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James Murdoch Blasts U.S. Media for ‘Insidious Forces’

January 15, 2021 at 3:51 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

James Murdoch has castigated the US media to the Financial Times for the “toxic politics” threatening American democracy, saying proprietors are as culpable as politicians who “know the truth but choose instead to propagate lies.”

Asked whether America’s dominant conservative news network Fox News had played a role in the riot that rocked Washington last week, James Murdoch said media groups had amplified election disinformation, leaving “a substantial portion” of the public believing “a falsehood.”

He added: “The damage is profound. The sacking of the Capitol is proof positive that what we thought was dangerous is indeed very, very much so. Those outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years.”

‘Warp Speed’ Waited Months to Approve Distribution Plan

January 15, 2021 at 3:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Operation Warp Speed leaders waited more than two months to approve a plan to distribute and administer Covid-19 vaccines proposed by U.S. health officials, leaving states with little time to implement a mass-vaccination campaign amid a coronavirus surge,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Trump and Aides Drove Family Separation at Border

January 15, 2021 at 3:02 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump and top aides in the White House aggressively pushed the get-tough policy that led migrant children to be separated from adults at the border with Mexico, according to a top Justice Department official in a new report from the department’s inspector general and other internal documents,” the New York Times reports.

“In the report, formally released on Thursday, Gene Hamilton, a top official, said the policy was put in place after complaints by the president and others at the White House involved in carrying out his immigration agenda.”


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McConnell Says Impeachment Is ‘Vote of Conscience’

January 15, 2021 at 2:59 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been emailing senators to tell them their decision on whether to convict President Trump during the upcoming impeachment trial will be a “vote of conscience,” Business Insider reports.

Ted Cruz Will Attend Biden’s Inauguration

January 15, 2021 at 2:57 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, sources tell KXAN.

“Calls for Cruz to resign mounted in the week since rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol after Cruz called on his colleagues to object to certifying the Electoral College vote.”

Justice Department Ends Pennsylvania Election Probe

January 15, 2021 at 2:54 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The top federal prosecutor in Harrisburg announced Friday that his office has closed an investigation into nine discarded ballots found in the northeastern part of the state that President Trump had touted to support his unfounded claims of election rigging, saying in a statement that the probe had found “insufficient evidence to prove criminal intent on the part of the person who discarded the ballots,” the Washington Post reports.

Biden Abandons ‘Warp Speed’ Name

January 15, 2021 at 1:27 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President-elect Joe Biden‘s overhaul of the U.S. coronavirus vaccination program will include largely abandoning President Donald Trump’s ‘Operation Warp Speed’ moniker,” Bloomberg reports.

“Biden will detail his plan later Friday, after unveiling his push for a new pandemic relief package from Congress and appointing a series of new medical advisers. None of the announcements, however, used the Warp Speed brand that Trump’s administration created.”

Pelosi Warns If Lawmakers Involved In Riots

January 15, 2021 at 1:24 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that “if in fact it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crime, there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress in terms of prosecutions,” Politico reports.

Pelosi Mum on When She’ll Send Impeachment to Senate

January 15, 2021 at 1:20 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) declined on Friday to reveal when the House will send its resolution of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, leaving the country — and her caucus — guessing on the timing of the trial in the upper chamber, The Hill reports.

Pence Calls Harris to Offer Assistance

January 15, 2021 at 1:15 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Vice President Mike Pence telephoned Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Thursday to congratulate her and offer his assistance ahead of next week’s swearing-in, the latest indication that Mr. Pence is filling the leadership role all but abdicated by President Trump,” the New York Times reports.

“The conversation, which was relayed by two officials briefed on the call, was described as gracious and pleasant. The discussion is the first time Mr. Pence and Ms. Harris have spoken since they debated each other last fall.”

Trump Bans Any Mentions of Nixon

January 15, 2021 at 11:20 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNN: “Trump has been consumed by the unraveling of his presidency during his last days in office, according to people around him, which included a casual discussion among advisers recently about a possible resignation.”

“Trump shut the idea down almost immediately. And he has made clear to aides in separate conversations that mere mention of President Richard Nixon, the last president to resign, was banned.”

“He told one adviser during an expletive-laden conversation recently never to bring up the ex-president ever again. During the passing mention of resigning this week, Trump told people he couldn’t count on Vice President Mike Pence to pardon him like Gerald Ford did Nixon, anyway.”

Rioters Intended to ‘Capture and Assassinate’ Officials

January 15, 2021 at 11:14 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Federal prosecutors offered the most chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a new court filing that the intention was “to capture and assassinate elected officials,” CNN reports.

“The view was included in a memo seeking to keep Jacob Anthony Chansley, who rallied people inside the Capitol using a bullhorn, in detention. According to Capitol Police information included in the filing, Chansley was notable for his headdress, face paint and carrying of a six-foot spear.”

Wrote prosecutors: “Strong evidence, including Chansley’s own words and actions at the Capitol, supports that the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials in the United States government.”

‘Where They Countin’ the Votes?’

January 15, 2021 at 11:10 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new video, found in an archive of data uploaded to Parler, includes a fresh look at the mob’s confrontation with Eugene Goodman, the officer credited for luring rioters away from senators during the early moments of the Capitol riot.

Trump Leaves Presidency with 29% Approval Rate

January 15, 2021 at 10:17 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Pew Research poll finds Donald Trump is leaving the White House with the lowest job approval of his presidency — 29% — and increasingly negative ratings for his post-election conduct.

Also interesting: 68% of public does not want Trump to remain a major political figure in the future.

Rioters Came Dangerously Close to Pence

January 15, 2021 at 10:15 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 came perilously close to Vice President Pence, who was not evacuated from the Senate chamber for about 14 minutes after the Capitol Police reported an initial attempted breach of the complex — enough time for the marauders to rush inside the building and approach his location,” the Washington Post reports.

“Secret Service officers eventually spirited Pence to a room off the Senate floor with his wife and daughter after rioters began to pour into the Capitol, many loudly denouncing the vice president as a traitor as they marched through the first floor below the Senate chamber.”

Vaccine Reserve Was Already Exhausted

January 15, 2021 at 10:13 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“When Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced this week that the federal government would begin releasing coronavirus vaccine doses held in reserve for second shots, no such reserve existed… The Trump administration had already begun shipping out what was available beginning at the end of December, taking second doses directly off the manufacturing line,” the Washington Post reports.

“Now, health officials across the country who had anticipated their extremely limited vaccine supply as much as doubling beginning next week are confronting the reality that their allocations will not immediately increase, dashing hopes of dramatically expanding eligibility for millions of elderly people and those with high-risk medical conditions.”

Officials Seek Probe Into Boebert’s Actions

January 15, 2021 at 9:49 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sixty-eight elected officials in Colorado have sent a letter to congressional leadership requesting a probe into Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) actions leading up to and on the day of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Steamboat Pilot reports.

Rioter Seeks Pardon from Trump

January 15, 2021 at 9:42 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The lawyer for the “QAnon shaman” who was part of the deadly siege on the Capitol last week publicly petitioned President Trump on Thursday to pardon his client, Politico reports.

Attorney Albert Watkins told CNN his client, Jacob Chansley, “felt like he was answering the call of our president.”

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