In the final year of former President Donald Trump s term in the White House, the number of active hate groups in the United States declined, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center s annual report out Monday.
The law center, which tracks racism, xenophobia, misogyny and anti-government militias, said it identified 838 active hate groups operating across the U.S. in 2020. That’s a decrease from the 940 in 2019 and the record high of 1,020 in 2018.
After one of the most politically divisive years in recent memory, a decline in the number of hate groups does not equal a decline in hate, the center said.
100 Starr County residents vaccinated during first week of pilot program mobile clinic
News Highlights: 100 Starr County residents vaccinated during first week of pilot program mobile clinic.
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (KVEO) – Members of the National Guard helped vaccinate 100 residents of Starr County at Rio Grande City High School on Saturday as part of a pilot program to assist with vaccination efforts in disadvantaged areas of the state.
Starr County is participating in the state’s mobile vaccine pilot program
Dr. Antonio Falcon, Starr County’s health authority, says it has been a blessing to be selected by the governor’s office as one of five counties for the state’s mobile vaccine pilot program as the only hospital in the county. is full of COVID-19 patients.
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The soldiers, from Fort Bliss in Texas, were on a 10-day field exercise.
In a statement the US military confirmed the soldiers were suffering from “ethylene glycol”, usually called antifreeze, poisoning.
Michigan National Guard redeployed to Washington, D.C. after terror threat warning
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
National Guard troops continue to be deployed around the Capitol one day after the inauguration of President Joe Biden, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
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The Michigan National Guard is sending 1,000 troops to Washington, D.C. to bolster security efforts at the U.S. Capitol after a terror alert warned the Jan. 6 riots could embolden additional threats.
An estimated 7,000 soldiers and airmen from across the country are being deployed to support a “new security mission” in the nation’s capital, according to a Friday press release. Two days earlier, the Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin indicating anti-government extremists motivated by President Joe Biden’s inauguration and “false narratives” could mobilize to incite violence.
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Shwe Einthe was about to leave her Washington apartment to grab a bite to eat when an emergency message blared on her cellphone, alerting her to violence at the U.S. Capitol building and a 6 p.m. citywide curfew. My first thought was, Oh, my God, this feels like dictator Myanmar, like I am back in my developing country, said Einthe, an international student at George Washington University. This doesn t happen in the States, curfew doesn t happen in the States. That happens in countries like mine.
Like other international students in the U.S., Einthe said she was shocked by the violent protests over President Donald Trump s election loss on January 6 and how closely they resembled political violence some international students have experienced in their home countries.