The trials of the vaccine variant, dubbed ‘Sputnik Light,’ kicked off in Russia on Friday, according to the updated national register of medical drugs. It says the first stage of trials will involve some 150 people who have volunteered to get the express shot. The testing will take place at …
Read More »Amazon says it will SUSPEND donations to lawmakers who objected to Biden’s victory certification, joining a growing list of firms
The e-commerce behemoth said its PAC would suspend all “contributions to any member of Congress who voted to override the results of the US presidential election” in a statement on Monday, with spokeswoman Jodi Seth calling the votes an “unacceptable attempt to undermine a legitimate democratic process.” “We intend to …
Read More »Facebook bans phrase ‘stop the steal’ to protect Biden inauguration as it widens post-riot crackdown on speech
Any content with the blacklisted phrase is being removed from Facebook and Instagram, under the Coordinating Harm policy, the company announced on Monday evening. VP for Integrity Guy Rosen and VP for Global Policy Management Monika Bickert claimed that the phrase was used “by those involved in Wednesday’s violence in …
Read More »Big Brother’s getting hungry? Former congressman Ron Paul locked out of Facebook for undisclosed reasons
Paul tweeted a screenshot of his official Facebook page on Monday sporting a “You Have Limited Page Functionality” warning screen notifying him that he was “temporarily blocked” from “creating new Pages and managing our existing Pages.” While the warning implied the former Texas congressman had “repeatedly [gone] against our Community …
Read More »Republican fundraising emails stopped after Salesforce said they ‘could lead to violence’
“We are all deeply troubled by the terrible events of January 6. And while we all hope that they are never repeated, sadly there remains a risk of politically incited violence across the country,” Salesforce said in a statement. “The Republican National Committee has been a long-standing customer, predating the …
Read More »Cuba scolds US for ‘cynical & opportunistic’ inclusion into its list of state sponsors of terrororism days before Trump’s exit
The move returns Cuba to the pariah list, exposing it to a wide range of sanctions and restrictions, five years after the Obama-Biden administration thawed relations with the communist nation and eased its isolation. It also leaves another diplomatic imbroglio for the Biden administration to deal with after the new …
Read More »In first meeting since bloody 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Putin brings together leaders of Armenia & Azerbaijan for Moscow talks
The four-hour discussion represented the first time Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had met face to face since the end of the six-week war, which concluded in a clear victory for Baku. Following the meeting, Putin revealed that a joint statement on the development of …
Read More »Gorillas in US zoo test positive for Covid-19 in ‘a world’s FIRST’ via suspected human-to-animal transmission
All eight members of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are being re-tested and monitored after three of the primates turned up positive for the illness on Monday, the US Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) said in a statement, noting they are the …
Read More »Acting Homeland Security chief Wolf resigns, joining post-riot exodus, cites court rulings challenging legality of his authority
Wolf said he was saddened to step down, having planned to serve until President Donald Trump’s administration ends, but “this action is warranted by recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as acting secretary.” Wolf made no specific mention of the January …
Read More »‘Sexist, ageist and jealous’ CBS’s Leslie Stahl degraded online for asking if 80-year-old Nancy Pelosi had a successor in Congress
During a Sunday interview, Stahl asked Pelosi about a potential future leadership change, in reference to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez previously accusing Congressional Democrats of not training the next generation of party heads. “You’re 80, your number two [House Majority Leader] Steny Hoyer is 81, your number three [House Majority Whip] …
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