@PresElectBiden : There is truth & there are lies lies told for power and for profit ..each of us has a duty and responsibility as citizens as Americans & especially as leaders leaders who will pledge to honor our constitution & protect our nation to defend the truth and defeat the lies
In his first act as president, Joe Biden asks Americans to join him in a moment of silent prayer for the more than 400,000 lost to COVID-19
Joe Biden will sign executive orders to protect DACA and reverse Trump orders that declared undocumented people priorities for deportation. Immigration lawyers have called Trump's immigration policy what it was: an ethnic purge. #Inauguration
President Biden: “We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural vs. urban, conservative vs. liberal. We can do this, if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts. If we show a little tolerance ... If we're willing to stand in the other person's shoes.”
“Those 400,000 fellow Americans: moms, dads, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, friends, neighbours and co-workers – we’ll honour them” President Joe Biden leads silent prayer to “those who’ve lost their lives, and those left behind” by the Covid pandemic
Coherent, considered and caring. Nice having a grown up in charge again isn’t it. #InaugurationDay
Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States, tasked with unifying a deeply divided country in multiple crises
President Biden wrapped his inaugural address pledging to tell the truth at a time when truth is under attack. He said, "Before God and all of you, I give you my word, I will always level with you. I will defend the Constitution. I'll defend our democracy. I'll defend America."
The incoming Biden admin has hidden a message for IT folk in source code:
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The White House is now undergoing a thorough deep cleaning —far and beyond what is normal — as President Trump delivers remarks at JBA.
WATCH: Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, recites a poem on unity in the U.S. at #Inauguration2021
President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign 17 executive actions today in the Oval Office including: -National mask mandate -Establish a WH COVID-19 team -Cease withdrawal from WHO -Restore national security pandemics office -Extend pause on student loan payments and interest
FULL AMANDA GORMAN POEM: “We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one ... There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” The 22-year-old is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history:
BREAKING: Joseph R. Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America. #InaugurationDay
"He sneaks out early tomorrow as the only president in living memory to face the legitimate prospect of post-presidential conviction," @maddow says. “Unequivocally and inarguably the worst president in American history, with what may literally may be the rap sheet to prove it."
We tracked all of the verbal attacks Donald Trump posted on Twitter, from when he declared his candidacy for president in June 2015 to when Twitter permanently barred him on Jan. 8, 2021. See the full list here:
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NYPD arrested up to 30 protesters during a peaceful march on #MLKDay organized by Black activists. Onlookers say police presence was high and officers responded violently. NY AG Letitia James recently sued the NYPD for excessive force against anti-racism protesters last year.
New: US Capitol Police arrested a Virginia man as he attempted to pass through a police checkpoint in downtown Washington Friday with fake inaugural credentials, a loaded handgun & over 500 rounds of ammunition, CNN reporting.
Just In: Seven men suspected in the brutal beating of a D.C. police officer defending the Capitol are sought by the FBI
Video of insurrectionists stealing documents on the senate floor. “I think Cruz would want us to do this so I think we’re good.” Great work, @tedcruz (Full video and article at @NewYorker )
South Korea’s best-selling boyband, BTS, continue to make their mark in the art world as one of the group’s singers, RM, has been named “art sponsor of the year” in Korea. @bts_bighit @BTS_twt @BTS_ARMY
JUST IN: Remember zip-tie guy in the Senate, Eric Munchel? The FBI just arrested his mom, Lisa Eisenhart, who accompanied him.
As a candidate, Trump said he could eliminate the entire national debt as president. Instead, it rose nearly $7.8 trillion on his watch, the third biggest increase relative to the size of the economy of any administration. Allan Sloan and @Cezary
Breaking News: The police arrested a man at a security checkpoint in Washington with an unregistered handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition, officials said.
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