by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 7 – after one of the most disturbing, craziest days in American history. There needs to be a full accounting – and accountability! – for what happened yesterday, including those who participated in the assault on our democracy, as well as those who encouraged and enabled it.
- Tyrants Around the World Are Rejoicing (“The allure of democracy was the nation’s best asset abroad, and the president squandered it by inciting political violence.”)
- America’s Friends and Foes Express Horror as Capitol Attack ‘Shakes the World’ (“Global leaders watched live as a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, and many saw it as a warning to global democracies, placing the blame squarely on President Trump.” The blame is on Trump and on anyone who enabled him in any way.)
- World stunned by Trump supporters storming U.S. Capitol, attempts to overturn election
- Biden Climate Team Says It Underestimated Trump’s Damage (Can we prosecute Trump for crimes against the planet?)
- Georgia’s voters end the Trump era. Definitively.
- Biden Reaps Best Georgia Prize: Democrats Running Congress (Almost lost in everything that happened yesterday: Warnock and Ossoff won, which means Democrats will have a narrow U.S. Senate majority, with VP Harris breaking ties!)
- Say It With Me Now, ‘Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’
- Democrats retake the Senate with Georgia sweep
- Chuck Schumer finally breaks through (Yep, he’s gonna be Majority Leader!)
- Why Trump Must Be Removed and Disqualified From Public Office
- Congress Confirms Biden’s Win, Defying Mob Attack
- America shaken after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol building (“One person was shot dead at the Capitol and three others died in medical emergencies amid Washington unrest” Putin is LOVING this!)
- Congress Affirms Biden Win After Insurrection
- The violence at the Capitol shows Trump’s seditious plot coming to fruition
- Pence Hits Breaking Point With Trump in Blessing Biden Win
- We just saw an attempted coup d’etat. Blame Trump. Blame his Republican enablers. (Remember, Trump couldn’t have done any of the damage he did the past four years without many, many Republican enablers. Never forget that.)
- Trump Presidency Careens Toward End on Violent Final Note (“Republicans, business leaders distance themselves from Trump; Congress moves to certify Biden victory despite insurrection”)
- Trump is a danger to his own country. He shouldn’t be president for one more minute.
- Donald Trump Cannot Be Allowed to Be the President* of the United States For a Single Second Longer
- Donald Trump Is Now a Terrorist Leader
- Trump Must Pay
- Impeach. Convict. Indict.
- Angry Republican leaders float removing Trump from office (He should have been removed during impeachment, but McConnell et al refused.)
- The Hill’s Morning Report – A dark day as Trump embraces ‘special’ rioters
- This Was the Coup
- ‘He screwed the country’: Trump loyalty disintegrates (“Wednesday’s Capitol Hill riot will reverberate for years, shaping Trump’s legacy and pushing Republicans to confront the GOP’s future.” Why on earth anyone ever would have been loyal to Trump is just totally bizarre and f’ed up.)
- Trump’s America(“The inevitable conclusion to a sickening presidency.” And yet 74 million Americans somehow voted to REELECT this fascist thug?!? It’s so, so disturbing.)
- Trump Has Always Been a Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing (“By enabling the president anyway, Republican elites helped make the storming of the Capitol possible.” And media elites.)
- What Criminal Charges Will the Pro-Trump Rioters Face? (There need to be hundreds of arrests.)
- Pence, Not Trump, Gave Order to Activate National Guard: Report
- Trump Is to Blame for Capitol Attack (“The president incited his followers to violence. There must be consequences.” Try him for sedition and treason.)
- Rioters breached US Capitol security on Wednesday. This was the police response when it was Black protesters on DC streets last year
- Which Members of Congress Objected to Certifying Biden’s Victory? (Every one of them is a seditionist.)
- President incites crowd to acts of insurrection, violence (“The violent scene — much of it incited by the president’s incendiary language — brought the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s election to a halt.”)
- Congress affirms Biden’s presidential win following riot at U.S. Capitol (“Hours after pro-Trump mob storms U.S. Capitol, House and Senate reconvene to confirm president-elect’s victory”)
- What Trumpism Has Cost The GOP And The Nation
- It Can Happen Here. It Just Happened Here.
