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CHIPS AHOY Rep. Elise Stefanik is probably going to be House Republicans’ new conference chair. But of course, with the House Freedom Caucus around, there had to be a wrinkle - enter Rep. Chip Roy.
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It falls now on Biden to heal and advance policy in tense, still-uncertain times
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Biden and Harris speak on Derek Chauvin verdict
Vice President Kamala Harris said, We have a long way to go” with the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
The scenes from the aftermath were of celebration, emotion, relief a sudden and decisive end to a searing chapter that lasted just shy of a year, though one that truly has spanned many decades.
But for the guilty findings in connection with the killing of George Floyd to mark a true turning point will take much more than verdicts in Minneapolis. It falls now to a president elected on the promise of unity to both heal and advance policy in tense and still-uncertain times.
Officials responsible for safeguarding the U.S. Capitol told lawmakers it is time to modernize security measures at the complex following the Jan. 6 insurrection, but it could cost more than $1 billion to do it.
A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands watch on Independence Avenue before dawn as the House and Senate prepare to convene a joint session to count electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (CN) – Officials tasked with protecting the U.S. Capitol collectively asked senators Wednesday for $1.76 billion to shore up police forces, modernize security measures and preserve and repair the Capitol complex in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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[ Editor’s Note: General Honore’s team stuck to its mission of focusing on increased Capitol security. He ended up with a core group of known generals, several from surrounding states and past National Guard commanders, a kind of National Guard VT of sorts, where people have known each other for a long time.
Honore also had another team providing background information on the riot groups, to which VT contributed, having invested a lot of time on them. We also had information on who has been financially backing the groups, but that was not on his ‘increased Capitol security’ to do list.
January 6 task force whitewashes Pentagon complicity in coup attempt
On January 15, in the aftermath of the January 6 fascist attack on the US Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed retired Lt. General Russel Honoré to lead “an immediate review of security infrastructure, interagency processes and command and control.” The mandate of the task forces was to determine what “security failures” enabled the pro-Trump insurrectionists to overrun the building and delay congressional certification of the results of the 2020 presidential election.
General Russel Honoré speaks with former Vice President Dick Cheney aboard the USS Iwo Jima following Hurricane Katrina (Sept. 8, 2005 Credit: US Navy)