1/12/2021

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Jan 12, 2021
Biden urges mask wearing after receiving second vaccine dose

Biden receives second dose of coronavirus vaccine on camera


Jan. 11, (CNN) - Joe Biden on Monday received the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on camera, as part of an effort by the President-elect's incoming administration to reassure the country of the safety of the vaccines.


Biden was administered the shot in his left arm by Ric Cuming, chief nurse executive at ChristianaCare's Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware, according to Biden's transition team.

The President-elect said he would be announcing his plan to "get the entire Covid operation up and running," including the necessary costs, on Thursday. Biden said he had a meeting with members of his team later Monday afternoon.

Biden said he was "not afraid of taking the oath outside," and that his team has been getting briefed, when asked if he had any fears about taking the oath of office at the US Capitol, which was stormed and breached by supporters of President Donald Trump last week.

"I think it's critically important that there be a real, serious focus on holding those folks who engaged in sedition and threatened people's lives, defaced public property, caused great damage, that they be held accountable," Biden said.     continue to read



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Live updates: Trump impeachment and 25th Amendment resolutions to get House vote
House Democrats will proceed with Trump's impeachment for "incitement of insurrection" if Pence doesn't agree to invoke the 25th Amendment.


Jan. 12 - House Democrats introduced one article of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday for "incitement of insurrection" for urging his supporters to march on the Capitol last Wednesday.

The House will vote on the impeachment measure Wednesday morning after considering legislation Tuesday night that calls on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office before Jan. 20. The planned votes come after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told Democrats that the chamber would proceed with Trump's impeachment if Pence doesn't agree to the 25th Amendment process.

Majority Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said the House could delay sending impeachment articles to the Senate until after Joe Biden's first 100 days in office to allow the president-elect to get his agenda off and running, including Covid-19 relief legislation and the confirmation of his Cabinet officials.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the soonest his chamber could receive impeachment articles would be the eve of Biden's inauguration unless senators give unanimous consent to doing so earlier.     continue to read


House Democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach Trump

Jan. 12, (CNN) - House Democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told Democrats on a caucus call Monday, setting up an impeachment vote one week after rioters incited by Trump overran Capitol police and breached some of the most secure areas of the US Capitol.

The House will vote Tuesday evening on a resolution urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from power, and then plan to vote Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET on the impeachment resolution, Hoyer said.

Democrats formally introduced their impeachment resolution Monday, charging Trump with "incitement of insurrection" as they race toward making him the first president in history to be impeached twice. Wednesday's vote underscores Democrats' fury toward Trump and his supporters after months of false rhetoric about the election being stolen whipped the President's most ardent followers into a deadly mob Wednesday that ransacked the Capitol, forced lawmakers to evacuate both the House and Senate -- and could have been worse.


The single impeachment article, which was introduced when the House gaveled into a brief pro-forma session Monday, points to Trump's repeated false claims that he won the election and his speech to the crowd on January 6 before the rioters breached the Capitol. It also cited Trump's call with the Georgia Republican secretary of state where the President urged him to "find" enough votes for Trump to win the state.     continue to read

1/11/2021

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Supporters of President Donald Trump break into the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Rep. Horsford calls on Republican leaders to condemn Nye County GOP chairman's letter

Jan. 10, LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- Nevada Representative Steven Horsford on Sunday responded to a letter from the Nye County GOP chairman claiming "Trump will be president for another four years."

In the letter, published Jan. 8, Nye County GOP Chairman Chris Zimmerman claims President Donald Trump did not concede. He refers to multiple unfounded conspiracy theories and claims those inside the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday were "Antifa," rather than Trump's followers.

Zimmerman listed several events he expected to happen prior to President-Elect Joe Biden's inauguration, including to expect Trump to be inaugurated on Jan. 20. "It’s 1776 all over again!" he wrote at the letter's end.


Rep. Horsford published the following statement on Twitter:
As representative of #NV04, where Nye County is, I have news for the Chairman. It’s not 1776 and the failed attempt of a coup involving some Republicans is sedition against the will of the people and our democracy. Any suggestion otherwise is a refusal to accept reality.

Zimmerman, your seditious letter is now being publicized—suggesting the President-elect will not be inaugurated. This effort to intentionally stoke division and incite criminal acts against our government must be rejected and condemned by everyone who believes in our democracy.

