February 2, 2025 News, Science
The Associated Press reports: A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried at all, because of this 99 percent chance it will miss,” said Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object …
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February 2, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Wired reports: Elon Musk’s takeover of federal government infrastructure is ongoing, and at the center of things is a coterie of engineers who are barely out of—and in at least one case, purportedly still in—college. Most have connections to Musk and at least two have connections to Musk’s longtime associate Peter Thiel, a cofounder and chairman of the analytics firm …
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February 2, 2025 Canada, United States
The CBC reports: On Saturday, B.C. Premier David Eby said he has directed the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch to stop purchasing American liquor immediately from Republican-led “red states” and remove the top-selling brands from public liquor store shelves. He also directed the B.C. government and Crown corporations on Saturday to buy Canadian goods and services over American ones. “The Americans …
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February 2, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
“I would say the risks are worth it. With respect to Canada, it is about making sure that they do their job on their side of the border to help secure the northern border that Joe Biden left wide open during his last four years. And if they’re not going to do it out of the kindness of their hearts, …
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February 2, 2025 Republicans, Trump Lies
“The president made very clear that he wasn’t blaming anybody, but he was being very explicit about the fact that DEI policies have led our air traffic controllers to be short staffed. That is a scandal. Thankfully, it’s a scandal that the president has stopped. “We have a massive shortage of air traffic controllers. And in fact, there have been …
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February 2, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
CNN reports: Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement. Personnel from the Musk-created office physically tried to access the USAID headquarters in …
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February 2, 2025 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans
Politico reports: Florida’s Republican era of good feelings appears over. President Donald Trump’s home state is caught up in a never-before-seen power struggle between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature. It’s led to insults, promises of political payback and a mounting media offensive by the governor. The scene is unlike any since Republicans gained control of state government nearly …
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February 2, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
NBC News reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that “due process will be followed” for all migrants housed at Guantanamo Bay. Noem reiterated the Trump administration’s goal of housing the “worst of the worst” migrants at Guantanamo Bay, referring to those who have committed crimes while living in the U.S. illegally. Still, Noem dodged multiple questions about …
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February 2, 2025 Canada, United States
Fox News reports: When Canadian and American teams face off against one another, it is commonplace for both countries’ national anthems to be played or performed. That was the case at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, when the Minnesota Wild visited the Senators for an NHL bout. The visiting team’s anthem is normally performed first, as was the case on …
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February 2, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Canada’s CTV News reports: As Sunday morning began, U.S. President Donald Trump took to social media to blast Canada and other trade partners. He repeated his claims that the U.S. subsidizes Canada to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, without explaining why he categorizes his country’s trade deficit with Canada as a subsidy. “Without this massive subsidy, Canada …
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