If TFG was watching the 1/6 riot on TV upstairs, he should have been in the Situation Room by then.
When he had Covid, reportedly his Dr said if you don't walk to the car to go hospital we will have to take you there on a gurney.
Same situation: They had power to force him.
IMO he should have been compelled to go to the Situation Room immediately. Who could do this? Secret Service, or USMC, or even civilian officials.
We now know parts of the Secret Service (which is part of DHS) were compromised.
And I'm revising a position I held later in January about the 25A.
Pence's letter about it made sense to me at the time. But knowing what we know now, I no longer see it that way.
Pence knew that TFG's conduct in relation to 1/6 was so far beyond what is proper for a sitting President that it alone indicated a potential medical reason to 25A his ass outta there.
I spent years really liking Pence. I know now he's no better than the others.
However, I did feel less worried about TFG during those final 14 days in office, because Pence and many others were essentially monitoring him 24/7.
Once TFG dropped his mask on 1/6, there was no longer any excuse for enabling him.
Despite futile R attempts at avoiding scrutiny from the #Jan6Committee and many other entities, all of this WILL come out, in solid evidential form, and a majority of Americans will accept the facts. Because unlike elected Rs, they're sensible people, who know right from wrong.
I want to remember to focus more on the coming 20th anniversary of #NeverForget911.
It's a shame that current events are clouding the commemoration and the lessons from it that we still must utilize every day.
(2) Many people seem to forget that this pandemic was declared a national emergency, and it will remain that way for at least another year, maybe two.
So trying to help people learn the facts about vaccines is way more important than it otherwise would be.
(3) In the current context, the idea that your view on vaccine safety has no impact on anyone else is quite a stretch.
Yes you can decline it for yourself. That's not the issue I have with the spreading of anti-vax lies. It's the people affected who can't make that decision.
(1) This will go down in history as a major Presidential Address from Biden.
I look fwd to reading the transcript and commenting here. Meantime, watch this short, factual video about voting rights & why they matter so much. To everyone.
(2) Even if every "spare" vaccine in the world was re-routed to countries that don't have enough, it still would not prevent the existing and coming catastrophes.
And there is a sound logical AND ETHICAL case for not doing that, too.
(3) I'm saying this from a country (NZ) that is way behind on it's own vaccine program and is vulnerable to a large number of preventable Covid deaths if the next 90 days don't go well.
So I hardly have a vested interest against such countries.
(1) Rep Steve Scalise is in the news today regarding a scrap over domestic terrorism by people on the far left vs domestic terrorism by people on the far right.
Here are the facts.
(2) That photo is of Scalise with the two heroic USCP officers who got injured saving his life. They literally took a bullet for him, as all USCP are prepared to, for all elected members, even after 138 of them were injured by a far right MAGA mob on 1/6.
(3) You would think, that after a 5 month stay in hospital learning to walk again, and multiple surgeries and life threatening post op infections, Scalise would be among the first to stand up for all LEOs who served on 1/6.
Main reason I want healthcare workers with access to me to have to show their vaccine status? Tells me whether or not they understand science enough to be qualified for the job.
I will #GetVaccinated soon (NZ is slow.) Folk like me don't have a "99% chance" of survival.
BTW, I highlighted diabetes as a COVID complications risk factor but there are many other medical reasons I am in this category.
This is why I've taken Covid seriously since Jan 2020 when I first heard about it. I was also predisposed to trusting scientists over politicians.
People with health or disability issues (esp when long term) have to learn about medical science in order to stay alive. We have to educate everyone around us who could help increase or decrease our survival chances, often including healthcare workers who should know better.