New York Times on Trump’s campaign to subvert the election

Exclusive: For 77 days between election and inauguration, Donald Trump — advised by conspiracy-minded lawyers and funded by a new class of donors — tried to subvert American democracy with a lie about fraud that he had been grooming for years.https://t.co/Y02fxtjsnp
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 31, 2021

Axios: “It didn't take long for the yelling to start up again. They were now in hour four of a meeting unprecedented even by the deranged standards of the final days of the Trump presidency.” https://t.co/0w3CXB1Hvp
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 2, 2021

analysis of why Trump lost

“..the former president suffered from voter perception that he wasn’t honest or trustworthy..” That tends to happen when you routinely lie to folks. https://t.co/0YachYnBSG
— Tom Foreman (@tomforemancnn) February 2, 2021

Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus, which Fabrizio, former campaign manager Parscale and others urged him to treat more seriously earlier, cost him greatly. By October, vast majority of late-breaking voters went for Biden. https://t.co/oknmVYeJMc
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 2, 2021

Covers: It Wasn’t Me

A recent Amazon Prime commercial uses the Chuck Berry song “it Wasn’t Me”. It’s from his 1965 album Fresh Berry’s and was released as a single in October 1965. This is a great choice of a relatively obscure song by an outstanding artist.

End the Senate filibuster

McConnell will use it to block legislation if it isn’t eliminated.

When a measured, thoughtful voice like @EJDionne says “end the filibuster” … it’s time to end the filibuster.

It’s no longer a political decision.

It’s an existential decision.https://t.co/kqM7htcLwl
— Nicolas Falacci (@NickFalacci) January 31, 2021

under appreciated point here about how it makes absolutely no sense to require 60 votes to pass legislation but only 50 to repeal it. https://t.co/RVMMTxxdVg
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) January 31, 2021

My new column for @CNNOpinion about why @LeaderMcConnell's defense of the filibuster doesn't reflect the history and why reform is so urgent. @PrincetonSPIA https://t.co/GEFUS38nsC
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) January 31, 2021

WATCH: @TiffanyDCross explains the history of the Senate filibuster and why Sen. McConnell wants to maintain it.https://t.co/2zxXDHE3C9
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 31, 2021

@LeaderMcConnell is peddling fake history to defend the filibuster. Not quite @mtg’s “Jewish space lasers,” but still phony. #FilibusterMustGo https://t.co/BBnX98AsQP
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 31, 2021

FDR’s margins in Congress were epic. The House was 313-115 in 1933. And 59-37 in the Senate. And remember the filibuster was rarely used. FDR is not a reasonable model for Biden despite current rhetoric. https://t.co/Y4UrvEIPQA
— Walter Shapiro (@MrWalterShapiro) January 31, 2021

If there hadn’t been a filibuster in 2010 Ben Nelson couldn’t have stopped the public option from happening and Joe Lieberman couldn’t have dropped Medicare buy-in at 55 from happening. https://t.co/TJuqGNax8a
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) January 29, 2021

Scrap the filibuster and make D.C. a state, writes Christian Cooper https://t.co/rF3vsmgrLo
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 29, 2021

This has been brewing for a long time

.@senatemajldr Mitch McConnell has a new op-ed in the New York Times promising to preserve the legislative filibuster and warning Democrats not to end it.https://t.co/eV5fd2l6dT
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 22, 2019

Even if Democrats capture the White House and Congress in 2020, the party's agenda could still be stymied by GOP senators representing just one-fifth of the country, writes @RonBrownstein. Abolishing the filibuster could be the Democrats' only way out. https://t.co/I0zliPecGY
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 22, 2019

Why are so many Democrats considering ending the filibuster? https://t.co/UgZYHyAaP7
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) September 23, 2019

Sonny Fox

I grew up in New York from 1953-1964. Before there was UHF, we had three independent stations (channels 5,9 and 11). We had seven stations (including public television and the networks) I remember Sonny Fox very well. Of the other hosts mentioned, the one I recall the best is Sandy Becker.

