The Biden-Harris White House Plans to “Restore America as a Champion for Women and Girls” Glamour

On Tuesday, with less than 24 hours to go until the inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced the formation of the White House Gender Policy Council, aiming for what the team is calling a government-wide focus on uplifting the rights of girls and women in the United States and around the world, restoring America as a champion for women and girls.”
The council will be cochaired by Jennifer Klein and Julissa Reynoso, two women with extensive experience fighting for gender equity. According to a press release that the incoming administration released, the council will “guide and coordinate government policy that impacts women and girls, across a wide range of issues such as economic security, health care, racial justice, gender-based violence, and foreign policy, working in cooperation with the other White House policy councils.”

The Hard Part for Kamala Harris Will Come After She Makes History Politico

After laying her hand on the Bibles of the first Black Supreme Court justice and Regina Shelton, a “second mother to her,” Harris will confront a pressure that the white men she’s joining in the exclusive vice presidential club never felt. With that comes a mission—as Harris, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, puts it—to “make sure you’re not the last.” It’s the barrier that no other woman or person of color was ever able to clear.
“Starting Wednesday, we're going to be lifted up and we're going to be able to tell our story,” said Donna Brazile, the former DNC chair and a groundbreaking woman of color herself. “And for Black women, we're often invisible. People don't see us. They don't know who we are. They don't know the value that we bring to the public space. And I think this is a great opportunity.”

The Meaning of Kamala Harris’ Pearls

Kamala Harris Has Always Worn Pearls. Now, in Sisterhood, So Will They The New York Times

A Facebook group called “Wear Pearls on Jan 20 2021" was created to honor Kamala Harris, the country’s first female Vice President-elect, who wore her signature pearls on key life occasions. Harris wore pearls when she graduated Howard University, was sworn into Congress, grilled Brett Kavanaugh, debated Vice President Mike Pence, as she received her Covid-19 vaccine and, it’s likely, again when she is sworn on Wednesday.

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Kamala Harris: Road to VP

The Artist Behind Kamala Harris' Campaign Poster Is a Rising Political Art Star Yello July, 2019

When Sen. Kamala Harris’ (D-Calif.) presidential campaign wanted an official poster, they turned to artist Tracie Ching.

Ching creates alternative movie posters and has worked with clients including Adidas, ESPN, Google, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, Metallica, Netflix, Sony, TIME. Tracie Ching has increasingly become known for her political work and is now located in Washington DC. See her Instagram.

“One of her main taglines for this campaign is the happy warrior, so it was important that we create that feel about the candidate,” Ching told Yello in an interview.

Ching has also worked with both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Beto O’Rourke. her style is inspired by the Victorian and Civil War eras, and her work often looks inspired by currency.

How San Francisco ‘s Wealthiest Families Launched Kamala Harris Politico Magazine August 2019

FBI Urges Police Chiefs Across US to Be On High Alert for Threats New York Times

A joint intelligence bulletin warned that the deadly breach at the Capitol will be a “significant driver of violence” ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.

A ‘Stop the Steal’ Organizer, Now Banned by Twitter, Said Three GOP Lawmakers Helped Plan His D.C. Rally The Washington Post

Ali Alexander, who organized the “Stop the Steal” movement, named three hard-line Trump supporting GOP lawmakers Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Mo Brooks (Ala.) and Paul A. Gosar (Ariz.) as his co-planners of the Jan. 6 event.

“We four schemed up of putting maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting,” Alexander said in a since-deleted video on Periscope highlighted by the Project on Government Oversight, an investigative nonprofit. The plan, he said, was to “change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body, hearing our loud roar from outside.”

Lawmakers Gave Groups ‘Reconnaissance’ Tours of the Capitol One Day Before Riots, Democratic Congresswoman Washington Post

NJ Democratic Rep Mikie Sherrill accused Republicans of inciting the pro-Trump mob and said that she saw colleagues leading groups on "reconnaissance" tours of the building.

Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot, said "I'm going to see that they're held accountable." Rep. Sherrill is working with both the FBI and the US Capitol Police.

Bravo, Rep. Sherrill.

In a historic vote, the US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump over the violent siege at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

After hours of intense debate, lawmakers passed a single charge, “incitement of insurrection.” It passed 232 to 197, with 222 Democrats and 10 Republicans supporting the motion. Five lawmakers — four Republicans and one Democrat, did not cast an impeachment vote.

Hillary Clinton: Trump should be impeached. But that alone won’t remove white supremacy from America Washington Post

Liz Cheney Incurs Wrath of House Republican Freedom Caucus

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the third-highest ranking Republican leader in the House, and a long-time critic of President Donald Trump, made huge waves voting Wednesday to impeach US President Donald Trump. She was joined by nine other Republican House members in voting to impeach the sitting president.

"On January 6, 2021 a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol to obstruct the process of our democracy and stop the counting of presidential electoral votes. This insurrection caused injury, death and destruction in the most sacred space in our Republic.
"Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.
"I will vote to impeach the President."

Liz Cheney Faces Blowback After Embracing Impeachment Politico

Less than 24 hours after Rep. Liz Cheney said she would vote to remove Trump from office via impeachment for his role in the deadly Capitol riots, some of the president’s closest allies launched steps to oust the No. 3 Republican from leadership.

Hillary Clinton: Trump should be impeached. But that alone won’t remove white supremacy from America Washington Post

Will the GOP turn into Hezbollah? Washington Post

How White Evangelical Christians Fused with Trump Extremism New York Times

Before self-proclaimed members of the far-right group the Proud Boys marched toward the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, they stopped to kneel in the street and prayed in the name of Jesus.
The group, whose participants have espoused misogynistic and anti-immigrant views, prayed for God to bring “reformation and revival.” They gave thanks for “the wonderful nation we’ve all been blessed to be in.” They asked God for the restoration of their “value systems,” and for the “courage and strength to both represent you and represent our culture well.” And they invoked the divine protection for what was to come.

What Place Did Jesus Have at the Capitol Hill Riot? by Sarah Stankorb @ Medium