Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at the Presentation of her 2021 Inauguration Day and Evening Ensembles to the Smithsonian Institution
On #InternationalDayOfEducation, I am grateful for the teachers who shaped my life and who are making a difference every single day. Your patience, dedication, and passion help create understanding, informed citizens, and the promise of a better future for all of us. pic.twitter.com/VOSSsQFk0a
When it comes to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol and the attempt to subvert our democracy the wheels of justice are apparently turning. In the two years since the insurrection, the DOJ has made more than 950 arrests. Now critical convictions are being handed down.
I agree with Glenn. Realize the wheels of justice move slowly. However, this is way past ridiculous. The DOJ can go all over the country for the low hanging fruit, but can’t walk across the street to get the people in Congress we all know where involved……and then there’s Trump. Never been held accountable for anything he has done. #enough
Yes, hi tnmtngirl1. If we are to have an America worth living in, Trump must be brought to justice, convicted and serve his punishment. Same for his associates, especially those in Congress who funded and organized the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
All must be removed from public office and may we never meet again.
Trump incited an insurrection. And tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power.
He’s shown no remorse. No contrition.
Giving him back access to a social media platform to spread his lies and demagoguery is dangerous.@facebook caved, giving him a platform to do more harm.
The bulging orange pus sack, ex “president” was REMOVED from social media platforms for DANGEROUS, violence inciting LIES. HE’S STILL TELLING THOSE SAME LIES TWO YEARS LATER. How has the danger changed??
DeSantis blocking AP African-American Studies class
Student slams DeSantis admin’s ‘blatant racism’ for blocking AP African-American studies class, may sue
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump warned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday that he will sue his administration if it continues to block an AP course on African-American studies from being taught in the state’s high schools. DeSantis rejected the program saying the course “significantly lacks educational value.” During the lawsuit announcement, Crump was joined by three high school students who would be the lead plaintiffs. Elijah Edwards, one of these three high school students, and Florida St. Sen. Shevrin Jones, join Joy Reid to discuss.
African American history and its extraordinary value will not be erased by FL Gov. Ron DeSantis or ANYONE! If DeSantis continues down this misguided path of censorship, we will have no choice but to take legal action! #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistorypic.twitter.com/tUZ4eLrnP8
= McCarthy trying to please Mar a Lago, base and Greene. But no mention of Greene threatening “the Squad” and the Speaker with bullets, also Gosar’s deadly targeting of AOC – and why aren’t these crimes?
What Republicans are doing is engaging in psychological warfare against the American people and acting as if that is the way you are supposed to govern. pic.twitter.com/lRzig5W9Nz
This is really important: the @POTUS achievements are bringing high-paying jobs that don't require a college degree to some long-forgotten parts of the country. https://t.co/crPaz6XRLy
BREAKING: George Santos’ campaign reportedly falsified its latest campaign disclosure, falsely claiming to have Thomas Datwyler as its new Treasurer with a fraudulent signature.
By refusing to seat Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar on their committees while seating compulsive liar and conman George Santos and bowing and scraping to compulsive liar and conman Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy has shown America exactly what he believes in: nothing.
(The so-called “Fair Tax”: To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.)
Continues to be the case that a huge swath of right-wing media are dedicated to lies that will end up getting members of their own audience killed. https://t.co/GrQhDNtX6z
The latest Covid conspiracy is that footballer Mr. Hamlin died due to the vaccination and his body double is now being used for nefarious purposes. Can beloved Americans help fight the brainwashing?
House lawmakers launch ‘Congressional Dads Caucus’
House lawmakers launched the “Congressional Dads Caucus” on Thursday, vowing to advocate for policies that will assist working-class families — including paid family leave and the expanded child tax credit.
Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust. For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. – Elie Wiesel pic.twitter.com/45iGdfk03N
Florida high school student: "By lacking an AP dedicated to the ones this country was built off the backs of, it's further oppressing a group that has done more for this country than the country has done for them." pic.twitter.com/kmCClrVOqJ
FACT SHEET:
Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Data Showing 26 Million People in All 50 States Applied or Were Automatically Eligible for One-Time Student Debt Relief
5 ex-Memphis police officers are charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death
Mr. Nichols, 29, died three days after Memphis police pulled him over and allegedly beat him. Video of the encounter will be released after 6 p.m. local time Friday.
Colin Kaepernick’s new doc destroys one of Kevin McCarthy’s talking points
The former San Francisco 49ers star is about to drop a documentary about police violence and corruption in McCarthy’s district.