- Every Trump Loyalist Is Complicit in the President’s Incitement of Sedition
- The ‘Oh Fuck’ Moment Is Finally Here for Trump’s Enablers (“His mob wasn’t there to find evidence of fraud, or force legislators to listen to their grievances; they were there for the lulz. They were there because Trump had sent them.”)
- Final stamp made on Biden’s election after riot at Capitol
- Trump pledges ‘orderly transition’ after Biden declared winner in joint session of Congress (Trump needs to be held accountable for this, and for his other MANY serious crimes.)
- Aides weigh resignations, removal options as Trump rages against perceived betrayals (“Some administration officials have discussed whether the Cabinet should invoke the 25th Amendment.” Just do it already!)
- GOP considers drastic options against Trump including 25th Amendment
- How pro-Trump insurrectionists broke into the U.S. Capitol
- Capitol breach prompts urgent questions about security failures
- Most voters say the events at the US Capitol are a threat to democracy
- Flying the flag of fascism for Trump (“Americans stormed the U.S. Capitol while flying the Confederate flag. That is who they are. And they are part of this body politic.”)
- Trump issued a call to arms. Then he urged his followers ‘to remember this day forever!’
- Trump caused the assault on the Capitol. He must be removed.
- Hundreds of Domestic Terrorists Violently Storm Capitol Building in Attempted Coup Encouraged By Trump
- Mass Delusion in America
- George Will: Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist
- Mitch McConnell’s sanctimony is too much to bear
- A Trump lawyer has finally been held accountable. She shouldn’t be the last. (Disbar them all!)
- Impeach Trump Again
- What happened in Washington should never be forgotten or forgiven. The GOP must answer for it.
- Trump loyalists continue to challenge Biden’s win, but some concede after Capitol riot
- Biden urges restoring decency after ‘assault’ on democracy
- Trump’s barbarians at the gates
- 6 senators — and 121 House Republicans — are still objecting to the election results (Well, at least we’ve identified the seditionists)
- A shadow over democracy, the White House and the Republican Party (“Analysis: Trump’s biggest enablers were not just the rioters in the Capitol, but the Republicans who continue to support his falsehoods.” Bingo.)
- Kid-glove treatment of pro-Trump mob contrasts with strongarm police tactics against Black Lives Matter, activists say (It was extremely glaring, but then again, the racial inequities are always extremely glaring…if you open your eyes to see them!)
- What the MAGA Mob at the Capitol Had to Say for Itself
- 5 Lessons From the Coup Attempt
- Inhofe: “I’ve never seen Mike Pence as angry as he was today”
- Manufacturers Call on Armed Thugs to Cease Violence at Capitol
- Trump supporters gather outside statehouses across US as mob assails Capitol
- Editorial: Capitol attack is a stain on our history
- Capitol Police Weren’t Prepared for Rioters, Authorities Say (I mean, we only saw this kind of thing coming for weeks leading up to it…ugh.)
- Trump’s deputy national security adviser resigns as other top officials consider quitting over Capitol riot
- Top White House Officials Weigh Exits After Trump Incites Mayhem
- ‘Is this really happening?’: The Siege of Congress, Seen From the Inside
- The Fox News coup (“Trump’s propaganda outlet and others in right-wing media helped make this happen” Shut it down?)
- Law enforcement officials across the U.S. shocked by police failure to stop Capitol invasion (There needs to be a thorough investigation of what happened, and then corrective action needs to be taken – ASAP!)
- “They’re Being Told to Stay Away From Trump”: After a Day of Violence and 25th Amendment Chatter, Trump’s Allies Are Jumping Ship
- First lady’s chief of staff and White House social secretary resign after violent protests
- Aides weigh resignations, removal options as Trump rages against perceived betrayals
- Trump Aides Beg Top Officials to Stay After MAGA Mob Attack
- Trump loyalists push evidence-free claims that antifa activists fueled mob (Yep, it’s always “antifa” or whatever, never THEIR fault.)
