And another day of standing against voter suppression, a unit for domestic terrorism, cases and hospitalizations, a fed up Fauci, a bunch of Covid news, protecting same-sex marriage, debt, conspiracies, and dolphins having clitorises they use for lesbian sex comes to a close:
“Take a deep breath and process this fresh. In the past year, MAGA has chugged bleach, slurped sheep de-wormer and now they're drinkin' their own urine, all while braggin' they're too smart to take a vaccine that allows the government to track 'em with 5g. This is where we are.” — Tea Pain
“Once you have a definitive portion of your population choosing to disagree with the basic tenets of health and vitality based primarily on a political stance, you'll never convince them to choose humanity as a foundation of communal thought, evolution, or progress. This IS us.” — Bashon Mann
“Republicans do not really care about voting security; they care about too many people voting.” — Jennifer Rubin
“Let’s get one thing straight: The changes in voting laws by Republican state legislatures aren't a response to voter fraud (which is non-existent) but to voter turnout (which they want to suppress).” -- Robert Reich
Deaths
US: 863,896 (+2560)
World: 5,521,034 (+8849)
Cases
US: 63,390,876 (+729,604)
World: 314,092,934 (+3,041,799)
Biden on voting rights passage: ‘I’m tired of being quiet!’. Pounding his fist for emphasis, President Joe Biden challenged senators on Tuesday to “stand against voter suppression,” urging them to change Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation that Republicans are blocking from debate and votes.
Biden changed his mind on the filibuster. It’s not enough. The president’s rhetoric could convince some moderates who have been merely noncommittal about revising the filibuster, like Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ). But while Biden’s speech helps set the tone on the issue, it isn’t expected to persuade the moderates who’ve been the most skeptical of filibuster reform.
“As Biden speaks NC state court upholds extreme gerrymandered maps, including US House map giving GOP 71-78% of seats in state Trump won with 49.9% of vote. This is exactly the kind of partisan & racial gerrymandering Freedom to Vote Act would block.” -- Ari Berman
“This continually amazes me. The people who now vote for Republicans to ‘get back at the elites’ never end up getting back at the elites, who do just fine. It’s one long self-own that impoverishes themselves for a temporary scratching of the itch of social and racial resentment.” -- Tom Nichols
Justice Dept. creating unit focused on domestic terrorism. The Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism, the department’s top national security official told lawmakers Tuesday as he described an “elevated” threat from violent extremists in the United States...“We have seen a growing threat from those who are motivated by racial animus, as well as those who ascribe to extremist anti-government and anti-authority ideologies.”...The formulation of a new unit underscores the extent to which domestic violent extremism, which for years after the Sept. 11 attacks was overshadowed by the threat of international terrorism, has attracted urgent attention inside the federal government and at the White House.
The Next Big January 6 Conspiracy? It Was the FBI. And it is being promoted by Republicans in Congress. Last Thursday, in a press conference with the Right Side Broadcasting Network outside the United States Capitol on the anniversary of January 6, Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene spun an increasingly popular conspiracy theory to explain the horrific events that occurred: It was the Feds…After months of claiming that rioters were just harmless tourists, or that it was the work of antifa and Black Lives Matter plants, now several Republican members of congress have pivoted, adopting a spurious claim that it was the Federal Bureau of Investigations, specifically an agent provocateur named Ray Epps. Referred to throughout social media as #FedBoomer or #BigMagaCamo, Epps, these people claim, was a decisive figure in planning, inciting, and directing Trump supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6…The only problem is the lack of any hard evidence. Ray Epps is a real person, he was at the Capitol on January 6 and he has, so far, not been charged with a crime—that much is true. But there’s nothing to suggest he’s working for the FBI; in fact, public information reveals he’s an Oath Keeper. — Don’t fall for their shit.
“To be a successful Republican candidate for office, you must be either nuuuuts or you must sell your soul.” -- Joe Walsh
U.S. reports record 1.3M Covid cases in a day as hospitalizations soar. The seven-day average for Covid cases in the U.S. also reached its highest point yet on Monday, hitting an average of 740,594 new infections per day.
US Covid-19 hospitalizations reach record high, HHS data shows. Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States have reached a new record high, surpassing the previous peak from January 2021, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Map: Covid hospitalizations double in more than a dozen states in two weeks. Covid-19 hospitalizations have doubled in 15 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., over the past two weeks, contributing to a new national record for pandemic hospitalizations.
FAUCI, to Rand Paul: Your website says “‘Fire Dr. Fauci’ — with a little box that says, ‘Contribute here. You can do $5, $10, $20, $100 .. you are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain.”
Dr. Fauci says GOP Sen. Paul's false accusations have sparked death threats. "I have threats upon my life, harassment of my family, and my children with obscene phone calls because people are lying about me," Fauci said.
WHO says more research needed on vaccine efficacy against Omicron. The World Health Organization said on Tuesday more research is needed to find out if existing COVID-19 vaccines provide adequate protection against the highly contagious Omicron variant, even as manufacturers develop next generation shots.
WHO warns half of Europe's population could suffer from Omicron variant. The COVID-19 Omicron variant is on track to infect more than half of Europeans but it should not yet be thought of as a flu-like endemic illness, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
State of emergency declared in Virginia after record COVID-19 surge. The order designed to provide flexibility to strained hospitals and staff is set to last 30 days because of modeling predicting a peak of cases “in the next few weeks” following the omicron variant surge, the announcement said.
