US exceeds 4,000 daily deaths: https://apnews.com/article/us-coronavirus-death-4000-daily-16c1f136921c7e98ec83289942322ee4 .
WSJ: The dose delay debate: https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-covid-19-vaccines-second-dose-be-delayed-11610129260 .
Vaccine release to be accelerated: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ap-top-news-coronavirus-pandemic-coronavirus-vaccine-f7bb372f73a4f204ec540d39a4409e18 . WSJ: By … Grocers?: https://www.wsj.com/articles/grocers-step-in-to-speed-up-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-11610107202 . More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-plans-to-release-all-available-covid-19-vaccine-doses-11610127971 .
WSJ: Nations pressured to accelerate vaccinations: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nations-push-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-out-faster-in-race-against-virus-11610134955 .
Arizona hot spot of world pandemic: https://apnews.com/article/tucson-arizona-coronavirus-pandemic-5df2fa9a6dc1924b4fb9a910d6b38ba1 . I am so tired of losing.
California traffic jams of patients going into ICUs, bodies for morgues on the way out: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-icu/icus-clogged-on-the-way-in-morgues-on-the-way-out-in-californias-covid-crisis-idUSKBN29E063 .
US not doing enough to track COVID variants: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/u-k-variant-spreads-u-s-scientists-warn-country-isn-n1253467 . No s**t, Sherlock. We are 1 year in. We are unable to do the basic requirements of public health.
WSJ: The future of US healthcare: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jobs-in-2030-health-care-booms-employers-want-more-11610101800 .
CDC contradicts White House report of new US COVID variant: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/white-house-covid-task-force-warns-of-possible-new-usa-variant-driving-spread.html . Twelve more days of this incredible incompetence. Can these people use a phone?
Vaccinations free in China: https://apnews.com/article/beijing-coronavirus-pandemic-china-coronavirus-vaccine-europe-263cfcbfde3800c1947763d1ecbc0cd6 .
WSJ: Brazil turns to Chinese vaccine: https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-embraces-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-as-cases-soar-11610146348 .
Brazilian reinfection case involves South African variant: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-brazil-reinfection/south-african-coronavirus-variant-detected-in-reinfection-case-in-brazil-idUSKBN29D33S .
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WSJ: Insurrection aftermath: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-agrees-to-orderly-transfer-of-power-to-biden-after-day-of-turmoil-at-capitol-11610027394 . Romney’s advice: Hold your breath for 12 days? Does government need Viagra? Apparently Congress is impotent to deal with a President inciting insurrection.
Pelosi letter to Joint Chiefs: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/pelosi-trump-take-away-nuclear-codes-456529 . We have a deranged individual as President. This is an appropriate consideration in these bizarre times.
Trump to skip Biden inauguration: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/biden-inauguration-trump-will-not-attend-on-jan-20.html . Will authorities show the 2024 inauguration in prison?
Donnie’s big day: exactly one item on schedule Thursday: honoring 3 golfers: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/christinebrennan/2021/01/07/medal-freedom-annika-sorenstam-gary-player-shame-golf-honor/6585275002/ . Guess you have to do something when you can’t tweet. (Sorry, forgot to include this item yesterday. I was too busy with real news. This is just more shocking proof of how increasingly bizarre this presidency has become.)
But now he can’t tweet, period: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-permanently-bans-president-donald-trump-n1253588 . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-threatens-to-ban-parler-from-app-store-11610148297 . Twitter “leaders”: https://www.statista.com/statistics/273172/twitter-accounts-with-the-most-followers-worldwide/ . The latest information I’ve heard is that Donnie was in sixth place on Twitter with 88 million followers. No more. Donnie’s reaction was to go ballistic: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/08/trump-reacts-to-twitter-ban-456785 .
WSJ: Google suspends Parler, Apple may follow: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-threatens-to-ban-parler-from-app-store-11610148297 . Hate speech is not protected speech.
The future of dishonor: https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-political-future-peril-capitol-112456465.html . Note the comments on inability to raise money. A deep societal problem is masquerading as politics.
More on dishonor: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-tammy-duckworth-demands-the-resignation-of-gop-congresswoman-who-told-trump-supporters-hitler-was-right/ar-BB1cAwcj?li=BBnb7Kz . Who thinks referring to Hitler’s approach is a good idea?
Kirkland & Ellis scrubs Hawley’s wife: https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/erin-hawleys-association-with-elite-law-firm-kirkland-ellis-scrubbed-from-internet-in-wake-of-capitol-coup/ .
WSJ: More on Josh “The Trainwreck” Hawley: https://www.wsj.com/articles/hawley-faces-fierce-backlash-from-colleagues-donors-after-capitol-riot-11610150574 . Another waste of a Yale legal education.
Sidney Powell faces the music: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/dominion-voting-systems-files-dollar13-billion-defamation-lawsuit-against-pro-trump-election-attorney-sidney-powell/ar-BB1cAkdt?li=BBnb7Kz . The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they’re about to make sausage out of this loser.
Riot arrest records: https://abcnews.go.com/US/attempted-murderer-lawmaker-arrest-records-shed-light-arrested/story?id=75139313 .
