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Quick update: Voting in California — ShiraDest: Education, Cooperation, and The 4 Freedoms for ALL Human Beings

Just got this email (last night) from the California Assemblymember Todd Gloria: “ Telephone Town Hall on Safe Elections and Voting by Mail Every California voter will receive a mail-in ballot this year. With the November election just around the corner, many residents are planning to cast their vote by mail for the first time. […]

Quick update: Voting in California — ShiraDest: Education, Cooperation, and The 4 Freedoms for ALL Human Beings

U.S. Admits That Congressman Offered Pardon to Assange If He Covered Up Russia Links

Jennifer Robinson, a lawyer, told the court that she had attended a meeting between Assange, then Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, and pro-Trump troll Charles Johnson at Assange’s hide-out, the Ecuadorian embassy in London, on August 15, 2017.

Robinson said the two Americans claimed to be emissaries from Washington and “wanted us to believe they were acting on behalf of the president.” The pair allegedly told Assange that they could help grant him a pardon in exchange for him revealing information about the source of the WikiLeaks information that proved it was not the Russians who hacked Democratic emails.

“They stated that President Trump was aware of and had approved of them coming to meet with Mr. Assange to discuss a proposal—and that they would have an audience with the president to discuss the matter on their return to Washington, D.C.,” Robinson said.

Source: U.S. Admits That Congressman Offered Pardon to Assange If He Covered Up Russia Links

Study shows first proof that a safer UV light effectively kills virus causing COVID-19 | Hiroshima University

Researchers offer first proof that Ultraviolet C light with a 222 nm wavelength — which is safer to use around humans — effectively kills the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Source: Study shows first proof that a safer UV light effectively kills virus causing COVID-19 | Hiroshima University

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87 – The New York Times – RIP

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday of “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” the Supreme Court announced.

“Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said in a statement. “We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her — a tireless and resolute champion of justice.”