“His latest statement — a new documentary he’s executive produced for Hulu — takes aim at a familiar target: state-sanctioned violence police and corruption. The project is set in Bakersfield, California, and includes another high-profile foe: new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.”
Killing County,” set to debut Feb. 3, highlights the 2013 police shooting of Jorge Ramirez, Jr. in Bakersfield, which is part of McCarthy’s district. Ramirez was shot and killed by Bakersfield police. Authorities said at one point the shooting was part of a botched police informant operation, but many details remain unclear. The city reportedly later reached a settlement with Ramirez’s family for $400,000, but no official has yet been punished for Ramirez’s death.
The filmmakers investigate what they say is a the raft of police violence in Bakersfield– in particular, gun violence — that’s turned Bakersfield and the surrounding Kern County into one of the nation’s most violent regions over the last decade.”
BREAKING: The system for handling classified info is BROKEN. Congress must fix it.
I’m introducing Defending Our Classified Secrets (DOCS) Act, which requires federal officials, within 30 days of leaving office, to certify under oath that they possess no classified documents.
How Barr’s Quest to Find Flaws in the Russia Inquiry Unraveled
The review by John Durham at one point veered into a criminal investigation related to Donald Trump himself, even as it failed to find wrongdoing in the origins of the Russia inquiry.
Trolls’ and ‘Liars’: The definitive debunking of Trump AG Bill Barr
Ari Melber debunks Bill Barr’s defense of his conduct handling the Mueller Report, and draws on legal precedent and real-time reporting to fact-check Barr’s claims.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_5IoHLe9vE)
—imo we see how Barr scooped the Mueller report and deceptively re-wrote it to falsely say no collusion and no Russia conspiracy. Barr didn’t use whole sentences in his Mueller quotes. (Wednesday)
WTH Happened with FTX? with Tonya Evans
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Last year’s Super Bowl featured a who’s who of celebrities hawking cryptocurrency and crypto platforms like FTX. In retrospect that looks like the boom before the bust. This year, crypto prices have tumbled and one of the most valued exchanges, FTX, collapsed in a cloud of alleged fraud and federal indictments….
“I am a historian of political atrocity, and for me personally number 1 — defeating an ongoing genocidal project — would be more than enough reason to want Ukrainian victory. But every single one of the other fourteen is hugely significant. Each presents the kind of opportunity that generations of policy planners wish for, but almost never get. Much has been done, we have not yet seen and seized the moment.
This is a once-in-lifetime conjuncture, not to be wasted. The Ukrainians have given us a chance to turn this century around, a chance for freedom and security that we could not have achieved by our own efforts, no matter who we happen to be. All we have to do is help them win.”
(Timothy Snyder)
“The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9 percent annualized rate in the fourth quarter of last year, once again defying predictions of a dramatic slowdown as consumers kept spending and companies continued hiring.” (Politico)
#Lukashevich: Alarming trends in some OSCE countries, where neo-Nazism and anti-Semitism are on the rise, and intolerance, aggressive nationalism and chauvinism are becoming routine. We must work together to prevent the terrible events of WWII from becoming a new reality pic.twitter.com/iIh3noCoCH
January 27 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day: 76 years ago Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, was liberated by the Red Army.
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
Thanks NW.
Happy birthday President Zelensky!
Marc Elias
Remarks By President Biden in Meeting with Democratic Congressional Leaders
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/24/remarks-by-president-biden-in-meeting-with-democratic-congressional-leaders/)
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by First Lady Jill Biden at the Presentation of her 2021 Inauguration Day and Evening Ensembles to the Smithsonian Institution
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/01/25/remarks-as-prepared-for-delivery-by-first-lady-jill-biden-at-the-presentation-of-her-2021-inauguration-day-and-evening-ensembles-to-the-smithsonian-institution/
Glenn Kirschner: I believe Donald Trump must be indicted to save our democracy
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpj55B8-OoE)
When it comes to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol and the attempt to subvert our democracy the wheels of justice are apparently turning. In the two years since the insurrection, the DOJ has made more than 950 arrests. Now critical convictions are being handed down.
I agree with Glenn. Realize the wheels of justice move slowly. However, this is way past ridiculous. The DOJ can go all over the country for the low hanging fruit, but can’t walk across the street to get the people in Congress we all know where involved……and then there’s Trump. Never been held accountable for anything he has done. #enough
Yes, hi tnmtngirl1. If we are to have an America worth living in, Trump must be brought to justice, convicted and serve his punishment. Same for his associates, especially those in Congress who funded and organized the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
All must be removed from public office and may we never meet again.
