Justice Sotomayor opens her dissent in U.S. v. Dustin Higgs by saying the names of every person executed by the federal government over the past year. pic.twitter.com/KLHcRTWMIZ
“We Will Manage the Hell Out of This Operation”
“President-Elect Joe Biden proposed to overhaul eligibility rules for coronavirus vaccines and open more sites to receive shots, but his plan to rev up U.S. inoculations largely retains the bones of the Trump administration’s system.”
President Elect Joe Biden:
“Look, our plan is as clear as it is bold. Get more people vaccinated for free. Create more places for them to get vaccinated, mobilize more medical teams to get the shots in peoples arms, increase supply and get it out the door as soon as possible. This will be one of the most challenging operational efforts ever undertaken by our country.
But you have my word, and we will manage the hell out of this operation.”
President-elect Joe Biden is elevating the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet-level position. It highlights the emphasis the incoming administration plans to put on science as it inherits a public health crisis https://t.co/GtAcYJQvfC
Having visited in 2015 to discuss pandemic preparedness for emerging viruses with @GlobalVirusNews, and now having witnessed fruition of said preparedness, I’m very happy to see this level of importance placed on science/tech. 👩🏿🔬🦠💉❤️https://t.co/xBlmQ7Bj6g
Bring some sunshine into your mailbox. 📬☀️ New @USPS stamps will feature views of the Sun from our Solar Dynamics Observatory, showcasing our star’s dynamic and dazzling activity. https://t.co/GeXhB1yrDvpic.twitter.com/EGRVJ79z4p
Georgia lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan measure to replace a statue of a Confederate leader and white supremacist in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol with a statue of the late Rep. John Lewis. https://t.co/ZNPRJ3CGdQ
The Jolt: It’s payback time. Election deniers in Georgia’s Senate are stripped of their chairmanships or demoted. With feeds from @MayaTPrabhu: #gapolhttps://t.co/27tCCzcvgT
With @lucymcbath's bills becoming law more frequently than many of her more seasoned congressional colleagues, it's clear Georgia voters have elected a representative who gets things done. #gapolhttps://t.co/c2KkTx1Bkk
You see the soldiers in this picture? They are National Guardsmen from Puerto Rico, citizens, coming to Washington, DC to defend a Commander in Chief they could not vote for, a democratic federal republic in which they are denied representation in Congress or a presidential vote. pic.twitter.com/hnnpl3qSoB
— Guillermo Mena still wears a mask (@GuilloMena) January 15, 2021
This is another over due debt that this country MUST pay sooner rather than later. Another example of cosmic irony, the marginalized, the disenfranchised and the outright despised cleaning up white folk’s mess.
“Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts”
“Dr. David Kessler, who helped speed the development and approval of AIDS drugs in the 1990s, will become the top science official for the initiative the Trump administration had called Operation Warp Speed.”
“Dr. Kessler is close to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor who became the leading governmental voice on the coronavirus pandemic. The two worked closely to speed the development and approval of drugs that changed the course of the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/health/covid-vaccine-kessler.html)
David Kessler, stellar career: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Kessler)
Also imo important:
“His 2009 book entitled The End of Overeating (a New York Times best seller), highlights for the consumer the amount of fat, salt, and sugar in their food intake. He asserts that this trio of elements in restaurant and processed foods conditions us to eat more, in a manner that changes our brain circuitry, and that children may develop a pattern of overeating and obesity that they might retain for life.[19] He stresses that this outcome of lifelong obesity is not genetic, but environmental and avoidable.”
Despite my effort to bring Love and Light everywhere, it seems important to say if this lump of orange mediocrity doesn’t land in the slammer really soon after ‘leaving office’, where he had no business being in the first place, this country, this world, this planet, will never recover. I set out my views on sentencing way back in 2016, y’all may recall, I was not lenient.
Steven M. D’Antuono:
“FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Steven M. D’Antuono delivered the following remarks during a press call regarding the January 6, 2021, violent activity at the U.S. Capitol. Remarks prepared for delivery.” (see link)
“f you have tips—no matter how small—please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit photos and videos to fbi.gov/USCapitol—that’s Capitol with an “O.”
“So let this be a reminder—the full force of the FBI is investigating the heinous acts we saw last week, and we will leave no stone unturned until we locate and apprehend anyone who participated in the violence.”
Jenna Ryan:
“We are going to (expletive) go in here,” Ryan said in the video as she approached the top of the stairs on the west side of the Capitol building. “Life or death, it doesn’t matter. Here we go.”
“She then turned the camera to expose her face, the complaint noted, and said,
“Y’all know who to hire for your Realtor, Jenna Ryan for your Realtor.”
Nearly halfway through, Ryan appears to have made it to the front door, chanting,
“USA, USA” and “Here we are, in the name of Jesus.”
In an interview with KTVT-TV in Fort Worth, Ryan said she hoped that Trump would pardon her.
“I just want people to know I’m a normal person,
that I listen to my president who told me to go to the Capitol…”
(WaPo)
Even GA Republicans have issues with the QAnon Rep. But they don’t seem to have a clue what to do about the problem…much less keep it from getting worse.
Kamala Harris has chosen to be sworn in using two bibles: One previously belonged to Mrs. Regina Shelton, who was like a second mother to Harris and her sister. The second belonged to the late civil rights icon and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. https://t.co/woK7qX3NwB
The WH occupant incited a deadly insurrection to hold onto power. Watched it on TV. Relished it. Didn’t grasp why others didn’t. Still furious his VP refused to steal him the election. Didn’t apologize for trying to get him killed. He’s still in power. How nuts is that?
