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You are here: Home / Past Elections / 2020 Elections / Biden-Harris 2020 / Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Inauguration Day!

Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Inauguration Day!

by Anne Laurie|  January 20, 20216:47 am| 157 Comments

This post is in: Biden-Harris 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat

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I bet tomorrow there is going to be a viral video of some libs asking siri who the president is and then they all hoot and holler when it says Joe Biden

— Mr. Depth of Flavour (@bertovo) January 19, 2021

I’m guessing there will be whole YouTube and TikTok channels of such videos and video mixes!

Total power move by Biden: hosting bi-partisan leaders while Trump holds his little military salute to himself then flies away. https://t.co/2e7DYHitB3

— Amy Siskind ?????? (@Amy_Siskind) January 19, 2021

Joe Biden plans to rejoin the World Health Organization, halt federal executions and rescind the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military on his first day in office. https://t.co/OV4chHdTNM

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 20, 2021

… Biden will also rescind the Keystone XL pipeline permit, issue a proclamation terminating the border wall emergency and send an immigration bill to Congress. It remains unclear exactly what will be in the immigration legislation. Biden’s transition declined to comment.

The new administration will also take action to protect Dreamers and improve workforce diversity and equity across the federal government. Biden will also announce a date for a climate summit hosted in the U.S.

The actions are largely grouped into buckets aimed at addressing the four crises Biden has been focused on: the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, racial equity and the economic recession.

Klain specified other actions in Saturday’s memo, including rescinding the travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries, rejoining the Paris climate accords, extending limits on student loan payments and evictions instituted during the pandemic, and issuing a mask mandate on federal properties and for interstate travel…

NEW: The schedule for @JoeBiden’s first day as POTUS

Incoming Press Secretary @jrpsaki is also set to give her first briefing at 7pm tomorrow night pic.twitter.com/1JtAhFwyZF

— Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) January 20, 2021

You know, I was making jokes – and then I actually read the article, and given the relationship the Biden family has with that song… I mean, damn. pic.twitter.com/SPUryP43kU

— Matt Loewen (@MattLoewen59) January 18, 2021


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  1. 1.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:50 am

    Good Morning, Everyone ???

  2. 2.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:51 am

    A little over 6 hours?

  3. 3.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:51 am

    The adults are here now. pic.twitter.com/KmiQXxHGU0— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 20, 2021

  4. 4.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:51 am

    Bannon stole from Trump supporters. Trump gave him a pardon for that. Let that sink in.— AllAmericanGirl, M.Ed. (@Mama3Cubs) January 20, 2021

  5. 5.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:52 am

    Today we get:∙ A Democratic President∙ A Democratic Congress∙ The first woman Vice President∙ A Black/South Asian Vice President∙ The first Jewish Senate Majority Leader∙ A Latino senator from California∙ A Black senator from Georgia∙ A Jewish senator from Georgia— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 20, 2021

  6. 6.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:53 am

    Today is the first day of the rest of America's life.— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 20, 2021

  7. 7.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:53 am

    Yesterday was the last day we’ve never had a female Vice President. pic.twitter.com/1vNpywGJ9r— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 20, 2021

  8. 8.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:54 am

    Hey!!

    Where is everyone?

    Where is the early morning crew?

  9. 9.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:55 am

    "Joe Biden's life of resilience in the face of unbearable loss will take on new meaning when he steps up to deliver his inaugural address Wednesday as the nation's 46th President." Analysis by @StCollinson https://t.co/3tdwvFF4YT— CNN International (@cnni) January 20, 2021

  10. 10.

    J.

    January 20, 2021 at 6:55 am

    2021 is about to get a whole lot better.

    I don’t normally watch TV during the day, but I plan to watch today.

  11. 11.

    mali muso

    January 20, 2021 at 6:56 am

    Good morning!!!! I woke up earlier than usual and am too keyed up to try to rest. So so ready for today!!!

  12. 12.

    sanjeevs

    January 20, 2021 at 6:57 am

    How many Trump appointees leave with reputation enhanced? (Not counting career people like Vindman and Fauci)
    I reckon one – Scaramucci. Always thought he was a kind of sleazy guy with a mediocre hedge fund that existed because of his infamous Vegas conference. But he was actually kind of likeable and only lasted 10 days.
    The rest can rot in hell.

