| Senate so far split neatly along party lines on impeachment Posted: 04 Feb 2020 07:26 AM PST  The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday's virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges, with just two or three undecided members even considering breaking with their party. A leading GOP moderate, Susan Collins of Maine, announced she will vote to acquit Trump, leaving Utah Sen. Mitt Romney as the only potential GOP vote to convict Trump of abusing his office and stonewalling Congress. Collins said "it was wrong" for Trump to ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate his political rival, Joe Biden, but that Trump's conduct, however flawed, does not warrant "the extreme step of immediate removal from office." Collins voted to acquit former President Bill Clinton at his trial in 1999 .
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| Sanders slams Buttigieg's victory declaration, campaign releases internal Iowa data suggesting a win Posted: 04 Feb 2020 12:41 PM PST  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) didn't have much time for former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg's apparent Iowa caucus victory declaration Monday evening, partly because his campaign's internal data suggests otherwise.Even while results from the Iowa Democratic caucus were delayed thanks to a series of mishaps, Buttigieg addressed his supporters and told them all indications pointed to them leaving Iowa "victorious." Sanders found it odd that his competitor made such a speech.> On his campaign plane in Des Moines, due to take off for New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders says he feels confident in his position based on internal numbers, but of Buttigieg:> > "I don't know how anybody declares victory before you have an official statement as to election results." pic.twitter.com/oBTKvrKmS5> > — Ruby Cramer (@rubycramer) February 4, 2020Meanwhile, the Sanders campaign released some of their internal data collection findings, which suggests Sanders is actually the one on pace to win, although Buttigieg isn't far behind. Those numbers also have Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a comfortable third place, while former Vice President Joe Biden tumbled into a relatively distant fourth after the final alignment.> Here's Bernie Sanders speaking to reporters on his plane out of Iowa, with the latest numbers https://t.co/xtyJ0SM4Ms> > — Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) February 4, 2020The Biden situation at least is in line with reports about The Des Moines Register's final state poll which was never released because of an interviewing error, but throughout all the chaos there's no telling if the Sanders campaign is actually on the right track.More stories from theweek.com Trump just won the Iowa Democratic caucuses Should financial markets be freaked out by coronavirus? America is doing so much better than you think
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| Ex-Fox News journalist Gretchen Carlson calls on Michael Bloomberg to release women from NDAs they signed as his employees Posted: 04 Feb 2020 01:56 PM PST  Michael Bloomberg has been repeatedly accused of making sexist remarks and sued for propagating a "culture of discrimination."
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| Thailand eyes limits on surgical mask exports as coronavirus cases rise Posted: 04 Feb 2020 04:45 AM PST ![Thailand eyes limits on surgical mask exports as coronavirus cases rise]( "Thailand eyes limits on surgical mask exports as coronavirus cases rise") Thailand's cabinet agreed measures on Tuesday that could lead to a reduction in the export of surgical masks to prevent shortages at home as health authorities try to contain the spread of the coronavirus. "There are more (surgical mask) orders from overseas and tourists are buying a lot, causing shortages in some stores," deputy government spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek told Reuters. On average, Thailand produces around 600 million masks each year and uses about 200 million with the rest are exported.
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| U.S. Mulls More Charges Against Giuliani Allies; Trial Date Set Posted: 03 Feb 2020 02:17 PM PST ![U.S. Mulls More Charges Against Giuliani Allies; Trial Date Set]( "U.S. Mulls More Charges Against Giuliani Allies; Trial Date Set") (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government may file additional charges against Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas and others accused of campaign-finance crimes before the start of their trial Oct. 5, a prosecutor said Monday.Parnas and co-defendant Igor Fruman worked closely with Giuliani in trying to dig up dirt in Ukraine on Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden, and in ousting the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, the government alleges. Prosecutors had indicated in December that the case could be expanded based on a review of evidence including bank accounts, email addresses and other materials.The government is "still evaluating" whether to file more charges, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos told a federal judge in New York Monday.Roos didn't say what an expanded case might entail or if it would include additional defendants. Bloomberg and other news organizations have reported that Giuliani is a subject of interest in the case.Also during the hearing Monday:Prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan federal court they have not been able to completely access 20 electronic devices seized in the case because the defendants have declined to provide their passwords.Oetken rejected a defense request that the government disclose how it obtained information to begin its prosecution, including whether communications by the defendants was intercepted or gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies. The use of such evidence -- or anything else derived from it -- can be problematic in U.S. courts because the means of obtaining it do not always meet legal standards. But "defendants have not established a colorable basis to claim they were aggrieved by any unlawful surveillance," the judge said.To contact the reporter on this story: Christian Berthelsen in New York at cberthelsen1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: David Glovin at dglovin@bloomberg.net, Steve StrothFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Don't Listen to Trump: the Travel Ban Isn't About National Security Posted: 04 Feb 2020 12:30 AM PST  It won't effect international terrorism.
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| Britain receives first ‘Poseidon’ aircraft in bid to restore submarine-hunting muscle Posted: 04 Feb 2020 09:22 AM PST  The new planes will escort the country's nuclear submarines when deploying and keep tabs on undersea threats in the North Atlantic.
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| Warm water found at "vital point" under "doomsday glacier" Posted: 02 Feb 2020 10:05 PM PST  A news release on the findings called it an alarming discovery.
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| State of the Union: Trump ‘to face Pelosi for first time in months’ as Republicans urge him not to bring up impeachment Posted: 04 Feb 2020 01:21 PM PST  Donald Trump's annual State of the Union address will bring him face-to-face with Nancy Pelosi, reportedly for the first time since an incendiary meeting in which he called her a "third-rate politician" and stormed out.The House Speaker described the president as having a "meltdown" at the October meeting – which came just weeks after she called the impeachment inquiry, and hours after the House voted overwhelmingly to condemn his decision to pull troops out of northern Syria.
