Americans tend to neglect wearing masks when they’re mingling with people outside of their immediate household, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Southern California published on Thursday.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelsoi (D-CA) announced that the House will deliver President Donald Trump’s article of impeachment to the Senate on Monday.
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The early January departure of a Georgia U.S. attorney swept up in then-President Trump’s anger about the election results is now being probed by the Justice Department’s inspector general, the Washington Post reported Thursday evening.
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Republicans began by resorting to coups and even violent insurrections to overturn the 2020 election. Having failed at that they are now glomming on to Joe Biden’s focus on national ‘unity’ to insist that Democrats overturn it on their behalf by agreeing to the absurd proposition that unity means forgetting the 2020 election even happened. Most of us intuitively know that is a bad faith gambit. But it’s worth articulating what national unity means and does not.
Donald Trump, former President and current GOP leader, governed by making war on the so-called ‘blue states’. Supporters got cash and assistance, opponents got punished. This was a through-line from the first days of Trump’s presidency and the scope and consequences became more open and grotesque during the COVID pandemic.
Unity means governing on behalf of all Americans, not treating half the country like enemies. In the nature of things Biden’s vision of what to prioritize will match the platform he ran on. There are myriad particulars but in general more social spending, more focus on equity and social justice, renewed commitment to confronting the climate crisis. That is what happens when you win an election. That’s democracy, not divisiveness.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser who previously served on ex-President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 task force, asserted on Friday morning that there were deadly consequences to the previous administration’s dishonesty on the pandemic.
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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (MO) accused Senate Democrats of trying to “silence dissent” late Thursday when they filed an ethics complaint urging an investigation into his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Legions of National Guard members were let back into the U.S. Capitol on Thursday night after being forced out of a Capitol cafeteria resting area and into a parking garage nearby, according to multiple reports.
The U.S. Capitol Police have opened an investigation into Rep. Andy Harris’ (R-MD) reported attempt to bring a firearm into the House chamber before he set off the metal detectors at the entrance on Thursday.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) proposed pushing former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial until mid-February, dropping the decision in Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) lap on Thursday evening.
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The legacy of slavery, the idealism of American-style socialism, and the necessity of solidarity flowed through the morning’s messages that accompanied Joe Biden’s swearing-in, speech and through the songs and recitations that are traditionally included in an inaugural ceremony.
