Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., while taking cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images
Chaos Erupts at the U.S. Capitol As Congress Meets to Certify the 2020 Election Results
In Denver, a crowd of around 700 demonstrators gathered at the Colorado State Capitol to protest the election of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States. Erin Skarda and Victoria Carodine •
January 6, 2021
On Wednesday, as the U.S. House of Representatives gathered to certify the electoral college votes to name Joe Biden the next president of the United States, an enraged crowd surrounded the U.S. Capitol, breaching its doors, breaking windows, and swarming the House Chambers, forcing legislators, staff, and the press to shelter in place and evacuate. Four people died during the insurrection, including one woman was shot, and more
White Identity Politics is Out of Control
January 7, 2021
Yesterday’s white riot launched by the president’s incendiary rally was another reminder that there are, in the minds of too many people with too much power, those who are considered to be innocent and deserving of respect even when in the act of committing violent crimes. The corollary is that there are others assumed to be committing violent crimes simply for being, their presence itself treated as a kind of menace and transgression. Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night. It is not a matter of deeds, because those statuses don’t change because of acts or their absence. This is racism as a triumph over history, the history of what you just did or didn’t do today, and it’s white supremacist identity politics.
US stocks gained on Wednesday as President Trump said that he wants Congress to increase the stimulus checks included in the anticipated coronavirus relief
US stocks gain as President Trump asks for $2,000 stimulus checks
Matthew FoxDec 23, 2020, 21:02 IST
President Donald J. Trump speaks during an election event in the East Room at the White House in the early morning hours on November 4, 2020 in Washington, D.C.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
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President Trump said that he wants Congress to increase the
stimulus checks included in the anticipated coronavirus relief deal to $2,000 from $600.
Democrats are on board with increasing the amount of direct payments to Americans, with House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi responding to Trump s demand with, Let s do it!
With a government shutdown deadline fast approaching and much of Congress home for the holidays, a swift passage of an altered stimulus deal seems unlikely.
21 Dec 2020
Stella Parton, the sister of country music icon Dolly Parton, has slammed politicians over the rollout of the vaccine for the coronavirus, pointing out that many Americans have waited for financial stimulus, some “starving and dying,” while the same politicians receiving the vaccine didn’t help fund it in the same way that her sister, Dolly, did.
In a tweet over the weekend, Stella Parton also brought up her older sister’s recent donation to help fund research for Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, arguing that wealthy politicians should have also contributed.
“If a little Hillbilly singer like my big sister Dolly can invest in the vaccine then why the hell can’t some of you old moldy politicians pitch in a few million yourselves?” she wrote. “I noticed you started getting vaccinated right away while people are starving and dying you Aholes.”