Why are top members of an outgoing President's staff — four days before his term is done — now having an unannounced Saturday morning meeting at White House complex? https://t.co/Wyd6g0rcil
And what is the President’s (radically underqualified and underexperienced) national security adviser doing at this secret White House meeting this morning?
I'm sorry, but I will never get used to a headline like this.
"Commercial airlines have tracked an increase in passengers checking in firearms on their way to airports in the Washington area, according to a separate bulletin from the Justice Department."https://t.co/qf1zWR24UN
New: US Capitol Police arrested a Virginia man as he attempted to pass through a police checkpoint in downtown Washington Friday with fake inaugural credentials, a loaded handgun & over 500 rounds of ammunition, CNN reporting.
Loews Hotels just canceled Josh Hawley's event, and I would make a joke about how he'll have to hold it at Loews Total Landscaping, but there is a landscaping store called Lowe's, so it's confusing, but anyway Josh Hawley is a domestic terrorist.https://t.co/pbaDmQE2C6
Trump’s neo nazi and white supremacist supporters are now conspiring to obstruct probes into their participation in the failed fascist insurrection at your Capitol. https://t.co/EyyE1EYnv6
Here is the full clip of Nick Fuentes telling his supporters to destroy their phones and SIM cards if they entered the Capitol building on January 6th — and then backtracking. pic.twitter.com/oFdqRPk5X3
Provider call data (CDR) metadata records will still be available for link analysis software like I2 and Sentinel Visualizer or Neo4. Maybe Maltego could be helpful. Heck. CDR can offer a path to your pals who have hidden their phones in a cut out Bible.
According to a report from the HuffPost, far-right extremists who are hoping to disrupt the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday are furious with the president after he issued a video urging calm and no more violence following the storming of the Capitol that left five dead.
That video, and a subsequent one, in turn enraged some of his most rabid followers who turned to chatrooms to accuse the president of being a coward and a traitor to the cause he initiated.
“Some have called for his arrest or execution, labeling him a ‘traitor’ and a ‘coward.’ Alarmingly, many of those who are irate about Biden’s supposed electoral theft are still plotting to forcibly prevent him from taking office – with or without Trump’s help,” she wrote. “‘We don’t follow you,’ another Telegram user wrote, addressing Trump, after the president put out his video urging calm and order. ‘Be quiet and get out of our way.'”
IMHO, what happens between Trump and his supporters is personal, except when it involves me and others. If the supporters don’t like a video, they are free to express their dissatisfaction to their Dear Leader, so long as it doesn’t involve the rest of the country.
I don’t really care if the cult has turned on him. Unfortunately, it seems that it has taken on a life of its own…even out of Dear Leader’s control. Just hope that the rabid faction is small enough that it can easily be reined in without too much damage/mayhem occurring.
President-elect Biden’s dog Major will be honored with an ‘indoguration’ hosted by the Delaware Humane Association & Pumpkin Pet Insurance. Major will be the first shelter dog in the White House 🐾 pic.twitter.com/3az6TtIAKp
The communications director for Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a firebrand Republican freshman who boasts about carrying a gun to work, has quit after less than two weeks on the job. https://t.co/gfEfLbmZbU
Today, it was my honor to join @chefjoseandres and @WCKitchen to provide meals to our heroic National Guard troops who are keeping our Congressional community safe during this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/aqJ1JEwumA
Presidential Medal of Freedom for Chef Jose please.
And a Nobel Peace Prize. His team and he are doing an amazing job, their humanitarian efforts are so appreciated.
I truly admire this man. It shows he cares.
The #FBI needs you to help us identify individuals who unlawfully entered the U.S. Capitol and assaulted law enforcement officers on January 6. Visit https://t.co/hkcBlo0brL to see a new poster with more people. If you recognize someone, submit a tip at https://t.co/buMd8vYXzH. pic.twitter.com/CniVghTYQr
*rescinding the Muslim travel ban *rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement *instituting a mask requirement for federal prop & interstate travel * directing new efforts to reunite children separated at the border https://t.co/L7XnsZvjhP
Rick Scott has been chair of the Senate GOP's campaign committee for one week, and some Republicans are already concerned that he has dug the party a hole for the 2022 midterms.
Scott voted to overturn the results of the election after the Capitol riot.https://t.co/0xbRfPYx3f
President-elect Biden’s dog Major will be honored with an ‘indoguration’ hosted by the Delaware Humane Association & Pumpkin Pet Insurance. Major will be the first shelter dog in the White House 🐾 pic.twitter.com/3az6TtIAKp
Well…that didn’t start off right. This was supposed to be the first tweet…
CATERING AN ALL MCDONALDS DINNER BECAUSE HE CAUSE A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND THERE WAS NOBODY TO COOK FOOD AT THE WHITE HOUSE pic.twitter.com/LYtd0XrThy
Rioters who supported President Trump cite false allegations about election fraud in Pennsylvania — shared by some of the state’s own Republican lawmakers — as a reason to “storm the Capitol” on Jan. 6. https://t.co/qd0rxyRHa2
Some have said that for security reasons, Biden's swearing in should be moved indoors. Fears of violence forced Rutherford Hayes to be secretly sworn in in 1877. The question today: Would moving Biden ceremony be seen as a win for the pro-Trump cop killer goons we saw on Jan. 6?
