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'Should be disbarred': Sidney Powell roasted for insisting 'no reasonable person' would believe her
March 22, 2021
“Tell this to the families of the murdered Capitol Police officers”
Attorney and conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell for months insisted then-President Donald Trump won re-election, that it was stolen from him, and spun an outrageous tale involving a government supercomputer switching votes to Joe Biden amid a communist plot involving Cuba, George Soros, China, Venezuela, the Clinton Foundation, Antifa, dead Hugo Chávez, and Dominion and Smartmatic voting machine companies.
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</div><p>Now, in response to Dominion’s $1.3 billion lawsuit, Powell is <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/544399-sidney-powell-seeks-dismissal-of-dominions-13b-suit" rel="noopener" target="_blank">trying to get it dismissed</a> – by blaming anyone who believed her.</p><p>Buzzfeed News’ senior reporter Zoe Tillman posted the details: Powell is claiming “no reasonable person would conclude” those “were truly statements of fact.”</p><div class="ncrm_ad_block story_page_incontent_p5" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; max-width: 728px;">
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Sidney Powell has moved to dismiss Dominion’s defamation lawsuit. She argues that when she accused Dominion of being part of an election-rigging scheme with ties to Venezuela, “no reasonable person would conclude” those “were truly statements of fact” <a href="https://t.co/RDPD1eGvY3">https://t.co/RDPD1eGvY3</a> <a href="https://t.co/p5zssgV5JJ">pic.twitter.com/p5zssgV5JJ</a><br/>
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1374100890181902340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>“Powell argues she can’t be liable if the information she based her ‘opinions and legal theories’ on were actually unreliable,” <a href="https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1374103466038157315" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Tillman adds</a>, “comparing herself to reporters who get 1A protection when they cite sources; but she later also makes clear she disputes that her info was ‘false.'”</p><p>It was just three weeks ago that her final cases were dropped – by the U.S. Supreme Court, which <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/03/01/sidney-powell-remaining-kracken-cases-thrown-out-by-supreme-court/?sh=72724d871cd3" rel="noopener" target="_blank">threw them out</a>. In other words, she expected the nation’s highest court to believe her arguments, but says in response to being sued that “no reasonable person” should have.</p><div class="ncrm_ad_block story_page_incontent_p8" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; max-width: 728px;">
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</div><p>Twitter quickly buried her in mockery, but some are absolutely furious, like this woman who says Powell thinks America “is a toy–to be played with, snapped in half, and then discarded as soon as it no longer charms.”</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
This makes me violently angry. My own *mother* believed Sidney Powell. I’m so angry people like Powell claim they are “the patriots.” They hate America. This woman thinks her country is a toy–to be played with, snapped in half, and then discarded as soon as it no longer charms. <a href="https://t.co/pe5yAV4x4F">https://t.co/pe5yAV4x4F</a><br/>
— Eve Fairbanks (@evefairbanks) <a href="https://twitter.com/evefairbanks/status/1374103453199392774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>Here’s how others are responding:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
So she’s admitting violating a bunch of rules of professional ethics in order to defeat a defamation claim.<br/>
That’s pretty desperate.<br/>
— Jason Silverman (@JMSilvermanEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/JMSilvermanEsq/status/1374106085183918086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div class="ncrm_ad_block story_page_incontent_p12" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; max-width: 728px;">
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“No reasonable person would believe me when I say this snake oil is safe to drink. But I’ll sell it to you for $50 a vial–a bargain for such a delicious and safe health tonic.”<br/>
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) <a href="https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1374105739271274498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Powell is a disgrace who should be disbarred for her unethical conduct. <a href="https://t.co/iKq5FHyZeB">https://t.co/iKq5FHyZeB</a><br/>
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1374104073838940160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Sidney Powell's defense: “Everything I said about Dominion was bullshit. If you believed anything I said, you're an idiot. It's your fault, not mine."<br/>
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) <a href="https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/status/1374112220607614982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
With just a few small tweaks, Sidney Powell’s motion to dismiss could easily be turned into a disbarment decision. <a href="https://t.co/WLPDVCXpcg">https://t.co/WLPDVCXpcg</a><br/>
— Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/AriCohn/status/1374108034021081094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div class="ncrm_ad_block story_page_incontent_p16" style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; max-width: 728px;">
