The U.S. midterms are not the only news out there and here are a few updates on some of the stories we might have missed over the past few days.
First up, Ebola, and news that the president wants a whole lot more money to fight it:
Why Obama wants Congress to spend $6.2 billion more on #Ebola http://t.co/xHqZdKZka0
— Julia Belluz (@juliaoftoronto) November 6, 2014
And there are a whole lot more people being actively monitored for any signs of the disease than we ever knew:
RT @JammieWF: Thanks, Obama! There’s Now 357 People Being Monitored for Ebola in NYC http://t.co/q86aCFmyF4
— Melissa Mackenzie (@MelissaTweets) November 6, 2014
Remember Ebola? The number of people being actively monitored for #ebola in nyc triples to 357. http://t.co/MlYUAGgUBx
— TheNYPatriot (@TheNYPatriot) November 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/RVchartchatter/status/530121891038502913
CNN will air an interview tonight with Amber Vinson, the nurse in Dallas who contracted Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan from Liberia, where she’ll tell American she’s really not too sure how she was infected:
She tells @donlemon she followed every protocol. So how did Amber #Vinson contract #Ebola? Primetime excl Thurs 10P. pic.twitter.com/ibrDrSYXbI
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) November 5, 2014
Feel safer yet?
Now on to ISIS, where there are multiple reports of horrific videos that show ISIS soldiers buying young Yazidi women and girls at slave auctions:
Chilling footage shows ISIS fighters at slave girl 'market' bartering for young women.http://t.co/JIHYrjK12G @womenundrsiege
— Cherylyn HarleyLeBon (@HarleyLeBon) November 6, 2014
https://twitter.com/gailreynolds2/status/530354391849525248
But don’t worry. The United States is countering this outrage with a Twitter account:
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https://twitter.com/ThinkAgain_DOS/status/530391941184520195
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Although not everyone shares the same optimism as the U.S. State Department:
#TBT Fred Kagan on #ISIS in 2011: "US abandonment…opens the way for al Qaeda in Iraq to reestablish itself" http://t.co/ca4M84EOeG @AEIfdp
— AEI (@AEI) November 6, 2014
US spending $7-10m a day fighting 3 groups fighting Assad in #Syria: #ISIS, al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham. Crazy to pretend Assad doesn't benefit.
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) November 6, 2014
And finally, here’s the not-very-good news out of Afghanistan:
Inspector general report: US Army lost nearly $420,000,000 worth of equipment in Afghanistan: http://t.co/j638QdvGXH
— ABC News (@ABC) November 6, 2014
US commander: Afghan casualties ‘not sustainable
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 6, 2014
"We are nowhere near finished" fighting terrorists says CENTCOM Cmdr Gen Lloyd Austin @ACScowcroft #accommanders pic.twitter.com/AOSOZvHZyp
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 6, 2014
And now back to our post-election coverage.
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