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Asking a delivery driver to dance is deranged – but Amazon bosses appear to disagree | Arwa Mahdawi
Amazon’s official TikTok account has been boosting the dystopic trend and sharing videos of delivery people dancing on commandBeing an Amazon delivery driver sure sounds like a blast: you get to see the world (well, part of it anyway) as you cruise the open road. Yes, the hours are gruelling. Yes, you sometimes have to pee in water bottles because there’s not enough time and no available facilities in which you can take a proper bathroom break. Yes, hauling heavy packages means you are at high risk of being injured on the job. Yes, creepy surveillance equipment tracks your every move. But you know what? You get the unparalleled satisfaction of knowing that your hard work is helping Jeff Bezos afford an obscenely large superyacht. And while the work may be difficult, there are also moments of joy: you get to jive on the job! According to Vice, TikTok users have started leaving notes in the Amazon app asking their delivery drivers to dance for their door cameras. Then these delightful people post the videos on social media.Arwa Mahdawi’s new book, Strong Female Lead, is available for order. Continue reading...
The US supreme court is letting racist discrimination run wild in the election system | Carol Anderson
The court has approved or tolerated massive voter roll purges, extreme gerrymandering and election laws that have a disparate impact on minoritiesThe US supreme court, in a 5-4 decision, used the ruse that it was too close to an election – three months away – to scrap a racially discriminatory, Republican-drawn legislative map in Alabama. A lower court had previously ruled against the state because its gerrymandered congressional districts diluted the voting strength of African Americans by ensuring that 27% of Alabama’s population would garner only 14% of the state’s congressional representation. But that reality didn’t faze five justices; the US supreme court was just fine with letting a policy designed to disfranchise Black voters unfurl and do its damage in an oncoming federal election.The echoes of a brutal past are resonating in this decision.Carol Anderson is the Charles Howard Candler professor of African American studies at Emory University and the author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide and One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy. She is a contributor to the Guardian Continue reading...
Black women say goodbye to the job and hello to their own businesses
The pandemic crisis has seen a boom in Black women – ‘so often entrepreneurs of necessity’ – setting up on their ownKnown as “The Cookie Lady” around Washington DC, Lacey Fisher is famous for her British- and German-inspired alcohol-infused confectionaries. Fisher launched Cookie Lane during the economic crisis of 2008, after being laid off from four different jobs as a mortgage auditor.“I ran through my six months of savings and rent was due,” Fisher says. Continue reading...
America faces greater division as parties draw safe seats for congressional districts
The US is poised to have a staggeringly low number of competitive House seats, an alarming trend that makes it harder to govern and exacerbates political polarizationWhen millions of American voters head to the polls this autumn to vote for congressional candidates, the vast majority of their votes won’t matter at all.It’s an idea that’s anathema to the very idea of US government – that politicians are accountable to the people. But America is poised to have a staggeringly low number of competitive seats in the US House, an alarming trend that makes it harder to govern and exacerbates political polarization.
Super Bowl LVI predictions: Guardian writers’ picks for Rams v Bengals in LA
Will Joe Burrow lead the underdogs to their first-ever Super Bowl title? Or will Aaron Donald and Matthew Stafford win it for the hometown team?Play clean. The Rams have the talent advantage. Their defense ranks first in the league in pressure rate, and gets almost all of that with a four-man rush. Putting that up against this flaky Bengals offensive line? Yikes. Favorites lose Super Bowls by way of bone-headed plays, dodgy time management, or unforced turnovers – typically a cocktail of all three. If the Rams can keep the turnover battle even, they have the defense to take over the game. OC Continue reading...
Here’s how to demolish the most common excuses for climate crisis apathy | Elizabeth Cripps
Every one of us now has a duty to do something, if not for ourselves then for the survival of future generationsClimate change is terrifying, so why don’t we do more to stop it? Read any headline on the climate crisis, and it seems unbelievable that we’re not all chaining ourselves to the headquarters of oil and gas companies, or at least hammering on MPs’ office doors. But we’re not. “Of course, I care about climate change,” we say. “But … ”Then they come out, the reasons for apathy. We’ve all heard them. We’ve probably all said some of them. But do they really excuse us?Elizabeth Cripps is a writer and moral philosopher at the University of Edinburgh, and author of What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care Continue reading...