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| Pete Buttigieg Wakes Up in New Hampshire With a Fresh Dig at Sanders and Talk of ‘Transparency’ Posted: 04 Feb 2020 08:04 AM PST  MANCHESTER, New Hampshire—Echoing through the Rex Theatre's amplified sound system, Demi Lovato asked, loudly, "What's wrong with being confident?" the morning after Pete Buttigieg declared victory in the Iowa caucuses before any official results were known.The song fit the moment. Kicking off his first event of five here on Tuesday, the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor was nothing if not confident. Just hours after Iowa's results, still uncertain, devolved into a stunning mass of confusion among Democratic voters and candidates, Buttigieg delivered a speech denouncing "my way or the highway" politics—an implicit dig at Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the state he swept by a double-digit margin four years ago—and promising "openness" and "transparency" in 2020. "Now here we are at decision time," the 38-year-old Democrat said to a full audience, acknowledging attendees who are still "thinking it through" a week before voting starts here. He did not mention the word "Iowa" in his opening remarks, instead opting to turn the page swiftly. "I'm so glad to be here with you this morning," he said, to laughs. "I think it's morning." New Hampshire voters began lining up nearly two hours before the kickoff. While Buttigieg didn't mention the caucus results, Rep. Annie Kuster, one of his most prominent state supporters, gave a lighthearted nod to the wildness that unfolded Monday night half the country away."I'm sure when the results are all in, we are going to have a fantastic result!" Kuster said. Speaking on stage, Buttigieg, who plans on camping out here in the Granite State every day before Feb. 11 primary, added, "if there's one thing I've learned from being on the ground from these early states… it's just how seriously you all take that."Hours earlier, Buttigieg suggested a win in New Hampshire was integral to sweeping the nomination. "We're on our way to New Hampshire, on to the nomination, and on to chart a bold new course for our country. But only if you're with me," he wrote on Twitter at 2 a.m., pinning the tweet with a link to his fundraising page. The Dirty Little Secret Behind Iowa's Amateur HourRead more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| In unreleased Iowa poll, Sanders finishes 1st, Biden 4th Posted: 04 Feb 2020 06:32 AM PST  Remember that final poll of Iowa Democrats from CNN and the Des Moines Register that wasn't released because of an interviewing error? Well, FiveThirtyEight reportedly confirmed the final results. It would've been good news for Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who led the pack with 22 percent and 18 percent, respectively. That falls in line with an earlier report that media outlets increased their coverage of Warren after glimpsing the numbers.
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| Japan quarantined a cruise ship with 3,700 people onboard after one passenger contracted the Wuhan coronavirus. Here's what it's like onboard. Posted: 04 Feb 2020 05:20 AM PST  The Diamond Princess is currently floating in Yokohama Bay, eastern Japan, and passengers are undergoing tests.
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| EU to overhaul process for admitting new members in bid to lift French veto Posted: 04 Feb 2020 02:51 AM PST  The European Commission will propose changes to the system for letting new countries into the EU to give existing members more say, in a bid to mollify France which has vetoed expansion of the bloc to six countries in the Balkans. In October, President Emmanuel Macron halted the process of admitting Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and North Macedonia. The Commission hopes to persuade France to lift its objections before a Zagreb summit with the Balkan states in May.
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| Mauritania Says U.A.E. to Invest $2 Billion—One-Third of Its GDP Posted: 03 Feb 2020 01:14 AM PST ![Mauritania Says U.A.E. to Invest $2 Billion—One-Third of Its GDP]( "Mauritania Says U.A.E. to Invest $2 Billion—One-Third of Its GDP") (Bloomberg) -- Mauritania's government said the United Arab Emirates has made $2 billion available in investment, development projects and soft loans, a sum that equals roughly a third of its gross domestic product.The announcement came after President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, marking his first state visit to an Arabic country since assuming office in June 2019."This generous support will contribute to create economic and social growth and increase living standards," according to a statement. No further details were provided.While the arid West African nation with a population of about 4 million people is among the region's poorest, it's expected to become a natural-gas exporter following large offshore discoveries by major oil and gas explorers last year. To contact the reporter on this story: Oudaa Marouf in Nouakchott at moudaa@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Paul Richardson at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net, Pauline Bax, Jacqueline MackenzieFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Michael Bloomberg is the only candidate to give money to the DNC. They just changed their rules to let him onto the debate stage. Posted: 03 Feb 2020 09:18 AM PST  Bloomberg gave $300,000 to the Democratic National Committee last year, ahead of a rules change that allows him to participate in debates.
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| South Vietnam Went Out With a Fight...Against China Posted: 04 Feb 2020 01:23 AM PST  And the issues are still there.
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| International court gathering evidence in Rohingya case Posted: 04 Feb 2020 04:48 AM PST ![International court gathering evidence in Rohingya case]( "International court gathering evidence in Rohingya case") Investigators from the International Criminal Court have begun collecting evidence for a case involving alleged crimes against humanity by Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims causing them to flee to neighboring Bangladesh, a court official said Tuesday. Phakiso Mochochoko, director of the Jurisdiction, Complementary and Cooperation Division of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor, said a team of investigators is visiting Rohingya refugee camps to collect evidence.
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| Former aide calls out John Bolton: 'You've let down your country' Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:30 PM PST  One of former National Security Adviser John Bolton's ex-aides is accusing him of caring more about book sales than his country.Mark Groombridge worked for Bolton during his tenure as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under former President George W. Bush. On Monday, Groombridge tweeted that he has been deeply disappointed in Bolton's actions throughout President Trump's impeachment, writing, "You've let down your country. I worked loyally for you for 15 years. Yes, the Senate was never going to convict, but you had the opportunity to provide them with the info so they could make a fully informed decision. Guess it was about book sales after all."The New York Times reported last month that in his forthcoming book, Bolton contradicts Trump's claims that there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine. Bolton did not testify during the House impeachment inquiry, following White House instructions not to cooperate with investigators. Democrats wanted Bolton to testify during Trump's Senate impeachment trial, but Republicans had enough votes to block their efforts. Of course, they would not have been able to stop Bolton from telling his full story to the press.More stories from theweek.com Trump just won the Iowa Democratic caucuses Should financial markets be freaked out by coronavirus? America is doing so much better than you think
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| US submarine armed with 'low-yield' nuclear weapon, Pentagon says Posted: 04 Feb 2020 10:34 AM PST  The US Defense Department announced Tuesday that it has deployed a submarine carrying a new long-range missile with a relatively small nuclear warhead, saying it is in response to Russian tests of similar weapons. The move is a significant change in US defense posture that has raised concerns it could elevate the risk of a nuclear war. Critics worry that small nukes would be more likely to be used because they cause less damage, thereby lowering the threshold for nuclear conflict.
