今日快讯。值得强调的是，这起事件是田纳西州近年来第二次出现执行死刑却失败的情况：“克里斯塔·派克的律师之一说，周四她仍然活着；就在前一天，她刚刚逃过了因1995年杀害一名女子而针对她实施的死刑。律师兰迪·皮维说，派克正在医院接受治疗，但他和她的其余律师团队并不清楚她的身体状况。”
Today’s edition of quick hits. * It’s worth emphasizing that this incident was the second in recent years in which Tennessee tried to execute someone and botched it: “Christa Pike remained alive Thursday, a day after she survived a failed attempt to execute her for the 1995 murder of a woman, one of her lawyers said. Lawyer Randy Pivey said Pike is being treated at a hospital, but that he and the rest of her legal team didn’t know her condition.”
局势又一次升级的信号：“据美国官员称，五角大楼正向中东派遣第三个航母打击群和更多海军陆战队舰船，在该地区增派9000至1万名军人；与此同时，特朗普总统正考虑在中期选举后再次对伊朗发动打击。”
- Signaling yet another escalation: “The Pentagon is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group and additional Marine Corps ships to the Middle East, according to U.S. officials, adding 9,000 to 10,000 more troops to the region as President Trump considers renewing strikes on Iran after the midterm elections.”
对新闻自由的打压仍在继续：“白宫再次阻止CNN履行预定的随行电视报道任务，禁止该电视台在唐纳德·特朗普总统周四前往得克萨斯州和俄克拉何马州期间随行报道。”
- The war on the free press is ongoing: “The White House again blocked CNN from fulfilling its scheduled TV pool duties, barring the network from traveling with President Donald Trump as he visits Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday.”
一宗本就不该提起的案件最终告吹：“首都一名法官周四裁定，永久撤销司法部对前奥运会皮划艇运动员戴维·赫恩的起诉。这对特朗普政府来说是一次失败。”
- The demise of a case that never should’ve been brought: “The Justice Department’s indictment against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn is dismissed permanently, a judge in the nation’s capital ruled Thursday in a defeat for the Trump administration.”
一宗值得关注的案件：“古德的家人周四宣布，他们正就今年1月她在明尼阿波利斯一次行动中被美国移民与海关执法局官员致命枪击一事，起诉特朗普政府和数名联邦官员。”
- A case worth watching: “Renee Good’s family is suing the Trump administration and several federal officials over her fatal shooting by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an operation in Minneapolis in January, her family announced on Thursday.”
政府每一次放弃对人权的关注，都是一次倒退：“据路透社获得的一封致美国议员信件，美国国务院鉴于开罗在美国对伊朗战争爆发以来所发挥的‘有帮助作用’，已豁免向埃及提供逾3亿美元军事援助所附带的人权条件。”
- Every time the government discards its interest in human rights, it’s a step backward: “The US State Department has waived human rights conditions for more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo’s ‘helpful role’ since the launch of the US war with Iran, according to a letter to US lawmakers obtained by Reuters.”
- 疏远世界之所以是个糟糕的主意，原因之一是人们决定去其他地方旅行：“赴美海外游客数量同比预计将减少近两百万，甚至连国际足联男足世界杯也未能遏制旅游业的下滑。这种跌势正在损害美国经济，正如Axios网站所指出的那样，部分原因是‘自作自受’：来自加拿大和几个欧洲国家等美国盟友的游客数量显着下降，这些国家一直是华盛顿贸易战和讥讽的目标。”
- Among the reasons it’s a bad idea to alienate the world is that people decide to travel elsewhere: “Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year, with even the FIFA Men’s World Cup failing to arrest the decline in tourism. The slide is hurting the US economy, and as Axios put it, is partly ‘self-inflicted:’ There has been a significant drop in visitors from US allies like Canada and several European countries, which have been a target of Washington’s trade war and taunts.”
- 有时候，特朗普的种族主义是如此诡异，我简直无法理解：“美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周三表示，出席白宫全国拉美裔传统月庆祝活动的人们，将是首批走上他在白宫建造的宴会厅地板的人之一。但他的邀请附带了一个警告。特朗普说：‘别从边缘掉下去，因为掉下去很深。而且只有拉美裔才能在那种坠落中存活下来。’”我明天不在办公桌前，但我将在10月5日星期一上午恢复日常发布时间表。到时见。
- Sometimes, Trump’s racism is so weird, I literally don’t understand it: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the attendees of a National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the White House would be among the first people to walk the floor of the ballroom he is building at the White House. But his invitation came with a warning. ‘Don’t fall over the edge because it’s a long way down,’ Trump said. ‘And only a Hispanic could survive that fall.’”I’ll be away from my desk tomorrow, but I’ll return to my usual publishing schedule on Monday morning, Oct. 5. See you then.