Republicans in Congress who didn’t wear masks during the lockdown could spread COVID

There are now 3 Dem lawmakers who have tested positive for COVID after being locked in a room with these folks (and lots of others). https://t.co/yjdV38upCg https://t.co/i6xAy5b7QB
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) January 12, 2021

THREE Democratic lawmakers have now tested positive for COVID after the Capitol lockdown, spending hours in a room with GOP lawmakers who refused to wear a mask. https://t.co/whArNqMzmN
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) January 12, 2021

This is so enraging. There were hundreds of us isolated together as the Capitol was under attack. The Sergeant At Arms repeatedly asked the dozens of maskless Republican members to respect others’ health. @RepLBR offered them masks. They laughed and refused. Get well, @RepBonnie! https://t.co/nIgVsJ3IQy
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) January 11, 2021

Track Covid-19 cases in Congress here:https://t.co/TPPUJKMuys
— Benjy Renton (@bhrenton) January 11, 2021

Meanwhile, as right wing terrorists were trying to get into Congress and kill lawmakers, right wing lawmakers were busy risking the lives of their own colleagues, because they're awful human beings too…https://t.co/LIzxZ9OvjU
— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) January 11, 2021

Worried—Freshman GOP Kansas Congressman Jake LaTurner tests #COVID19 positive. Is 11th House member of 117th Congress—all of the same party.

But what worries me is MOCs were all holed up together yesterday during the siege. Many maskless. He was likely infectious.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 8, 2021

Rep. Jake LaTurner, Republican of Kansas, tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday night, after he spent the day participating in a failed effort to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. https://t.co/RTAFNNvEMN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021

Chaser: https://t.co/gwoDjEwIhG
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) January 11, 2021

If there’s a Covid outbreak in Congress, every one of those morons that refused a mask in the safe room should be expelled. https://t.co/wNn6R4lVOv
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) January 10, 2021

House lawmakers may have been exposed to Covid-19 when they went into hiding during Wednesday riots at the US Capitol, Congress' attending physician wrote in a letter to members on Sunday. https://t.co/wtnJkOzfBX
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 11, 2021

Biden said he was “appalled” when he saw GOP colleagues wouldn’t take masks from Delaware congresswoman @LisaBRochester when she tried to hand them out to members while they were hiding from a mob during the Capitol riots. pic.twitter.com/zB1gkVFbPh
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 11, 2021

Trump’s mob of “patriots”

lock them up!

A vital new @AdamSerwer piece: "The belief that only impoverished people engage in political violence—particularly right-wing political violence—is a misconception often cultivated by the very elites who benefit from that violence." https://t.co/GChSSIXqn2
— Nora Kelly Lee (@nora_kelly) January 12, 2021

1 thing wasn't in the air at Capitol insurrection: Economic anxiety

They were affluent suburbanites – real-estate broker, lawyer, doctor's spouse, business owners, etc. They flew to DC and risked all for what mattered to them: White privilege

My column https://t.co/JFoKj9qGcl
— Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) January 12, 2021

Army probing officer Emily Rainey who led group to deadly DC riots https://t.co/M1SPRSGSHC pic.twitter.com/h8Pncnii88
— New York Post (@nypost) January 11, 2021

At least 25 troops under investigation for terrorism in connection with Capitol riot https://t.co/uBS05je7EP via ⁦@tvandenbrook⁩
— Nicholas Wu (@nicholaswu12) January 11, 2021

A review of social media posts, voter registrations, court files and other records for 120+ people arrested or ID'd at the riot leaves no ambiguity about who was really there: GOP officials, far-right militants, white supremacists, and Q followers.https://t.co/ykvplR7JIw
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) January 11, 2021

Quick thread about this video I took shortly before the Capitol riot, since Proud Boys leaders like Gavin McInnes are now claiming the guys in orange hats aren't Proud Boys. https://t.co/MeRaFYCgLd
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 10, 2021

Hell hath no fury 💅 https://t.co/vT1CWJjSer
— Mara Thee Reporter (@marascampo) January 11, 2021

