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Zelo Street

• Covid Sceptic Favourite IS SICK BIGOT

  Among those elevated to hero status by bad faith actors pretending that the Covid-19 pandemic isn’t so bad,

• Guido Fawkes And The New McCarthyism

  Joe McCarthy, who served as the junior Senator for the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his early death

• Maajid Nawaz Declares War On Guardian

  These are trying times for LBC host Maajid Nawaz: the Observer , Sunday sister paper of the Guardian , has

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Politics : NPR

• House Votes To Remove GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene From 2 Committees

  The House voted to remove Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the Education and Budget committees

• Biden Administration: Here Are His Cabinet Members And Key Advisers

  President Biden's aides are beginning to put policy into action, while the U.S. Senate is taking up his

• Biden Visits State Department, Discusses Envoy For Yemen

  President Biden visited the State Department on Thursday. He announced a new envoy for Yemen and attempted

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Wondering how to use any lockdown savings wisely?

  Spending less in lockdown might mean you can boost your savings or make a dent on debt.

• Eight ways to stay in touch with friends and family that aren’t a Zoom call

  Distance is surmountable with a little ingenuity

• Mango and cashew vegan cheesecake recipe

  Let this plant-based ‘cheesecake’ transport you to a tropical island

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Two arrested over north Belfast murder

  Danny McClean, 54, was shot a number of times on Cliftonville Road on Tuesday.

• Donegal students win Junk Kouture competition with dress made from glass

• Covid-19: How many cases in your local area?

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memeorandum

• Aiming to boost Russia deterrence, Biden freezes Trump's Germany troop

  Abraham Mahshie / Washington Examiner : Aiming to boost Russia deterrence, Biden freezes Trump's

• Canadian Olympic Committee Warns Athletes Not to Criticize China (Alana

  Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon : Canadian Olympic Committee Warns Athletes Not to Criticize

• Adam Schiff says Republican Party has "become essentially a cult"

  Grace Segers / CBS News : Adam Schiff says Republican Party has “become essentially a cult” &

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The Hayride

• Quote of the Day, February 4, 2021

  “The neoliberal war machine — backed by its Junior Partners, the neocon liberals who hijacked

• Is Facebook Preparing A War On Pro-Gun Pages?

  On Tuesday evening, the Washington Free Beacon broke a story about Facebook permanently banning the pro-gun

• New federal rule: No more surprise hospital bills and more options for

  Hospitals have begun publishing their actual costs of services, including discounted cash and negotiated

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• Introducing the new Director of the Ottawa Office, Erika Shaker

  Many of you know me already. And over my years at the CCPA I’ve been so lucky to have gotten to know so

• Monitor: Call for Submissions

  The Monitor is accepting pitches for our May/June 2021 issue. The theme of the issue is the future of

• The Power of Good Ideas: 2020 in Review

  When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we asked where we could be the most helpful. Then we rolled up our sleeves

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Times of India

• Tweet responsibly: India hits back at foreign celebs for supporting farmers

• Singhu Border: No access to water, toilets for farmers

• Farmers protest: MEA slams ‘vested interests,’ social media turns battle

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• Probe into Vyapam's law univ admissions begins

• BJP points to Punjab meet, says stir not about farmers

• Oppn slams govt over agri laws in RS, Scindia mounts defence

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | Ace Magashule: 'I respect the Constitution, but it is not

  ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has clarified remarks he made in defence of former president Jacob Zuma

• News24.com | UPDATE | Victory for amaBhungane as ConCourt upholds ruling on

  The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism

• News24.com | LIVE | Khoza: The ANC was instrumental in weakening

  The Commission is hearing Parliamentary Oversight related evidence from the former ANC MP Dr Makhosi Khoza.

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News24 Voices

• News24.com | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Could the meeting between Zuma and

  The announcement that Jacob Zuma will not testify at the Zondo commission and the subsequent invitation

• News24.com | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Elections in parts of the continent

  Two News24 readers have written a response to Zimbabwe's MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's article

• News24.com | OPINION | Zuma’s snub of Zondo commission a threat to our

  By choosing not to tell the Consitutional Court or the Zondo Inquiry what his versions of events are in

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | Outrage as Zim asks citizens to pay for Covid-19 vaccine

  In an interview with Zimbabwe Television Network, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said government will only

• News24.com | WATCH | Botswana must curb diamond reliance - president

  After a year in which coronavirus restrictions caused a slump in diamond exports, Botswana's president

• News24.com | China to donate 100 000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to the Congo

  China will donate 100 000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Congo Republic and forgive $13 million in public

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac to make Covid vaccines targeting new variants

  The UK-based firm is teaming up with Germany’s CureVac.