  13. 13.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:58 am

    Atlanta Dream close to being sold; co-owner, Senator Kelly Loeffler, expected to have no further association with team, sources say https://t.co/U3iKBtbanQ— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) January 20, 2021

  14. 14.

    Raven

    January 20, 2021 at 6:59 am

    Amazingly, in his final 24 hours in office, Donald Trump found one more way to fail to live up to the ethical standard of Richard Nixon.”

  15. 15.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 6:59 am

    My money is on Moscow Mitch ?

    Sean Hannity just declared war on Mitch McConnell.— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) January 20, 2021

  16. 16.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 6:59 am

    @rikyrah:

    Bannon stole from Trump supporters. Trump gave him a pardon for that. Let that sink in. 

    Will it sink in while I laugh about the chumps?  Or do I have to stop?

  17. 17.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 7:01 am

    Incoming Press Secretary @jrpsaki is also set to give her first briefing at 7pm tomorrow night

    I hope she opens with, “We had the smallest inaugural crowd ever.”

  18. 18.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:02 am

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country's biggest and most influential business lobby group, shifted its position on climate change on Tuesday, saying Congress should pass laws pushing companies to limit greenhouse gas emissions.​ https://t.co/oWDco57aea— Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) January 20, 2021

  19. 19.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:04 am

    Editorial: Worst. President. Ever. https://t.co/ghLNYIZFwO— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) January 20, 2021

  20. 20.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:04 am

    @rikyrah:

    Good morning.

    The bestest morning.

  21. 21.

    Narya

    January 20, 2021 at 7:04 am

    @rikyrah: lying in bed, trying to get motivated to run. It’s 15 degrees and there’s snow on the ground, so it’s not going well—but my running challenge added a one-day destination of 4.3 miles, which is the distance around the Mall. And I signed up to do it.

  22. 22.

    sixthdoctor

    January 20, 2021 at 7:06 am

    And spare a tear for Joe Exotic…sorry, I meant “snort of derisive laughter”.

  23. 23.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 7:06 am

    Part of me would like to see Trump’s published schedule for today: “No meetings with anyone of significance other than one of no consequence with a group of sycophants…” etc.

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:06 am

    Stacey Abrams sends her congratulations to President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris(via Biden Harris Inauguration/YouTube) pic.twitter.com/SWNLKf71U0— The Undefeated (@TheUndefeated) January 20, 2021

  25. 25.

    geg6

    January 20, 2021 at 7:07 am

    Today is my one day in the week that I have to go in and man the office.  Not happy about missing everything today, but I’ll be streaming the Oath at noon no matter what.  We’ll call it my lunch hour.  Then the big concert tonight.  Gotta stop and get some bubbly on my way home for that.  My heart is the lightest it’s been since 1/17 and the lump of dread in my stomach has gone.  I feel five years younger.

  26. 26.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 7:07 am

    @rikyrah: LOWhat?  Forget it.  Let them fight.

    Happy Joemala Day!

    Via bluegal

    Tomorrow history will be made ? pic.twitter.com/Ct6KW1OHA0— ?eaglewarrior? (@eaglewarrior427) January 19, 2021

  27. 27.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:08 am

    I had already put in for the day off when they came back that we could work from home ?

  28. 28.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 7:08 am

    @rikyrah:

    I really hope this is the beginning of a shift in attitude about climate change and that these deniers finally acknowledge things must change.

  29. 29.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 7:09 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: “No one came to the inauguration!  SAD!”

  30. 30.

    Geminid

    January 20, 2021 at 7:10 am

    @rikyrah: Good morning. Happy Inauguration Day!

  31. 31.

    Betty Cracker

    January 20, 2021 at 7:10 am

    “It’s my way of acknowledging the momentous occasion that is coming.” Women across the U.S. have pledged to wear pearls on Inauguration Day to honor Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her signature accessory. https://t.co/nsv4LXSxmZ

    — The New York Times (@nytimes) January 19, 2021

    Who’s wearing pearls? ?‍♀️ Really dresses up the jammies!

