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    Over 120 anti-Trump Republicans discussing forming new political party

    He really united the country guys.. Over 120 anti-Trump Republicans discussing forming new political party Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former U.S. President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right...
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    Republicans Are Cancelling Themselves

    That fresh smell of hypocrisy in the morning.
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    Trump Shaman wants to testify against Trump

    "The president, in a very propaganda-ridden series of words, basically put my client and tens of thousands of others in a position of genuinely believing that they were being invited by the president to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol to save our great country," Watkins said...
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    Israel successfully curbing COVID-19

    Close to 90% of people aged 60 and older in the country have received their first dose of Pfizer’s 2-dose vaccine so far. Now, data collected by Israel’s Ministry of Health showthat there was a 41% drop in confirmed COVID-19 infections in that age group, and a 31% drop in hospitalizations from...
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    Oil Giant Reports Net Loss

    More of an Oil Bigfoot really. In October, Suncor said it will eliminate as many as 1,930 jobs over 18 months Oilsands giant Suncor Energy notes loss on lower revenue, writedowns The company says the loss includes a $423-million after-tax asset impairment charge, along with a $142-million...
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    House Kicks Out Trumpanzee

    Just as Walter predicted. U.S. House kicks Greene off committees after she spread conspiracy theories A fiercely divided U.S. House has tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she'd earned by spreading hateful and violent...
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    Biden Smashes Trump Approval

    To be fair, a greasy hamberder would easily destroy Trump. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/
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    Gamestop, AMC, BB Stonks

    Robinhood suspends buying for GameStop following stonks going 'to the moon' Reports are coming in this morning that trading app Robinhood has suspended buying for GameStop stock and others after GME's price surged in a Bitcoin-like parabolic rally. Unless you've been living under a rock...
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    Conservative Infighting Over Racist Members

    Shocked, shocked! Well, not that shocked. Paul Fromm, who has been associated with Neo Nazis for years, was a party member and voted in last year's leadership contest - a fact that would have been known to all candidates, including eventual winner Erin O'Toole, as well as the party itself...
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    How to properly contextualize the left and right

    So, I think it's time for people to reconfigure these concepts in their minds because, frankly, we're all a little fucked by inconsistency. First off, while I don't think they should be nebulous terms, mapping them to a grid and giving them a point system has done jack all for political...
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    Second Impeachment Underway

    Drag him out and put his head on a spike? Where's Walter btw? Democrats plan swift Trump impeachment, want to remove him from office immediately Democrats in Congress laid plans for swift impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, demanding decisive, immediate action to ensure an “unhinged”...
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    'The worst president we have ever seen. Period'

    At least we will be able to make fun of him even more than GWB now. 'The worst president we have ever seen. Period' CNN's Chris Cuomo says President Donald Trump is the worst president the US has ever seen as Trump issues another round of pardons and continues to delay on the stimulus deal...
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    I heard Obamagate is blowing up right now

    Is that why Walter is missing? 🤔
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    Canada’s Oil And Gas Sector Sees Record Job Losses

    Canada’s Oil And Gas Sector Sees Record Job Losses A total of 37 percent of oil and gas companies in Canada resorted to permanent layoffs due to the pandemic-driven oil price and oil demand slump. Apart from permanent layoffs, other measures included a hiring freeze for 35 percent of...
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    Trump's transition sabotage threatens vaccine rollout

    The BEST vaccine 👌 Trump's transition sabotage threatens vaccine rollout U.S. President Donald Trump's refusal to coordinate with President-elect Joe Biden on the critical COVID-19 vaccine is bringing a staggering possibility into clearer view: that an outgoing U.S. commander in chief is...
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    Vaccines will be the end of the pandemic in Spring 2021

    Mark your calendars and RESET your clocks :) ‘A big sigh of relief’: Trudeau says coronavirus vaccines in spring will begin end of pandemic Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canadians will only need to hold on for “a few more months” as he says the country will begin to see the other...
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    Ok, NOW it's official

    China congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris on US election win “We respect the choice of the American people. We extend congratulations to Mr Biden and Ms Harris,” foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a daily news briefing, also referring to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris...
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    Oil demand to plateau in late 2030s

    My corona.. World oil demand will plateau in the late 2030s and could by then have begun to decline, OPEC said on Thursday, in a major shift for the producer group that reflects the lasting impact of the coronavirus crisis on the economy and consumer habits. The prediction from the...
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    Banks and insurers shun Canada’s oil sands

    It was nice knowing ya, Alberta. Banks and insurers shun Canada’s oil sands - ING Group in June 2017 updated its policy barring transactions directly linked to mining, exploration and transportation and processing of oil sands - BNP Paribas in October 2017 said it would not finance Arctic...
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    Trudeau and Ford team up to beat up Alberta

    Them delicious tears. Ottawa, Ontario rolling out half a billion dollars for Ford’s electric vehicle overhaul Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are rolling out half a billion dollars as part of a nearly $2-billion plan to overhaul Ford’s Oakville assembly plant to...