The Daily Populous

Saturday February 27th, 2021 evening edition

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The fraternity in question — Normannia — has been under German police investigation following an outrage at a party held by its Heidelberg University members at their mansion on Aug. 29, 2020.

A 25-year-old student in attendance who spoke about his Jewish ancestry was berated with antisemitic abuse, whipped with belts and pelted with metal coins by several assailants.

News of the latest delay coincided with the Spiegel exposé of the antisemitism and glorification of Germany’s Nazi past that prevailed at the Normannia fraternity.

Stockmann stressed that the attack on the Jewish student at the fraternity party could not be regarded as an isolated incident.

Stockmann said that most members of the fraternity “feel they are part of an elite where lifelong loyalty is considered a virtue.”.

“In university towns like Heidelberg, they live in fancy villas for little rent,” he noted.

Nine men and one woman are currently being investigated for their roles in the attack at the fraternity party. »

Republicans roll out “tidal wave of voter suppression”: 253 restrictive bills in 43 states

Authored by salon.com
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The proposed measures largely aim to limit mail voting access, impose stricter voter ID requirements, "slash voter registration opportunities" and "enable more aggressive voter roll purges," the Brennan Center report said.

"These bills are an unmistakable response to the unfounded and dangerous lies about fraud that followed the 2020 election.".

Voters of color tend not to have whatever the required voter ID is in higher numbers than white voters, for example. »

Student, 19, dies from sepsis after ringing GP for an appointment 25 times, inquest hears

Authored by independent.co.uk
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A university student has died from sepsis after trying 25 times to get through to a GP surgery only to be refused an appointment, an inquest heard.

He went into cardiac arrest but was delayed in getting to hospital because an ambulance went to the wrong location.

A post mortem examination showed he died from multiple organ failure due to sepsis, due to infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever). »

Biden says US ‘weeks ahead of schedule’ and will be first country to 100 million vaccinations

Authored by independent.co.uk

Joe Biden says the United States is “weeks ahead of schedule” and will be the first country in the world to 100 million vaccinations.

Mr Biden told the crowd that the US was now on pace to reach his goal of 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days in the White House.

“We are weeks ahead of schedule even with delays caused by the winter storm, we are heading in the right direction.”. »

Republicans cite ‘public health emergency’ for skipping Covid relief votes while speaking at maskless CPAC

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Among those who signed the letter were Lauren Boebert, the newly elected Representative for Colorado’s 3rd congressional district, who is scheduled to speak at CPAC on Saturday evening.

The spokesperson, Jonathan Wilcox, added that the relief bill “devoted more than 90 per cent of its total to non-Covid spending.”.

He added: “Let me get this straight: these members can't vote in person because of the pandemic, but they manage to attend CPAC? »