  32. 32.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 7:10 am

    @geg6:

    I feel five years younger.

    Same here. I had the bestest night’s sleep, considering I had to wake early for work.

  33. 33.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:11 am

    “The mind seizes trying to imagine a black man extolling the virtues of sexual assault…, immersed in multiple lawsuits for allegedly fraudulent business dealings, exhorting his followers to violence, then strolling into the White House”Ta-Nehisi Coates https://t.co/sDl4GPXPsE— Patrick Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) January 20, 2021

  34. 34.

    geg6

    January 20, 2021 at 7:12 am

    @Betty Cracker:

    I’ll be in the office and I inherited one of my  mom’s strings of pearls, the long one.  It will go with my outfit, so I’m pulling them out to wear today.

  35. 35.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:12 am

    @rikyrah:

    Honestly, no Democrat of any race or sex could get away with what Trump did.

  36. 36.

    MomSense

    January 20, 2021 at 7:13 am

    Going to wear my pearls to work today and try and listen to the ceremony on npr.  Still very nervous about security.

  37. 37.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:14 am

    Sometimes I think Biden's prior runs for president, everything he's been through since, the way his candidacy always sputtered out, was maybe fate's way of saying "Not now, pal, but trust me, you're gonna be needed one day."— JJ in NH (@JustJoshinNH) January 19, 2021

  38. 38.

    Geminid

    January 20, 2021 at 7:14 am

    @debbie: Even without needed impetus from the federal government, the clean energy transition is already happening, and it’s good for business.

  39. 39.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 7:15 am

    @rikyrah:

    “Walking constitutional crisis of a man” is the best description of Trump I’ve ever seen!

    And the ending:

    Presidents always to some extent reflect the soul of the nation during the time they lead it. In that sense, Wednesday’s transfer of power is an exorcism of sorts: the expulsion of the nation’s worst demons, in favor of a new leader who, policy debates aside, personifies the decency that resides at the heart of America — but hasn’t resided at the White House for the past four years.

    Good riddance, Donald J. Trump.

    A thousand chef’s kisses!

  40. 40.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 7:16 am

    @Geminid:

    And they’re saying it out loud!

  41. 41.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 7:17 am

    @MomSense:

    I gave my pearls to my nieces a while ago. I will instead proudly wear my RBG dissent pin.

  42. 42.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:19 am

    Mayor Pete on MJ.

  43. 43.

    danielx

    January 20, 2021 at 7:20 am

    @MomSense:

    Still very nervous about security.

    Fixed.

    I’ll be nervous until Biden is actually sworn in and the Worst President Ever no longer holds the office.

  44. 44.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:21 am

    Pete is so good on TV.

  45. 45.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 7:22 am

    @Baud: That’s because DEMs wouldn’t allow it.

  46. 46.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:23 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    True.  When was the last time we nominated someone who was beyond the pale?  William Jennings Bryant?

  47. 47.

    prostratedragon

    January 20, 2021 at 7:24 am

    Expecting a good day here. Happy 75th to David Lynch, prescient as always:

    “Candie versus the Fly”

    Going to nap till almost time. Salut!

  48. 48.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 7:25 am

    As of twelve noon Eastern time today, it’s norming in America.

    Anticipatory celebratory music of a patriotic bent.

    And a bonus listen, including our friends to the north.

  49. 49.

    PST

    January 20, 2021 at 7:25 am

    I don’t know if Trump wanted his pardons to steal attention from the inauguration or wanted the inauguration to shield his pardons from close scrutiny. I suspect he wanted the former but he’s getting the latter. Watching and reading this morning it seems everyone is focused on the transition.

  50. 50.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:26 am

    Already working.

    Germany to talk to Biden team over securing changes to vaccine distribution

  51. 51.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 7:26 am

    -Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement
    -Government agency review focused on equity
    -Extend federal eviction moratorium
    -Rescind Census orders to exclude non-citizens
    -Preserve and fortify DACA
    -Revoke Muslim ban
    -Rescind 1776 commission

    And more: https://t.co/kMKUV3eQPC

    — Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 20, 2021

  52. 52.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:27 am

    Biden to sign day one executive order to shift coronavirus-fighting strategy

  53. 53.