Sonny Fox, who as the host of the children’s television show “Wonderama” presided over a four-hour combination of fun and learning on Sunday mornings from 1959 to 1967, has died at 95 https://t.co/8xKsLPKCyY
— NYT Media (@nytmedia) January 31, 2021

How to measure snow in Baltimore

My mother-in-law has curated a very Baltimore way of measuring snowfall. pic.twitter.com/JSxbHXwG4q
— Paul Gessler (@PaulGessler) January 31, 2021

This site has great Baltimore rat merchandise

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COVID-19 statistics 1/31/21

Tracking the pandemic in the U.S. Here are the latest figures on COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations across the country. https://t.co/SctFD5zT4s
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 31, 2021

NYT: “N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says; The state attorney general, Letitia James, said the Cuomo administration likely omitted thousands of Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents.” https://t.co/RjMnQuaHgW
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 28, 2021

Two things happening with COVID data

1. Infections falling across U.S., down about 33% from two wks ago

2. Deaths are climbing — because they lag infections. Will likely peak in 7-8 days

Nonetheless, things are improving and race now is between vaccinations and variants https://t.co/nc393UDMjg
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) January 27, 2021

"Tens of thousands of Covid-19 deaths are going unreported in the U.S., with far more missed in counties that strongly supported former President Trump… The figures suggest that political leanings have helped suppress the true scale of deaths." https://t.co/CVdwUaxXSI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 25, 2021

New cases and hospitalizations are starting to fall pretty quickly in the US. Seems to be a lot of fatalism that new strains will cause a 4th (?) wave. Not necessarily true if we can vaccinate people fast enough and keep other sensible measures in place.https://t.co/dHB4t8PvUm pic.twitter.com/kCohlGMI7G
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 25, 2021

Ramping up vaccinations is definitely working. https://t.co/LNsniQDoUp
— Drew Savicki 🦖🦕🦖 (@SenhorRaposa) January 25, 2021

Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 118k cases, 95,013 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 2,055 deaths. pic.twitter.com/xnetqNQc72
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) February 1, 2021

According to Johns Hopkins data, South Dakota is the state with the second-highest number of cases per capita – roughly four times Maine’s number, six times Vermont’s – and the sixth-highest number of deaths per capita. https://t.co/ibrn76loUv https://t.co/XXCQlK5C0o
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 3, 2021

Coronavirus outbreaks 1/31/21

An outbreak of COVID-19 has rippled across the campus of Roman Catholic nuns in southeast Michigan, causing the deaths of nine retired nuns. https://t.co/FKrm7VucpH
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) January 28, 2021

15 people catch COVID-19 after reportedly attending cat's birthday party https://t.co/VfzqQklUIm pic.twitter.com/zyHyFxEOvU
— New York Post (@nypost) January 22, 2021

Republicans in the Minnesota State Senate gathered for a gala party two days after Election Day. At least four senators in attendance tested positive for the coronavirus in the days that followed. One of them, Senator Jerry Relph, died in December. https://t.co/EvzartlJEW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 18, 2021

15 Kaiser San Jose patients test positive for coronavirus after Christmas Day outbreak

The news comes after an outbreak on Christmas Day, when an asymptomatic employee came to work in an inflatable holiday tree costume.https://t.co/hpbg5EHiJw pic.twitter.com/fNLy3YMjsg
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 14, 2021

An air-powered, inflatable Christmas tree costume worn by a staffer at a California hospital could be linked to an outbreak that infected more than 40 people, killing one, hospital officials say. https://t.co/kgB1Dc5E0J
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 4, 2021

44 people who attend Christmas church gathering test positive for COVID-19https://t.co/KXg28Dubtw
— The Great War & Modern Memory (@ps9714) January 1, 2021

145 Costco employees at a store in Washington state have tested positive for Covid-19 https://t.co/vuqA8fuaHi pic.twitter.com/3xIN2MR2UQ
— CNN (@CNN) December 31, 2020

This should be a bigger story—a veterans home visited two weeks ago by ⁦COVID positive Missouri Governor is now dealing with a major COVID outbreak. The Mount Vernon Veterans Home has had 31 residents test positive. #LincolnVeteran https://t.co/iuKtnZoetn
— Jess Piper (@EnglishTeach07) October 1, 2020

Anti-vaxxers shut down vaccine site in LA

Sounds like cancel culture to me. If they don’t want a vaccine, they shouldn’t prevent others from getting one.

