News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
A U.S. Capitol Police officer has died due to injuries sustained during Wednesday’s insurrection. https://t.co/UnqkLigoCI
— POLITICO (@politico) January 8, 2021
BREAKING: President Donald Trump says he will not attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20. https://t.co/Y5GoS9bxpX
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 8, 2021
Murkowski calls on Trump to resign: "I want him out" https://t.co/Ekmse2DKHs pic.twitter.com/cEOiSaDwLU
— The Hill (@thehill) January 8, 2021
Internet detectives are identifying scores of pro-Trump rioters at the Capitol. Some have already been fired. https://t.co/6vFUwY51PR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 8, 2021
BREAKING: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing President Donald Trump from initiating military actions or a nuclear strike. https://t.co/fpGhCFIf9y
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 8, 2021
BREAKING: Richard Barnett, who was seen sitting at a desk in Speaker Pelosi’s office, has been arrested in Arkansas and charged with entering and remaining on restricting grounds, violent entry, and theft of public property, @PeteWilliamsNBC reports. https://t.co/Fa09m1BxIY pic.twitter.com/7ksltbc3rT
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 8, 2021
Fifty-seven percent of Americans want President Trump to be immediately removed from office, a @Reuters / Ipsos poll shows https://t.co/Ymai1Zru5J pic.twitter.com/luCc2tKauy
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 8, 2021
BREAKING: West Virginia state rep. Delegate Derrick Evans has been charged in connection with Wednesday’s rioting at the Capitol, after recording and then deleting a video of himself storming the Capitol with hundreds of rioters. – @PeteWilliamsNBChttps://t.co/B1VpBNYgvR
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 8, 2021
U.S. tops 4,000 coronavirus deaths in one day for the first time https://t.co/oPnyFulKQG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 8, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine protects against key mutation found in fast-spreading virus variants, study shows https://t.co/Pw0dCQ4r2W
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 8, 2021
Biden preparing to accelerate distribution of COVID-19 vaccine upon taking office https://t.co/WIPaPbXFqT
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 8, 2021
Elections company Dominion Voting Systems is suing former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who has spent much of the past two months claiming Dominion rigged the 2020 election and was somehow tied to Hugo Chavez, none of which is true. https://t.co/4BNjnxtGlN
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) January 8, 2021