Inquirer: Philadelphia police detective subject of Internal Affairs investigation after allegedly attending D.C. rally https://t.co/WWxE7VEblP
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 11, 2021

My wife and I attended the “Stop the Steal” Trump Insurrection on Wednesday (as observers, NOT participants) and there are FIVE big take-aways from what we witnessed and heard outside the Capitol that I'd like to share. (We took all the pictures below). 1/22 pic.twitter.com/NTV7JTUXZa
— Terry Bouton (@TerryBoutonHist) January 10, 2021

My new favorite song https://t.co/VRXWJmtAKF
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 10, 2021

DOJ has announced the arrest of Larry Brock and Eric Munchel, alleged to be two men photographed at the Capitol carrying restraints. (Brock admitted that to the New Yorker, claiming he just found the cuffs there and meant to give them to an officer.) https://t.co/92XXHk9vvg
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 10, 2021

Let's hope this isn't all talk. Accountability must be had. It's necessary for unity and healing. https://t.co/BNX1rbXFFp
— Adrienne Lawrence (@AdrienneLaw) January 10, 2021

"I GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT."

Idaho man says he was the guy hanging from the balcony of the Senate. He's now apologizing to the American people and asking for forgiveness.

Story: https://t.co/YhHVc4W0It pic.twitter.com/VChbxhcZy2
— Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) January 9, 2021

Drove up from Nashville with his mommy. | MAGA rioter, 30, pictured carrying zip-ties is identified https://t.co/TK7YEssPk3 via @MailOnline
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 10, 2021

“I got called a n****r 15 times today,” the veteran officer shouted. “Trump did this and we got all of these fucking people in our department that voted for him. How the fuck can you support him?”

“I cried for about 15 minutes and I just let it out.” https://t.co/5CulEBi1BT
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) January 10, 2021

Scotland doesn’t want Trump

I don’t blame them.

Brilliant. https://t.co/KvfBPWG3Rl
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) January 19, 2021

NEW: Before he left office, Trump filed his final financial disclosures with @OfficeGovEthics. I’ve had a read through them. The income he is claiming in respect of his Scottish resorts is entirely divorced from the reality set out in black in white in his UK accounts. Thread 👇
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) January 21, 2021

Asking for 81M+ Americans eager to see Trump leave:

What if no country on earth will accept him? https://t.co/xguRs2gkxa
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) January 11, 2021

A growing number of politicians have called for Donald Trump to be banned from entering Scotland, describing him as a "dangerous criminal" who should face prosecution. My full story is in tomorrow's @scotonsunday pic.twitter.com/bOCD6pYxGa
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) January 9, 2021

Trump warned by Scottish leader to stay away amid reports he might travel to his golf resort to skip inauguration https://t.co/CwGMioz6GA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 5, 2021

"It is Trump’s own actions that prompt legitimate Qs about his income which, if left unanswered, would call into doubt the @scotgov's determination to confront the spectre of money laundering.”

My @TheScotsman
story on Trump & Unexplained Wealth Orders:https://t.co/9rlBQ26Ku8
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) January 16, 2021

Patrick Harvie's response to Eric Trump's statement tonight: "As entertaining as Eric Trump’s tantrum is, he doesn’t say where his dad got the money to buy his Scottish golf courses, which is exactly why I’m calling on the Scottish Government to seek an Unexplained Wealth Order.” https://t.co/XJRBPMKno3
— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) February 2, 2021

Once upon a time an American man wanted to build a golf course in Scotland because his mother was born there. He submitted the plans but was told no, because it would damage the special environment. But this man didn't like to be told no, so he promised great jobs and riches so
— Stu Cameron (@stucam7771) February 22, 2024

Covers: Big Big Love

“Big Big Love” was co-written and recorded by Wynn Stewart.. It was released in 1961. I know it from the cover by k.d lang and the version by the Eddys on the anthology A Town South of Bakersfield volume 1. Both of the covers were from the 1980s.