YES, YES, YES!!!
The bulging orange pus sack, ex “president” was REMOVED from social media platforms for DANGEROUS, violence inciting LIES. HE’S STILL TELLING THOSE SAME LIES TWO YEARS LATER. How has the danger changed??
Good West Coast morning Nerdy & TOD family.
I want to send a special “hello” to our dear TODer, CarolMaeWY. It’s always good to see your avatar. 💖🥰
DeSantis blocking AP African-American Studies class
Student slams DeSantis admin’s ‘blatant racism’ for blocking AP African-American studies class, may sue
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump warned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday that he will sue his administration if it continues to block an AP course on African-American studies from being taught in the state’s high schools. DeSantis rejected the program saying the course “significantly lacks educational value.” During the lawsuit announcement, Crump was joined by three high school students who would be the lead plaintiffs. Elijah Edwards, one of these three high school students, and Florida St. Sen. Shevrin Jones, join Joy Reid to discuss.
Federick Ingram
Secretary-Treasurer of AFT, Former President of FEA, Public Education Advocate, Unionist, Band Director, 2006 Miami-Dade County Teacher of the Year
“You cannot exterminate us, you cannot exterminate our culture, and you can never exterminate the value of our children to this world.”
Democratic House members Schiff, Swalwell, Omar hold briefing on committee assignments
Congressman Swalwell: “It’s about who is now given access to top secret information to exact revenge on your political opponents.” (ReidOut)
= McCarthy trying to please Mar a Lago, base and Greene. But no mention of Greene threatening “the Squad” and the Speaker with bullets, also Gosar’s deadly targeting of AOC – and why aren’t these crimes?
Jamaal Bowman
Saw this last nightl. He is always right on target. Sharp.
—so happy you are well FL Biden.
college degrees
ELON MUSK CAVES TO PRESSURE FROM INDIA TO REMOVE BBC DOC CRITICAL OF MODI
Officials from India’s ruling right-wing party said American tech companies like Twitter and YouTube complied with demands to remove the documentary.
(https://theintercept.com/2023/01/24/twitter-elon-musk-modi-india-bbc/)
—-Twitter not about free ideas but about snuffing others’ ideas out. (paraphrasing Chris Hayes)
George Santos Admits 500K Personal Loan to Campaign Wasn’t ‘Personal’
It’s been one of the biggest mysteries surrounding George Santos:
Where did he get his money? In an amended filing, Santos admits a big chunk wasn’t his.
Roger Sollenberger:
(https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-santos-admits-500k-personal-loan-to-campaign-wasnt-personal)
Ritchie Torres
BREAKING: George Santos’ campaign reportedly falsified its latest campaign disclosure, falsely claiming to have Thomas Datwyler as its new Treasurer with a fraudulent signature.
The lying and law-breaking knows no limit.
R E S I G N !
We know Santos broke the law: Dan Goldman
Jamie Raskin
By refusing to seat Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar on their committees while seating compulsive liar and conman George Santos and bowing and scraping to compulsive liar and conman Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy has shown America exactly what he believes in: nothing.
Senator Tester on HR 25, gop proposal to impose a 30% sales tax.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST1U4srUyTg)
(The so-called “Fair Tax”: To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.)
Senator Tester:
A 30% national sales tax would increase costs, hurt businesses, and really hurt working families.
Over my dead body.
The latest Covid conspiracy is that footballer Mr. Hamlin died due to the vaccination and his body double is now being used for nefarious purposes. Can beloved Americans help fight the brainwashing?
House lawmakers launch ‘Congressional Dads Caucus’
House lawmakers launched the “Congressional Dads Caucus” on Thursday, vowing to advocate for policies that will assist working-class families — including paid family leave and the expanded child tax credit.
Michael Schnell: (https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3831875-house-lawmakers-launch-congressional-dads-caucus/)
Well who is surprised? Boohoo.
First Lunar New Year Reception at the White House
Elaine Tso, CEO of Asian Services in Action, introduced the president.
Statement from President Joe Biden on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/26/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/)
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Tyre Nichols Case
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/26/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-tyre-nichols-case/)
Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on a Successful Counterterrorism Operation in Somalia
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/01/26/background-press-call-by-senior-administration-officials-on-a-successful-counterterrorism-operation-in-somalia/)
FACT SHEET:
Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Data Showing 26 Million People in All 50 States Applied or Were Automatically Eligible for One-Time Student Debt Relief
(https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/27/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-releases-new-data-showing-26-million-people-in-all-50-states-applied-or-were-automatically-eligible-for-one-time-student-debt-relief/)
5 ex-Memphis police officers are charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death
Mr. Nichols, 29, died three days after Memphis police pulled him over and allegedly beat him. Video of the encounter will be released after 6 p.m. local time Friday.
