAY’S RESULTS EAST
EAST Leverkusen ...................... 8 5 3 0 16 9 18
4:30 p.m. North Dakota State at Creighton » Fox Sports 1 Boston College 80, New Hampshire 44 RB Leipzig........................ 8 5 2 1 16 5 17
5:30 p.m. Houston at Texas Tech » ESPN2 San Francisco 79, Towson 68 Delaware 111, Salem International 54 Union Berlin..................... 8 4 3 1 18 8 15
St. John’s 82, La Salle 65 Fordham 62, Stony Brook 58 Wolfsburg........................ 8 3 5 0 9 5 14
5:30 p.m. San Francisco at Rhode Island » ESPNU West Virginia 78, VCU 66 Monchengladbach............ 8 3 3 2 13 13 12
George Washington 53, Lincoln (Pa.) 38
6 p.m. Oakland at Michigan » Big Ten Network Texans 41, Lions 25 SOUTH Hofstra 81, Army 78
Penn State 84, Coppin State 45
Stuttgart ......................... 8
Bremen ............................ 8
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2
5
5
1
1
16
10
12
10
11
11
6 p.m. North Florida at Miami » ACC Network Auburn 96, Saint Joseph’s 91, OT Augsburg ......................... 8 3 2 3 10 11 11
TEXANS ................................. 13 10 3 15 — 41 Pittsburgh 72, George Mason 57
6 p.m. Prairie View at Louisville » MASN LIONS ....................................... 7 7 3 8 — 25 Austin Peay 67, ETSU 66 Quinnipiac 71, Providence 65 Eintracht.......................... 8 2 5 1 11 13 11
Belmont 95, Howard 78 Hoffenheim ..................... 8 2 2 4 14 15 8
8 p.m. South Florida at Virginia Tech » ESPN2, WJFK (106.7 FM) Towson 89, East Carolina 81
Hertha Berlin ................... 8 2 1 5 15 18 7
FIRST QUARTER Liberty 84, Mississippi St. 73 U-Mass. 82, Bryant 54
Nebraska-Omaha 60, Middle Tennessee 59 Villanova 70, Rider 37 Freiburg ........................... 8 1 3 4 9 19 6
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Detroit: Peterson 1 run (Prater kick), 6:54. W. Kentucky 75, Memphis 69 Mainz ............................... 8 1 1 6 10 21 4
Houston: Watt 19 interception return (kick failed), SOUTH Arminia Bielefeld ............ 8 1 1 6 5 17 4
Noon Florida at Florida State » ACC Network 4:38. MIDWEST Cologne ............................ 8 0 3 5 8 14 3
Houston: Prosise 2 pass from Watson (Fairbairn kick), Alabama 83, Samford 68
2 p.m. Georgia at Georgia Tech » ACC Network 2:58. Gonzaga 102, Kansas 90 Appalachian State 74, Charlotte 68
Schalke ............................ 8 0 3 5 5 24 3
4 p.m. Belmont at Kentucky » SEC Network Illinois 97, Chicago St. 38 Austin Peay 88, North Alabama 78 FRIDAY’S MATCH
SECOND QUARTER Nevada 69, Nebraska 66 Charleston Southern 79, Columbia International 52
4 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Notre Dame » ACC Network Ohio 84, NC A&T 72 Clemson 83, Furman 43 Wolfsburg vs. Bremen, 2:30
Detroit: Peterson 1 run (Prater kick), 12:56. Toledo 80, Oakland 53
Houston: D.Johnson 33 pass from Watson (Fairbairn Dayton 71, Morehead State 57 SATURDAY’S MATCHES
SOCCER kick), 10:18.
Xavier 51, Bradley 50 Duke 94, Longwood 64
Elon 88, Gardner-Webb 60 Dortmund vs. Cologne, 9:30 a.m.
8 a.m. Spanish La Liga: Osasuna at Barcelona » beIN Sports Houston: FG Fairbairn 42, 1:44. FAR WEST
Florida 90, Grambling State 47 RB Leipzig vs. Arminia Bielefeld, 9:30 a.m.
9 a.m. English Premier League: Manchester United at Southampton THIRD QUARTER California 86, Northwest University 61 Florida Gulf Coast 86, Florida Memorial 40 Union Berlin vs. Eintracht, 9:30 a.m.
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 66, N. Iowa 64 Georgia 83, Mercer 64 Augsburg vs. Freiburg, 9:30 a.m.
» NBC Sports Network Detroit: FG Prater 29, 7:24.
Georgia Tech 62, Georgia State 38 Stuttgart vs. Bayern, 9:30 a.m.
Houston: FG Fairbairn 26, 3:10. Monchengladbach vs. Schalke, 12:30
11 a.m. Turkish Super Lig: Besiktas at Fenerbahce » beIN Sports Jacksonville State 70, Georgia Southern 58
11:30 a.m. English Premier League: Tottenham at Chelsea » NBC Sports Network FOURTH QUARTER No. 1 Gonzaga 102, James Madison 69, Mount St. Mary’s 55
SUNDAY’S MATCHES
Kentucky 86, Murray State 60
12:30 p.m. Spanish La Liga: Granada at Celta Vigo » beIN Sports Houston: Fuller 40 pass from Watson (Coutee pass No. 6 Kansas 90 Miami 74, Jacksonville 58 Leverkusen vs. Hertha Berlin, 9:30 a.m.
from Watson), 12:09. Morgan State 67, UMBC 58 Mainz vs. Hoffenheim, noon
2:15 p.m. English Premier League: Wolverhampton at Arsenal » NBC Sports Network Houston: Fuller 34 pass from Watson (Fairbairn kick), GONZAGA (0-0)
N.C. Central 70, Campbell 65, 2OT
3 p.m. Spanish La Liga: Villarreal at Real Sociedad » beIN Sports 10:07. Kispert 8-13 4-4 23, Timme 11-15 3-4 25, Watson 1-1 0-0 FRIDAY, DEC. 4
N.C. State 93, North Florida 65
Detroit: Sanu 14 pass from Stafford (Sanu pass from 2, Ayayi 7-9 1-2 15, Suggs 9-15 4-5 24, Nembhard 3-6 4-5
3 p.m. MLS playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals: New England at Orlando SC » North Carolina 90, Radford 61 Hertha Berlin vs. Union Berlin, 2:30
Stafford), 6:32. 11, Cook 1-2 0-0 2, Ballo 0-1 0-0 0, Do.Harris 0-0 0-0 0,
SE Louisiana 99, Alcorn State 65
WJLA (Ch. 7), WMAR (Ch. 2) Attendance: 0. Strawther 0-0 0-0 0, Arlauskas 0-0 0-0 0, Zakharov 0-0
South Alabama 70, Mobile 40
0-0 0. Totals 40-62 16-20 102.
8 p.m. MLS playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals: Nashville at Columbus » ESPN TEXANS LIONS KANSAS (0-0) South Carolina 119, Coll. of Charleston 38
First Downs .......................................... 21 28 UAB 80, Edward Waters 57
McCormack 3-9 2-2 8, Wilson 5-11 1-3 11, Agbaji 5-11 5-6
UCF 60, Virginia 34
GOLF Total Net Yards ................................... 384 388 17, Braun 3-6 0-2 8, Garrett 7-9 6-7 22, Thompson 5-10
UNC Asheville 70, W. Carolina 59 COLLEGE F OOTBALL
Rushes-Yards ................................. 23-77 29-109 1-2 12, Enaruna 2-2 1-2 5, Grant-Foster 1-2 0-0 3,
5 a.m. European Tour: Alfred Dunhill Championship, final round » Golf Channel Passing ................................................ 307 279 UNC Wilmington 67, Norfolk State 47
Lightfoot 2-2 0-0 4, Da.Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Jossell 0-0 0-0 0,
Punt Returns ....................................... 0-0 0-0 Virginia Tech 85, Richmond 64
12:30 p.m. Ladies European Tour: Spanish Open, final round » Golf Channel Muscadin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-62 16-24 90. THURSDAY’S GAME
Kickoff Returns ................................. 2-34 4-90 Wofford 65, Winthrop 50
Halftime_Gonzaga 54-46. 3-Point Goals_Gonzaga 6-18
Interceptions Ret. ............................. 1-19 0-0 (Kispert 3-8, Suggs 2-3, Nembhard 1-3, Cook 0-1, MIDWEST at Utah St. 41, New Mexico 27
AUTO RACING Comp-Att-Int ............................... 17-25-0 28-43-1 Timme 0-1, Ayayi 0-2), Kansas 8-18 (Garrett 2-2,
Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 2-11 4-16 Braun 2-3, Agbaji 2-4, Grant-Foster 1-2, Thompson Bradley 84, UMKC 70 FRIDAY’S GAMES
9 a.m. Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix » ESPN2 Punts .............................................. 3-39.0 3-46.0 1-4, Wilson 0-3). Rebounds_Gonzaga 29 (Ayayi 9), Cincinnati 73, N. Kentucky 67 (OT) SOUTH
Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 1-1 3-2 Kansas 23 (McCormack 6). Assists_Gonzaga 16 Drake 75, Creighton 62 UMass (0-3) at Liberty (8-1), Noon
BOYS’ BASKETBALL Penalties-Yards .............................. 10-74 4-44 (Suggs 8), Kansas 10 (Agbaji 4). Total Fouls_Gonzaga E. Illinois 82, Illinois Chicago 71
Time Of Possession ......................... 26:16 33:44 15, Kansas 19. E. Michigan 65, S. Illinois 52 UCF (5-3) at South Florida (1-7), 3:30
1:30 p.m. Air Nado (Nev.) vs. CBC (Calif.) » ESPNU IUPUI 85, N. Illinois 61 Notre Dame (8-0) at North Carolina (6-2), 3:30
RUSHING Indiana 100, E. Kentucky 51
3 p.m. Lake Norman Christian (N.C.) vs. Oak Hill Academy (Va.) » ESPNU
Houston: D.Johnson 9-37, Watson 8-24, Prosise 5-12, Iowa State 69, Nebraska Omaha 43 MIDWEST
8:30 p.m. Team Sizzle (Minn.) vs. Storm (N.C.) » ESPNU Louisville 74, SE Missouri 53
10 p.m. Air Nado (Nev.) vs. National Spotlight (Fla.) » ESPNU
Akins 1-4.
Detroit: Peterson 15-55, Johnson 11-46, J.Williams 1-5,
No. 8 Illinois 97, Chicago St. 38 Michigan 93, Cent. Michigan 75 Nebraska (1-3) at Iowa (3-2), 1
Cent. Michigan (2-1) at E. Michigan (0-3), 4
Stafford 1-3, Cabinda 1-0. CHICAGO ST. (0-1) Ohio 76, Liberty 72
Bonds 0-1 0-0 0, Davis 3-7 1-5 7, Jones 0-4 1-3 1, A.Lewis SIU Edwardsville 66, Fort Wayne 50 SOUTHWEST
PASSING 0-0 0-0 0, I.Lewis 3-9 0-0 7, Marble 0-6 0-0 0, Demuth 2-8 Xavier 81, Detroit 73
Iowa St. (6-2) at Texas (5-2), Noon
Houston: Watson 17-25-0-318. 0-0 4, Johnson 3-8 2-2 10, Polynice 4-7 0-0 9, Whitehead SOUTHWEST
Detroit: Stafford 28-42-1-295, Agnew 0-1-0-0. 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 15-54 4-10 38. FAR WEST
ILLINOIS (1-0) Arkansas 96, Oral Roberts 49
RECEIVING Cockburn 4-6 6-9 14, Dosunmu 8-13 6-7 22, Frazier 4-7 Baylor 82, Central Arkansas 37 Stanford (0-2) at California (0-2), 4
2-2 14, Miller 5-9 3-3 15, Williams 2-2 0-1 5, Curbelo 9-13 Houston 97, Oklahoma 85 Wyoming (1-2) at UNLV (0-4), 4

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0-0 18, Grandison 1-3 0-0 2, Bezhanishvili 2-3 0-0 4, Rice 83, Houston Baptist 54
Coutee 2-17, Prosise 1-2.
Hawkins 0-1 0-0 0, Griffith 1-1 0-0 2, Hamlin 0-0 1-2 1, TCU 84, Incarnate Word 59 SATURDAY’S GAMES
Detroit: M.Jones 6-48, Hockenson 5-89, Johnson 4-52,
Lieb 0-2 0-0 0, Serven 0-0 0-0 0, Padilla 0-0 0-0 0. Totals Texas 90, SMU 51
Sanu 4-32, J.Williams 4-21, Cephus 2-27, Hall 2-16, EAST
36-60 18-24 97. Texas A&M 77, Lamar 61
James 1-10. NC State (6-3) at Syracuse (1-8), Noon
Halftime_Illinois 47-17. 3-Point Goals_Chicago St. 4-24 Texas A&M International 89, Texas A&M CC 76
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None. Illinois 7-18 (Frazier 4-7, Miller 2-5, Williams 1-1, UTEP 80, New Mexico State 76 (OT) Louisville (3-6) at Boston College (5-4), 4
Curbelo 0-1, Grandison 0-1, Hawkins 0-1, Dosunmu 0-2). UTSA 80, Sul Ross State University 37 Memphis (5-2) at Navy (3-4), 7
Fouled Out_Polynice. Rebounds_Chicago St. 8 (Marble Oklahoma (6-2) at West Virginia (5-3), ppd. (virus)

