Former US President Donald Trump will never be allowed to have a Twitter account again after his @realdonaldtrump handle was banned, Twitter CFO Ned Segal confirmed on Wednesday.

Segal stated during a CNBC interview following their earnings release:

“If you are removed from the platform, you are removed from the platform… Remember, our policies are designed to make sure that people are not inciting violence.”

Former President Trump’s second impeachment trial hinges on two defense arguments. The first is that it may be unconstitutional to impeach a former president. The second? That Trump was protected under the First Amendment.

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Legal Ethics and the Constitution
Alan Dershowitz

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People with dementia are twice as likely to get Covid-19, a study finds.

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Source : Glenn Greenwald

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De la guerre froide à la guerre contre le terrorisme : les dégâts causés par les « solutions » autoritaires sont souvent plus importants que les menaces qu’elles sont prétendument destinées à combattre.

Spain’s CAF is helping build Israel’s illegal Jerusalem light rail.

In today’s video, we cover how world health officials and Joe Biden are siding with the Chinese government and its official explanation of the sickness.

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The Capitol Siege: The Arrested and Their Stories (Bethany)

The authors write, “Nearly every day since insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, the list of those charged in the attack has grown longer. The government has now identified more than 200 people for their alleged role in the Jan. 6 rioting, which ended with five people dead, including a U.S.

Ben Nimmo, a former NATO press officer and current senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, has announced Facebook has hired him to “lead global threat intelligence strategy against influence operations” and “emerging threats.” Nimmo specifically named Russia, Iran and China as potential dangers to the platform.

We noted that Tesla’s buy of $1.5 billion in bitcoin wasn’t a huge surprise to us yesterday. But it turns out we might not have been the only people who weren’t surprised by the purchase.

On January 2, the day before she was sworn into Congress, Lauren Boebert tweeted a picture of herself with Texas Sen. Cruz (R-TX) bearing the caption: “Ted Cruz is an American hero and patriot! On January 6, we’re both going to be fighting for freedom!”

British universities must stand firm against government’s ‘antisemitism’ ultimatum

Jamie Stern-Weiner, Middle East Eye (9 February 2021)

Using Connections to Trump, Dershowitz Became Force in Clemency Grants

The lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz, who represented the former president in his first impeachment trial, used his access for a wide array of clients as they sought pardons or commutations.

A VERY HEALTHY COUNTRY

February 8, 2021 · by Jamie Stern-Weiner · in Human Rights, IDF, International law, 

The main focus of the impeachment trial that is about to be decided by the US Senate will be the guilt or innocence of Donald Trump, but it is fair to say that the trial will also be a test of a Republican Party that he has largely reshaped and ultimately deformed.

A town in Florida has been target of a hack which briefly altered chemicals in its water supply to “potentially damaging levels” according to local media reports. Federal and local authorities are currently investigating the computer network intrusion which happened last Friday morning, the alarming details of which are emerging Monday.

To better understand why Robinhood is so popular among millennial investors, it’s best to think about game design. The Robinhood stock trading app feels and plays very much like a video game, but of course, it’s a stock-trading game. The ‘in-game’ purchases are equities and options of real publicly traded companies.

Nous relançons aujourd’hui notre suivi Covid (interrompu en raison de modifications des sources des données).

L’épidémie stagne à des niveaux inquiétants, 300 personnes meurent chaque jour depuis 100 jours, et les variants progressent : sans grande surprise, le gouvernement poursuit sa gestion calamiteuse.

Source : Consortium News, Ray McGovern

Traduit par les lecteurs du site Les Crises

Il est à espérer que le diplomate William Burns, sollicité par Joe Biden pour être directeur de la CIA, puisse changer la mentalité à Langley et ne pas se laisser submerger par celle-ci.

Palestinians demand an immediate investigation that could lead to trials.

Over a month ago, we correctly predicted today’s “shock” announcement by Tesla, in which Elon Musk’s company decided to pivot once again, this time into the word of cryptocurrencies, by purchasing $1.5 billion in bitcoin (an amount which will give it tremendous leeway in non-GAAP financial when accounting for XBT Mark-to-Market moves, giving it even more buffer to beat estimates).