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| An artist wheeled 99 smartphones around in a wagon to create fake traffic jams on Google Maps Posted: 03 Feb 2020 09:28 AM PST  Wherever the wagon full of phones went, Google Maps showed a traffic jam, displaying a red line and routing people around the area.
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| China Arrested Doctors Who Warned About Coronavirus Outbreak. Now Death Toll’s Rising, Stocks Are Plunging. Posted: 03 Feb 2020 03:12 AM PST  HONG KONG—The new coronavirus that has spread consternation around the world over the last few weeks has now killed more people in China than the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003. China's health commission reported Sunday that there were 361 deaths nationwide. During the SARS outbreak, 349 people died in mainland China and 774 altogether around the world. The Chinese stock markets took major hits Monday, and the whole nation feels its growing isolation.Three New Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in CaliforniaYet last December—before people all over China began falling sick with pneumonia-like symptoms, before people around the world grew alarmed about a disease leaping from captured wild animals to human shoppers in dense Chinese food markets, and before the coronavirus reached new shores after being carried onto planes by human hosts, forcing the World Health Organization to declare a global emergency—eight people discussed how several patients in Wuhan were experiencing severe, rapid breakdowns in their respiratory systems.They were part of a medical school's alumni group on WeChat, a popular social network in China, and they were concerned that SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, was back. It wasn't long before police detained them. The authorities said these eight doctors and medical technicians were "misinforming" the public, that there was no SARS, that the information was obviously wrong, and that everyone in the city must remain calm. On the first day of 2020, Wuhan police said they had "taken legal measures" against the eight individuals who had "spread rumors."Since then, the phenomenal spread of the virus has created cracks even within the normally united front of the Chinese Communist Party. "It might have been fortunate if the public had believed the 'rumor' and started to wear masks, carry out sanitization measures, and avoid the wild animal market," a judge of China's Supreme People's Court wrote online last Tuesday.Li Wenliang, a doctor who was among the eight people who tried to sound the alarm before the coronavirus infected many thousands and killed hundreds, has been diagnosed as someone infected with the coronavirus and is being treated at a hospital.As of 5 p.m. Monday, the official tally of coronavirus damage runs at more than 17,000 confirmed infections, more than 21,000 under observation, and 361 dead. But the actual numbers must be far higher, possibly by a considerable magnitude, according to estimates by doctors in China and infectious-disease experts around the world.Authorities are still actively censoring social-media posts and news articles that question the government's response to the outbreak. One Wuhan man, Fang Bin, uploaded footage of corpses in a van and a hospital in Wuhan, and was then tracked down and taken into custody. His laptop was confiscated, and he had to pedal for three hours on a bicycle to get home after he was questioned, warned, and released. His coronavirus video went viral.The Chinese government is eager to project the image that everything is under control. Beijing pushed back the post-Lunar New Year opening of financial markets by a few days, and traders returned to their posts Monday morning. The Shanghai Composite Index and Shenzhen Composite Index quickly dropped 8.7 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively. By lunch time, more than 2,600 stocks had tripped regulator-imposed breakers after losing 10 percent in value. At market closing at 3 p.m., the indices were unable to recover from their nosedives.This was the worst plummet in China's markets since an equity bubble burst in 2015, and it isn't difficult to see why. Schools have been closed indefinitely. Flights have been grounded, and domestic travel has been limited or even halted. Office buildings, restaurants, and malls are empty. Public functions have been canceled. Overwhelmingly, white-collar workers across the country are telecommuting. The country, it seems, is a network of ghost towns with wide boulevards and glass towers. Combined with the ongoing swine flu and a new outbreak of avian flu south of Wuhan, the coronavirus is hitting China's economy on many fronts.Perhaps the most striking development in China is how borders became tangible. Villages, towns, and cities are physically blocked off from each other, sometimes with local officials posted on roads to stop anyone except emergency relief personnel from passing through. Married couples who hail from different parts of the country have been separated if they chose to travel over the Lunar New Year; as they returned home after the break, local officials in some locations barred one spouse, whoever is an "outlander," from entering city limits.The coronavirus is isolating China from the rest of the world, too. Many countries have imposed travel restrictions on Chinese nationals, or even banned visitors who have recently been in mainland China. In Hong Kong, medical workers who joined a newly formed union voted to begin a strike Monday to pressure the city's officials to seal the border with mainland China. Clashes have broken out at sites where the government had attempted to set up mass quarantine facilities in Hong Kong.Coronavirus Has Europe Treating Chinese People Like the PlagueBack in Wuhan, one of two speed-built hospitals began absorbing patients on Monday. The hospital took 10 days to build, has 1,000 beds, and is staffed by 1,400 military doctors who are managing the symptoms of those under their care. The additions are welcome, but people living in Hubei, the province where Wuhan is the capital, have doubts about how effective the facilities will be. There's a severe shortage of testing kits, and sick people are still being turned away from hospitals. It is common for patients to wander between several emergency rooms before giving up to head home and tough it out.This outbreak has given new meaning to a well-worn adage: When China sneezes, the world catches a cold. People recall a lack of transparency when SARS was hitting China, even though the WHO has praised Beijing repeatedly for improving its performance this time around. But that may not be enough. Right now, every country in the world is trying to prevent the epidemic from flaring up on its own shores.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. 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| Japan screens 3,700 on quarantined cruise ship after coronavirus case Posted: 04 Feb 2020 04:36 AM PST  Health screening began on Tuesday for some 3,700 passengers and crew aboard a cruise liner held in quarantine at the Japanese port of Yokohama, after a Hong Kong passenger who sailed on the vessel last month tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus. The 80-year-old man flew to Japan and boarded the ship, the Diamond Princess, run by Carnival Japan Inc, in Yokohama on Jan. 20 and disembarked in Hong Kong on Jan. 25, the company said.