Nut surrenders: https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/man-pictured-in-pelosis-office-turns-himself-in-to-authorities-in-arkansas/ .
West Virginia nut streams his crime: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/west-virginia-lawmaker-charged-capitol-riots-derrick-evans_n_5ff8a2e8c5b6567198856eaf . See, masks have many purposes, you loser. And as the article details, Oregon grows nuts, too (mostly filberts, but here a really big one).
Another nut in the news: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/ginni-thomas-donald-trump-clarence-thomas-capitol-riot.html . Perhaps you were aware that when Antonin Scalia famously said, “I am not a nut”, he was referring to Clarence Thomas. Thurgood Marshall was the greatest lawyer of the 20th century. When you average him with Thomas (his successor), you get a below-average Supreme Court justice. That’s how bad Thomas is – he doesn’t even believe in stare decisis. Without adherence to precedent, there is no rule of law – just bad politics.
More details on the 5 who died: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-deaths/trump-to-blame-for-death-of-rosanne-boyland-34-at-capitol-riot-family-member-says-idUSKBN29D2B1 . Note that the four dead civilians were from Alabama, California (San Diego), Georgia and Pennsylvania. There were two women in their mid-thirties and two men in their early fifties. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/actions-by-police-before-trump-supporters-attacked-capitol-backfired-spectacularly-11610064600 .
Capitol cop was murdered: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hero-capitol-police-cop-killed-by-blow-to-the-head-with-a-fire-extinguisher-during-trump-inspired-riot/ar-BB1cArWU?li=BBnb7Kz . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-dies-of-injuries-sustained-at-riot-11610121907 . It has taken awhile for these details to emerge. My speculation is: (1) the Capitol police are almost always in groups; there are witnesses, both cops and rioters; (2) there is also likely considerable security footage; (3) there were about 50 people arrested; this incident would have been high on the desired arrest list.
Prosecutors will have to decide charges. This is a police death during an armed insurrection in the US Capitol. The death penalty is warranted. There is also the potential of a felony murder charge. That means the death penalty could be sought for all of the rioters. ALL OF THEM; they were all involved in the criminal act of insurrection which led to the death. That is unlikely to happen. However, anyone involved in assaulting this officer is at considerable risk. This is a federal crime, so there would be federal prosecution. When Merrick Garland takes office as Attorney General, he inherits this very difficult situation.
Here is the CNN take: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/08/politics/capitol-police-officer-killed/index.html . My analysis and speculation above is well beyond the publicly stated analysis.
WSJ: More charges filed and unsealed: https://www.wsj.com/articles/man-photographed-in-pelosis-office-is-charged-11610140538 .
WSJ: Capitol Police scrutinized: https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-department-under-scrutiny-for-failing-to-hold-back-mob-11610065980 . Police miscalculated: https://www.wsj.com/articles/actions-by-police-before-trump-supporters-attacked-capitol-backfired-spectacularly-11610064600 .
The nuts head out: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dejected-trump-supporters-leave-washington-create-new-theories-capitol-violence-n1253407 . Well of course. Our insurrection was bizarrely successful, it’s antifa’s fault. QAnon lives, online. But what about the 52% of Republicans who blame Biden?
Mobsters fly away home: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-mobsters-flying-commercial-234523340.html . It is noteworthy that there were multiple incidents on flights into DC before the insurrection. In-flight mask removal was likely part of problem airlines faced. Prohibiting drinking takes away a reason for having your mask off.
Raffensperger escorted from Georgia Capitol Building after far-right nuts enter: https://patch.com/georgia/atlanta/police-escort-raffensperger-staff-out-georgia-capitol . Danger remains.
An opposing view on the Trump pardon: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/533143-no-pardon-for-trump . My view is get him out now, as state crimes are still there to lock him up. But this view, that pardon is simply too disgraceful now, has considerable merit. I do realize that jailing this loser will inflame his dedicated supporters, which to me is irrelevant.
Calls increase for Trump to resign or be removed: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/533178-larry-hogan-calls-for-trump-to-resign-or-be-removed-from-office . And: https://thehill.com/regulation/labor/533345-afl-cio-calls-on-trump-to-resign-or-be-removed-from-office . This is not inconsequential, as many rank-and-file members have supported Trump up to now.
The Mooch “weighs” in: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anthony-scaramucci-trump-should-go-to-jail-140307146.html . Even the circus is in revolt against the ringmaster/ringleader. Publicity desperation sets in.
WSJ: The Republican Party splits: https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-splits-over-post-trump-path-11610147555 . This poll is more proof that Trump supporters are unable to process reality. At some point, that worldview fails.
Poppin’ off: https://sports.yahoo.com/gregg-popovich-attack-capitol-gop-trump-enjoyed-it-spurs-nba-023235150.html .
Republican Senator Ben Sasse responds: https://www.vox.com/2021/1/8/22220840/sasse-trump-capitol-storming-impeachment . The sedition case builds.
Tommy Lasorda passes: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30674374/hall-fame-los-angeles-dodgers-manager-tommy-lasorda-dies-93 .