“All of this would be a joke, if it weren’t so damn dangerous. Our democratic ideals require continuous cultivation. Silence is complicity. Incompetence isn’t an excuse.” -- Dan Rather
“americans love nothing more than using anti-communism to justify their racism” — Alexis Isabel
Deaths
US: 290,443 (+1537)
World: 1,550,263 (+8585)
Cases
US: 15,369,046 (+209,517)
World: 67,938,973 (+548,878)
Countdown 1: 29 days.
Countdown 2: 44 days.
At 8:30 am this morning, state police came into my house and took all my hardware and tech. They were serving a warrant on my computer after DOH filed a complaint. They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids..They took my phone and the computer I use every day to post the case numbers in Florida, and school cases for the entire country. They took evidence of corruption at the state level. They claimed it was about a security breach. This was DeSantis. He sent the gestapo. This is what happens to scientists who do their job honestly. This is what happens to people who speak truth to power. I tell them my husband and my two children are upstairs... and THEN one of them draws his gun. On my children. This is Desantis' Florida.
If Desantis thought pointing a gun in my face was a good way to get me to shut up, he's about to learn just how wrong he was. I'll have a new computer tomorrow. And then I'm going to get back to work. — Rebekah Jones. There’s video.
Florida police raid home of former state Covid-19 data scientist [Rebekah Jones]. Florida police raided the home of a former state coronavirus data scientist on Monday, escalating a feud between the state government and a data expert who has accused officials of trying to cover up the extent of the pandemic.
California hospital beds are filling up and doctors and nurses are just worn out.
Nevada hospital treats patients in parking garage amid coronavirus surge. A Nevada hospital is now in crisis mode as coronavirus cases surge across the country. Health care workers at the Renown Regional Medical Center have resorted to treating patients in the hospital's parking garage. "Our frontline caregivers are seeing things that they never would have imagined," Tony Slonim, the president and CEO of Renown Health, told CBS News.
Iran’s top banker says US blocking COVID-19 vaccine purchase. Abdolnasser Hemmati on Monday said it must be “recorded in historical memory” that Iranian efforts to buy a vaccine through COVAX have been hampered due to money transfer issues arising due to the sanctions imposed by the US against Iran.
ER doctor who criticized Trump for greeting supporters from motorcade while infected with COVID-19 will be removed from Walter Reed schedule...That suggests that it was Phillips' contractor, GW Medical Faculty Associates, that removed him from the schedule.
Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon.
Exxon Holds Back on Technology That Could Slow Climate Change. Carbon capture can make money for oil giants, and scientists say we need it. Is the industry willing to invest enough? And therein lies the paradox. As Exxon and its peers look into a carbon-constrained future, CCS seems to offer a golden opportunity. Oil companies could develop a tool considered crucial by no less than the scientists with the United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But in the absence of strong government support or regulation, the oil industry might not have the will to invest enough.
House Republican wants restrictions on masks with messages after Democrat dons face covering with marijuana leaves. — Gosh, Republicans are so easily triggered.
More than 1m people in UK regularly struggle to afford food, report finds.
Homeland Security to begin accepting new DACA applications following court order.
Photo of Christmas tree with 'thugshots' deleted by Alabama sheriff's office after backlash. The post, which appeared Thursday on the Mobile County Sheriff's Office page, included a photo of the tree and retouched images of mug shots meant to appear as ornaments, NBC affiliate WPMI reported. Plastic orange sandals, like those issued to inmates, served as the tree topper.
Bob Dylan has sold his entire song catalog to Universal Music Group, the record company announces.
Life’s short. Live, love, create, and help others.
Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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