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A natural decrease from the number of deaths exceeding births, plus a slowdown in immigration to the U.S., contributed to the population drop since 2010 for non-Hispanic whites, whose median age of 43.7 last year was by far the highest of any demographic group. If these numbers hold for the 2020 census being conducted right now, it will be the first time since the first decennial census in 1790 that there has been a national decline of whites, Frey said.

Mythbusting: The “Carrington Event” and Solar Cycle Doom

Conservatives ‘weaponizing cancel culture’

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The Politicization of HCQ

Will the Real Justice Gorsuch Please Stand Up?

Libya: A Catastrophe for Russia’s Pantsir S1 Air Defense System

More evidence that lack of vitamin D is linked to COVID-19 severity

How America’s Wars in Asia Militarized the Police at Home

The photo NPR used of ‘right-wing extremists’ ramming protesters actually resulted in the protesters getting arrested, not the driver

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India says 20 soldiers killed in clash with Chinese troops on a disputed Himalayan border

Greece Suspected of Abandoning Refugees at Sea

Things have gotten ugly’ — pandemic pushback drives health directors to quit

NBC News under fire for apparently pushing Google to remove conservative sites from ad platform More Here.

JK Rowling and the publisher’s staff revolt: Workers at publishing house Hachette threaten to down tools on her new children’s book because of her ‘transphobic’ views

Nursing Homes Account For Over 40% Of U.S. Coronavirus Deaths

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NYC COVID-19 Contact Tracers Not Asking About George Floyd Protest Participation, Despite Fears of New Virus Wave

So where did Covid come from?

Court’s ‘Preposterous’ Trans Ruling Threatens Religion, Speech, Privacy, and Safety. A less heated take here.

Forecasting for COVID-19 has failed

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De Blasio Orders Gates Welded Shut at Jewish Park While Approving Mass BLM Gatherings

Woman in China, 45, made S$589,800 by buying insurance on flights she predicted would get delayed