“Every significant Mueller defendant who refused to cooperate (or started but then stopped) has now been pardoned. Only Rick Gates and Michael Cohen - both of whom testified publicly, in court or Congress - have not been pardoned. This math isn’t hard to do.” — Elie Honig
Deaths
US: 334,218 (+3394)
World: 1,737,518 (+13,686)
Cases
US: 18,917,152 (+232,524)
World: 79,051,438 (+689,482)
Countdown 1: 13 days.
Countdown 2: 28 days.
On the heels of another round of clemency Tuesday, President Trump granted pardons to 26 people on Wednesday and commuted part or all of the sentences of three others...The president's opponents said the list reflects Trump's habit of granting pardons to political allies or to people who could have testified against him during the Russia investigation. "In pardoning Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner, President Trump has made it clear that he believes the purpose of the pardon is to bail out rich white men connected to him," said Noah Bookbinder, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "Trump has turned an instrument of mercy and justice into just another way for him to be corrupt.”..."Pardons for Paul Manafort and Roger Stone serve neither justice nor mercy," Nadler said. "President Trump is handing out rewards to his co-conspirators and shielding his own conduct from scrutiny."
Trump vetoes military spending bill, setting up standoff with GOP lawmakers.
Another new variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in South Africa.
Mutated COVID-19 strain believed to be more infectious spreads to Italy, Denmark, Netherlands.
COVID-19 death toll rises in Navajo Nation.
Businesses Will No Longer Have To Provide Paid Leave For Workers With COVID After Mitch McConnell Objected. The United States is an outlier in not requiring any form of paid sick leave. The Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzed the sick leave policies of 22 wealthy nations and found that the US was the only country without some form of paid sick leave.
White House coronavirus task force is no longer proactively sending reports to states.
Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections.
WA Gov. Inslee extends state's eviction moratorium through March, 2021.
Shock And Dismay After Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Who Killed 14 Iraqi Civilians.
Dominion Voting Systems Employee Sues Trump Campaign And Allies, Alleging Defamation. A top employee of Dominion Voting Systems, who has gone into hiding after becoming the subject of conspiracy theories on the right since the election, is suing the Trump campaign, a number of campaign surrogates and pro-Trump media outlets, alleging defamation...Coomer is also suing figures in right-wing media, including the networks Newsmax and One America News Network, OANN reporter Chanel Rion, blogger Michelle Malkin and others.
Trump admin considering immunity for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The U.S. State Department is reportedly considering immunity for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a federal lawsuit accusing him of attempting to have a former Saudi intelligence official assassinated.
Trump threatens Iran following largest rocket attack on US Embassy in Baghdad since 2010.
Rescuing concert halls and movie theaters. Expanding rural broadband capacity. Preventing suicide. Here are several provisions in the $900 billion stimulus package that haven't gotten a lot of attention.
Second top Black female Google employee says she was recently ousted. Curley’s departure from Google is the second public dispute this month between the leadership of the company and Black women who have been celebrated for success in the tech field. Earlier this month, one of Google’s top female executives, Timnit Gebru — a highly respected research scientist, well known for her advocacy for increased diversity in the tech industry — said she also had been fired. The company's head of research said Gebru had resigned.
Scores of students are getting F's. What's the point of failing them during COVID-19? The trend raises questions about the culture of grading in general — especially at a time when achievement is so influenced by factors beyond students’ control. “Traditional grading practices aren't just giving us inaccurate information; they're also inequitable,” said Joe Feldman, an education consultant who works with schools to improve grading practices and wrote the book "Grading for Equity."
Florida Democrat files petition to disbar Gaetz.
At least 30 journalists have been killed this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists' analysis. 21 of those murders were carried out "in retaliation for their work," compared to the 10 killed in direct reprisals in 2019.
'Perfect storm' of high package volume, employees out with COVID slowing USPS deliveries before Christmas.
The New York School District That Used Facial Recognition Now Has To Stop. “...it would prefer to continue to use facial recognition.”
RIP Leslie West. He was 75.
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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