Biden to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta as Associate AG: Reports
Biden to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta as Associate AG: Reports Thursday, January 7, 2021 IWK Bureau
President-elect Joe Biden is planning to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general, according to several media reports quoting unnamed sources close to him.
The reports on Wednesday also said that he will name Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge, as the attorney general.
Gupta had served as the principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department in former President Barack Obama s administration when Biden was the Vice President.
January 6, 2021
This afternoon, the NAACP released the following statement from NAACP President Derrick Johnson on the disruption of peaceful transition of power and calls for the impeachment of President Trump:
“What we are witnessing at this moment is the manifestation and culmination of reckless leadership, a pervasive misuse of power, and anarchy. This is not protesting or activism; this is an insurrection, an assault on our democracy, and a coup incited by President Trump.
For the past four years, we’ve seen him chip away at the civility, integrity, and dignity of our nation. The pattern of President Trump’s misconduct is unmistakable and has proven time and time again that it is a grave threat and harm to the fragile fabric of our country. In the latest show of failed leadership, we witnessed the Capitol under siege by bad actors who had no other objective than to disrupt the constitutional proceedings of a fair and rightful transition of power. At this moment, Presid
By Andrew Gans
Dec 31, 2020
Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley ring in the new year with streams at 6 PM, 10 PM, and 1 AM ET.
Stars in the House, the daily live streamed concert series created by Playbill correspondent and SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley, celebrate New Year s Eve with game night streams at 6 PM, 10 PM, and 1 AM ET.
Among the guests for the evening are Andrea Martin, Andy Nyman, Anika Larsen, Paul Castree and Stephen Spadaro, Aaron Dai and Tom Ashe, Tim Cross, David Bedella, Alec Mapa, and Keala Settle.
The December 31 streams benefit Rudetsky and Wesley s non-profit organization Your Kids, Our Kids. [It s a] sort of year-end pledge drive to help pay our staff so we can continue well into 2021 until Broadway reopens, says Wesley. This ensures that every penny donated to