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Sidney Powell wants folks to believe that even the Kraken doesn’t believe her.<br/>
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1374109922330304520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
This shows Sidney Powell views supporters of the former President and <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOP</a> legislators as unreasonable, that only stupid people would have believed her election fraud statements. Problem is, many Republican legislators continue to wrongly believe the election was stolen. <a href="https://t.co/t6OcGn5eUX">https://t.co/t6OcGn5eUX</a><br/>
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1374110738118144002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
I wonder how everyone who lived and died by the words of Sidney Powell will feel knowing that her defense is to claim that NO REASONABLE PERSON WOULD CONCLUDE HER CLAIMS WERE TRULY STATEMENTS OF FACT. <a href="https://t.co/yl461IZouu">https://t.co/yl461IZouu</a><br/>
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) <a href="https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1374119470319366145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
I'd like Sidney Powell to tell this to every single one of the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6th with intent to hang the Vice President and murder the Speaker of the House.<br/>
I'd like her to tell this to the families of the murdered Capitol Police officers. <a href="https://t.co/8AIOUvKh42">https://t.co/8AIOUvKh42</a><br/>
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) <a href="https://twitter.com/kurtbardella/status/1374111359483400197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
And with this, Sidney Powell declares she must be disabarred. She is now stating that the allegations she filed in a lawsuit under penalty of perjury were BS, and she knew it. So, disbarment is number one. And “I was lying” does not obviate a defamation claim. <a href="https://t.co/7UHLSFxrfz">https://t.co/7UHLSFxrfz</a><br/>
— Kurt “Masks Save Lives” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1374115597273956358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Fox News, when Tucker Carlson gets sued for lying: No reasonable person should actually believe that he's being honest. <br/>
Sidney Powell, when she gets sued for lying: No reasonable person should actually believe that I'm being honest. <br/>
There's a trend here … <a href="https://t.co/M9HRnDI3Ce">https://t.co/M9HRnDI3Ce</a><br/>
— Lis Power (@LisPower1) <a href="https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1374109174876008454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
Sidney Powell is admitting that everthing she said was bullshit.<br/>
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1374118411572187138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
The Sidney Powell story is stunning. She was leading a fraudulent effort to override the will of 81 million voters and our constitutional republic. And just a few months later, she openly admits it was a sham in a public court filing.<br/>
— A Hopeful Citizen (@ThePubliusUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThePubliusUSA/status/1374122283086843907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2021</a><br/></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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'She just called Republicans and Trump supporters stupid': Americans fume over Sidney Powell's defense
March 22, 2021
President Donald Trump's former lawyer Sidney Powell argued in her court filings that she shouldn't be believed when she talked about Dominion Voting Systems somehow conspiring with long-dead Venezuelan leader Hugo Chaves to overthrow the 2020 U.S. election.
The lies that Powell, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley and other Republicans have pushed inspired the "stop the steal" rally that ended in an all-out insurrection to stop the election certification at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
<p>Many Trump supporters did believe Powell and the others as they promoted the conspiracy theories and it's caused a massive rift among Democrats and Republicans in the country.<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/poll-finds-65-of-republicans-say-they-dont-believe-bidens-election-was-legitimate-01612570478" target="_blank"> A Feb 5 poll showed that 65 percent of Republicans</a> don't believe that President Joe Biden is the lawfully elected president. </p><p>It led to many online fuming for the crisis they've created. See their comments below:</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5ad53b557d193f7640260d8fd19adb52" id="724bb"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374113938409984006"><div style="margin:1em 0">I spoke with more than one Georgia voter who did, actually, believe these were statements of fact. https://t.co/kLgkkNgU3F</div> — Elizabeth Landers (@Elizabeth Landers)<a href="https://twitter.com/ElizLanders/statuses/1374113938409984006">1616449267.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9e51f2b4087a21a7c2cf66f04c56f6fd" id="73153"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374114740159533081"><div style="margin:1em 0">So Sidney Powell is admitting that she filed false claims in court??? I’m pretty sure that’s illegal</div> — Irishrygirl (@Irishrygirl)<a href="https://twitter.com/irishrygirl/statuses/1374114740159533081">1616449458.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d17e54b4d9e43be72fbf16e07f1d9ce1" id="b7a01"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374104308271128578"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell claimed to have explosive bombshells.
