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January 26, 2021 at 8:04 PM Ret. US Navy Adm. William McRaven.
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Retired Adm. William McRaven, a former US Navy SEAL commander and head of US Special Operations Command, had a hopeful message for aspiring public servants.
"When the locals see that, they believe in America," McRaven said of public service, in a podcast. "They don't have to look at a president, they don't have to look at Congress, they don't have to look at a Secretary of Defense — they've... Tags: Politics, News, Congress, Navy, Osama Bin Laden, Senate, Russia, Defense, US, International, Careers, America, Trends, Department Of Defense, Joe Biden, United States150 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 9:07 AM Bob Sutton must be enjoying this. I certainly am.
At the virtual swearing in of his political appointees, Biden essentially told his appointees that if he catches “anyone of them treating someone else poorly, he’ll drop-kick them off the roof of the White House.”
Here’s his statement. “I am not joking when I say this, if you are ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot,” No ifs, ands, or buts. Ev... Tags: Amazon, Politics, White House, Careers, Joe Biden, United States, Current Affairs, Biden, Vanity Fair, Trump, Sutton, Van Jones, Bob Sutton, Bess Levin91 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 10:04 AM Members of the Proud Boy near Black Lives Matter Plaza on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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Canada's parliament has voted to designate the Proud Boys, the far-right US group, as a "terrorist entity."
The motion calls on the Canadian government to formally designate the Proud boys as terrorists.
The group, which played a prominent role in the Capitol riot in Washington, DC, has been labeled a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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January 26, 2021 at 5:21 PM President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 21, 2021.
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The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it plans to purchase another 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses each from Pfizer and Moderna.
That would bring the total US vaccine supply to 600 million doses — enough to vaccinate 300 million Americans.
The administration also pledged to distribute at least 10 million weekly doses to states, tribes, and... Tags: Science, White House, US, Trends, Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Healthcare, Pfizer, Biden, Anthony Fauci, Harvard Business Review, Sanofi, Fauci, Jeffrey Zients, Moderna, Albert Bourla149 people like this. Like
9h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 3:28 PM ) Jabin Botsford/Getty Images
Dr. Anthony Fauci said former President Donald Trump likely didn't routinely wear a mask because he thought it diminished his "manhood."
"He's a pretty macho guy," Fauci said of Trump in an interview with the Atlantic.
Fauci said it's "unfortunate" Trump wasn't in the habit of wearing a mask because many Americans copied him.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci in a new interview with the Atlantic said that former President D... Tags: Politics, News, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Atlantic, Biden, Donald Trump, Anthony Fauci, Trump, Fauci, Bob Woodward, Rochester Minnesota, John Haltiwanger, Rochester International Airport, Coronavirus148 people like this. Like
10h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 2:22 PM ) On Facebook in 2018, now-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) endorsed a conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton participated in a satanic child murder and ordered a hit on a police officer to cover it up. https://t.co/VPOXyBosmm pic.twitter.com/TXCwtcZ8My— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) January 26, 2021
Frazzledrip is the QAnon of QAnon conspiracies, which is why out-of-wack Rep. — Read the rest Tags: Facebook, Post, Politics, News, Hillary Clinton, Eric Hananoki, Marjorie Taylor Greene R GA, Majorie Taylor Green, Dangerous Lunatics147 people like this. Like
7h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 4:42 PM ) The fully-operational pipe bombs found at the scene.
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A man was charged Tuesday with possessing five fully operational homemade bombs "and materials to make more," according to the US Attorney's office in the Northern District of California.
Officers found a total of 49 firearms, including a replica of a World War II-era German MG-42 machine gun nicknamed "Hitler's buzzsaw."
Investigators found a mock credit card with "45" as its numbers and labels like "WHITE PRIVILEGE C... Tags: Politics, News, California, US, Trends, Fbi, United States, Hitler, Donald Trump, US Army, Justice Department, Rogers, Trump, Sheriff s Office, Northern District of California, Ian Rogers146 people like this. Like
15h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 8:45 AM ) CNN reports that Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conspiracy theorist who this year joined her Republican colleagues in congress, liked and responded approvingly to posts calling for her Democrat colleagues to be put to death.