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| White nationalist has long worked at conservative outlets under real name Posted: 03 Feb 2020 06:00 AM PST  Guardian findings support watchdog's report that 'Paul Kersey', a prominent author and activist, is actually Michael J ThompsonA new report has revealed that a prominent white nationalist author, activist and podcaster known as "Paul Kersey" has in fact worked for more than a decade at mainstream conservative institutions and media outlets under his real name.According to an investigation by the not-for-profit media outlet Right Wing Watch (RWW), the man who has worked under the Kersey pseudonym is in fact Michael J Thompson.The Guardian has uncovered additional material that supports reporting by RWW, and further indicates Thompson's role in moulding rightwing activists from a position near the heart of America's most influential conservative institutions.The RWW investigation, published on Monday, reveals the work of "Paul Kersey", whom it calls a "barely underground member of the white nationalist movement" and a fixture on the roster of racist media outlets and campaign groups.But it also shows that Thompson worked under his own name at institutions like the Leadership Institute, its media arm Campus Reform, and WND, formerly World Net Daily, a once-popular conspiracy-minded conservative outlet, as late as November 2018.It also shows how his WND position allowed him to move in professional circles that included white nationalists, writers from Breitbart and the Daily Caller and prominent Donald Trump supporters including Steve Bannon and Jack Posobiec.RWW determined Thompson's identity partly through a forensic voice test on audio recordings and partly through emails and testimony provided by Katie McHugh, a former far-right insider and Breitbart writer.Evidence from McHugh underpinned reporting by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that showed how Trump's close aide Stephen Miller attempted to insert white nationalist themes into Breitbart's coverage of the 2016 presidential election.Using the "Paul Kersey" pseudonym in online columns for outlets like VDare and American Renaissance, Thompson has for years whipped up racist fears about black crime; promoted racial paranoia about a demographic "Great Replacement" of white Americans; and spread falsehoods about the genetic inferiority of non-whites.According to RWW, he has run an influential far-right blog, Stuff Black People Don't Like, since 2009. The blog is focused on promoting false white nationalist ideas about race and crime.He has also regularly appeared as a guest on white nationalist podcasts including Red Ice, The Political Cesspool and Richard Spencer's AltRight Radio and is currently the co-host of a podcast produced by a prominent SPLC-designated hate group, American Renaissance.But in 2010, RWW reports, he was named in a press release from the Leadership Institute as working in their campus services program. The Guardian was able to confirm this by accessing an archived staff page for Campus Reform, the Leadership Institute's online vehicle for the prosecution of on-campus culture wars.The Leadership Institute is one of the longest-standing institutions in the US conservative movement, focused on training young activists. It claims to have trained 200,000 such young conservatives over 40 years, in skills including public speaking, campaigning and fundraising.In a series of archived snapshots from the Campus Reform staff page from September 2009 to July 2010, Thompson was listed as campus services coordinator for the western region. This suggests he began his pseudonymous white nationalist blog while employed by the Leadership Institute and its media arm.Campus Reform's website was established at the beginning of 2009, according to Domain Name System records. It has typically targeted so-called political correctness and professors it deems to be leftists.Using internet archiving services, the Guardian was able to access the full text of previously unreported Campus Reform articles by Thompson. In the bylines for those articles, written in 2009 and 2010, he is described as a "Campus Reform reporter".In the articles that were archived and accessible, Thompson does not openly use the vocabulary of white nationalism but does explore themes such as race and immigration.One May 2010 article criticizes Colorado State students for staging a walkout in protest against a hardline immigration law passed in Arizona in 2010 and highlights the involvement of some students with an immigrant rights group, La Raza.Another bemoans the decision of a Washington state public college, Evergreen State, to fund a visit by the academic and civil rights activist Angela Davis, calling her a "Marxist agitator".Many more articles offer instructions, guidance and assistance to conservative student activists.Thompson leads with complaints about political correctness; news of anti-abortion, pro-gun and media activism by conservative students; and exhortations to run for student government.In each case, he appeals to students to reach out to Campus Reform for information, training and organizing assistance.The Guardian has discovered evidence that Thompson was able to make connections between students and members of the conservative movement.A February 2011 guest post on the Campus Reform website by a senior at Utah State University describes that student's experiences as a sponsored attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which remains the principal annual gathering of the conservative movement.The author writes: "Michael Thompson, my regional field coordinator … worked diligently to put me in contact with individuals and organizations willing to help me with future activism efforts on my campus."RWW reports that Thompson worked at WND from at least January 2012 to November 2018.Thompson, American Renaissance leader Jared Taylor and Joseph Farah of WND did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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| A Bernie Sanders Win in Iowa Could Ripple Through Markets Posted: 03 Feb 2020 01:31 PM PST ![A Bernie Sanders Win in Iowa Could Ripple Through Markets]( "A Bernie Sanders Win in Iowa Could Ripple Through Markets") (Bloomberg) -- Unlike the cookies used to lure support at the Iowa caucuses, financial-market expectations for what could be a pivotal moment in the race to the White House are only half-baked.The state is the first to choose its preference for a nominee. So the vote could push the dollar down and stir volatility in bonds, strategists say, if the latest polls are right that votes will tip heavily in favor of Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist.Yet his prospects beyond that are far from certain, meaning there's a vigorous debate among analysts about whether or not the result of Monday's voting will ripple through asset prices.Lauren Goodwin at New York Life Investments says two assumptions are deeply embedded in markets: one, that Donald Trump's Democratic challenger is far from being decided; and two, that Trump will win a second term as U.S. president in November."It would be pretty hard to overstate how much the market expects a re-election scenario," said Goodwin, who's