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QUICK BITES..
9/10 voters are concerned about the health of the U.S. economy
tv YouTube purged all videos of Trump's CPAC speech
Alabama will lift mask mandate on April 9
children_crossing 321 children crossing the border are detained by HHS every day, up from just 47 in the first week of 2021
Sources: Just the News/Rasmussen, The Blaze, CNBC, Axios
NOTABLES..
V.P. Kamala Harris is once again taking calls with foreign heads of state, instead of President Joe Biden. Harris spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, adding to growing concerns that the President isn't mentally fit enough to hold these calls himself. Harris recently took calls with Canada's P.M. Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Internet auction site eBay confirmed, Thursday, that it is scouring its open auctions for six “canceled” Dr. Seuss titles, reviewing seller profiles, and removing the listings, which the site claims violate its “offensive materials policy.” [Daily Wire]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has compiled a shortlist of successors in his home state of Kentucky, preparing for the possibility that he does not serve out his full term. [The Intercept]
Myanmar’s military rulers attempted to move about $1 billion held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York days after seizing power on Feb. 1, prompting U.S. officials to put a freeze on the funds. [Reuters]
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said Thursday that the platform will lift the suspension on former President Donald Trump’s account once "the risk of violence has decreased." [CNBC]
A Japanese supercomputer ran simulations to test how effective wearing two masks is in preventing the spread of Covid, compared to just one.
The result: Almost no benefit to wearing a second mask. Wearing one tightly fitting mask was 85% effective. Adding the second only boosted it to 89%.
The Stories I read...
The New York Times is reporting that top aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo rewrote a report from state health officials, removing references to nursing home deaths that had occurred in the state. The Times writes:
"The number — more than 9,000 by that point in June — was not public, and the governor’s most senior aides wanted to keep it that way. They rewrote the report to take it out, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The New York Times."
Back up: During the height of the pandemic, Cuomo mandated that nursing homes take in covid-positive elderly patients rather than keep them isolated in hospitals. This ended up exposing thousands of elderly to the virus and led to over 15,000 deaths in NY State nursing homes.
Inside the initial report was a chart showing the total number of nursing home deaths. By the time the Cuomo aides were done with it, they cut the official number down to just 6,432. They did this by removing the elderly who contracted the virus in nursing homes but died in a hospital.
Coincidence? Around the same time, last summer 9 of New York state's top health officials quit. At the time it was reported they quit over tension with Cuomo, but did not say specifically why.
My take: The media is focusing a lot of attention on Cuomo's sexual misconduct scandals - which deserve attention. But the unprecedented, and unnecessary loss of life that took place in New York nursing homes cannot be ignored. I'm glad to see the New York Times breaking stories on this topic.
https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/see-gina-caranos-tweets-and-posts-that-got-her-fired/?utm_source=Wake+Up+Right&utm_campaign=fc32dc85d2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_21_2020_15_52_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7abe0cb409-fc32dc85d2-384084172
Just the news says
China is poised to eclipse the United States in the field of artificial intelligence, a government commission warned this week in a stark and comprehensive report on the growing and powerful industry.
"China's plans, resources, and progress should concern all Americans," wrote officials from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI). "It is an AI peer in many areas and an AI leader in some applications. We take seriously China's ambition to surpass the United States as the world's AI leader within a decade."
In a stark message, commission chairmen warned: "America is not prepared to defend or compete in the AI era." and they believe "AI systems will also be used in the pursuit of power. We fear AI tools will be weapons of first resort in future conflicts."
That report available here https://www.nscai.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Full-Report-Digital-1.pdf
Last night Senator Ron Johnson required the entire covid stimulus relief bill be read aloud before holding a vote on it. This was at 1pm on March the 4th. The clerk proceeded to begin reading the ENTIRE relief bill which is 628 pages in totality. By the three hour mark just senator Johnson and the clerk were left. Johnson followed a
