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What level of vaccination will it take to achieve "herd immunity" for COVID-19? Dr. Anthony Fauci now saying it may take 90 percent of the US population being vaccinated. Fauci used lower figures earlier this year and now acknowledges that he's slowly moved the goalpost higher...RUSSIA TODAY
A pretrial hearing yesterday for two people arrested at the Idaho State Capitol earlier this year. The arrests triggered by Republican legislative leaders exclusion of media from a hearing on coronavirus legislation.
Ammon Bundy and Aaron Schmidt challenging the validity of the charges against them and the court process currently underway involving them...PEOPLES RIGHTS NEWS
A group of doctors in Israel fighting against the country's third coronavirus lockdown in Israel urging the parliament to prevent it...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Internet censorship... BBC NEWS....Facebook removing the page of Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans over his views on the coronavirus...
AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON SYRIA TONIGHT. SYRIA ACTIVATING AIR DEFENSES. THE ATTACK REPORTED IN CENTRAL SYRIA AT AL MASYAF...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"The deal is not perfect but it is a big moment"
The reaction from "Mr. Brexit" Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to the deal announced today between the United Kingdom and the European Union on a post-Brexit relationship....NIGEL FARAGE TWITTER
Farage noting that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won on the big point of moving away from the EU but there are details that are problems for the UK....NIGEL FARAGE TWITTER (VIDEO EMBEDDED)
Opposition protesters attacked by police in Armenia today. The opposition on the streets of the capital city of Yerevan pressing their demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following the November 9th agreement that ended the war with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory...ASBAREZ NEWS
Columbus Ohio Mayor Andrew Ginther calling for the firing of police officer Adam Coy following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man early Tuesday morning. 47 year old Andre Hill took steps towards Coy holding a cell phone before he was shot. The officer did not activate his camera until after the shooting but it has a 60 second video look back feature.
The mayor says that the officers at the scene showed a "stunning disregard for life" by not rendering any assistance after the shooting...RUSSIA TODAY
REPUBLICANS BLOCKING PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM GETTING THE STIMULUS PAYMENTS OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER PERSON HE WANTS IN THE CORONAVIRUS AID BILL. HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI UNABLE TO GET UNANIMOUS CONSENT TODAY BUT SHE PROMISES A FLOOR VOTE MONDAY...AL JAZEERA QATAR
"The Belarusian people deserve free and fair elections"
Those words from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as the US Treasury Department sanctioned one person and four entities over the presidential election in Belarus last August. The State Department also imposing visa restrictions on 39 people...UPIUPI
The US announcing that its establishing a "virtual presence" diplomatically in the Western Sahara territory with the process underway for a physical presence in the future. The US has recognized Moroccan sovereignty in the territory also claimed by other nations in connection with Morocco's normalization of relations with Israel...SPUTNIK NEWS RUSSI
A Pakistani court today ordered the release of an Al-Qaeda leader and three of his aides convicted and jailed in the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002...NEWS 18 INDIA
China suspending imports of timber from two more Australian states (New South Wales and Western Australia). This follows earlier bans on timber imports from other parts of Australia. The move comes amidst strained relations between the two countries...ABC AUSTRALIA
Coronavirus numbers for the US today via Worldometers 193,030 new positive tests. There have been 11,219,123 recoveries so far. Among the states today the top numbers from California 34,959, Florida 13,147 and New York 12,483.
Coronavirus statistics in other nations today from Worldometers the UK 39,036, France 21,634, Italy 18,040, Mexico 11,653 and Israel 4,480 new positive tests.
An editorial note a special "Unplugged" post for Christmas is up tonight....NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED CHRISTMAS PARTY
And that the way it really is Thursday December 24th, 2020 Day 284 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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