The Continuing Crisis
- Rand Paul’s opponent hands him a righteous smackdown for MLK Day (rawstory.com)
- 📺 WATCH THIS! Ron DeSantis squirms after being asked whether Trump is a good role model for kids (rawstory.com)
"Do you think President Trump is a good role model for the children of Florida?"
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) January 17, 2022
- @jaketapper question for Ron DeSantis during 10/21/2018 Florida gov debate
DeSantis: "I was very passionate about moving our American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem...He was right to move..." pic.twitter.com/MvtbKybHrB - Ron DeSantis touts his state as ‘freedom’s vanguard’ but critics see authoritarianism (theguardian.com)
- ‘How dare you’: GOP’s Kevin McCarthy faces backlash for Martin Luther King Day comments (rawstory.com)
- Study shows Martin Luther King Jr was right — support for racial inequality is linked to opposition to democracy (rawstory.com)
- “No sense of morals”: Lindsey Graham called out by GOP consultant for cynically sucking up to Trump (salon.com)
- Attack, attack, attack: Republicans drive to make Biden the bogeyman (theguardian.com)
- 📺 WATCH THIS! Marsha Blackburn bizarrely suggests Michelle Obama is registering GOP voters (rawstory.com)
- ‘Needs to resign or be removed from office’: Kyrsten Sinema scorched for ‘stupidest speech by a Democrat’ (alternet.org)
- How the states have become ‘Laboratories of Autocracy’ — and why it’s worse than you think (rawstory.com)
More News
- Lego sued over leather jacket worn by toy Antoni in Queer Eye set (theguardian.com)
- Tonga tsunami: Anxious wait for news after island nation cut off (bbc.com)Australian minister says Tonga suffered ‘significant damage’ following volcano eruption (theguardian.com)
- University of Michigan president fired after probe into alleged affair with a subordinate (washingtonpost.com)
- Three killed in suspected drone attack on UAE capital Abu Dhabi, claimed by Yemen rebels (washingtonpost.com)
- The U.S. government is boycotting the Beijing Olympics over human rights. Coca-Cola and Airbnb are still on board. (washingtonpost.com)
- Tuskegee Airman Brig. Gen. Charles McGee dies at age 102 (nydailynews.com)
- Russia would pay ‘high price’ for attack on Ukraine, says German minister (theguardian.com)
- Man seeks to change name to ‘Kill the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill’ (theguardian.com)
- FBI investigating thwarted Texas synagogue hostage incident as terrorism (nydailynews.com)‘Some people just don’t like us:’ In a Texas synagogue, 11 hours of terror (washingtonpost.com)Teenagers arrested in UK as FBI names Briton as Texas synagogue hostage-taker (theguardian.com)
- Anne Frank may have been betrayed by Jewish notary (theguardian.com)
Insurrection Watch
- Republicans who pushed fake Electoral College documents in 2020 need to face ‘criminal prosecution’: attorney (alternet.org)
- For Oath Keepers and founder, Jan. 6 was weeks in the making (apnews.com)
- The Justice Dept. alleged Jan. 6 was a seditious conspiracy. Now will it investigate Trump? (washingtonpost.com)
- January 6 panel grapples with how to secure testimony from lawmakers, Pence (washingtonpost.com)
- Recruitment of veterans by extremists may increase, top Democrat warns (theguardian.com)
- January 6th indictments and a growing GOP revolt overshadow Donald Trump’s Arizona rally (rawstory.com)
- Tucker Carlson Defends Domestic Terrorists Who Called Pelosi’s Office Looking For Evidence They Left Behind (politicususa.com)
- 📺 WATCH THIS! Oath Keeper sedition indictments are an ‘ominous sign’ for Donald Trump: former federal prosecutor (rawstory.com)
- 📺 WATCH THIS! Capitol rioter runs whining to local media to clear his name after feds unseal criminal complaint against him (rawstory.com)
- Video of Kayleigh McEnany from December 17, 2020 Seems to Prove She Knew of Forged Election Documents (politicususa.com)
COVID Watch
- The C.D.C.’s New Challenge? Grappling With Imperfect Science (nytimes.com)
- Some Colleges Loosen Rules for a Virus That Won’t Go Away (nytimes.com)
- Novak Djokovic deported, leaves Australia after court upholds visa cancellation (theguardian.com)
- Students, seeing lax coronavirus protocols, walk out and call in sick to protest in-person classes (washingtonpost.com)
- Halting Progress and Happy Accidents: How mRNA Vaccines Were Made (nytimes.com)
- DeSantis regrets not going against Trump’s national COVID lockdown (alternet.org)
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologises to Queen over lockdown parties (bbc.com)
- Hospitals Fill Up in 2 Dozen U.S. States as Omicron Spreads (nytimes.com)
- Man claims his penis shrank 1.5 inches – ‘COVID d🍆 k is real,’ say doctors (nypost.com)
- Robert Reich: The US supreme court sends a message to Americans. ‘Tough luck if you get COVID at work1’ (theguardian.com)
