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1. Riot of the Capitol
2. Corporate response
The Capitol riot is shaking the world of political fundraising, as major companies such as Google, Coca-Cola and UPS have pledged to suspend general contributions. Other companies focus on lawmakers they consider complicit in Trump’s effort to disrupt Biden’s election victory claim. Public relations experts and lobbyists wonder if the disorder is temporary or represents a permanent political change. More companies are also creating policies in response to last week’s violence. GoFundMe says it will no longer raise funds for travel expenses used for potentially violent political events, and Airbnb says it will try to restrict the Capitol’s violent riots from making reservations in the DC area during the inauguration. Parler, the social networking app that serves as a safe space for the far right, sued Amazon for distorting it for reasons the app encourages and incites violence.
3. Coronavirus
We will not soon do social distancing. The World Health Organization has warned that herd immunity will not occur in 2021 and that social exclusion measures will have to remain “for the rest of this year,” despite the vaccine’s progress. In the United States, more than 200,000 new cases of coronavirus have been reported each day for a week. In the UK, health officials say the country is entering the “worst point” of the pandemic, as cases increase and deaths increase. Malaysia has announced more restrictions and South Africa has closed land borders to curb spread. At the San Diego Zoo, there is a new complication: at least two gorillas have tested positive for Covid-19, the first known cases among great apes.
4. Federal executions
A federal judge stopped the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on the federal death row, just hours before she died. Montgomery, who was sentenced to death in 2008 after murdering a woman and kidnapping her fetus, will now be the subject of a competition hearing. Montgomery was one of three people scheduled to die due to federal execution for the rest of President Trump’s time in office. The Trump administration reactivated the federal death penalty last year. Before, there had been no federal execution since 2003. Since July, the federal government has executed ten people, more than in any presidency since 1896.
5. Cuba
The Trump administration has designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, which has complicated the efforts of the future Biden administration to repair relations with the former Cold War enemy. President Obama removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism in 2015, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the new designation of “repeatedly supporting acts of international terrorism in the granting of ‘a safe haven for terrorists’. A first-rate Cuban described the measure as hypocritical and “political opportunism.” Cuba now joins three other countries on the list: Iran, North Korea and Syria.
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39%
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“That’s why I can no longer call myself a Republican comrade. I’m not a member of anything right now. I’m just a citizen who has voted Republican, voted Democrat throughout my entire career. And right now I’m just seeing my country and not concerned about the parties “.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who criticized the Republican party for supporting President Trump’s behavior
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