an economist and multi-asset strategist. Traders currently expect "the results in Iowa will be muddled enough that the Democratic candidate for the election is still a bit unclear."A poll released Sunday showed Sanders with a firm lead over his Democratic rivals -- including the moderate front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden -- heading into tonight's Iowa caucus. Michael Bloomberg is also seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. He is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s currency strategists are focused on how this tug-of-war between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party plays out as their strongest election-related cue on the dollar. They're recommending a tactical short on the greenback versus the franc to brace for any election-related dips in the dollar over the coming months.In their rationale, they cite a Jan. 24 report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget that identifies Sanders' fiscal proposals as adding the most to U.S. budget deficits over the next decade. The study didn't consider the potential impact from Trump's proposals. The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal gap will widen to $1 trillion in 2020 and average $1.3 trillion over the next decade.Moreover, traders have been adding to positions in euro-dollar options that would benefit from a weaker greenback. They now have the most negative stance on the dollar versus the euro in more than two years.Markets are underestimating how much volatility Iowa could create, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. strategists led by Praveen Korapathy reckon. They note that victory in this caucus boosts the winner's odds of sealing the nomination by around 30 percentage points.And the wider the gap in the economic policies of the two eventual candidates for the White House, "the greater degree of asset market volatility we would expect in response to swings in head-to-head polls," the strategists wrote."While there are some kinks visible on both equity and interest rates options markets for both Iowa and Super Tuesday, there isn't an elevated level of volatility priced in the intervening period or thereafter," they said.But Iowa is only the first post in this race. An online poll released Monday showed Sanders and fellow progressive Senator Elizabeth Warren in close competition with Biden in New Hampshire ahead of that Feb. 11 vote, with many still undecided.And any market reaction to Iowa's result is likely to be short term, in Goodwin's view, as investors will set it in the context of the "ebb and flow of the election cycle," and home in on the viability of the candidates' platforms. "For most investors, it's more productive to focus on policy changes for their portfolio positioning."\--With assistance from Susanne Barton.To contact the reporter on this story: Emily Barrett in New York at ebarrett25@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Benjamin Purvis at bpurvis@bloomberg.net, Nick Baker, Mark TannenbaumFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| F-35s For Everyone: How China Spied and Stole Its Way To Military Dominance Posted: 04 Feb 2020 03:00 AM PST  Or at least parity.
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| North Korea making 'all-out efforts' to guard against virus Posted: 03 Feb 2020 10:34 PM PST  North Korea said Tuesday it was mobilizing 30,000 health workers everyday in its "all-out efforts" to guard against the spread of a virus from neighboring China. North Korea hasn't reported any case of the new coronavirus, but some experts say an epidemic in North Korea could be dire because of its chronic lack of medical supplies and poor health care infrastructure. It said the 30,000 workers are examining and monitoring residents and trying to inform North Korean people about how dangerous the virus is, how it spreads and what precautionary steps they should take.
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| Here's why Hannity's Trump Super Bowl interview was even worse than we could have expected Posted: 03 Feb 2020 09:11 AM PST  No one expected Sean Hannity's interview with Donald Trump before the Super Bowl 2020 would be tough, but this was basically just a campaign ad.
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| Pompeo tells Kazakh reporter that barring NPR reporter sent 'a perfect message about press freedoms' Posted: 03 Feb 2020 12:20 AM PST  After the State Department revoked the press credentials of NPR's Michele Keleman for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's trip to Europe and Central Asia, in apparent retaliation for questions Pompeo didn't like from NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly, there were concerns about what kind of message Pompeo sent to the world about America's commitment to press freedoms. On Sunday, when Pompeo was in Kazakhstan — which has a dismal zero press-freedoms rating from Reporters Without Borders — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter Aigerim Toleukhan asked Pompeo. He said the episode sends "a perfect message about press freedoms."Pompeo can be heard telling Kelly in their interview that he only wanted to discuss Iran, not Ukraine and whether he stood up for America's former ambassador to Kyiv when President Trump and his allies smeared her. Kelly said after the interview, Pompeo took her into a separate room and berated her at length, using profanities.Pompeo told Toleukhan he didn't have a "confrontational interview" with Kelly and insisted that reporters "get to ask me any questions, all questions." As for barring Keleman from his trip, Pompeo said he always brings "a big press contingent, but we ask for certain sets of behaviors, and that's simply telling the truth and being honest. And when they'll do that, they get to participate, and if they don't, it's just not appropriate" or even "fair to the rest of the journalists who are participating alongside them." That's when Toleukhan asked about what message that sends to the world, and Pompeo said "a perfect message."After Kelly told NPR listeners about Pompeo berating her, Pompeo accused her of lying twice, once while "setting up our interview" and again by not honoring her agreement keep their "post-interview conversation" private. Kelly said she never agreed to go off-the-record — it's unclear why she would — and she released emails showing she told Pompeo's staff she intended to ask him about both Iran and Ukraine.More stories from theweek.com Mitch McConnell's rare blunder John Bolton just vindicated Nancy Pelosi All the president's turncoats
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| An Air Canada Boeing 767 circled Madrid for over 6 hours before making an emergency landing after it suffered engine damage during take off Posted: 04 Feb 2020 04:04 AM PST  The Air Canada plane was carrying 128 passengers and eight crew members, all of whom landed safely in Madrid.
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| Michigan college gift shop removes doll display depicting black leaders hanging from tree Posted: 04 Feb 2020 11:09 AM PST  Michigan State University removed an ornament display of African-American leaders hanging from a tree at the Wharton Center gift shop.