Tarrant County [TX] Public Health Director Vinny Taneja said 4-in-10 people are testing positive for COVID. "That's a lot of disease activity happening in the area.”
Wisconsin GOP bill would count prior COVID-19 infection as immunity. Republicans in the Wisconsin state Senate have introduced a bill that would require employers in the state to allow proof of a previous COVID-19 infection as an alternative to vaccination and testing. The bill is likely to be vetoed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, according to a report in the the Wisconsin State Journal, but it highlights a new front in the battle over vaccine mandates at the heart of the nation's COVID-19 politics.
New Orleans reinstates mask mandate ahead of Carnival season. We strongly recommend a high-quality mask, and by that, I mean a surgical mask, KN95 or N95, to provide the most robust protection.”
No vax, pay tax, says Canada's Quebec as health system struggles. Quebec, Canada's second most populous province, is planning to force adults refusing to get COVID-19 vaccinated pay a "health contribution" in a move likely to spur a debate about individual rights and social responsibility.
Nepal bans big public gatherings, closes schools as COVID cases spike. Home Ministry spokesman Pradip Kumar Koirala said public gatherings like political rallies and religious functions involving more than 25 people had been prohibited. “Entry to hotels, restaurants, cinema halls and public offices as well as parks from Jan. 21 will be given to those providing proof of being vaccinated against the coronavirus.”
Djokovic travelled across Europe before Australia trip, at odds with declaration. These accounts of his travel history are at odds with a declaration submitted as part of immigration formalities for Djokovic's entry to Australia that stated he had not travelled in the 14 days prior to leaving for Australia. Giving false or misleading information in the form is an offence, carrying a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison, and a fine of up to 6,600 Australian dollars (US$4,730) and can lead to cancellation of the offender's visa.
“It's actually hard to describe just how deeply I regret moving back to the US. This place is not well. I don't think people here appreciate just how unwell it is. It's legitimately scary being a parent in America. None of this is normal or okay. It's dark.” — Omichris
As high court signals Roe v. Wade reversal, states eye same-sex marriage protections. Some state lawmakers have taken steps in recent weeks to protect same-sex marriage in the event the high court reverses its landmark 2015 decision.
“To every man complaining that they are being forced to be vaccinated. IMAGINE BEING FORCED TO HAVE A BABY.” — Emily Winston
Here's the Racism and Cruelty Fox News Rewarded When It Promoted Jesse Watters. The decision to hand it Watters permanently means the network is heaping on yet another scoop of propaganda into its primetime lineup to pair with what Carlson, Hannity, and Ingraham spew every night. Here’s a taste of some of the controversy Watters has courted over the course of his time at the network.
The Indiana House has voted to let you carry a gun without a permit. On a near party-line vote, the House voted 63-29 to join 21 states which have abolished permit requirements to carry handguns.
Medicare limits coverage of $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug. Medicare said Tuesday it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned, a major development in the nation’s tug-of-war over the fair value of new medicines that offer tantalizing possibilities but come with prohibitive prices.
Brrr! Some schools close as extreme cold grips US Northeast. A mass of arctic air swept into the Northeast on Tuesday, bringing bone-chilling sub-zero temperatures and closing schools across the region for the second time in less than a week.
US shoppers find some groceries scarce due to virus, weather. Shortages at U.S. grocery stores have grown more acute in recent weeks as new problems — like the fast-spreading omicron variant and severe weather — have piled on to the supply chain struggles and labor shortages that have plagued retailers since the coronavirus pandemic began. The shortages are widespread, impacting produce and meat as well as packaged goods such as cereal. And they’re being reported nationwide.
Americans are getting themselves back into debt. During the pandemic, some consumer balance sheets started to improve. Flush with additional cash — from wage increases, stimulus payments, loan forbearance or just fewer opportunities for spending — consumers kept their credit card balances in check. But old spending habits die hard it seems. Some of the latest consumer credit data show that credit card spending and debt levels are once again on the rise.
Brown University, MIT, Dartmouth named in lawsuit for allegedly conspiring to reduce financial aid. The lawsuit accuses 16 private universities of participating “in a price-fixing cartel” that has “artificially inflated the net price of attendance for students receiving financial aid”.
People hate overdraft fees. Capital One is ditching them and other banks may follow. "Overdraft fees are really one of the most abusive forms of lending the banks engage in," says Lauren Saunders with the National Consumer Law Center. She says when it comes to regular loans, most banks don't charge people outrageously high interest rates. "But they do it hidden from view through overdraft fees." But now, Capital One has become the nation's biggest bank to announce that it's ending overdraft fees altogether.
The first coin of the American Women Quarters™ Program is here—the Maya Angelou Quarter!
Dolphins have functional clitorises they use in lesbian sex, according to science. These similarities to the human clitoris led scientists to conclude that the dolphins feel pleasure during sex, which would explain why they have so much of it…“And not only do they have sex all the time, they have a lot of homosexual sex as well.” Dolphins get creative with lesbian sex, Brennan explained: “The females will rub each other’s clitorises with their snouts and their flippers really often. “It’s not like every once in a blue moon you’ll see females stimulating each other, it’s actually pretty common. Females also masturbate. “If they’re out there seeking all these sexual experiences, it’s likely that it’s probably feeling good.”
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