Capitol siege: An eyewitness account from inside the House chamber

Jamie Stiehm is a US political columnist who was in the Capitol building in Washington DC when it was stormed by pro-Trump rioters. Here’s what she saw from the press gallery in the House of Representatives.

I had told my sister earlier: “Something bad is going to happen today. I don’t know what, but something bad will happen.”

Outside the Capitol, I encountered a group of very boisterous supporters of President Donald Trump, all waving flags and pledging their allegiance to him. There was a sense that trouble was brewing.

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GOLDSTEIN: Politicians have lost the moral authority to lead in a pandemic

GOLDSTEIN: Politicians have lost the moral authority to lead in a pandemic

With the public’s faith in politicians undermined by the “rules for thee, but not for me” mentality of those who fled the country during the Christmas break — while their governments told us to stay in our homes — Canada’s political class faces a serious challenge.

How far can the political leaders of rule-breaking politicians push law-abiding citizens to follow pandemic lockdown rules which seem increasingly arbitrary, nonsensical and unfair.

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Continental Breakfast

Brown Butter Pecan Pancakes

COVID-19 isolation centres opening in Brampton ‘very soon,’ mayor says

During a weekly news conference, Brown thanked the provincial government for stepping up to provide funding for three isolation centres in Brampton, which will provide residents a safe place to self-isolate if they contract COVID-19.

New year, old Yaniv: Jonathan Yaniv facing NEW criminal charges for threats, mischief

Will 2021 finally be the year where justice is finally served for the infamous Jessica Simpson, formally known as Jonathan Yaniv?

On December 30, MeowMix.org broke the news that a warrant was out for the arrest of Yaniv. We have since confirmed that while the rest of us were bringing in the New Year, Yaniv spent New Year’s Day being arrested on three new charges.

Ontario Liberals urge Ford to call in military to help with COVID-19 vaccination efforts

The leader of the Ontario Liberal party is calling on the Ford government to request military help in its efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines.

In a statement issued on Wednesday morning, Steven Del Duca said that he has “no faith in Doug Ford’s ability to rapidly and effectively distribute COVID-19 vaccines and deal with the ongoing crisis in our nursing homes.”

‘Impeach Him and Remove Him Tonight’: Attorneys Call for Second Trump Impeachment, Possible ‘Sedition’ Prosecution Following Capitol Coup

Not long after President Donald Trump wrapped up a lie-riddled speech falsely claiming that the 2020 election was stolen from him, hundreds of his supporters broke through police barriers on Wednesday and stormed the U.S. Capitol with members of Congress still inside, forcing a lockdown. The unprecedented armed insurrection—which took place during as lawmakers were counting on Joe Biden’s Electoral College votes—led to immediate and extraordinary backlash against the president and his acolytes in Congress, with the legal community categorizing the day’s events as “sedition” and calling for Trump to be impeached, removed from office, and in some cases prosecuted just two weeks before his tenure ends.

Twitter prevents liking, sharing of Trump video statement about Capitol rioters

Twitter has prevented the liking, replying, and retweeting of a taped statement that President Donald Trump tweeted about the rioters supporting his election claims who violently clashed with Capitol Police at, and stormed, the U.S. Capitol. Under the tweet, Twitter has placed a label which reads: “This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence”.

Chelsea Handler: ‘Time for New Statues in Georgia. Start With Stacey Abrams’

Hollywood leftist Chelsea Handler is ready to raise “new statues in the state of Georgia” after the Georgia Senate run off elections to Stacey Abrams and the Peach State’s embattled Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger [sic]

“It’s time for a new statues in the state of Georgia,” Chelsea Handler tweeted. “Start with Stacey Abrams, Latosha Brown, a little splash of white male decency, Raffensberger, and all of Georgia’s voting heroes. This is a beautiful day in the history of America and just what we needed to come out of 2020.”

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Waving Goodbye to the America We All Knew and Loved

Waving Goodbye to the America We All Knew and Loved

My generation believed in the United States. We believed in its respect for the individual, in its Constitution, in its status as the only benign superpower in history. In other words, we believed in American exceptionalism. “Traditional American values are worthy of a passionate defense,” said author and TV commentator Monica Crowley. Referring to these values as “the American project,” Charles Murray, author of Coming Apart, defined it as the continuing effort “to demonstrate that human beings can be left free as individuals and families to live their lives as they see fit, coming together voluntarily to solve their joint problems.” If you boil it down, what makes our society unique in world history is the respect accorded the rights of the individual citizen. The Constitution was written as a restraint on the power of the government to interfere in our lives.

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How Not to Celebrate the New Year

England’s celebrated black poet turns down a knighthood to protest evil, racist England.

There lives in London a certain George Mpanga, age 29, who is the son of Ugandan immigrants and who calls himself George the Poet. Unlike most poets, he has been widely celebrated for his work. He was nominated for a BRIT Award (the UK equivalent of the Grammys), elected to Arts Council England (rather like the NEA), and chosen to read a poem at the beginning of the BBC coverage of Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle. In 2019, his podcast was nominated for the British Podcast Awards (yes, that’s a thing) in six categories.

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Lap Dances, Karaoke, Late Hours: The Speakeasies of the Covid Era

In Brooklyn, investigators arrived at a bar in December to discover exotic dancers giving lap dances to patrons behind a locked door as music blared, state officials said.

At a karaoke bar in Queens, officers found eight rooms filled with people and a manager, none wearing a mask. Just three days earlier, police had discovered a nearly identical scene at the same spot.

And at a locked-up lounge in the Bronx, investigators slipped in through a side door and stumbled upon more than 50 people smoking hookah and not wearing face masks, officials said.

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Lincoln, for Trump, For the People

Abraham Lincoln would be on Trump’s side. In his address to Congress on the third of December, 1861 Lincoln outlined how he saw the cultural forces that were dividing The Union. He was crystal clear on what was at stake. As he put it. “It continues to develop that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon the first principle of popular government,—the rights of the people.”

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“Man” charged with hate crimes for ‘beating nine light-skinned women in random attacks over six weeks’

A man has been arrested after carrying out a suspected string of random assaults on ‘light-skinned’ women at a Brooklyn subway station.

Khari Covington, 29, was arrested and charged with a slew of hate crimes on Tuesday.

He is accused of attacking nine women on separate occasions in East Williamsburg since last August.

Seven of the alleged assaults occurred within the Morgan Avenue subway station.

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FBI launches probe after voice message picked up by air controllers threatens to FLY PLANE into US Capitol to ‘avenge Soleimani’

FBI launches probe after voice message picked up by air controllers threatens to FLY PLANE into US Capitol to ‘avenge Soleimani’

A voice message threatening a 9/11-style attack on the US Capitol has prompted a federal probe after the audio was picked up on aviation radios, vowing to “avenge” the US assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

“We are flying a plane into the Capitol Wednesday. Soleimani will be avenged,” the mysterious message said, first received by air traffic controllers based in New York earlier this week, according to CBS News. The message refers to the American drone strike that killed the Iranian Quds Force leader near the Baghdad airport early last year.

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Olympic athletes should get priority access to coronavirus vaccines, IOC’s Dick Pound says

Asshole

In order to safeguard the Tokyo Olympics, athletes must be given priority access to the coronavirus vaccine, says prominent International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound.

The longtime IOC official, who is Canadian, expressed confidence in the ability of the Olympics to proceed in July — when the delayed Summer Games are scheduled to begin — so long as athletes can jump to the front of the COVID-19 vaccine line.

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