go with you everywhere 2), Illinois 52 (Cockburn 11). Assists_Chicago St. 6 WEST
NFC individual leaders (I.Lewis 4), Illinois 15 (Dosunmu 7). Total Fouls_Chicago N. Arizona 79, UNLV 75
SOUTH
Through Week 11 St. 22, Illinois 14. Portland 82, Seattle 70 Kentucky (3-5) at Florida (6-1), Noon
Southern Cal 85, Loyola Marymount 55 Georgia Southern (6-3) at Georgia St. (4-4), Noon
QUARTERBACKS Stanford 108, Cal Poly 40 SMU (7-2) at East Carolina (2-6), Noon
Att Com Yds TD Int Utah State 81, Montana 74 Miami (7-1) at Wake Forest (4-3), ppd. (virus)
Wilson, Sea..................... 362 256 2986 30 10 Wake Forest (4-3) at Louisville (3-6), ppd. (virus)
THURSDAY’S RESLTS
Ryan, Atl......................... 388
Brady, TB ........................ 433
255
280
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2955
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No. 15 West Virginia 78, VCU 66 Memphis (5-2) at Tulane (5-5), ppd. (virus)
Louisiana-Lafayette (7-1) at Louisiana-Monroe (0-8), 3
No games scheduled.
Rodgers, GB .................... 352 240 2889 29 4 VCU (1-0) FAU (5-1) at Middle Tennessee (3-6), 3:30
Douglas 3-4 0-0 6, Stockard 3-4 0-2 6, Baldwin 1-3 0-0 3, Pittsburgh (5-4) at Clemson (7-1), 3:30
RUSHERS Curry 3-8 2-6 8, Hyland 5-16 3-3 13, Williams 1-7 8-8 11, Auburn (5-2) at Alabama (7-0), 3:30
Att Yds Avg LG TD Clark 3-10 1-2 7, Watkins 2-6 2-4 7, Brown-Jones 1-2 1-2 Mississippi St. (2-5) at Mississippi (3-4), 4
Cook, Min........................ 201 1069 5.3 70t 13 3, Banks 1-3 0-0 2, Ward 0-0 0-0 0, Medley-Bacon 0-1 0-0 Duke (2-6) at Georgia Tech (2-5), 7
Jones, TB ........................ 153 754 4.9 98t 5 0. Totals 23-64 17-27 66. AUTO RACIN G W. Kentucky (4-6) at Charlotte (2-3), ppd. (virus)
Elliott, Dal....................... 171 675 3.9 24 5 WEST VIRGINIA (2-0) Georgia (5-2) at South Carolina (2-6), 7:30
Drake, Ari........................ 146 641 4.4 69t 5 Culver 8-14 7-9 23, Matthews 1-4 2-2 4, Tshiebwe 4-9 Tennessee (2-5) at Vanderbilt (0-7), ppd. (virus)
3-7 11, McBride 4-11 3-4 12, McNeil 5-15 2-2 16, NASCAR Cup Series Troy (4-4) at Appalachian St. (6-2), 8
RECEIVERS Sherman 4-7 0-0 9, McCabe 0-0 2-2 2, Osabuohien 0-1 1-2 Virginia (4-4) at Florida St. (2-6), 8
POINTS LEADERS
No Yds Avg LG TD 1, Bridges 0-1 0-0 0, Cottrell 0-0 0-1 0, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0,
Hopkins, Ari...................... 72 912 12.7 60 4 Thweatt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-63 20-29 78. Through Sunday MIDWEST
McLaurin, Was ................. 62 871 14.0 68t 3 Halftime_West Virginia 42-33. 3-Point Goals_VCU 3-21 1. Chase Elliott, 5040. Maryland (2-1) at Indiana (4-1), Noon
Moore, Car ........................ 46 863 18.8 74t 4 (Baldwin 1-1, Williams 1-3, Watkins 1-5, Douglas 0-1, 2. Brad Keselowski, 5035. Ohio St. (4-0) at Illinois (2-3), Noon
Metcalf, Sea ..................... 48 862 18.0 62 9 Banks 0-2, Clark 0-2, Curry 0-2, Hyland 0-5), West 3. Joey Logano, 5034. N. Illinois (0-3) at W. Michigan (3-0), Noon
Virginia 6-16 (McNeil 4-9, McBride 1-2, Sherman 1-2, 4. Denny Hamlin, 5033. Ball St. (2-1) at Toledo (2-1), Noon
Bridges 0-1, Matthews 0-2). Rebounds_VCU 32 (Wat- 5. Kevin Harvick, 2410. Arkansas (3-5) vs. Missouri (3-3), ppd. (virus)
AFC individual leaders kins 5), West Virginia 45 (Tshiebwe 16). Assists_VCU 11
(Baldwin 6), West Virginia 13 (McBride, McCabe 4).
6. Alex Bowman, 2371. Bowling Green (0-3) at Ohio (1-1), Noon
7. Martin Truex Jr, 2341. Penn St. (0-5) at Michigan (2-3), Noon
Through Week 11 Total Fouls_VCU 25, West Virginia 21. 8. Kyle Busch, 2341. Vanderbilt (0-7) at Missouri (3-3), Noon
9. Ryan Blaney, 2336. Miami (Ohio) (1-1) at Akron (0-3), 1
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10. Kurt Busch, 2287.
Att Com Yds TD Int 11. Austin Dillon, 2277. Northwestern (5-0) at Michigan St. (1-3), 3:30
Mahomes, KC.................. 374 254 3035 27 2 Xavier 51, Bradley 50 12. Clint Bowyer, 2254. Rutgers (1-4) at Purdue (2-2), 4
Watson, Hou................... 338 233 2883 20 5 BRADLEY (1-1) 13. Matt DiBenedetto, 2249. TCU (3-4) at Kansas (0-7), 8
Allen, Buf........................ 364 249 2871 21 7 14. William Byron, 2247.
Herbert, LAC................... 350 238 2699 22 6 Boya 2-5 0-0 4, Childs 8-20 0-0 17, East 2-6 0-0 5, Kingsby SOUTHWEST
1-2 0-0 2, Nolan 2-7 0-1 5, Tahvanainen 4-9 0-1 11, Henry 15. Aric Almirola, 2235.
RUSHERS 1-3 2-4 4, McAdoo 0-4 0-0 0, Mast 1-5 0-0 2, Hannah 0-2 16. Cole Custer, 2202. Texas Tech (3-5) at Oklahoma St. (5-2), Noon
0-0 0. Totals 21-63 2-6 50. 17. Erik Jones, 873. Tulsa (5-1) at Houston (3-3), ppd. (virus)
Att Yds Avg LG TD XAVIER (2-0) 18. Jimmie Johnson, 836. UTEP (3-4) at Rice (1-2), 1
Henry, Ten ...................... 229 1079 4.7 94t 9 19. Tyler Reddick, 780. South Alabama (3-6) at Arkansas St. (3-6), 3
J.Robinson, Jac............... 172 762 4.4 39 5 Carter 1-3 0-0 2, Freemantle 8-15 0-0 19, Johnson 1-7 0-0
20. Christopher Bell, 678. North Texas (3-3) at UTSA (6-4), 3

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Griffin 1-2 0-0 2, Miles 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-62 4-8 51. 21. Chris Buescher, 645. Coastal Carolina (8-0) at Texas State (2-9), 3
Edwards-Helaire, KC ...... 140 655 4.7 31 4 22. Bubba Wallace, 597. LSU (3-3) at Texas A&M (5-1), 7
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Henry 0-1, Mast 0-2), Xavier 5-20 (Freemantle 3-4, 24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 584.
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Diggs, Buf ......................... 73 906 12.4 49 4 26. Ty Dillon, 556.
Rebounds_Bradley 36 (Childs 7), Xavier 43 (Carter Colorado (2-0) at Southern Cal (3-0), 3:30
Kelce, KC........................... 66 896 13.6 45 7 27. John H. Nemechek, 534.
11). Assists_Bradley 8 (East 3), Xavier 12 (Scruggs San Jose St. (4-0) at Boise St. (4-1), 4
Allen, LAC ......................... 81 835 10.3 28 6 28. Matt Kenseth, 521.
7). Total Fouls_Bradley 12, Xavier 12. A_300 Utah (0-1) at Washington (2-0), 7:30
Hill, KC .............................. 55 752 13.7 54t 10 29. Ryan Preece, 477.
(10,250). Arizona (0-2) at UCLA (1-2), 8
30. Corey Lajoie, 408. Nevada (5-0) at Hawaii (2-3), 11
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Montgomery, in the original principal amount of $664,000.00. 140 Old Enterprise Road Unit 129 5100 Barto Avenue Arundel, in the original principal amount of $544,185.00.
Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Suitland, MD 20746 Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will
Excellent part-time income will offer for sale at public auction at the Courthouse for the offer for sale at public auction at the Courthouse for the COUNTY
opportunity! COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY, at 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated OF ANNE ARUNDEL, at 8 Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland,
September 24, 2015, and recorded in Liber 37490, folio 549, July 24, 2012, and recorded in Liber 33920, folio 473, of the on December 15, 2020 at 4:00 PM, all that property described
Transportation required. Maryland, on December 2, 2020 at 1:00 PM, all that property
of the land records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY , with land records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, with an original in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to:
described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to:
an original principal balance of $157,500.00, default having principal balance of $230,743.00, default having occurred
To apply, go to Tax ID# 06-03395957 occurred under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute Trustees will Tax ID# 06-010-08377000
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is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT FRONT OF THE DUVAL is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants,
conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may THE DUVAL WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735 WING OF THE COURTHOUSE COMPLEX 14735 MAIN ST, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may
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TIDEWATER AUCTIONS, LLC
CHEVY CHASE PAVILLION TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or NOVEMBER 30, 2020 at 2:00 PM DECEMBER 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or
certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance
5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, NW
SUITE 440 ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20015 of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the any buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE any buildings or improvements thereon situated in PRINCE of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the
date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS
410-825-2900
www.tidewaterauctions.com GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF A ROWHOUSE, WITH A PARTIALLY
after the final ratification of the sale. fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust. fully described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust. after the final ratification of the sale.
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND, TOGETHER Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular
DEMOLISHED INTERIOR, HAVING AN ADDRESS OF:
CONDOMINIUM UNIT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-
assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND APPURTENANCES assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter
1236 SIMMS PLACE, NE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20002 NINE (129) THE "KETTERING CONDOMINIUM", AS ESTAB-
Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust and Security assumed by purchaser. LISHED PURSUANT TO CONDOMINIUM MASTER DEED MADE THEREUNTO, SITUATE AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF assumed by purchaser.
Agreement (“Deed of Trust”) securing the principal amount of $585,000.00
dated November 27, 2018 and recorded December 17, 2018 as Instrument If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association BY MARYLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INC., A MARY- PRINCE GEORGE'S, STATE OF MARYLAND, KNOWN AS 5100 If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association
No. 2018125601 among the Land Records of the District of Columbia dues and assessments that may become due after the time LAND CORPORATION DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1970 AND BARTO AVENUE, SUITLAND, MARYLAND 20746, AND BEING dues and assessments that may become due after the time
(“Land Records”) from DESIGN BUILD GROUP, LLC, as Grantor, to SCOT R.
BROWNING and PAUL L. MERRITT, as Trustees, for the benefit of CAPITAL of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title
BANK, N.A. (the "Noteholder"), default having occurred under the terms examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, IN LIBER 3899, FOLIO 459 KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NUMBERED NINE (9) examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer
thereof, and following the recordation in the Land Records of a Deed of
Appointment of Substitute Trustees removing SCOT R. BROWNING and taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement AND PURSUANT TO THE PLATS AND PLANS FOR KETTERING IN BLOCK LETTERED 'E", IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement
PAUL L. MERRITT as Trustees and appointing RONALD J. MARSHALL and are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for CONDOMINIUM DESCRIBED IN SAID MASTER DEED "SECTION 2, AUTH VILLAGE", AS PER PLAT THEREOF are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for
KEVIN R. SEBASTIAN (the "Substitute Trustees") as Substitute Trustees
and an Affidavit of Non-Residential Mortgage Foreclosure, and the mailing the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 27 AT PLAT 21, AMONG THE the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the
and recordation in the Land Records of a Notice of Foreclosure Sale of
Real Property or Condominium Unit pursuant to Public Law 90-566, at the
property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting AND STATE IN CONDOMINIUM PLAT BOOK 53 AT PLATS LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND; property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting
request of the Noteholder, Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction, purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees NUMBERED 18 THROUGH 22, BOTH INCLUSIVE. SAID PROP- BEING IN THE 6TH ELECTION DISTRICT. AND BEING THE FEE purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees
at the offices of TIDEWATER AUCTIONS, LLC, CHEVY CHASE PAVILLION,
5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, NW, SUITE 440, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20015 on
are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms ERTY BEING LOCATED IN THE 7TH ELECTION DISTRICT AS SIMPLE PROPERTY WHICH, BY DEED DATED SEPTEMBER 13, are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020 AT 11:00 A.M.
of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit. ASSESSED AS UNIT NO.: 129 ON BLOCK 24. SUBJECT TO 2011, AND RECORDED IN THE AFORESAID LAND RECORDS of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit.
all that certain land located in the District of Columbia, together with the Trustee's File No. 15-254774. COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD. IN LIBER 33002, FOLIO 352, WAS GRANTED AND CONVEYED Trustee's File No. 20-286507.
improvements thereon, described as follows and being more particularly
Kristine D. Brown, et al., Substitute Trustees. THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEING KNOWN AS: 140 BY THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF Kristine D. Brown, et al., Substitute Trustees.
described in the Deed of Trust (the “Property”):
SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, OLD ENTERPRISE ROAD UNIT NUMBERED: 129 UPPER NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200,
LOT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX (0156) IN SQUARE NUM-
BERED FORTY HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO (4052) OF THE SUBDIVISION Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797 MARLBORO, MD 20774 TAX ID NO.: 07-0801027 CWABS, INC., ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006- Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797
MADE BY MORRIS H. GINSBURG AND JULIUS H. GINSBURG AS PER
The property and improvements will be sold in an "AS IS" 20 (WHICH CORPORATION WAS EITHER THE ORIGINAL
PLAT RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE
SURVEYOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN LIBER 126 AT FOLIO physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all MORTGAGEE OR AN ASSIGNEE OF THE ORIGINAL MORT-
162.
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the GAGEE) UNTIL BERNARD MCKOY. TAX MAP NO. 06-0630723
Property Address: 1236 Simms Place, NE, Washington, DC 20002
TRUSTEES' NOTE: New Covid-19 regulations for Washington, DC foreclosure
same. The property and improvements will be sold in an "AS IS"
auctions - A new process has been implemented by the Chevy Chase TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder's deposit of physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all
Pavilion management for those attending Washington, DC foreclosure
auctions. Masks are required for entry into the Pavilion, and entry into the $15,000.00 by cashier's/certified check or such other form as conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the www.hwestauctions.com
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facilities will be denied if this mandate is not followed. You must also sign
NOVEMBER 13, 20, 27, 2020 12323945 the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion, same. A181, A316, A311, A182, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463
in with a sales representative before you will be allowed entry into suite
440 for auction proceedings. This representative will be stationed in the required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder's deposit of NOVEMBER 27, DECEMBER 4, 11, 2020 12325466
downstairs lobby area of the Pavilion. of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction. $25,000.00 by cashier's/certified check or such other form as 856 MARYLAND
Prospective buyers are strongly encouraged to arrive at least fifteen (15) The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion, Frederick County
minutes before the scheduled sale time due to these new requirements.
Please note that we cannot guarantee your attendance at the auction at 4.375% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed CIRCUIT COURT FOR Roommates
should you arrive past that time. While all reasonable efforts will be made FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND
to have a representative in the lobby up until the time of sale, that cannot price by Substitute Trustees must be paid by cashier's check of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction. 100 West Patrick Street SUITLAND- Shr SFH. Fully furn room
Frederick, Maryland 21701 w/ fridge, microwave, CATV & wire-
be guaranteed, and if a representative is no longer present to sign you in within 10 days after final ratification of sale. The noteholder The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon Clerk of the Court: 301-600-1976 less internet. $150/wk. 301-310-5663
when you arrive, you will not be allowed up to the suite to bid at the sale.
McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There at 3.75% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase Assigment Office: 301-600-2015
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TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $25,000.00, in the form of cashier’s check 312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the price by Substitute Trustees must be paid by cashier's check Case Number: C-10-CV-19-000218
or certified check, will be required of the purchaser at the time and place
of sale. The balance of the purchase price, with interest thereon at the
Laurel, Maryland 20707
www.mwc-law.com event that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if within 10 days after final ratification of sale. The noteholder JAMES CLARKE Roommates
interest rate set forth in the note secured by the Deed of Trust from
the date of sale through the date of settlement, shall be due in cash or SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES’ SALE settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There VS. FAIRFAX- 2 rms. $800 each inc utils.
certified funds at settlement within 30 days from day of sale, TIME BEING
OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO SETTLEMENT BY PURCHASER. Neither
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the ROBERT JONES, ET AL. Avail now. prof & respectful person.
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8803 SEVEN LOCKS RD. date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, event that additional funds are tendered before settlement or if Date: 11/23/2020
Noteholder nor any related party shall be required to post a deposit or pay
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Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Scott
any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and settlement is delayed for any reason. All real estate taxes and NOTICE OF SALE MD Real Estate
interest as aforesaid. If the purchaser shall be in default with respect to
the terms of sale herein, the deposit shall be forfeited to the Substitute
A. Webber a/k/a Scott Webber and Kamla B. Deonauth a/k/a Kamla assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall other public charges and/or assessments to be adjusted as of the Notice is hereby issued by the Auctions
Trustees and the Property shall be resold at the risk and cost of the
Deonauth, dated July 25, 2002 and recorded in Liber 21609, folio 189
among the Land Records of Montgomery County, MD, default having
be purchaser's responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer, date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, this 23rd day of November, 2020,
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defaulting purchaser. The defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to
any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any resale of the Property.
occurred under the terms thereof and at the request of the parties documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement any condominium and/or homeowners association dues and that the sale made and recorded Charles, Harford, St Marys,
secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at
The Property is sold subject to the rights, if any, of parties in possession, public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, at the Court costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the assessments that may become due after the date of sale shall the by James Clarke, for the sale of
property described in these
Prince Georges counties.
Rowhomes, Lots, House, Acreage
if such rights have priority over the Deed of Trust, and to any and all House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on property. Time is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser be purchaser's responsibility. Purchaser shall pay all transfer, proceedings tranzon.com for details
covenants, conditions, restrictions, agreements, easements, rights of way
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DECEMBER 2, 2020 AT 11:30 AM defaults, deposit will be forfeited and property resold at the risk documentary and recording taxes/fees and all other settlement 2 Mae Way Tranzon Fox 888-621-2110
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are not extinguished by operation of law by virtue of the foreclosure ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any costs. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining possession of the Time Shares/
under the Deed of Trust. The Property will be sold and conveyed in an THEREON situated in Montgomery County, Maryland and more fully
deficiency in the purchase price and all costs, expenses and property. Time is of the essence for the purchaser. If purchaser be ratified and confirmed thirty
"AS IS, WHERE IS" condition without any warranty, express or implied,
or representation of any kind. Without limiting the generality of the
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a
dwelling. attorney's fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not convey
(30) days from the date of this
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as to (i) title to the Property, (ii) the nature, structural integrity, physical
The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to
conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of
title for any reason, purchaser's sole remedy is return of deposit and cost of the defaulting purchaser who shall be liable for any of this Notice be inserted in some Timeshare Cancellation Experts
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County, once in each of three (3) Over $50,000,000 in timeshare debt
property included within the Property, (iii) the environmental condition of
kind. The property will be sold subject to a prior mortgage, the amount to
be announced at the time of sale.
status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not attorney's fees of both sales. If Substitute Trustees do not convey successive weeks. and fees cancelled in 2019. Get
the Property, (iv) compliance of the Property with any housing, zoning,
building, environmental or safety laws and regulations, the ADA or any Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified check, or
limited to determining whether prior to sale a bankruptcy was title for any reason, purchaser's sole remedy is return of deposit The report states the amount of free informational package and
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similar laws or (v) the accuracy of any information furnished to prospective in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their filed; forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered without interest. This sale is subject to post-sale audit of the the sale to be $329,000.00. share! Free consultations. Over 450
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bidders by the Substitute Trustees or Noteholder or any other party. The
purchaser recognizes that any investigation, examination or inspection
sole discretion, for $5,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or
servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived.
into; or loan was reinstated or paid off. In any such even this status of the loan secured by the Deed of Trust including but not Sandra K. Dalton
Clerk of the Circuit Court
of the Property is within the control of the owner or other parties in Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the sale shall be null and void and purchaser's sole remedy shall limited to determining whether prior to sale a bankruptcy was Nov 27, Dec 4, 11, 2020 12327420 225 Collectibles
possession and not within the control of the Substitute Trustees or final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County,
the Noteholder. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate be return of deposit without interest. File No. (19-403769) filed; forbearance, repayment or other agreement was entered SMALL COLLECTOR PAYS CASH
possession of the Property following settlement. of 16.33% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received
Brittany M. Taylor, Substitute Trustees into; or loan was reinstated or paid off. In any such even this CIRCUIT COURT FOR
FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND
FOR COINS/COLLECTIONS.
in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by Call Al, 301-807-3266.
The risk of loss or damage by fire or other casualty to the Property from an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the sale shall be null and void and purchaser's sole remedy shall 100 West Patrick Street Will Come to you!!!
and after the date of sale will be upon the purchaser. The Property will Frederick, Maryland 21701
balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will be return of deposit without interest. File No. (20-011293) 245
be sold subject to all taxes, assessments, water, sewer and other public
charges, whether assessments have been levied or not. Purchaser shall
be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the
defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from Brittany M. Taylor, Substitute Trustees
Clerk of the Court: 301-600-1976
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The Substitute Trustees reserve the right to require all potential bidders if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes (including NOVEMBER 13, 20, 27, 2020 12324289 265
required to post a deposit to show their deposit before any bidding begins,
to reject any and all bids, to postpone and/or cancel the sale at any time
agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), and all settlement charges shall
be borne by the purchaser. If the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey
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property immediately after the sale. (Matter #18-603499). 1604 Woodhill Court, Hyattsville, MD 20785 610
Substitute Trustees Laura H. G. O'Sullivan, et al., Substitute Trustees
Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by
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November 24, 27, 30, December 2, 3, 2020 12326637 ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC.
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(30) days from the date of this
Notice, unless cause to the con-
364-2097, Call eves and wknds