New: @JoeBiden plans to begin his first term with a flurry of executive orders, including rejoining Paris climate accord, ending ban on predominantly Muslim countries, halting evictions & student loan payments during the pandemic and issuing a mask mandate on federal property.
Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain outlines initial executive actions in new staff memo.
On Inauguration Day: -extend pause on fed student loan payments/interest -rejoin the Paris Agreement -reverse the Muslim Ban -issue "mask mandate" -extend eviction/foreclosure restrictions
This needs to be repeated over and over again. Every time Republicans control the White House, the national deficit sky rockets. Trump’s tax cuts = deficits. I hope President Biden works to overturn those cuts.
The real double standard. Police in the US are 3X more likely to use force against leftwing protesters than rightwing. Police used teargas, rubber bullets, batons and more at 511 leftwing protests vs 33 rightwing protests since April. https://t.co/K0bo7KUBX6
Hey everyone…just finished delivering hot stews to some of the National Guard & others on this rainy night in DC. I know there’s a lot of concern about the Guard…but our city & many restaurants are making sure everyone is taken care of! One Guardsman had a message to share… pic.twitter.com/IeZcFcoywD
— Please wear a mask! Do it for the World please… (@chefjoseandres) January 16, 2021
A Virginia man with fake inaugural credentials — and packing a loaded handgun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition — was busted while trying to make it through a U.S. Capitol Police checkpoint in downtown Washington, authorities say.https://t.co/cNXQfJ9OAw
Federal judge reverses bail for Capitol rioter Richard Barnett. The stun gun-carrying insurrectionist photographed with his boot up on Nancy Pelosi’s desk has been ordered to remain in jail and brought immediately to DC, so his case can proceed. pic.twitter.com/0BVS4AnsSb
New: @JoeBiden plans to begin his first term with a flurry of executive orders, including rejoining Paris climate accord, ending ban on predominantly Muslim countries, halting evictions & student loan payments during the pandemic and issuing a mask mandate on federal property.
The FBI is investigating whether foreign governments, organizations or individuals provided financial support to extremists who helped plan and execute the attack on the Capitol. https://t.co/ACgLTDZujH
SIGNIFICANT: Munchel and Eisenhart aren't just being charged for their actions on Jan. 6. They're being charged with *conspiracy* with "persons known and unknown" to authorities >>> pic.twitter.com/Y2Kac3FoxW
The first @BidenInaugural event is here. Tune in as we celebrate America, reflect and honor our history, and highlight the incredible diversity of the nation.
The drop off in GOP turnout from Nov to Jan was driven by Trump and most prominently in areas represented by Doug Collins and Marjorie Taylor Greene. These folks cost the GOP two senate seats and control of the Senate. Giving Biden and Dems a free hand. #gapolpic.twitter.com/TnmuV1CO9U
There's a legend building among the non-deadend Trumpers, that Trump had a decent record before some arbitrary date: before the election, before the pandemic. It needs to be stressed that Trump was a crook, charlatan, bigot, thug, and incompetent from the start to the end.
Leaked documents show Trump's OMB "blocked" and then "slow-walked" a government website designed to recruit poll workers for 2020 elections during the pandemic. https://t.co/FJPu0TCzzc
‘Steal the vote’ was their goal all along. They were and still are stunned that their strategy didn’t work. Like in turdblossom’s ‘plan’ for stealing OH in 2012.
Thou shall incur a primary challenge from the President dimwitted Spawn. Thou shall lose thy primary. Presidential spawn will then be shellacked by Val Demings. And so it is written and so it shall be. https://t.co/f81kjLJj6O
dear Chef José Andrés today in DC:
“People of America! Next Wednesday, all across the country let’s order from our favorite local restaurants!
We can support the local economy and keep each other safe…I will be doing it!
@JoeBiden’s inauguration will be a celebration of democracy, of longer tables!”
Even in his last days in office, Trump is still trying to install his loyalists in senior national security roles. Agencies should demand legal review of these appointments before allowing them and, if necessary, Biden should remove them upon taking office.
Keep thinking back to aftermath of 9/11: Demands to ordinary Muslim-Americans that it was *their* responsibility to quell fundamentalism; South Asians, including Hindus and Sikhs, being attacked and murdered by fellow Americans.
Meanwhile, MAGAs indignant and asking for pardons.
Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain outlines initial executive actions in new staff memo.
On Inauguration Day: -extend pause on fed student loan payments/interest -rejoin the Paris Agreement -reverse the Muslim Ban -issue "mask mandate" -extend eviction/foreclosure restrictions
If foreign countries closed every US diplomatic facility that was involved in espionage, we wouldn’t have an embassy or consulate left. https://t.co/ZQFraChNQs
ANYONE thinking #Trump will depart peacefully is living in an alternative universe so OBVIOUS, as well as, DEADLY as to qualify as the most powerful MYTH ever invented by a human. https://t.co/pZOplUASlz
BREAKING: According to Superior Court for D.C court documents, police arrested Wesley Allen Beeler at a Presidential Inauguration security checkpoint 6:30pm on 1/15. Police say he had a “unauthorized Inauguration Credential,” “Glock,” “17 round” magazine, 509 rounds of ammo.
