California Gov. Gavin Newsom formally submitted the appointment of Alex Padilla to the US Senate today, according to a press release from the governor’s office.
Padilla formally resigned as Secretary of State this morning and Gov. Newsom also submitted his nomination letter for Assembly member Shirley Weber to replace him. The Deputy Secretary of State, James Schwab, will be the Acting Secretary of State.
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Padilla formally resigned as Secretary of State this morning and Gov. Newsom also submitted his nomination letter for Assembly member Shirley Weber to replace him. The Deputy Secretary of State, James Schwab, will be the Acting Secretary of State.
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🤔 Head of DC National Guard, Major General William Walker: "25,000 National Guardsmen have come in from all 50 states to help support the Secret Service and the police departments with a peaceful transition of military power.”
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY): "I don't think there's a human being alive in America today that could do a better job than Chuck Schumer in this moment to bring this country back together."
JUST IN: The top two Senate leaders, Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer, are nearing a power-sharing agreement to hash out how the evenly divided chamber will operate, with Democrats in charge of setting the schedule but both parties likely to hold an equal number of seats on committees – CNN
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**Barbed wire up seen around the Capitol. Overkill? or necessity?**
**Barbed wire up seen around the Capitol. Overkill? or necessity?**
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Overkill
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Necessity
WASHINGTON POST: “QAnon adherents discussed posing as National Guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to FBI intelligence briefing”
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RIP: An Ohio police officer has died after a shooting standoff with a suspect, the Toledo Police Department said Monday.
Chief George Kral identified the officer as 24-year-old Brandon Stalker. According to Kral, Stalker was hit once by the suspect, who brandished two firearms while leaving a house which he entered after an exchange with police.
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Chief George Kral identified the officer as 24-year-old Brandon Stalker. According to Kral, Stalker was hit once by the suspect, who brandished two firearms while leaving a house which he entered after an exchange with police.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city has just 92,000 first doses left and will hit zero by Friday; without federal support, the mayor said the city will have to start closing vaccine sites Thursday.
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BREAKING: Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden's presidential inauguration after being found to have ties to fringe right group militias.
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FUN TIMES AHEAD! NY Gov Cuomo threatens to sue the incoming Biden Administration if New York State doesn’t get it’s “fair share” of Covid relief aid from Washington. Biden has pledged $350 Billion in direct aid to states. New York’s deficit is $15 Billion, or 4.3% of that total.
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Mitch McConnell on the floor of the Senate:
"The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government that they did not like."
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"The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful people, and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government that they did not like."
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President Trump is inviting supporters to a sendoff ceremony at Joint Base Andrews tomorrow before he flies to Florida ahead of President-elect Biden's inauguration. Invitees may bring "up to five guests," and must show up by 7:15AM. This is the first time in 152 years that a president refused to attend his successor's inauguration.
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The FBI warned law enforcement agencies Tuesday that the person who constructed pipe bombs and left them near the Capitol on Jan. 6 has not yet been identified and is a "top priority" on the eve of Joe Biden's inauguration.
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