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| Hong Kong suspends four more border crossings to curb spread of virus Posted: 02 Feb 2020 11:19 PM PST  Hong Kong's leader announced the closure of four more border crossings with mainland China on Monday, leaving just three checkpoints open, but stopped short of demands for the entire border to be closed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Hong Kong has 15 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, which emerged in central China in December and has killed more than 360 people there and sent jitters through global markets. Carrie Lam, chief executive of Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, was speaking hours after more than 2,500 workers from the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (HAEA) went on strike to call for the border to be shut and better protection for hospital staff, among other demands.
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| MSNBC Flips Out After Bernie Adviser Nina Turner Calls Bloomberg an ‘Oligarch’ Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:52 PM PST  Moments before the Iowa Democratic caucuses kicked off Monday night, Bernie Sanders' national campaign co-chair Nina Turner sparked fireworks on the MSNBC set when she repeatedly described billionaire Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg as an "oligarch."Criticizing the Democratic National Committee for overhauling its debate requirements in a clear move to allow Bloomberg to qualify moving forward, Turner told MSNBC host Chris Matthews that American voters are concerned about "the oligarchs" being able to buy their way into elections."Do you think Mike Bloomberg is an oligarch?" Matthews, taken aback, exclaimed."He is," Turner shot back. "He skipped Iowa. Iowans should be insulted. Buying his way into this race, period. The DNC changed the rules. They didn't change it for Senator Harris. They didn't change it for Senator Booker. They didn't change it for Secretary Castro."Matthews then asked if Turner believed Bloomberg bought his way into the debates, prompting the former Ohio lawmaker to declare that he "absolutely did" and it was a "stain on democracy."After Matthews finished interviewing Turner, anchor Brian Williams turned to MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson, who apparently also had a strong reaction to Turner's assessment of Bloomberg."Calling Mike Bloomberg an oligarch has implications in this country that I think are unfair and unreasonable," he huffed. "I disagree with a lot of things Mike Bloomberg has done as a mayor. Oligarchy in our particular terminology makes you think of a rich person who got their money off of oil in Russia, who is taking advantage of a broken and dysfunctional system.""Mike Bloomberg is just a rich guy," Johnson continued. "Just because you're rich doesn't mean that you're an oligarch that abuses power. The power that Mike Bloomberg got access to was given to him by the voters of New York... It ain't the kind of language you should be using. I think it's dismissive, unfair and it's the kind of thing that blows up in your face if you become the nominee and you have to work with Mike Bloomberg three or four months from now. That's the issue Sanders people never seem to want to remember."Following a commercial break, MSNBC had Turner and Johnson debate her use of the term. The Sanders adviser, for her part, was unapologetic, saying it was "ironic" that "somebody would defend the wealthiest people in this country over the working people in this country." "That is the same message Bernie Sanders has to the everyday people of this nation, that I welcome the hatred of the elites because I am standing up for you," she added. "So cry me a river for the wealthiest."Johnson, meanwhile, contended that his issue was what the word "oligarch" implied while also claiming that Turner herself worked for someone who's part of the one percent, wondering if she would call Sanders an oligarch.Things continued to get more and more heated between the two, with Turner accusing Johnson of name-calling and "defending somebody who is buying his way through democracy" while Johnson complained that this was "just how you guys operate."Eventually, at the end of the very tense exchange, Matthews asked if she wanted to change her word for Bloomberg."No, he doesn't tell me what to say or how to change my words," she emphatically replied. "My word stands!"Fox News Host Grills Pete Buttigieg: How Can You Call Trump Racist After Super Bowl Ad?Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| India’s Modi Calls Protests Against New Law a ‘Distraction’ Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:01 AM PST ![India's Modi Calls Protests Against New Law a 'Distraction']( "India's Modi Calls Protests Against New Law a 'Distraction'") (Bloomberg) -- India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called the protests against his government's citizenship law a political diversion meant to distract voters, ahead of a bitterly contested state election in the country's capital.The Aam Aadmi Party, that rules Delhi and the opposition Congress party are "playing games with Indian democracy," Modi said in a campaign rally in Delhi. The protests in the city were a "distraction from real conspiracies," he added. The city goes to polls on Feb. 8.Tensions have been high in the Indian capital with at least three shooting attacks near a prominent protest site against the new law which seeks to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants of all faiths from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan except Muslims. Thousands, especially students, have hit the streets since Parliament approved the law in December.Modi did not address those attacks or the rhetoric by members of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party directed against those protesting the law. The anger has been mostly aimed at the city's Shaheen Bagh neighborhood where hundreds of Muslim women have been protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act for some seven weeks now. The women have been joined by hundreds of students and rights activists of all faiths.Modi, who was criticized in December for his speeches defending the religion-based law in which he had exhorted people to identify protesters by their clothes, on Monday steered clear of any direct defense of the law. Apart from criticizing the protesters he focused on tax announcements in the budget and investments planned for Delhi.The BJP faces off against the Aam Aadmi Party in the polls. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has campaigned on his government's work to improve the city's broken public school system and provide affordable healthcare, electricity and water to the city's poor. Thousands of protesters have been part of sit-ins and demonstrations around the country and the capital for more than a month to voice their opposition to the law they say is at odds with India's secular constitution.They fear the law is a precursor to a nationwide citizen's register that aims to weed out illegal migrants and which critics say is expected to be used against Muslim citizens by the Modi-led government.Two members of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party who made have made incendiary campaign speeches in Delhi directed at the protesters have been barred by the country's independent Election Commission from campaigning for several days.To contact the reporter on this story: Archana Chaudhary in New Delhi at achaudhary2@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Ruth Pollard at rpollard2@bloomberg.net, Muneeza Naqvi, Unni KrishnanFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| US general slips into Iraq for talks to salvage relations Posted: 04 Feb 2020 08:04 AM PST  The top U.S. commander for the Middle East slipped quietly into Iraq Tuesday, as the Trump administration works to salvage relations with Iraqi leaders and shut down the government's push for an American troop withdrawal. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie became the most senior U.S. military official to visit since an American drone strike in Baghdad last month killed a top Iranian general, enraging the Iraqis. McKenzie met with Iraq leaders in Baghdad and then went to see American troops at al-Asad Air base, which was bombed by Iran last month in retaliation for the drone attack.
