The Daily Populous

Friday January 10th, 2020 evening edition

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The American public has a right to know about the physical health of the commander-in-chief.

One of the president’s chief enablers, Lindsey Graham, compared it to a famous speech by another Republican president.

He also says it’s as good as Reagan’s Tear Down This Wall speech pic.twitter.com/62sqN76cV0 — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 9, 2020.

On the other side of the divide, liberals were outraged that Trump blamed former President Obama for the missiles launched by Iran.

Trump ended any chance of making a presidential address when he just lied that the missiles launched on US troops were paid for by Obama.

Every day Trump reminds us of why he is not fit to be in the White House.

We’re now in a place where Siegel’s analogy about someone who is physically sick is staring us right in the face. »

A teen killed his pregnant schoolmate after he said she waited too long for an abortion. He's been sentenced to 65 years

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(CNN) An Indiana teenager who said he killed a pregnant schoolmate because she waited too long to tell him about her pregnancy has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, according to authorities.

Aaron Trejo was sentenced Tuesday in St. Joseph County Superior Court for the December 2018 killing of 17-year-old Brena Rouhselang.

The killing happened after Rouhselang, a cheerleader and junior at Mishawaka High School, told Trejo that she was six months pregnant, authorities said. »

‘Doctor Strange 2’ Director Scott Derrickson Drops Out (EXCLUSIVE)

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Scott Derrickson is stepping down as director of Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” Variety has learned.

“Marvel Studios and Scott Derrickson have amicably parted ways on ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ due to creative differences,” Marvel said in a statement to Variety.

“Marvel and I have mutually agreed to part ways on ‘Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness’ due to creative differences,” Derrickson tweeted. »

US strike targeting Taliban commander causes civilian casualties

Authored by aljazeera.com
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More than 60 civilians were killed or wounded in a US drone attack targeting a top Taliban splinter-group commander in the western Afghanistan province of Herat, local officials said.

The Taliban commander, named as Mullah Nangyalay, was killed in Shindand district close to the border with Iran, Herat provincial governor's spokesman Jailani Farhad said on Thursday.

"According to the people, over 60 civilians were killed and wounded in the operation,"Â Toryalai Tahiri, deputy head of Herat provincial council, told Afghan local media TOLO News. »

Army Veteran Has Prosthetic Legs Repossessed After VA Refuses to Pay for Them: 'Medicare Did Not Send Me to Vietnam'

Authored by newsweek.com

"I was sent there by my country...with the understanding that if something bad happened to me, that it would be covered by the VA.".

"I was here for one thing — to get my prosthetic legs, learn how to walk in 'em, and go home," the veteran told the Ledger.

This article has been updated with a comment from a VA spokesperson and information provided by a Medicare press officer. »