California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have destroyed hundreds of homeshttps://t.co/UnBSo3yoaZ
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) August 11, 2021
Smoke from Siberia’s wildfires has reached the North Pole for the first time in recorded history.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 11, 2021
The fires are larger than those in Greece, Turkey, Italy, the US, and Canada—combined. pic.twitter.com/4ps8TXu8XH
"Russia is fighting more than 170 forest fires in Siberia that have closed airports and roads, forced widespread evacuations and sent a pall of smoke across the North Pole. But it has abandoned dozens more fires covering thousands of square miles." https://t.co/hfHLJRkVTh
— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) August 11, 2021
Ouch! Europe has just witnessed its highest temperature in recorded history.
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) August 11, 2021
+48.8°C at Siracusa, Sicily (IT) 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/seFHDMiM4f
The Tunisian capital Tunis hit a scorching 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius), setting a record for the region https://t.co/trPVLmlgd3 pic.twitter.com/Yslqf2sPO4
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 11, 2021
A series of major wildfires across the world has hit the headlines – how are they linked to climate change? https://t.co/avEra7mOBn
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 11, 2021
📸: Record heat waves propelled by human-caused climate change have triggered a wave of wildfires around the globe this week.
— Axios (@axios) August 11, 2021
7 countries where wildfires are raging right now:
– Greece
– The U.S.
– Algeria
– Russia
– Canada
– Turkey
– Italyhttps://t.co/ktWO5ZnCHX
Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Middle East are working alongside Greek colleagues in rugged terrain to contain flareups of the huge wildfires that have ravaged Greece’s forests. Officials said the blazes mostly had stopped spreading. https://t.co/UC8KGDdD62
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 11, 2021
At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires, Greece and Italy burn https://t.co/U54d1NpRN4 pic.twitter.com/SbDbIJlJvY
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 11, 2021
Smoke from the Dixie and Bootleg Fires is so bad, it can be seen from space. Satellite images released by NOAA show smoke and heat signatures from the fires across large portions of the U.S. Together, the two wildfires have already burned nearly 1 million acres on the West Coast. pic.twitter.com/AcjE9opSYp
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) August 11, 2021
California's largest wildfire in recorded history covering 783 square miles https://t.co/8XCxDamipf pic.twitter.com/rcT7NyarXi
— The Hill (@thehill) August 11, 2021
Elsewhere, other things are heating up…
Tick tock, DoJ. Every day Donald Trump is not on trial or in jail is a withering indictment of our justice system and an invitation to future abuses. It puts our system of government at risk. And it makes it impossible to still say that no one is above the law in America. https://t.co/Bd2PHalFKe
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) August 11, 2021
Points for resigning, hinting at the reasons then, and testifying now. (Although possible points off for not being explicit about the reasons on your way out the door.) https://t.co/TS8MZk9IWl
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) August 11, 2021
"Could Trump's DOJ pressure campaign amount to criminal conspiracy?" via (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/yBtMOuJC6Z pic.twitter.com/m7U4DAcxvi
— The Hill (@thehill) August 11, 2021
"As Trump continues to promote the false notion that the 2020 WH race was tainted by fraud, there is mounting evidence that his attacks are curdling the faith that many Americans once had in their elections — and taking a deep toll on the public servants." https://t.co/Qw5ezywGZr
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) August 11, 2021
HUGE ruling: Federal judge says Dominion's defamation lawsuits CAN PROCEED against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani & Mike Lindell. These Trump diehards falsely said Dominion rigged the 2020 election. Dominion wants billions in damages. The Judge is a Trump appointee. (h/t @kpolantz)
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) August 11, 2021
Judge orders accounting firm to give House panel some of Trump’s tax records https://t.co/TjDXUFxNC3 pic.twitter.com/rqI8hiKwDr
— The Hill (@thehill) August 11, 2021
A Scottish judge opened a path to a possible investigation of Trump’s golf course purchases there. https://t.co/DCyZAD9W2P
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) August 11, 2021
The Overnight Note 