Old dogs’ new tricks win US gold in inaugural team snowboard
Black FedEx driver shot at by white men draws parallels to Ahmaud Arbery case
D’Monterrio Gibson was delivering packages in Mississippi when he was allegedly attacked by Brandon and Gregory CaseA Black FedEx driver who was allegedly shot at by a white father and son in Mississippi while delivering packages said he “can definitely see the similarities” between his case and that of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was murdered in 2020 by three white men while jogging in Georgia.“Because Ahmaud Arbery didn’t survive to speak up for himself, so I want to take that upon myself to do that for me and him as well,” said D’Monterrio Gibson, 24, in an interview with CNN on Friday. Continue reading...
If Blinken’s visit to Fiji is aimed at curtailing Chinese influence, he has his work cut out for him | Shailendra Singh
As the US downsized its Pacific presence, China stepped into the vacuum; a rare visit from the secretary of state won’t convince Fiji to turn on its allyThe US secretary of state’s lightning visit to Fiji may be sudden, but not surprising. That Antony Blinken is the first US secretary of state to visit Fiji in 37 years reflects just how much has changed geopolitically.It is also an indication of Fiji’s influential role in this part of the world, being a strong, if not the strongest, Pacific ally of China, the arch-rival of the US in the Pacific. Continue reading...
White House confirms Biden-Putin call on Saturday – as it happened
Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers cannot keep retrial arguments under seal, judge rules
Lawyers want new trial after juror Scotty David gave interviews in which he said he had been sexually abused as a childGhislaine Maxwell’s lawyers cannot keep sealed their detailed legal arguments about a juror in her trial who might not have disclosed childhood sex abuse during jury selection, a judicial decision issued Friday said.Judge Alison Nathan wrote: “[The] defendant’s motion to temporarily seal, in their entirety, all documents related to the motion for a new trial, is denied.” Continue reading...
Louisiana candidate burns Confederate flag in his latest controversial ad
‘It’s time to burn the Confederacy down’, says Senate hopeful Gary Chambers, who smoked marijuana in his previous adA Louisiana candidate for the US Senate has burned a Confederate flag in a powerful campaign ad about racial injustice in Louisiana and America.Democrat Gary Chambers is also known for a viral ad where he smokes marijuana to “destigmatize” its use and discusses the unfair policing of drug laws. Continue reading...
Biden releases $7bn in frozen Afghan funds to split between 9/11 families and aid
Money would go toward humanitarian efforts for Afghan people and to US victims of terrorism, keeping it out of hands of TalibanJoe Biden signed an executive order on Friday releasing $7bn in frozen Afghan reserves to be split between humanitarian efforts for the Afghan people and American victims of terrorism, including relatives of 9/11.In a highly unusual move, the convoluted plan is designed to tackle a myriad of legal bottlenecks stemming from the 2001 terrorist attacks and the chaotic end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan, which ignited a humanitarian and political crisis, the New York times reports. Continue reading...
Declassified documents reveal CIA has been sweeping up information on Americans
Civil liberties watchdogs condemn agency’s collection of domestic data without congressional or court approval or oversightThe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been secretly collecting Americans’ private information in bulk, according to newly declassified documents that prompted condemnation from civil liberties watchdogs.The surveillance program was exposed on Thursday by two Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico alleged that the CIA has long concealed it from the public and Congress. Continue reading...
Dave Chappelle says he did not oppose hometown affordable housing plan
Comedian, who was criticised after he spoke out against project in Yellow Springs, Ohio, says he is not opposed to affordable housingComedian Dave Chappelle said his threat to pull the plug on his plans to open a comedy club near his home town in Ohio was not because he opposed a proposal for affordable housing in a nearby development.Chappelle, who became the target of criticism this week after speaking against the development in Yellow Springs, said in a statement that the plan was not the right fit for the village. Continue reading...