In one post, from January 2019, Greene liked a comment that said "a bullet to the head would be quicker" to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. — Read the rest Tags: Post, Politics, News, Cnn, Fbi, House, Nancy Pelosi, Greene, QAnon, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Pelosi Obama Hillary Clinton146 people like this. Like
8h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 3:44 PM ) President Biden speaks about the pandemic at the White House on on January 26, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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Democrats are drafting legislation to put the IRS in charge of sending monthly payments of up to $300 for millions of families, two Democratic sources familiar with the plan told Insider.
People could opt to receive a monthly check or a big lump sum after filing taxes, per an early version of the plan.
Biden supported an identical measure during the presidenti... Tags: Utah, Politics, Taxes, Republicans, Congress, Colorado, Washington Post, Washington, Senate, White House, US, Trends, Markets, Joe Biden, Poverty, Economy146 people like this. Like
10h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 2:11 PM ) A GameStop Corp. store on November 5, 2013 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Treasury and others are "monitoring the situation" with GameStop.
The company's shares have soared more than 1,200% recently after Redditors collectively decided to buy.
"It's a good reminder though that the stock market isn't the only measure of the health of our economy," Psaki said.
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White Hous... Tags: Politics, News, Finance, White House, US, Trends, Bloomberg, Reddit, Treasury, Janet Yellen, Stock Market, Gamestop, Yellen, Vanguard, Charles Schwab, Jen Psaki144 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 3:14 PM Former President Donald Trump.
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Forty-five Senate Republicans voted to declare Trump's impeachment trial unconstitutional.
Only five Republican senators voted against the motion.
The development all but guarantees Trump's eventual acquittal following the trial.
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Forty-five Senate Republicans voted to declare former President Trump's impeachment trial unconstitutional on Tuesday, all but securing his eventual ... Tags: Politics, News, Congress, Senate, US, Trends, Indiana, Gop, South Dakota, House, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Npr, Republican, Cruz, Kamala Harris143 people like this. Like
18h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 5:43 AM ) Vaccines seen at Östra Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Sweden had a contract to buy the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at five doses a vial.
But Pfizer increased the dose size to six on January 8 and started charging Sweden for six doses per vial.
Sweden is pausing payments to Pfizer until it gets clarity on why it's being charged for more than agreed.
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Sweden has said that it is withholding payment to the pharma gia... Tags: Politics, Sweden, Trends, Eu, European Union, Healthcare, News UK, Pfizer, Vaccine, Reuters, Stockholm Sweden, EMA, Dagens Nyheter, European Medicines Agency EMA, MedicalXPress, Coronavirus143 people like this. Like
9h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 3:07 PM ) Former President Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Dr. Fauci gave a candid interview with The Atlantic about his time working with Trump.
Fauci said he confronted Trump and his aides directly when needed.
"I didn't tell them to back off," Fauci said. "That wasn't my style."
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Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke openly in a new interview about how he dealt with confrontations during his time working with the Trump White House o... Tags: Politics, White House, Trends, Joe Biden, Atlantic, Brooklyn, New York Times, Fox News, Donald Trump, Anthony Fauci, Trump, Peter Nicholas, Dana, Fauci, Trump White House, Jake Lahut142 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 10:00 PM A democratic administration is likely to revert to the US’s default position on global affairs, which doesn’t leave much for Africa to celebrate
The post Africa and the US under the Biden administration: A response to Moeletsi Mbeki appeared first on The Mail & Guardian. Tags: Politics, China, Africa, US, Joe Biden, United States, Diplomacy, Biden, Donald Trump, Influence, Indian Ocean, Us Elections, Openaccess, Global Affairs, Top Six, Multilateralism141 people like this. Like
14h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 10:24 AM ) Biden is set to issue more orders to combat climate change, while Fauci and the White House COVID team holds first news conference.
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16h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 7:45 AM ) Dr. Sean Conley.
