Leaving the restaurant at 8pm per guidelines under Tokyo state of emergency, and yet … still a full house. Some people got seated minutes ago. Most people here are watching the Japan-NZ men’s Olympic soccer quarterfinals.

Nearly 1 million people watched the U.N. General Assembly online — when K-pop band @BTS_twt  took the podium.

Are you a freelancer in the Atlanta area who speaks Korean and can help cover the news today and beyond? I have multiple national news outlets asking for your help, please DM me.

NEW: Postal Service is experiencing days-long backlogs across the country after a top Trump donor running the agency put in new procedures. Workers warn it could undermine their ability to deliver ballots on time for November. W/� @jacobbogage ⁩

To all the Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists logging on/showing up to work this morning, feeling shook, horrified, exhausted and invisible, I see you and you’re not alone. 1/

Georgia state law does not require the requesting candidate to pay for the recount -- which means Georgia taxpayers will once again finance this machine recount of hand-recounted ballots.

“Go to hell, IOC,” “go to hell, Olympics” with 30 minutes to go until the opening ceremony

NEW: We contacted 22 states where state and local agencies paid for security, property repair & legal defense as a result of Trump's lie that the election was stolen. Here's what @ToluseO  & I found: (thread)