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Christmas coronavirus surge appears to begin in L.A. County – Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles County posted its third highest single-day total for coronavirus cases on New Year’s Day, reporting 19,063 cases. That means that over the last seven days, there has been an average of more than 16,000 new coronavirus cases a day reported in the county — about 12 times bigger than the comparable figure from Nov. 1 and the highest figure ever recorded Source: Christmas coronavirus surge appears to begin in L.A. County – Los Angeles Times

11 Senate Republicans say they will object to Electoral College results Wednesday

Sedition is a crime against our democratic republic! -These fools are all just posing for campaign $s and for 2024 wannabe candidacies

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Eleven Senate Republicans on Saturday announced that they will object to the Electoral College results Wednesday, when Congress convenes in a joint session to formally count the vote.

Sacred Study Saturdays, Unjust Laws, and Adulting education

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

The US Constitution, for US citizens, is a sacred document that all Adulting Education must emphasize to form a more perfect and inclusive Union for all of us.

Many laws in our history have been resisted as unjust, from the Enclosure of the Commons, to the Cherokee Removal which was litigated successfully by the Cherokee nation, to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, to the recent Muslim ban.

In the 17th century, from whence this popular folk song comes, litigation was not an option for most people, so they resisted in rhyme:

They hang the man and flog the woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
Yet let the greater villain loose
That steals the common from the goose

And then as now, community cooperation on a very wide scale was key to winning the freedoms promised in our foundational documents like the Magna Carta, the Constitution…

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Poland’s abortion rights protesters prepare for revolution | openDemocracy

“On the one hand, we’re planning a revolution. On the other, we’re already making plans on what the world should look like once we’re able to manage things ourselves”, said Suchanow.

“We’re going for freedom. We’re going for everything”, she continued. “We demand PiS [the Law and Justice party] resign, but once that happens, we’ll be left with a political scene that doesn’t inspire hope. So, we, the citizens, have to take matters into our own hands,” said Suchanow.  Source: Poland’s abortion rights protesters prepare for revolution | openDemocracy

Israel’s vaccine rollout excludes Palestinians | The Electronic Intifada

While Israel has secured 8 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, for which its two million-strong Palestinian citizens are eligible, no provision has been made for the roughly 5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza who live under its military occupation.

Israel’s public security minister Amir Ohana, meanwhile, has directed the health ministry not to include so-called security prisoners – all of whom are Palestinian – to be included in the second priority group of inoculations.

This contradicts health ministry directives, which have deemed prisoners generally as at high risk of exposure. Security prisoners’ guards will still be vaccinated as part of the second phase of Israel’s rollout.

As the occupying power, Israel has a responsibility under international law, including article 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to ensure “public health and hygiene in the occupied territory.”

Article 56 makes “particular reference to the adoption and application of the prophylactic and preventive measures necessary to combat the spread of contagious diseases and epidemics.”

Israel is also reneging on its signed agreements and promises, specifically Article 17 of its 1995 interim agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization.

That too calls explicitly for Israel to help the Palestinian Authority combat “epidemics and contagious diseases … [and] … develop methods for exchange of medical files and documents.”

Source: Israel’s vaccine rollout excludes Palestinians | The Electronic Intifada