To date, the failed coup on Jan 6th resulted in 6 deaths, including 2 US Capitol Police Officers. I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to condemn Zimmerman’s letter, affirm the election results, and reject any and all forms of insurrection against our federal government.


Zimmerman, your letter is not patriotism and it must be removed. Every Republican in Nevada needs to condemn these lies and this assault on America. President-designate @JoeBiden and Vice President-desig


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Chris Christie slams Trump for baseless election ‘fraud’ claims
Though the former governor of New Jersey is a known Trump ally, even he's criticizing the president's latest actions

Jan. 10 - Possibly outgoing President Trump has drawn criticism throughout his presidency over his words and actions, but now it’s coming from those who have shown support for him in the past. On Tuesday night, Trump declared he won the election despite millions of votes that have yet to be counted. While on the air doing election coverage for ABC News last night, Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey says the president made a “bad strategic decision,” as recounted by People.

“There’s just no basis to make that argument tonight. There just isn’t,” Christie said.  “All these votes have to be counted that are in now. Tonight, this was not the time to make this argument.”     continue to read

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1/09/2021

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Jan 9, 2021
Sasse says Trump was 'delighted' and 'excited' by reports of Capitol riot

Jan. 8 - Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Friday that he heard from senior White House officials that President Trump was "delighted" to hear that his supporters were breaking into the Capitol building in a riot Wednesday that turned deadly.


“As this was unfolding on television, Donald Trump was walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team weren’t as excited as he was as you had rioters pushing against Capitol Police trying to get into the building,” Sasse told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt in an interview. “That was happening. He was delighted.”

“I’m sure you’ve also had conversations with other senior White House officials, as I have,” Sasse told Hewitt.

The Nebraska Republican, who has at times been more critical of Trump than many of his GOP colleagues, did not name which officials said Trump was delighted.

On Thursday night, more than 24 hours after the attack on the Capitol, Trump condemned the riot in a video message.

When asked by Hewitt if Trump should be removed from office before his term ends on Jan. 20, Sasse said he first wanted to know why the National Guard wasn’t sent in to handle the riot.

At least five people have died as a result of the attack on the Capitol.

Sasse has pushed back on Trump's unsubstantiated claims of a "rigged" election and widespread voter fraud. He's also said Trump's repeated remarks on the matter played a role in sparking Wednesday's mob violence at the Capitol.

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1/08/2021

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JANUARY 7, 2021
White House Statement on Breaching of Capitol

Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany 
addressed the security breach at the U.S. Capitol in a statement from the White House. She said the administration condemned violence in the “strongest possible terms.” Ms. McEnany also said the administration was working to ensure a peaceful transition of power. 
JANUARY 7, 2021
House Speaker Pelosi Briefing on Capitol Security Breach
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a press briefing a day after a crowd of people breached security at the U.S. Capitol. She called on Vice President Pence to use the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office saying he, “incited an armed insurrection against America.” She also said the House was prepared to begin impeachment proceedings. The speaker went on to call for the resignation of the chief of the capitol police, and spoke about security concerns related to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. 




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Trump’s own lawyer says the president used him to ‘perpetrate a crime’

Jan. 7 - One of President Donald Trump's own lawyers is confessing that he was used in aiding a crime. Law360 reported Thursday that Jerome M. Marcus of Marcus & Auerbach LLC, who represented Trump in the Philadelphia lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results, now wants to withdraw from the case.

On Thursday, Marcus told the federal court "he wanted to withdraw from the now-dormant case, claiming he was used to 'perpetuate a crime.'"

His motion to withdraw comes after armed insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol in violence that ultimately led to the deaths of 4 people and injured dozens of police officers.

"The undersigned respectfully requests leave of this court to withdraw as counsel ... inasmuch as the client has used the lawyer's services to perpetrate a crime and the client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant and with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement," the motion explained.

Trump along with his son Donald Trump Jr. and lawyer Rudy Giuliani fired up a rally crowd on Wednesday, calling for a "trial by combat." When the president addressed the crowd, he told them that the election was "stolen" from them and that he would join them in a march up the street to the Capitol. Trump never did join them, but the march continued anyway.

Read the full report at Law360.

PBS NewsHour full episode, Jan. 7, 2020
Jan 8, 2021
Thursday on the NewsHour, the nation begins the process of recovery after a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, calls to remove President Trump from office grow among lawmakers, the breach at the Capitol prompts demands for answers about security, and a look at the tactics used by law enforcement at the Capitol and those often employed during peaceful racial justice protests.