Trump supporters attack the Capitol

It’s Trump’s fault.

This is the biggest breach of the Capitol building's security since members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party indiscriminately opened fire in the House chamber in 1954, wounding five congressmen.
— Zach C. Cohen (@Zachary_Cohen) January 6, 2021

There is no reasoning with conspiracy theorists.

There is no negotiating with extemists.

The president’s lies have unleashed the mob.
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) January 6, 2021

U.S. Capitol is on lockdown as protesters clash with police and breach the building. Follow our live coverage. https://t.co/SBqPg7P4dD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 6, 2021

Reporters — if a Republican congressman can call this a coup attempt, you can too. https://t.co/4giMWHGwDS
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 6, 2021

This is the consequence of downplaying white male aggression and violence. When those men stormed the Michigan state Capitol, they were treated like “misguided citizens” by media and law enforcement.
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) January 6, 2021

Pro-Trump protesters storm the US Capitol as lawmakers gather to count electoral votes https://t.co/KeeTrkXOQV pic.twitter.com/u18iOM9GFz
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 6, 2021

Scores of Trump supporters breached the Capitol building and neared the Senate floor on Wednesday afternoon as thousands cheered and clashed with police in front of the building. https://t.co/wH1URGxPnI pic.twitter.com/GDIQF7tpY7
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 6, 2021

Trump is watching violent terrorists attack the US Capitol in his name. His response is to attack his Vice President for not participating in a coup. https://t.co/Uu0mEaJiVH
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) January 6, 2021

I just had to evacuate my office because of a pipe bomb reported outside. Supporters of the President are trying to force their way into the Capitol and I can hear what sounds like multiple gunshots. (1/2)
— Rep. Elaine Luria (@RepElaineLuria) January 6, 2021

Protesters have breached the Capitol. They’re outside the Senate chamber pic.twitter.com/I021tKliUD
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021

Violent, possibly armed, MAGA lunatics storming the US capitol and fighting police are no longer protestors. This is terrorism. Trump made this happen and @tedcruz @HawleyMO and others have enabled it.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) January 6, 2021

Breaking: US Capitol Police are asking for additional law enforcement for assistance, including federal authorities, per a source familiar.
Several suspicious devices outside the Capitol Building.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 6, 2021

To be explicitly clear — this is literally right outside the Senate chamber where all senators (and Pence, until he was moved) are. This is a massive, massive security breach. https://t.co/uFvnDzg1er
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 6, 2021

Yes. Capitol is now in complete chaos.

Pence has been pulled from the senate chamber. https://t.co/r3VCc85JEc
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 6, 2021

MSNBC reporting the Secret Service just had to usher Pence out of the Capitol through underground tunnels . . . to protect him from an angry mob sent by Trump.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 6, 2021

These MAGA protestors violently storming the capitol are, quite literally, terrorists. This is the definition of terrorism.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) January 6, 2021

Like Congressional office buildings being evacuated, stuff like that?
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) January 6, 2021

I’m sheltering in place in my office. The building next door has been evacuated. I can’t believe I have to write this.
— Rep. Haley Stevens (@RepHaleyStevens) January 6, 2021

More Trump supporters are headed to the Capitol at the president's urging https://t.co/KTeTWA1728
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) January 6, 2021

Stochastic terrorism. Trump, his Hill allies, and MAGA media lie about the election and violence follows. https://t.co/SnDuULNZRi
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 6, 2021

Trump supporters turn on police at the Capitol. This is beginning to look like a rebellion. https://t.co/iMeAKTKUFf
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 6, 2021

Capitol Police instructs people to evacuate House Cannon building. No reason was given
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 6, 2021

Capitol police have ordered the evacuation of House’s Cannon Office Building because of anti-democracy protests fueled by President Trump
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 6, 2021

Law and order? https://t.co/r5WQRNQfya
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 6, 2021

White people exercising a unique form of white privilege. https://t.co/drDdrB5Pps
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 6, 2021

Crowd here should fill in after Trump rally but pretty underwhelming rn pic.twitter.com/DIbvUW926Z
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 6, 2021

Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley, born 12/30/28 is the most under-recognized rock and roll pioneer. He had great songs and was way ahead of his time as a guitar player.

