And another day of updated vaccines, AZ lawmakers, sexual harassment allegations, still over 500 separated migrant children, new penalties for climate protestors, most fertile topsoil is gone, 1 million gallons of water a day, identifying as LGBTQ, and MTG being the absolute worst humanity has to offer comes to a close:
“Just because you’re a senator doesn’t mean you should get a free pass on lying.” -- Dan Rather
Deaths
US: 518,363 (+3367)
World: 2,508,881 (+12,215)
Cases
US: 28,974,623 (+76,905)
World: 113,097,102 (+447,197)
Moderna designs updated Covid-19 vaccine to combat South Africa coronavirus variant.
Congressional Republicans are questioning if schools, city and states need more coronavirus relief funding as outlined in President Biden's coronavirus relief plan. But at the local level, leaders are desperate for more aid.
Close ally of Marjorie Taylor Greene among those in Capitol mob. A close ally of Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene took part in the January 6 mob at the Capitol and said he was among those who eventually made their way into the building...In tweets after the Capitol insurrection, Greene falsely suggested that those who had broken into the Capitol were not Republicans and instead falsely implied so-called "Antifa" dressed as Trump supporters were to blame. In fact, Anthony Aguero, a conservative livestreamer, activist and associate of Greene, said on video following the January 6 assault on the Capitol that he had been among those who entered and attacked those who falsely claimed it was done by "Antifa." -- More on Greene below. She had quite the day. Keep reading.
Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills -- including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results "if needed" and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state's presidential electors -- as Republican lawmakers around the country work to change election laws in the wake of the 2020 election. -- If they can’t win with what they stand for, then they’ll cheat to get what they want. Republicans are literally trying to steal the next election.
McConnell Blasts Pelosi's Proposed Jan. 6 Commission As 'Partisan'.
Former top aide details sexual harassment allegations against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Lawyers have found the parents of 105 separated migrant children in past month. The parents of 506 separated migrant children still haven't been found, however. Lawyers say the parents of 322 of them were likely to have been deported.
Amnesty strips Alexei Navalny of 'prisoner of conscience' status. Amnesty International has stripped the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny of his "prisoner of conscience" status after it says it was "bombarded" with complaints highlighting xenophobic comments that he has made in the past and not renounced. A spokesman for the human rights organisation in Moscow told the BBC that he believed the wave of requests to "de-list" Navalny was part of an "orchestrated campaign" to discredit Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic and "impede" Amnesty's calls for his release from custody. But on review, Amnesty International concluded that comments made by Navalny some 15 years ago, including a video which appears to compare immigrants to cockroaches, amounted to "hate speech" which was incompatible with the label "prisoner of conscience".
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved legislation on Wednesday beefing up fines for offences committed during street protests after thousands were detained at unsanctioned rallies in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
Republican senators to Tennessee's public colleges: Stop athletes from kneeling during national anthem.
4 States Propose Harsh New Penalties for Climate Protesters. An activist wouldn’t even need to be convicted of trespassing to be held liable—an arrest is enough under the legislation. “It is extremely draconian,” said Teresa Nelson, the legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. “We don’t impose those kinds of punishments on people in any other part of our statutory code.”
A new study finds that the most fertile topsoil is entirely gone from one third of all land devoted to growing crops across the upper Midwest. Other scientists are skeptical of that figure — but agree that soil loss is a major problem.
State OKs Nestle plan to tap 1 million gallons a day from Florida spring for bottled water.
More Americans are identifying as LGBTQ than ever before, poll finds. A new poll shows that an unprecedented number of US adults identify as LGBTQ -- and that young people, especially Generation Z, are driving the increase.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a horrible person. Just the worst. She’s a hateful bigot with no understanding of science. Representative Newman’s daughter is transgender. This seems like Marjorie Taylor Greene is creating a hostile work environment.
Rescue animals offer comfort to children with disabilities. Sometimes unconditional love comes from rescue animals rescuing children.
YouTube to test more parental controls for teens and tweens, addressing big gap. The new test seeks to address a huge gap in oversight tools for parents of kids aged 9 and up, minors who have outgrown preschooler nursery-rhyme videos like Cocomelon that the dedicated YouTube Kids experience serves best -- but who are still too young to safely access no-holds-barred YouTube, dark rabbit holes and all.
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Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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