Weekend Wrap Up
Liveblog - Weekend Wrap up: January 17, 2021
It’s Sunday and the weekend has come to an end. Below are a few articles and events we might have missed but are worthy of discussion. And in case you missed the Sunday shows, we MORE
Month: January 2021
Breaking News
New Dramatic Video of the Capitol Insurrection
The video was shot by New Yorker war correspondent Luke Mogelson, who was covering the “Stop the Steal” rally. The video is unlike all the others, in that you really see how determined the rioters were MORE
Sedition
Misinformation Dropped 73 Percent After Trump Was Kicked Off Social Media
According to a report by the Washington Post, Zignal Labs found that online misinformation about the 2020 election plummeted a stunning 73 percent after Trump’s digital excommunication. Twitter confirmed this week that the ban on MORE
Opinion
From Ben Sasse in the Atlantic: QAnon is Destroying the Republican Party
In an opinion piece in The Atlantic titled “QAnon is Destroying the GOP From Within,” Republican Senator Ben Sasse is calling on his Republican Party to “repudiate the nonsense that has set our party on MORE
Politics
Prospect of Pardons in Final Days Fuels Market to Buy Access to Trump
The president’s allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars — and potentially much more — from people seeking pardons. As President Trump prepares to leave office in days, a lucrative market for pardons is MORE
The Press
Tucker Carlson Slammed For ‘Vile And Vicious’ Attack On Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“The Fox News personality ridiculed the New York Democrat for saying she feared for her life during the U.S. Capitol riot.“ Fox News’ Tucker Carlson faced backlash and accusations of hypocrisy on Thursday after he MORE
President Elect Joe Biden
Joe Biden plans to release a slew of Executive Orders to undo Trump’s reign of terror and move our country forward
Joe Biden has announced a slew of executive orders he plans to sign on inauguration day, undoing some of the most well-known actions of Trump’s administration. Below are just a few: Lift the travel ban from MORE
Last Call
Last Call: January 16, 2021- BYEDON!
Only a few more days…just four..and the White Supremacist in Chief will be out of the People’s House. We suffered four long years through this nightmare, which resulted in nearly 400K dead Americans because the MORE
Social Media
CEO of Parler claims he’s in hiding after death threats
John Matze Jr.’s social media platform was briefly the new home to conservative supporters of Donald Trump who flocked to it after Twitter banned the president. But Parler went dark Sunday after Apple Inc. and MORE
Entertainment
Today’s Sign That the Apocalypse is Upon Us
Monkey Tail Beards! We can’t tell you why, but having a monkey tail looking beard is something a select group of guys seem to really enjoy. If you’re not familiar with the look, it’s where MORE
Sedition
Add “Baked Alaska” to the List of Arrested in Riot Probe
Far right media personality Tim Gionet also known as “Baked Alaska” has been arrested by the FBI for his involvement in the riot at the Capitol. Gionet was arrested by federal agents in Houston on MORE
Sedition
Ohio Man arrested charged in connection with Capitol riots and making online threats
A Clinton County man has been charged with making online threats and threatening a witness in connection to his alleged participation in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Forty-year-old Justin Stoll of MORE
Sedition
My Pillow Guy Meets With Trump
Mike Lindell looks pretty sneaky outside the West Wing on Friday, and he’s got notes for the president. The partially visible notes appeared to mention “martial law if necessary,” and the “Insurrection Act,” an 1806 MORE
Newscasts
Joe Manchin considers removing Senators Cruz and Hawley via the 14th Amendment
“They should look, absolutely. That should be a consideration,” Manchin responded when asked if the 14th Amendment should be triggered. “He understands that, Ted’s a very bright individual, and I get along fine with Ted. MORE
Environment
Australian mining co. that destroyed Aboriginal sites gets sacred Apache land
The move comes after the administration sped up the environmental approval process for the transfer by a full year. During a meeting with environmental groups, regional Forest Service officials attributed the accelerated timeline to “pressure MORE
News
Trump’s team trying to assemble a crowd for a ‘major send-off’ hours before Biden’s inauguration
“Eager for a final taste of the pomp of being president, Trump has asked for a major send-off,” and “as one of their final acts, Trump’s team is working to organize a crowd to see MORE
Politics
Alex Azar resigns, tells Trump Capitol attack threatens legacy
“Azar calls attack ‘assault on our democracy’ and urges peaceful transfer of power in formal resignation letter“ The US health secretary, Alex Azar, warned Donald Trump in a letter that last week’s attack on the Capitol threatened MORE
Politics
A look at Club for Growth, the billionaire PAC which is funding the campaigns of radical, minority rule Republicans
The Club for Growth’s biggest beneficiaries include Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, the two Republican senators who led the effort to invalidate Joe Biden’s electoral victory, and the newly elected far-right gun-rights activist Lauren Boebert, a QAnon conspiracy theorist. MORE
Editorials
What’s Pompeo been up to?
While Donnie has been dominating the country’s attention the Waddler has been very busy chewing at the wiring and setting up booby traps for the incoming administration. Here’s some comment on what he’s been up MORE
News
Pence calls Harris while Trump continues to stew in denial
One is dropping in on the White House phone operators, addressing troops at bases across the country, paying a visit to national guardsmen in place for the inauguration and speaking by phone with his successor. MORE
Opinion
Trump’s last days and the echo of one specific Hitler analogy
In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by a fervent mob hoping to overturn Trump’s electoral defeat, a litany of commentators invoked one notorious incident surrounding the rise of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as a cautionary tale for Washington MORE
It's 5:00 Somewhere
It’s 5:00 Somewhere
Trump walks into a bar…….and immediately lowers it. Ugh……Did he have to lower it this far? These MAGAholics need their next pub crawl squashed and sent directly to the MAGAdrunk-tank. Thanks to the MAGApandemic, raging MORE
News
Washington Landmarks Closing for Inauguration
The nation’s capital is continuing to secure the inaugural activities by immediately closing down the National Mall and surrounding landmarks until at least January 21. The Mall includes landmarks like the Lincoln Memorial and Washington MORE
Sedition
Ted Cruz will attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration
Cruz defended President Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent and volunteered to argue Texas’ failed lawsuit challenging election results in four battleground states before the Supreme Court. Calls for Cruz to MORE
Editorials
Tommy Tuberville, meet the Constitution. Constitution, Senator Tuberville.
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has an idea about how to make next week’s inauguration as safe as possible: Just move it to a few weeks later! “We probably could have had a swearing-in and inauguration MORE