The Daily Populous

Monday January 6th, 2025 day edition

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is "deaf" and should be spoken to only from a position of strength, not subjectivised.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with American podcaster Lex Fridman.

Do you think you can talk to Putin about technology?

And this guy Putin is standing there bare-a**ed, pontificating about tribes.

You’ve got to understand, you think that when you do interviews, like Mr Tucker who did an interview there, that… That you’re about to ‘make them friends’.

So, he… Like You-know-who, like Voldemort, who must not be named… He thrives, subsists and lives on being subjectivised.

Instead of isolation, he is invited to step out into the light," Zelenskyy said. »

Trudeau expected to announce exit as party leader before national caucus meeting Wednesday

Authored by theglobeandmail.com

The sources stressed that they don’t know definitely when Mr. Trudeau will announce his plans to leave but said they expect it will happen before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday.

The three sources said they are unsure about what the Liberal Party national executive plans to do to replace Mr. Trudeau as leader.

The Liberal Party national executive, which decides on leadership issues, plans to meet this week, likely after the caucus session. »

US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a ‘clean slate’

Authored by theguardian.com

But the policies haven’t addressed one of the most damaging ways past run-ins with police can derail people’s lives: old media coverage.

Quinn pioneered a “right-to-be-forgotten” experiment in 2018, motivated by the many inquiries he would receive from subjects describing the harms of past crime coverage and pleading for deletion.

It was long considered taboo in media to retract or alter old stories, particularly when there are no concerns about accuracy. »

Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed

Authored by apnews.com

Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it will also put strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.

The change is to payments from January 2024 and beyond, meaning the Social Security Administration would owe back-dated payments.

Along with ratifying the Social Security Fairness Act, earlier in his presidency Biden signed the Butch Lewis Act into law, which saved the retirement pensions of two million union workers. »