    Nicole

    January 20, 2021 at 7:27 am

    @rikyrah: Good morning!  I’m not usually up this early, but today is Christmas and I’m 7 years old- I couldn’t sleep from excitement! ?

  54. 54.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:29 am

    Biden to ask Surgeon General Adams to resign

  55. 55.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:30 am

    Blinken appears to be sailing to confirmation as Biden’s secretary of state

  56. 56.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 7:31 am

    @Baud: I think the Biden team is being scrupulous about “one president at a time” – Jake Sullivan has said that at least once – but he has also tweeted a couple of heavy tweets to show where the administration will go. One that aid will cease to the Saudis for their war on Yemen. I’m forgetting the other one.

    And it’s no surprise that other countries have their expectations, well wishes, and requests queued up.

  57. 57.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:31 am

    Trump departs Washington a pariah as his era in power ends

  58. 58.

    Patricia Kayden

    January 20, 2021 at 7:31 am

    One of Biden’s first Executive Orders should be to prohibit the airing of FoxNews, Newsmax or OANN in any federally owned property or any military unit or installation, and to remove it from any cable plans that are offered in government owned business or housing complexes.— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) January 19, 2021

  59. 59.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:32 am

    New: Here’s a breakdown of the 17 executive actions President Biden will sign this afternoon in the Oval. Many directly undo Trump's touted accomplishments. @cbsnews pic.twitter.com/oQSVK5MYWr— Bo Erickson CBS (@BoKnowsNews) January 20, 2021

  60. 60.

    Lapassionara

    January 20, 2021 at 7:32 am

    In less than 30 minutes, Trump will be leaving DC. Man, what a long four years.

  61. 61.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:32 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    Agree. I’m sure the Biden team is being appropriate in their conversations with people.

  62. 62.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:34 am

    Trump revokes rule barring lobbying by former officials as he leaves office

  63. 63.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 7:34 am

    @Baud: DEMs have never nominated someone beyond the pale, because that person doesn’t exist. But they do have limits to what they will tolerate. GOPs used to too. That’s why Nixon resigned. They don’t anymore. That’s why we got 4 years of unhinged narcissism.

  64. 64.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    January 20, 2021 at 7:35 am

    @rikyrah:

    Estoy aquí. Preparándome para ir a mi escuela y encontrarme con mis amigos, jugar y aprender cosas. Mi mamá está muy emocionada. Dice que menearemos la cola juntos en un baile cuando llegue a casa. Oh! ¡Buenos días!

  65. 65.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:36 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    I wouldn’t say never.  Dems were the shittier party in the last half of the 19th century.

  66. 66.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 7:36 am

    Trump wants to start a new political party.  The Patriot Party, which will surely draw votes away from the GOP.

  67. 67.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:36 am

    What did Clinton inherit from the GOP? A war, a financial crisis and massive debt. What did Obama inherit from the GOP? A war, a financial crisis and massive debt. What is Biden inheriting from the GOP? A pandemic, a financial crisis and massive debt.Stop electing Republicans.— Daryl Sturgis✊? (@darylsturgis) January 20, 2021

  68. 68.

    raven

    January 20, 2021 at 7:38 am

    Connor believes that Trump is an antidote to the radical left, which he says increasingly dominates the mainstream media and the nation’s universities. “A lot of what we have is an educational system that has told people, ‘You’re white and you come from this background and these other people didn’t have that opportunity so we should give up something and we should feel guilty,’” he told me. “Then students think, ‘Maybe you’re right, you’re the college professor and my parents are sending me to go to school here.’ The communication is manipulative. And that’s how we have all these bleeding hearts who want to guilt white people, take their money, and give it to Black people. Now you have a generation of lazy, in debt, college graduates who work at Starbucks but still have a $1,000 iPhone and want Bernie Sanders to forgive all their debt.”

  69. 69.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 7:38 am

    @Patricia Kayden: Never happen.

  70. 70.

    Betsy

    January 20, 2021 at 7:39 am

    Last year one of the frontpagers estimated 200,000 to 500,000 American dead based on something, some authoritative or reasonable guidance, or an expert’s call.