But now that's she facing a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit, s… https://t.co/LLRWjpq4ZJ</div> — Jan Wolfe (@Jan Wolfe)<a href="https://twitter.com/JanNWolfe/statuses/1374104308271128578">1616446971.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b75dfce7cea67e143c66b5e6b9aa334c" id="94add"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374115597273956358"><div style="margin:1em 0">And with this, Sidney Powell declares she must be disabarred. She is now stating that the allegations she filed in… https://t.co/sISavnfCwJ</div> — Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald (@Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald)<a href="https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/statuses/1374115597273956358">1616449662.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="47cc880acebc627a29efbfa6c5bbb176" id="d0ce1"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374112220607614982"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell’s defense: “Everything I said about Dominion was bullshit. If you believed anything I said, you’re an… https://t.co/DCtUlN1Ii4</div> — Joe Walsh (@Joe Walsh)<a href="https://twitter.com/WalshFreedom/statuses/1374112220607614982">1616448857.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0226b9165c144724d2b6d2d0a1d372bd" id="3ab13"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374108034021081094"><div style="margin:1em 0">With just a few small tweaks, Sidney Powell's motion to dismiss could easily be turned into a disbarment decision. https://t.co/WLPDVCXpcg</div> — Ari Cohn (@Ari Cohn)<a href="https://twitter.com/AriCohn/statuses/1374108034021081094">1616447859.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bd6e607c5fc6e8551e0c57abd9886f0b" id="aa4fa"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374111359483400197"><div style="margin:1em 0">I'd like Sidney Powell to tell this to every single one of the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January… https://t.co/sn3gpaKvBQ</div> — Kurt Bardella (@Kurt Bardella)<a href="https://twitter.com/kurtbardella/statuses/1374111359483400197">1616448652.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d61c063db3add712959927a6b7ab05cf" id="01f5f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374110738118144002"><div style="margin:1em 0">This shows Sidney Powell views supporters of the former President and @GOP legislators as unreasonable, that only s… https://t.co/QDEg2xLTdC</div> — Ted Lieu (@Ted Lieu)<a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu/statuses/1374110738118144002">1616448504.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="85b06ae18a019cdf4723c4f7084c2c89" id="061cb"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374106003759722497"><div style="margin:1em 0">@ZoeTillman Sidney Powell’s argument can be summed up by 👇 https://t.co/ldNdph5A3b</div> — Sam Hallenberg (@Sam Hallenberg)<a href="https://twitter.com/AGAPE4America/statuses/1374106003759722497">1616447375.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="022d47d1d53eabda47db56e4aaa26631" id="1adb1"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374105875401572356"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell says she can't have defamed Dominion because everyone knew she was full of shit.
