Light News Dump

So 1% of Iowa's registered Democrats caucus (not vote) tomorrow. You know what else happens? About 7 million Democratic primary ballots will be mailed out to Democrats in California.

Koalas massacred in logging opperation in South West Victoria
https://au.news.yahoo.com/it-smells-like-death-koalas-bulldozed-on-victorian-property-233625742.html

BuT HiLLaRy ToOk A pIcTuRe WiTh WeInStEiN
https://www.twitter.com/Gus_802/status/1223688897680433153

Man, look at that Yang number — 42% will NOT support the nominee if it’s not him???
https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1224041162249506817

unlike the other members of the progressive "squad," Pressley has worked a lot the halls of Congress. After starting as an intern in the House, Pressley went on to work for then-Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for roughly 11 years.
https://twitter.com/AlxThomp/status/1224044907419066369

OMB Withholding 24 Emails Directly Related to ‘Presidential Decision-Making’ on Ukraine Military Aid
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/omb-withholding-24-emails-directly-related-to-presidential-decision-making-on-ukraine-military-aid/

US government secretly admitted Trump's hurricane map was doctored, explosive documents reveal: 'This Administration is eroding the public trust in NOAA,' agency's chief scientist warns
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hurricane-dorian-doctored-map-emails-noaa-scientists-foia-a9312666.html

China's handling of the epidemic allowed the virus to gain a tenacious hold. At critical moments, officials put secrecy and order ahead of openly confronting the growing crisis to avoid public alarm and political embarrassment.

Fully Armed Rally-Goers Enter Kentucky’s Capitol Building With Zero Resistance | "Astonishingly, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal, visitors to the capitol building are banned from entering with umbrellas or sticks that are used for protest signs because they can be “used as weapons,” but guns and rifles are permitted."
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fully-armed-rally-goers-enter-kentuckys-capitol-building-with-zero-resistance-946606/

#Ravens QB Lamar Jackson is the MVP for the 2019 season. For the second time ever, there was a unanimous MVP. Unreal. (twitter.com)
https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1223751940527575040?s=21

Black voters love Ayanna Pressley. But convincing them to back Elizabeth Warren isn’t easy. “I’m not interested in a savior, I want a partner,” Pressley said at the historically black Benedict College.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/02/elizabeth-warren-ayanna-pressley-black-voters-110274

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Higgins_Clark

Canada won't follow U.S. and declare national emergency over coronavirus: health minister - She said the current evidence doesn't justify such a declaration — or restrictions on the movement of foreign nationals into the country like the ones the United States imposed on Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/champagne-coronavirus-airlift-china-1.5447130

London’s Metropolitan Police say at least two people were stabbed before they were able to fatally shoot an Islamic terrorist incident in Streatham in South London. | Several witnesses at the scene told Britain’s Sky News that the man was wearing gray pants, black shoes and what appeared to be a suicide vest. Police later said that appeared to be a "hoax" device, and that the suspect's actions were related to Islamic extremism, according to the AP.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/man-who-stabbed-several-people-in-streatham-south-london-shot-by-london-police-in-terrorist-incident?ref=home

A relative of mine from China just sent me this. Rows of police surrounds her residential block where a positive #coronavirus case was found. It was someone who returned from #wuhan. Now their entire family has been taken away. The whole block is now sealed off until 16th Feb.
https://twitter.com/maree_jun/status/1223894959951990784

Taxpayers Get $3.4 Million Tab So Trump Can Host Super Bowl Party For His Club Members. The president’s latest trip to his Palm Beach resort and nearby golf course brings the taxpayer-funded total for his golfing hobby to $130.4 million.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-super-bowl_n_5e3734edc5b611ac94d6b545

Scientists discover record warm water beneath Antarctica's "doomsday" Thwaites glacier
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-thwaites-melting-scientists-warm-water-antarctica-doomsday-glacier/