The Daily Moth 1-28-2019

Political News Briefs: Kamala Harris Campaign Rally Draws 20k; Former Starbucks CEO Considering 2020 Independent Run; Trump Doubtful About Congress Passing Wall Funding; NASA Shares Higher Quality Image of “Space Snowman”; Mass Murders in Louisiana and Indiana; Iowa Boy Found Dead After Running Away From Home; Interview with Mary Jane Grant From “Dementia Can Be Beautiful” Video; MELMIRA Host Melissa Yingst and Partner Socorro García Describes Discrimination by Delta Gate Agent​

[gaianevillemaire]

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[TheDailyMoth]

Hello, welcome to the Daily Moth! It is Monday, January 28. Hope your weekend was good. Ready for news?

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Political News Briefs: Kamala Harris Campaign Rally Draws 20k; Former Starbucks CEO Considering 2020 Independent Run; Trump Doubtful About Congress Passing Wall Funding

Here are three political news briefs.

The first — Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif) officially started her presidential campaign in a rally on Sunday that attracted over 20, 000 people in her hometown of Oakland, California.

Harris emphasized her experience as a prosecutor and criticized the White House by saying, “We have foreign powers infecting the White House like malware.”

Harris has already visited South Carolina and is in Iowa today for a CNN town hall.

The second news — former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said he is thinking of running for president in 2020 as an independent.

There are concerns from Democrats that if he runs, he will take away votes from liberals and make it easy for Donald Trump to win again in 2020.

Axios reported that Schultz brushed off those concerns, saying in an interview with 60 Minutes that he doesn’t care what political party you are in, that he wants to see the American people win.

The third news — President Trump said there is less than a 50-50 chance that Congress will be able to reach a deal on wall funding that he will approve in the next three weeks before government funding runs out. He thinks there is less than a 50-50 chance.

Trump said he doubts he would accept a deal that has less than the $5.7 billion he wants. If it is less, he doubts he will approve it.

Trump has tweeted frequently about building a wall, often using a slogan, “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!”

The deadline is February 15 — if there is no deal between Trump and Congress, there will be another shutdown.




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NASA Shares Higher Quality Image of “Space Snowman”

NASA has shared a higher quality image of Ultima Thule, the small space object that orbits in the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune at the end of the solar system.

USA Today reported that this is called a “space snowman.” It looks like one. It was photographed by the New Horizon probe in a flyby. It is two spheres that are fused together. It is about 20 miles long and was photographed while it was 4 billion miles away from Earth.

NASA explained that the spheres are from small, icy pieces that came together first in individual masses, then the two spiraled closer and closer to each other and is now stuck together by gravity.

There will be more images with higher resolutions coming in the next month. The probe and the space snowman is moving away from the sun at more than 31, 500 mph.


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Mass Murders in Louisiana and Indiana

Last weekend, two different men killed at least four people each and were arrested.

The first person is Dakota Theriot. heavy.com reported that he is accused of shooting and killing five people in Louisiana on Saturday.

A sheriff said he shot and killed his mother and father in their bedroom. Other news reports say the woman was her stepmother.

When emergency responders arrived at their home, they were still alive. Both identified Theriot as the shooter, then died.

Theriot then went to a different parish, a different county, and shot and killed his former girlfriend and two members of her family at their home.

This is a total of five people killed.

He drove up north to Virginia and was arrested there. He is expected to be brought to Louisiana to face his charges.

The possible motive for the shooting is anger over not being allowed to live in either home. This is a possible reason.

The second person is Daylon Gamle. Fox News reported that he is accused of shooting and killing four people and injuring another person in Georgia on Thursday night.

Law enforcement said the shootings were targeted, they were on purpose, and it seems to be drug-related.

Gamle drove to Indiana and was arrested there.



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[vanessaagarcia]

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[miradri]

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[brianfortuna]

Pilot and security are against the American with Disabilities Act. Melissa Yingst and her partner need to call National Association for Deaf, next time. Howard could sue pilot and security. Next time... #AskHoward

[j.a.gainus]

Why must they discriminate against us?