The Daily Populous

Tuesday February 9th, 2021 day edition

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Former aides told CNN that Donald Trump enjoyed watching his supporters storm the US Capitol.

He was "loving watching the Capitol mob," a former senior White House official told the outlet.

The House impeached Trump last month, charging him with inciting an insurrection.

Former aides to Donald Trump told CNN that Trump enjoyed watching his supporters assault the US Capitol in the final days of his presidency.

The January 6 Capitol riot, which broke out soon after Trump gave a speech near the White House falsely claiming he won the 2020 election, resulted in five deaths, including the killing of a US Capitol Police officer.

For hours, however, he remained largely silent, ensconced at the White House and, reports indicate, consuming cable news.

Trump was "loving watching the Capitol mob," the unnamed former official told CNN. »

List of U.S. states by population facts for kids

Authored by kids.kiddle.co

This is a list of United States of America states by population as of 2019.

The list was made using the 2019 Census estimates taken by the United States Census Bureau.

The total population of the United States was 330,150,668 at the December 2019 Census. »

Dave Grohl says Capitol insurrection was "the craziest shit I’ve ever seen"

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Dave Grohl has reflected on the insurrection at the US Capitol from Donald Trump supporters last month, calling it “the craziest fucking shit I’ve ever seen in my entire life”.

Grohl was speaking to NME for a new cover feature around Foo Fighters‘ latest album, ‘Medicine At Midnight’.

Grohl added, saying: “We considered ourselves to be peaceful protestors, we were lashing out at Reagan’s conservative administration – but what happened [at the US Capitol] was the craziest fucking shit I’ve ever seen in my entire life.”. »

Jamie Lee Curtis Joins Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart in ‘Borderlands’

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Jamie Lee Curtis has joined Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart in the cast of “Borderlands,” the adaptation of the popular video game franchise that is set up at Lionsgate.

Also Read: 'Halloween Kills' Teaser: Jamie Lee Curtis Can't Escape Michael Myers (Video).

Also Read: Jamie Lee Curtis' Comet Pictures Signs Three-Year First-Look Deal with Blumhouse for Film, TV. »

China to build the world’s biggest dam on sacred Tibetan river

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In the foothills of the Himalayas, where the ancient Yarlung civilisation established the first Tibetan Empire, China has plans to build the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam.

In November of last year, China’s state-owned media shared plans for a 60-gigawatt mega-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in central China is currently the world’s biggest dam. »