(1) Are you surprised that the president of the United States would have a total crank like Lindell invited into the White House in the waning days of his term? At the same moment that he and his allies are bleating to the Democrats about how responsible they are for unity and decreasing tensions?
Of course not.
And the fact that you are not surprised is simply another data point in how far outside the norm this presidency has been.
(2) Ten days ago the president of the United States incited an insurrection: He summoned a mob to Washington and then exhorted them to storm the Capitol, disrupt Congress’s attempt to count the electoral votes, and overturn the election.
Now he invites a man to the White House who claims to have proof of The Big Lie that led to the attack and has the National Security Advisor meet with this person?
This attack on our country might be farcical. It might feel like a B-list Fargo rip-off.
But this attack is deadly serious and it is ongoing.”
Domestic terrorist Mike Lindell, aka My Pillow Guy, met with Trump again today. Either he's begging for a pardon, or he's helping plan the next MAGA attack. My Pillow Guy incited the Insurrection with multiple videos on Parler. He wanted to overthrow the government. Jail him.
There are Ugandans hiding out there with copies of Declaration Forms, in fear of being caught by security forces. They are literally defending the proof of Kyagulanyi's win with their lives. They are the heroes of Uganda today.
If you'd told me 4 years ago that this would end with Trump impeached twice and hundreds of his supporters facing federal charges of sedition for an armed insurrection against our government, I'd have totally believed you.https://t.co/czzUDE0TMd
— Brian Allen | instagram: Chosenforgreatthings 👁 (@allenanalysis) January 17, 2021
Perhaps lost in all the madness that has been going on is that Joe Biden’s life path to this moment has been remarkable, a journey of tragedy, perseverance, hope, and an uncanny ability to defy the odds.
Obama and Biden are the only dems who could have beat the traitorous thug. Anyone else would have been a disaster. The dems need to develop next generation leaders asap.
Shirley Chisholm created a path for me and for so many others. Today, I'm thinking about her inspirational words: "I am, and always will be a catalyst for change."
There's a legend building among the non-deadend Trumpers, that Trump had a decent record before some arbitrary date: before the election, before the pandemic. It needs to be stressed that Trump was a crook, charlatan, bigot, thug, and incompetent from the start to the end.
A violent mob, whipped into a frenzy by politicians, tearing apart a town to overthrow the elected government.
Following state elections in 1898, white supremacists moved into the US port of Wilmington, North Carolina, then the largest city in the state. They destroyed black-owned businesses, murdered black residents, and forced the elected local government – a coalition of white and black politicians – to resign en masse.
Historians have described it as the only coup in US history. Its ringleaders took power the same day as the insurrection and swiftly brought in laws to strip voting and civil rights from the state’s black population. They faced no consequences.
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“No one was held accountable for the 1898 insurrection. Therefore it opened up the floodgates, especially in the south, for them to… strip African Americans’ civil rights,” he told the BBC. “That’s the first thing that came to my mind after the DC insurrection – you’re opening the door for something else to happen, or even worse.”
The 1898 attack was not covered up. University buildings, schools and public buildings throughout the state were all named after the instigators of the insurrection. Men would later claim to have taken part in the attack to boost their stature in the Democratic Party. As the decades passed, history books started to claim the attack was in fact a race riot started by the black population and put down by white citizens.
“Even after the massacre, a lot of these folks who participated in and orchestrated the insurrection became immortalised – statues, buildings named after them, throughout the country, especially in North Carolina,” Mr Everett said.
Clothing brand Ralph Lauren has ended its sponsorship of world number three Justin Thomas following his use of a homophobic slur.
The American apologised for the remark, which was made during the third round of the Sentry Tour of Champions in Hawaii earlier this month.
“It’s inexcusable,” said the Ryder Cup player, 27, after making the comment.
However, Ralph Lauren said it was “disheartened” by use of “language entirely inconsistent with our values”.
The clothing company added: “While we acknowledge he has apologised and recognises the severity of his words, he is a paid ambassador of our brand and his actions conflict with the inclusive culture we strive to uphold.”
So many entitled think that all they have to do is say “I’m Sorry” and all they’ll get is a slap on the wrist. At the end of the day, you did the deed. So don’t be surprised when there *is* a consequence.
Details are emerging of a raft of executive orders planned by US president-elect Joe Biden as soon as he takes office this week.
Mr Biden will issue decrees to reverse President Trump’s travel bans and re-join the Paris climate accord on his first day, US media reports.
He is also expected to focus on reuniting children separated from families at the border and issue mandates on Covid-19 and mask-wearing.
Mr Biden will be inaugurated Wednesday.
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Among the orders planned soon after taking office are:
A US return to the Paris climate agreement – the global pact on cutting carbon emissions
Repealing the controversial travel ban on mostly Muslim-majority countries
Wearing masks on federal property and when travelling interstate will me made mandatory
An extension to nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures due to the pandemic
The executive orders are just one part of his ambitious plan for his first 10 days in office, according the memo.
The President-elect is also expected to send a major new immigration bill to Congress as well as focusing on passing a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus plan to help the country’s economy recover from coronavirus.
The Pentagon, in a break with recent tradition, will not host an Armed Forces Farewell tribute to President Donald Trump.
It’s a shame, but not a surprise. Trump will leave office in disgrace, one week after the House voted a second time for his impeachment, two weeks after his supporters staged a deadly siege in the Capitol Building, six months after he dragged his Joint Chiefs chairman into a political firestorm, and after four years of nonstop assaults on truth. One of those disgraces is how he is ghosting the U.S. troops that he commanded.