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President Joe Biden removed Dr. Sean Conley, Trump's White House physician.
Dr. Kevin O'Connor, Biden's longtime physician, will assume the role.
Conley was accused of concealing information about Trump's condition after he got COVID-19.
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President Joe Biden has removed Dr. Sean Conley, a Trump appointee, from his role as head of the White House Medical Unit, the Associated Press reported Monday.Biden ... Tags: Politics, Maryland, White House, Nbc News, Trends, Joe Biden, Ap, News UK, Connor, Biden, Donald Trump, US Army, Delaware, Trump, Mike, Conley139 people like this. Like
13h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 11:07 AM ) That's a tweet. I think it's unlikely that Biden wrote this himself. Has he internalized critical race theory ideology? I wonder if he even read this, and, if he read it, if he understood it. If he understood it, did he understand what it says about his own ascendancy in American political life? I don't see how he could possibly believe what he's tweeting and not feel certain that his presidency is a consequence of systemic racism. He did choose Kamala Harris as his Vice President, so maybe ... Tags: Law, White House, America, Biden, Kamala Harris, Ann Althouse, Critical Race Theory, Biden rhetoric138 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 10:02 AM Ambulances line up outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the ExCeL centre following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in London, January 2, 2021.
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The UK's COVID-19 death toll exceeds 100,000, according to official data issued Tuesday.
It follows a recent spike in hospitalizations and deaths, fueled in part by a new variant of the virus.
The UK has been one of the nations hardest hit by the coronavirus.
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The n... Tags: Politics, UK, England, Science, London, Wales, Mexico, Trends, BBC News, NHS, News UK, Northern Ireland, Boris Johnson, Ons, England Wales Scotland, Tom Porter138 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 10:20 PM A US Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols a new section of the border wall in El Paso, Texas.
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A federal judge in Texas halted the Biden administration's deportation moratorium for 14 days.
The 100-day moratorium on deportations for certain immigrants was one of the immigration executive orders President Biden signed on day one of his presidency.
The legal challenge in Texas is likely to be the first of many aimed at stopping the Biden administration's i... Tags: Politics, Texas, White House, Immigration, US, Trends, Dhs, Homeland Security, Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Paxton, Ken Paxton, US Customs, El Paso Texas, Tipton136 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 2:32 PM The Charge Against St. Louis Couple for Defending their Home
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On Sunday, 28 June, 2020, the property of a married couple of Saint Louis lawyers was invaded by a screaming, unruly mob. Under Missouri law, the couple had a right to defend themselves and their home. From a previous article on AmmoLand:
Section 563.031 specifically allows the use of deadly force, not just showing a weapon, against people who have entered private property unlawfully. In order to be justifie... Tags: Guns, Barack Obama, Department Of Defense, Arizona, Ross, Saint Louis, Louis, George Soros, Gardner, United States District Court, Hayden, McCloskey, Missouri Court of Appeals, Carmody, Missouri Supreme Court, Saint Louis City136 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 3:23 PM Democratic House impeachment managers walk through the Capitol to deliver the article of impeachment alleging incitement of insurrection against former President Donald Trump.
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Former President Donald Trump has faced bipartisan backlash for his role in the Capitol riots.
However, barring an unforeseen political event, he is likely to escape a conviction.
Trump's hold over the GOP still remains strong.
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more st... Tags: Utah, Florida, Politics, Texas, Nbc, Congress, Washington Post, Senate, Trends, Cotton, Joe Biden, Ukraine, Pennsylvania, Democrats, Gop, Wyoming135 people like this. Like
11h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 12:47 PM ) The White House Task Force held its first COVID-19 briefing, targeting vaccinations and warning the U.S. could soon hit 500,000 deaths. Latest news.
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January 26, 2021 at 10:39 PM Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health on December 22, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Hilton appeared on the network's primetime news show with Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday evening.
He claimed the coronavirus was created by Dr. Anthony Fauci.