    And that estimate or prediction stuck in my mind during the whole ensuing year.

    Since we passed 400,000 dead yesterday, I was thinking about that, and wondering which post or frontpager that was, or if I have remembered it wrong.

    Does anyone recall?

  71. 71.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:39 am

    @rikyrah:

    The Clinton thing is wrong.  What war? There was an economic downturn, not a financial crisis.

  72. 72.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 20, 2021 at 7:39 am

    Congratulations to the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha on the inauguration of Kamala Harris as Vice President. Today is a great day for you, the Divine 9, and the United States of America. Well done.

  73. 73.

    Ksmiami

    January 20, 2021 at 7:39 am

    @rikyrah: I haven’t been posting much because my dog got injured but shout out to James Clyburn- I think he saved America.

  74. 74.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 7:39 am

    @Patricia Kayden

    That is – literally – censorship. Wouldn’t hold up for five seconds against a First Amendment challenge.

  75. 75.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 7:39 am

    This is the day
    your life will surely change
    This is the day
    when things fall into place

    The The

  76. 76.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 7:40 am

    President Trump has talked in recent days with associates about forming a new political party, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort to exert continued influence after he leaves the White House.

    Mr. Trump discussed the matter with several aides and other people close to him last week, the people said. The president said he would want to call the new party the “Patriot Party,” the people said.

  77. 77.

    Aleta

    January 20, 2021 at 7:40 am

    @rikyrah:  I can already imagine the GOP claim that a president should not focus on undoing the work of a predecessor.

    What I’m loving most about Biden right now is the ways he’s trying to demonstrate his awareness of and responsibility to those who put him in power.

  78. 78.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 7:40 am

    @Baud: DOH! My brain farted on “beyond the pale”. My bad.

    eta: I blame it on my lack of coffee this AM.

  79. 79.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:40 am

    @raven:

    The Welfare Queen Story, updated.  Fuckem’.

  80. 80.

    Low Key Swagger

    January 20, 2021 at 7:40 am

    Dreamer protection, please.  Today would be nice.  It’s unspeakable cruelty to deport people brought here as children.

  81. 81.

    Rob

    January 20, 2021 at 7:41 am

    I am so hopeful, here inside the Beltway.

  82. 82.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 7:41 am

    @germy:

    The Patriot Party, which will surely draw votes away from the GOP. 

    Let them fight each other into extinction.

  83. 83.

    Uncle Cosmo

    January 20, 2021 at 7:41 am

    @rikyrah: Happy December 51, 2020. Been a helluva long and trying month at the end of a helluva long and trying year. But it ends in (checks watch) 4 hours and 19 minutes.

  84. 84.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 7:41 am

    @germy:

    This will be fun to observe. Hopefully, we’ll get to witness the fleecing of the Mercers and other super-donors.

  85. 85.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    January 20, 2021 at 7:41 am

    @rikyrah:
    ¡El periódico de mi mamá!

  86. 86.

    raven

    January 20, 2021 at 7:42 am

    Trump Frees Former Aides From Ethics Pledge, Lobbying Ban

  87. 87.

    Jinchi

    January 20, 2021 at 7:42 am

    As a Californian, my plan was to sleep til 9 a.m. and wake up to a post-Trump world.

    Woke up at 4 a.m. instead.

  88. 88.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 7:42 am

    @raven: That guy should meet my son.

  89. 89.

    germy

    January 20, 2021 at 7:42 am

    @mrmoshpotato:

    The gingham dog and the calico cat.

  90. 90.

    Matt McIrvin

    January 20, 2021 at 7:43 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    One that aid will cease to the Saudis for their war on Yemen.

    That’s a mistake that goes all the way back to the Obama administration, correct? (Though Trump compounded it.)

  91. 91.

    Aleta

    January 20, 2021 at 7:44 am

    @germy: Wasn’t Jr. doing that too (not Jr.s’s idea obviously).  They’re going to keep raking over and strip mining their smaller supporters for cash aren’t they.

  92. 92.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 7:44 am

    @Baud: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Columbia and Panama sure felt like a war to little ol’ me back then.

