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Coronavirus: dozens more die in Chinese city at centre of outbreak

theguardian.com - Dozens more people have died in the city at the centre of China’s coronavirus outbreak, where hospitals are severely undersupplied and understaffed and residents have described increasingly desperate…

Comeback king Mahomes sparks Chiefs to Super Bowl win

sports.yahoo.com - Miami (AFP) - Patrick Mahomes led a thrilling late comeback as the Kansas City Chiefs ended their 50-year wait for a Super Bowl crown with a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Chie…

President Trump Congratulates Wrong State After Super Bowl Win

nymag.com - On Sunday night, shortly after the Kansas City Chiefs pulled off a comeback win over the San Francisco 49ers, President Trump, hero of the heartland, tweeted his congratulations to the team and to th…

Super Bowl viewers disgusted by ‘gasslighting’ Trump campaign ad: ‘He’s trying to prove he’s not racist’

rawstory.com - One of President Donald Trump’s campaign ads was released ahead of the Super Bowl, but the second was held back as a kind of surprise to viewers. Those who saw it were no only surprised but disgusted.

In these 34 states, police officers can legally have sex with detainees

dailytimes.com.pk - The map, produced by Buzzfeed, was prompted by the story of Anna Chambers. One September night last year, Anna was sitting in the parked car with two friends when a charcoal gray van pulled up and fl…

The Unfiltered Thoughts of Voters Who’ve Switched

theintercept.com - The 2020 Democratic primary has been highly volatile, with one candidate after another rising — Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg — and then falling, as Democratic primary voters, locke…

China stocks crash on virus fears after long market break

news.yahoo.com - Shanghai (AFP) - Chinese stocks crashed on Monday with some major shares quickly falling by the maximum daily limit as the country's investors got their first chance in more than a week to react to t…

John Kerry Denies Report He Is Considering Run Against Bernie Sanders

nymag.com - Why not get another septugenarian in the 2020 race? That’s the question posed by John Kerry, according to an NBC News report stating that the 2004 Democratic nominee was overheard at his hotel in Des…

Trump’s Message Against Bloomberg: He’s Too Short to Be President

nymag.com - President Trump has been signaling a plan to attack Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren as radical socialists and Joe Biden as corrupt. Now that Michael Bloomberg has appeared on the president’s radar…

Of Two Minds - Brace for Impact: Global Pandemic Already Baked In

oftwominds.com - If we accept what is known about the virus, then logic, science and probabilities all suggest we brace for impact. Here's a summary of what is known or credibly estimated about the 2019-nCoV virus as…

Turkish soldiers killed as battle for control of Idlib escalates

theguardian.com - Six Turkish soldiers and at least 13 Syrian government troops have been killed as the two sides traded fire in Syria’s Idlib province, in a significant escalation in the battle to control the country…

Police shoot dead man in London after 'terrorist-related' stabbings - International - World

english.ahram.org.eg - British police on Sunday said they had shot a man in south London, after at least two people were stabbed in a suspected "terrorist-related" incident. Police later said the man had died as a witness …

Brexit: Johnson/Barnier speeches expose deep gulf between UK and EU on standards and fishing – live news

theguardian.com - There is a lot to unpack in the speeches from Boris Johnson and Michel Barnier this morning, and in the draft guidelines for the UK-EU trade negotiation (pdf) published by the EU. But the outline sto…

Will the Trump Show Swallow the Democratic Primary?

vanityfair.com - It is tempting to read strategy into Donald Trump’s decision to hold a rally in Des Moines, four days before the Iowa caucus. Was he trying to distract from his impeachment trial? Was he trying to up…

The GOP’s Sham “No Witnesses” Arguments—Explained

thebulwark.com - President Trump’s lawyers threw one bogus theory after another against the wall in arguing against calling witnesses in Trump’s Senate impeachment “trial.” Of course, a trial in which the prosecutors…

Sexual Assault, Financial Misconduct and Lawsuits, Oh My: Law Firm Representing Giuliani Has Legal Problems of Their Own

theroot.com - Is it just me or are Republicans finding it impossible not to align themselves with corrupt associates? I mean, we have a current presidency that has played cabinet musical chairs more than any other…

Trump's Attack on Science Is an Attack on Public Health

undark.org - Thirteen years ago, as an engineering graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, I stood on a rooftop in midtown Atlanta and took in a 360-degree view of the “city in the forest.” It wa…

The U.S. Government Secretly Spied on Chinese-American Scientists, Upending Lives and Paving the Way for Decades of Discrimination

theintercept.com - In 1973, Harry Sheng was working as a mechanical engineer for Sparton Corporation, a defense contractor in Jackson, Michigan, when his mother got sick back in China. Sheng was among thousands of ethn…

Australia starts Christmas Island virus evacuation

bbc.com - Australia has begun evacuating its citizens trapped by the coronavirus outbreak in China to an immigration detention centre on a remote island. Evacuees from Wuhan are en route to Australia's Christm…

This is the highest-resolution photo of the sun ever taken

technologyreview.com - Astronomers have just released the highest-resolution image of the sun. Taken by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui, it gives us an unprecedented view of our nearest star and brings us clos…

Opinion: Americans are the witnesses to democracy’s demise - The Globe and Mail

theglobeandmail.com - Sarah Kendzior is the co-host of the podcast Gaslit Nation and the author of the upcoming book Hiding in Plain Sight. We knew it would be a sham trial, with a preordained outcome and a rigged jury. W…

Opinion | The Exhaustion Caucus

nytimes.com - That is precisely what many people are doing: turning away from Trump, to the degree they can, and pouring their passions into pet projects, things they can actually control, things close to them whe…

Opinion | When You’re President, You Can Do Anything

nytimes.com - After Donald Trump took over the business, he stiffed workers, contractors and lenders. He claimed to be wealthier than he was. He cheated on his wives and, according to more than a dozen different w…

Opinion | Ukraine wouldn’t do Trump’s dirty work. So GOP senators are doing it instead.

washingtonpost.com - Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 24. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) By Editorial Board February 2, 2020 at 7:00 AM EST REMEMBER HOW the Trump-Ukraine saga began: wit…

The Constitution says it’s okay to shoot socialists, a GOP legislator in Montana contends

washingtonpost.com - (iStock) By Katie Mettler close Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow February 2, 2020 at 2:47 PM EST Rep. Rodney Garcia, a state lawmaker in Mont…

What happens when 4 Democratic candidates come to your city? There’s nowhere to park.

washingtonpost.com - Elizabeth Warren's campaign bus outside a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Holly Bailey/Washington Post) By Holly Bailey close Holly Bailey National Political Reporter Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow Feb…

A well-known liberal professor who is expert on digital matters says Google and social media can easily throw elections to the candidates preferred by the elite

intrepidreport.com - Dr. Robert Epstein, a Hillary Clinton supporter who happens also to be an honest expert, told Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) last Tuesday that Google and social media can manipulate votes by using tools that t…


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