‘Disgusting’: Republican Senate hopeful condemned over ‘showdown’ TV ad
Jim Lamon’s ad depicts ‘shootout’ with Democrats including Mark Kelly, senator whose wife Gabby Giffords was shot in deadly attackA Republican Senate primary candidate in Arizona has been condemned for a “disgusting” campaign ad in which he shoots at lookalike actors portraying Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and the incumbent Arizona senator Mark Kelly.Jim Lamon, an energy executive, shared the ad on Twitter, saying it would be aired at this year’s Super Bowl. Continue reading...
Sports quiz of the week: Super Bowl, Six Nations, Super League and skiing
Who arrived? Who kept going? Who came back? Continue reading...
Farewell, Cressida Dick, the Met chief only interested in one thing: ignoring bad coppers | Marina Hyde
Dick seemed more angered by poor policing on TV than in real life. She’ll be missed by her friends in government, if no one elseCressida Dick absolutely despised Line of Duty. The endlessly promoted Metropolitan police chief really crossed the road to tip on the BBC smash hit – so tellingly incensed by a show about sidelined cops doing the painful and unpopular work of rooting out bad apples. As Dame Cressida finally resigns from the spoilt barrel of the Met, I couldn’t help but recall a 2019 Radio Times interview in which she expanded on her issues.“I was absolutely outraged by the level of casual and extreme corruption that was being portrayed as the way the police is,” Dick told the magazine. “It’s so far from that. The standards and professionalism are so high.” Mmm. It was left to the show’s creator, Jed Mercurio, to offer a little background. “My inspiration for creating Line of Duty was @metpoliceuk shooting an innocent man and their dishonesty in the aftermath,” he explained icily, “so thanks to Cressida Dick for reminding me of our connection.” Dick, of course, ran the bungled counterterrorism operation that resulted in Met officers fatally shooting Jean Charles de Menezes, an entirely innocent 27-year-old electrician.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnistAn evening with Marina Hyde and John Crace Join Marina Hyde and John Crace looking back at the latest events in Westminster on Monday, 7 March, at 8pm GMT | 9pm CET | 12pm PST | 3pm EST. Book ticket here Continue reading...
Farewell to the Flying Tomato: how Shaun White left an Olympic legacy
The pioneering snowboarder Shaun White bowed out after his fifth Games and in doing so passed the torch to Ayumu HiranoThis time Ayumu Hirano would not be denied. Not by the judges. Not even by the greatest snowboarder in history. Instead, amid the most intense pressure and anger, the 23-year-old from Japan found the halfpipe equivalent of the holy grail.And as Hirano stood on the podium with his gold medal there was a sense of something else too. That a torch was being passed from one generation to the next, as if by osmosis, from Shaun White to Hirano: from the goat to the new breed of bucks pushing at the boundaries like the American once did. Continue reading...
Could the James Harden trade mark the end of the NBA’s Big Three model?
The Brooklyn Nets went all-in on James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. It was a high-risk, high-reward move but the rewards were few and far betweenSo much for the NBA’s most recent incarnation of The Big Three. On Thursday afternoon’s trade deadline, the Brooklyn Nets shipped James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and two draft picks. The Nets had hoped that adding Harden to a mix of players that included another former MVP, Kevin Durant, and seven-time All-Star Kyrie Irving would make them title contenders. Instead, the group flamed out in little over a year.That the mix didn’t work, frankly, was not shocking. Acquiring Harden, who arguably deserved to win more than one MVP award during his time with the Houston Rockets, was always a barely calculated risk. Harden is one of the great scorers in NBA history, but he came to Brooklyn having worn out his welcome in Houston. Irving, meanwhile, forced a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers and had spent his time with the Boston Celtics secretly plotting a move to Brooklyn alongside Durant. Continue reading...
Manson follower Leslie Van Houten’s bid for freedom blocked by court
California’s supreme court refused to hear Van Houten’s appeal after she was denied parole for her role in 1969 murdersThe California supreme court has denied a potential bid for freedom by the Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten following Governor Gavin Newsom’s rejection of her parole.The court on Wednesday refused to hear Van Houten’s appeal of a lower court ruling last December that denied her petition for a review. Continue reading...