  93. 93.

    danielx

    January 20, 2021 at 7:45 am

    The pardon list reads like a Who’s Who of corrupt assholes.

  94. 94.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:45 am

    @Immanentize:

    What was active when Clinton took over?

  95. 95.

    PST

    January 20, 2021 at 7:48 am

    @Baud: Yes, Secretary Pete is at his best on television. Some public figures I admire just can’t drop their podium style. He always leaves me with the feeling that I’ve had a pleasant conversation with an especially smart friend.

  96. 96.

    Aleta

    January 20, 2021 at 7:48 am

    @Immanentize:  Thanks!!!!!!!

  97. 97.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 7:48 am

    @Matt McIrvin: Yes.

  98. 98.

    Zelma

    January 20, 2021 at 7:50 am

    I am not an early riser and I usually check out this thread in mid-morning.  But this morning I woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep.  I was sort of like a kid on Christmas morning.  That’s a good description of how I feel.  Anticipation and hope.

  99. 99.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:51 am

    I know that’s right ?

    No words needed. #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/cvVQZhSHGn— Aaron T. Starks ? (@StarkyLuv73) January 20, 2021

  100. 100.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    January 20, 2021 at 7:52 am

    @Betty Cracker: Pearls aren’t really my get down ?, but I will be wearing my colors and letters along with the rest of the Divine 9.

  101. 101.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:53 am

    Biden to rescind 1776 commission via executive order

  102. 102.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 7:55 am

    Trump’s heli is landing to whisk him away.

  103. 103.

    citizen dave (aka mad citizen)

    January 20, 2021 at 7:56 am

    @rikyrah: He stole the line I had planned for today.

  104. 104.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 7:57 am

    Trump’s leaving the WH in just a few minutes.  Imagine that.

  105. 105.

    Jo Jo las Orejas

    January 20, 2021 at 7:57 am

    @Baud:
    Es una mierda racista.

  106. 106.

    The Thin Black Duke

    January 20, 2021 at 7:57 am

    @Baud: More to the point, any Democrat that wanted to do that would join the Republican Party.

  107. 107.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    January 20, 2021 at 7:57 am

    @rikyrah:

    Good morning! ?

    ??⛅?☀️

  108. 108.

    rikyrah

    January 20, 2021 at 7:58 am

    The radicalization of folks like the historian here… someone should write a book about it???

     

    His Twitter feed has been a great source of shade

     

     

    Outgoing President — whatever his name is — is scheduled to leave White House in ten minutes.— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 20, 2021

  109. 109.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 7:59 am

    @Immanentize: When does security start sweeping for Russky bugs?

  110. 110.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 7:59 am

    Marine One arrives to pick up POTUS pic.twitter.com/2OSdq3lmJ0

    — joe johns (@joejohnscnn) January 20, 2021

  111. 111.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 7:59 am

    @Baud:

    Hope he also rescinds Trump’s order banning “critical thinking.”

  112. 112.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 8:01 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    Good riddance to bad trash!

  113. 113.

    Chyron HR

    January 20, 2021 at 8:01 am

    I bet tomorrow there is going to be a viral video of some libs asking siri who the president is and then they all hoot and holler when it says Joe Biden

    Why can’t “libs” display the solemn decorum of (checks notes) Q Shaman?

  114. 114.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 20, 2021 at 8:01 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Add “period!” and you’re in business

    I hope she opens with, “We had the smallest inaugural crowd ever.” 

  115. 115.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:02 am

    Obama had a secret note in his pocket during his inauguration in case of an attack

  116. 116.

    Bruuuuce

    January 20, 2021 at 8:04 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    I hope she opens with, “We had the smallest inaugural crowd ever.”

    And follows that up with “But we had the best TV ratings ever, too.” That’ll shiv the Rotten Pumpkin-No-Longer-In-Chief where he lives.

  117. 117.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 8:04 am

    @Baud: I’m not going to look them all up, but Ortega was President of Nicaragua until 1990.  We had a lot of assets there and around there.  The FARC in Columbia was at it’s strongest during the 80’s and early 90’s as was the US involvement in country.  Etc.

    Adding — the Yugoslav wars started in 91….

