Progressives fear Warren-Sanders fight boosts Biden.
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Tuesday, January 14
SANDERS TOLD WARREN A WOMAN CAN'T WIN Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) during a private meeting in 2018 that he didn’t think a woman could win the 2020 presidential election, Warren said as Democratic candidates head into tonight's Iowa debate. Sanders strongly denied saying anything like that. [HuffPost]
RUSSIA HACKED UKRAINE FIRM AT CENTER OF IMPEACHMENT SCANDAL A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents successfully hacked the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Russian agents launched a phishing campaign in early November to steal the login credentials of employees of gas company Burisma Holdings, which employed Hunter Biden, and have been plundering the company's computer files. [AP]
IRAN ANNOUNCES ARRESTS JET SHOOTDOWN Iran’s judiciary said arrests have been made over the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 people on board just after takeoff from Tehran. The announcement came shortly after Iran’s president called for a special court to probe last week's downing of the plane by Iranian forces during hostilities with the U.S. [AP]
TRUMP PLANNING TO TAKE $7.2 BILLION MORE FOR WALL Trump is planning to divert an additional $7.2 billion from the Department of Defense in order to fund his wall along the southern border with Mexico. If the plans go forward, it would be the second time the president has ordered that funds allocated to the Pentagon by Congress be diverted for wall construction. [HuffPost]
SUPREME COURT WON'T 'FREE THE NIPPLE' The Supreme Court decided not to “Free the Nipple,” refusing to hear an appeal by three women fined by a city in New Hampshire for exposing their breasts in public who argued that banning female but not male toplessness violates the U.S. Constitution. [Reuters]
U.S. CITIZEN DIES IN EGYPTIAN CUSTODY AFTER PLEADING FOR TRUMP'S HELP Mustafa Kassem, an American father of two who spent more than six years locked up in Egypt, died on Monday while still in custody, a reminder of how the U.S. struggles to balance its ties to repressive regimes with its stated commitments to human rights and its own citizens ― often with deadly consequences. [HuffPost]
30,000 FLEE AS PHILLIPPINES VOLCANO CONTINUES TO SPEW LAVA A volcano near the Philippine capital spewed lava, ash and steam and trembled constantly Tuesday on the third day of an eruption that could portend a much bigger and dangerous explosion, officials warned as tens of thousands of people fled ash-blanketed villages in the danger zone. [AP] |
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PROGRESSIVES FEAR SANDERS-WARREN BATTLE HELPS BIDEN While the recent skirmishes between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are relatively tame by the standard of past presidential primaries — neither has attacked the other with paid media or incorporated critiques into their stump speeches — the possibility of a broader clash has alarmed progressive organizations, which fear the beneficiary would be the more moderate Joe Biden. [HuffPost]
GIULIANI KEEN TO JOIN TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT DEFENSE TEAM Rudy Giuliani, whose advocacy of a debunked conspiracy theory ultimately led to Trump’s impeachment, is lobbying to join the president’s defense team in the Senate trial, but has so far been rebuffed. [HuffPost]
GIGI HADID CALLED AS POSSIBLE WEINSTEIN JUROR Supermodel Gigi Hadid was among the pool of 120 potential jurors called Monday for Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial. Hadid reportedly said she had met the disgraced Hollywood executive. When asked by Judge James Burke if she believed she could be fair and impartial, Hadid replied “yes.” [HuffPost]
WORLD'S OCEANS HOTTEST IN RECORDED HISTORY The planet’s oceans were the warmest in recorded history in 2019, according to a new analysis. Climate change is already deeply affecting what’s seen as the storage facility for any excess heat generated by a warming world. Hotter oceans are threatening marine biodiversity and fisheries. They’re rapidly melting land and sea ice, and fueling more severe storms and flooding. [HuffPost]
QUEEN 'SUPPORTIVE' OF 'NEW LIFE' FOR HARRY, MEGHAN Queen Elizabeth II released a statement following a family meeting with Meghan Markle and princes Harry, William and Charles on Monday. The queen said that she is “entirely supportive” of Harry and Meghan’s decision to lead a “new life” and said that the group had “constructive discussions.” [HuffPost]
HOW TO STOP BOYS FROM BECOMING 'ME TOO' PREDATORS The Me Too movement laid bare the ugly creep of gendered violence into every corner of society, from the classroom to the office to the comedy club. Now the next logical step in our national reckoning is to ask what can be done to prevent men from hurting women in the first place. [HuffPost] |
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