The Daily Populous

Thursday December 31st, 2020 evening edition

image for NATO officials sound off on Trump for delaying the military handover to Biden while 'there's a significant security situation underway with Iran that could explode at any time'

"We need the incoming Biden administration to be fully briefed and ready to deal with these very dangerous issues facing NATO's security," a senior NATO official told Insider.

Security sources are also unimpressed by some of the officials Trump is leaving behind.

"The refusal to coordinate the handover of the most powerful military force in the world in a united, responsible manner would be almost unthinkable," the NATO official said.

"Except of course it's 2020 and we are talking about the incredibly selfish, irresponsible asshole called Donald Trump.".

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'We need the incoming Biden administration to be fully briefed and ready to deal with these very dangerous issues'. »

Bernie Sanders Dubbed 'National Treasure' After $2,000 Stimulus Appeal

Authored by newsweek.com
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An impassioned plea by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to increase direct payments for Americans to $2,000 has been backed by many on social media.

Bernie Sanders is a National Treasure. pic.twitter.com/X1psYnFxuC β€” Gravel Institute (@GravelInstitute) December 31, 2020.

Bernie Sanders should be president and it’s honestly hard as hell to forgive the establishment party and figureheads for what they did to him. »

Hospital worker fired for deliberately leaving hundreds of COVID vaccine doses out of refrigerator

Authored by cbsnews.com
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A Wisconsin hospital worker has been fired for intentionally removing COVID-19 vaccine from a refrigerator – forcing the hospital to throw out more than 500 doses.

The hospital launched an investigation and was led to believe inadvertent human error was to blame, reported CBS Chicago.

But on Wednesday, the worker who was responsible admitted to doing it on purpose, Advocate Aurora Health said. »

'Tired of That Hypocrisy': Sanders Blasts GOP for Claiming $2,000 Checks Are Too Costly After Passing $1.5 Trillion in Tax Cuts

Authored by commondreams.org
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When it comes to "tax breaks for rich people or corporate welfare or bloated military budgets, that's OK," said Sanders, deriding the GOP's position.

But when you're helping a mom trying to feed her kids, 'Oh my god, we can't afford it.'

As Sanders readily pointed out on the Senate floor Wednesday, outgoing President Donald Trump has backed the demand for $2,000 checks. »

Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams

Authored by academic.oup.com

Our context is the military in Norway, where we randomly assigned female recruits to some squads but not others during boot camp.

We find that living and working with women for eight weeks causes men to have more egalitarian attitudes.

Moreover, men exposed to mixed-gender teams are more likely to choose military occupations immediately after boot camp which have a higher fraction of females in them. »