  118. 118.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:04 am

    NEW: Biden team announces formation of White House Gender Policy Council. https://t.co/hosKvLprpP pic.twitter.com/bjViut2S9H
    — Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) January 19, 2021

  119. 119.

    mrmoshpotato

    January 20, 2021 at 8:05 am

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    And then show every inauguration crowd photo in existence.  Did they make paintings of the crowd size from that vantage point before photography?

  120. 120.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 8:06 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Ha.  Quick, send that to her!

  121. 121.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:06 am

    @Immanentize:

    There has almost always been some military adventure somewhere. I think it’s misleading to say that Clinton inherited a war the way Obama did.

  122. 122.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 8:07 am

    @Cheryl Rofer: GTFO

  123. 123.

    Spanky

    January 20, 2021 at 8:07 am

    @rikyrah: It’s morning in America. Fer reelz this time.

  124. 124.

    Geminid

    January 20, 2021 at 8:08 am

    @Matt McIrvin: The civil war in Yemen did begin in 2015, and ramped up though President Obama’s last year. But the most  destructive actions by the Saudi government took place after trump took office. Last year Congress passed legislation prohibiting use of American arms in Yemen, but trump’s veto was not overridden.

  125. 125.

    The Thin Black Duke

    January 20, 2021 at 8:11 am

    @Immanentize: That guy doesn’t deserve to see your son.

  126. 126.

    JPL

    January 20, 2021 at 8:12 am

    Hit the road trump, and don’t come back no more, no more.   Hit the road trump and don’t come back.

  127. 127.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    January 20, 2021 at 8:12 am

    Lincoln Project from yesterday: “Moving Day.”

  128. 128.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 8:14 am

    Looks like Trump is delaying about a half-hour.

  129. 129.

    Spanky

    January 20, 2021 at 8:14 am

    The smallest inauguration in my lifetime was in November of 1963. Let us speak no more of these things.

  130. 130.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 20, 2021 at 8:15 am

    I’m getting my first vaccine shot in about an hour, and then I have to pick up a few groceries. But after that, I’m going to watch as much as I can.

    Already you can feel Trump’s grip on the national attention weakening.

  131. 131.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:15 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    I hope he delays enough that he loses his motorcade when he lands in Florida.

  132. 132.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:15 am

    The beast is out.

  133. 133.

    Cheryl Rofer

    January 20, 2021 at 8:15 am

    Trump starts his departure from the White House pic.twitter.com/PKGScQhNAi

    — Tom LoBianco (@tomlobianco) January 20, 2021

  134. 134.

    Martin

    January 20, 2021 at 8:16 am

    @rikyrah: Kamala looks like she’s floating. Heaven help anyone who gets in her way. She did it.

  135. 135.

    Spanky

    January 20, 2021 at 8:16 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:

    Malignia: “Come, Donald! Helicopter iss here!”

    DJT: (Sound of flushing)

  136. 136.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am

    Specifically, Psaki confirmed that Biden would move in the early days of the administration to reverse the Mexico City policy — a decades-old rule barring U.S. foreign aid from going to any organization that provides abortions, along with other health services that the Trump administration dramatically expanded — and revoke Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military.

  137. 137.

    Geminid

    January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:  trump will pass by me about 20 minutes after he takes off. I think I’ll go out on the porch and give him the finger.

  138. 138.

    raven

    January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am

    AMF asshole

  139. 139.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am

    I could hear my dear wife from the other room yelling “buh-bye!!”

  140. 140.

    NotMax

    January 20, 2021 at 8:18 am

    @JPL

    Men, women and little children will once again be able to walk the streets, their heads held high, and say “orange” without feeling icky.
    ;)

  141. 141.

    Spanky

    January 20, 2021 at 8:20 am

    Is there a “crowd” at Andrews to see him off? Sadly, it’s not nearly as breezy as I’d like for those assholes waiting on the tarmac.

  142. 142.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 20, 2021 at 8:20 am

    @Cheryl Rofer:In the vain hope that his well wishers at the air base are just running late.

  143. 143.

    Viva BrisVegas

    January 20, 2021 at 8:21 am

    @Baud: Didn’t Clinton inherit Somalia from Bush snr?

