U.S.Yahoo NewsGovernment charges Alabama man in connection with Molotov cocktails found amid assault on Capitol
Around the time the Electoral College count erupted into chaos at the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, law enforcement responding to two bomb threats nearby found 11 Molotov cocktails inside an Alabama man's pickup truck, a federal criminal complaint alleges. Lonnie Coffman, of Falkville, Ala., was charged Thursday with possession of an unregistered firearm, a reference to the Molotov cocktails, and carrying a pistol without a license, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
U.S.TheGrioMan who posed at Pelosi’s desk arrested, says he’s ready for violent death
The man seen sitting at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk has been arrested and made interesting comments about his death on Facebook. Richard Barnett of Gravette, Ark. has been identified as the man in the viral image that displays him kicking his feet up on the House Speaker's desk during Wednesday's Capitol riots.
U.S.Associated PressRioters who stormed US Capitol now face backlash at work
Some business owners are being trashed on social media and their establishments boycotted, while rank-and-file employees at other businesses have been fired. The printing company, Navistar Direct Marketing, declined to name the worker but said it can't offer employment to people “demonstrating dangerous conduct that endangers the health and safety of others. More than 90 people have been arrested since Wednesday when loyalists to outgoing President Donald Trump disrupted lawmakers as they met to confirm the Electoral College results and President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
PoliticsThe WeekSen. Joe Manchin says he'd 'absolutely' oppose Biden's stimulus checks, then swiftly walks it back after stocks tank
President-elect Joe Biden announced some economic priorities on Friday, but Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) promptly poked some holes in his plans. Biden began laying out his framework for the next round of COVID-19 relief, reports The Washington Post, and said his plans include a multi-trillion-dollar package that would provide "more direct relief flowing to families, small businesses," in part via $2,000 stimulus checks. Since Republicans are united in opposing larger checks, resistance from a single Democrat could throw a wrench in Biden's plans.
LifestyleArchitectural DigestInside the Charming Parisian Apartment of French Designer Sarah Poniatowski
Located directly under the roof, Poniatowski's idyllic Right Bank apartment is flooded with light, flea market finds, and the designer's very own collection Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
PoliticsThe WeekFox & Friends' Ainsley Earhardt says Trump supporters stormed Capitol because 'they don't want to be forgotten'
Fox & Friends' Ainsley Earhardt says fear was at the root of Trump supporters' Wednesday attack on the Capitol and refusal to accept the election results. Since Election Day, President Trump and his allies have insisted something must have gone wrong to cost Trump re-election. They've spread false claims of fraud and insisted the 74 million people who voted for Trump had to be listened to, despite the fact that President-elect Joe Biden got 7 million more votes and elections are usually decided by who gets the most votes.
U.S.TheGrioChicago police union president: Saying riots are ‘treason’ is ‘beyond ridiculous’
John Catanzara, who was elected last May as the president of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, is defending the people who participated in the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol that resulted in the death of a police officer. There was no arson, there was no burning of anything, there was no looting, there was very little destruction of property,” Catanzara told WBEZ in a Wednesday evening phone interview. It was a bunch of pissed-off people that feel an election was stolen, somehow, some way.
PoliticsLA TimesAriel Pink dropped from label after attending Trump rally that led to D.C. riots
Indie musician Ariel Pink has been dropped from his label after he confirmed attending the Trump rally that led to the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Due to recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff have decided to end our working relationship with Ariel Rosenberg AKA Ariel Pink moving forward,” tweeted the New York-based record label Friday. The announcement came just a day following Pink's explanation on Twitter that he had attended the Washington, D.C., rally to “peacefully show my support for the president.”
PoliticsAssociated PressBiden introduces Merrick Garland as attorney general pick
President-elect Joe Biden introduced his pick for the nation's top law enforcement official on Thursday, turning to experienced judge Merrick Garland to help de-politicize the Justice Department and restore the rule of law after what the incoming president described as four years of lawlessness under President Donald Trump. Biden also described the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday as “domestic terrorists” and assailed the Republican president for inciting the siege. “The past four years we've had a president who's made his contempt for our democracy, our Constitution, the rule of law, clear in everything he has done,” Biden said, vowing a dramatic shift in his administration.
