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• 10 Things in Politics: Anti-Trump Republicans threaten spinoff 3rd party

  13-05-2021 11:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Good morning! Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics, your weekday look at the biggest stories in DC and beyond. Sign up here to receive this newsletter.Send tips to [email protected] or tweet me at @BrentGriffiths.Here's what we're talking about:Anti-Trump Republicans spook GOP with the threat of a spinoff 3rd partyOhio is offering $1 million jackpots for vaccinesJeb Bush and Elon Musk's brother are quietly funding Liz CheneyOne thing to look out for today: President Joe Biden plans to meet
  
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• Bill Gates reportedly told his golf buddies that his marriage to Melinda Gates was 'loveless'

  13-05-2021 11:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bill and Melinda Gates are divorcing after 27 years of marriage.
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  Bill Gates told golf buddies that his marriage to Melinda Gates was "loveless," The New York Post reported.
  Bill and Melinda jointly announced their divorce in early May.
  Before the announcement, Bill told golf friends that the couple "were living separate lives," a source told the Post.
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  Before news of Bill Gates' divorce from his wife, Melinda, became publi
  
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• In a report suppressed under Trump, the EPA has said for the first time that humans caused the climate crisis

  13-05-2021 11:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Climate change protesters disrupt then-candidate Joe Biden's campaign event on October 9, 2019.
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  The EPA published an update of indicators tracking the climate crisis on Wednesday.The report had long been annual, but was not published at all during the Trump administration.
  For the first time, the EPA attributed climate change to humans, a press officer told the BBC.
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  For the first time, the US Environmental Protection
  
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• Mark Cuban says cryptocurrencies are better than gold for the environment after Tesla halts Bitcoin payments over sustainability concerns

  13-05-2021 11:13 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Mark Cuban said that his Dallas Mavericks will keep accepting crypto as they are better for the environment than gold.
  Tesla previously announced it would stop bitcoin payments over environmental concerns.The environmental impact of cryptocurrencies is a hotly contested aspect of the current crypto-hype.Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.
  Mark Cuban said late on Wednesday he believes cryptocurrencies are a more environmentally frien
  
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• Bodycam video shows a DC police officer being assaulted by Capitol rioters, with one yelling: 'I got one!'

  13-05-2021 11:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A still from the bodycam footage of DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone.
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  CNN aired footage of a Washington, DC, police officer being attacked during the Capitol riot.
  Officer Michael Fanone can be heard screaming while a voice from the crowd said: "I got one!"
  The officer is also heard pleading, saying "I have kids."
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  Bodycam footage shows a Washington, DC, police officer being assaulted by rioters at the January 6 Capitol insurrection.T
  
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• Bitcoin plunges as much as 15% after Elon Musk halts Tesla payments, citing climate damage in major U-turn

  13-05-2021 10:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Elon Musk has been a key driver of the cryptocurrency boom.
  Susan Walsh/AP
  Bitcoin slid as much as 15% after Elon Musk said Tesla would stop taking payment in the token.
  It then pared its gains, but was trading more than 20% off the record high touched in April.
  Musk said Tesla is concerned about the damage bitcoin's energy use does to the environment.
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  Bitcoin tumbled as much as 15% on Wednesday night after Elon Musk said
  
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• 2 climbers, an American and a Swiss, have died on Everest after suffering snow blindness and exhaustion

  13-05-2021 10:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mount Everest is seen from Namche Bajar in Solukhumbu district, Nepal.
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  Two climbers have died on Mount Everest in the first deaths of this season, AFP reported.
  A Swiss climber died after suffering exhaustion after reaching the top, organizers said.
  The other climber, an American, experienced snow blindness and exhaustion.
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  Two climbers, one from the US and one from Switzerland, have died on Mount Everest.Organizers of the expedit
  
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• Crypto bulls challenge Elon Musk's environmental concerns on bitcoin - but billionaire Mike Novogratz takes a softer stance

  13-05-2021 10:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tesla CEO, Elon Musk.
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  Crypto fans decried Elon Musk's unexpected decision to halt bitcoin payments for Tesla cars.
  Some argued bitcoin mining mostly uses renewable energy, rather than fossil fuels.
  Billionaire Mark Cuban said his NBA team will continue to accept cryptocurrency payments.
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  The crypto community was swift to reject Elon Musk's decision late on Wednesday to halt payment in bitcoin for T
  
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• Mixing COVID-19 vaccines - which is happening in some countries - produces worse and more frequent side effects, study says

  13-05-2021 09:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A healthcare worker in the Netherlands is given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on January 6.
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  Mixing the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines made regular side-effects worse, an Oxford study said.
  Some countries in Europe advise mixing doses after limiting the use of the AstraZeneca shot.
  The symptoms, though unpleasant, were not dangerous, a study author said.
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  People who mixed doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines get
  
