On Thursday, the Australian government passed a law that aims to “address the bargaining power imbalances with digital platforms and media companies.” The code will apply to Google Search and Facebook News Feed, but other digital platform services may also be added. Chipotle Dec 10, 2020
A hungry horde of rats overtook an upper Manhattan Chipotle last month, forcing the burrito chain to temporarily close the location after employees say they were forced to take matters into their own hands to try to beat back the infestation. At least four workers at the Washington Heights restaurant say they were bitten by rats in the last few…
Foreign Minister Calls Assault on US Capitol ‘Frightening and Unacceptable’ Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson. mbl.is/Eggert Jóhannesson Vala Hafstað
“This was frightening and unacceptable,” Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson tells
mbl.is, speaking of the assault yesterday by US President Donald Trump’s supporters on the US Capitol.
“You can’t define this as a demonstration. People who behave like this are simply a mob,” he continues.
When asked whether he believes the situation in the US will hurt democracy there, he responds, “The positive aspect of this is the reactions of former and present leaders of both parties, which were very strong. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel, for example, gave a very good speech, and that tells us that democracy remains strong in the US.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks on the Senate floor and addresses coronavirus stimulus, direct checks to American households, Section 230 and election integrity.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is encouraging fellow Republicans to join him in supporting the increase of the direct payments to Americans that were part of the latest coronavirus relief bill from $600 to $2,000, after President Trump called on lawmakers to make the change.
The Democrat-led House already approved the $2,000 payments with bipartisan support, sending them to the Republican-controlled Senate. Working Americans have borne the brunt of this pandemic, Hawley tweeted Tuesday morning. They’ve been hammered, through no fault of their own. They deserve $2000 in #covid relief - a fraction of what the banks & big business got. Let’s vote now.
Rolland Kidder
Nearly three years ago, in this column, I discussed the upcoming 2018 New Year and the speculation that if the Mueller investigation were conclusive, Donald Trump’s Presidency could end like that of Richard Nixon’s. However, I also commented that unlike Nixon: “I can’t envision our current President getting on a helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House and quietly leaving town.”
The Mueller investigation came and went and so did the 2020 election. Yet, it seems that the observation still has merit this President is not going to easily leave the White House.
We have now been through recounts and lawsuits in several “battleground” states. One was Wisconsin. This was a state that Donald Trump carried by about 20,000 votes in 2016. He accepted and celebrated the vote no problem. However, this year the voters of that state said that they had enough, and President Trump lost the state by about the same margin. In 2020, the election In Wisc