Two senior defense officials confirmed to Defense One on Thursday that no military farewell is being planned for the commander in chief.
Perhaps it’s for the best. Trump has used the military as a political prop since his first days in office, from signing MAGA hats for troops to giving partisan-fueled speeches in the heart of the Pentagon. American’s soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have been made to stand at attention for Trump’s rants long enough.
“As President Trump prepares to leave office in days, a lucrative market for pardons is coming to a head, with some of his allies collecting fees from wealthy felons or their associates to push the White House for clemency.” https://t.co/fSf1d3Jmac
According to the latest report from the NYT’s Michael Schmidt and Jonathan Vogel, based on documents and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and attorneys, the market for pardons has increased ever since it became apparent the president would be leaving office.
“One lobbyist, Brett Tolman, a former federal prosecutor who has been advising the White House on pardons and commutations, has monetized his clemency work, collecting tens of thousands of dollars, and possibly more, in recent weeks to lobby the White House for clemency for the son of a former Arkansas senator; the founder of the notorious online drug marketplace Silk Road; and a Manhattan socialite who pleaded guilty in a fraud scheme.”
The report also notes that Trump’s former personal attorney, John Dowd has been “marketing” himself to potential clients seeking pardons and that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani also has been implicated.
A former C.I.A. officer convicted of illegally disclosing classified information was told Rudy Giuliani could help get him pardoned…for $2 million. https://t.co/NKS1ZyJji1
Two women judges working for the Afghan Supreme Court have been shot dead.
They were killed by unidentified gunmen on their way to work on Sunday. The deaths are the latest in a string of assassinations targeting journalists, activists and other political figures.
The violence comes as President Donald Trump continues a drawdown of US troops in the country – with only 2,500 left.
The Afghan vice-president told the BBC this week that the pull-out risks more violence in an unstable country.
With the US due to complete the withdrawal of another 2,000 troops from Afghanistan, the Afghan vice-president tells the BBC the US made a mistake in conceding too much to the Taliban.
Amrullah Saleh says the American mission, which began 20 years ago, is not yet accomplished.
Last year President Donald Trump made a peace deal with the Taliban and agreed to drastically reduce US troops.
Mr Saleh says the pull-out risks more violence in the unstable country.
The Afghan government has been battling the Taliban, a hard-line Islamic movement, as the group tries to tighten its grip on parts of the country.
Vice-President Saleh told the BBC that US talks with the Taliban were not a mistake in themselves, but that Mr Trump’s administration made an error in giving the group a “massive concession”.
Biden-Harris inauguration ceremony kicks off with ‘Kolam’
Kolam, a traditional Indian art form of drawing geometric patterns on the floors as a sign of welcome, was part of the virtual kick-off ceremony of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris, who traces her origin to Tamil Nadu where these auspicious designs adorn almost every household.
In Tamil Nadu, where Harris has roots, women draw Kolams on the ground to invite health and prosperity into houses where they are displayed.
Pictures of thousands of Kolam tiles were on Saturday woven into a video to welcome Biden and Harris in the spirit of ‘Presidency for All’ and to showcase the multi-cultural heritage of America.
More than 1,800 individuals from across the United States and many from India participated in the online initiative to create thousands of Kolam designs to celebrate the historic event.
Kolam or rangoli the Indian geometric art form for welcome will be used for the Inauguration of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris. Project Kolam2021 collected tiles from schoolkids across the US for months for the installation. Well done @2021Kolampic.twitter.com/JxnNfeYne3
of course fucker munchin was not even in the new senate session yet and is already whining about 2k covid relief checks going to those who have not lost the job.
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The Obama Diary 
Good afternoon, TODville! Nerdy, thanks for all 7you do for us.
Hey Sis! 👋🏾
This is a good call in my book.
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Capital punishment: You’ve got no capital – you get punished.
-The trump death cult.
Exactly
Thanks NW for bringing us along…all the way to the Saturday before Joe and Kamala Inauguration.
THIS!!!!!
“We Will Manage the Hell Out of This Operation”
“President-Elect Joe Biden proposed to overhaul eligibility rules for coronavirus vaccines and open more sites to receive shots, but his plan to rev up U.S. inoculations largely retains the bones of the Trump administration’s system.”
President Elect Joe Biden:
“Look, our plan is as clear as it is bold. Get more people vaccinated for free. Create more places for them to get vaccinated, mobilize more medical teams to get the shots in peoples arms, increase supply and get it out the door as soon as possible. This will be one of the most challenging operational efforts ever undertaken by our country.
But you have my word, and we will manage the hell out of this operation.”
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The real jewels endowed to us!!
thx Dudette, incredible.
Shocking!! Good though.
Poet Laureate
As it should be.
PERFECT! 👍🏾
Georgia’s own Rep Lucy McBath
Make Puerto Rico a state
Puerto Rico and DC need statehood. The end
Long overdue, and elimination of the electoral college.
This is another over due debt that this country MUST pay sooner rather than later. Another example of cosmic irony, the marginalized, the disenfranchised and the outright despised cleaning up white folk’s mess.
“Biden Picks Former F.D.A. Chief to Lead Federal Vaccine Efforts”
“Dr. David Kessler, who helped speed the development and approval of AIDS drugs in the 1990s, will become the top science official for the initiative the Trump administration had called Operation Warp Speed.”