Mikaela Shiffrin: ‘Failure is scary but I’ve had a lot of spectacular moments’
All-conquering American is synonymous with success but will be remembered more for the humility shown at her lowest ebbShe doesn’t pretend this isn’t hard. Devastating, even. When you’ve won as often as Mikaela Shiffrin – three overall World Cup titles, two Olympic gold medals, more victories on alpine skiing’s top flight than all but two people in history – the acid taste of coming up short under the brightest lights will never be easy. Nor should it.But as the 26-year-old American stood at the bottom of the women’s super-G course on Friday having crossed the finish line for the first time in three races at the Beijing Olympics, the familiar smile that’s been absent throughout the most arduous week of her professional life was back. Continue reading...
Biden warns ‘things could go crazy quickly’ in Ukraine | First Thing
President urges Americans in Ukraine to immediately leave country. Plus, the people finding refuge in ChernobylGood morning.President Joe Biden has urged Americans in Ukraine to immediately leave the country, stressing that “things could go crazy quickly” as Russia-Ukraine relations further deteriorate.Why was there no breakthrough? Russia and Ukraine continued to hold different interpretations of the 2015 Minsk agreement aimed at ending the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, said the Russian envoy Dmitry Kozak.How quickly could Russia launch an attack? Moscow has gathered more than 135,000 soldiers on Ukraine’s borders in Russia and Belarus, military analysts say. Some believe nearly all the key elements are in now place for an attack.What else is being done to end the blockade? Windsor is seeking an injunction from Ontario superior court to have the protest ended, Dilkens said, adding he continues to search for a peaceful resolution.What are the protesters demanding? As the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa enters its third week, the movement has broadened to demand an end to all Covid public health measures. Continue reading...
Arresting Michael K Williams’ alleged drug dealers won’t solve the US addiction crisis | Akin Olla
As a country we refuse to pursue policy reforms that might have saved the beloved actor and the many thousands of others who are dying of overdosesI cried the night Michael K Williams joined the over 100,000 Americans who died of an overdose in 2021. When I heard that Williams, the actor best known for his role as Omar, the queer, gun-toting rogue in The Wire, had suffered an accidental overdose in his apartment, I felt a deep sense of dread. The knowledge that another Black man not too dissimilar from myself had passed before his time mingled in my mind with my bitter memory of the moment when I learned that my best friend, Joseph Rodriguez, had overdosed at the age of 19.I am grateful, I suppose, that by the time Joe had died, in 2009, the public narrative around drug users had begun to evolve. Young suburban white kids had started dying, and the country quickly shifted to protect its most prized possessions. Teens were sent to rehab, and drug dealers, like those who allegedly sold Williams his final dose, were rounded up and blamed for what is clearly a broader societal issue.Akin Olla is a contributing opinion writer at the Guardian Continue reading...
Lawyer in Nassar case questions validity of investigations into sexual abuse in soccer
As allegations of sexual misconduct mount, many questions how effectively sporting organizations can investigate themselvesFifa has confirmed its ethics committee is in the early stages of an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual abuse around the world that are understood to include incidents tied to the Vancouver Whitecaps women’s team and its former coach Hubert Busby Jr.Busby was suspended from his role as head coach of the Jamaica women’s national team late last year after the Guardian reported allegations by a former player that Busby attempted to solicit sex from her while she was being recruited to join the Whitecaps in 2010. Busby has denied the allegations but the Jamaica Football Federation requested Fifa investigate his time in charge of the Whitecaps women’s program. Continue reading...
Odell Beckham Jr: insufferable Blond villain or the Super Bowl’s comeback hero?
The receiver has often been portrayed as a selfish blowhard. But he is popular with his teammates and has been a crucial part of the Rams’ postseason runMidway through Odell Beckham Jr’s 50-minute virtual news conference on Monday, amid the usual battery of pre-Super Bowl questions, a disembodied voice chimed in that the 29-year-old Los Angeles Rams receiver initially struggled to place. “I ain’t got no questions, man. But I just wanna start by sayin’, dawg, you’re deserving of this moment,” said the voice, ultimately revealed as that of Jarvis Landry – Beckham’s teammate in Cleveland and at LSU. “You put countless hours to get where you are today. I witnessed it all first-hand. You have scars to show for where you are today. This is a dream that you are actually turning into reality.”Beckham, playing against type, absorbed the adulation with a bashful smile. Continue reading...