Fueling tensions amid an already spiraling trade dispute between the two countries, China has formally arrested an Australian citizen and journalist after she was initially detained under mysterious circumstances last summer.

The now formal arrest of Cheng Lei is under charges of “illegally supplying state secrets overseas” after she long worked as a popular news anchor and analyst for China’s state-run English language news service, CGTN.

In today’s video, we break down Elon Musk and Tesla’s investments in digital assets and alternatives to the US dollar.

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A new Twitter app encourages people to ‘fight disinformation’ by blocking over 800 New York Times reporters.

“It’s time to block,” reads an introductory tweet from @blocknyt (www.blocknyt.com). “Twitter users have begun mass-blocking New York Times-linked accounts to control the flood of corporate disinformation online.”

“For a limited time, block 800 NYT reporters for the low price of $0,” the tweet continues.

In retrospect, it was not only inevitable but clearly obvious… at least to those who read us.

Why the Pandemic Is 10 Times Worse Than You Think (Reader Pat)

The author writes, “Ever since the coronavirus reached the U.S., officials and citizens alike have gauged the severity of the spread by tracking one measure in particular: How many new cases are confirmed through testing each day.

While America’s streets filled with protesters last year to proclaim “Black Lives Matter” and to rail against police brutality, Mexico’s streets echoed with their own strong voices for a different cause — “Legal Abortion Now.” Protests erupted in historic ways in many parts of the country. They came strong and fast; the changes, though, were nonexistent. In all of Mexico’s 32 states, women can still go to jail for having an abortion.

« Avec l’établissement de ces standards rudimentaires, nous devons viser à construire, à travers une organisation administrative appropriée, un salaire minimum, sur des bases de justice et de raison, industrie par industrie, aussi porter un regard fait d’obligation sur les inégalités locales et géographiques de manière générale et sur les conséquences des conditions de travail déloyales dans les rapports de concurrence dans les échanges commerciaux entre les Etats et sur le maintien de rapports industriels harmonieux. »

Exactly one year ago today, Zero Hedge was ‘enjoying’ their suspension by Twitter after they pointed out that scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been experimenting on bat coronaviruses, and that investigators trying to determine the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak might want to have a word with them.

In a new interview with CBS Evening News, President Biden confirmed that his administration will not be lifting sanctions imposed upon Iran in order to bring Tehran to the negotiating table for the restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal.

“Will the U.S. lift sanctions first in order to get Iran back to the negotiating table?” Biden was asked by CBS’s Norah O’Donnell.

“No,” the president replied.

After data was shared last week suggesting that the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine is substantially less effective against the new COVID variant first isolated in South Africa, it looks like more questions about the efficacy of the first wave of vaccines are about to be raised, as the FT warns of a new study showing that the AZ vaccine is even less effective against the SA variant than initially believed, and often fails to prevent infections involving the new strain.

The cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Lauren Boebert caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0), Boebert body (Jeffrey Beall / Wikimedia – CC BY 4.0), Marjorie Taylor Greene – Caricature

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Gradually, and then all at once, America’s generations-long war on drugs is unraveling — so quickly that it is easy to be deceived. 

Monday was the first day of across-the-board drug decriminalization in Oregon, where small-time possession of all drugs — heroin, crack, magic mushrooms, LSD, bath salts, etc. — is now punishable by nothing more than a $100 fine. 

Key documents withheld from lawyers ahead of court hearing.

Vale est une entreprise minière internationale basée au Brésil avec des opérations dans environ 30 pays. L’entreprise emploie environ 200.000 personnes, employés et sous-traitants. L’usine Vale en Nouvelle-Calédonie (ValeNC) est située sur la commune de Yaté, à 80 km de Nouméa, dans le sud de la grande terre. 3.000 emplois sont concernés par cette activité.