“Dr. Kessler is close to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease doctor who became the leading governmental voice on the coronavirus pandemic. The two worked closely to speed the development and approval of drugs that changed the course of the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s.”
(https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/health/covid-vaccine-kessler.html)
David Kessler, stellar career: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Kessler)
Also imo important:
“His 2009 book entitled The End of Overeating (a New York Times best seller), highlights for the consumer the amount of fat, salt, and sugar in their food intake. He asserts that this trio of elements in restaurant and processed foods conditions us to eat more, in a manner that changes our brain circuitry, and that children may develop a pattern of overeating and obesity that they might retain for life.[19] He stresses that this outcome of lifelong obesity is not genetic, but environmental and avoidable.”
🕊🙏🏼🕯💙🕯🙏🏼🕊
Despite my effort to bring Love and Light everywhere, it seems important to say if this lump of orange mediocrity doesn’t land in the slammer really soon after ‘leaving office’, where he had no business being in the first place, this country, this world, this planet, will never recover. I set out my views on sentencing way back in 2016, y’all may recall, I was not lenient.
That’s all.
Big hugs all around
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Amen.
Steven M. D’Antuono:
“FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Steven M. D’Antuono delivered the following remarks during a press call regarding the January 6, 2021, violent activity at the U.S. Capitol. Remarks prepared for delivery.” (see link)
“f you have tips—no matter how small—please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit photos and videos to fbi.gov/USCapitol—that’s Capitol with an “O.”
“So let this be a reminder—the full force of the FBI is investigating the heinous acts we saw last week, and we will leave no stone unturned until we locate and apprehend anyone who participated in the violence.”
(https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/washingtondc/news/press-releases/fbi-assistant-director-in-charge-steven-m-dantuonos-remarks-on-press-call-regarding-violence-at-us-capitol-011521)
(imo = kicking seditious arse)
Stager, caught on video beating a WA DC police officer:
“Everybody in there is a treasonous traitor. Death is the only remedy for what’s in that building,”
(https://news.yahoo.com/death-only-remedy-capitol-rioter-222025359.html)
Jenna Ryan:
“We are going to (expletive) go in here,” Ryan said in the video as she approached the top of the stairs on the west side of the Capitol building. “Life or death, it doesn’t matter. Here we go.”
“She then turned the camera to expose her face, the complaint noted, and said,
“Y’all know who to hire for your Realtor, Jenna Ryan for your Realtor.”
Nearly halfway through, Ryan appears to have made it to the front door, chanting,
“USA, USA” and “Here we are, in the name of Jesus.”
In an interview with KTVT-TV in Fort Worth, Ryan said she hoped that Trump would pardon her.
“I just want people to know I’m a normal person,
that I listen to my president who told me to go to the Capitol…”
(WaPo)
Even GA Republicans have issues with the QAnon Rep. But they don’t seem to have a clue what to do about the problem…much less keep it from getting worse.
Love everything about this.
This is worrisome.
Oh!
They have already been tracked. Anyway, data is on the server.
Oh No!!! No one is safe from the crazies…not even the Crazy-in-Chief.
According to a report from the HuffPost, far-right extremists who are hoping to disrupt the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday are furious with the president after he issued a video urging calm and no more violence following the storming of the Capitol that left five dead.
That video, and a subsequent one, in turn enraged some of his most rabid followers who turned to chatrooms to accuse the president of being a coward and a traitor to the cause he initiated.
“Some have called for his arrest or execution, labeling him a ‘traitor’ and a ‘coward.’ Alarmingly, many of those who are irate about Biden’s supposed electoral theft are still plotting to forcibly prevent him from taking office – with or without Trump’s help,” she wrote. “‘We don’t follow you,’ another Telegram user wrote, addressing Trump, after the president put out his video urging calm and order. ‘Be quiet and get out of our way.'”
IMHO, what happens between Trump and his supporters is personal, except when it involves me and others. If the supporters don’t like a video, they are free to express their dissatisfaction to their Dear Leader, so long as it doesn’t involve the rest of the country.
I don’t really care if the cult has turned on him. Unfortunately, it seems that it has taken on a life of its own…even out of Dear Leader’s control. Just hope that the rabid faction is small enough that it can easily be reined in without too much damage/mayhem occurring.
Reap ==> Sow
Chickens ==> Roost
Ricky Davila (I hope it’s true!)
The Pentagon has just denied trump a traditional farewell ceremony, no military send off, no 21 gun salute, no extravagant good bye.
They basically want him to get on the helicopter and get the fuck out.
I hope so too!!!
DUH.
Presidential Medal of Freedom for Chef Jose please.
And a Nobel Peace Prize. His team and he are doing an amazing job, their humanitarian efforts are so appreciated.
I truly admire this man. It shows he cares.
Definitely!!
A great day’s work!
WOW
JOB….He did pretty good!
POS. I hope he dug the whole REAL deep!
… and lots more
Well…that didn’t start off right. This was supposed to be the first tweet…
No, it’s about Biden and Harris’ safety.
Thread
This needs to be repeated over and over again. Every time Republicans control the White House, the national deficit sky rockets. Trump’s tax cuts = deficits. I hope President Biden works to overturn those cuts.
Good start.
The fifth columnists are calling from within the ‘house’. Pun was intended.