‘We have a project’: QAnon followers eye swing state election official races
As part of a calculated assault on democracy, QAnon steered far-right candidates toward secretary of state contestsQAnon, the extremist conspiracy movement whose followers believe Donald Trump is waging war against the “deep state”, appears to have instigated a nationwide effort to take control of the US election process in critical battleground states ahead of America’s 2024 presidential election.In recent months concern has risen over the coordinated efforts of at least 15 candidates – committed to Trump’s “big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from him – who are now running to serve as chief election officials in key swing states. Continue reading...
‘This is a national movement’: union drives surge at US Starbucks stores
More than 70 stores in at least 20 states have now filed for union elections since the December wins in Buffalo, New YorkA union organizing drive among workers at corporate run Starbucks stores, the largest coffeehouse chain in the world, has surged in recent weeks throughout the US, organizers and workers say.The development comes in the wake of union election victories at two of three stores in the Buffalo, New York, area that held union votes with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in December. Continue reading...
New York’s subways are safe statistically – but that’s not the full story
Harassment often goes unreported, meaning metrics don’t always convey experiences – especially for women and people of colorAround 9.30am on 15 January of this year, Michelle Go was waiting for a train at Times Square subway station. Go, 40, a senior manager at Deloitte, was on her way to work. As she was checking her phone, a man shoved her from behind as a train roared into the station. She was hit by the incoming train and killed.Go’s murder prompted shock and outrage. She was of Asian descent, at a time when anti-Asian hate crimes have been surging across New York City, including in the subways. The chief suspect in her killing, Martial Simon, has two violent felonies on his record and a warrant out for allegedly violating his parole. He reportedly had a history of severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, and had cycled between hospitals and jails over the years; the New York Times reported he was unhoused. Although police said there was no indication that Go’s death was an anti-Asian hate crime, prosecutors said they were examining “every piece of evidence to determine if defendant’s actions were motivated by racial bias”. Continue reading...
The Soup Nazi on Marjorie Taylor Green’s gazpacho police: ‘I knew I was in trouble’
Larry Thomas, the actor behind the Seinfeld character, gives his take on the viral gaffe: ‘You can’t write this shit’The extremist congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who previously alerted the US to the dangers of space lasers, issued a new warning to the American people on Thursday: the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has unleashed “gazpacho police” to spy on Greene’s colleagues in Congress.It is, of course, possible that a clandestine network bent on the regulation of cold soup operates deep under the Capitol cafeteria. But Greene was presumably confusing “gazpacho” with the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police. Continue reading...
US urges Canada to end trucker border blockade as mayor says protesters could be removed by force
Authorities work on alternative travel routes as protest hits auto production and injunction sought to remove Ambassador Bridge demonstratorsThe US government has urged Canada to use federal powers to ease the growing economic disruption caused by the blockade of the vital Ambassador Bridge by protesters opposed to coronavirus mandates.The closure of North America’s busiest international land border crossing, a vital supply route for Detroit’s carmakers, has halted some auto output and left officials scrambling to limit economic damage. Continue reading...
Aaron Rodgers named NFL MVP for fourth time after tumultuous season
Winter Olympics day seven: Shaun White bows out as Shiffrin navigates Super-G safely – live!
Saved: the Wordle clue that helped rescue 80-year-old woman from hostage ordeal
Daughters of Denyse Holt from Illinois grew concerned after she failed to send them a text containing her daily Wordle scoreThe wildly popular online puzzle Wordle has been credited with keeping people across the world sane amid the ravages of the pandemic. But now it has been hailed as a potential life saver, by providing the clue that helped rescue an 80-year-old woman from a 20-hour home invasion hostage ordeal.Denyse Holt, a retired teacher, found herself locked in her basement in her home in Illinois after being woken up by a naked, knife-wielding intruder in the middle of the night. Continue reading...
