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Check out the framing of this question from Fox News host @DavidAsmanfox. Embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/rchZqSV4n1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 2, 2021
Not once in 4 years of Gallupās 3-day tracking of Trumpās approval rating was it ever higher than 49%.
He was the least popular incumbent since Carter to run for re-election. Itās not shocking that he got his ass kicked in the election. https://t.co/7BSCQR2vI2

But if you do nothing other than consume conservative media, youād be under the false impression that heās popular, that his ideas are popular, and that the people who oppose him are a small group of haters.
In Gallupās last update before the election, Trump had a -6 net approval rating. The last time it was a net positive was in May when it was +1.

And hereās how you get numbers like that: you do absolutely nothing to try to win over people who arenāt already part of your base. Look at those numbers among independents.

What is the real relationship between Kerry and Zarif? Does Iran truly control its own
Why did Obama have to mislead the American people in order to do a deal with Iran?
Jan 25 2018
CONFIRMED.
https://t.co/Y8k4D0ja4wš
Why did HUSSEIN travel ahead of POTUS?
"Trump would not be in office for long, suggesting he could be out in a year."
Re-read crumbs.
Future unlocks past.
Q
Note - the Q item is quoted.
It seems increasingly likely that, come March, the govt is planning to say to under-65s without pre-existing conditions: go forth and get Covid https://t.co/BhHNG3M2DR
— D_Shariatmadari (@D_Shariatmadari) January 10, 2021
2. Where is the modelling or evidence to support a focused protection vaccination strategy? The government has chosen it as its preferred strategy but it must have considered other options. Will the government publish the data and the alternative options considered?
3. A responsible government will have modelling for 20%, 50% and 80% vaccine coverage, and projections for the number of infections, Long Covid and deaths in each scenario. Where are those models? On what basis has the government opted for the 20% scenario?
4. The government should also have modelled each of these scenarios against a backdrop of low, medium and high community transmission. What is the impact of each vaccination scenario against varying levels of community transmission?
5. There should also be some assessment of incidence of reinfection and likely evolution of variants given different levels of community transmission. What does this assessment tell us?
"The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change is a non-profit organisation set up by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair which proclaims its ambition as being to help make globalisation work".

https://t.co/qMotcsqrsI
Who exactly, are "OUR TEAMS" Tony? Who decided they could be "EMBEDDED" in Governments around the World? Why Weren't the Public Consulted?
Our teams are now embedded in governments around the world, helping them to keep their people safe during this pandemic - not just in respect of Covid-19 itself but also the political and economic collateral damage.
— Tony Blair Institute (@InstituteGC) May 9, 2020
Watch Tony Blair's update on our response to #COVID19 \U0001f447 pic.twitter.com/7G8Id9MTP1
https://t.co/1OZT7wDAno
"The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) & Oracle have brought cloud technology to Africa to manage public health programs. Ghana, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone will use the new Oracle Health Management System to create electronic health records for vaccination programs
https://t.co/2G004hNGen
3rd January
"Tony Blair urges UK to step up vaccination programme"
The entire country must be placed under a Covid-19 vaccination programme, according to Tony Blair. He insisted that a goal should be set to increase vaccinations to five million per week.

https://t.co/I1rZ2cqUaW
"Tony Blair 'was bidding for contracts with the EU for his 'institute for global change' as he campaigned against Brexit".
-Chaired by EAT's founder
-Have WHO as anchoring agency
-Have an "innovation pillar" led by the Good Food Institute (a lobby group for vegan lab-foods)
Now imagine the outcome of this triumvirate!š¤
https://t.co/HIqS0q5at3

Background here:
What is the GFI? An extremely well-funded lobby platform, representing producers of lab-generated foods that are meant to take over "outdated" animal foods.

On the advisory board we find some people like the founder of FAIRR (Jeremy Coller) and the Saudi Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed.