Or perhaps it was p… https://t.co/7l4CNa00bt</div> — Liz Dye (@Liz Dye)<a href="https://twitter.com/5DollarFeminist/statuses/1374105875401572356">1616447345.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="21ea3e2a8f36f3759b4f2d88ee6d423d" id="91d81"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374118011825717250"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell trying the Alex Jones “I’m not actually too dangerous and crazy to see my kids, this is just a charac… https://t.co/ez8girEIga</div> — Molly McKew (@Molly McKew)<a href="https://twitter.com/MollyMcKew/statuses/1374118011825717250">1616450238.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="91ced25805aa7b314152419c5ab7544b" id="f3104"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374109485761892352"><div style="margin:1em 0">Shorter Sidney Powell: “It’s not my fault they can’t spot a lie when they see one.” https://t.co/Qv0Wzm8NP2</div> — Kaz Weida (@Kaz Weida)<a href="https://twitter.com/kazweida/statuses/1374109485761892352">1616448205.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="407958163c536ce1c8b9c2d4c0918bf9" id="13bc0"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374088664100302848"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell, General Flynn, and Mike Lindell are all still fighting for the integrity of the 2020 "election"
Can… https://t.co/LgEyd43svE</div> — Sky (@Sky)<a href="https://twitter.com/TheTexasSky/statuses/1374088664100302848">1616443241.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bef2ec295f677f4c1b5b71d69b213eb5" id="cc8aa"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374110634153893888"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell is now saying of HER OWN election fraud claims, "no reasonable person would accept such statements as… https://t.co/KTzXvEe254</div> — JRehling (@JRehling)<a href="https://twitter.com/JRehling/statuses/1374110634153893888">1616448479.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="08cd0e92f1a55a5d2bdc18bf146fd204" id="9865a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374108322161250305"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell claiming that Fox News viewers and Trump supporters are irrational nutcases is, in fairness, rather a… https://t.co/MADpwF4ulI</div> — Pé (@Pé)<a href="https://twitter.com/4everNeverTrump/statuses/1374108322161250305">1616447928.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b14f5a1512a429ef48d3492d0ba6c241" id="26120"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374103453199392774"><div style="margin:1em 0">This makes me violently angry. My own *mother* believed Sidney Powell. I'm so angry people like Powell claim they a… https://t.co/JMkZo5RriQ</div> — Eve Fairbanks (@Eve Fairbanks)<a href="https://twitter.com/evefairbanks/statuses/1374103453199392774">1616446767.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4be14830c0fb413e24e816daecd84b54" id="39e85"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374102839463718916"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell going with the Tucker Carlson defense. https://t.co/rA1pBCv4u9</div> — Ahmed Baba (@Ahmed Baba)<a href="https://twitter.com/AhmedBaba_/statuses/1374102839463718916">1616446621.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7baf62c975e8987aba467d60e6c3a957" id="4878d"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374105945329008641"><div style="margin:1em 0">I’m beyond over the excuse “no reasonable person would believe what I said” in a court of law. That’s Fox News excu… https://t.co/HOUp6sc1JB</div> — enoch1080 (@enoch1080)<a href="https://twitter.com/enoch5040/statuses/1374105945329008641">1616447361.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9e19902ebbb2e567204880b1010fe1e0" id="a4ec1"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119519954821124"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@SenateGOP @HouseGOP @foxnews @oann @newsmax @seanhannity @JudgeJeanine @TuckerCarlson @IngrahamAngle Sidney Powel… https://t.co/X1US0iXWg2</div> — Jim of Pennsyltucky 😷 (@Jim of Pennsyltucky 😷)<a href="https://twitter.com/jimdigs/statuses/1374119519954821124">1616450598.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="23a257c5f0db4ea8bf9b849833818113" id="3295c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119176898551813"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell now putting all of Trump’s #MAGA base into the “no reasonable person” category.</div> — plz🌎recycle (@plz🌎recycle)<a href="https://twitter.com/recycle_plz/statuses/1374119176898551813">1616450516.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="03d4729464ee6bc4ec30185eb051a5d2" id="cb468"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119470319366145"><div style="margin:1em 0">I wonder how everyone who lived and died by the words of Sidney Powell will feel knowing that her defense is to cla… https://t.co/wVb0yKDghb</div> — Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen)<a href="https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/statuses/1374119470319366145">1616450586.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8bebf45ba594375130713ed3ce0d823e" id="b2fe6"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119395270787072"><div style="margin:1em 0">NO. Y’all need to address #SidneyPowell ‘s latest filing and your roles in it. https://t.co/mxLpvnKMZn</div> — @The_Yancy (@@The_Yancy)<a href="https://twitter.com/YancyThe/statuses/1374119395270787072">1616450568.