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Capitol Building Deemed Secure, Hours After Mob Storming

Nicholas Fandos, Emily Cochrane, Eileen Sullivan, Glenn Thrush, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Jonathan Martin, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 34 minutes ago

 

The Proud Boys have volunteered for government housing.

 

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How The Storming of Capitol Hill Was Organized on Social Media

Sheera Frenkel, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 34 minutes ago

 

The bubble poped when Trump pricked it.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F

 

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Inside the Capitol, the Sound of the Mob Came First

Luke Broadwater and Emily Cochrane, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 34 minutes ago

Not long after Senator Mitch McConnell warned his Republican colleagues that their efforts to overturn an election would send democracy into a “death spiral,” fear surged through the Senate chamber.

 

Mitch McConnell is a bit of a surprise as a savior of democracy.

I suspect he is dissembling. 

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Trump's Tweets Deleted After He Encouraged his Supporters to ‘Remember this Day.’

The New York Times, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 35 minutes ago

 

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

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

Jack Dorsey would like to have a company next year.

 

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Twitter Locks Trump’s Account After Violence on Capitol Hill

Kate Conger, Mike Isaac and Sheera Frenkel, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 39 minutes ago

The move came after critics and even some allies of companies like Twitter and Facebook said they failed to prevent the misinformation that led to chaos on Wednesday.

 

The social media business model will need to change.

 

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Facebook bans a page used to coordinate pro-Trump protests after calls for violence.

Sheera Frenkel, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 40 minutes ago

 

 The social media business model will need to change.

 

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Woman Shot in Capitol Has Died

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 48 minutes ago

 

My impression was the Capitol police are not gun mad.

I would like to know more about how this woman came to be  shot.

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The entire D.C. National Guard has been mobilized.

Eric Schmitt, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

 

1750 troops are a modest force for mob control.

The entire unit under Mayoral control is about 2000.

The Capitol Police did most of the work and did it carefully.

 

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How Police Responded to Capitol Mob and Protesters After George Floyd Killing

Shaila Dewan, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

 

Donald Trump is a racist.

The mob at the Capitol was of racists.

 

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Congress Did Not Finish Certifying the Election Results. What Happens Next?

Alan Rappeport, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

A mob of protesters interrupted certification of the 2020 electoral votes, injecting uncertainty into what happens next in the largely procedural action.

 

The Certification will continue.

There will be some very tired congress people.

 

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Woman who was shot in the Capitol has died.

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 hour ago

 

My impression was the Capitol police are not gun mad.

I would like to know more about how this woman came to be  shot.

 

There will be an investigatiom.

 

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

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  Bust of Marianne, displayed in the corridors of the Luxembourg Palace, seat of the French Senate. (anonymous artist)

   

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Black voters and faith leaders rejoice at Warnock’s historic win: ‘I think it speaks volumes.’

Rick Rojas, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

 

"Slaves must liberate themselves" 

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Capitol Building Shooting: Person Shot During Violent Protest

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

 

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

Martyers are clumsey things.

 

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Biden Calls on Trump to ‘Demand an End to this Siege.’

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

 

Trump is unable to call off his dogs.

 

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Study Says Blood Plasma Reduces Risk of Severe Covid-19 if Given Early

Katherine J. Wu, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 3 hours ago

Thousands of people received convalescent plasma as an experimental treatment for Covid. A new study shows that it works — but only when given within a few days of the onset of illness.r

 

Vaccine for Covid-19 is better if one can get it.

I would not refuse any treatment for Covid-19.

 

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Pipe Bomb Found and Destroyed at R.N.C.; D.N.C. Is Evacuated

Katie Benner, Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

 

The Trump contingent feels betrayed by party politics I speculate.

 

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Pence rejects Trump’s pressure to block certification saying he ‘loves the Constitution.’

Annie Karni, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

 

Fake news.

 

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Here’s what we know about the ballots that are left to count in Georgia.

Reid J. Epstein, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 4 hours ago

 

The election runoffs in Georgia have been won by the Democrats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/georgia-senate-trump-black-voters.html

"Democrats gained control of the Senate on Wednesday by winning both of Georgia’s runoff races, an electoral repudiation of President Trump that will give the incoming Democratic administration broader policy latitude"

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Biden plans to nominate Merrick Garland for attorney general.

Michael S. Schmidt, Adam Liptak and Michael D. Shear, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago

 

I like the idea.

 

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A Democratic takeover of the Senate would redefine Biden’s presidency in dramatic ways.

Glenn Thrush, NYT > U.S. > Politics - 7 hours ago

Drop "redefine"substitute "define"  

The new senate will be Democratic mannaged.

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