Anti-vaccine protest at Dodger Stadium was organized on Facebook, including promotion of banned "Plandemic" video https://t.co/e44mh6ZzLD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 2, 2021

Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down major coronavirus vaccine site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles https://t.co/rkHjPk6xCC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 31, 2021

Anti-vaxxers and right-wingers shut down Dodgers Stadium vaccine site https://t.co/HzqpebzIJf
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 31, 2021

30 anti-vaccine protestors have shut down the largest vaccination site in the US. https://t.co/7nLqXJCx8e
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) January 30, 2021

Dodger Stadium's #COVID19 vaccination site shut down after far-right, antivaxx protesters gather at entrance https://t.co/upSd3KKsy6
— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) January 30, 2021

Trump focused on antifa instead of right-wing extremists

This assessment is spot on based on recent years where I’ve encountered researchers being told to find Antifa and met law enforcement making warnings/fears about Antifa without being able to name a single member or incident of Antifa in their jurisdiction https://t.co/dUTGqheUpp
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) January 31, 2021

Vaccine news 1/31/21

SCOOP: Trump officials spent the fall actively lobbying Congress not to give states the money health officials insisted they need to vaccine some 300 million Americans. At that time the Trump admin had only provided states $200 million. (Thread) https://t.co/u3ZiUuoqfE
— Nicholas Florko (@NicholasFlorko) January 31, 2021

A single dose that doesn’t need intense refrigeration is something to celebrate. https://t.co/yWIi8zLj3K
— Slate (@Slate) January 31, 2021

NEW: A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind white people in receiving shots, an @AP analysis found. It’s a troubling trend given COVID-19’s impact on Black Americans. https://t.co/Per7bNx7EB
— Kat Stafford (@kat__stafford) January 30, 2021

Pain relief medications like Tylenol and Advil are 'perfectly fine' – but only after COVID-19 vaccine, experts say https://t.co/HbGSBrDv6b pic.twitter.com/vuDHpUklfG
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) January 30, 2021

Beggars can't be choosers.

//Which Covid Vaccine Should You Get? Experts Cite the Effect Against Severe Disease https://t.co/gPy7E0Iszb
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) January 29, 2021

Here's a video @mhc205 made of me explaining how leading COVID-19 vaccines work. https://t.co/WkCzeFNtRt
— Jon Cohen (@sciencecohen) January 29, 2021

How can vaccine resistance be overcome with design? Why do some locations offer psychological advantages?

We explore the architecture of mass vaccination: https://t.co/52vnchtVCR
— Bloomberg CityLab (@CityLab) January 29, 2021

Moderna says laboratory tests have shown its COVID-19 vaccine could protect against the U.K. strain but that it is less effective — while still meeting efficacy benchmarks — against the strain identified in South Africa. https://t.co/HeRTPOhFnC pic.twitter.com/8Z41HulpzS
— WebMD (@WebMD) January 28, 2021

How ethical has the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine been? WebMD Chief Medical Officer @drjohnwhyte speaks with @ArthurCaplan, Professor of Bioethics at @nyulangone. https://t.co/xMFKt8KgnB
— WebMD (@WebMD) January 28, 2021

How to prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine

The coronavirus is mutating, writes John M. Barry. Will our vaccines keep up? https://t.co/ebVERPf1OH
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 28, 2021

Some LA city firefighters are still opting out of the COVID-19 vaccine despite being among the first in line. An LAFD fundraising org is trying incentives like a raffle and gifts, including bikes, gift cards and home security cameras https://t.co/pUgV4KYP7R
— LAist (@LAist) January 27, 2021

Health officials are racing to keep up with a pair of mutated Covid strains — further complicating a pandemic response already likely to consume most of Biden’s first year https://t.co/P4yzH7TCLP
— POLITICO (@politico) January 26, 2021

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works against the new mutant strains. Is that enough?https://t.co/GmeRKDAXIN
— TIME (@TIME) February 1, 2021