The Daily Populous

Friday April 22nd, 2022 night edition

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“This was a coup organized by the president against the vice-president and against the Congress in order to overturn the 2020 presidential election,” Raskin said in an interview with the Guardian, Reuters news agency and the Climate One radio program.

“We’re going to tell the whole story of everything that happened.

There was a violent insurrection and an attempted coup and we were saved by Mike Pence’s refusal to go along with that plan,” said Raskin.

Bennie Thompson, Liz Cheney and Jamie Raskin, key members of the House Capitol attack panel.

After a broad criminal investigation, about 800 people have been charged with crimes committed in relation to the Capitol attack.

Raskin said: “We don’t have a lot of experience with coups in our own country and we think of a coup as something that takes place against a president.”.

“It’s what the political scientists call a self-coup … It’s a president fearful of defeat, overthrowing the constitutional process,” Raskin said. »

The French town where the lighting is alive

Authored by bbc.com

Springhares – nocturnal rodents found in southern Africa – have even been found to have hair that produces a vivid pink biofluorescent glow.

Proponents like Rey argue bioluminescence produced by bacteria could be an energy-efficient, sustainable way to light up our lives.

The way we currently produce light, she argues, has changed little since the first light bulb was developed in 1879. »

Biden says Putin is 'banking on us losing interest' in continuing sanctions, but the US can aid Ukraine for 'a long time'

Authored by businessinsider.com
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He added that he knows Russian President Vladimir Putin is banking on the world to "lose interest.".

Biden said the US will send more military aid to Ukraine and has "the capacity to do this for a long time.".

But Biden acknowledged that Putin is banking on the US and its allies "losing interest" and said that Putin is betting on Western cooperation to crack. »

Gearbox to acquire Tiny Tina co-developer Lost Boys Interactive

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Gearbox to acquire Tiny Tina co-developer Lost Boys Interactive Studio adds 220 staff to Gearbox, will operate as an independent subsidiary and contribute to future Gearbox games.

Gearbox Entertainment is set to fully acquire Lost Boys Interactive for an undisclosed sum.

"We founded Lost Boys with a dream to work on products that would be globally recognized and loved," said Shaun Nivens, CEO and co-founder of Lost Boys Interactive. »

Firefighters battle heavy smoke at medical cannabis dispensary in Clearwater

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Firefighters knocked back flames coming out of a medical marijuana dispensary in Clearwater Thursday.

Clearwater Fire and Rescue posted a photo on Twitter showing thick smoke coming from MÜV Medical Cannabis, located at 29901 Highway US 19.

Northbound lanes of the highway were closed between 297th Ave. N and 298th Ave. N. Crews ask drivers to avoid the area. »