Havana syndrome has ‘dramatically hurt’ morale, US diplomats say
American Foreign Service Association chief Eric Rubin says syndrome, which remains a mystery, has affected recruitmentThe spread of Havana syndrome has “dramatically hurt” morale in the US diplomatic corps and affected recruitment, according to the head of the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA).Eric Rubin, whose association represents nearly 17,000 current and former diplomats and foreign aid workers, said it was getting harder to find young people to work abroad, because of concerns about Havana syndrome – and about whether the government would look after them if they got sick. Continue reading...
Texas law causes abortions to drop by 60% as people seek care in other states
State data showed procedures went from 5,400 to 2,200 in the month after the near-total ban was enacted in SeptemberAbortions performed by registered providers in Texas fell by 60% in the first month after the state passed the most restrictive abortion law in the US in decades, according to new figures.Nearly 2,200 abortions were reported by Texas providers in September after a new law took effect that bans the procedure once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy and when many do not know they are pregnant. The law is without exception in cases of rape or incest. Continue reading...
Joe Biden’s mother so disliked England she refused to sleep in bed Queen had slept in
Veep writer Georgia Pritchett reveals US president’s Irish mother wrote poems calling for God to ‘rain blood’ on the EnglishJoe Biden once revealed his mother so disliked England that she chose to sleep on the floor rather than in a bed in which the Queen of England had previously slept, according to an autobiography written by a comedian.Georgia Pritchett claims the US leader made the revelation when they met in the White House during his period as vice-president. Pritchett met him because she was conducting research for the hit comedy Veep, on which she had been a co-executive producer and joint writer. They were also making a film tie-in of the show. Continue reading...
Nets reportedly trade James Harden to 76ers for Ben Simmons in blockbuster deal
US Congress approves sexual harassment bill in #MeToo milestone
Legislation guarantees that people who experience sexual harassment at work can seek recourse in the courtsCongress on Thursday gave final approval to legislation guaranteeing that people who experience sexual harassment at work can seek recourse in the courts, a milestone for the #MeToo movement that prompted a national reckoning on the way sexual misconduct claims are handled.The measure, which is expected to be signed by Joe Biden, bars employment contracts from forcing people to settle sexual assault or harassment cases through arbitration rather than in court, a process that often benefits employers and keeps misconduct allegations from becoming public. Continue reading...
Otta-wha? Man angry at Canada mask mandates calls in bomb threat – in Ohio
A 20-year suspect called in bomb threat so Canadian police would waste their time chasing it, but called a village in OhioA man who wanted to join the protests in Canada’s capital over mask mandates called in a bomb threat so police would waste their time chasing it, authorities said, but he called the wrong Ottawa — a village in Ohio.The man, a 20-year-old from Akron, Ohio, called the Putnam county sheriff’s office twice Monday, said sheriff’s Capt Brad Brubaker. Continue reading...
Louisiana launches inquiry into death of Black motorist Ronald Greene
Announcement follows revelations that governor was informed within hours of Greene’s death that he died in ‘violent’ struggleLouisiana’s Republican-controlled state legislature has announced a far-reaching bipartisan inquiry into the in-custody death of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who was killed following a violent arrest at the hands Louisiana state troopers in 2019.The announcement follows revelations earlier this month that the Louisiana governor, John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, was informed within hours of Greene’s death that Greene, who was unarmed, had died during a “violent, lengthy struggle” but made little public comment on the incident for two years. Continue reading...
US ‘freedom convoy’ could disrupt Sunday’s Super Bowl, officials warn
Homeland security says convoy inspired by Canadian protest could affect event in LA and State of the Union address in WashingtonA planned American “freedom convoy” of truckers opposed to vaccine mandates, inspired by protests in Canada, could involve a blockade of the Super Bowl in Los Angeles this weekend that “could severely disrupt transportation, federal government, and law enforcement”, according to reports.The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin to US law enforcement agencies warning of a convoy “potentially impacting Super Bowl LVI” on 13 February, and the 1 March State of the Union address in Washington, where the mooted convoy is likely to arrive, CBS reported. Continue reading...