Here's some info on FAIRR, Alwaleed, and the $$$.
https://t.co/1LL7ba3Quz

But a couple things to expand on from a virology point of view.
The article and the accompanying thread from @kakape are well worth a read https://t.co/32c8l66eTV
— Jason Kindrachuk, PhD (@KindrachukJason) January 9, 2021
The piece talks about the B117 variant as if itās not SARS-CoV-2, but it is. B117 is distinguished by 23 changes across the genome, but itās still fundamentally the same virus. Itās a different variant (some are calling it a strain depending on how thatās defined).
But 23 nucleotide changes arenāt sufficient to make this a completely different virus. So we are still fighting SARS-CoV-2. Just a new and improved version. Improved how? Well itās more transmissible but the mechanism isnāt yet known.
When viruses become more transmissible it can happen in a few different ways:
-virus can be more fit (replicate to higher titers, hence more shedding)
-virus can replicate more efficiently in specific tissues (like the nose)
-spike can bind the receptor more efficiently and...
...thus infect host cells more efficiently
-virus can get better at evading/antagonizing innate host antiviral defenses
-increased environmental stability
-people can shed virus for longer periods of time
The US DOJ has already said it intends to appeal. The question -- and I'm hearing different things on this -- is whether the courts will keep Assange imprisoned while that appeal is pending. The court ordered him released, but it's unclear if the DOJ appeal will keep him in jail.
This wasn't a victory for press freedom. Quite the contrary: the judge made clear she believed there are grounds to prosecute Assange in connection with the 2010 publication.
It was, instead, an indictment of the insanely oppressive US prison system for security "threats."
Ultimately, though, from a humanitarian *and* a political perspective, what matters most is that Assange be freed as soon as possible. The US Govt doesn't care what prison he's in, or why: they just want him silenced and in a cage.
He should be freed immediately.
The full ruling is at the link. Savor the last, sweet paragraph.
https://t.co/edZcOywXUE

3 major corporations say they'll stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election
BlueCross BlueShield (@BCBSAssociation)
Marriott (@MarriottIntl)
@CommerceBank
Follow along for more on these 3 plus 141 other
@MarriottIntl @CommerceBank 2. In the last 3 cycles, the BlueCross BlueShield PAC has donated 959K to GOP candidates and 359K to Dem candidates.
Now, BCBS's CEO says it will "suspend contributions to those lawmakers who voted to undermine our democracy"
https://t.co/r4Z4TjJUCe

@MarriottIntl @CommerceBank 3. @CommerceBank's PAC favors Republicans over Democrats by a 6 to 1 margin. The bank now says it has "suspended all support for officials who have impeded the peaceful transfer of power"
@MarriottIntl released a similar statement to Popular Information.
https://t.co/r4Z4TjJUCe

4. @tesszeeks and I contacted 144 corporations that donated this cycle to Senators who objected to the Electoral College vote
We asked if their support would continue
We got a lot of other responses + a lot of corporations who, so far, are ignoring
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I saw saw the proposed bill you presented at @HouseNGR. My question is simple: How is this bill going to change the ineffectiveness of the LGA? How will further disempowerment of the LGA get it closer to the people?
House of Reps considers bill to remove LGs as tier of govt https://t.co/6oeJcXcMln #vanguardnews pic.twitter.com/fRpnF41Bjb
— Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews) December 25, 2020
Has the @HouseNGR ever challenged State Gvnors for not releasing funds to their LGA? If Gvnors do not give the funds that a constitutionally the right of the LGA, how then do you think they will fund it when it isn't a constitutional tier of Govt? These should be how we think
We should ask questions first when a problem exists, after which we can investigate one state in each region, then you have the appropriate committee brainstorm on d best cause for action that gets governance to the people. This eliminates any short sightedness in pushing a bill
Has d LGA elections been a reflection of the people's will? Why is the LGA election held by the SEC rather than by INEC? Why do we have all LGA in a state like Lagos owning a broom? Similarly some states having most LGA if not all using an umbrella? We should ask these questions
This brings me to the real reason why the LGA has continues to fail.
It has fail mainly because "The State Joint Local Government Account(SJLGA)"
When the LGA has revenue in its jurisdiction but the state govt fight them over jurisdiction. They can't get their own IGR.
