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[mzilliox]

The Jazz Icon Sonny Rollins Knows Life Is a Solo Trip - The New York Times

i got to see Sonny Rollins a couple times, amazing! dudes plays so much sax his body is permanently contorted into the position, its crazy.

[guido]

Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition company, has been breached - Vox

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Calm down, establishment Democrats. Bernie Sanders might be the safest choice. - Washington Post

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Trump Names Mike Pence to Lead Coronavirus Response - The New York Times

I'm supposed to feel safer. Some how it didn't work...

[choke]

I'm a fan of Julian Assange and I think what has...and is...happening to him is a travesty. This interview is eye-opening IMO.

A made-up rape allegation and fabricated evidence in Sweden, pressure from the UK not to drop the case, a biased judge, detention in a maximum security prison, psychological torture – and soon extradition to the U.S., where he could face up to 175 years in prison for exposing war crimes. For the first time, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, speaks in detail about the explosive findings of his investigation into the case of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

<<A murderous system is being created before our very eyes>> – Republik

[guido]

Trump just pushed one of his worst conspiracy theories yet - Washington Post

"At Trump’s presser, a reporter cited Limbaugh and noted that he and other Trump supporters have spread the idea that officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be “exaggerating the threat of coronavirus" to “weaponize” it and "hurt you politically.” Trump has tweeted variations of this. He’s even blamed Democrats, and the news media, for deliberately hyping the coronavirus threat expressly to panic the markets and hurt his reelection chances, which to him is apparently the most frightening thing about this situation."

[mzilliox]

what a twat we have for president

[guido]

Mike Pence was criticized for his handling of Indiana’s HIV outbreak. He will lead the U.S. coronavirus response. - Washington Post

"When President Trump announced that Vice President Pence would lead federal efforts against the spread of the coronavirus, he said Pence was the right person for the task because of his experience.

“He’s got a certain talent for this,” Trump said at a White House briefing about the virus, which has infected nearly five dozen people in the United States so far.

The announcement has cast light on Pence’s record as a lawmaker and his handling of a major public health crisis during his time as governor of Indiana. The worst HIV outbreak in the state’s history happened on his watch in 2015, which critics blamed on Pence’s belated response and his opposition to authorizing a needle-exchange program.

In 2011, as a member of Congress, he voted to cut funding for Planned Parenthood. Two years later, a Planned Parenthood clinic that had been the only HIV-testing center in Scott County, Ind., closed after public health spending cuts, HuffPost reported."

"“I don’t believe effective anti-drug policy involves handing out drug paraphernalia,” he told the Indianapolis Star at the time. Despite assurances from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it is an effective way to halt the spread of infections and diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C, Pence said if state lawmakers tried to send him a bill for a needle-exchange program, he would veto it.

As cases spiked, Pence reportedly turned to prayer."

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Mike Pence was criticized for his handling of Indiana’s HIV outbreak. He will lead the U.S. coronavirus response. - Washington Post

As cases spiked, Pence reportedly turned to prayer."

As cases spiked - an unintentionally witty bit of writing. But, turning to prayer...FFS.

[guido]

Opinion | When a Pandemic Meets a Personality Cult - The New York Times

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The Leopard Cub With the Lioness Mom - The New York Times

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Judge voids nearly 1 million acres of oil and gas leases, saying Trump policy undercut public input - Washington Post

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Trump blames stock market dip on Democrats at coronavirus news conference - Vox

[mzilliox]

Trump blames stock market dip on Democrats at coronavirus news conference - Vox

some days you wonder if he could stoop any lower?

[JJohnson]

some days you wonder if he could stoop any lower?

Every morning I wake up excited about the next dumb shit to come from his mouth.

[mzilliox]

Every morning I wake up excited about the next dumb shit to come from his mouth.

and he still has supporters... isnt that weird that there are non zombie humans that still think hes right about anything at all? despite how often hes wrong?

[guido]

How Will Trump’s Supreme Court Remake America? - The New York Times

[ides1056]

I can't read that.

Too effing depressing.

[ides1056]

Judge voids nearly 1 million acres of oil and gas leases, saying Trump policy undercut public input - Washington Post

glad to read this

[ericpmoss]

Trump blames stock market dip on Democrats at coronavirus news conference - Vox

And today, he's in South Carolina holding rallies rather than dealing with real issues. Why? Because he just wants to screw with the Democratic primary on the taxpayer dime. They cancelled the Republican primary there so he has zero competition. The only reason is to be a jerk. Mission Accomplished.