The Daily Moth 11-25-19
Mike Bloomberg in 2020 race; Cybertruck gains 200k preorders; Ruth Bader Ginsburg out of hospital | 350 koalas killed by brushfires in Australia | Navy SEAL controversy | Two Catholic priests found guilty of sexually abusing deaf children in Argentina
[Transcript] Hello, welcome to The Daily Moth! It is Monday, November 25. Hope your weekend was good. Ready for news?
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Mike Bloomberg in 2020 race; Cybertruck gains 200k preorders; Ruth Bader Ginsburg out of hospital
Here are three top news briefs.
The first — Mike Bloomberg (77), who is one of the richest people into world and a former New York City mayor, announced he is running for president (Democrat). Politico reported that he bought $34 million worth of ads. He could spend about $500 million this election and will not accept any political donations for his campaign.
The second news — Elon Musk said Tesla had received more than 200,000 preorders for their new Cybertruck concept that is expected to start production in late 2021. About the smashed glass windows — Elon tweeted a video that showed a test of a metal ball being thrown at a window. It didn’t break. So, why did the windows crack on Thursday night? Elon said it was because when the doors were hit with a sledgehammer, it cracked the base of the glass windows.
The third news — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized on Friday night after experiencing chills and a fever. It is possible that she had an infection of some kind. She was released yesterday and is doing well at home. She is 86 years old and had several major health issues come up recently but is still going strong in the Court.
Bloomberg: https://www.axios.com/michael-bloomberg-2020-strategy-donald-trump-6ad2ca6b-36d4-46a1-8fd6-438db9c0c836.html
https://apnews.com/583b5e7ecfc84b61b470b5e8e3c4bcab
Tesla Truck: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/25/20981489/tesla-cybertruck-glass-window-fail-elon-musk-explanation
RBG: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-released-hospital-spokeswoman/story?id=67270647
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350 koalas killed by brushfires in Australia
In east Australia, about 350 koalas have died from brushfires that has persisted throughout this month. A koala hospital official said 75% of the fires have occurred in koala habitat.
Many people were touched by a woman named Toni Doherty who rescued a koala that was wandering on a road suffering from burn wounds. There was a video posted of her running to it, pouring water on its fur, and carrying it her shirt. That koala is now at a hospital in Port Macquarie and is recovering with bandages and an oxygen mask, but only has a 50-50 chance of survival because of the severity of its wounds.
There is a GoFundMe to support koalas get medical help that has raised over $1.6 million dollars.
News reports say that several parts of Australia is going through the worst drought in decades and there are fears that conditions will worsen because summer officially starts in the region on December 1.
At least six people in the state of New South Wales have died from the fires, which is fueled by strong winds. Over 600 homes have burned down and thousands more are under fire risks.
The Guardian reported that there is a debate on if the fires and drought is normal or if it’s gotten worse because of climate change.
Koala Brushfires: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/24/asia/australia-wildfires-koala-deaths-trnd/index.html
Rescue: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/australia/koala-rescue-australia-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
Koala GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires
Australia fires: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/20/australia/south-australia-fires-record-temperatures-intl-hnk/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/22/australia-bushfires-factcheck-are-this-years-fires-unprecedented
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Navy SEAL controversy
On Sunday (yesterday), the U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper fired the head of the Navy, Richard Spencer, accusing him of going behind his back to offer a deal to the White House to help out a Navy SEAL member who faced discipline.
The SEAL’s name is Edward Gallagher. The New York Times reported that in Iraq in 2017, he stabbed a captured and wounded ISIS fighter several times, killing him, and then took pictures of himself and other soldiers with the corpse.
Gallagher faced a court martial (military court) on charges of premeditated murder and other charges, but was acquitted of all except for posing for a picture with a corpse.
AP News reported that because of his conviction, he was sentenced to four months in confinement and demoted in rank, but President Trump restored his rank this month to allow him to remain a Navy SEAL.
On Wednesday, the Navy told Gallagher that he would face a Navy SEAL review board for them to decide if he should be allowed to be a SEAL and keep his Trident pin. But President Trump tweeted that he would not allow the Navy to take away his status.
Now, back to the firing — Defense Secretary Esper said he found out Navy Secretary Spencer offered to the White House to allow Gallagher to retire in his current rank and without losing his SEAL status if President Trump did not intervene. Esper said Spencer never told him about this, so he couldn’t trust him anymore.
But AP News reported that Esper himself made an order for Gallagher to be allowed to retire this month before the Navy review board on December 2. So it looks like both men had the same idea.
Fox News host Pete Hegseth said that Spencer tried to do a “double game” in allowing the Navy to complete their review and to let Gallagher retire as a SEAL. He said Trump didn’t want the review process at all and made an order for Gallagher to remain a SEAL.
Spencer wrote in his resignation letter that he couldn’t obey an order from Trump that he considers to violate the oath he took to defend the Constitution.
This morning Esper said President Trump ordered him to stop the Navy review process and that Trump can make this order because the constitution says he is the commander in chief. Gallagher will retire with a Trident pin.
So, it is a lot of drama within the Pentagon and Navy and the White House. The ambassador to Norway, Ken Braithwaite, is expected to take over as Navy secretary.
https://apnews.com/7902f59c504d427ca89a9bd3484a207d
https://www.axios.com/esper-trump-gallagher-navy-seal-status-0608f8bb-f645-4a27-b350-d0f9184c52b4.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/us/navy-seals-crimes-of-war.html
https://www.foxnews.com/media/eddie-gallagher-navy-secretary-trident
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Two Catholic priests found guilty of sexually abusing deaf children in Argentina
A court in Argentina have found two Catholic priests guilty of sexually assaulting deaf children at the Provolo Institute in Mendonza, according to a report from The Washington Post.
“The Daily Moth” has done several reports on this story with the information coming from investigations by The Washington Post and other news sources.
Rev. Nicola Corradi (83) was sentenced to 42 years in prison. He was accused of sexually abusing deaf children in Italy but he was already reassigned to Argentina, where he is now convicted of child sexual abuse. Another priest, Horacio Corbacho (59) was sentenced to 45 years. A gardener at the institute was sentenced to 18 years.
The three men were arrested in 2016 after a tip from a female survivor led to a raid of the school. Witnesses said that a number of deaf survivors were language deprived and did not have communication with their parents and were easy prey for those who wanted to rape them. At least 24 Provolo students reported abuse by the two priests, the gardner, and two other men.
In related news, a nun named Kosako Kumiko was arrested and charged in 2017 of bringing children into rooms so priests could sexually abuse them.
There are more reports of sexual abuse at another Provolo institute in La Plata near Buenos Aires, so this case is far from over. There will be more trials that involves 14 other people accused of related crimes.
France 24 reported that outside of the court, there were a group of young people holding banners saying, “Support for the Survivors of Provolo” and that they celebrated and wept when the priests were sentenced.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/argentine-court-finds-two-priests-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-deaf-children-first-convictions-in-long-alleged-abuse/2019/11/25/460af56a-0f8b-11ea-924c-b34d09bbc948_story.html
https://www.france24.com/en/20191125-priests-who-abused-deaf-children-get-40-year-jail-terms-in-argentina
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That is all for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light!
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