Saturday, February 27, 2021

In the news, Friday, February 19, 2021


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from AlterNet

As Texas battles a severe snowstorm and mass power outages this winter, Tim Boyd, the now-former Republican mayor of Colorado City, revealed his party's plan for the deadly extreme temperatures linked to climate change. In a lengthy Facebook post that was deleted soon after it went viral, then-Mayor Boyd told his residents that they were entirely on their own as the brutal winter weather caused mayhem and deaths across the Lone Star state.

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from Daily Kos

It's already doomed, which is why Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is the perfect person to head south on a mission to soothe the mangy ruffled feathers of Donald Trump. Here's how CNN frames the mission: "Graham plans to spend his time on the golf course with Trump -- ideally convincing the former president that regaining congressional majorities for Republicans will help bolster his own presidential legacy. This person said Graham wants to be 'constructive,' urging Trump to use his influence for the party's good."

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from Daily Mail
RIGHT BIAS, QUESTIONABLE SOURCE, tabloid newspaper in the UK

Dr Marty Makary made the bold claim that the  US will be effectively free of COVID-19 by spring 
He estimates that by then prior infection and vaccinations would will bring the  US to herd immunity 
Dr Makary noted that daily US infections have fallen more than 70% in 6 weeks
He compared the decline of illnesses to a 'miracle drug' and said public health officials are 'hiding' the promising signs that the pandemic is ending 

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from Huffington Post
LEFT BIAS, MIXED, news and commentary site headquartered in New York City

“Trump said It’s gonna be wild!!!!!!! It’s gonna be wild!!!!!!!” one defendant wrote. “He called us all to the Capitol and wants us to make it wild!!!”
Six additional people associated with the Oath Keepers organization were arrested this week in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol after a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment that laid out a conspiracy to block the certification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College win. The superseding indictment, which replaced a Jan. 27 indictment returned against three defendants, also lays out how members of the right-wing group saw then-President Donald Trump sending them clear messages to fight to overturn the November election results on his behalf. The new indictment cites an article on the Oath Keepers website that tells members it is “CRITICAL that all patriots who can be in DC get to DC to stand tall in support of President Trump’s fight to defeat the enemies foreign and domestic who are attempting a coup, through the massive vote fraud and related attacks on our Republic.” 

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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