L’équipe de la revue de presse souhaite la bienvenue à Christian, qui renforce à partir de cette semaine nos autres contributeurs habituels Marc, Florentin et Jean, ainsi que moi-même… Pour nous rejoindre, il suffit d’un peu de temps et de nous adresser vos coordonnées via le formulaire de contact.
Emmanuel

In a high-quality dementia care facility, confused residents who are at risk of unsafe wandering are skillfully redirected away from exit doors by staff members who are trained to provide them with the illusion of freedom while still keeping them in the safety of the care home. A propaganda-addled populace wandering around trying to find an escape from its oppressors is redirected in very much the same way.

Twitter has permanently suspended the account of Jim Hoft, founder of the popular conservative website The Gateway Pundit, for reportedly violating the social media giant’s “civic integrity policy.”

Twitter has suspended The Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft. pic.twitter.com/a3dzXrysWB

— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) February 6, 2021

HR127, known as the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act introduced by Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], is, without a doubt, the most tyrannical gun control bill ever proposed.

Like all gun control measures, this bill would hit the poor and minority communities the hardest. Its massive scope would also turn tens of millions of legal, law abiding gun owners into felons overnight.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is already cashing in on her notoriety, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in small donations from Trump supporters.

“Never before has a Republican been under attack like me since the Democrats tried to impeach and remove President Trump from office,” she wrote in a fundraising email.

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It has been well over a month since the US began shipping and distributing coronavirus vaccines, and the process has been fraught with conspiracy theories and transgressions. This past week, maskless anti-vaccine protesters arrived at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, disrupting the site’s vaccination process for about an hour.

Imagine a place where private companies get to effectively separate from the surrounding area and create their own towns, raise their own taxes, and create their own laws – all while still using American dollars.

Such a place would bring a whole new meaning to the phrase “company town.”

Just imagine an Apple-ville, Google-town, or PornHubtopia, but instead of rising out of Silicon Valley, the companies may need to trek out to the Nevada desert.

Source : Politico, Joshua Posaner et Hans Von Der Burchard

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Le plan de vaccination de l’UE était « inadéquat », selon le dirigeant bavarois.

Markus Söder s’adresse aux médias. Photo Pool par Rainer Keuenhof via Getty Images

Source : Thinkerview, Youtube

Source : Thinkerview, Youtube, 29-01-2021

Writing in the U.S. Naval Institute Journal, Admiral Charles A. Richard warned that the military must “consider the possibility of great power competition, crisis, or direct armed conflict with a nuclear-capable peer” and update and modernize its approach to its two principal adversaries.

“There is a real possibility that a regional crisis with Russia or China could escalate quickly to a conflict involving nuclear weapons,” he wrote, demanding that the United States “prepare for the conflict we prefer, instead of one we are likely to face.”

Reading Time: < 1minute House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is trying to play it down the middle, punishing neither QAnon conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene nor anti-Trumpist Liz Cheney.

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Environmental activist Greta Thunberg sparked a criminal police investigation in India after she accidentally tweeted – and quickly deleted – a cheat-sheet of “Suggested Posts” regarding the ongoing violent farmers’ revolt, according to the NY Post, while the list was archived by Breaking 911.

Activists at New York college appeal verdict enabling censorship.

Yesterday, the Democrats’ House impeachment managers formally invited former President Trump to testify “either before, or during” his Senate impeachment trial (and face cross-examination). Questions would specifically focus on his role in “inciting a mob”  – as the Democrats put it – to “attack” the Capitol on Jan. 6.

In today’s video, we break down Nicolle Wallace of MSNBC talking about carrying out drone strikes against Americans.

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Movie at the Ellipse: A Study in Fascist Propaganda (DonkeyHotey)

From Just Security: “On January 6, Trump supporters gathered at a rally at Washington DC’s Ellipse Park, regaled by various figures from Trump world, including Donald Trump Jr. and Rudy Giuliani. Directly following Giuliani’s speech, the organizers played a video.

In a critical endorsement for so-called “immunity passports,” Sweden plans to join Denmark and the United States by this summer in requiring that travelers, especially international travelers, to carry so-called immunity passports proving they’ve either been vaccinated or recently tested or both, according to Bloomberg.