That’s a bfd that munchin grew some backbone. Let’s see if it stays on for next four years
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1jMJgpylYNkxL
The first @BidenInaugural event is here. Tune in as we celebrate America, reflect and honor our history, and highlight the incredible diversity of the nation.
The rethugs always mourn loss of power, never loss of principles.
True. They have no principles.
‘Steal the vote’ was their goal all along. They were and still are stunned that their strategy didn’t work. Like in turdblossom’s ‘plan’ for stealing OH in 2012.
Guess killing that iranian general doesn’t count as starting a war.
Not to forget launching a seditious war against their own country and government.
fuck zuck.
dear Chef José Andrés today in DC:
“People of America! Next Wednesday, all across the country let’s order from our favorite local restaurants!
We can support the local economy and keep each other safe…I will be doing it!
@JoeBiden’s inauguration will be a celebration of democracy, of longer tables!”
when did the thug ever do his job? what dumbassery from la times.
😂 In his last final days? Nope, he has never been an effective president. Not since January 2017. Stop lying!!
Hear that, you corrupt rethugs? Even your beloved corporate murka is turning against your seditionists. Fucking cowards.
And Facebook banned him?
It looks like fuck zuck did jacksquat.
Yup, if the traitorous thug can appoint these fifth columnists, Biden can fire them.
Isn’t January 17th Michelle Obama birthday?
In lieu of “Nah nah nah nah”
“Two things:
(1) Are you surprised that the president of the United States would have a total crank like Lindell invited into the White House in the waning days of his term? At the same moment that he and his allies are bleating to the Democrats about how responsible they are for unity and decreasing tensions?
Of course not.
And the fact that you are not surprised is simply another data point in how far outside the norm this presidency has been.
(2) Ten days ago the president of the United States incited an insurrection: He summoned a mob to Washington and then exhorted them to storm the Capitol, disrupt Congress’s attempt to count the electoral votes, and overturn the election.
Now he invites a man to the White House who claims to have proof of The Big Lie that led to the attack and has the National Security Advisor meet with this person?
This attack on our country might be farcical. It might feel like a B-list Fargo rip-off.
But this attack is deadly serious and it is ongoing.”
And, he met with him again, today – 16 Jan 2021:
Goodnight TOD.
So disturbing, GCL! All yr above posts. Now what? All Internet in country has been closed off. 😖😷
Obama and Biden are the only dems who could have beat the traitorous thug. Anyone else would have been a disaster. The dems need to develop next generation leaders asap.
When dems were the racists party.
A violent mob, whipped into a frenzy by politicians, tearing apart a town to overthrow the elected government.
Following state elections in 1898, white supremacists moved into the US port of Wilmington, North Carolina, then the largest city in the state. They destroyed black-owned businesses, murdered black residents, and forced the elected local government – a coalition of white and black politicians – to resign en masse.
Historians have described it as the only coup in US history. Its ringleaders took power the same day as the insurrection and swiftly brought in laws to strip voting and civil rights from the state’s black population. They faced no consequences.
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“No one was held accountable for the 1898 insurrection. Therefore it opened up the floodgates, especially in the south, for them to… strip African Americans’ civil rights,” he told the BBC. “That’s the first thing that came to my mind after the DC insurrection – you’re opening the door for something else to happen, or even worse.”
The 1898 attack was not covered up. University buildings, schools and public buildings throughout the state were all named after the instigators of the insurrection. Men would later claim to have taken part in the attack to boost their stature in the Democratic Party. As the decades passed, history books started to claim the attack was in fact a race riot started by the black population and put down by white citizens.
“Even after the massacre, a lot of these folks who participated in and orchestrated the insurrection became immortalised – statues, buildings named after them, throughout the country, especially in North Carolina,” Mr Everett said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55648011
Worth a read since we are seeing a repeat of that ugly history.
Thanks for posting this, AMK. One more that’s been brushed under the rug in schools. And in teaching US history. 😖
Clothing brand Ralph Lauren has ended its sponsorship of world number three Justin Thomas following his use of a homophobic slur.
The American apologised for the remark, which was made during the third round of the Sentry Tour of Champions in Hawaii earlier this month.
“It’s inexcusable,” said the Ryder Cup player, 27, after making the comment.
However, Ralph Lauren said it was “disheartened” by use of “language entirely inconsistent with our values”.
The clothing company added: “While we acknowledge he has apologised and recognises the severity of his words, he is a paid ambassador of our brand and his actions conflict with the inclusive culture we strive to uphold.”
https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/55687157
So many entitled think that all they have to do is say “I’m Sorry” and all they’ll get is a slap on the wrist. At the end of the day, you did the deed. So don’t be surprised when there *is* a consequence.
Details are emerging of a raft of executive orders planned by US president-elect Joe Biden as soon as he takes office this week.
Mr Biden will issue decrees to reverse President Trump’s travel bans and re-join the Paris climate accord on his first day, US media reports.
He is also expected to focus on reuniting children separated from families at the border and issue mandates on Covid-19 and mask-wearing.
Mr Biden will be inaugurated Wednesday.
//
Among the orders planned soon after taking office are:
A US return to the Paris climate agreement – the global pact on cutting carbon emissions
Repealing the controversial travel ban on mostly Muslim-majority countries
Wearing masks on federal property and when travelling interstate will me made mandatory
An extension to nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures due to the pandemic
The executive orders are just one part of his ambitious plan for his first 10 days in office, according the memo.