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• GOP Rep. Paul Gosar said police 'executed' Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot and that the feds are 'harassing peaceful patriots'

  13-05-2021 06:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Paul Gosar.
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  The House Oversight Committee held a hearing Wednesday about the January 6 Capitol attack.
  GOP Rep. Paul Gosar said the rioter who died was "executed" and that others were "peaceful patriots."
  Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz accused him of downplaying the actions of "violent insurrectionists."
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  During a congressional hearing Wednesday, Republican and Democratic lawmakers offered up conflicting views over what occured on Ja
  
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• Apple engineer leaves company after employees speak out about his 'misogynistic' past comments

  13-05-2021 04:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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  Apple engineer Antonio García Martínez has left the company, according to Bloomberg.
  Employees had spoken out about the hire, citing his "misogynistic" past comments, The Verge reported.
  They said Antonio García Martínez wrote "racist and sexist remarks" in his autobiography, "Chaos Monkeys."
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  Apple engineer Antonio García Martínez has left the company follo
  
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• In Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, longtime Palestinian residents are challenging expulsions by Israeli settlers in court and bearing a violent response, fearing the repeat of history

  13-05-2021 02:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Samira Dajani holds a photo of her father, Fouad Moussa Dajani and his sons, taken in the same place in the courtyard of their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem, Sunday, May 9, 2021. When Samira Dajani's family moved into their first real home in 1956 after years as refugees, her father planted trees in the garden, naming them for each of his six children.
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  A dozen Palestinian families face expulsions from the occupied East Jerusalem area of Sheikh
  
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• AOC slams Biden for defending Israeli airstrikes, saying his statements 'dehumanize Palestinians' and could fuel violence

  13-05-2021 01:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An injured Palestinian man is being brought to Al-Shifa hospital to receive treatment after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. A new round of Israeli-Palestinian fight, which erupted due to tensions around the holy city of Jerusalem, escalated on Wednesday as Israel escalated the assassination of a number of Hamas leaders and the activists responded with a barrage. New missiles targeted cities across southern Israel. The Ministry of Health said that 65 people have been killed so far in three d
  
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• Ohio is offering $1 million lottery jackpots to vaccinated adults as an incentive for residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine

  13-05-2021 00:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that he will be offering $1 million each to five vaccinated Ohioans.
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  Five Ohioans will receive $1 million each in a lottery exclusively for vaccinated residents.
  Residents younger than 18 years old will be eligible for a college scholarship instead.
  Other states and cities have offered vaccination incentives, from crawfish to driving on a racetrack.
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  Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced
  
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• Colonial Pipeline restarts operations, but says supply chain issues may continue for 'several days'

  13-05-2021 00:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Colonial Pipeline, was forced to shut down its oil and gas pipeline system on Friday after a ransomware attack that has slowed down the transportation of oil across the Eastern US.
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  Colonial Pipeline said it resumed operations Wednesday around 5 p.m. ET.
  The pipeline, which supplies 45% of the East Coast's fuel, was knocked offline by a crippling cyberattack.
  More than 1,000 gas stations ran dry and prices surged past $3 per gallon as a result.
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• Tesla suspends bitcoin payments for vehicle purchases over the negative environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining

  13-05-2021 00:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Elon Musk.
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  Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases made using bitcoin, according to a tweet from CEO Elon Musk.Crypto "is a good idea ... but this cannot come at great cost to the environment," Musk said.
  Tesla reported buying $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin in February.
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  Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases made using bitcoin, according to a tweet from CEO Elon Musk. "We are concerned about the rapidly increasing use of
  
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• Activists ask MacKenzie Scott to help fund their efforts to stop Amazon from building its Africa headquarters on sacred native land

  13-05-2021 00:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MacKenzie Scott and Jeff Bezos divorced in 2019.
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  Activists in South Africa asked MacKenzie Scott to help them block Amazon from building on sacred lands.
  Indigenous Khoi leaders say Amazon's planned Africa headquarters would have harmful environmental and cultural impacts.
  The group also wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, but said he hasn't responded.
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  Barely two years after Amazon faced backlash ove
  
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• How to make a GIF on your iPhone, using a Live Photo or GIPHY

  13-05-2021 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GIFs only take a few moments to make on an iPhone.
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  To make a GIF on your iPhone, you can convert a Live Photo in the Photos app or use apps like GIPHY.
  Converting Live Photos lets you make quick pseudo-GIFs with photos you've taken yourself.
  GIPHY gives you more features to make and customize GIFs on your iPhone.
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  If you've ever taken a Live Photo on your iPhone, you've probably rea
  
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