News Headlines & Links
Week of 1.9.22
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On U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/us/politics/jamie-raskin-unthinkable-jan-6.html
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Jan 6 first anniversary and investigation news
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/us/politics/biden-jan-6-capitol-attack.html
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Frontline special American Insurrection — joint project by PBS, Pro Publica, Berkeley Journalism and Exploring Hate.
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President Joe Biden’s speech (including a summary slate of key figures in the ongoing January 6 Congressional investigation and links to several related stories.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/us/politics/biden-jan-6-capitol-attack.html
… referring to him as the “defeated former president.” He assailed Mr. Trump for encouraging supporters and then “doing nothing for hours as police were assaulted, lives were at risk, and the nation’s capital under siege.”
Mr. Biden rejected efforts since then to rewrite history and cast the attackers as patriots. “Is that what you thought when you looked at the mob ransacking the Capitol, destroying property, literally defecating in the hallways, rifling through desks of senators and representatives, hunting down members of Congress?” Mr. Biden asked. “Patriots? Not in my view.”
“Those who stormed this Capitol and those who instigated and incited and those who called on them to do so,” he added, “held a dagger at the throat of America, at American democracy.”
He repeated the imagery in vowing to safeguard the system: “I will stand in this breach. I will defend this nation. And I will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of our democracy.”
(quote from text of story not Biden) Feelings remained raw on Capitol Hill, a place of post-traumatic stress that has yet to fully recover from the psychological and political scars of an assault that led to at least seven deaths as well as injuries to 150 police officers. More than the usual acrimony over legislative differences, the legacy of Jan. 6 has exacerbated the toxic rift between members and staff aides on opposite sides of the aisle.
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Robert Hubbell, “What You Fight For Matters” (interesting parallel with American colonists during American Revolution. (Today’s Edition newsletter January 6. roberthubbell.substack.com)-
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Divided nation/divided memory
The Charlotte Observer - A divided nation recalls Jan. 6 riot in two ways
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=abb70d2f-3bef-4c19-80c9-5be10e937f00
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The Charlotte Observer - Trauma in House gallery binds members of Congress
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=6969aba8-872d-40a6-b99e-f9e01156b5b9
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The Charlotte Observer - As anniversary of Jan. 6 riot approaches, NC’s role grows
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=cf3f5f16-da30-40db-a16c-483247b814d9
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The Charlotte Observer - Teachers on front lines of culture wars over Jan. 6 riot
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=e3007094-dc11-4bbf-98fb-6bd23867147f
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In the Capitol’s Shadow, the Jan. 6 Panel Quietly Ramps Up Its Inquiry
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/us/politics/capitol-riot-panel.html?referringSource=articleShare
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headlines and intros like this from David Remnick of The New Yorker
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COVID/Supreme Court and vaccine mandates
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/us/politics/biden-vaccine-mandate-supreme-court.html
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The Charlotte Observer - Many colleges taking step back in return to online classes
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=57ff554b-4788-422c-888a-9c8e63949195
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The Charlotte Observer - What COVID has wrought and taught
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=338f7551-fdbb-4896-8e22-24db95f62104