391 Back to the cringe
By Dustin
This week starts with a rant about tech and free speech, then in the news we have some updates about the insurrection, and with Biden’s inauguration the news is already returning to a much nicer cringy nature rather than the furry we’ve seen in recent years.
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Insurrection news
- Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm
- Right-wing extremists and their supporters use Christian website to raise funds
- PayPal Cuts Ties with Christian Fundraising Site That Supports Coup Organizers
- For insurrectionists, a violent faith brewed from nationalism, conspiracies and Jesus
- Robert Jeffress Blames “Kingdom of Satan,” Not Christians, for Capitol Siege
- QAnon believers are in disarray after Biden is inaugurated
Normal news
- Biden just had mass with McConnell, Schumer, Pelosi, and McCarthy in what feels like some good old fashioned cringe, but not outrage inducing news
- House Whip James Clyburn to propose designating ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ as the national hymn
- US intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill
- Supreme Court grants Trump administration request to limit access to abortion drug
- Ireland’s ‘brutally misogynistic culture’ saw the death of 9,000 children in mother and baby homes, report finds
- Popular rabbi warns followers COVID vaccine ‘could make you gay’
- Pakistani terrorism court sentences three to death for blasphemy on social media
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