BusinessBusiness InsiderMcDonald's CEO calls insurrection at the US Capitol an attack on things people 'associate with America,' including McDonald's
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski condemned insurrection by pro-Trump supporters in an internal memo viewed by Business Insider. "As a quintessentially 'American brand,' McDonald's has always benefitted from the respect and admiration that consumers hold for the ideals of this nation," Kempczinski wrote. "It was an attack on all those things that people cherish and associate with America," Kempczinski added.
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Rep. Waltz: Rioters at Capitol don't represent 'the busloads of great Americans and Trump supporters'
GOP Rep. Michael Waltz, a U.S. Army veteran, says he has served in places in Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan where disputes are resolved through 'fighting in the streets,' but 'that's not how America operates.
PoliticsThe Independent‘After all I’ve done for him’: Mike Pence reportedly stunned and incensed at Trump for inciting riots at US Capitol
Vice President Mike Pence was incensed with Donald Trump on Wednesday for putting him and others in danger as an angry mob inspired by the president laid siege to the US Capitol. “I've known Mike Pence forever,” Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said on Wednesday in an interview with Tulsa World, his hometown newspaper. “I've never seen Pence as angry as he was today,” Mr Inhofe said.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderA conservative radio host flew into DC on a private jet to participate in the siege on the Capitol
Real-estate broker and conservative radio host Jenna Ryan flew on a private jet from Texas to Washington DC to take part in Wednesday's siege on the US Capitol, multiple outlets have reported. Ryan took to social media to share several photos and videos of her journey. On Friday, Ryan said in a public statement that she flew to the Capitol under the impression that it would be a peaceful march and she doesn't condone the violence that took place.
U.S.LA TimesLawyer for 'SoHo Karen' advised her client not to wear that 'Daddy' hat on TV
When "SoHo Karen" Miya Ponsetto spoke with Gayle King on Thursday, just hours before being arrested, the Ventura County resident was flashing an accessory rarely seen in a "CBS This Morning" interview: a black ballcap emblazoned with the word "Daddy." “The hat definitely wasn't chosen by me,” the 22-year-old's lawyer, Sharen H. Ghatan, told the Daily Beast. Ghatan said she "specifically" asked her client to take off the hat before the interview.
PoliticsThe Independent‘The final betrayal’: Trump supporters denounce president on Reddit after he suddenly decries Capitol riot violence he incited
Donald Trump has performed a dramatic U-turn by condemning the violent mob of his own supporters who stormed the US Capitol Building, provoking anger from backers who “risked their lives” for him in DC. In a desperate bid to prevent Congress certifying November's election results and confirming Joe Biden as the country's 46th leader, the president encouraged a march on the heart of American democracy. Five people have now died in the chaos before Capitol Hill police could restore order, as frightened representatives were evacuated from Congress before returning to complete their duties in the early hours of Thursday morning, formally confirming Mr Biden's 306-232 Electoral College victory over Mr Trump.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderSen. Ben Sasse called his GOP colleague Josh Hawley's election objections 'really dumbass' and 'a terrible idea'
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska called his colleague Sen. Josh Hawley's attempts to subvert the 2020 presidential election results "really dumbass" and "a terrible idea" in a Friday interview on NPR. "This was a stunt, it was a terrible, terrible idea, and you don't lie to the American people, and that's been going on," Sasse said. Hawley is accused inciting the rioters who mounted an armed insurrection on the US Capitol by pushing false and misleading claims about voting and election irregularities.
U.S.Business InsiderOne of the Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol was carrying 11 Molotov cocktails and an assault rifle, prosecutors say
Michael Sherwin, the acting US attorney in Washington, DC, on Thursday described arrests made during the riot in the US Capitol. He said one man who was arrested was carrying 11 Molotov cocktails that were "ready to go," as well as a semiautomatic rifle. Capitol Police in a separate statement said its officers were attacked with metal pipes and chemicals.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderSen. Tammy Duckworth demands the resignation of GOP congresswoman who told Trump supporters 'Hitler was right'
Newly elected GOP congresswoman Mary Miller said "Hitler was right" in a speech to Trump supporters this week. Politicians on the left and right have condemned Miller, and Sen. Tammy Duckworth is now calling for her resignation. Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth tweeted calling for the resignation of Rep. Mary Miller on Wednesday.