1990’s The Chess Box has the classic records but it appears to be out of print.

Remembering Bo Diddley, born on this day in 1928 in McComb, Mississippi. Here he is performing “Hey Bo Diddley” in 1966. pic.twitter.com/WroPeibs7D
— Dust-to-Digital (@dusttodigital) December 30, 2020

Inequality update 12/30/20

56 new billionaires.

Same old shitty minimum wage.

Our great nation needs a wage we can ALL live with- in dignity. #FightFor15 https://t.co/BOmD9grQt5
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) December 30, 2020

As the pandemic has dragged on, and as the gap has widened in how Americans experience it, some experts have grown less sure that lessons of empathy and unity from the Great Depression can apply today. https://t.co/MMZfFJt6Se
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 28, 2020

Billionaire wealth
2009: $1.3 trillion
Now: $4 trillion

Top 10% wealth
2009: $40 trillion
Now: $81 trillion

Upper-middle class wealth
2009: $18T
Now: $33T

Corporate profit
2009: $5T
Now: $7.8T

Stock market
2009: 9,000 points
Now: 30,000

Minimum wage
2009: $7.25
Now: $7.25
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) December 19, 2020

Over the last 40 years:

—Wages for the top 0.1% grew 345%

—Wages for the top 1% grew by 160%

—The share of wages for the bottom 90% shrunk

Unfettered capitalism has pulverized the working class.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 15, 2020

In 2018, the average CEO of America’s 350 largest firms made $17.2 million, 278x more than the average employee

In 1965, those CEOs made 20x more than the average employee
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 15, 2020

The richest 1% own 15x more wealth than the bottom 50% combined. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 14, 2020

The story of America today is a tale of two lines: a surging stock market, and the line-ups at food banks. I’m the richest country on the world, tens of millions of Americans are going hungry in the midst of Covid https://t.co/85nG6CbTZC
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) November 26, 2020

$1,200. One time. In the wealthiest nation. During a global pandemic. https://t.co/CBrW1c3ZHy
— Alencia Johnson (@AlenciaJohnson) November 22, 2020

Wealth inequality facts and figures

Covid isn’t just disproportionately killing people of color; it’s sticking them in a feedback loop that exacerbates economic and racial inequity, says Chicago economist Damon Jones.https://t.co/hGuqRNLZqZ
— POLITICO (@politico) October 16, 2020

Stocks are soaring, and most Black people are missing out

On Cleveland’s east side, in mostly Black neighborhoods, tenants struggling with their rent are facing the prospect of eviction.

On the west side, in wealthier and whiter neighborhoods filled with homeowners, housing prices are soaring https://t.co/PaWU6yZNaQ
— Businessweek (@BW) October 6, 2020

Trump has golfed for over 300 days

Remember, he attacked Obama for playing golf.

President Trump has spent more than 300 days golfing — including 54 this year https://t.co/05jiqDBcgM pic.twitter.com/wTQ1FIkOMC
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 29, 2020

“Trump’s insistence on playing at his own properties ― rather than courses on military bases close to the White House, as former President Barack Obama mainly did — has made his outings enormously expensive for American taxpayers.” https://t.co/gNJDb2mkyF
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) December 29, 2020

For anyone like me who was wondering how much Obama played golf in 8 years: 333 pic.twitter.com/9HdrCSmVXe
— Christina (@bumbditch) December 29, 2020

To be clear — many presidents golf but Trump spent this money largely at companies that he owns, profiting personally in a totally unique way. https://t.co/VyTilW2faf
— Matthew Yglesias 🍦 (@mattyglesias) December 28, 2020

President Trump arrived at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach at 9:32am.

This is Trump's 424th day at one of his properties and 311th day at one of his golf clubs during his presidency.

