Amid Warnings of Surging Worldwide Poverty, Planet’s 500 Richest People Added $1.8 Trillion to Combined Wealth in 2020 Common Dreams
Twelfth worker at California poultry company dies of COVID-19 TheHill
#COVID19
One year of COVID-19: The known and the unknown Sandipan Talukdar
Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste NYTimes
People started breaking Covid rules when they saw those with privilege ignore them Guardian
Coronavirus emerged in many places, Chinese foreign minister says South China Morning Post
Iran
Ex-PM of Iraq, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, who was in office the night of the assassination of Soleimani & alMuhandis, said Trump called him 3 days before & asked him to mediate a truce between the USA & Iran, he invited Soleimani to Iraq to negotiate; laying the trap for assassination.
— Laith لَيث (@LaithMarouf) January 2, 2021
China
Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop: Outlining U.S. South China Sea Policy Interglobalist
Trump coup?
D.C. is becoming a protest battleground. In a polarized nation, experts say that’s unlikely to change. Washington Post
Trump Plans to Fight the Election Even After ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally Ends Daily Beast
Trump Calls Georgia Runoffs “Illegal and Invalid” as Republicans Try to Get Voters to Polls Slate
Multiple senators are planning to object to certifying the 2020 presidential election Axios
Pence Says He Welcomes Objections to Electoral Tally Political Wire
Rep. Gohmert Calls for Street Violence as Another Legal Loss Sends MAGA World Spiraling Daily Beast
On Parler, Talks of ‘Civil War’ Follow Ted Cruz-Led Plan to Challenge Electoral Votes Newsweek
Far-right group Proud Boys claim they will attend January 6 DC rally ‘incognito’ and wear all black to blend in with antifa protesters Business Insider
Forecast for 2021 Michael Roberts
Weather forecasting is unpredictable; although the three-day forecast has got pretty good. In economics, forecasting whether an economy’s real GDP growth, employment, incomes and investment will rise or fall and by how much one year ahead is even more unreliable. … Very few countries have avoided a slump in 2020, specifically, China, Vietnam, Taiwan – and that’s about it.
Venezuela
What the New York Times left out of the Picture on Venezuela Resumen
What New Science Techniques Tells Us About Ancient Women Warriors NYTimes
“Drugs Don’t Work If People Can’t Afford Them”: Big Pharma to Raise Prices of 300 Medications on Jan. 1 Common Dreams
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