WANTED VINTAGE SPORTS CARS & IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Nov 13, Nov 20 & Nov 27 12324939 of Trust, dated November 8, 2011, and recorded in Liber 33114 premises known as 9594 Basket Ring Road, Columbia, MD trary be shown, provided a copy
of this Notice be inserted in some
Australian Shepherd Puppies (Mini)
ASDR reg, ready to go, males, $1800.
FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
CLASSICS - Especially Mercedes,
Porsche, Jaguar. Highest prices paid MARYLAND at Page 556 among the land records of the County of Prince 21045. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed Newspaper published in this Vet checked, shots, worming, will
for the very best examples.
James E. Clarke, et al.
George's, in the original principal amount of $198,313.00. of Trust, dated August 25, 2003, and recorded in Liber 7582 County, once in each of three (3)
successive weeks.
meet. Blacksburg. Call or text 540-
392-9707 or 540-552-6255
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Substitute Trustees Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees at Page 1 among the land records of the County of Howard, The report states the amount of
Career Training - Emp Svcs Plaintiffs will offer for sale at public auction at the Courthouse for the in the original principal amount of $103,225.00. Upon default the sale to be $157,000.00.
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312 Marshall Avenue, Suite 800 Clerk of the Circuit Court
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TO MD RULE 14-215 (A)
OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY
54 STONEGATE DR.
but not limited to: in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to: Roommates
ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for
(M-F 8am-6pm ET) Prince George's County, Maryland,
A/R/T/A 54 STONGATE DR.
SILVER SPRING, MD 20905
Tax ID# 18-1994987 Tax ID# 16-128139 CAPITOL HILL- Lg furn room, 2 blocks
825 this 6th day of November, 2020,
Bids & Proposals that the foreclosure sale of the Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust from Myron D. Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and from Stadium Armory subway. Near
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is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, utils incl. $225/week. 240-904-9994
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trust docketed herein and located
PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL at 3513 56th Street, Hyattsville, MD, default having occurred under the terms thereof and at the request conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may NE- Near Ft. Totten Metro. Bsmt w/
of the parties secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will pvt entr & BA, Mstr BR, office sp,
INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE
MD 20784 made and reported by
offer for sale at public auction at the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, affect same, if any. affect same, if any. W/D, WiFi, AC. NS. $1300 inc utils
James E. Clarke, Christine Drexel,
at the Court House Door, 50 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850, on & monthly maid svc. 202-494-3692 S0365 1cx.75
SOURCE CONTRACT Brian Thomas and Jason Murphy,
Substitute Trustees, be RATIFIED
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or
DECEMBER 9, 2020 AT 11:30 AM
Onsite Learning Facilitator and CONFIRMED, unless cause to certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance NW DC-1 furn large BR, $750/mo,
utils incl, share BA, on busline, nr
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS
Two Rivers Public Charter School
the contrary be shown on or
before the 7th day of December, THEREON situated in Montgomery County, Maryland and more fully of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the shops/laundry. Call 202-403-1465 Home delivery
described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property is improved by a date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS MARYLAND
intends to enter into a sole
source contract with AlphaBEST
2020, provided a copy of this Order
dwelling.
after the final ratification of the sale. after the final ratification of the sale. makes good
Education, Inc., to provide onsite
be inserted in The Washington Post
once in each of three (3) succes- The property, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to Roommates sense.
facilitation of learning. The cost
of this contract will be approxi-
sive weeks before the 7th day of
December, 2020.
conditions, restrictions, easements, encumbrances and agreements of
record affecting the subject property, if any, and with no warranty of any
Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular
mately $145,800. The decision to
The Report of Sale states the kind. assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter
sole source was made because
AlphaBEST is uniquely qualified amount of the sale at $177,000.00. Terms of Sale: A deposit in the form of cashier's or certified check, or assumed by purchaser. assumed by purchaser. FORT WASHINGTON- Lg house to 1-800-753-POST
to provide onsite facilitation of Mahasin El Amin #544 in such other form as the Substitute Trustees may determine, at their
learning because it is the only Clerk of the Circuit Court sole discretion, for $47,000 at the time of sale. If the noteholder and/or If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association share. Free cable. Close to MGM.
W/D. $150/wk Special. 240-882-8973 SF
vendor currently licensed by
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servicer is the successful bidder, the deposit requirement is waived.
Balance of the purchase price is to be paid within fifteen (15) days of the
dues and assessments that may become due after the time dues and assessments that may become due after the time
OSSE to provide care at Two
Rivers' campuses and this ser- Nov. 13, 20, 27, 2020 12325523 final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title LARGO. 2 large rms avail, furn/ Take The Post for a run.
vice is needed ASAP due to the
pandemic. Please contact Aurora
Maryland. Interest is to be paid on the unpaid purchase price at the rate
of 5% per annum from date of sale to the date the funds are received
examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer unfurn, nr metro, all utils incl, pvt
ent, kit, $650-725. 240-353-1428
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Steinle with any questions at pro- in the office of the Substitute Trustees, if the property is purchased by taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement S0264 1cx.25
an entity other than the noteholder and/or servicer. If payment of the
curement@tworiverspcs.org.
balance does not occur within fifteen days of ratification, the deposit will are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for
be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and cost of the the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the
defaulting purchaser. There will be no abatement of interest due from
property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting
Home delivery the purchaser in the event settlement is delayed for any reason. Taxes,
water rent, and all other public charges and assessments payable on an purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees
makes good annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges to be
adjusted for the current year to the date of sale, and assumed thereafter are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms
sense. by the purchaser. Condominium fees and/or homeowners association
dues, if any, shall be assumed by the purchaser from the date of sale. The
of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit. of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit.
Trustee's File No. 19-282477. Trustee's File No. 20-286506.
A nonstop purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the ground rent escrow,
if required. Cost of all documentary stamps, transfer taxes (including
1-800-753-POST noise in her agricultural transfer taxes, if applicable), and all settlement charges shall Kristine D. Brown, et al., Substitute Trustees. Kristine D. Brown, et al., Substitute Trustees.
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Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid & Crane, LLC Samuel I. White, P.C. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
11900 Parklawn Drive, Ste 310 11900 Parklawn Drive, Ste 310 596 Lynnhaven Parkway, Suite 200 14543 Stephen Street, Nokesville, VA 20181
Tax ID: 7791-39-9391
321 Belle Plains Road, Falmouth (Stafford County), Virginia 22405
Tax ID No. 55-165
Rockville, MD 20852 Rockville, MD 20852 Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Purchase Money Deed of
844-442-2150 844-442-2150 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF
In execution of a certain First Balloon Deed of Trust in the original
principal amount of $425,000.00 dated October 17, 2017 and record-
Trust ("Deed of Trust") from Southern Management Asset Services, LLC,
as grantor, to George J. Shapiro, as trustee, dated March 18, 2013 and
TRUSTEES' SALE OF TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY ed on October 19, 2017 among the Land Records of Prince William
County, Virginia as Instrument No. 201710190079041 and as amend-
recorded on March 25, 2013 at Instrument No. 130007405, among the
land records of Stafford County, Virginia, with an original principal balance
VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS ed, restated or modified from time to time, (hereinafter "Deed of of $150,000.00, as modified by certain Modifications of Note and Deed
Trust"), the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at public
KNOWN AS KNOWN AS of Trust recorded among the land records of Stafford County, Virginia,
4000 Brushfield Circle auction to the highest bidder on December 8, 2020 at 12:30 p.m., at
the main entrance to the Courthouse for the Circuit Court of Prince
increasing the principal balance to $239,418.34, and pursuant to a Deed
1864 Severn Grove Road 140 Kalmia Court Frederick, MD 21704 William County, 9311 Lee Ave, Manassas, VA 20110, the real property
of Appointment of Substitute Trustee removing George J. Shapiro as
trustee under the Deed of Trust and appointing Pardo Drazin Auctioneers
Annapolis, MD 21401 La Plata, MD 20646 and improvements described in said Deed of Trust and located at LLC ("Substitute Trustee") as substitute trustee under the Deed of Trust,
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain the street address of 14543 Stephen Street, Nokesville, VA 20181 default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustee
Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated Under a power of sale contained in that Deed of Trust dated Deed of Trust to GARY BRADLEY, Trustee(s), dated May 25, (“Property”). will sell at public auction at the front door of the Circuit Court of Stafford
January 17, 2006, and recorded in Liber 20463, folio 442, of July 8, 2008, and recorded in Liber 6682, folio 179, of the 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of FREDERICK TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of ten percent (10%)
County, Virginia, 1300 Courthouse Rd, Stafford, VA 22554, on
the land records of ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, with an original land records of CHARLES COUNTY, with an original principal COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 6321, folio 0331, the holder of the sale price in the form of cash or certified funds payable to DECEMBER 2, 2020 AT 11:00 AM
the Substitute Trustees must be present at the time of the sale.
principal balance of $251,800.00, default having occurred balance of $162,400.00, default having occurred under the of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having The balance of the purchase price will be due within thirty (30)
ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND AND THE IMPROVEMENTS
THEREON situated in Stafford County, Virginia, and more fully described
under the terms thereof, the appointed Substitute Trustees will terms thereof, the appointed Substitute Trustees will offer for appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument days of sale, otherwise the deposit may be forfeited to Substitute
Trustees. Time is of the essence. If the sale is set aside for any
in the aforesaid Deed of Trust, as well as ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY
offer for sale at public auction at THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY COURTHOUSE duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having reason and or if Substitute Trustees are unable for any reason, in
encumbered by the Deed of Trust (collectively, "Property").
TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of ten per centum of the sale price will be
COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 8 CHURCH CIR, ANNAPOLIS, MD LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE BREEZEWAY occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the
their sole discretion, to convey title to the Property, the successful
bidder/purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of required of the purchaser ("Purchaser") at the time and place of sale.
21401 ON, BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA PLATA, MD party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will the deposit, without interest. The successful bidder/purchaser may, The deposit must be paid in cash or certified funds. The balance of the
if provided by the terms of the Substitute Trustees' Memorandum purchase price to be paid in cash or certified funds within twenty (20)
DECEMBER 8, 2020 at 4:00 pm 20646 ON, offer for sale at public auction at THE FREDERICK COUNTY of Foreclosure Sale, be entitled to a $5.00 cancellation fee from days of the date of sale. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money
at the rate then applicable to the indebtedness secured by the Deed of
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any DECEMBER 8, 2020 at 12:00 COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 100 W. PATRICK ST, FREDERICK, the Substitute Trustees, but shall have no further recourse against
the noteholder, owner, Substitute Trustees and or counsel for such Trust from the date of sale to the date of settlement. The party secured
buildings or improvements thereon situated in ANNE ARUNDEL MD 21701 ON, parties. Substitute Trustees reserve the right, in their sole discretion, herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit or to pay interest.
ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND together with any to (1) announce additional terms at the time of sale, (2) waive or The Purchaser shall settle within twenty (20) days of the date of sale.
COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully buildings or improvements thereon situated in CHARLES DECEMBER 15, 2020 at 10:00 AM modify the requirement with respect to the bidder's deposit, (3) TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE WITH RESPECT TO SETTLEMENT BY THE
accept or reject any or all bids, (4) extend the time to receive PURCHASER. In the event that the Purchaser does not settle as required
described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust. COUNTY, MD, located at the above address and more fully ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements bids, (5) withdraw the Property from the sale at any time, and for any reason, the Purchaser shall be in default. The defaulting Purchaser
(6) postpone settlement following sale for a reasonable period of shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds or profits resulting from any
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN described in the aforementioned Deed of Trust. thereon situated in FREDERICK COUNTY, MD and described as time as determined by Trustee. The information contained herein resale of the Property, and the deposit shall be forfeited to the Substitute
THE COUNTY OF ANNE ARUNDEL, STATE OF MARYLAND, ALL THAT LOT OF GROUND SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF follows: was obtained by sources deemed to be reliable but is offered for Trustee and all of the expenses of this sale (including attorneys’ fees and
full commission on the gross sale price) shall be charged against and paid
informational purposes only. Additional terms, if any, to be announced
AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: CHARLES, STATE OF MARYLAND AND DESCRIBED AS FOL- ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE at the sale. The sale is subject to seller confirmation. out of the forfeited deposit, with any remaining balance of the forfeited
BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 1R AS SHOWN ON LOWS, THAT IS TO SAY: LOT NUMBERED FIFTY-SIX (56) IN LOT 15119, SECTIONS M-15 & M-16, CITY OF FREDERICK, For more information contact: Mazin I. Elias and Alyssa Davies,
deposit applied to the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust. In the
event settlement is delayed for any reason, including, but not limited
A PLAT ENTITLED, "ADMINISTRATIVE PLAT, LOTS 1 %U2013 THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "PLAT OF RESUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF FREDERICK, STATE OF MARYLAND, AND BEING Substitute Trustees, c/o Offit Kurman PC to, exceptions to the sale, bankruptcy filings by interested parties, court
9, 26 AND RESERVED PARCEL, BLOCK 5, SEVERN GROVE", LOTS 14 TO 31, INCLUDING KALMIA COURT, PARCEL C MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 15119 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 1400, Vienna, Virginia 22182, (703)
745-1800 (Telephone), (703) 745-1835 (Facsimile)
administration of the foreclosure, or unknown title defects, there shall be
no abatement of interest. Taxes, ground rent, water and all public charges,
WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS & PARCEL D, KENT SQUARE", AS PER PLAT THEREOF AS SHOWN AND SET OUT ON A PLAT ENTITLED "FINAL if applicable, are to be adjusted for the current year to the date of sale and
assumed thereafter by the Purchaser. Cost of all documentary stamps,
OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK NO. 142 FOLIO RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK DGB 37, AT FOLIO 121, AMONG PLAT SECTIONS M-15 AND M- 16 LOTS 15092-15098 AND
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recordation taxes, transfer taxes and settlement expenses shall be borne
1. THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEING KNOWN AS NO. THE LAND RECORDS OF CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND. 15116-15123 VILLAGES OF URBANA, URBANA P.U.D" AND by the Purchaser.
1864 SEVERN GROVE ROAD. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF FREDERICK The Property will be sold in an "AS IS" condition and subject to recorded
CONVEYED TO DANIEL J. GILDAY AND RAYMOND J. GILDAY The property and improvements will be sold in an "AS IS" covenants, conditions, restrictions, and agreements, if any, and with no
COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK 79 PAGE 15. BEING
physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all warranty of any kind (except as required by the Deed of Trust).
FROM THE BELLE GROVE CORPORATION, BY DEED DATED THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GILBERT TRUJILLO AND If the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey title as aforesaid, the
JUNE 21, 2002, AND RECORDED ON JUNE 26, 2002, IN LIBER conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the Purchaser’s sole remedy at law and in equity shall be limited to a refund of
same. MARIA TRUJILLO FROM NVR INC, BY DEED DATED JANUARY the deposit and the sale shall be considered null and void and of no effect.
11619, FOLIO 097. 30, 2006, AND RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2006, IN LIBER The Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of
The property and improvements will be sold in an "AS IS" TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder's deposit of 5879, FOLIO 515 TAX ID# 07-245319 the Property. The Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the
physical condition without warranty of any kind and subject to all $17,000.00 by cashier's/certified check or such other form as Property from the date of sale forward.
the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion, The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition The Substitute Trustee reserves the right, in the Substitute Trustee's sole
conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the without either express or implied warranty or representation, discretion, to reject any and all bids, to withdraw the Property from sale
same. required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed at any time before or at the auction, to extend the time to receive bids,
including but not limited to the description, fitness for a
of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction. to waive or modify the deposit requirement, to waive or modify the

