NEW THINGS: @11:00, , 1/17/21

Open Thread

Ian Welsh, Ian Welsh - 1 day ago

This is for comments on topics unrelated to recent posts.

Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.

Far-right activist is among the latest Capitol rioters to be arrested.

Isabella Grullón Paz and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 minutes ago

These persons do not know what they are doing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre

How Republicans Are Warping Reality Around the Capitol Attack

Astead W. Herndon, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 minutes ago

Loyalists to President Trump are increasingly relying on conspiracy theories and misinformation, drawing false equivalence with last summer’s racial protests and blaming outside agitators.

Nothing will convince the Trump faithful of misperception.

What’s It Like to Have Kamala Harris As ‘Momala’? We Asked Her Stepkids.

Jessica Bennett, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 42 minutes ago

A Zoom interview with Ella and Cole Emhoff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Emhoff

He is a lawyer.

He will continue to practice corporat law.

Prospect of Pardons in Final Days Fuels Market to Buy Access to Trump

Michael S. Schmidt and Kenneth P. Vogel, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 49 minutes ago

The president’s allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars — and potentially much more — from people seeking pardons.

This is simple corruption.

Loews Hotels says it won’t host a fund-raiser with Senator Josh Hawley.

Michael Levenson, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

The decision to call off the event was the latest indication that many companies are distancing themselves from Republicans who voted to overturn the election results.

https://loews.com/leadership/jonathan-m-tisch

Jonathan M. Tisch is backing away from Josh Hawley

https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-tischs-2012-5

Sonia Sotomayor will swear in Kamala Harris on Inauguration Day.

Michael Crowley, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

Justice Sotomayor has sworn in a vice president before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IGVxBb5uYk

Biden and Harris introduced members of their White House science team.

Michael Crowley, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

No individual can know enough.

The teams of specialists are necessary.

Real research is relatively cheap.

Development costs more.

Fund the laboratories and the NSF as well as the Universities and Institutes.

Migrant Caravan, Now in Guatemala, Could Pose Early Test for Biden

Austin Ramzy, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

As many as 9,000 migrants from Honduras are hoping to reach the United States to escape poverty intensified by hurricanes and the pandemic. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to ease asylum rules.

These are small numbers of refugees.

Let them in.

The food will be better still.

A man with a gun arrested by Capitol Police at a security checkpoint calls it an ‘honest mistake.’

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 13 hours ago

The man was arrested on Friday with more than 500 rounds of ammunition in his truck, the police said. He told a reporter he was heading to a security job in Washington and got lost.

The story does not pass the laugh test.

He should be able to call his boss.

The job should provide the gun and amunition if required.

Facebook will temporarily stop showing ads for gun accessories and military gear.

Isabella Grullón Paz, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

It is a gesture in the right direction.

The information can be had by direct search.

New inquiries into the Capitol assault aim to address security lapses before Biden’s inauguration.

Aishvarya Kavi, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 17 hours ago

Whom the gods would destroy they first make insecure.

Before spending much time on the problem ask the Secret Service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service

Who Is MyPillow C.E.O. Mike Lindell, One of Trump's Last Remaining Supporters From Corporate America?

Annie Karni, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

Stenography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell

Biden Seeks Quick Start With Executive Actions and Aggressive Legislation

Michael D. Shear and Peter Baker, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 19 hours ago

In an effort to mark a clean break from the Trump era, the president-elect plans to roll out dozens of executive orders in his first 10 days on top of a big stimulus plan and an expansive immigration bill.

Biden must show progress.

Before the Capitol Riot, Calls for Cash and Talk of Revolution

David D. Kirkpatrick, Mike McIntire and Christiaan Triebert, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 20 hours ago

A network of far-right agitators across the country spent weeks organizing and raising money for a mass action to overturn President Trump’s election loss.

An intelligence failure via a communication failure.

Biden promises a ‘bold’ federal vaccination campaign.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Katie Thomas, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

Vaccines must go into arms as quickly as possible.

It matters less wich arms after the most vulnerable get theirs.

Trump Will Leave Office With His Lowest Approval Rating Ever

Annie Karni, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 21 hours ago

That is as it should be,

For one of the first times in his life, Trump’s words are having consequences for him.

Matt Flegenheimer and Maggie Haberman, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 23 hours ago

People are listening. They are hearing his words.

Security tightens as law enforcement raises fresh alarms about extremist plots.