(https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-1-ex-memphis-police-officer-indicted-tyre-nichols-death-attorney-rcna67632)
Colin Kaepernick documentary.
Colin Kaepernick’s new doc destroys one of Kevin McCarthy’s talking points
The former San Francisco 49ers star is about to drop a documentary about police violence and corruption in McCarthy’s district.
“His latest statement — a new documentary he’s executive produced for Hulu — takes aim at a familiar target: state-sanctioned violence police and corruption. The project is set in Bakersfield, California, and includes another high-profile foe: new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.”
Killing County,” set to debut Feb. 3, highlights the 2013 police shooting of Jorge Ramirez, Jr. in Bakersfield, which is part of McCarthy’s district. Ramirez was shot and killed by Bakersfield police. Authorities said at one point the shooting was part of a botched police informant operation, but many details remain unclear. The city reportedly later reached a settlement with Ramirez’s family for $400,000, but no official has yet been punished for Ramirez’s death.
The filmmakers investigate what they say is a the raft of police violence in Bakersfield– in particular, gun violence — that’s turned Bakersfield and the surrounding Kern County into one of the nation’s most violent regions over the last decade.”
More: (https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/colin-kaepernicks-new-hulu-crime-doc-destroys-kevin-mccarthys-talking-rcna67749)
GJ: Maybe stop classifying everything. I fully expect to someday walk into a government facility and find the toilet paper marked confidential.
How Barr’s Quest to Find Flaws in the Russia Inquiry Unraveled
The review by John Durham at one point veered into a criminal investigation related to Donald Trump himself, even as it failed to find wrongdoing in the origins of the Russia inquiry.
(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/politics/durham-trump-russia-barr.html)
Trolls’ and ‘Liars’: The definitive debunking of Trump AG Bill Barr
Ari Melber debunks Bill Barr’s defense of his conduct handling the Mueller Report, and draws on legal precedent and real-time reporting to fact-check Barr’s claims.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_5IoHLe9vE)
—imo we see how Barr scooped the Mueller report and deceptively re-wrote it to falsely say no collusion and no Russia conspiracy. Barr didn’t use whole sentences in his Mueller quotes. (Wednesday)
“Pretty clear reading between the lines that both Barr and Durham both ended up with very severe cases of Fox News Brain Worms.” (Chris Hayes)
WTH Happened with FTX? with Tonya Evans
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
Last year’s Super Bowl featured a who’s who of celebrities hawking cryptocurrency and crypto platforms like FTX. In retrospect that looks like the boom before the bust. This year, crypto prices have tumbled and one of the most valued exchanges, FTX, collapsed in a cloud of alleged fraud and federal indictments….
(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wth-happened-with-ftx-with-tonya-evans/id1382983397?i=1000596219016)
Opinion The Jan. 6 committee report contains a treasure trove in fine print
Benjamin Wittes: (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/25/jan-6-committee-report-footnotes-guide/)
Weapons of war used to hunt human beings have no place in a civilized society.
Hakeem Jeffries
Pod Save America
(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-save-america/id1192761536)
—Jan 24 Interview with Speaker Hakeem Jeffries.
—here everyday white landscape, really dumping right now!
“I am a historian of political atrocity, and for me personally number 1 — defeating an ongoing genocidal project — would be more than enough reason to want Ukrainian victory. But every single one of the other fourteen is hugely significant. Each presents the kind of opportunity that generations of policy planners wish for, but almost never get. Much has been done, we have not yet seen and seized the moment.
This is a once-in-lifetime conjuncture, not to be wasted. The Ukrainians have given us a chance to turn this century around, a chance for freedom and security that we could not have achieved by our own efforts, no matter who we happen to be. All we have to do is help them win.”
(Timothy Snyder)
Timothy Snyder has an important new article out called: “Why the world needs Ukrainian victory. Fifteen reasons.”
Rep. Schiff is running for the Senate.
“The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9 percent annualized rate in the fourth quarter of last year, once again defying predictions of a dramatic slowdown as consumers kept spending and companies continued hiring.” (Politico)
Friday, Jan 27 2023: Peace to the world.
Become one!
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