    It may not have been an official war, but I suspect it felt like it to the guys on the ground and in the Black Hawks.

  144. 144.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    January 20, 2021 at 8:22 am

    @raven: Let me guess, the person the reporter is quoting is a Boomer.

  145. 145.

    Humanities Prof

    January 20, 2021 at 8:23 am

    @Baud: Not exactly a war, but the G.H.W. Bush administration had launched the U.S. military intervention in Somalia in its last few weeks before leaving office.

    There were some legitimate humanitarian reasons that could’ve been used to justify that decision, but it was very much a ticking time bomb that Clinton inherited, and it blew up a few weeks after he entered office (this was the “Black Hawk Down” incident).

    Of course, it did give us the legendary SNL skit featuring Phil Hartman portraying Bill Clinton in a McDonald’s (for my money, a solid contender for the best skit in SNL history), so it had that going for it

     

    Edit:  Viva Bris Vegas beat me to it.

  146. 146.

    Immanentize

    January 20, 2021 at 8:24 am

    @The Thin Black Duke: ?

  147. 147.

    Baud

    January 20, 2021 at 8:24 am

    @Viva BrisVegas:

    @Humanities Prof:

    Ok, thanks for the info.

  148. 148.

    gvg

    January 20, 2021 at 8:35 am

    @Baud: What was wrong with Bryan?  I googled and my reading didn’t turn anything up other than he lost 3 times. Not popular enough ideas.

    I am sure he wouldn’t match modern tastes, but I didn’t see anything criminal in the quick reading.

  149. 149.

    TS (the original)

    January 20, 2021 at 8:36 am

    @Baud:

    From your link

    said two people with knowledge of the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it.

    I hope the Biden administration gets on top of those who would discuss issues outside of what is released to all the press. There should be no “Maggies” attached to the Biden team.

  150. 150.

    debbie

    January 20, 2021 at 8:38 am

  151. 151.

    Humanities Prof

    January 20, 2021 at 8:45 am

    @gvg: There wasn’t anything really wrong with Bryan, he just wasn’t the sort of candidate who was ever going to get elected.

    There are some surface similarities between Bryan and Bernie Sanders.  Both have some genuinely interesting ideas, and both of them offered entirely legitimate criticisms of the structure of the American economic and political systems.

    At the same time, the platforms they advocated for were never supported by even a plurality of the public, and both at times seemed idealistic to the point of naivete about how their visions could come to fruition.  There was a lot of magic fairy dust in Bryan’s approach to campaigning, and to politics more generally.

  152. 152.

    Geminid

    January 20, 2021 at 8:46 am

    @gvg: William Jennings Bryan ran two strong populist campaigns. He was famous for opposing the restrictive money supply created by the gold standard. His defence of creationism in the Scopes “Monkey Trial” colors his reputation. He died of a stroke soon after. Bryan’s character in the play and movie “Inherit the Wind” is what many people remember him by.

    Democrat Woodrow Wilson, on the other hand, was the most racist President since the Civil War.

  153. 153.

    Jerry

    January 20, 2021 at 9:19 am

    The New Radicals sang that song? I never consciously listen to top 40 radio so I would hear that song in passing in a store here and lobby there, but never heard who it was by, or really, the name of the song. I always thought it was some surprise new song by World Party. Heh.

  154. 154.

    Aleta

    January 20, 2021 at 9:30 am

    So they’re flying off to live at the YMCA?

  155. 155.

    Woodrow/asim

    January 20, 2021 at 9:38 am

    @Jerry: As I was saying here a few days ago, The New Radicals are a Whole Damn Thing. I adore this song a lot, and the band’s lead is talented as hell as his post-band songwriting shows — but even I’ll admit it’s kind of capturing lightening in a bottle in some ways.

  156. 156.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 20, 2021 at 10:07 am

    @Geminid:

    Democrat Woodrow Wilson, on the other hand, was the most racist President since the Civil War.

    Not any more.

  157. 157.

    tam1MI

    January 20, 2021 at 11:21 am

    @Viva BrisVegas: Didn’t Clinton inherit Somalia from Bush snr?

     

    He also inherited the Waco standoff.

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