Facebook made the announcement hours after CBS News learned that the Department of Homeland Security said that domestic extremists pose the highest threat to Joe Biden's inauguration next week.
The Atlantic
America’s Second-Worst Scenario
So far, cumulative acts of civic virtue have saved the republic. But the constitutional order is still in danger.
Updated at 7:18 p.m. ET on January 17, 2021.
The next time an insurgent mob arrives to sack the Capitol, if one happens to try between now and Inauguration Day, mere strength of numbers will not overwhelm the defenses. In the 10 days since the January 6 assault on Congress, the Secret Service has overseen the establishment of an instant “green zone,” fortified by eight-foot steel barriers and patrolled by some 20,000 National Guardsmen. Those are real bullets in the magazines of their Army-issued M-4 assault rifles, not at all the standard gear for maintaining civic order.
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.
President Donald J. Trump disembarks Marine One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday, Sept. 18. Tia Dufour/White House
In the aftermath of Wednesdayâs storming of the United States Capitol, four West Virginia University professors have signed a letter calling for the removal of Donald Trump as President of the United States.
The document, signed primarily by members of academia, urges the U.S. Congress to impeach Trump, or Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.
âThe Presidentâs actions threaten American democracy, the letter states. He has rejected the peaceful transfer of power, encouraged state legislators to overturn election results in their states, pressured a state official to change election results, and now incited a violent mob that shut down the counting of electoral votes and stormed the U.S. Capitol.