Thursday Trilions

3/11/21 - Brrrrrrrr -

Nothing Will Fundamentally Change:
House Democrats Give Final Approval to $1.9 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill. {Democracy Now}

Direct deposits from U.S. COVID bill to come as early as this weekend, White House says. {Reuters}

Despite Immigration Pledges, Biden Admin Detains Thousands of Unaccompanied Migrant Children. {Democracy Now}

Mississippi governor signs law banning transgender athletes from women's sports. {Reuters}

New York assembly approves 'impeachment investigation' into Andrew Cuomo. {Guardian}

Killer Cops & Courts:
Judge reinstates third-degree murder charge against ex-cop Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death. {NBC}

Family of Jamee Johnson, 2-year-old Florida A&M student was shot during a traffic stop after an officer pulled him over for a seatbelt violation, announces lawsuit against Jacksonville officer who killed him. {Fox West Texas}

Five Oklahoma City officers charged with manslaughter in shooting of 15-year-old boy. {NBC}

Defund Police:
Evanston, IL to become first city to give Black residents reparations. {NBC}

Court overturns automatic life sentences for young killers. {AP}

Portland pays $2.1 million in police shooting of Black teen. {ABC}

Appeal by ex-officer who killed Tamir Rice dismissed. {ABC}

International Affairs:
Mexico Set to Legalize Marijuana, Becoming World’s Largest Market. {NYT}

Pakistan blocks social media app TikTok over indecency complaint. {Arab News}

Egypt: At least 20 dead in Cairo clothing factory fire. {AlJazeera}

Digital art by Beeple sells for $69.4 million amid NFT boom. {AP}

Hong Kong: China approves 'patriotic' plan to control elections. {BBC}

Malaysia High Court rules Christians can use 'Allah'. {BBC}

Markets:
SPY up : $GME sideways : BTC up

Insider alleges Eli Lilly blocked her efforts to sound alarms about U.S. drug factory, falsified holdings and destroyed records for $4 billion in sales. {Reuters}

Disneyland reopening in April as 10,000 furloughed employees head back to work. {Orange County Register}

American, United cancel 27,000 furloughs after stimulus package passes. {ABC}

LinkedIn suspends new sign-ups in China. {CNN}

Warren Buffett is now worth $100 billion, making him the 6th wealthiest person alive. {CNN}

Celebs:
Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan mansion sold for approximately $51 million. {CNN}

'Slender Man' teen wants conditional release from mental health facility (In 2017 Anissa Weier was sentenced to up to 25 years in a mental institution). {ABC}

Miami Heat's Meyers Leonard suspended, fined $50,000 for using anti-Semitic slur. {NBC}

Space:
SpaceX sends up 60 more Starlink internet satellites in pre-dawn launch. {CBS}

Perseverance rover sends back sounds of zapping rocks on Mars. {CNN}

Hubble Sees New Atmosphere Forming on a Rocky Exoplanet. {NASA}

For the first time, scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence of volcanic activity reforming the atmosphere on a rocky planet around a distant star. The planet, GJ 1132 b, has a similar density, size, and age to those of Earth.

More explanation: Volcanoes could have breathed new life into a super-Earth’s atmosphere. {Astronomy}