The baseless conspiracy theory has become popular in Chinese and Russian dis... Tags: New York Post, Politics, News, Maryland, Obama, Trends, Fox, Hilton, National Institutes of Health, Fox News, Anthony Fauci, Wuhan, Steve Hilton, Maria Bartiromo, Fauci, Bethesda Maryland134 people like this. Like
8h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 3:44 PM ) President Biden speaks about the pandemic at the White House on on January 26, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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Democrats are drafting legislation to put the IRS in charge of sending monthly payments of up to $300 for millions of families, two Democratic sources familiar with the plan told Insider.
People could opt to receive a monthly check or a big lump sum after filing taxes, per an early version of the plan.
Biden supported an identical measure during the presidenti... Tags: Utah, Politics, Taxes, Republicans, Congress, Colorado, Washington Post, Washington, Senate, White House, US, Trends, Markets, Joe Biden, Poverty, Economy134 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 10:39 PM A mural painted by artist Kenny Altidor depicting George Floyd is unveiled on a sidewall of CTown Supermarket on July 13, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough New York City.
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A judge ruled that Derek Chauvin's past is relevant in the case over the killing of George Floyd.
The former police officer has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Prosecutors accuse him of using excessive force in previous run-ins with civilians.
Visit Business Insider's homep... Tags: Politics, News, Law, Minneapolis, New York City, Trends, Brooklyn, Black Lives Matter, Charles Davis, Star Tribune, Floyd, Cahill, Chauvin, Peter Cahill, Stephanie Keith Getty, Hennepin County District134 people like this. Like
5h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 6:39 PM ) The White House Task Force held its first COVID-19 briefing, targeting vaccinations and warning the U.S. could soon hit 500,000 deaths. Latest news.
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January 26, 2021 at 7:35 AM A composite image of Riley June Williams in her mugshot, and footage from the Capitol riot, appearing to show Williams directing a crowd inside the Capitol.
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Riley June Williams, 22, is suspected of stealing Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Capitol riot.
Prosecutors said Monday that Williams has been trying to cover her tracks while on house arrest.
They reportedly asked that her internet access be cut off. The judge has yet to rule on the request.
Vi... Tags: Politics, Nbc, Senate, Russia, US, Trends, Fbi, Williams, House, News UK, Nancy Pelosi, Department Of Justice, Msnbc, Donald Trump, Capitol, Pelosi133 people like this. Like
15h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 9:06 AM ) President Joe Biden.
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President Biden is to sign an executive order on Wednesday promising to "restore scientific integrity" to government.
It's a thinly-veiled rebuke of Trump's administration, which belittled the role of science in policymaking.
Biden will also re-form a scientific-advisory council that Trump waited 33 months to put in place.
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President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday promisin... Tags: White House, US, Barack Obama, Trends, Joe Biden, Nevada, Biden, Donald Trump, Anthony Fauci, Trump, Trump White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Scott Atlas, Mia Jankowicz, Joe Biden Drew Angerer Getty132 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 4:24 PM US Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown Jr. explained the rationale behind his decision to release a revealing statement about racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd.
At the time, Brown was awaiting the results of a potential promotion.
"Dad, what are you going to say,'" Brown recalled of a conversation he had with his son.
When his expected confirmation did not take place on a certain date, Brown sa... Tags: Politics, News, Washington Post, US, Trends, Racism, US Senate, Air Force, Pacific, US Army, US Air Force, Brown, Floyd, David Ignatius, Pacific Air Forces, Charles Brown131 people like this. Like
9h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 3:07 PM ) Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital's founder and CEO
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Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya tweeted out a link to a "Chamath for California Governor" website on Tuesday.
Palihapitiya's website was set up by two supporters of Palihapitiya and was not an official campaign page, according to a Recode reporter.
The investor supports an effort to force a recall vote for current California Governor Gavin Newsom which would lead to a special elec... Tags: Facebook, Elon Musk, Politics, Hollywood, Texas, News, California, Trends, Tesla, Venture Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Election, Cnbc, Chamath Palihapitiya, Gavin Newsom, Trump129 people like this. Like
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