‘Ambushed by a cake’: Boris Johnson answers those legal questions
Crates of beer and 20 guests including Carrie and Lulu? All the chancellor’s doing – honest guv!This letter is a formal legal document, the equivalent to being interviewed by the police under caution. As such, it is incumbent on the respondent to give full and accurate answers at all times. Failure to do so may result in further criminal proceedings being taken against you.Name: Rishi Sunak. Continue reading...
If the only voice I hear for a week is Joe Rogan’s, what sort of person will I become? | Brigid Delaney
I resolve to step out of my echo chamber and listen to back-to-back Joe Rogan Experience podcast episodes on Spotify. Will he mess with my subconscious?When I think of Joe Rogan, a range of unpalatable things spring to mind: supplements, MMA, Jordan Peterson, pro wrestling, cannabis … and now vaccine misinformation. Rogan is also the most successful podcaster on Earth with around 11 million listeners per episode.What is his appeal? Continue reading...
The Tinder Swindler reveals the painful truth about women and online dating | Emma Brockes
Netflix’s documentary confirms some realities that in more optimistic moments one might have thought out of dateThe first surprise of The Tinder Swindler, Netflix’s hit film and the only documentary to have topped its global most-watched list, is that anyone is still using Tinder.The “swindler” of the title is preposterous in every way, but he chose his victims well: women in their early 30s blinded to the absurdity of a “billionaire’s son” using that dusty old dating app, which has no door policy. The second thing to say about this engrossing film is that any online dating scam that results in a woman merely being defrauded of her savings, rather than robbed of her life, practically qualifies as comedy.Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
Ben & Jerry’s Ukraine tweet gets frosty reception from Unilever boss
Ice-cream maker is best to avoid subjects where it lacks ‘expertise or credibility’, says parent company CEOThe chief executive of Ben & Jerry’s parent company, Unilever, has criticised the ice-cream maker’s controversial tweet about the Ukraine crisis, saying it should stay away from issues where it does not have “expertise or credibility”.The ice-cream company, which drew fire with a decision to stop selling its products in occupied Palestinian territories last year, caused a social media storm on Friday by calling on Biden to not send more troops to Europe, saying he risked “fanning the flames of war”. Continue reading...
The supreme court’s alarming emergency ruling on Alabama’s maps
Scotus reversed an earlier ruling which held the maps should be redrawn to accurately represent the state’s Black populationHello and Happy Thursday,A few days ago, the US supreme court made a decision in a significant voting rights case that I find unusual and alarming. Continue reading...
Winter Olympics day six – as it happened
The US supreme court is helping consolidate white political power in America | April England-Albright, Cliff Albright, LaTosha Brown
By upholding Alabama’s gerrymandered districts, the supreme court is laying the groundwork for ending voting rights and political power for Black peopleTuesday’s US supreme court decision, Merrill v Milligan, which upheld Alabama’s racially gerrymandered congressional map, is reminiscent of the holding in the supreme court’s 1857 Dred Scott decision: “That a Black man (woman) had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” Even though the two cases addressed two different situations, the overall disregard of the rights of Black people in America by the highest court in the country is the same.And just as the Dred Scott decision laid the groundwork for similar rulings that led to the continuation of white political power at the expense of Black political power, so too does the Miller case lay the groundwork for ending voting rights and political power for Black people in this country and a path towards white political power at all levels of government.April England-Albright is an attorney and the Black Voters Matter Fund (BVMF) legal director. Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown are BVMF cofounders Continue reading...
US house to investigate whether Trump broke law in handling of documents
Panel asks National Archives to turn over communications about missing and destroyed records relevant to Capitol attackThe House oversight committee on Thursday opened an investigation into potential violations of the Presidential Records Act by Donald Trump, after he retained and destroyed records relevant to the 6 January insurrection.The panel asked the National Archives to turn over communications between the former president and the agency about missing and destroyed records, as well as a description of materials in boxes of records retrieved from Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago last month. Continue reading...
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