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TERMS OF SALE: A non-refundable bidder's deposit of The balance of the purchase price together with interest thereon particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, requirement that interest be paid on the unpaid purchase money, and/or
to extend the period of time for settlement.
$20,000.00 by cashier's/certified check or such other form as at 4.5% per annum from date of sale to receipt of purchase construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, Additional terms may be announced at the sale. The Purchaser will be
the Substitute Trustee may determine, in their sole discretion, price by Substitute Trustees must be paid by cashier's check liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, mer- required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustee a memorandum
or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding.
required at time of sale except for the party secured by the Deed within 10 days after final ratification of sale. The noteholder chantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other
Pardo Drazin Auctioneers LLC, Substitute Trustee

supper!
of Trust. Risk of loss on purchaser from date and time of auction. laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and
shall not be obligated to pay interest if it is the purchaser. There FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:
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Editor’s note: The
the city’s current guidelines —
coronavirus pandemic unless they’re a 55-foot
continues to disrupt spruce. This year’s U.S. Capitol
Christmas Tree was selected
everyday life around the from the Grand Mesa,
D.C. area and beyond. Due Uncompahgre and Gunnison
National Forests in Colorado
to the recent surge in and will be adorned by
cases, some institutions ornaments made by children
from the Centennial State.(No
that previously reopened
word yet on whether an
— including the National adorable owl has been found
Gallery of Art, six nestled into the mighty tree, a
la Rockefeller Center.) House
Smithsonian museums Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
and the National Zoo, will light the tree in a
ceremony on Wednesday at 5
Glenstone, the Kreeger p.m., but it might be best to
and the U.S. Holocaust watch it live on C-SPAN to avoid
the crowds, or pick another
Memorial Museum — have
time to visit, as the tree is lit
closed indefinitely. The from sunset until 11 p.m. each
Kennedy Center has night.

canceled nearly all of its AARON FARRINGTON When: Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Mary Chapin Carpenter’s concert at an empty Filene Center at Wolf Trap starts streaming Friday.
live performances through Where: West Lawn of the U.S.
Capitol, First Street and
April 25, 2021.
These recommendations
Mary Chapin Carpenter Constitution Avenue NW.
aoc.gov.
In a normal year, Mary Chapin Carpenter would have barnstormed the nation with her arsenal of Admission: Free.
will be a mix of virtual and
booming country hits and soulful ballads. The Virginia resident would have made a stop at Wolf Trap,
in-person events for the Let’s Talk Gardens:
as she has done nearly every year in her 30-year career, to a crowd of fans eager to hear songs from
foreseeable future. You Holiday Wreaths
her latest album, “The Dirt and the Stars.” A nationwide tour wasn’t in the cards this year, but
will find the latest and Evergreen
Carpenter still got a chance to perform at her hometown venue: The country music legend recorded a Decorations
developments at
solo show at an empty Filene Center, and the cheekily titled performance, “One Night Lonely,” will be As you’re decorating for the
washingtonpost.com/ holiday season, you might
available to stream from 8 p.m. Friday through midnight on Sunday. (If you miss out this weekend, the
coronavirus and updates have considered buying a pine
performance will be released as a live album next week.) In press materials, Carpenter says: “As we or fir wreath to hang on your
on the local entertainment front door, or a centerpiece for
enter the holiday season, so many of us are apart from the ones we love. I hope this concert — which
scene at the table. But in a year when
will include songs from my first record to my most recent release — will bring us a little closer, until we many people have turned to
goingoutguide.com.
can gather again, shoulder to shoulder, celebrating live music once more.” crafting to escape the boredom
of stay-at-home orders,
Black Friday When: Friday at 8 p.m. wouldn’t it be more fun to
Reimagined Where: wolftrap.org. make your own seasonal
“Black Friday” has a whole Tickets: $20-$80. decorations? The DIY experts
’nother meaning in the craft from Smithsonian Gardens are
beer world, where pun-loving using their weekly Zoom
brewers use the day after webcast to cover the basics of
Thanksgiving as an excuse to seatings per day, with tickets constructing an evergreen
release big, boozy dark beers. for groups of two, four or six wreath, and using greenery to

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Goose Island’s Bourbon people at indoor and outdoor make your home more festive.
County Stout line is the best tables. The presentation includes a
known, but there are list of supplies, and full videos
When: Friday and Saturday from
adherents in the Washington are posted on the
noon to 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.
area, too. Ashburn’s Old Ox Smithsonian’s website
Brewery releases four new Where: Old Ox Brewing, 44652 afterward to allow you to re-
bourbon barrel-aged imperial Guilford Dr., Ashburn. watch the step-by-step
stouts this weekend, including oldoxbrewery.com. instructions.
variants aged with coffee and
Tickets: $20 per person. When: Thursday at noon.
chocolate and hazelnuts. To
truly capture the flavors of the Where: gardens.si.edu.
U.S. Capitol
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season, the brewery offers
tasting flights on Friday and Christmas Tree Tickets: Free. Registration
required.
Saturday that pair each stout Lighting
with a different type of BONNIE JO MOUNT/THE WASHINGTON POST
Out-of state visitors from
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s’mores. For social-distancing The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting is on Wednesday. Colorado to D.C. must
reasons, Old Ox offers two

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Itineraries from a seasoned rapper
In D.C. Dream Day, we ask our favorite people in the area to tell us performing a streaming version of the show live from the Keegan
how they would spend a perfect day in the District. stage, filmed with pandemic-related health and safety measures in
Four years ago, Dwayne Lawson-Brown found artistic place. Although the 2019 production of “From Gumbo to Mumbo” was
inspiration in a most unlikely place: a plate of wings, and an crafted for young audiences, Lawson-Brown describes this version as
“abhorrent” excuse for mumbo sauce. a more “adult” performance that responds to the coronavirus
The poet and rapper was dining at a local restaurant with fellow pandemic and the 2020 political climate.
performer Drew Anderson when the runny, flavorless take on the “This is an exploration of humanity through the lens of Black men
iconic D.C. condiment steered them into a dialogue about the flavors who are just trying to claim home,” Lawson-Brown says. “That’s really
that define their respective hometowns. For Lawson-Brown, a D.C. what’s at the core of ‘From Gumbo to Mumbo’ — using our voices
native, it was mumbo sauce. For Anderson, who calls New Orleans through poetry, hip-hop, dance and some random ranting and a lot of
home, it was gumbo. humor to help shape what our experience has been.”
“It really became a conversation about home,” says Lawson-Brown, Deciding 24 hours just isn’t enough to do D.C. justice, the Southeast
36, who co-hosts the long-running open mic Spit Dat DC with resident has outlined a pair of perfect days in the District — one
Anderson. “What does it look like, feel like, taste like to have home?” catered to the warmth of spring or summer, and another built around
That conversation led Lawson-Brown and Anderson to create a brisk day in the fall or winter.
“From Gumbo to Mumbo,” a fusion of theater, hip-hop and poetry that — as told to Thomas Floyd
debuted last year at the Keegan Theatre. Through Sunday, the duo is

D.C.
is such a different city depend-
ing on what season it is, so in my
head, I have two different but
equally perfect days. If it’s the
spring or summer, I wake up, have some tea and head
over to the Congress Heights Arts & Culture Center
for yoga. It’s a Black-woman-owned gallery that
features a ton of different art from around the area.
My spring-summer day would be themed around
the south side of the city. I enjoy quiet spaces and I’m
definitely an introvert, so I would head over to the
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens to take some
photos and take in nature for a little bit. There’s
nowhere else like it, really. Then I would get Good
Hope Carry-Out for some wings and some mumbo
sauce and head to Anacostia Park. I’d eat on the river,
hang out, people watch and maybe crochet, then go to
the skating pavilion and skate a little bit, too.
After some skating and a good meal, I’d go over to
the Fridge DC and take in some more art. They
specialize in that “counterculture is the culture” sort
of art work, and I just always love what they’re
showing. Since I’m in Eastern Market, I’d close out
my spring evening with District Soul Food. Paul
Spires, a good friend of mine, performs go-go, so I
would just vibe out with Paul, eating some soul food
and listening to go-go in the upstairs lounge. 2015 PHOTO BY AMANDA VOISARD FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Or if we’re in fall or winter time frame, I would Henry Washington, 51, an entertainer with the Anacostia Rollers & Friends, glides around the skating pavilion at
start my day by waking up, mashing some apples and Anacostia Park, one of Dwayne Lawson-Brown’s stops during his spring-summer dream day.
making hot cider at the house. My fall-winter day
would be more uptown, so I would visit the U.S.
Botanic Garden — that’s a nice little oasis — and go to
NuVegan Cafe on Georgia Avenue for lunch. I don’t
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

know what they do or how they season it, but their

vegan mac and cheese is the answer. They also have a
faux barbecue situation, and the sauce hits so good.
I love hard ciders, so I would hit Capitol Cider
House farther up on Georgia Avenue and pregame
there before heading to Petworth Citizen [which
closed in February to merge with Loyalty Bookstore
next door] for 826DC’s lowercase open mic. There
would be a little bit of performance, and a lot of
listening.
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Then I’d ride the 70 down to Hill Country

Barbecue Market for Rock ’n’ Twang Karaoke with
the HariKaraoke Band. I never would have a career in
singing, but live band karaoke is an experience that I
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think everyone should have at least once — you really

do feel like a rock star. My go-to karaoke song is
“Dream On” by Aerosmith because their lead guitar-
ist nails the riff, and you just feel it. 2011 PHOTO BY REBECCA D’ANGELO FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Closing out that evening, I’d slide down to the During the warmer seasons, Lawson-Brown
[National Gallery of Art’s] Sculpture Garden and ice would head to Kenilworth Park & Aquatic
skate. So no matter which day it is, I’m going to skate, Gardens, at left, to take some photos, and in the
I’m going to get some nature and I’m going to have colder seasons, the day would include a stop at
some delicious food with various sauces. Hill Country BBQ for karaoke night on with the
thomas.floyd@washpost.com BONNIE JO MOUNT/THE WASHINGTON POST HariKaraoke Band providing the music.
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The strong force of D.C.-area hip-hop

BY L AWRENCE B URNEY

With the region’s hip-hop and

R&B scene in a state of perpetual
invention, area artists continue to
generate music worthy of nation-
al attention and hometown ado-
ration. This column rounds up
some of the most captivating,
entertaining and essential new
songs, projects and music videos
coming from the DMV — from
Northern Virginia to Baltimore
and everywhere between.
FreakY, “Force”
FreakY sharpened his skills in
the Baltimore alternative scene,
specifically at a now-defunct
warehouse space called the Bell
Foundry where rappers from all
over the region congregated to
establish a rich culture of experi-
mentation. (The standout track
“1539 N. Calvert” from JPEGMA-
FIA, who frequently collaborates
with FreakY, is a homage to the
place.) Like many of the artists
that used the Bell as their unoffi-
cial headquarters, FreakY’s mu-
sic, and the way he presents it,
oscillates between trap, abstract
musings and comedy. TONY LAVOY

On Halloween the Frederick Noochie provides introspective and observant

rapper released his “Red Hot accounts that are radio-ready on “Sense.”
Cheeto Fingers 2” mix tape; the
project’s artwork is a customized
Air Force 1 sneaker that features
an illustration of the Flaming Hot On “Force,” Frederick rapper FreakY lays his rhymes
Cheetos bag. The song titles alone DIAMOND DIXON over echoey synth burps and dirty bass.
(“Struggle Porn,” “Big Ass Telfar
Bag,” and “At The Hiltons Room ensures that any criticism of their
2034,” to name a few) will hook community comes from a place of
you, but you’ll soon find out that love, he raps: “Everybody getting
most have no relation to the old but ain’t nobody getting
lyrical content. grown / How you supposed to be a
“Force,” one of the more con- grown man when you ain’t even
servatively titled tracks, is a your own man?” If the same song
standout. It finds FreakY regurgi- were rapped on a trunk-rattling
tating the media we’re fed on a beat, it may have come off as
regular basis — if not to caution confrontational. But the soft gui-

