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"Politics is not a laboratory experiment where you can control everything. You have to take calls even when you feel that matters may spin out of your hand."
-Amit Shah, Indian politician and current Minister of Home Affairs
Welcome to Bullet Points by News Bling where we give you a well-rounded dose of bias-free news in the fewest words possible so you can start your day smart. Here's what's blinging today... 🧐
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Trumps compares ‘lynching’ to impeachment, drawing criticism
- Top Republicans have criticized President Trump over his word choice in a tweet stating, “All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here—a lynching. But we will WIN!”
- Democrats condemned the president for employing racially charged language, criticizing his insensitivity toward the United States’ fraught racial history
Multiple perspectives:
Fox News: Trump calls impeachment inquiry ‘lynching,’ claims process puts future presidents at risk
CNN: Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over ‘lynching’ comment
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Justin Trudeau’s election victory reveals divisions across Canada
- Late Monday night, the results of the Canadian election showed Justin Trudeau’s victory, in spite of a loss of party seats, establishing Trudeau as the Prime Minister of a minority government
- The Liberals (Trudeau’s party) are projected to win 157 seats, 13 seats short of the majority. The Conservative Party has gained 95 seats since the last election, an increase which is expected to block much of Trudeau’s legislation in his second term
More information: Canadian federal elections are formally announced by the governor general, who, upon request by the prime minister, dissolves the current parliament. Candidates then run for every single seat in the House of Commons, turning 338 local elections into a greater nation-wide event
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SoftBank takes 80% ownership of WeWork
- SoftBank, a Japanese multinational conglomerate, and WeWork, the American commercial real estate company, have agreed on a deal reallocating SoftBank majority control of WeWork through a financing package
- SoftBank will provide $5 billion in new financing and nearly $3 billion in a tender offer to existing shareholders. SoftBank’s stake in WeWork will be approximately 80%
Additional context: Last year SoftBank invested nearly $11 billion in WeWork, expecting it to go public at a valuation of $47 billion. Today, WeWork is now valued around $10-12 billion.
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Europe considers regulating American tech companies
- The European Union has introduced a string of new rules aimed at some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies. The regulations, some of which include consumer privacy protections and antitrust enforcement, seek to target the businesses and their practices that have allowed the American giants to accumulate significant amounts of power
- Some agree with the new stance of the EU on new regulations. However, others feel that they are burdensome and have the possibility of doing much more harm than good
Listen: Long-running public radio program Intelligence Squared US has called four experts to debate the issue. Listen here
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Student opens fire outside California high school
- On Tuesday morning, a student outside Ridgway High School in Santa Rosa, CA opened fire on another student following a verbal altercation. The suspect fired multiple rounds, hitting the victim twice. The victim, a 16-year-old boy, is expected to survive
- Following the event, authorities placed the high school on lockdown and began to search for the individual. An hour later, the 17-year-old male suspect was arrested on campus, booked on suspicion of attempted murder
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South Pole ozone hole is the smallest on record
- NASA scientists have noticed the shrinkage of an ozone hole near the South Pole. This fall, the hole has been measured to 3.6 million square miles, down from a peak of 10.3 million in 2006
- Despite the initial positive reaction, scientists have concluded that the decrease has more to do with recent ‘freakish’ weather in the arctic than any pollution reduction
More information: Earth's ozone layer shields life on our planet from harmful solar radiation. The more ozone over the hemisphere results in less ultraviolet radiation at the surface placing living beings on Earth in danger
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