And another day of emails, CA applying TX abortion playbook to guns, burned out teachers, relief money going away, ‘forever chemicals’ in US food, tornadoes, cataract surgery and dementia, and Wonder Woman has a girlfriend comes to a close:
“If, at this point, you are still unvaccinated, you are not a victim. You are a cause of the victimization of vulnerable others.” — David Frum
“Evangelicals Don't Hate Cancel Culture, They Invented it.” — John Pavlovitz
“It’s not a coincidence that the biggest Democratic gains come after huge GOP fuckups and then in power, Democrats believe adhering to the rules is all they need to do to right the ship. They don’t fight and the base goes back to sleep. Enabling more fascism.” — Oliver Willis
Deaths
US: 817,956 (+630 over two days)
World: 5,321,886 (+10,206 over two days)
Cases
US: 50.801,455 (+96,198 over two days)
World: 270,427,204 (+1,003,777 over two days)
Meadows said National Guard would be ready to 'protect pro Trump people' before Capitol insurrection, House investigators say. Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent an email saying the National Guard would be present to 'protect pro Trump people' in the lead up to the US Capitol insurrection, according to a new contempt report released by the January 6 committee Sunday night. It was just one of several new details in the report about Meadows' actions before and during January 6, as well as his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The resolution comes after the panel informed Meadows last week that it had "no choice" but to advance criminal contempt proceedings against him given that he had decided to no longer cooperate.
Newsom says he will use Texas abortion law tactics to restrict assault weapons. "If that's the precedent then we'll let Californians sue those who put ghost guns and assault weapons on our streets," Newsom said. Newsom said in a statement Saturday that he has directed his staff to collaborate with the Legislature and Attorney General Rob Bonta to draft a bill that would allow private citizens to sue "anyone who manufactures, distributes, or sells an assault weapon or ghost gun kit or parts in the State of California."
Why COVID-19 herd immunity now looks unattainable. Given the current situation, herd immunity will likely not occur, with the virus on a trajectory to becoming endemic. This means that effective treatments and therapeutics are critical so that as people become infected, these products will serve to keep them out of hospitals, keep them from suffering from the most deleterious effects of the virus, and for some, keep them alive.
Mississippi public universities withdraw staff vaccine mandates. Mississippi public universities that were required to implement a coronavirus vaccine mandate under the Biden administration’s order have rescinded the policy.
Teachers all over the US are burnt out, but parents’ compassion has gone. What’s curious, perhaps, isn’t the return to business as usual, but a decisive swing from valorising certain groups to effectively demonising them. Last month, in some school districts in the US, school closures were announced not as responses to rising Covid numbers, but to accommodate teacher burnout. Detroit public schools decided that, until the end of the year, they would close their classrooms every Friday and revert to online learning. In Florida, the school holidays were extended. Seemingly on a dime, the mantra “teachers are great” flipped to “teachers don’t want to work”. People were furious.
Federal relief money boosted community colleges, but now it’s going away. Chronically starved for resources, these schools have used federal emergency funds to help more students keep going and graduate. What happens when the money is gone?
G-7 ministers warn Russia to de-escalate its military buildup near Ukraine, say an invasion would have "massive consequences." “Any use of force to change borders is strictly prohibited under international law. Russia should be in no doubt that further military aggression against Ukraine would have massive consequences and severe cost in response,” the statement said.
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace says he's leaving the network after 18 years and is "ready for a new adventure." Wallace made the announcement at the end of the weekly news show he moderates, “Fox News Sunday.”
“Everyone (and by everyone I mean every single viewer in America) should leave Fox News. It's bad for your health.” — Jean Mobilia
Officials underestimating "forever chemicals" lurking in US food: scientists. PFAS include thousands of toxic compounds linked to kidney, liver, immunological, developmental and reproductive issues. While these substances are most known for contaminating groundwater via firefighting foam, they are also key ingredients in food packaging and household products like nonstick pans, toys, makeup and waterproof apparel…The E.U. has deemed the dietary intake of PFAS so problematic that several countries have banned it in food packaging, Sunderland said in her testimony. By contrast, data on PFAS exposures in the U.S. food supply are minimal and analytical methods in research are limited — likely leading to an underestimation of exposures. “Europe is just a little bit ahead and they have more of a precautionary approach,” Sunderland told The Hill. “Here we're really into quantitative risk assessment and demonstrating that something causes an appreciable harm before we regulate.”
How the climate crisis is affecting tornadoes. The series of tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest and the Southeast United States this weekend adds to another stretch of deadly and potentially unprecedented weather disasters this year.
Nebraska Becomes the First Red State to Set a Decarbonization Target. While many conservative states are fighting to protect fossil fuels, Nebraska is set to clean up its act. (With a few caveats, that is.)
Older man’s sexual orientation landed him in a Pa. jail for 22 months, his lawyer claims. An attorney for Leroy Martin, now 81, says the sex was consensual, and that his client was incarcerated in rural Pennsylvania during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic for being gay. Martin was released from custody in September after prosecutors dropped the case against him.
Wonder Woman is queer and has a girlfriend in game-changing new DC Comics series. Wonder Woman shares a beautiful kiss with her girlfriend, Superman’s sister, in the new comic series Dark Knights of Steel.
CNN producer accused of coaxing parents, underage girls into 'sexual training'. John Griffin was charged with three counts of “using a facility of interstate commerce” to lure minors and their mothers to his Vermont home.
A Michigan woman faces prison after trying to hire an assassin through a fake website. Rent-A-Hitman's "operatives" have never actually killed anybody. Instead, the site exists to dupe people who are looking for hired killers. And Wein is now headed to prison -- one of several Rent-A-Hitman "clients" who've been found guilty of using the site to solicit a murder.
New study says cataract surgery associated with lower risk of dementia. “This is really exciting because no other medical intervention has shown such a strong association with lessening dementia risk in older individuals.”
Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez passes away at age 81.
RIP Anne Rice. She was 80.
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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