Minneapolis Police Shoot and Kill Man During Traffic Stop Slate
Iran
Iran’s Top Diplomat Warns Trump Plotting to ‘Fabricate Pretext for War’ as US Flies B-52s Over Persian Gulf Common Dreams
China
U.S. warships transit Taiwan Strait, China denounces ‘provocation’ Reuters
India
Three Lessons From the World’s Biggest Worker Uprising Hampton Institute
Brexit
Bewildered and angry, Northern Ireland unionists fret over place in UK Reuters
#COVID19
145 employees infected by coronavirus outbreak at Washington state Costco TheHill
World Faces Covid-19 “Vaccine Apartheid” Intercept
The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb Zeynep Tufecki
Fatigue, loss of smell, organ damage: A range of symptoms plague many Marylanders long after COVID-19 infection Baltimore Sun
19.5 million Americans remain on unemployment at end of 2020 Axios
Jobless claims still 4 times pre-pandemic level Politico
Gig workers bear the brunt of US labour market slowdown FT
Their Finances Ravaged, Customers Fear Banks Will Withhold Stimulus Checks NYTimes
Banks have the power to decide whether to let overdrawn customers gain access to the stimulus money being deposited into their accounts, but they have taken different approaches.
Senate Democrats’ Motion To Concede On $2,000 Checks Daily Poster
Capitulation became even more likely when Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, corporate Democratic pundits and billionaire-owned elite media outlets began parroting a series of eerily similar let-them-eat-cake talking points against the survival checks — which McConnell promptly used to bludgeon proponents of the bipartisan initiative.
OPINION: The MTA Breaks Faith With Access-A-Ride Users Streets Blog NYC
New York Times Joins Trump’s Anti-China Crusade Common Dreams
There is evidence that the pandemic was already present in Europe before the end of 2019, at a point where no one in China had any clear idea what they were dealing with.
Trump coup?
At Least 140 House Republicans Expected To Challenge Electoral College Result Forbes
Jan. 6 protests multiply as Trump continues to call supporters to Washington Washington Post
Trump returns to Washington early as allies plot challenge to Biden victory Guardian
Joe Biden to have new Secret Service team amid concern about Trump loyalty Guardian
Several incidents reportedly contributed to the heightened concerns from Biden’s allies that some agents and officers might be loyal to Trump. In what was described as an “unprecedented” move, the Secret Service had permitted former detail leader Anthony Ornato to temporarily leave his role and serve as White House deputy chief of staff. Ornato was among the coordinators of the June photo op for which Trump marched through Washington DC’s Lafayette Square to stand with a Bible – after peaceful protesters were forced from the area by troops on federal order, sparking uproar in political circles as well as among the public.
Marx to Engels, New Year’s Eve, 1861: ‘In the meantime, may I wish you in advance every happiness for the New Year. If it’s anything like the old one, I for my part, would sooner consign it to the devil’.
[the Old Men and I in berlin] pic.twitter.com/VtMvgq6aFP— Vijay Prashad (@vijayprashad) January 1, 2021
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