With so many crazy things happening, sometimes things fall through the cracks. Here are some headlines that you may find interesting and worth discussing.
- First and foremost, WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT! Congratulations President Biden and Vice President Harris; you have one helluva mess to clean up.
- But wait! There’s more: Vice President Harris swore in three new senators, all from the Democratic Party.
- U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams resigned at President Joe Biden’s request on Wednesday. He posted his resignation letter on Facebook. BUH BYE!
- ABC has an extensive list of Executive Orders President Biden will more than likely sign today. We will post them as they come in.
- First one: Mask mandate on federal property
- Second: Support for underserved communities
- Third: Re-joined Paris Climate Accord
- The recently updated website for President Joe Biden’s White House carried an invitation for tech specialists savvy enough to find it.
- Hidden in the HTML code on www.whitehouse.gov was an invitation to join the U.S. Digital Service, a technology unit within the White House.
- “If you’re reading this, we need your help building back better,” the message said.
- Trump’s former press secretary and Dancing with the Stars clown, Sean Spicer, wants press credentials. He now hosts a show, Spicer & Co, on the hard-right and conspiracy theory-tinged Newsmax network.
- Some Republicans have expressed their desire to work with the Biden-Harris administration:
White ISIS:
- In the days leading up to the Jan. 6 riot, Thomas Edward Caldwell, an apparent leader of the far-right Oath Keepers, had a message for the militia members he had organized to mobilize against Congress: “This kettle is set to boil.”
- Mr. Caldwell and two associates from Ohio — Donovan Crowl, 50, and Jessica Watkins, 38 — were charged with conspiracy to commit federal crimes. All three had admitted to invading the Capitol to reporters and were also identifiable in videos posted on social media.
Missed Headlines:
- Pfizer tells Canada it will not receive any Covid-19 vaccine doses next week:
- In four years, Trump made 30,573 false or misleading claims.
- Amazon sent a letter to President Biden in his first hours of office Wednesday offering to assist the new administration with its coronavirus vaccine distribution.
- Majority in new poll says Trump did not ‘Make America Great Again’
- U.S. stock markets posted record closes Wednesday as investors took in rosy corporate earnings results and the swearing-in of Biden as the nation’s 46th president.
