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U.S. officials concede that the system was unprepared.

Let's begin with an old cover of Sports Illustrated. The issue date is April 9, 1984. The image is of a Georgetown University basketball star, big-elbowed and bald-headed, dunking over two flailing University of Houston basketball players during the Final...

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Greg Kahn for BuzzFeed News Liane, a Biden supporter, walks through the Green Zone during the inauguration of President Biden in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20, 2021. Not once in his 54 years has Frank Williams been to a protest. But after he watched hundreds of Trump supporters storm the nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, he said he felt a “calling” that it was time. The train engineer took a week off work and drove solo from his home in Yorktown, Indiana, to Washington, DC, compelled to stand against the attempted coup and for a democratic American tradition: the peaceful transition of power.

Copy In earlier times, the inauguration was a celebration that turned Washington, DC, into a party town, regardless of which side had won. The idea of being a passerby and watching the inaugural parade was already threatened this year by the coronavirus pandemic, which has curtailed many of the traditional parties that accompany the transfer of presidential power. Right now, no one except vetted guests and select members of the media are getting anywhere close to the festivities, leading to a surreal feeling of a made-for-TV democracy, something that can be performed on a soundstage and b...