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POLICE USED FLASH BANG ROUNDS AND TEAR GAS ON A 'RIGHT-WING' GROUP IN SALEM, OREGON TODAY AS THE GROUP FACED OFF WITH LEFT-WING PROTESTERS. A RALLY INVOLVING SOME 200 PEOPLE HELD AT OREGON'S STATE CAPITOL AND THE HOME OF OREGON'S GOVERNOR.
SPEECHES FROM THE PROTESTERS OPPOSING CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS IN OREGON AND SHOUTS OF "USA, USA USA" FROM THEM.
THEN THE REMAINING PROTESTERS RAN INTO LEFT-WING PROTESTERS WHO SAID THEY WERE PROTECTING A BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS. THAT'S WHEN WORDS WERE EXCHANGED AND POLICE MOVED IN ENDING UP USING VIOLENT FORCE AGAINST THE 'RIGHT-WING PROTESTERS' WITH TEAR GAS AND FLASH BANGS.
THE SALEM OREGON POLICE DECLARING AN "UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY". LATE REPORTS INDICATE 'NUMEROUS ARRESTS'...
SALEM OREGON PROTEST POLICE GAS PUSH BACK PATRIOTS AND PB CHAOS NEW YEAR DAY 2021
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An Oregon health care worker hospitalized with a severe reaction to the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. The person worked at the Wallowa Memorial in Enterprise, Oregon near the Idaho border. Oregon officials announced this on New Year's Eve. The story is being reported by "Oregon Live"...OREGONLIVE
PORTLAND MAYOR TED WHEELER SAID TODAY THERE WILL BE A TOUGHER RESPONSE TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO NIGHTS OF VANDALISM IN THE CITY. THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE, PORTLAND JUSTICE CENTER AND DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES ATTACKED...OREGONLIVE
"We live in a timeless land of ancient First Nations peoples, and we draw together the stories of more than 300 national ancestries and language groups"
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing New Year's Eve a change in the lyrics of the country's national anthem. The words "young and free" replaced by "for we are one and free" starting today...REUTERS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE
THE US SENATE HELD A SPECIAL SESSION THIS NEW YEAR'S DAY TO OVERRIDE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VETO OF A DEFENSE SPENDING BILL. THE 81-13 VOTE FOLLOWS A HOUSE OVERRIDE VOTE MEANING THE BILL NOW BECOMES LAW.
AMONG ITS PROVISIONS A TYING OF THE PRESIDENT'S HANDS WHEN IT COMES TO TROOP WITHDRAWALS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND A RENAMING OF MILITARY BASES WITH CONFEDERATE GENERALS NAMES CURRENTLY ON THEM...BBC NEWS
THE 13 SENATORS WHO VOTED TO SUSTAIN THE PRESIDENT'S VETO INCLUDE REPUBLICANS TED CRUZ AND RAND PAUL AND DEMOCRATS BERNIE SANDERS AND ELIZABETH WARREN...NTD NEWS
Pentagon briefings, some 30 of them, set to resume next week for Joe Biden's transition team. Top officials involved in interviews with Biden's people including military commanders in Afghanistan, Africa and South Korea....THE INDEPENDENT UK
IN IRAQI WATERS OFF BASRA A MINE DISCOVERED ATTACHED TO AN OIL TANKER. EXPERTS WORKING TO DEFUSE IT....ASSOCIATED PRESS-9 NEWS AUSTRALIA
A confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report leaked out saying that Iran will enrich uranium up to a 20 percent level. That's a higher level than permitted by the JCPOA nuclear agreement of 2015. Iran with a glut of uranium since the US pulled out of JCPOA and imposed sanctions preventing Iran from exporting the uranium left over from its nuclear reactors...RADIO FREE EUROPE-RADIO LIBERTY
The New York Stock Exchange delisting three Chinese telecom firms...BBC NEWS
THE US GOVERNMENT ADDING A CUBAN BANK TO ITS LIST OF 'RESTRICTED ENTITIES"...AL JAZEERA QATAR
Former US Attorney General and two-term Republican governor of Pennsylvania, Dick Thornburgh, dead at the age of 88...BUSINESS INSIDER
Coronavirus stats via Worldometers for today showing 166,044 new positive tests in the US with 24 states not reporting. 47,118 new cases reported in California today.
Worldwide 561,913 new cases reported. The US leading the nations. Other nations include Russia 27,039, Italy 22,211, Mexico 12,159, Ukraine 9,432, Iran 6,286 and Israel 5,248.
And that's the way it really is Friday January 1st, 2021 Day 292 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania. Happy New Year to all.
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