1/07/2021

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JANUARY 6, 2021
LIVE: Protests at U.S. Capitol
LIVE coverage from Capitol Hill as protesters breach the U.S. Capitol building.
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Trump Supporters Storm US Capitol As Lawmakers Start Certification Of 2020 Election

Jan. 7 - Thousands of flag-waving supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing lawmakers to evacuate and shutting down the normally routine procedure of certifying the Electoral College vote, the final step in the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice president.      more details


Supporters of President Trump take over balconies and inauguration scaffolding at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist

Jan. 7 - The three repulsive architects of Wednesday’s heartbreaking spectacle — mobs desecrating the Republic’s noblest building and preventing the completion of a constitutional process — must be named and forevermore shunned. They are Donald Trump, and Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz.


Trump lit the fuse for the riot in the weeks before the election, with his successful effort to delegitimize the election in the eyes of his supporters. But Wednesday’s explosion required the help of Hawley (R-Mo.) and Cruz (R-Tex.).

Hawley announced his intention to object to the certification of some states’ electoral votes, for no better reason than that there has been an avalanche of “allegations” of election irregularities, allegations fomented by the loser of the election. By doing so, Hawley turned what should have been a perfunctory episode in our civic liturgy of post-election civility into a synthetic drama. He turned this moment into the focus of the hitherto unfocused fury that Trump had been stoking for many weeks.     continue to read

1/06/2021

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Confusion erupts as GOP senator suggests Pence will not preside over certification of Biden's win

Jan. 6 - A Republican senator ignited confusion on Tuesday after suggesting that Vice President Mike Pence would abdicate his constitutional duty to preside over the congressional certification of Joe Biden's electoral vote win. Pence's office quickly pushed back on the report.

The vice president is duty-bound to preside over Wednesday's certification process, as outlined in the Twelfth Amendment and clarified by the Electoral Count Act, but he will instead hand over those duties to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), reported Roll Call.     continue to read



Biden’s victory in the November election will be challenged yet again
Trump’s last stand: how the dramatic endgame for the 2020 US election will play out in Congress

Jan. 6 - This week, the US Congress will put the finishing touches to the chaotic, protracted 2020 US presidential election.

A joint session of the House and Senate will assemble at 1pm on January 6 (5am AEDT/7am NZDT on January 7) as the votes cast by the 538-member Electoral College following the November election are opened, counted and certified. The president of the Senate (who also happens to be Vice President Mike Pence) will then finally declare the winner.


Usually, this process generates very little public attention because it is essentially just a formal ratification of an outcome the American public has known for almost two months.     continue to read




People attend a rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington in support of President Trump.
Hundreds of Trump supporters flock to Washington ahead of vote to certify Biden’s win

Jan 6, WASHINGTON —  Hundreds of supporters of President Trump descended on the nation’s capital Tuesday to cheer his baseless claims of election fraud a day before a congressional vote to affirm Joe Biden’s victory.


Just blocks from the White House, protesters — many without masks — gathered in Freedom Plaza to decry the vote in the electoral college. As temperatures dropped to the low 40s and a steady rain swept onto the streets, hundreds remained in the plaza past nightfall.

“I’m just here to support the president,” said David Wideman, a 45-year-old firefighter who traveled from Memphis, Tenn.
Wideman said he was “confused” by a string of losses from the president’s legal team and its allies in their attempt to overturn the results of the election and didn’t know what options Trump had left.     continue to read
PBS NewsHour live episode, Jan. 5, 2020
Jan 6, 2021
Tuesday on the NewsHour, Georgia voters head to the polls to decide the U.S. Senate and much of President-elect Joe Biden's agenda, the U.S. sets another daily record for COVID-19 infections as the vaccination campaign lags behind projections, lost revenue and cutbacks from pandemic-related closures compel many struggling educational institutions to make big cuts.
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1/05/2021

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McCarthy gives green light to conservatives' push to overturn Biden's win, as senior Republicans raise alarms

Jan. 4, (CNN)The top House Republican has quietly blessed an effort by conservative lawmakers to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory when a joint session of Congress meets later this week, even as other top congressional Republicans are raising alarms that the push could cause lasting damage to a pillar of democracy.