(Earlier tweet undercounted by 1)
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 28, 2020

President Trump has spent more than 300 days golfing — including 54 this year https://t.co/xDN2eKaoad pic.twitter.com/VQVcSIH70C
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 27, 2020

NEW: Trump has now spent over 20% of his presidency at the golf course.

Over 265,000 Americans have died from Coronavirus so far.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) November 28, 2020

Day 306 of Trump’s presidency at one of his golf clubs. He promised in 2016 he would never golf as president https://t.co/rpcvxihK6U
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 27, 2020

The next time Trump brags about donating his $400,000 presidential salary, remember that his golf trips have cost taxpayers $141,000,000.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 28, 2020

GOLF UPDATE — 5 SEPT 2020:

Trump is back at his golf course in Virginia.

He has now spent 274 days on a golf course he owns in his 1,325 days in office.

It is his 94th day on the course at Sterling.

Taxpayer-paid golf tab remains at $142 million.https://t.co/2nZJqTDg1h
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) September 5, 2020

Donald Trump, who regularly promised as president he would not golf, has arrived at one of his golf clubs for the 295th time in his presidency.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 5, 2020

Virus research 12/28/20

Where COVID-19 spreads most easily, according to experts: https://t.co/UgXxsNqsFF
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 28, 2020

A small number of Covid patients who had never experienced mental health problems are developing severe psychotic symptoms weeks after contracting the coronavirus. Cases are expected to remain rare but are being reported worldwide. https://t.co/t2MczoODgs
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 28, 2020

A new study found that the pulse oximeter, a device routinely used to detect oxygen levels in the blood, may give misleading results for some Black patients and other people of color with dark skin pigment. https://t.co/UzVx19nI1O
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) December 22, 2020

The newly identified coronavirus variant may make kids “as equally susceptible as adults,” said Wendy Barclay, a government adviser and virologist. But scientists are still studying it, and there’s not yet strong evidence that it causes more severe disease.https://t.co/IZtt69dYRG
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 22, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine: Answering the most common questions https://t.co/IcCJIqhOQK pic.twitter.com/O9XFTQMGkc
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 14, 2020

Trump’s bad pardons

"A tabulation by the Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith found that of the 45 pardons or commutations that Mr. Trump had granted up until Tuesday, 88 percent aided someone with a personal tie to the president or furthered his political aims.” https://t.co/iwnRVZ5X3U
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) December 23, 2020

NEW: Trump pardoned a group of Blackwater personnel convicted of murder, the campaign aide whose actions instigated the Trump-Russia investigation and three former GOP congressmen conicted of felonies.

The rundown, w/ @joshgerstein https://t.co/zL838mCuIO
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 23, 2020

The Mueller-related pardons are the *least* unjust and offensive of this batch. Crook GOP Congressmen get second place. War criminals who killed civilians are the worst of the whole group.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) December 23, 2020

George Mason, delegate to Constitutional Convention, said in 1788 that a President should not be granted power to pardon because he might "pardon crimes which were advised by himself. It may happen, at some future day, that he will establish a monarchy, and destroy the republic."
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 23, 2020

There are a lot of unjust pardons, but they’re mostly just gross — liars and grifters, scumbags like Arpaio and D’Souza. But these guys are murderers — 10 men, 2 women and 2 boys, ages 9 and 11, were killed. https://t.co/JDyH3NO1gH
— Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) December 23, 2020

Many will be wringing their hands about Papadopoulos, but in my view the pardon of the Blackwater employees is the most egregious and disgusting of @realDonaldTrump actions. This was a graven war crime that resulted in the death of 17 Iraqi civilians. Shame on you Mr President. https://t.co/trGAbHu3WB
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) December 23, 2020

Pardon!
"#Trump grants clemency to 20 people, including three ex-#GOP members of Congress & 2 men convicted in the Russia probe, including George Papadopoulos, a onetime campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in the probe. https://t.co/U0Cex6sGcq
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) December 23, 2020