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Lockdown Update Day 309
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"Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid. If we’re to live up to her own time, then victory won’t lie in the blade, but in all the bridges we’ve made. That is the promise to glade, the hill we climb if only we dare. It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit. It’s the past we step into and how we repair it. We’ve seen a forest that would shatter our nation rather than share it. Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. This effort very nearly succeeded."
From 'The Hill We Climb' by Amanda Gorman. (Text here)
Articles I found pre-Inauguration:
What the clergy praying at Biden’s inauguration signal about his priorities
The choice of Fr. Leo O’Donovan and Rev. Silvester Beaman have personal and national significance.
How people in the UK, Germany, and France feel about Joe Biden
According to a Pew Research Center survey, a majority have confidence in Biden to do the right thing in world affairs.
(Look at the graph!!)
Biden inauguration: How security threats and Covid have changed ceremony
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Inauguration:
January 6, 2021 / January 20, 2021 pic.twitter.com/whAXzVenbo
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 20, 2021
NEW—Eugene Goodman, the Capitol Police officer who risked his life to draw the Jan. 6 rioters away from the Senate chamber, has been named the Acting Deputy House Sergeant at Arms...
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 20, 2021
...now escorts the Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris at #Inauguration
pic.twitter.com/aG6Z9GsJTH
This is the first time a U.S. president has asked for a single moment of reflection to the 400,000 lost to coronavirus.
— David Dayen (@ddayen) January 20, 2021
Thread - go across to Twitter and read the whole thing:
I take great joy from the fact that I will never have to hear Trump say 'Febwoowary' ever again. pic.twitter.com/AZ1KcmYgJu
— John Bull (@garius) January 20, 2021
This is why Harris is wearing purple, btw.
— John Bull (@garius) January 20, 2021
Shirley Chisholm.
First black congresswoman. First to run for presidential candidacy of a major party.
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
Respect. pic.twitter.com/eNlKL601MX
Happy Inauguration I made you a zaydie Bernie sitting patiently in his folding chair transparent PNG https://t.co/x6xFMBlHX5 pic.twitter.com/TvpcpFAi8v
— taber טבור (@taber) January 20, 2021
ETA (with thanks to sea_thoughts):
Poignant moment: While Joe Biden gave his inauguration speech, a lone man in a uniform knelt at the Delaware grave of his son Beau. pic.twitter.com/QkCuJRHzTz
— Patricia Talorico (@PattyTalorico) January 20, 2021
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Good riddance:
The president wants a big military send-off tomorrow. Unfortunately, the military is busy defending the Capitol from his supporters.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 20, 2021
Ron Watkins pulls the plug. This will be absolutely crushing to QAnon believers: pic.twitter.com/SfxJwCLCoU
— Jesselyn Cook (@JessReports) January 20, 2021
QAnon forums now:
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 20, 2021
"I dont think this is supposed to happen? How long does it take the fed to run up the stairs and arrest him?"
"It's like being a kid and seeing the big gift under the tree thinking it is exactly what you want only to open it and realize it was a lump of coal" pic.twitter.com/oBUF2cm3fT
Mark Leggiero is the one lone Trump supporter out in front of the NYS Capitol. He says he expected a few thousand ppl here and is disappointed. He said he drove 45 minutes for a peaceful protest pic.twitter.com/hDtCLYFpLq
— Morgan Mckay (@morganfmckay) January 20, 2021
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Good news:
The @WhiteHouse website contact form now asks for your pronouns. pic.twitter.com/W5S36efo1d
— GLAAD (@glaad) January 20, 2021
Also now seen on https://t.co/vePkoAbpWf: Españolhttps://t.co/GFrGquOqYA pic.twitter.com/8hHE6R2DLl
— Matt Hodges (@hodgesmr) January 20, 2021
Changes already happening.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 20, 2021
A follower noticed that the US Ambassador to Israel’s Twitter account now says “US Ambassador to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza”
Noting that the US under Biden does not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the West Bank and Gaza pic.twitter.com/ZVqviFcFjB
For the first time since late 2017, https://t.co/OFuZPI4cqK analytics data available on https://t.co/dlhqea10bZ. Currently, 48K viewing the new site. https://t.co/2w4hMwmXlN pic.twitter.com/IgmO0rRT9T
— Tim Lowden (@tdlowden) January 20, 2021
Besides revoking the permit for building the Keystone XL Pipeline, Biden is also putting a stop to oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and plans to restore Bears Ears sacred site to its original size and protections.
— Ruth H. Hopkins, B.S., M.S., J.D. (@Ruth_HHopkins) January 20, 2021
“Attempting to end #DACA and subjecting over 700,000 immigrant young people to deportation was one of the many cruelties of the Trump administration, and yet Trump is out, and immigrant youth continue to be protected with DACA."
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) January 20, 2021
Well now I'm ugly-crying.https://t.co/veo3bU2EGI
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