• Ukraine leader imposes sanctions against 'pro-Russian' media

  Ukraine leader imposes sanctions against 'pro-Russian' media

• Man who was burned in car crash receives ‘phenomenal’ face and hands

  Joe DiMeo is undergoing long rehabilitation to gain sensation and function in his new face and hands

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WebMD Health

• CDC: Schools Safe to Reopen Before Vaccinations

  CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, says it’s possible for schools to reopen safely even if teachers have

• Congressional panel: Toxic Metals Found in Baby Foods

  The investigators found significantly high levels of arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium in several major

• The Mental Health Toll of Keeping Schools Closed

  WebMD's Dr. Hansa Bhargava shares why she believes it's urgent that children return to in-person

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WhoWhatWhy

• Consumers Have Poor Understanding of Data Privacy Yet Think They’re Being

  Reading Time: 3 minutes What Went Wrong With America’s $44 Million Vaccine Data System? ; Biden Could

• Eyewitness Accounts Shed Light on the Cruelty of Slavery

  Reading Time: 18 minutes Former Chicago Sun-Times photo editor Richard Cahan shares powerful images and

• Fighting Climate Change in America Means Changing America

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Trump Officials Lobbied to Deny States Money for Vaccine Rollout ; How Small

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Science Blog

• Building equity into vaccine distribution

  As the U.S. speeds up distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, the question of equity keeps surfacing. Who gets

• Epigenomic map reveals circuitry of 30,000 human disease regions

  Twenty years ago this month, the first draft of the human genome was publicly released. One of the major

• Air cleaning and COVID-19

  With the spread of the UK and South African coronavirus variants to the U.S., with the concern over their

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Raw Story - Celebrating 16 Years of Independent Journalism

• Arizona GOP chairwoman cornered on her lies — by Republican legislators

  Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward is in a political pickle as she refuses calls to audit her own

• Man arrested for threatening former US attorney who prosecuted Proud Boys

  A South Carolina man has been charged by federal authorities after he threatened a former assistant U.S

• Jake Tapper calls out Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'whitewashing' her

  CNN anchor Jake Tapper had harsh words on Thursday for controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• Relaxing Border Restrictions By Arrival Country – Expert Reaction

  Research contracted by the aviation sector models the effect of selectively relaxing our border

• Waitangi Weekend Rounds Off Our Run Of Sun

  MetService are forecasting settled conditions over the long weekend, but the weather takes a tumultuous

• Pfizer And BioNTech Achieve Approval By Medsafe For Their Vaccine Against

  Pfizer New Zealand and BioNTech today welcomed the drug safety regulator Medsafe in New Zealand granting

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The Science of Doom

• Models and Rainfall – VII – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI RCP4.5

  In VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared vs history we looked at how each model thought

• Models and Rainfall – VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared we compared four models among themselves for two future

• Models and Rainfall – V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In the last article we looked at a comparison between Miroc (Japanese climate mode) and MPI (German climate

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Seeing the Forest

• Don’t Nuke The Filibuster – Reform It

  Dems should reform the filibuster to make it into what the public thinks it already is. Currently there is

• Arnold Lays It Out

  Maybe there are a few Republicans left who are not fascists.

• Republicans Will Escalate Until They Face Consequences

  Republicans will escalate until they face consequences. Ford pardoned Nixon, Reagan picked up where Nixon

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The Slog

• At the End of the Day

  It’s been a long time since I wrote something very personal at The Slog. These days, those who

• Truthileaks (1): Covid antibodies hit the vaccine case out of the Park

  Lost gdp and a consequent massive increase in national debt will end more lives than vaccines could ever

• VIRUSECRECY: THE ANSWERS WE AREN’T BEING GIVEN

  Are the new vaccines adding anything to the mix? Why have we ordered so much of it? What […]

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Top Documentary Films

• The Story of Fascism in Europe

• The War at Home: Rebellion

• The Smartest Guy in the Room: Cameron Ortis and the RCMP Secrets Scandal

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Universe Today

• SLS Will be Tested Again in About 3 Weeks

  In three weeks, NASA will be conducting its second hot fire test with the SLS. If all goes well, the fully-

• Astronomers are now Finding Planetary Disks Around the Smallest, Least

  Astronomers have been watching planetary systems form around sun-like stars for decades. And now, new

• Every Challenge Astronauts Will Face on a Flight to Mars

  A team of researchers from India conducted a study that considers all the hazards of sending crews to Mars

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Whistleblower Network News

• Speier, Raskin, and Warren Introduce COVID-19 Whistleblower Protection Act

  Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced

• Abuse of Power, Mismanagement in Deal with ICE Union, Alleges Whistleblower

  A whistleblower filed a complaint alleging that former Department of Homeland Security official Kenneth

• SEC Now Accepting Whistleblower Award Claims for Charges Against Robinhood

  On January 29, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of the Whistleblower posted

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Andy Worthington

• 111 Organizations, Including Close Guantánamo, Sign A Letter to President

  A letter to President Biden, urging him to close Guantánamo, and to end indefinite detention without charge

• Seven Authors, All Former Guantánamo Prisoners, Urge President Biden to

  A cross-post, with my own introduction, of an open letter to President Biden, urging him to close

• Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s Defense Secretary, Says it’s “Time for

  The latest news regarding Guantánamo under President Biden, as his defense secretary, Gen. Lloyd Austin

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