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| 'We Will All Be Dead' By the Time Navy Gets to 12 Aircraft Carriers Says Acting Navy Secretary Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:27 AM PST  Problem? Under current planning, the Navy won't grow to 12 flattops until 2065, Modly pointed out during an event at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, D.C.
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| At least 10 on Japan cruise ship have new coronavirus: minister Posted: 04 Feb 2020 04:06 PM PST  At least 10 passengers on a cruise ship that Japan quarantined tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Japanese health minister said on Wednesday. Japan has quarantined the vessel carrying 3,711 people and was testing those onboard for the virus after a former passenger was diagnosed with the illness in Hong Kong. Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told reporters that specimens from more than 200 people were collected.
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| A county in China is offering people $140 to tell on neighbors who have visited Wuhan, and another is threatening the death penalty to anyone deliberately spreading the coronavirus Posted: 04 Feb 2020 04:33 AM PST  China has been struggling to contain the coronavirus epidemic, which initially broke out in the central province of Hubei.
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| 2,000-pound great white shark pings off Florida Gulf coast Posted: 04 Feb 2020 04:16 PM PST  Unama'ki a 2,000-pound great white shark tagged by the research nonprofit OCEARCH, has pinged about 100 miles off of the shores of Northwest Florida.
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| Recording shows Iran knew immediately it had shot down plane: Zelenskiy Posted: 03 Feb 2020 06:43 AM PST  KIEV/DUBAI (Reuters) - A leaked audio recording of an Iranian pilot talking to the control tower in Tehran shows that Iran knew immediately it had shot down a Ukrainian airliner last month, despite denying it for days, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. On the recording, played on a Ukrainian television station late on Sunday, the pilot of another plane can be heard saying he saw "the light of a missile" in the sky before Ukrainian International Airways flight 752 crashed in an explosion. Tehran blamed the Ukrainian authorities for leaking what it described as confidential evidence, and said it would no longer share material with Ukraine from the investigation into the crash.
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| Bloomberg Super Bowl Ad Inflates Child Deaths to Push for Gun Control Posted: 03 Feb 2020 05:15 AM PST  Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg ran a 60-second Super Bowl ad which made the claim that "2,900 children die from gun violence every year," despite data showing that over half that number are actually adults.Bloomberg's ad, which highlights his gun-control advocacy, makes the claim without citation, but the stat appears to be drawn from a gun-control non-profit, Everytown for Gun Safety, which Bloomberg started in 2013.A report from Everytown states that "nearly 2,900 children and teens (ages 0 to 19) are shot and killed" annually, a number it pulled from the Center for Disease Control's online database over the years 2013 to 2017. Bloomberg's Super Bowl ad omitted the "teen" qualifier from its statement.> Everytown used a five year average of gun deaths between 0-19 years of age in the CDC's Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) to come up with 2,887 gun deaths per year among that age group. pic.twitter.com/dr3uuQTCaw> > -- Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) February 1, 2020The same data, when reviewed for the same time-frame while omitting legal adults — 18 and 19 year olds — shows an average of 1,499 annual gun deaths for children, or about 51 percent of the number claimed in Bloomberg's ad.Bloomberg spent approximately $10 million for the ad, part of a massive self-funded effort to campaign nationally, with data showing that the former mayor has spent over a quarter of a billion dollars in advertisement efforts so far, despite only joining the race in November.Gun control features prominently on Bloomberg's platform, which includes universal background checks and "red flag screening" measures.Bloomberg was criticized last month by the armed parishioner who took down a shooter at a Texas church in December, after suggesting at a campaign event that "You just do not want the average citizen carrying a gun in a crowded place."
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| Impeachment Vote Dilemma Traps Senate Moderates of Both Parties Posted: 04 Feb 2020 08:46 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- The biggest mystery left in Donald Trump's inevitable impeachment acquittal is whether any Democrats will join Senate Republicans to give him a bipartisan vote to clear him of the House's charges.Democratic senators who represent Trump-leaning states have to decide whether they will buck their party on what could be the most important vote before the November elections and risk alienating voters who like the president.The most vulnerable is Senator Doug Jones, who is up for re-election this year in Alabama. Jones said he won't announce how he'll vote ahead of time, even though the Senate floor will be open until the final vote at 4 p.m. Wednesday for senators to explain their thoughts about the trial debate over the past two weeks.While some Republicans also haven't said how they plan to vote, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski took to the floor Monday night to say that she "cannot vote to convict," even though she called Trump's actions "shameful and wrong." She criticized the House for building its case on a "rotted foundation" of partisanship and arbitrary deadlines, and she said she'd leave it to voters to decide Trump's fate in the fall.This declaration from a Republican who was at one time considered a vote within reach for Democrats demonstrates how unlikely it is that any GOP senator will vote against the party, which controls the 100-member chamber. Trump's swift wrath at any perceived disloyalty has increased the political stakes for independently minded Republicans -- and helped cement a united GOP vote against his Dec. 18 impeachment in the House.House Republicans last year attracted at least two Democrats to vote against the articles charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, though one later switched his party affiliation. Still, it was enough to claim bipartisan opposition to House Democrats' case.Now just one Senate Democrat voting to acquit Trump would allow the president to go into his re-election campaign claiming bipartisan vindication in his trial as well. Since it would take a two-thirds majority of the Senate to remove him from office, his eventual acquittal was never seriously in doubt.Democratic Senator Gary Peters -- who is seeking a second term in Michigan, a state narrowly won by Trump in 2016 -- said Tuesday he will vote to convict the president."It is clear that the president betrayed the trust of the American public," Peters said. "I will faithfully uphold my oath and vote" to remove Trump, he said.'Truly Struggling'Beyond Jones, the possibility of a bipartisan acquittal rests partly on the votes on the two articles by Democrats like West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who won't have to run again until 2024. He used his floor speech