- FBI Solicits Public’s Help in Identifying Rioters at Capitol (Every one of these terrorists needs to be arrested and imprisoned for a looong time.)
- Man seen in viral photo in Nancy Pelosi’s office is from Northwest Arkansas (“A man seen in a viral photo in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office is Richard Barnett of Gravette, Arkansas”)
- Facebook Forced Its Employees To Stop Discussing Trump’s Coup Attempt (As soon as Democrats are in charge, they need to take action against social media companies, particularly Facebook but also others.)
- Facebook is enabling Trump’s attempts to subvert democracy (Time to break up Facebook.)
- Twitter Does Bare Minimum, Temporarily Locks Trump’s Account (Also take action against Twitter.)
- Trump’s Internet Is Celebrating
- Far-right commentators cheer on attempted coup against Congress by Trump supporters (Any consequences for this?)
- W.Va. delegate, just sworn in, was among the mob storming U.S. Capitol (Expel him and arrest him.)
- Roanoke Valley congressmen Cline, Griffith among Republicans challenging Biden’s Electoral College win (They will forever be known as seditionists.)
- Rep. Jennifer Wexton Rips Rs’ “Unimaginable,” “Disturbing” Effort “to cast democracy aside”: “They are part of a seditious cult.” (Sen. Kaine adds: “The Senate should be coming together to affirm this Georgia vote, not to disenfranchise voters in a massive way, but we will defeat that effort.”)
- Some Dems, including Virginians, urge another Trump impeachment following insurrection at Capitol
- Virginia GOP Chair: “I am disturbed beyond measure by today’s events on Capitol Hill” (The problem, of course, is that this insurrection is all coming out of the GOP.)
- Virginia lawmakers decry violence as pro-Trump mob attacks U.S. Capitol (Bottom line: Trumpism=Fascism)
- BREAKING: With U.S. Capitol Under Attack By Trump Supporters, Gov. Ralph Northam Orders Virginia National Guard, 200 State Troopers to D.C.
- Sabato, Ryan denounce ‘coup’ by D.C. rioters
- Video: As Pandemic Rages, Gov. Northam Holds First COVID-19 Briefing in Weeks
- ‘Empty those freezers’: Northam vows to speed up vaccine delivery; Richmond’s Danny Avula to lead state’s vaccination effort
- Governor Northam Announces New Steps to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
- ‘Use it or you lose it’: Northam says Virginia must speed up rollout of COVID-19 vaccine
- Wednesday (1/6) Virginia Data on COVID-19: Hospitalizations Set Yet Another Record High; 1-Day (+5,387), 10-day (+43,724) New COVID Cases Hit Record Highs
- All Virginians wanting vaccine should have it by later this year, Northam says
- Editorial: Paid sick leave needed for Virginia workers
- Chase Endorses DC Terrorists, Calling Them Patriots (“Virginia senator and candidate for governor Amanda Chase endorsed the actions of domestic terrorists.”)
- An insurrection took place in D.C., Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidates respond
- Retired Judges Approve 8 Citizens (6 Men, 2 Women; 1 Coal Baron/GOP Donor) to the Virginia Redistricting Commission (The 8 legislators are also 5-3 men, so that’s 11-5 men.)
- Editorial: Redistricting judges fall short of mandate
- Citizen members chosen for Virginia’s new bipartisan redistricting commission (This commission is looking like a farce.)
- Some Critics Say Citizen Members of Virginia’s New Redistricting Commission Aren’t Balanced (Gotta love this lame media formulation, “some critics say.” In fact, if you just look at the commission’s membership, it’s clearly not balanced…you don’t need “some critics” to tell you that.)
- Loudoun Supervisors Look Back on Turbulent First Year
- BREAKING: Fairfax County Deploys Police to Address “Coup” in D.C.
- State of Emergency issued in Virginia; Alexandria and Arlington under curfew as riots break out in neighboring DC
- BREAKING: Governor Declares Curfew Starting at 6 p.m.
- Service fee for Appalachian Power customers approved by SCC
- Partly sunny today, with a storm passing just to our south on Friday
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