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us against it, then at least to tar strums and sparse drums here
convey how maddening it is to suggest a softer, more concerned
hear the same thing over and look at the world that Noochie is
over. Repeated echoey synth living in.
burps and dirty bass are a con-
stant as he rhymes words like Deetranada, “Help!”
inoculation, self-degradation, The 19-year-old Baltimore rap-
vaccination and military bases in GUY THE PHOTOGRAPHER RIP KNOXX
per and former finalist on Jer-
a muffled delivery. Baltimore hip-hop artist Deetranada displays On “Jill Scott — Loves Me (New Club Waves Edit),” maine Dupri’s teen competition
Politically and socially aware sharp lyrical acrobatics on “Help!” CalvoMusic adds flair with bongos. show, “The Rap Game,” has finally
music isn’t out of FreakY’s typical been able to step into her artistry
approach. Before the 2016 elec- Noochie featuring Alex community. Southeast D.C.’s his Instagram feed (@noochie- as a young adult. Transitioning
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tion, he and JPEGMAFIA Vaughn, “Sense” Noochie is distinctive because he music) there are freestyles over from the spotlight as an adoles-
dropped the satirical “I Might The DMV has an abundance of has music that is both raw, street- beats from songs by Chicago’s cent has proved to be a tough go
Vote 4 Donald Trump,” a track rappers who, regardless of the level storytelling and something Mick Jenkins, New York’s West- for many before her — specifically
that poked fun at the idea of subgenre they operate within, that you can imagine hearing on a side Gunn, and Virginia icon in hip-hop, where any inclination
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Trump thinking he’d secure a have a relentless work ethic, regu- sports commercial. Pusha T. When he’s not flexing his toward innocence is scoffed at —
victory. The two were off in their larly dropping loose tracks or Active on the scene for years, muscle in that way, Noochie can but with the music she’s been
assumption of him losing, but like even bite-size mix tapes to keep Noochie favors a traditional, Lil give introspective and observant releasing over the past 18 months,
“Force,” it showed that FreakY their listeners occupied. But what Wayne-esque approach rather accounts that are radio-ready. it feels like her continued im-
had a solid grasp on how to make the area doesn’t have is a wealth than what’s trendy in the area. “Sense,” from his Halloween- provement is steadily outgrowing
heads knock while adding assess- of artists who feel as if they’re And because of that, he checks off released “Sneaky Tape,” is an ex- her former role on the show.
ing much of what’s pushed on us groomed for the next level in all the boxes on the rapper check- ample of that. With Prince Deetranada is a rare talent in
as a society. terms of having music that’s pal- list. Like the New Orleans legend, George’s County singer Alex terms of her ability to shape-shift
atable to people outside of this no beat is safe with Noochie. On Vaughn handling a chorus that SEE MUSIC ON 6
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MUSIC FROM 5 sounds almost identical to the scene, and how she’s like bad long enough makes the locally be- plainly tell things like they are.
smash hits that JetsonMade has knees (because she gets it “crack- loved rapper’s accounts of triumph “Touchin’ ” falls within that
on whatever beat she encounters, crafted for DaBaby, with bass hits in’ ”). so much sweeter. In late October, matter-of-fact storytelling,
and her sharp lyrical acrobatics that come so quick and often that he released “Hood President,” his though it is packed with humble
make it so that you’re going to be they’ll leave you dizzy. Deetrana- I Am Northeast, “Touchin’ ” first mix tape of the year, and like brags about how his track record
finding new gems almost every da’s bars are nothing like the guy The way that I Am Northeast — everything else he’s dropped since has afforded him access to just
time you run one of her tracks from Charlotte, though. On it, she take a guess as to which D.C. 2017, it has a 50/50 balance of about everything he could possi-
back. Her most recent offering, raps about people feeling her quadrant he represents — chroni- narratives about both the highs bly want. At its core, I Am North-
“Help!,” demonstrates that skill across the pond in London, her cles the emotional toll that life on and lows of he’s experienced — if east’s music is classic trap, influ-
set. The HINH x SCXRBOY beat plan to take over the Baltimore the streets can have if you stay in it not just even-keel stories that enced by the likes of Gucci Mane,
Young Dolph and Young Jeezy:
straightforward, vivid and a man-
ual on what to do and what not to
do if you’re in his world.

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In the early weeks of the covid-
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a group of young men from Balti-
more went viral for their disre-
gard of the new restrictions. “B----
we is from Baltimore, we don’t
care about no f------ curfew,” one
of them exclaimed into his front-
Washington Post newsletters deliver more of what you’re looking for. facing camera. Local club music
producer CalvoMusic took the
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Calvo’s newest track isn’t the
attention-grabbing draw that
“B---- We From Baltimore” is, but
it’s significantly more versatile in
terms of when it’d be appropriate
to play. The song is an edit of

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classic “He Loves Me (Lyzel in E
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the sweet “Oooh’s” from the origi-
nal come at you like overlapping
voices in your head while bongos

with the
and 808s add flair. Tracks like this
show that, with club music, no era
of music is too old for a facelift.

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Q: I loved your recent article is another place I should be

about getting ready to eat in the thinking of. Outdoors,
cold. Which restaurants do you pescatarian friendly, and good
recommend with a nice outside wine list are the only
ambiance in D.C.? requirements here.
A: That was a fun story to report. A: You have some great ideas
It’s not every day that I ring up there, but let me throw a third
an explorer at the South Pole or into the mix: Del Mar, the
the Finnish ambassador. (The dashing Spanish restaurant from
word of the day is kalsarikannit. the same owner as Fiola. I
Google it.) haven’t dined there since March,
Washington restaurants have but I recently got takeout from
been clever with outdoor seating. Del Mar, and boy, was it ever
Some of my favorite alfresco impressive. Splurge on the tuna-
dining destinations include stuffed peppers, frothy butternut
Baan Siam for Thai, Anju for squash soup and a paella strewn
Korean, Bammy’s for Caribbean, with lobster, mussels and more.
Convivial for modern French,
Jaleo for Spanish tapas and Q: We live in D.C. and are
Reveler’s Hour for fried chicken celebrating our 10th wedding
and eclectic wine. Outside of the anniversary. We are pescatarian
District, there’s the road trip- (we eat fish with fins/scales) and
worthy Thacher & Rye in are willing to eat indoor or
Frederick, the subject of a recent outdoor. Our first thought was
review and the latest attraction Rose’s Luxury, but unfortunately,
from veteran chef Bryan their current menu doesn’t fall
Voltaggio. within our dietary restrictions.
We are willing to drive for this
Q: Do you think you have a duty SCOTT SUCHMAN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST occasion. Do you have any
to encourage people to not eat Baan Siam in Northwest D.C. is among the area restaurants with appealing outdoor seating. Other spots recommendations?
inside, at all? Given the with alfresco options are Anju, Bammy’s, Convivial, Jaleo and Frederick’s Thatcher & Rye. SEE ASK TOM ON 8
trajectory of the virus, wouldn’t
be prudent to encourage A: The Roman classic, made
everyone to only eat outdoors or with cracked black pepper and
via takeout/delivery? Restaurant pecorino cheese, can be found at

Holiday
employees deserve to survive, the cozy Al Tiramisu in Dupont
but that should be in both a Circle, among other spots. Can I
financial and a health-related help you fall in lust with a
sense. Indoor dining puts different but divine pasta,
everyone at risk unnecessarily. though? Because the pappardelle
A: As much as possible, I want with chestnut, white Bolognese,
people to experience restaurants
through takeout/delivery or
outside. I agree, those options
sage and Parmesan at
Centrolina in CityCenter is
something special. The
Shopping
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rare occasion I dine inside an seating to recommend it, too,
Shopping enthusiasts will adore
establishment, I at least like to and is now open for lunch on
point out the safety protocols the Thursdays and Fridays. Kent County, MD! Stroll the tree-lined,
restaurant is following. red-brick sidewalks aglow with holiday
Q: I have a one-year dating
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Q: We are looking to celebrate anniversary coming up in
our anniversary on Friday with December and hopefully it will shops in both Chestertown and Rock
Italian takeout. Any price point still be just warm enough or I Hall. From the quirky, nostalgic gift finds
is okay. We honeymooned in can find a place with heating to in Chestertown to the idyllic treasures
Rome, and cacio e pepe has a eat outdoors. Where would you
special place in our hearts, so a go? I’m thinking about choosing representative of Chesapeake Bay life in
bonus if that is on the menu. Any between Fiola (including the Rock Hall; Kent County is sure to have the

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suggestions for D.C. or close-in rooftop experience) or Masseria’s perfect gift for those on your holiday list.
Montgomery County? pergola, but let me know if there
Get your shopping passport and plan a visit
to Kent County today!

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Reveler’s Hour co-owner Bill Jensen presents a table with several
types of wine. The restaurant makes flavorful fried chicken.
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* Events marked with an asterisk have suffered during the pandem- Washington’s annual cabaret Epiphany Choir paired with the
take place in person. ic. A dozen neighborhood Main blends traditional choral works, baroque ensemble Modern Mu-
Street organizations in the District finger-snapping a cappella, high- sick for a program that includes
Nov. 27 have joined forces to encourage kicking dance routines and saucy pieces by Henry Purcell, David
Downtown Holiday Market * residents to get out and explore seasonal novelty tunes into a show Willcocks and Bolivian baroque
Now in its 16th year, the popular shops and restaurants during the that balances quiet and beautiful composers. Available for stream-
Penn Quarter shopping destina- holiday season. Stroll one of the moments with laugh-out-loud ing starting at 12:10 p.m. at
tion has expanded to encourage festively decorated strips, includ- production numbers. This year’s epiphanydc.org. Free.
social distancing. F Street NW has ing Georgia Avenue, Mount Pleas- virtual offering, which includes
been blocked off between Seventh ant and Logan Circle, for discounts greatest hits from the group’s pre-
and Ninth streets to make room and participate in a scavenger vious shows, features an at-home Dec. 9
for 60 vendors, including booths hunt, then cast your vote for the singalong. Available for stream- Floral Design How-To: Holiday
focusing on local fashion design- neighborhood with the most spir- ing Dec. 5-20 at gmcw.org. $25. Blooms at Hillwood
ers and Black- and minority- it. Through Dec. 31. Free. A colorful spray of flowers makes
owned businesses. Noon to 8 p.m. any home feel instantly festive.
through Dec. 23 (closed Nov. 30, Dec. 6 Learn the secrets of holiday decor
Dec. 7 and 14). Entrance in front of Dec. 2 The Washington Ballet’s from Ami Wilber, the floral design-
the National Portrait Gallery, Give a Can, Get a Can at Pizzeria Nutcracker Tea Party @Home er at the Hillwood Estate, during a
Eighth and F streets NW. Free. Paradiso * The Washington Ballet isn’t stag- Zoom seminar and Q&A session.

Still plenty
Many people feel extra generous at ing a full version of “The Nut- Work with blooms and greenery
this time of year, and so do bars. cracker” this year, but it is keep- you’ve gathered yourself, or preor-
Nov. 28 Since 2011, Pizzeria Paradiso has ing a favorite tradition alive: an der a package of materials that
Mount Vernon Winter Glow * held fundraisers for local nonprofit afternoon tea for the ballet’s includes roses, carnations and
The annual Mount Vernon by Can- Martha’s Table. Give a Can, Get a youngest fans. The Sugar Plum winter greens that can be picked

of cheer for
dlelight is canceled this year, but Can is the most popular: Bring a Fairy and the Dew Drop Fairy up at Hillwood before the pro-
you can still visit the festively lit can of low-sodium pasta sauce, make appearances in a special gram. (Note: This class repeats on
grounds of George Washington’s vegetables or salmon (among other video, which features excerpts Dec. 11.) 6:30 p.m. at hillwoodmu-
estate, listening to carolers, watch- items) to any of the popular Nea- from the 2019 staging of “The seum.org. $12; $72 with materials.
ing interactive demonstrations, politan pizza restaurant’s locations Nutcracker” at the Warner Thea-

the holidays
and meeting Aladdin the Camel — on Dec. 2, and you can trade it for a tre; a make-at-home Nutcracker
yes, Washington once rented a cam- can of beer to take home. Two cans craft project; and a special “live” Dec. 10
el to entertain Christmas guests — are good for two beers, but custom- performance. (A list of the sup- The First Night of Hanukkah
and a troupe of Revolutionary War ers do need to purchase a food item plies for the craft project will be Expect Hanukkah celebrations to
reenactors. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on to help Paradiso meet legal re- posted on the Ballet’s website and be socially distanced and muted
Nov. 27-29 and Dec. 11-13 and 26-28. quirements. It’s a delicious way to social media.) “We’re encourag- this year. Washington is home to
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial do good for others. Locations in ing people to have fun and spend two large menorah displays — the
A list of things to do, every day Hwy., Mount Vernon. $25-$45. Dupont Circle, Georgetown, Spring a nice afternoon together, as if we National Menorah on the Ellipse,
Valley and Hyattsville. Free. were all at the Willard in our which is scheduled to be lit in a
from now until Christmas Sunday finest,” says the Washing- ceremony beginning at 4 p.m., and
Nov. 29 ton Ballet’s Karen Shepherd. a menorah at the Wharf’s District
BY F RITZ H AHN Holiday Movies at Dec. 3 Available for streaming starting Square, lit between 5 and 6 p.m.
the Wharf Transit Pier * National Christmas Tree Lighting at 3 p.m. through the end of the each night during the Festival of

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Even if you’ve lost track of the The first National Christmas Tree month on Washington Ballet’s Lights. Those who would rather
he lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the number of times you’ve seen “Elf” at the White House was lit by YouTube channel. Free. not go to a public lighting can join
Ellipse, and the resulting traffic jams. The model and “A Christmas Story,” it’s still fun President Calvin Coolidge in 1923. the Edlavitch DC Jewish Commu-
to gather around a crackling fire (The current specimen isn’t that nity Center, the Pozez Jewish
train display at the U.S. Botanic Garden. “A and watch them on a 20-foot old — the Colorado blue spruce Dec. 7 Community Center of Northern
Christmas Carol” at Ford’s Theatre. Singing along with screen. The $60 ticket to the was transplanted to the Ellipse Tail Lights at Merriweather Virginia, and the Bender Jewish
Wharf’s outdoor holiday film series last fall.) This year’s official light- Symphony of Lights * Community Center of Greater
Handel’s “Messiah” at the Kennedy Center, after waiting gets you up to four Adirondack ing ceremony is taking place on- On most nights, visitors to the Washington for 8 Nights of Lights,
in the long line for free tickets. chairs arranged around a private line, but the public can still visit Symphony of Lights in Columbia a virtual nightly lighting cer-
fire pit, and you can order food and the tree, and the 56 smaller trees admire the animated displays of emony (5:30 p.m., free). At Sixth
For people who live in the Washington area, these drinks from the waterfront Canti- representing states, territories more than 300,000 bulbs from and I, the Count Every Night virtu-
annual events are as much a part of the holidays as na Bambina. A different classic and the District, in person through the warmth of their cars, driving al party on Dec. 10 includes Ha-
movie is shown every weekend, MICHAEL KEY December. Available for stream- the one-mile course while listen- nukkah songs, games and a meno-
gathering around a table with family. You may have gone starting with “Home Alone” from ing at thenationaltree.org. Free. ing to seasonal music. Not on Dec. rah lighting, as well as socializing
to them as a child. You may have brought your own Nov. 27-29, and then every day from 7, though, when customers are — recipes for Hanukkah cocktails
Dec. 26 to 31. Screenings on Fridays allowed to walk on a path through are provided (7 p.m., $12).
children, too. Dec. 4

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(6 p.m.), Saturdays (2 and 6 p.m.) the lights with their leashed dogs.
But this year, the National Christmas Tree’s lights will and Sundays (2 p.m.) through Dec. U.S. Army Band Holiday (Festive costumes are encouraged
20. 970 Wharf St. SW. $60. Festival: Latin Jazz for both humans and canines.) Dec. 11
switched on during an online ceremony. There’s no The U.S. Army Band will post new 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., with admission Bad Santa at Park Up DC *
“Messiah” at the Kennedy Center. Ford’s Theatre’s stage videos on Friday afternoons at 10-minute intervals. 10475 Lit- Universal Pictures passed on the
Nov. 30 through Dec. 18 as part of its tle Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia. Coen Brothers’ “Bad Santa” after
will be dark and empty. Ice Skating at Pentagon Row * American Holiday Festival. Differ- $10. Tickets must be purchased in reading the script, which they
Don’t worry: The coronavirus, like the Grinch, can’t While Pentagon Row is home to the ent ensembles and styles of music advance. described as “the most foul, dis-
largest outdoor ice rink in North- are featured each week, but one of gusting, misogynistic, anti-
steal the true spirit of the season. We may admire ern Virginia, it can still get a little the most intriguing finds legend- Christmas, anti-children thing
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colorful light displays from the safety of our cars, or busy on weekends, thanks to skat- ary jazz trumpeter Arturo San- Dec. 8 we could imagine,” according to
ing lessons and group outings, as doval and percussionist Pedrito Epiphany Choir Christmas Concert eventual producer Bob Wein-

