LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Time just announced their Person of the Year for 2019 and it’s none other than Greta Thunberg. The 16-year-old Swedish climate activist becomes the youngest person ever to achieve this honor. She sparked a global environmental movement led by young people in 2019.The magazine says she has inspired other activists like Jane Fonda and Leonardo DiCaprio to keep up the fight for the planet. [email protected] is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https://t.co/YZ7U6Up76v pic.twitter.com/SWALBfeGl6 — TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2019 Thunberg and Billie Eilish were among hundreds in attendance at a youth climate strike at Los Angeles City Hall in November. She and the singer marched with Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles against fossil fuel production in California, plastic pollution, and “worsening water scarcity and contamination of our drinking water.” Thunberg sailed to the U.S. in a zero-emissions sailboat and has been gradually making … [Read more...] about Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Named Time’s Person Of The Year
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Trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time’s Person of the Year
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, is the youngest person to be named Time's Person of the Year. MUST CREDIT: Time Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, is the youngest person to be named Time's Person of the Year. MUST CREDIT: Time Photo: Time, The Washington Post Photo: Time, The Washington Post Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Image 1 of 5 Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, is the youngest person to be named Time's Person of the Year. MUST CREDIT: Time Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, is the youngest person to be named Time's Person of the Year. MUST CREDIT: Time Photo: Time, The Washington Post Trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time's Person of the Year 1 … [Read more...] about Trump mocks 16-year-old Greta Thunberg a day after she is named Time’s Person of the Year
You’re the ‘Time’ Person of the Year, and Joel Stein Has Penis Envy
Oh, happy day. After weeks — nay, months — of buildup, Time’s Person of the Year issue is here. And if that’s not exciting enough on its own, it gets so much better: We’re the Person of the Year! (And so are you! And you! And even you, little Timmy!) Yep, that’s right: This year’s Person of the year is “You” — which is to say, the blogger, Flickr’r, YouTube uploader, Wiki contributor, and hive-minderer who the flagship title of a massive media company has now decided actually holds the keys to the Information Age. Naturally, then, Joel Stein takes a spin through multiplayer virtual world Second Life to find out what the hell You’re up to — which, this being Joel Stein reporting, is sex: I spent the next 4 1/2 hours with Cristal as she took me to a waterfall, a snowy Christmas scene, a shipwreck and a sex club. At some point, she offered me a free penis. Much as I didn’t want to take it, it’s … [Read more...] about You’re the ‘Time’ Person of the Year, and Joel Stein Has Penis Envy
Trump Jr. blasts Time for choosing ‘marketing gimmick’ Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year
The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.Donald (Don) John TrumpTrump Jr. blasts Time for choosing 'marketing gimmick' Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year White House calls Democratic witness's mentioning of president's youngest son 'classless' Lawmakers to watch during Wednesday's impeachment hearing MORE, attacked Time magazine on Wednesday over its choice of climate change activist Greta Thunberg as its 2019 "Person of the Year."In a tweet, Trump Jr. mocked the 16-year-old activist as "a teen being used as a marketing gimmick," saying pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong deserved the honor.Time leaves out the Hong Kong Protesters fighting for their lives and freedoms to push a teen being used as a marketing gimmick. https://t.co/dnV9mESM6G— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) December 11, 2019Time magazine representatives did not immediately return a request for comment on Trump Jr.'s remarks.ADVERTISEMENTThunberg gained international fame following her protests … [Read more...] about Trump Jr. blasts Time for choosing ‘marketing gimmick’ Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year
Trump still uses his personal cell phone despite warnings and increased call scrutiny
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has continued to use his personal cell phone to make calls, despite repeated warnings from his staff that the practice could leave him vulnerable to foreign surveillance, multiple officials told CNN. The Democratic impeachment inquiry has resurrected concerns about the security and potential vulnerability of the President's communications. Witness testimony revealed some top officials repeatedly failed to follow protocol intended to prevent sensitive phone conversations, including those involving the President, from being intercepted by foreign intelligence services. Several former US officials have told CNN it is highly likely that US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland's cell phone call to Trump from a restaurant in Ukraine over the summer was picked up by intelligence agencies from numerous foreign countries, including Russia. Normally, a US ambassador talking to the President would do so from the embassy using a secure line, one … [Read more...] about Trump still uses his personal cell phone despite warnings and increased call scrutiny