The President-elect is also expected to send a major new immigration bill to Congress as well as focusing on passing a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus plan to help the country’s economy recover from coronavirus.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55694415
MSM, stop w/ the “ambitious” on Exec Orders! My lovely dream is that our President Joe just cancels all Virus45’s EO’s in one swoop! 😂😷
Three more days!
Why doesn’t he reach out to his usual contributors? Has he tapped out those sources?
*IF* he got the 2 Billion, how much would go towards a library?
Does he even know what a library is?
Yes, JUST LEAVE.
The Pentagon, in a break with recent tradition, will not host an Armed Forces Farewell tribute to President Donald Trump.
It’s a shame, but not a surprise. Trump will leave office in disgrace, one week after the House voted a second time for his impeachment, two weeks after his supporters staged a deadly siege in the Capitol Building, six months after he dragged his Joint Chiefs chairman into a political firestorm, and after four years of nonstop assaults on truth. One of those disgraces is how he is ghosting the U.S. troops that he commanded.
Two senior defense officials confirmed to Defense One on Thursday that no military farewell is being planned for the commander in chief.
Perhaps it’s for the best. Trump has used the military as a political prop since his first days in office, from signing MAGA hats for troops to giving partisan-fueled speeches in the heart of the Pentagon. American’s soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have been made to stand at attention for Trump’s rants long enough.
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/pentagon-wont-throw-traditional-farewell-ceremony-trump/171408/
Corruption sold cheap on the side. And most white murkkkans think this thug is the messiah.
Pardons for Sale?!?!?!?!? There’s got to be something illegal about this.
According to the latest report from the NYT’s Michael Schmidt and Jonathan Vogel, based on documents and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and attorneys, the market for pardons has increased ever since it became apparent the president would be leaving office.
“One lobbyist, Brett Tolman, a former federal prosecutor who has been advising the White House on pardons and commutations, has monetized his clemency work, collecting tens of thousands of dollars, and possibly more, in recent weeks to lobby the White House for clemency for the son of a former Arkansas senator; the founder of the notorious online drug marketplace Silk Road; and a Manhattan socialite who pleaded guilty in a fraud scheme.”
The report also notes that Trump’s former personal attorney, John Dowd has been “marketing” himself to potential clients seeking pardons and that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani also has been implicated.
Morning everyone:) AZ has the worst COVID problem IN THE WORLD. Congratulations, Republlicans
Another traitorous thug’s ‘legacy’.
Two women judges working for the Afghan Supreme Court have been shot dead.
They were killed by unidentified gunmen on their way to work on Sunday. The deaths are the latest in a string of assassinations targeting journalists, activists and other political figures.
The violence comes as President Donald Trump continues a drawdown of US troops in the country – with only 2,500 left.
The Afghan vice-president told the BBC this week that the pull-out risks more violence in an unstable country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55693972
With the US due to complete the withdrawal of another 2,000 troops from Afghanistan, the Afghan vice-president tells the BBC the US made a mistake in conceding too much to the Taliban.
Amrullah Saleh says the American mission, which began 20 years ago, is not yet accomplished.
Last year President Donald Trump made a peace deal with the Taliban and agreed to drastically reduce US troops.
Mr Saleh says the pull-out risks more violence in the unstable country.
The Afghan government has been battling the Taliban, a hard-line Islamic movement, as the group tries to tighten its grip on parts of the country.
Vice-President Saleh told the BBC that US talks with the Taliban were not a mistake in themselves, but that Mr Trump’s administration made an error in giving the group a “massive concession”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55666152
The coward not only negotiated with terrorists but actually surrendered to them.
Is today Michelle Obama’s birthday?? I see a little something from PBO to her on IG 🙂
January 17th…that would be TODAY! Happy Birthday, Michelle Obama!!!
Biden-Harris inauguration ceremony kicks off with ‘Kolam’
Kolam, a traditional Indian art form of drawing geometric patterns on the floors as a sign of welcome, was part of the virtual kick-off ceremony of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris, who traces her origin to Tamil Nadu where these auspicious designs adorn almost every household.
In Tamil Nadu, where Harris has roots, women draw Kolams on the ground to invite health and prosperity into houses where they are displayed.
Pictures of thousands of Kolam tiles were on Saturday woven into a video to welcome Biden and Harris in the spirit of ‘Presidency for All’ and to showcase the multi-cultural heritage of America.
More than 1,800 individuals from across the United States and many from India participated in the online initiative to create thousands of Kolam designs to celebrate the historic event.
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/biden-harris-inauguration-event-kicks-off-with-kolam/20210117.htm
In my home, we do these kolams everyday morning.
This is very cool, amk:) You have a connection to this inauguration, too!
Whadja mean connection? I elected Joe+Kamala and kicking out the thug.
Happy Birthday, Betty White:) What a wonderful and amazing woman. Many more!
Useless fucker. He should have voted to remove the traitorous thug last time around.
of course fucker munchin was not even in the new senate session yet and is already whining about 2k covid relief checks going to those who have not lost the job.
Good Morning and Happy Birthday to Our Forever FLOTUS Michelle Obama!
MSM, stop w/ the “ambitious” on Exec Orders! My lovely dream is that our President Joe just cancels all Virus45’s EO’s in one swoop! 😂😷
sorry, not sure why this doubled down at this spot. Thought it posted above! 😏😷
First day!!
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2021/01/17/happy-birthday-michelle-obama/
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️