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watch the Rat King leap across our television screens, well as a restricted capacity that Martinez lending Cuban flair to a The Church of the Epiphany can’t stein. No wonder the story of an
but there is no shortage of opportunities to feel merry only allows 50 people at once. Visit program of jazz and holiday music hold concerts in its historic alcoholic safecracker who dou-
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on a weeknight for an experience as performed by the 18-piece U.S. downtown building, but that bles as a mall Santa has become a
and bright. For every day from Black Friday to Christmas smooth as freshly Zambonied ice, Army Blues band. Available for hasn’t stopped the church’s long- cult classic. “Bad Santa” plays at

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Day, we’ve found at least one seasonal experience taking and hit a nearby restaurant for streaming starting at 4 p.m. at running lunchtime concert se- Park Up DC, the pop-up drive-in
happy hour after. Open daily usarmyband.com. Free. ries. Performances by musicians theater located in an RFK Sta-
place virtually or in real life. To make celebrating even through March. 1201 S. Joyce St., and vocalists are filmed in the dium parking lot, on Dec. 11 and
easier, many of the virtual events are available for more Arlington. $9-$10, $5 skate rental. church, with stained glass win- 17. If your tastes run to more
2018 PHOTO BY ASTRID RIECKEN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST 2019 PHOTO BY MICHAEL ROBINSON CHAVEZ/THE WASHINGTON POST Dec. 5 dows serving as a backdrop, and traditional feel-good holiday fare,
than one night, in case they conflict with a work holiday Gay Men’s Chorus of posted to the church’s YouTube “This Christmas” is featured on
party on Zoom — or you need an excuse to duck out early. Dec. 1 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s annual holiday show is one of the many traditional performances that will go Washington Holiday Show channel at 12:10 p.m. on Tues- Dec. 12. 9:10 p.m. 2400 East Capi-
D.C. Holiday Lights * virtual this year; unlike last year’s National Christmas Tree Lighting, this year’s ceremony will be online; the people who gather this year at the A holiday extravaganza like no days, when concerts traditionally tol St. NE . $29-$45.
(Even in a pandemic, some things never change.) It’s no secret that small businesses Ellipse near the White House for the National Chanukah Menorah Lighting will be subject to social-distancing guidelines. other, the Gay Men’s Chorus of begin. This performance finds the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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FROM PREVIOUS PAGE year, the tradition of having live
music on Tuesday evenings con-
Dec. 12 tinues. In celebration of Hanuk-
D.C. Holiday Cocktail Seminar kah, the featured performer is
If you find yourself staying in Arianne Brown, the senior cantor
more during the holidays, you at Adas Israel in Cleveland Park.
might find yourself in a cocktail Brown has performed in “Fiddler
rut, making the same old drinks on the Roof” and “The Fantas-
again and again. Let the annual tiks”; sung at Carnegie Hall and
D.C. Holiday Cocktail Seminar in- Lincoln Center; and released a
troduce you to a few new and CD of Yiddish love songs. 5:30
classic beverages, whipped up by p.m. at usbg.gov. Free.
some of D.C.’s most talented bar-
tenders and ambassadors for spir-
its brands. Hosted by author Phil- Dec. 16
ip Greene, this is as easy as it gets: Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical
On Friday afternoon, you pick up Holiday Show
six premixed cocktails in individu- Is your TV big enough to hold
al pouches from Last Call, near Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical
Union Market. Then, during the Holiday Show? The local dance
event, as the mixologists demon- troupe mixes stepping, a form of
strate and discuss their seasonal dance driven by stomping and
cocktails on screen, you just sit clapping, with African dance, hip-
back and sip. (Greene says that hop and marching band preci-
some cocktails may involve shak- sion. Its annual holiday perform-
ing or heating the liquid, but noth- ance, with propulsive rhythms
ing more complicated than that.) and audience participation danc-
Note: A version of this event with a es, is one of the most energetic
different set of bartenders takes JATI LINDSAY and inspiring in town. Step Afrika
place on Dec. 11. 7 to 8:30 p.m. brings the show to YouTube and
Tickets available via event- Facebook Live free this year, with
brite.com. $50. performances by DJ Frosty the
Snowman and mascots Popper
the penguin and Pinky and Polo
Dec. 13 the polar bear twins. Available
Holidays at the White House for streaming starting at 7:30
Each first lady puts her own spin p.m. through Jan. 1 at stepafri-
on the White House’s holiday ka.org. Free.
decor, which has included trees
decorated with “Nutcrack-
er”-themed ornaments, military Dec. 17
patches and wooden folk art. In Sippin’ Santa Holiday Tiki Bar *
JATI LINDSAY
this online presentation, orga- Archipelago’s annual transforma-
nized by Smithsonian Associates, tion into a Christmas-themed
historian and author Coleen surf shack has been overshad-
Christian Burke discusses how owed by other holiday bars in
themes have been selected in dif- recent years, but it’s time for the U
ferent administrations, as well as Street tiki bar to shine. The own-
the role first pets have played. 10 ers closed the bar before Thanks-
a.m. to noon at smithsonianasso- giving to revamp the patio, creat-
ciates.org. $25-$30. ing more covered, heated outdoor
seating. The focus will remain on
cocktails heavy on dark rum and
Dec. 14 fruit juices, though punched up
‘A Christmas Carol: with nutmeg or ginger spices, and
The Radio Play’ you’ll be able to drink the concoc-
“A Christmas Carol” has been the tions from ceramic mugs showing
featured seasonal entertainment hula-dancing reindeer or Santa
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

at Ford’s Theatre since 1979, and RANDY SCHMIDT wearing flip-flops and shades. Ar-
while it’s not possible for audienc- chipelago’s owners are cognizant
es to pack into the seats to watch FROM TOP: Step that not everyone wants to eat
Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit Afrika!’s annual and drink outdoors at the mo-
and the ghosts, Ford’s isn’t giving Magical Musical ment, so they plan to offer cock-
up on Dickens yet. Instead of Holiday Step will tail boxes featuring the seasonal
filming the play, Ford’s has adapt- stream online; beverages, including themed tiki
ed the story into a one-hour radio Archipelago will glasses, for takeout and delivery.
play, with actor Craig Wallace again host its Starts Dec. 1. 1201 U St. NW.
reprising his frequent stage role Sippin’ Santa Cocktail prices vary.
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as Scrooge. Members of Ford’s Holiday Tiki Bar;

Theatre can hear the broadcast actors Craig
starting Dec. 7, while the public Wallace, left, and Dec. 18
can listen beginning Dec. 14. Paul Morella play Smithsonian at 8
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Available for streaming Dec. 7 Scrooge in virtual Winter Solstice Celebration

through Jan. 1 at fords.org. Free. performances of One of the longest nights of the
“A Christmas year is the perfect excuse for
Carol” at Ford’s Smithsonian at 8 to host an after-
Dec. 15 Theatre and Olney hours party. The group has
Seasonal Music from Theatre, planned a full slate of virtual activi-
the U.S. Botanic Garden: respectively. ties mimicking its popular in-per-
Cantor Arianne Brown son gatherings, including stargaz-
Though the U.S. Botanic Gardens’ ing with the George Mason Univer-
popular Season’s Greenings train MARVIN JOSEPH/THE WASHINGTON POST sity Observatory; a curator talk
display won’t be unpacked this about how various cultures mark
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the solstice; workshops on making early-music ensemble includes

cocktails and assembling cheese- Bach’s Cantata No. 140 (“Wachet
boards; team trivia; and music by auf,” or “Sleepers Wake”), a selec-
DJ Trayze. (A list of cocktail ingre- tion of seasonal works by 17th
dients will be provided in advance, Century German composer Mi-
and participants have the option of chael Praetorius, and a mix of
ordering cheeseboard supplies English and American traditional
from Brightwood’s Cheesemonster carols, performed with strings,
Studio.) 7:30 to 11 p.m. at smithso- woodwinds and a vocal quartet.
nianassociates.org. $12 until Nov. Available for streaming Dec. 11
28, then $15. through Jan. 5. at folger.edu.
$25-$50.
Dec. 19
Wolf Trap Holiday Sing-a-Long Dec. 23
From Home ‘A Christmas Carol’ at
While families won’t pack the Olney Theatre Center
Filene Center to sing merrily with Paul Morella really immerses him-
local choral groups and “The Presi- self in “A Christmas Carol” during
dent’s Own” United States Marine the holiday season: Not only did
Band this year, Wolf Trap is helping he adapt and direct this one-man
replicate the experience at home. performance, he portrays dozens
The streaming broadcast includes of characters throughout. He has
prerecorded performances by the brought Dickens’s tale to life at
Marine Band, and singalong ver- Olney since 2010, and this year, it’s
sions of carols and Hanukkah available to purchase and watch
songs. (A different virtual perform- “as many times as you like” at
ance will take place on Dec. 5.) 4 home. Available for streaming
p.m. at wolftrap.org. Free. VADIM SLATVITSKIY Dec. 15 through Jan. 3 at olneythe-
atre.org. $15-$20.
Dec. 20
The Cathedral Choral Society’s Dec. 24
‘Joy of Christmas’ Manassas Ballet Theatre’s
The Cathedral Choral Society has ‘The Nutcracker’
been hosting its “Joy of Christ- Staging “The Nutcracker” during
mas” concerts at Washington Na- a pandemic presents a number of
tional Cathedral since 1976, and challenges. For the Manassas Bal-
that experience shows in the pro- let Theatre, which is releasing a
gram, which was recorded live at recording of its annual produc-
the Cathedral: There are crowd- tion, it’s a numbers game. For
pleasers, including “O Come All social distancing reasons, a maxi-
Ye Faithful” and “Hark! The Her- mum of 20 dancers can be on-
ald Angels Sing” sung by a 20-per- stage at George Mason’s Hylton
son chorus; quartets performing Performing Arts Center at the
the 16th century “Coventry Carol” same time, so artistic director
and Holst’s 20th century arrange- Amy Wolf had to modify the
ment of “In the Bleak Midwinter”; staging, cutting the number of
and a solo organ version of the snowflakes in half. Rehearsals
spiritual “Go Tell it on the Moun- presented their own problems,
tain.” Available for streaming but some of the paired dancers
starting at 3 p.m. at cathedralcho- are husband-and-wife duos or
ralsociety.org. Free. live in the same household, which
allows them to practice in close
contact. Still, Wolf is excited for
Dec. 21 the company, which will release
National Symphony Orchestra two versions with different casts
Holiday Pops Concert on Christmas Eve and Christmas

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While the Kennedy Center has WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL Day. Viewers from as far as Aus-
canceled most in-person perform- tralia and Italy have tuned in for
ances through April 25, a trio of FROM TOP: The other performances, and Wolf
concerts by the National Sympho- Manassas Ballet plans to make all of the compa-
ny Orchestra are being recorded rehearses for its ny’s shows available online in the
in the Concert Hall in December. virtual future. Available for streaming
The one to note is the annual NSO performance of for 30 days starting at 7:30 p.m.
Holiday Pops program, conduct- “The Nutcracker”; at manassasballet.org. $25.
ed by Steven Reineke: Prior years the Cathedral
have included “All I Want for Choral Society
Christmas is You” and “Jingle Bell was recorded in Dec. 25
Rock” alongside freshly arranged October for “Joy Christmas Day Organ Recital at
. FRIDAY,

standards. The concert takes of Christmas”; the Washington National Cathedral

place on Dec. 18, and will be Folger Consort Let Washington National Ca-
posted on the Kennedy Center’s will stream its thedral’s 10,547-pipe organ pro-
website the following day. Avail- holiday concert vide the soundtrack to your
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

able for streaming starting Dec. 19 starting Dec. 11. Christmas Day, whether you’re
at kennedy-center.org. Free. opening presents, preparing
lunch, or just settling in for a
quiet afternoon. Organists Thom-
Dec. 22 as Sheehan and George Fergus
Christmas with present an hour-long program of
the Folger Consort festive melodies. Noon to 1 p.m. at
The virtual holiday program by BRITTANY DILIBERTO cathedral.org. Free.
the Folger Shakespeare Library’s fritz.hahn@washpost.com
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What Washington is watching on DVD
1. Unhinged, right
2. Mulan
3. The New Mutants
4. Antebellum
5. Bill & Ted Face the Music, left
SOURCE: Redbox,
for the week ended Nov. 22

New on DVD
l After We Collided
l Ava
l Iron Mask
PATTI PERRET/ ORION PICTURES SKIP BOLDEN/SOLSTICE STUDIOS

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Get your singing voice ready! This year Follow the

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For complete information,
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in the Wolf Trap Saturday, Dec. 5 & 19 continues as a two-part virtual event. Free on social
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A Celtic Christmas kicks off the holiday
season with the evocative sounds of the Concert will
Dumbarton Concerts Celtic harp, lute, pipes, bodhran, flutes, Dumbarton Concerts be available
Sunday, December 6, and recorders. Not to be missed is Dylan Purchase tickets at for 7 days
A Celtic Christmas 4pm Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales dumbartonconcerts.org or $26 after original
Virtual Concert narrated by Robert Aubry Davis, and by calling 202-965-2000 streaming
carols and dances to get everyone in the date.
happiest holiday spirit!
Helicon’s Winter Solstice concert
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

brings together 8 of the DMV’s finest Dumbarton Concerts Concert will

Dumbarton Concerts traditional musicians for a musical feast be available
Helicon Saturday, December 12, of Celtic rhythms fused with French- Streaming Online for 7 days
7pm Canadian, Appalachian, and bluegrass Purchase tickets at $26 after original
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CABARET
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. FRIDAY,

Presents Hannukah, Christmas, Diawli, Creative Cauldron Runtime

Holiday Cabaret December 13 - 23 Kwanzaa—whatever you celebrate in this www.creativecauldron.org $15 60 – 90
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FAMILY EVENTS
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PG

Small Axe    

PARISA TAGHIZEDEH/AMAZON PRIME

Micheal Ward, left, and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn in “Lovers Rock,” the second installment of “Small Axe,” Steve McQueen’s series of five films.