The conservatives said on Sunday that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has been supportive of their plans, a stark contrast from the position of many prominent Republicans — including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and the former House speaker, Paul Ryan -- who have publicly and privately raised major concerns about an effort that is doomed to fail but is bound to sow distrust over the sanctity of US elections.     more details


JANUARY 4, 2021
Campaign 2020

President-elect Biden Campaigns for Georgia U.S. Senate Candidates

President-Elect Joe Biden campaigned for Democratic Georgia U.S. Senate candidates -- Jon Ossoff and Rev. Rafael Warnock -- in Atlanta. Both men faced runoff elections with the Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler -- on January 5, 2021 which will determine majority control of the U.S. Senate. President-Elect Biden talked about the importance of Georgians to get out and vote.

JANUARY 4, 2021
Campaign 2020

President Trump Campaigns for U.S. Senate Runoffs in Georgia

President Trump 
speaks at a rally in Dalton, Georgia, in support of Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, both facing a runoff election on Tuesday.



GOP Leader McCarthy Sounds Off on an Electoral Challenge
Jan. 4 - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R) on Sunday said he supports members of his caucus who favor challenging the certification of the 2020 presidential results.


“I think it's right that we have the debate. I mean, you see now that senators are going to object, the House is going to object — how else do we have a way to change the election problems?” McCarthy told The Hill.      continue to read

1/04/2021

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In this Dec. 15, 2006, file photo, outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, shakes hands with Vice President Dick Cheney during an Armed Forces Full Honor Review for Rumsfeld at the Pentagon. All 10 living former secretaries of defense, including Rumsfeld and Cheney, have joined in cautioning against any attempt to use the military in the cause of overturning the November 2020 presidential election.
Extraordinary warning to Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs

Jan. 4, 2021 - WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defense cautioned Sunday against any move to involve the military in pursuing claims of election fraud, arguing that it would take the country into “dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory.”

The 10 men, both Democrats and Republicans, signed on to an opinion article published in The Washington Post that implicitly questioned Trump’s willingness to follow his Constitutional duty to peacefully relinquish power on Jan. 20. Following the Nov. 3 election and subsequent recounts in some states, as well as unsuccessful court challenges, the outcome is clear, they wrote, while not specifying Trump in the article.

“The time for questioning the results has passed; the time for the formal counting of the electoral college votes, as prescribed in the Constitution and statute, has arrived,” they wrote.

The former Pentagon chiefs warned against use of the military in any effort to change the outcome.

“Efforts to involve the U.S. armed forces in resolving election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory,” they wrote. “Civilian and military officials who direct or carry out such measures would be accountable, including potentially facing criminal penalties, for the grave consequences of their actions on our republic.”

A number of senior military officers, including Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have said publicly in recent weeks that the military has no role in determining the outcome of U.S. elections and that their loyalty is to the Constitution, not to an individual leader or a political party.     continue to read

...Driving the news: Milley arrived in Israel last Thursday after visiting several Arab capitals. It was his third visit to the region this year, and came amid fears of Iranian retaliation over the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.

  • Milley met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Defense Benny Gantz and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Aviv Kochavi.


Behind the scenes: The main message to Milley from the Israelis was that Biden shouldn't rush back into the 2015 deal but should instead take advantage of the fact that Iran is in a weak position, Israeli officials who attended the talks say.

  • If Biden doesn't use the leverage the U.S. has accumulated through its "maximum pressure" sanctions regime, the Israelis argued, he'll find it impossible to make a better deal later.

  • “We stressed that the starting point of any talks with Iran is much better for the U.S. today than it was in 2013. What is needed now is to be tough in order to get a better deal," an Israeli official said...     source from

Amy Klobuchar Rips Ted Cruz-Led Gang of Senators Threatening to Reject Biden Victory on Jan. 6: ‘Can You Please Get a Grip?’

Jan. 2 - Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar was among several prominent Democrats who slammed the Ted Cruz-led gang of a dozen Republican senators who are threatening to reject President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump when the results are certified on January 6th.


On Saturday, Cruz released a joint statement with fellow Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), James Lankford (R-K), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Kennedy (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Mike Braun (R-IN) and Senators-elect Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Bill Hagerty (R-N), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) that said the group will reject President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump if their demand for an “emergency audit” is not met.

Including Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, who has already promised to object, there are now an even dozen Republican senators attempting to overthrow the results of the election.

Klobuchar was one of the more pointed voices in the Senate to criticize the move, writing “With all due respect to my Republican colleagues in the Senate who are doing this: can you please get a grip? Election officials across the country, including Republican Governors, have certified these results. This is embarrassing.”     continue to read