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Australia's fires have burned more than twice as much land as the summer's Amazon blazes. They're part of an ominous carbon-dioxide feedback loop.
https://www.insider.com/australia-fires-burned-twice-land-area-as-2019-amazon-fires-2020-1

Entire species may have been wiped out by inferno, conservationists say | “Even if there are survivors, there is no food for them now,” she said. “We’re hoping to bring some into captivity before they are completely gone.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-wildfires-dunnarts-wildlife-cockatoo-animal-deaths-kangaroo-island-a9270966.html

US military confirms terror attack on US base in Kenya
https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-military-confirms-terror-attack-us-base-kenya/story?id=68075337

3 Americans killed in Al-Shabab attack at Kenyan military base
https://abc7.com/politics/al-shabab-attacks-military-base-used-by-us-forces-in-kenya/5816501/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/05/politics/us-service-member-civilian-defense-contractors-killed-kenya/index.html

Islamic terrorists Al-Shabab attacks military base used by US forces in Kenya
https://apnews.com/65926ee82091f779d28d6a9644fb739f

Bernard Sanders calls for vaping industry shutdown (which I agree with), then walks it back (because "the leftists" are drug addicts)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/04/bernie-sanders-vaping-shutdown-093780

This is just crazy, and will end in massive death and suffering if we do not stop him and stop this country from going to war. There is no good reason to go to war with Iran. No good reason to assassinate a senior leader of a sovereign country. We can stop this.
https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1213679271572586497

Boris Johnson fails to return to work from luxury Caribbean holiday despite looming threat of Iran war, leaving civil servant to chair emergency meetings - Prime minister accused of 'sunning himself, drinking vodka martinis and not paying attention'
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-iran-war-crisis-holiday-caribbean-mustique-mark-sedwill-a9270876.html

They don't give a shit. They were elected not to give a shit. They are just there to tear down institutions and safeguards to make more money for the people who put them in that position. They're doing exactly what they're supposed to do. AUSTRALIA AND THE AMAZON HAVE BURNT TO THE GROUND. WORLD LEADERS DO NOT CARE. ISLAMIC TERRORISTS LAUGH.

White progressives who are willing to ally themselves with white nationalists in order to take down "the establishment" are the Alt-Left. They are not intersectional, and POC are just ungrateful pawns in their class-only warfare. I'm comfortable w/ the term and who I apply it to
https://twitter.com/DrJasonJohnson/status/1213659756495286272

California firefighters are heading to Australia to battle deadly brushfires on the ground
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/04/us/california-firefighters-australia-brushfires/index.html

Remember when the Trump administration said Maduro would soon be a goner? Venezuela’s Maduro Claims Control of Legislature, Consolidating Grip on Power
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/05/world/americas/guaido-election.html

Iran pulling out of nuclear deal following U.S. strike that killed Soleimani
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-pulling-out-nuclear-deal-following-u-s-strike-killed-n1110636
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-abandons-nuclear-deal-over-us-killing-general
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51001167

The Saints are the first 13-3 team in NFL history to lose in the wildcard round

Tens of thousands of secret files from GOP gerrymandering mastermind Thomas Hofeller have been posted online by his daughter @SHofeller at http://thehofellerfiles.com . This should be goldmine of information about GOP efforts to subvert democracy
https://twitter.com/AriBerman/status/1213935311815892994

At least two rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad
https://www.geo.tv/latest/265797-at-least-two-rockets-hit-near-us-embassy-in-baghdad-witnesses

Electric cars rise to record 42.4% market share in Norway in 2019, up from 31.2% in 2018 and just 5.5% in 2013
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/03/reuters-america-electric-cars-rise-to-record-42-point-4-percent-market-share-in-norway-in-2019.html

Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’ – Company’s work in 68 countries laid bare with release of more than 100,000 documents
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/04/cambridge-analytica-data-leak-global-election-manipulation

Irwin Family Has Helped More Than 90,000 Animals During Bushfire Emergency
https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-irwin-family-has-helped-over-90000-animals-during-bushfire-emergency-20200102