McQueen’s finely honed anthology

curated clothes, furnishings and
Auteur’s five-film series textures that form the movie’s
is a powerful act of gorgeous backdrop, or a stunning
moment, midway through the
restorative justice proceedings, when a popular song
comes on and the partygoers
BY A NN H ORNADAY break into their own rapturous a

I
cappella version.
n “Lovers Rock,” we see a It’s a levitating sequence, and
young woman surreptitiously typical of McQueen’s gift for com-
sneaking out of a house, her position, pacing and liltingly
shoes in her hand. Mean- graceful camera movements: As a
while, a group of young men clear heart-stopping juncture, it’s of a
furniture from the main room of piece with the unbroken 17-min-
another London house, making ute shot in “Hunger” when IRA
way for a turntable and speakers. activist Bobby Sands debates with

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In the kitchen, women begin to a priest over the morality of em-
prepare curried goat and callaloo, barking on the hunger strike he
laughing and singing as they knew might kill him. And it’s
bump into each other in the bus- consistent with the patience and
tling, cramped space. assurance with which McQueen
It’s not immediately clear DES WILLIE/AMAZON PRIME WILL ROBSON SCOTT/AMAZON PRIME has composed “Small Axe,” the
what’s going on here. But in the Shaun Parkes in “Mangrove,” which chronicles the 1971 John Boyega’s officer tries to change the five-film anthology of which “Lov-
sensitive hands of filmmaker trial of a cafe owner charged with inciting to riot. system in “Red, White and Blue.” ers Rock” is the second install-
Steve McQueen, the point of ment.
“Lovers Rock” becomes mesmer- the human figure. mance that feels less like a movie dance with a charismatic stranger Although “Lovers Rock” is
izingly clear. Since making his McQueen’s vocabulary is on than an ecstatic trance. named Franklyn (Micheal Ward), based on McQueen’s memories of
astonishing feature debut in particularly glorious display in If there’s a plot to “Lovers and the night unfolds before them the “Blues parties” he and his
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2008 with “Hunger,” McQueen — this lambent gem of a film. “Lov- Rock,” it centers on Martha (Ama- with the beckoning allure of the family attended (Martha is in-
whose 2013 film “12 Years a Slave” ers Rock” takes place over the rah-Jae St. Aubyn), the young unknown. spired by one of his aunts), the
won best picture — has devel- course of one night in West Lon- woman we see at the film’s begin- That sense of enticement also other films in “Small Axe” are
oped a cinematic language all his don’s West Indian community in ning. She and her friend Patty comes with an element of danger; much more specific and fact-
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

own. It’s a vernacular that’s si- 1980, when the titular musical (Shaniqua Okwok) meet at a near- the viewer is never quite sure based: “Mangrove,” which de-
multaneously expansive and mi- style — a sensuous reggae sub- by playground then make their when the escalating energy might buted last week, chronicled the
croscopically detailed; ruthless, genre — was at its height. As the way to the party, which is in full spill into violence, especially 1971 trial of cafe owner Frank
and filled with tenderness and film’s characters congregate to swing when they get there. Mc- where the men are concerned. But Crichlow (Shaun Parkes), who
compassion. And it’s purely vis- dance, eat, drink and flirt, an Queen, who wrote the script with that sense of destabilization feels had been routinely harassed by
ual, especially when it comes to everyday house party becomes Courttia Newland, has a keen eye just as true to life as the pure the London police until being ar-
the way McQueen — whose roots something soaring and transcen- for the subtle come-hither glances pleasure that McQueen luxuriates rested for incitement to riot; “Red,
are in the contemporary art dent, an earthy celebration of and furtive gestures of seduction: in and invites the audience to White and Blue” stars John Boye-
world — observes and deploys freedom, self-expression and ro- Eventually, Martha begins to share, whether in the perfectly SEE SMALL ON 16
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Ratings guide The Croods: A New Age    

Neanderthal story with some smarts

Masterpiece

Very good

Okay
 The animated sequel
Poor centers on a clash

between cultures

Plus
New movies available BY M ICHAEL O ’ S ULLIVAN
online 18
For anyone who missed “The
Common Sense Media 19 Croods,” — the animated 2013
comedy about the survival strug-
gles of a family of cave-dwelling
Neanderthals — and their en-
Opening next week counter with a more advanced
hominid, in the form of the Ryan
Reynolds-voiced Guy — the new
Frances McDormand plays sequel opens with a brief pro-
a woman who has lost logue, bringing us up to speed for PHOTOS BY DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
everything in the Great the next chapter in this highly
Recession in Nomadland. fanciful retelling of the Dawn of (brothers Kevin and Dan Hage-
Man. As “The Croods: A New Age” man, Paul Fisher and Bob Logan)
A fairy-tale wedding is gets underway, the titular family may also have been a little high on
threatened by the groom’s — Nicolas Cage and Catherine bee venom when they wrote this
cancer in All My Life. Keener as Grug and Ugga Crood, thing. One of the modest delights
with Emma Stone as their now- of the original film was its imagi-
Two men who have just besotted teenager daughter Eep, native use of hybrid animal spe-
discovered that they’re all gaga for Guy — have piled onto cies that never existed: bear fish;
related take a road trip in the back of their rainbow-hued piranha birds and such. That
Half Brothers. saber-toothed tiger (other family quality continues — to an almost
members in tow) to explore the absurd degree — in “A New Age,”
world beyond their humble cav- whose climax involves such trip-
ern. py “Croodaceous” creatures as
The film’s central tension aris- wolf spiders, punch monkeys and
Editor’s note: Several movie es when the protagonists run into a confrontation with a spiny man-
theaters in Northern Virginia the Bettermans, a family as drilla: a behemoth that is part
and Maryland have re- evolved as the Croods are primi- gorilla, part mandrill, part spiny
opened, with policies in place tive, who live in a paradisiacal TOP: In the animated tween Eep and Dawn, and incor- anteater and part King Kong.
to make moviegoing a safer encampment with bedding, sequel “The Croods: A porating some climactic heroics Okay: So nobody said the mov-
experience. These policies in- showers and the like. They’re New Age,” a family of on the part of other female char- ie was a lesson in paleobiology.
clude: reduced auditorium gatherers to the Croods’ hunters, Neanderthals meets a acters, including Eep’s grand- What you (or your impression-
seating capacity and socially and the culture clash between the more evolved family. mother (Cloris Leachman) — able kids) might take away from
distanced concession check- two clans fuels the serviceable Actors providing the tempers the dumb, throwback this larky, slightly lunatic film is a
out; enhanced cleaning pro- narrative. voices include Nicolas dynamic of two girls fighting over moral about social collaboration
tocols and hand-washing by A side plot involves the roman- Cage, Catherine Keener, a boy. and community. Those things are
employees; mask require- tic rivalry between Eep and the Peter Dinklage, Leslie Ugga, indeed. signs of cultural sophistication —
ments (except while guests adolescent Dawn Betterman (Kel- Mann, Cloris Leachman, A scene in which Eep and evidence that we’re not troglo-
are eating or drinking in the ly Marie Tran), whose social- Clark Duke and Kailey Dawn go out joyriding on the dytes anymore — that, sadly,
auditorium). For more infor- climbing parents (Peter Dinklage Crawford. ABOVE: Rival Croods’ big cat — and from which sometimes seem sorely lacking
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

mation on specific policies and Leslie Mann) think that Guy teens Eep Crood, left, Dawn returns loopy on bee ven- these days.
that have been implemented is a better match for their child and Dawn Betterman are om after a sting — establishes michael.osullivan@washpost.com
— and such perks as contact- than he is for Eep and her knuck- voiced by Emma Stone that this tale is not going to cling
less concession ordering, via le-dragging kin. The theme of and Kelly Marie Tran, to fossilized cliche. PG. At area theaters. Contains
Showplace Icon’s Icon Extras female empowerment — centered respectively. But the anarchic spirit of the peril, action and rude humor. 95
app — visit amcthe- on the growing friendship be- film suggests the screenwriters minutes.
atres.com, cinemark.com,
bowtiecinemas.com,
angelikafilmcenter.com/mo-
saic, cinemaartstheatre.com,
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universitymalltheatres.com
and showplaceicon.com. Re- SMALL FROM 15 Queen’s own childhood, during vides the balm of seeing people at is Steve McQueen and, if “Small
gal Cinemas recently an- which he was almost lost to Eng- their most liberated, nourished Axe” is any indication, it’s one that
nounced the temporary clo- ga as Leroy Logan, the son of a land’s punishingly caste-based and self-sustaining. By bringing he's indisputably winning.
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sure of all its theaters, while similarly oppressed West Indian school system. these stories to light with such ann.hornaday@washpost.com
the AMC and Cinemark immigrant who tried to change Singly and taken together, the clarity, feeling and immersive sen-
chains plan to remain open the system from within by becom- films of “Small Axe” create a po- sory detail, McQueen performs a Unrated. Available on Amazon
for now. Theaters in the Dis- ing a police officer; “Alex Wheatle” tent portrait of individuals, as powerful act of restorative jus- Prime Video. “Red, White and Blue”
trict remain closed. tells the real-life story of a young well as an entire community, that tice: His is a cinema not just of will be available Dec. 4. “Alex
Brixton man who overcame aban- have been virtually erased from intoxicating beauty but of pro- Wheatle” will be available Dec. 11.
donment, neglect and harrowing the cinematic record, along with found healing. At one point in “Education” will be available. Dec.
persecution to become a popular the suffering they endured from a “Red, White and Blue” Leroy Lo- 18. Contains profanity, violence,
children’s book author. The most cruel and hostile system. Along- gan notes that the authorities who disturbing material and mature
personal film of the series, “Edu- side those tales of oppression and routinely hound his friends and themes. 68-126 minutes per
cation,” tacks closely to Mc- resistance, “Lovers Rock” pro- family are playing a long game. So installment.
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My Psychedelic Love Story    

A trip down memory lane with Timothy Leary’s companion

BY A NN H ORNADAY “American Dharma” demonstrat-
ed). Here, he trains his camera on
If Joanna Harcourt-Smith the still-beautiful Harcourt-Smith
hadn’t existed, a screenwriter in her attractive wood-paneled
might have had to invent her. home in Santa Fe and allows her to
Harcourt-Smith, who died re- emerge as an exceptionally
cently at the age of 74, was a charming, self-aware and astute
jet-setting denizen of the ’60s and narrator — if not always an entire-
’70s at their most hedonistic: The ly reliable one.
daughter of a prosperous family, “My Psychedelic Love Story” is
she effortlessly joined various fab- essentially an illustrated mono-
ulous entourages in such places as logue, with Morris editing togeth-
Marbella and Gstaad. At one point er quick montages of period pho-
in the documentary “My Psyche- tographs, tarot cards, op-art titles
delic Love Story,” she recounts and neon-colored graphics to pro-
fetching up in Manhattan in 1972 vide visual interest, often with
and crashing with Diane von LSD blotters used as witty back-
Furstenberg because, why not? drops and recurring motifs. The
“Those are just the people I grew result is an absorbing yarn and yet
up with,” she says with French-ac- another lens on that era’s social
cented nonchalance. history that baby boomers are
In other words, Joanna Har- now excavating with frantic en-
court-Smith is a marvelous crea- JOANNA HARCOURT-SMITH/SHOWTIME thusiasm before their sources
ture, and she provides delightful The documentary “My Psychedelic Love Story” focuses on Timothy Leary, the Harvard pschologist who transition to another astral plane.
ballast to “My Psychedelic Love was an advocate of LSD, and his partner, Joanna Harcourt-Smith. Luckily, Morris caught up with
Story,” which centers on her rela- Harcourt-Smith before she left for
tionship with Harvard psycholo- and seemingly kept tripping investigating the controversial Leary’s misogynistic friends the next stop: She’s the best thing
gist Timothy Leary. By the time throughout sojourns in Switzer- Pied Piper. When she saw Errol blamed Harcourt-Smith. (Allen about “My Psychedelic Love Sto-
she met him, Leary’s outspoken land, Beirut, Kabul and, eventual- Morris’s engrossing documentary Ginsberg’s accusations were par- ry,” and a far more sympathetic
advocacy of LSD had landed him ly, California. series “Wormwood,” about the ticularly repugnant.) As “My Psy- and compelling character than the
in prison, from which he had es- The fact that Harcourt-Smith CIA’s covert LSD program, she chedelic Love Story” opens, it’s man she almost risked her life for.
caped to go on the lam. The two was under the influence through- reached out to the filmmaker to clear that she’s still uncertain her- ann.hornaday@washpost.com
met through a mutual friend (who out the first few months of her tell him her story and, maybe, get self how it all went down.
was an international arms dealer, romance with Leary made her cu- to the bottom of it. Leary eventual- Morris’s strength has always TV-14. Available Sunday on
natch), and felt an instant connec- rious, in retrospect, about wheth- ly turned into a government in- been to allow his subjects simply Showtime. Contains mature
tion they attributed to destiny. er she was manipulated as an un- formant, an event likened to “hip- to speak (his editorializing can be thematic material and brief nudity.
They immediately dropped acid witting source for federal agents pie Watergate,” for which many of less effective, as the recent film 101 minutes.

Zappa    

A≠ectionate documentary makes case for musician’s brilliance

BY A NN H ORNADAY on Zappa’s private life — includ- (none of his children are inter-
ing his unapologetic infidelities viewed in the film). This isn’t a
In “Zappa,” actor and filmmak- — he's far more interested in a revealing documentary as much
er Alex Winter provides an eco- creative trajectory that never as a judiciously admiring one.
nomical, uncritical documentary went entirely mainstream, but “Zappa” gives its subject his

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about the eponymous musician, proved to be surprisingly endur- well-earned due within the rock
who died at 52 in 1993. Frank ing nonetheless. firmament. But even more valu-
Zappa became famous as an icon- In part, that was because of able, Winter gives Zappa pride of
oclast, his note-heavy, hyper-or- Zappa’s own notoriously prickly place among the most important
chestrated instrumental riffs nature and stubborn self-belief: composers of the 20th century,
meshing with satirically pointed Interviewing former members of sharing some extraordinary per-
lyrics to create a cerebral, funny, his band, the Mothers of Inven- formances of his little-known
musically mind-blowing genre all tion, Winter conveys a vivid por- classical work. The most moving
his own. trait of the artist as a remote, sequence of the film might be
Here, Winter is given the keys demanding and uncompromis- former Mothers percussionist
to Zappa’s vast and varied per- ing leader. “Zappa” covers the Ruth Underwood performing one
sonal archive to deliver an enco- attack from a fan at a 1971 concert of Zappa’s most exquisite and
. FRIDAY,

mium to an artist who would ROELOF KIERS/MAGNOLIA PICTURES in London that resulted in life- difficult compositions, “The
have been enormously influential Rock icon Frank Zappa is depicted as a remote, demanding and threatening injuries; Zappa’s Black Page.” In that moment, it
had anyone been able to keep up uncompromising leader by his former band mates. feuds with record labels and rock- becomes clear that for all of
with him. Failing that, he’ll sim- lyric alarmists like Tipper Gore Zappa’s earthbound appetites
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

ply go down in history as sui which he attributed various ail- avant-garde composer Edgard and Susan Baker; and his emer- and flaws, he was blessed with the
generis. Tracing Zappa’s child- ments to the years spent near Varese. gence as an unlikely internation- ability to tap into something cos-
hood in Edgewood, Md., where hazardous material. When the As a chronology, “Zappa” is al statesman in post-Soviet mic, lasting and true.
his father worked at the Ab- family moved to California, Zap- pretty straightforward: Winter Czechoslovakia. It’s a whirlwind ann.hornaday@washpost.com
erdeen Proving Ground during pa broke out of his stultifying — has a wealth of visual material to yet comprehensive journey
the development of mustard gas and racist — environs by playing work with, and he luckily com- through pop culture and politics, Unrated. Available at
and other chemical compounds, music with Black bandmates at pleted interviews with Zappa’s during which Zappa remains a afisilver.afi.com. Contains profanity,
“Zappa” finds a motif that would the same time that he cultivated a wife, Gail, before her death in steadfastly principled but essen- smoking, partial nudity and
recur throughout his life, during lifelong appreciation for the 2015. Although Winter touches tially unknowable presence suggestive material. 129 minutes.
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Set mostly in 1973, “Uncle Nutcracker” goes behind the
Frank” centers on the relation- scenes at the Debbie Allen Dance
ship between 18-year-old Beth Academy to offer a peek at prepa-
Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis of “It”), a rations for Allen’s annual award-
naive but intellectually curious winning holiday version of “The
freshman at New York University, Nutcracker.” TV-G. Available on
and her favorite uncle, the titular Netflix. 80 minutes.
Frank (Paul Bettany), who is a
professor at the same school. The Kristen Stewart plays a woman
death of the emotionally abusive who has decided to propose to her
family patriarch (Stephen Root) girlfriend (Mackenzie Davis) at
— Frank’s father and Beth’s her girlfriend’s traditional Christ-
grandfather — precipitates a road mas dinner with her family —
trip back to their repressive South only to discover the family
Carolina hometown for the funer- doesn’t know she’s gay in the
al, with Walid (Paul Macdissi), rom-com “Happiest Season.” PG-
Frank’s partner of 10 years, along 13. Available on Hulu. Contains
for the ride, despite Frank’s wish- some strong language. 102 min-
es. (Frank, who has only just come utes.
out to his niece, is still closeted to
most of his family. To make things AMAZON STUDIOS The thriller “Mosul” tells the
even more interesting, Walid is From left, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi and Paul Bettany star in “Uncle Frank,” which follows a young story of the campaign to reclaim
Muslim.) Despite some moments woman, her uncle and his partner as they travel from New York City to South Carolina for the funeral the titular Iraqi city from ISIS.
of nicely unforced comedy and of the family’s emotionally abusive patriarch. Variety calls the film “a well-made
just a pinch of melodrama — but troublingly generic war-is-
especially in the overly contrived hell pulse-pounder that inevita-
reading-of-the-will scene — this is bly prompts the question: How
a deeply poignant and beautifully recent is too recent when it comes
acted drama of self-acceptance. to turning a theater of war into
The three main roles feel fully pure theater, pure Hollywood
inhabited by the talented Bettany, spectacle?” TV-MA. Available on
Lillis and Macdissi, and the sup- Netflix. 102 minutes.
porting players — who include
Margo Martindale, Judy Greer, “The Mystery of D.B. Cooper”
Steve Zahn and Lois Smith — are explores the myth that has arisen
all top-notch, as guided by writer- around Cooper, a hijacker who is
director Alan Ball. Sober-minded believed to have parachuted from
yet far from morose or preachy, a plane with $200,000 before
the story of “Uncle Frank” is disappearing in 1971. According
written with compassion for all to IndieWire, somewhere be-
its characters, no matter their neath the surface of the film is an
flaws. (Well, almost all: The fam- “illuminating meditation on the
ily patriarch, shown in a prologue relationship between the banality
and in flashback, is an unmitigat- of modern living and the fanta-
ed jerk.) As he demonstrated in sies that people sell to the masses
“Six Feet Under,” Ball has an ear JOSEPH LEDERER/NETFLIX to help them cope with it.” TV-14.
for how real families work, even Kurt Russell reprises his role as Santa Available on HBO. 87 minutes.
when they don’t. R. Available on NETFLIX Clause in “The Christmas Chronicles:
Amazon Prime Video. Contains April Watson is among the ballerinas featured in “Dance Part 2,” which Variety calls a “harmless The documentary “Saul &
strong language, some sexual ref- Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker.” piece of hokum.” Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor
erences and drug use. 95 minutes. Band” tells the story of two Flori-
— Michael O’Sullivan da retirees who formed a klezmer
band to honor a fellow musician
Also streaming and Holocaust survivor. Accord-
The documentary “Born to Be” ing to the Austin Chronicle, the
NOVEMBER 27, 2020

follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting, story of the titular musicians is
a surgeon at Mount Sinai Center “such a remarkable and yet im-
for Transgender Medicine and mediately recognizable story that
Surgery, as well as the stories if it’s a true shame that it never feels
several of the medical center’s like we get to know them.” Unrat-
patients. Through these stories, ed. Available on various stream-
the New York Times writes, “Ting ing platforms. 81 minutes.
is an anchor, a presence of com-
passion and good sense. Anyone LACEY TERRELL/HULU Set over a series of three con-
confused about transgender peo- From left, Daniel Levy, Kristen Stewart secutive Christmas holidays
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ple will certainly benefit from a and Mackenzie Davis star in “Happiest (which in Brazil take place during
viewing of this picture.” Unrated. SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS Season,” a rom-com about a planned the summer), “Three Summers”
Available at afisilver.afi.com and Saul Dreier, right, on percussion, and Ruby Sosnowicz, left, on proposal during a family’s traditional is a dramedy about a housekeeper
sunscinema.com. 92 minutes. the accordion, in “Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band.” Christmas dinner. trying to overcome social barri-
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ers. The Hollywood Reporter

The directorial debut of actor addition to Duhamel — “feels like some graphic nudity, drug use by Christmas, and you get to hang writes that “the film is cleverly
Josh Duhamel, “Buddy Games” it could have been a movie within and brief violence. 96 minutes. out with a Santa who’s traditional structured, asking the viewer to
tells the story of six lifelong the movie that was ‘Idiocracy,’ a but nearly cool.” PG. Available on fill in the wide gaps between each
friends who, after a falling out, posited example of just how stu- Kurt Russell reprises his role as Netflix. Contains mild action, vio- narrative ellipsis, as if we’re
reunite for an absurd competi- pid we would become if we didn’t Santa Claus — now joined by Gold- lence, and brief strong language. watching a TV series where half
tion involving physical and men- begin to shun the path we’d start- ie Hawn as Mrs. Claus — in the 115 minutes. the episodes have been cut out.”
tal challenges. According to the ed down.” R. Available on various sequel “The Christmas Chroni- Unrated. Available at virtuala-
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the streaming platforms. Contains cles: Part 2.” Variety calls the film a Produced by Shonda Rhimes’s valon.org. In Portuguese with
film — which stars Dax Shepard, strong crude sexual material and “harmless piece of hokum,” where Shondaland, the documentary subtitles. 94 minutes.
Olivia Munn and Kevin Dillon, in coarse language throughout, the plots ruptures are all “healed “Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate
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Common Sense Media What parents need to know

The Croods: A New power” moments when Eep and

Age (PG) the other female characters have
Age 8+ to rescue the men. (95 minutes)
In theaters.
Prehistoric cartoon sequel has
slapstick, rude humor.
“The Croods: A New Age” is Black Beauty (UNRATED)
the sequel to 2013’s “The Croods,” STREAMING
which centered on a family of Age 10+
Neanderthals, including teen Peril, emotional intensity in
daughter Eep (voiced by Emma adaptation of classic tale.
Stone), trying to survive the
elements. This film focuses on This adaptation of Anna
Eep’s romance with Guy (Ryan Sewell’s 1877 classic novel “Black
Reynolds) and her dad Grug’s Beauty” is emotionally taxing,
(Nicolas Cage) worries about with the central horse suffering
losing his daughter. While the abuse, loss and danger. The
clan faces all kinds of perilous human characters, too, find
moments, most of them are over- themselves in perilous
the-top and slapstick — fending situations, including being
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viewers. Those threats include horses out of a burning stable. Superintelligence (PG) through closed blinds), as well as However, “Moonbase 8” plays
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a giant ape monster that intends throughout. Both the horse, Age 10+ McCarthy’s signature pratfalls traditional sitcom. The show
to eat some of the main Beauty, and her human soul Melissa McCarthy fans will like and physical comedy — other builds comedy around the
characters. Some kids may also mate, Jo (Mackenzie Foy), have A.I. comedy with pratfalls, than that, violent and scary astronauts’ general
find the “punch monkey” suffered the loss of their parents kissing. content consists of the A.I.’s unpreparedness for their
characters — which and find themselves alone, their threat of mass destruction. mission. Jokes come from
communicate by slugging each spirits nearly broken. Teen riders “Superintelligence” is a Ultimately, though the movie has natural and scientific disasters
other — hilarious and try to make fun of Jo for living and comedy about a sophisticated, themes of empathy, compassion that happen along the way,
imitate them. Characters use working at the stables, saying all-powerful artificial and gratitude. (106 minutes) which sometimes cause great
mild insults (“dumb,” “twits,” she smells bad. When Beauty is intelligence (A.I.) system that Available on HBO Max. harm to the characters. Bodily
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character act as if she’s drunk. mistreated and nearly worked to McCarthy), to test as an example Moonbase 8 (TV-14) point the characters drink urine.
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flashback, and the death of a difficult to watch. That said, the real-life comedian and talk-show science disasters, body humor. mistakes. (Six half-hour
boy’s family is implied. This film film, told mostly from the horse’s host James Corden) tasks her episodes)
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but some tidbits could prompt the animals, and it conveys Cannavale), to prove that astronauts training on a Common Sense
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there are clear themes of and courage. It ends on an minimal (“what the hell,” Tim Heidecker and Fred Go to commonsensemedia.org for
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MOVIE DIRECTORY Friday, November 27, 2020

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MARYLAND Vanguard (PG-13) 12:50- Private Watch Party

3:50-6:50 12:30-12:45-1:05-1:20-
The Croods: A New Age
(PG) 2:00-3:20-5:10-
The Croods: A New Age
(PG) CC: 5:00-8:00
AMC Shirlington 7
2772 South Randolph St.
AMC Worldgate 9
13025 Worldgate Drive
Elf (PG) 2:30
Love Actually (R) 12:50
Freaky (R) CC: (!) 8:45
Wolfwalkers (Fathom)
Cinemark Centreville 12
6201 Multiplex Drive
AMC Columbia 14
AMC Loews St. Charles 1:40-1:55-2:15-2:30- 6:40-8:00 Vanguard (PG-13) 4:20 The Croods: A New Age Frozen (PG) CC: 1:20-4:20 Frozen (PG) 11:30AM CC: (!) 11:00-12:15-2:45- The Croods: A New Age
10300 Little Patuxent Parkway Town Ctr. 9 4:00-4:15-4:35-4:50- (PG) CC: 6:00 The Croods: A New Age The Croods: A New 5:30 (PG) 12:35-1:25-3:15-4:05-
Frozen (PG) 12:45-3:45 11115 Mall Circle 5:10-5:25-5:45-6:00-
7:30-7:45-8:05-8:20-
VIRGINIA AMC Potomac Mills 18
2700 Potomac Mills Circle The Last Vermeer (R) (PG) CC: 1:00-2:00-2:45- Age (PG) 5:30-8:45; CMX Cinemas Village 14 5:55-6:45-8:35-9:25
The War with Grandpa The Croods: A New Age 8:40-8:55-9:15-9:30 CC: 7:00 3:45-4:45-5:30-6:30-7:30- 11:05-11:35-12:15-1:45- 1600 Village Market Boulevard Private Watch Party 12:30-
AMC Courthouse Plaza 8
(PG) 12:35-4:10-6:40 (PG) CC: 3:00-3:30-4:15- The Croods: A New Age 2150 Clarendon Blvd.
Frozen (PG) CC: 7:30 Freaky (R) CC: 7:15
8:10 2:15-3:00-4:30-5:00- The Croods: A New Age 12:45-1:05-4:00-4:15-4:35-
The Croods: A New Age 5:45-6:15-7:00-8:40- The War with Grandpa Knives Out (PG-13) CC: 5:40-7:15-7:40 (PG) 12:00-2:35-5:10-7:45 7:30-7:45-8:05
(PG) 12:30-3:15-6:00 (PG) XD: 12:30-3:20- The Croods: A New Age AMC Tysons Corner 16 6:50 Cinemark
9:00-9:45 6:15-9:05; 2:40-5:30- (PG) CC: 5:30-8:10 Angelika Film Center Cinema Arts Theatre
The Last Vermeer (R) (PG) CC: 4:00-6:45 7850e Tysons Corner Center Tenet (PG-13) CC: 1:10- Mosaic Fairfax Corner and XD
Tenet (PG-13) CC: 6:00 8:25; 12:30-1:50-3:20- The Croods: A New Age 4:30-7:20 9650 Main St
1:05-4:05-7:05 The Last Vermeer (R) Frozen (PG) CC: 6:55 2911 District Ave 11900 Palace Way
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Honest Thief (PG-13) 4:45-6:15-7:35-9:05 (PG) CC: 1:00-3:40-6:20- The Croods: A New
Tenet (PG-13) 12:40- CC: 3:30-6:15-9:00
CC: 7:15
9:00 The Croods: A New Age The Last Vermeer (R) CC: Frozen (PG) CC: Age (PG) CC; DVS:
The Croods: A New Age
3:10-7:00 Hoyt's West Nursery Freaky (R) CC: 7:00 1:45-5:00-7:50 10:00AM (PG) 12:35-3:10-5:50-8:25
Annie (1982) presented
Let Him Go (R) CC: Cinema 14 The Climb (R) 5:10-7:50 (PG) CC: 2:00-4:40-7:20- Honest Thief (PG-13) 10:00-12:15-2:20-4:40-
Private Watch Party 12:30-
3:00-9:30 AMC Hoffman Center 22 Tenet (PG-13) CC: 6:40 10:00 The Croods: A New Age 7:00-9:10
by TCM 4:00 1591 West Nursery Road CC: 4:00 (PG) CC: (!) 10:30-12:00- 12:45-1:05-1:20-1:40-4:00-
True to the Game 2 (R) 206 Swamp Fox Rd. The Last Vermeer (R) Let Him Go (R) CC: The Climb (R) CC; DVS:
Let Him Go (R) 12:55- Elf (PG) 2:10-5:00-8:50 Vanguard (PG-13) 8:00 1:20-2:30-5:00-6:30- 4:15-4:35-4:50-5:10-7:30-
4:10-6:50-9:20 A Christmas Story (PG) Let Him Go (R) CC: 7:30 CC: 7:05 1:30-7:10 9:45-12:05-7:40-9:40 7:45-8:05-8:20-8:40
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7:25
Come Play (PG-13) CC: The War with Grandpa CC: 4:30 Annie (1982) presented Freaky (R) CC: 1:50-4:40- 7:30-8:45 The Last Vermeer (R) The Croods: A New Age
Come Play (PG-13) 6:45 (PG) 2:00-3:30-5:20- Freaky (R) CC: 6:10 The Climb (R) CC: (!) CC: 9:40-12:00-2:30-
4:30-7:10-9:45
6:50-8:10 The Croods: A New Age by TCM 4:00 8:00 (PG) XD: 1:00-1:50-3:40-
Freaky (R) 1:10-4:10- Freaky (R) CC: 3:45- The Croods: A New Age - Freaky (R) CC: 7:15 12:30-6:00 5:00-7:30-9:55
7:10 Tenet (PG-13) 2:20-7:40 (PG) CC: 3:00-6:00 Alamo Drafthouse The Last Vermeer (R) 4:25-6:15-7:00-8:50-9:35
6:45-9:30 The IMAX 2D Experience The Croods: A New Hillbilly Elegy (R) CC;
The Croods: A New The Last Vermeer (R) The Last Vermeer (R) Cinema - One Loudoun CC: 12:35-3:20-5:45 DVS: 10:10-1:00-2:35- University Mall Theatre
Cinemark CC: 4:20 (PG) CC: 2:20-5:00-7:40 Age - The IMAX 2D 20575 East Hampton Plaza
Age - The IMAX 2D 2:40-4:10-5:40-7:20-8:30 Hillbilly Elegy (R) CC: (!) 5:05 10659 Braddock Road
Experience (PG) 2:00- Egyptian 24 and XD Honest Thief (PG-13) Annie (1982) presented The Croods: A New Age Experience (PG) CC: National Lampoon's 1:00-4:00 Mank (R) CC; DVS: The War with Grandpa (PG)
4:45-7:30 7000 Arundel Mills Circle 3:00-4:20-5:50-7:10-8:40 by TCM 4:00 (PG) CC: 1:40-3:00-4:20- 1:00-3:40-6:30-9:15 Christmas Vacation (PG- Mank (R) CC: (!) 1:15- 10:05-1:15-4:15-7:20- CC; DVS: 12:15-2:30-4:45-
The Croods: A New Age The Croods: A New Age Let Him Go (R) 2:30-4:00- The Croods: A New Age - 5:40-7:00-8:20 The Croods: A New Age 13) 4:00-5:15 4:25-7:45 9:50 7:15-9:15
(PG) 1:15-2:30-4:00- (PG) 1:15-2:40-4:05-5:30- 5:30-7:00-8:20 The IMAX 2D Experience The Last Vermeer (R) (PG) CC: 2:50-5:35-8:15 Tenet (PG-13) 7:55 Ammonite (R) CC: (!) Ammonite (R) CC; DVS: Tenet (PG-13) CC; DVS:
5:15-6:45 7:00-8:25-9:55 Freaky (R) 4:30-6:00-7:30 (PG) CC: 4:00-7:00 CC: 7:20 Vanguard (PG-13) 6:50 Freaky (R) 8:20 3:00-8:30 4:00-7:10-9:30 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:45
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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And what better place to celebrate than Museum of the Bible?
Intricate light sculptures, digital displays, live performances, a special exhibition featuring handmade
Nativities from Malta, and an Old World Christmas Market all come together to create a new Christmas
tradition for you and your family. We all need a little Christmas this year, and Museum of the Bible has
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taken every precaution to keep you safe and to help make your holiday merry and bright.

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