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fdbee498be83294ca4145c199bf803af" id="f0c1e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119343857020931"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell wants you to know that all her claims are made-up lies, and no reasonable person could believe her to… https://t.co/8vERagEND3</div> — Michael Gold, Psy.D. (He/Him/His) (@Michael Gold, Psy.D. (He/Him/His))<a href="https://twitter.com/drmichaelgold/statuses/1374119343857020931">1616450556.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="68738347a0fdaa9071e08905d4be9987" id="01b07"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119224839348224"><div style="margin:1em 0">One wonders if Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis concur with Sidney Powell's "they shoulda known I was lying" legal def… https://t.co/7evESa9jv2</div> — Rus McLaughlin (@Rus McLaughlin)<a href="https://twitter.com/rusmclaughlin/statuses/1374119224839348224">1616450527.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="97466240c26759cfa6004fd192bf3f7c" id="6338b"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119327918608387"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell, a lightning rod for QAnon believers and supporters of the debunked claims Donald Trump actually won… https://t.co/Za9PhfAPA4</div> — Jacob Orledge (@Jacob Orledge)<a href="https://twitter.com/OJ_NTGUILTY/statuses/1374119327918608387">1616450552.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4d77b4008426a5faf5ad49adf1db3741" id="4e498"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119229155381257"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sidney Powell is just a big fuckin liar.</div> — Save America 🇺🇸 (@Save America 🇺🇸)<a href="https://twitter.com/Lovelife2801/statuses/1374119229155381257">1616450528.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bfe8586d1a8687a8fb919e0616da5372" id="efc83"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1374119199191281665"><div style="margin:1em 0">@MollyMcKew Alex Jones was no lawyer. Sidney Powell is, and she should be indicted, tried, and disbarred.</div> — J.B. (@J.B.)<a href="https://twitter.com/jgbalano/statuses/1374119199191281665">1616450521.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Children who are 10 and younger produce more antibodies in response to coronavirus infection than adolescents and adults, a study showed Monday.
The authors of the paper, which appeared in JAMA Network Open, said the finding helped illuminate why children are less susceptible to severe Covid-19 than adults -- though this is still an area of very active research and many factors are believed to be at play.
<p>A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine examined almost 32,000 antibody tests from New York City between April and August 2020, finding that a similar number of the 1,200 children and 30,000 adults showed signs of past infection -- 17 percent and 19 percent.</p><p>The scientists then examined a subset of patients who tested positive -- 85 children and 3,648 adults -- to determine the levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies.</p><p>This is a key type of "neutralizing" antibody that binds to the spike protein of the virus, preventing it from invading cells.</p><p>The 32 children aged one to 10 years showed median IgG levels almost five times higher than 127 young adults aged 19 to 24 years.</p><p>Finally, they focused on a subset of 126 positive patients aged one to 24 years, none of whom had experienced severe Covid-19, to further characterize the antibody response.</p><p>In this final group, children aged one to 10 years had on average more than twice the levels of IgG antibodies of adolescents aged 11 to 18 years, who in turn had more than twice the average level of young adults aged 19 to 24 years.</p><p>The authors wrote: "Our findings suggest that the differences in clinical manifestations of Covid-19 in pediatric patients compared with adult patients could be partly due to age-related immune response."</p><p>The fact that children are less prone to severe Covid-19 is in some ways counterintuitive, given how much they are affected by other respiratory illnesses, and many theories abound.</p><p>A paper in Nature Communications last month by researchers in Australia suggested children have a more active "innate" immunity -- the immune system's first line of defense which gets triggered before it raises antibodies, and involves cells such as neutrophils that patrol the body looking for infections.</p><p>Another theory is linked to the fact that children have fewer cell receptors in their respiratory tracts called "ACE2" which the coronavirus uses to gain entry to our cells.</p><p>One paradoxical result from the new research was that antibody levels were lowest for young adults but rose again with age -- despite the fact that we know older people are more vulnerable.</p><p>The authors admitted they could not completely explain this and suggested the reason for higher hospitalization and death rates among the elderly could relate to higher rates of comorbidities.</p><p>Obesity, which is a major risk factor for severe Covid-19, is associated with a phenomenon called "cytokine storm" where the immune system goes into overdrive, damaging organs.</p><p>The fact that obese people have a higher baseline level of the signaling proteins called cytokines could also be associated with heightened antibody production, the authors wrote.</p><p>© 2021 AFP</p>
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