Monday to say he is still undecided, even as he criticized his Senate colleagues for not seeking more evidence in the trial."History will judge the Senate harshly for failing in its constitutional duty to try this case and do the impartial justice to defend the Constitution and to protect our democracy," Manchin said. "I am truly struggling with this decision and will come to a conclusion reluctantly as voting whether or not to remove a sitting president is the most consequential decision that I or any U.S. senator will ever face."There are other Democrats who also remain undecided, like Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.On the GOP side, the incumbent who faces the most immediate political risk is Susan Collins, who is up for re-election in Maine this year. She was one of two Republicans who joined Democrats in last week's vote to seek additional evidence in the Senate trial, and she hasn't yet said how she'll vote.Collins already faces anger from Democrats for backing Trump's 2017 tax overhaul and Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court. She also has been criticized by Trump voters for her fairly frequent expressions of concern about the president's conduct and key vote against repealing much of the Affordable Care Act.The Maine senator probably won't vote to convict Trump, since it would certainly spark a primary challenge, but like Murkowski, she could use a floor speech to assail the president's behavior.Two decades ago, Collins voted not-guilty in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, but harshly criticized his conduct.Censure ResolutionUtah Senator Mitt Romney was the other Republican to vote with Collins in favor of calling new witnesses, and he also hasn't said how he plans to vote on the final verdict.It was this kind of Republican -- troubled by Trump's conduct, but not committed to voting against him -- that was the object of Manchin's suggestion Monday that the Senate could take up a censure resolution. He said he sees "no path to the 67 votes" required to impeach President Trump, but he believed that "a bipartisan majority of this body would vote to censure President Trump for his actions."While a censure resolution is unlikely to pass or even get considered by the full chamber, signing on to one would give some senators a way to express a milder disapproval of Trump's behavior."Censure would allow this body to unite across party lines and as an equal branch of government to formally denounce the president's actions and hold him accountable," Manchin said.Senate speeches are continuing Tuesday until Trump's State of the Union address at 9 p.m. in the very chamber where the House impeached him on Dec. 18. The Senate floor will still be open Wednesday morning for lawmakers to explain their votes ahead of the 4 p.m. vote on the final verdict.The seven impeachment prosecutors, led by Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, used evidence gathered by House committees since September to try to prove allegations that Trump pressured Ukraine to announce corruption investigations that would benefit him politically.Trump's defense team argued that the president's actions don't meet the constitutional standard for impeachment. Both sides presented their closing arguments on Monday.(Adds Peters comments starting in eighth paragraph)\--With assistance from Daniel Flatley, Laura Litvan and Erik Wasson.To contact the reporters on this story: Steven T. Dennis in Washington at sdennis17@bloomberg.net;Billy House in Washington at bhouse5@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Kevin Whitelaw at kwhitelaw@bloomberg.net, Anna Edgerton, John HarneyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Louisiana executions stall for a decade amid legal quandary Posted: 02 Feb 2020 10:04 PM PST  Louisiana cleans its execution chamber at the state penitentiary daily, but it's been more than a decade since a condemned prisoner has laid on the chamber's black-padded gurney to die. Sixty-eight people sit on Louisiana's death row, with no execution dates set. In January, Louisiana reached the 10-year mark since its last execution, joining a trend of falling execution numbers across the country.
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| Lindsey Graham joins conservatives spinning conspiracy theories about Iowa's Democratic caucuses Posted: 04 Feb 2020 10:57 AM PST  Some conservatives are apparently rooting against democracy this time around.Iowa's Democratic party still hasn't released the results of Monday's presidential caucuses, and it's leading to more than just mockery from the other side of the aisle. Several conservatives, including some Republican elected officials, are openly suggesting — without proof — that the whole debacle is just Democratic National Committee "rigging" in action.President Trump himself largely stayed out of conspiracy territory, but members of his family didn't have a problem with peddling disinformation. Eric Trump tweeted Monday night that the Democrats were surely "rigging this thing," while Donald Trump Jr. repeated that unfounded claim. Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale also suggested that the Iowa Democrats' "quality control" excuse for the delay was synonymous with "rigging."But it wasn't just a bunch of unelected figures planting doubt about American democracy. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a longtime lawmaker who definitely shouldn't be doing this kind of thing, suggested all of this had to do with Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) apparent success in Iowa.> What are the odds that:> > ➡️ most anticipated poll of the year (@DMRegister) is cancelled. > > ➡️ voting system completely crashes.> > ....and it has nothing to do with a Bernie blowout and a Biden crash?> > — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) February 4, 2020To be clear, there's no evidence that the Iowa caucuses have been "rigged" in any way whatsoever.More stories from theweek.com Trump just won the Iowa Democratic caucuses Should financial markets be freaked out by coronavirus? America is doing so much better than you think
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| Iranian spy to be executed for CIA work: Report Posted: 04 Feb 2020 03:56 AM PST  Iran said Tuesday that its top court confirmed a death sentence for an Iranian man convicted of spying for the CIA, with state media alleging that he had shared details of the Islamic Republic's nuclear program with the American spy agency.
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| China says it will ban the trade in wild animals, like bats, believed to be behind the Wuhan coronavirus, and tighten supervision on 'wet markets' Posted: 04 Feb 2020 08:08 AM PST  Experts believe the Wuhan coronavirus likely started in a wet market, where live and dead animals are often sold in poorly regulated conditions.
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| Javelin Time: This Missile Is How NATO Would Wipeout Russia's Tanks Posted: 03 Feb 2020 04:02 PM PST  A mighty weapon.
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| A doomsday couple is entangled in a web of suspicious deaths and missing children. Here's a timeline of the mysterious events connected to Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow. Posted: 04 Feb 2020 09:52 AM PST  The search for two missing children uncovered the tangled web of doomsday couple Chad Dadybell and Lori Vallow. Here's what you need to know.
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