News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
NEW: U.S. economy gained a surprise 467,000 jobs last month. https://t.co/f4VtBSHcpW
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 4, 2022
Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony kicks off under a cloud of controversy https://t.co/bU3lPBugUU
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 4, 2022
More than 900,000 people in the U.S. have died from Covid-19, according to an @[NBC News] tally, and data shows that states with low vaccination rates have had the biggest share of deaths over the past six weeks. https://t.co/xm47REOXwe
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 4, 2022
Pres. Biden cautiously marks drop in COVID cases: "Just in the past three weeks…the COVID crisis has been cut in half."
— ABC News (@ABC) February 4, 2022
"Still too many cases. Still we have to be on the alert. But to be clear, this is a dramatic decline." https://t.co/Cw4N0eCiqZ pic.twitter.com/OxQucuKE7o
Former Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that "President Trump is wrong" in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on January 6, 2021. https://t.co/uW4BagBcrS
— CNN (@CNN) February 4, 2022
BREAKING: Republican National Committee votes to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, in part for their roles on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/tOTjFf8aYt
— ABC News (@ABC) February 4, 2022
Trump and GOP Rep. Jim Jordan spoke for 10 minutes the morning of the Capitol insurrection, new records in the hands of the Jan. 6 committee show https://t.co/HN0oO4HeGr
— CNN (@CNN) February 4, 2022
"We will not give away any part of our land." Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy has hosted European leaders this week and will continue to do so in the coming days as the West hopes diplomacy can avert an invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) February 4, 2022
Full story: https://t.co/Z9ljeIoaSa pic.twitter.com/DxIDyWlFJK
Avenatti convicted of defrauding ex-client Stormy Daniels, sealing U.S. lawyer's fall https://t.co/C3dweL4Ey0 pic.twitter.com/PxChsM0D0k
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2022
BREAKING: The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery is withdrawing his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge. Travis McMichael elected to stand trial for a second time in Arbery’s 2020 killing. https://t.co/1Pj06yr4Cr
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 4, 2022
3 fishermen fighting for their lives in frigid waters a mile off coast are rescued thanks to a woman on shore https://t.co/XZcq8Iv7oi
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 4, 2022