U.S.USA TODAY'Their behavior was unacceptable': Alaska Airlines bans 14 passengers following rowdy DC flight a day after riot
Alaska Airlines has banned 14 passengers following a rowdy five-hour flight from Washington, D.C., to Seattle late Thursday. The passengers were on Alaska Flight 1085, which left Washington Dulles International Airport around 5:20 p.m. local time.
U.S.Business InsiderA West Virginia lawmaker who was charged after taking part in the mob that stormed the Capitol says he won't resign from office
A newly elected lawmaker in West Virginia who was criminally charged after filming himself and supporters of President Donald Trump taking part in the riot at the US Capitol on Wednesday says he won't resign after his colleagues called for him to step down. An attorney for Derrick Evans, a Republican lawmaker in West Virginia's House of Delegates, told CBS affiliate WVNS-TV that his client "committed no criminal act" as he stormed the Capitol building. "From Mr. Evans point of view in the crowd, it appeared that the crowd was being allowed by law enforcement into the Capitol.
PoliticsThe Independent‘Traitor’: Lindsey Graham surrounded by Trump supporters at airport after breaking with president
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was escorted by police from a terminal inside Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after a group of Donald Trump's supporters chanted “traitor” and screamed “you work for us” after he condemned Donald Trump's response to a violent mob at the US Capitol and baseless allegations of election fraud. "One day you will not be able to walk down the street," one woman yells in video shared by Politico's Daniel Lippman. A source sends this video of a group of Trump supporters today harassing Sen. Lindsey Graham at Reagan airport and loudly calling him a “traitor” after he publicly broke with Trump earlier this week.
HealthBusiness InsiderBiden plans to release the entire coronavirus vaccine supply instead of reserving half to guarantee second doses
President-elect Joe Biden plans to release all available coronavirus vaccine doses when he takes office on January 20, CNN reported. The Trump administration is currently holding back half the supply to guarantee there will be enough for two shots per person. But some public-health experts say the US could be more generous with the current supply, since vaccine production is unlikely to grind to a halt.
HealthBusiness InsiderI felt totally fine after my first COVID-19 shot, but the second dose was rough. Here's what I did to manage the side effects and why I still think you should get the shot.
Dr. Joy Henningsen is a diagnostic radiologist at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Although she experienced no side effects following the first shot, about six hours after the second dose Henningsen says she began to feel muscle aches and injection site soreness. Henningsen says although these temporary side effects are uncomfortable, they won't happen to everyone and shouldn't be a deterrent to receiving the vaccine.
CelebrityINSIDERThe notorious influencer who started the Jeffree Star and Kayne West rumors, says that she made the entire scandal up
Ava Louise, the influencer known for her "coronavirus challenge" toilet-licking stunt, admitted that she had made up the rumor that Kanye West and Jeffree Star were having an affair. The rumor circulated on Wednesday morning, fueled by reports of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's divorce being imminent. Louise said in a TikTok repost of a voice message she sent that there was "literally not one bit of truth to anything I have said" regarding the rumor.
PoliticsThe IndependentWhat led Trump to turn his back on the Capitol Hill rioters?
Donald Trump executed a surprising about-face on Thursday night when he issued a short video statement explicitly condemning the mob of his own supporters who stormed the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC on Wednesday. “To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country… To those who broke the law, you will pay.” Since losing both the Electoral College and popular vote to Joe Biden in November's presidential election, Mr Trump has doggedly pushed the bogus narrative that a second term in the White House was “stolen” from him as a result of “mass voter fraud”, despite his legal team, led by Rudy Giuliani, failing to find any evidence to prove his conspiracy theories and losing more than 60 local court cases in the process.
“Governors are being WAY too precious about who gets this vaccine.”
“The federal government needs to give states strict parameters for when their vaccine allocation must be administered.”
“While public health leaders know what must be done, their critical work could be supported by a national COVID-19 Vaccine Corps.”
“The US vaccine campaign is not a disaster. Rather, I think it is predictably mediocre.”
“The best option may be to rely more on private industry.”