AOC refuses to pay party dues and is instead bankrolling progressive candidates that are running against her colleagues’…
January 10, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has already topped the fundraising charts in her short time in Congress, but the liberal darling won’t donate a cent of her millions to Democrats' House campaign organization -- a position that has rankled some of her colleagues... Instead, Ocasio-Cortez is building her own fundraising operation for fellow progressive candidates to bypass the official Democratic Party infrastructure.
This was expected. These Neo-Progressive Democrats are on a mission to “take power” and “change the Democratic Party from the inside out”.
Penumbral eclipse of the moon…
January 10, 2020
Eclipse begins at 12:07 PM ET - Maximum eclipse at 2:10 PM
This is the first of 2020’s six eclipses (two solar and four lunar).
Microsoft contractors in China listened to Skype recordings with woefully bad levels of cybersecurity…
January 10, 2020
An anonymous Microsoft contractor who worked grading audio snippets from Skype conversations and Cortana recordings revealed to the Guardian that "no security measures" were taken to protect the audio clips. The contractor, who worked out of Beijing, had access to the recordings through a Chrome web app through a Microsoft account login. He said that all the contractors' accounts shared the same password.
Greece: 13 injured in chase of suspected migrant smugglers…
January 10, 2020
A car carrying migrants who had crossed into Greece from neighboring Turkey crashed into another vehicle following a high-speed chase... The car, with 12 people inside, failed to stop for a check on the main highway near the northern town of Kavala... Ten men from Bangladesh, some of whom had been hidden in the trunk of the car, and two men from Syria were transported to hospital... The Syrians were treated and released and were arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling... while the 10 Bangladeshi men remained hospitalized with light injuries, police said.
Iraq Calls on U.S. to Prepare for Troop Withdrawal
January 10, 2020
Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi made the request on Thursday in a call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to a readout of the conversation from his office... The exact process by which the U.S. would be asked to leave remains murky. There are questions as to whether Mr. Abdul-Mahdi, who resigned as prime minister last year and has since presided over a caretaker government, has the authority to take such a decision.
Maggie Haberman, Ana Navarro And Shaun King Among A Massive List Of Activist Journalists Named On Covington’s Lawsuit…
January 10, 2020
US to join probe of Iran plane disaster
January 10, 2020
Iran has formally invited the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to take part in its investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian jetliner and the U.S. agency has agreed to assign an investigator, an Iranian official said on Thursday.
Second U.S. Baby to Be Born From a Dead Donor’s Uterus Is Delivered
January 10, 2020
There have been about 70 such transplants around the world. But most programs have focused on living donors, Penn researchers said. (In some cases the donor was the recipient’s mother.) In the United States, there have been six live donor cases.
Electricity Mysteriously Surged Through Norway’s Soil…
January 10, 2020
"Electrical currents started flowing," reports Rob Stammes, who monitors ground currents at the Polarlightcenter geophysical observatory in Lofoten... "It seemed to be some kind of shockwave," says Stammes. "My instruments detected a sudden, strong variation in both ground currents and our local magnetic field. It really was a surprise."
NASA's ACE spacecraft detected something as well.U.S. creates 145,000 jobs in December – unemployment rate steady at 3.5%…
January 10, 2020
The economy created 145,000 jobs in the final month of 2019 to cap off the ninth straight year in which employment gains topped the 2 million mark... The unemployment rate, meanwhile, stayed at a 50-year low of 3.5%.
South Korea says it shared Trump birthday message with Kim Jong Un…
January 10, 2020
President Trump asked South Korean President Moon Jae-In to deliver a birthday message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week... South Korea’s National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong confirmed to reporters at Incheon International Airport on Friday that Trump requested the birthday greeting be sent to Kim...
Bus plunges into Iranian ravine killing at least 19 people…
January 10, 2020
The brakes on the bus reportedly failed as it was traveling in the Veresk area of Mazandaran province, located roughly 80 miles east of Tehran, officials said.
Lockdown lifted at MacDill as Tampa Police investigate armed, dangerous suspect nearby
January 10, 2020
MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa was on lockdown Friday morning, officials confirm. Personnel at the base reportedly got an alert about the lockdown that used the words "active shooter." The lockdown was lifted shortly after, and Tampa Police confirmed that the incident was NOT an active shooter.
Peru to plant one million trees around Machu Picchu…
January 10, 2020
Vizcarra said the ambitious target of one million trees is "a commitment from the government, the region, the municipality and all the citizens who want to protect this world wonder."
Environment ministry specialists evoked the need to plant trees to protect not only the sanctuary but also the protected ecological area's fauna and flora. The area is at risk of mudslides due to heavy rainfall in winter and forest fires in summer...
2 suspects in Mexico border killings arrested in US…
January 10, 2020
Relatives of nine U.S. dual-national women and children killed in northern Mexico in November said Thursday U.S. authorities told them they have two suspects under detention in the United States... Earlier this week, prosecutors said more than 40 suspects have now been identified in connection with the killings of the extended Langford and LeBaron families who have lived in northern Mexico for decades.