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Let’s move on to the news.
Pat Conroy
- Yesterday, Georgia hit another sad record for COVID deaths at 145.
- There is a bipartisan push in the General Assembly to replace Georgia’s statue of Alexander Stephens in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol with a statue of John Lewis. (Alternate link.)
- The state has filed a motion for summary judgement in the voter suppression case brought by Fair Fight Action. (Alternate link.)
- President Trump’s pressure on Georgia elections officials figures prominently in the Articles of Impeachment being considered today in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Alternate link.)
Alice Walker
- The world is watching us as we work to repair the damage from last week and the last four years.
- President Trump will be impeached for a second time today – a first.
- Some Republicans are breaking ranks to vote for impeachment today.
- The Secret Service has taken extensive measures to make sure President-elect Biden’s inauguration is safe. (Alternate link.)
- Here is what it looks like at the U.S. Capitol with the National Guard in place.
- Despite new measures being put in place for their own protection, some Republicans are refusing to comply. These are not the same ones voting for impeachment, for what it’s worth.
- The Department of Justice held a briefing yesterday regarding cases against those who participated in last week’s insurrection.
- The U.S. Census Bureau has stopped work on President Trump’s request for an undocumented immigrant count.
- A few Evangelical leaders are calling for a reckoning on how their behavior caused an insurrection.
- 70 dogs have died, prompting a recall of Sportmix dog food.
Flannery O’Connor
- Chuck Norris wants us to all know that he did not participate in the insurrection.