Cabbage News Network Week #205

[kmusser]

Recap

• Synopsis of last weeks attack on the Capitol, what actually happened is a little clearer in retrospect and this is one of the better summaries I've seen.

Monday 1/11

• House Dems proceed with impeachment plans (source).
  
• FBI warns of armed protests being planned for state capitols next week (source).
  
• Federal charges are proceeding against Capitol riot leaders (source).
  
• Total arrested up to 120, and no, they are not antifa (source).
  
• U.S. puts Cuba on state sponsors of terrorism list for no apparent reason (source).
  
• DHS Chief Chad Wolf resigns (source).

Tuesday 1/12

• Joint Chiefs of Staff issue reminder to all military service members that they are sworn to defend the Constitution (source).
  
• Number of Federal charges against those involved with attacking the Capitol expected to grow (source).
  
• HHS removes sexual orientation and gender identity non-discrimination protections from social services (source).
  
• Increased security implemented at the Capitol, GOP ditches and moans about it (source).
  
• Voice of America reporter reassigned after daring to question Pompeo (source).
  
• Whistleblowers at the Census complain about the director trying to push out bullshit reports (source).
  
• CDC to require Covid testing from international travelers (source).

Wednesday 1/13

• The House votes to impeach DJT (source).
  
• National Guard is being deployed for the inauguration (source).
  
• Supreme Court approves limits on abortion pill access (source).
  
• In case anyone needs it, a timeline of DJT statements leading to last weeks attack.

Thursday 1/14

• DJT asks Congress to freeze spending on many domestic programs, including vaccine rollout (source).
  
• Pentagon seeking to purge white supremacists from the military (source).
  
• Unemployment is climbing again (source).

Friday 1/15

• Food aid for families authorized last fall still hasn't gone out (source).
  
• More Chinese companies added to government blacklist (source).
  
• DoJ charges that attack on the Capitol intended to capture and assassinate elected officials (source).
  
• A look at DJT's impact on the judicial system.

Maps of the week

• Animated map of Parler users in DC on January 6th.
  
• Covid-19 changes over the last 2 weeks.
  
• New map of the Roanoke/Albemarle drainage basin by yours truly.

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  • 19 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 1 pending bill sitting on DJT's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate - no action
  
  • 574 total pending bills sitting on McConnell's desk
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House - no action
  
  • 178 total pending bills sitting on Pelosi's desk

Comments

[selki]

Thanks for the AP News synopsis. Awful. I'm afraid insurrectionists may try for an air strike the 20th.

I hope and expect that Biden will roll back "HHS removes sexual orientation and gender identity non-discrimination protections from social services" and many other regressions quickly.

Pentagon seeking to purge white supremacists from the military

About time!

this fall, not every school around the country was closed all month. Closures varied week to week, state to state, district to district, and even school to school.
States were supposed to calculate the number of missed meals and give the money out equitably. But, Bauer explains, "the states are not getting good guidance from USDA about how to simplify the implementation of the program. And so as a result, everything has been in a holding pattern."

Aargh!

Boo, top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. for walking back charges that attack on the Capitol intended to capture and assassinate elected officials.