Threats to lawmakers have nearly DOUBLED in the first two months of 2021 as security is ramped up in DC ahead of reports of plot by far-right group to breach Capitol on Thursday
Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman revealed Wednesday that threats to lawmakers has nearly double from last year In the first two months of 2021, there has been a 93.54 percent increase in threats to Members compared to the same period in 2020, she said
She added: The overwhelming majority of suspects residing outside of the NCR [National Capital Region]
She is requesting a 20 per cent increase to help the department protect lawmakers at the Capitol complex and in their home districts
White House Looks to Rebound After Botched Rollout of Migrant Centers for Children
On 3/3/21 at 1:43 PM EST
When Joe and Jill Biden sat for an interview on Friday with Univision, one of the most recognizable Spanish-language networks in the country, the president wanted to talk about the COVID-19 relief package making its way through Congress, and vaccination rates in communities of color.
What the White House wanted to avoid was the topic of immigration, Univision sources familiar with the weeks-long planning for the interview said. But that became increasingly untenable after a botched rollout of the reopening of Trump-era migrant facilities for kids forced the Biden administration to defend itself from attacks across the political spectrum, and persistent questions from reporters on whether there was already a nascent border crisis so early in his term.
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One of the genuinely puzzling things about the 2020 election is the enthusiasm gap between candidate Biden and President Trump, which the corporate media often acknowledged as a cause for concern.
Time magazine essentially explained the reversal of fortunes on that metric and numerous others during election month as precincts endlessly counted ballots. Legal maneuvering and massive donations to local elections offices brought scores of people who are typically non-voters into the process in Democrat strongholds.
As a result, it is going about as you would expect. Americans’ response to Biden’s policies and the president himself is lukewarm at best. Two separate polls, Rasmussen and Harvard/Harris, show that more Americans believe the country is on the wrong track than the right track. Rasmussen reports that 56% of likely voters feel the nation is headed down the wrong path, and Harvard Harris says a plurality of 47% feel the same, with 43% responding that