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Trump buried in ridicule for seeking $2 billion for his presidential library
Raw Story 17 Jan 2021
Late Saturday the Washington Post reported that Donald Trump has been telling donors that he is seeking $2 billion to build his presidential library after he leaves office on Wednesday ... You can see some responses below. ... — Purity For Thee But Not For Me💃🏻⚖️ (@Purity For Thee But Not For Me💃🏻⚖️)1610847423.0. Trump's $2B Presidential library itemized ... ....
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Kamala Harris to resign from Senate on Monday
Roll Call 17 Jan 2021
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign from the Senate on Monday, according to a Harris aide. The California Democrat’s resignation will come two days before she becomes the nation’s first female vice president, and the first person of color to hold that office. Harris has notified Democratic Gov ... Paul Fontelo contributed to this report. .......
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FBI investigates foreign involvement in attack on Capitol - report
The Jerusalem Post 18 Jan 2021
The FBI is investigating the possibility that foreign actors provided financial support to figures involved in the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill, NBC reported Sunday, citing an FBI official and a former FBI official ... Capitol, cryptocurrency compliance startup Chainalysis said last week ... ....
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Kremlin critic Navalny detained after landing in Moscow
Rio Rancho Observer 17 Jan 2021
MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested Sunday at a Moscow airport as he tried to enter the country from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from nerve agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin ... The prisons service said he would be held in custody until a court rules on his case ... ADVERTISEMENTSkip ... 20 ... ....
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'His conduct was seditious': House Democrats from Texas demand Ted Cruz be expelled from Senate
Raw Story 17 Jan 2021
Three House Democrats from Texas have called on party leaders in the U.S. Senate to back the expulsion of a member of their state's congressional delegation, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, for what they term "seditious" behavior related to the insurrectionist mob that overran the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Signed by Reps ... In addition to Sen ... — Rep ... ....
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'You're the most important figure': Lindsey Graham begs Trump not to 'destroy' himself with riot pardons
Raw Story 17 Jan 2021
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned on Sunday that President Donald Trump could "destroy" himself by pardoning insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol due to his incitement ... "Mr ... "You're the most important figure in the Republican Party ... Graham added ... ....
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Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens rivals with jail
Indian Express 17 Jan 2021
Canan Kaftancioglu is a rising political star in Turkey. The popularity ratings of this 48-year-old doctor-turned-politician from the Black Sea region are among the highest in the country ... But Kaftancioglu real breakthrough came a good year later after she masterminded one of the most successful election campaigns in Turkish history ... To little avail ... ....
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Swiss text sleuths unpick mystery of QAnon origins
Straits Times 17 Jan 2021
GENEVA (AFP) - The mysterious "Q" behind the QAnon conspiracy movement, which was instrumental in the storming of the US Capitol, is in fact two people, according to Swiss experts ... "There are clearly two styles characterising the QAnon messages," company chief Claude Alain Roten said in an interview at his home in western Switzerland ... 'Two styles' ... �....
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Researchers find how cancer can be killed by body's own immune system
Hindustan Times 17 Jan 2021
In a previous study, scientists at the Cancer Research Center and the University of Missouri developed a genetically distinct and non-toxic strain of salmonella called CRC2631 to select and kill cancer cells. PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2021 03.12 PM IST ... But Chabu might have unlocked a solution with help from a more than 50-year-old strain of bacteria....
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Death toll from violence in Sudan’s West Darfur rises to 83
The Los Angeles Times 17 Jan 2021
CAIRO — . The death toll from tribal violence between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s West Darfur province climbed to at least 83, including women and children, a doctors’ union and aid worker said, as sporadic violence continued Sunday. The ruling sovereign council met Sunday and said security forces would be deployed to the area ... citizen....
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Afghanistan conflict: Female judges shot dead in Kabul
BBC News 17 Jan 2021
Two women judges working for the Supreme Court were shot dead in Kabul on Sunday, according to officials. The women were targeted by gunmen while travelling to their office in a vehicle, a court spokesman told AFP ... What happened on Sunday? ... ....
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‘Make the dream exist.’ How L.A.’s Amanda Gorman became Biden’s inauguration poet
The Los Angeles Times 17 Jan 2021
Like most of us, Amanda Gorman has been cooped up in her West Los Angeles apartment binge-watching “The Great British Baking Show” because of the pandemic. Unlike most of us, she got some very exciting news recently via Zoom. she’d been handpicked to read a poem at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ... Advertisement ... libraries ... Books ... Books ... Books....
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says Parler could return to App Store with reforms
Straits Times 17 Jan 2021
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Parler, the social network popular among conservatives, could return to Apple's App Store if it changes how it moderates posts on the platform, the tech giant's CEO Tim Cook said Sunday (Jan 17) ... Google and Amazon also cut ties with the company ... "So, if they get their moderation together, they would be back on" the App Store ... .......
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Online Misinformation Dropped Dramatically After Twitter Banned Trump
Slashdot 17 Jan 2021
The Washington Post reports. ... The findings, from Jan ... Kate Starbird, disinformation researcher at the University of Washington, also warned the Post that "What happens in the long term is still up in the air." ... ....
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Almost 7 in 10 oppose Trump pardoning himself: poll
The Hill 17 Jan 2021
A clear majority of Americans in a new poll is opposed to President Trump issuing a historic self-pardon before leaving office, a possibility he has reportedly discussed with aides behind closed doors. Sixty-eight percent of Americans are opposed the idea, according to the ABC News/Washington Post poll published Sunday ... Capitol ... .......
