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Google will not donate money to lawmakers who voted against the certification of President Joe Biden's election win.
Congress certified Biden's electoral victory just hours after then-President Donald Trump's supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol in an effort to disrupt the constitutional proceeding, and the tech giant has announced that no lawmakers who voted against the certification will be eligible for donations from its political action committee, reported Axios.
<p>"After the disturbing events at the Capitol, NetPAC paused all contributions while undertaking a review," said Google spokesman José Castañeda. "Following that review, the NetPAC board has decided that it will not be making any contributions this cycle to any member of Congress who voted against certification of the election results."</p><p>Some of the lawmakers who voted against certification include Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).</p>
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A tornado killed one person and left several people critically injured in Alabama, US media said Tuesday.
The storm, which hit the town of Fultondale in Jefferson County late Monday, caused "significant damage," the National Weather Service (NWS) tweeted.
<p>One person has died and at least five people have been hospitalized with critical injuries, Fultondale Police Chief D.P. Smith told local news media AL.com.</p><p>"It looks like a bomb went off," local pastor's son Sam Moerbe, 18, told the outlet.</p><p>Smith said he understood that the individual died after a tree collapsed on their home as they sheltered in the basement.</p><p>Pictures on social media showed homes and buildings reduced to splinters, wrecked cars and blocked roads.</p><p>Fultondale's Fire Chief Justin McKenzie told ABC 33/40 the town had been "hit bad, multiple injuries, multiple houses, trees, people trapped."</p><p>Rescuers were still working into Tuesday morning -- with authorities urging people to stay away from the area to allow emergency services to get to work.</p><p>"We do still have people trapped in houses," the city's mayor Larry Holcomb said, adding to News19 that he had received reports of around 20 people injured.</p><p>Jim Coker, Jefferson County EMA director, said the town of Centre Point had also been hit but was unable to give an exact number of the people hurt.</p><p>Jefferson Country fire service Homewood tweeted they were sending "units to assist with search & rescue operations after the storms."</p><p>Janice Hamilton, who lives in Fultondale, told AL media she was in bed when the storm hit. </p><p>"The roof left, and the walls," she said. "It was just in a matter of seconds. It's all gone."</p><p>One Twitter user wrote their home had been "destroyed," adding: "Nearly every house in our neighborhood in Fultondale is completely leveled."</p><p>Survivors were being taken to nearby Gardendale Civic Center. </p><p>Jefferson County Coroner Bill Yates also confirmed the death to CNN, and told the news organisation that the damage from the storm was "considerable."</p><p>An NWS tornado watch remained in place for many Alabama counties into Tuesday.</p><iframe src="https://01b7662a626e24c039143ec7fd13ad61.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; outline: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" title="3rd party ad content"></iframe>
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'I don't believe in Q!' Mayor scrambles to apologize after sharing extremist propaganda on social media
January 26, 2021
The mayor of Parker, Colorado is apologizing after admitting that he unwittingly shared QAnon propaganda on social media.
In an interview with 9 News, Parker Mayor Jeff Toborg expressed regrets for sharing a meme on his Parler account that featured the hashtag "WWG1WGA," an abbreviation of the QAnon slogan "Where We Go One We Go All."
<p>"I, honestly, I didn't realize that was a part of Q until it was brought to my attention," Toborg said. "I did some research. Obviously, I do not support Q, I don't believe in Q. I wasn't aware of all the details behind it, and quite honestly, I find no place in our society for that kind of rhetoric."</p><p>Toborg also apologized for accepting an invitation to join a group whose express purpose was to publish the home addresses of local health inspectors, doctors, and epidemiologists.</p><p>"You know, people cannot be made to feel unsafe or be made unsafe simply for the job they do," he said. "I have been saying that now since that came out publicly. Doxing is wrong. I am so sorry for even being associated with it for the couple of hours I was before you brought it to my attention."</p><p>Toborg told 9 News that he did not consider himself an extremists even though he shared a post on Parler claiming that the infamous January 6th riots at the United States Capitol building were a "left-wing FALSE FLAG operation."</p><p><a href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/parker-mayor-qanon-fec-jeff-toborg-militia/73-3f795e96-ac68-4595-852c-e58d2c7c3d09" target="_blank">Read the whole interview here</a>.</p>
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