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The technical co-lead of Google’s Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team claims managers were upset about an email she’d sent to colleagues. The email, which was sent to the Brain Women and Allies listserv, voiced frustration that managers were trying to get Gebru to retract a research paper. The full text was first published in Platformer. “A week before you go out on vacation, you see a meeting pop up at 4:30pm PST on your calendar,” it reads. “Then in that meeting your manager’s manager tells you ‘it has been decided’ that you need to retract this paper by next week... You...

Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton have pledged to get vaccinated for coronavirus on television to promote the safety of the vaccine.

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — President Donald Trump published a surprise pre-recorded speech yesterday in which he stated that the supposed election results in swing states were fraudulent and must be overturned. “Millions of votes were cast illegally in the swing states alone, and if that’s the case, the results of the individual swing states must be overturned, and overturned immediately,” Donald Trump stated. “Some people say that’s too far out, that’s too harsh. Well, does that mean we take a precedent, and we’ve just elected a president where the votes were fraudulent?” The president’s speech, which lasted...

A federal appeals court agreed on Wednesday to expedite the appeal in a case brought by lawyer Sidney Powell against election officials in Georgia. A judge on Sunday blocked election officials from wiping or altering Dominion Voting Systems machines in three counties, but Powell was seeking a statewide order, prompting her to seek an emergency appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The appeals court on Dec. 2 granted the emergency appeal, ordering plaintiffs to file their initial brief by midnight and defendants to file their response by midnight on Dec. 4. Plaintiffs can file a...

A UK mom wept in court Thursday as she was cleared of knowingly having sex with a boy who was only 14 years old — after he admitted previously lying about his age to set up a social media account, according to reports. Mom of three Teah Vincent, 32, admitted to initiating sex with the teen after inviting him and a pal into her Glousterceshire home — but insisted she thought he was 16, the legal age of consent in the UK. She had told the court that it was only after they were finished in bed that the schoolboy...

Physicians in the Netherlands are now authorized to sedate dementia patients - without prior approval - before euthanizing them if it is conceivable that they will become "agitated or aggressive" while the doctor gears up to end their life.The policy change comes after the review committee for cases of euthanasia updated its policies for patients diagnosed with dementia or a similar health condition, The Guardian reports.One amended policy states that for dementia patients, "it is not necessary for the doctor to agree with the patient the time or manner in which euthanasia will be given..."

WASHINGTON — The official serving as President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive information about election fraud and other matters she could relay to the White House, three people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press. Heidi Stirrup, an ally of top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, was quietly installed at the Justice Department as a White House liaison a few months ago. She was told within the last two weeks to vacate the building after top Justice officials learned of her...

What’s Happening: The results of many 2020 races have been finalized—and we’re seeing big victories for Republicans. Many people are claiming that Republicans down-ticket, including for Congress, were actually riding on Trump’s coattails. They took a dozen seats in the House and will likely hold the Senate. Not to mention how they now control 31 state houses. Now that people have seen the clear election victories (even though the White House battle still rages), they are responding in Trump’s approval poll. From Rasmussen Reports: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy lambasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the monthslong coronavirus relief deadlock, accusing the Democratic leader of intentionally blocking a stimulus deal in order to hurt Republicans in the 2020 election. "The speaker of this House has denied the ability to [get] help to the American public, simply because she wanted to determine something would happen in the election, to harm President Trump and him getting re-elected," McCarthy told reporters during a Thursday press conference. "But what has happened is American people are hurting. That has got to stop." McCarthy slammed Democrats for focusing on issues beyond...

President Donald Trump’s legal team on Thursday presented surveillance footage to a Georgia State Legislature hearing that appears to show election ballot-counting workers kicking out poll observers late at night on Election Day before pulling out suitcases allegedly filled with ballots. A woman who identified herself as Jackie Pick, a lawyer who is assisting with their legal case, said the team received video footage from State Farm Arena’s vote-tabulation center in Fulton County, Georgia. The team said that GOP poll watchers were not allowed to watch the counting process in the poll center. But, according to Pick, an unusual occurrence...

Grant Stinchfield @stinchfield1776 This is a total game changer! Sure looks like ballot stuffing in GA! All caught on camera. Busted! @realDonaldTrump @JennaEllisEsq @RudyGiuliani #stopthesteal Video: https://mobile.twitter.com/stinchfield1776/status/1334580269941190656

You may have fame, fortune, and Grammy awards. But can you really call yourself a successful musician if you don't have your own baked goods? While queen of soul Patti LaBelle is selling a sweet potato pie at Walmart every two seconds and the queen of Christmas pop Mariah Carey is busy having her cookies delivered to your door, Lady Gaga is teaming with perhaps the world's most iconic cookie brand to pay homage to her hit 2020 dance album Chromatica. Starting next year, Oreo and Lady Gaga will release a colorful cookie collaboration for Little Monsters to devour. The...

@Maximus_4EVR FYI SCOTUS Update - Can't confirm yet, but RNC source is saying SCOTUS to take Kelly/Parnell case; Five Justices agree to hear. This is unconfirmed. IMHO I do expect Alito to grant injunction. Keep Praying. @Maximus_4EVR *Same source "Justice Roberts" is firmly opposed to "hearing" case. We should have word in coming hours. Maybe by morning. I hope I'm right more about this than all others

Melania Trump is being relentlessly and unfairly mocked this week after reports surfaced that the First Lady is in talks to write a memoir.

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<p>The VIDEO EVIDENCE being shown in the Georgia Senate Hearing is SHOCKING.</p><p>Room cleared at 10:30pm. 4 people stay behind. Thousands of ballots pulled from under a table in suitcases and scanned.</p><p>FRAUD!!!</p>

Kelly Loeffler @KLoeffler US Senate candidate, GA-Special TOMORROW: Vice President @Mike_Pence is returning to Savannah for a Defend The Majority rally with @Perduesenate and me!

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, is set to meet virtually with former Vice President Joe Biden’s transition team Thursday to discuss the U.S. coronavirus response. Fauci told CBS News’s The Takeout podcast that he had spoken to Ron Klain, Biden’s pick for chief-of-staff but that those discussions were not “substantive.

The priest who has been heckled and vandalized for hunting deer to help feed the hungry This holy hunter probably never expected to need police protection. Police in Wisconsin have spoken out to stop the criminal harassment of a priest who has been heckled and vandalized for hunting deer, to help feed the hungry, on the private grounds of the 160-acre abbey where he resides. The De Pere Police Department says that the harassment toward Father Jordan Neeck has stopped since the Norbertine priest filed a police report and authorities shared the story with local media last week, WBAY reports....

The city’s homeless student population dipped slightly last year — but advocates warn that the numbers may be skewed due to the coronavirus and could soon skyrocket. According to Advocates for Children of New York, 111,000 children were identified as homeless during the 2019-2020 academic year — a dip of 2.2 percent from the prior term. Of those, about 32,700 lived in homeless shelters while roughly 73,000 were “doubled-up” in temporary housing situations with friends or family, according to ACNY.