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AP’s Today in History for January 17th

Benjamin Franklin is born; Soviet and Polish forces liberate Warsaw; Eisenhower gives his Farewell Address; Japan earthquake; Al Capone is born; Muhammad Ali is born.

Breakfast Tune Woody Guthrie – All You Fascists Bound To Lose (Quarantine Edition)

Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below

• The Terrible Bind America’s Elites Are In
  Ian Welsh

• DSA’s Moment of Truth
  SHAMUS COOKE

• ‘Classic Case of Crisis Opportunism’: Republicans in Three States Introduce Bills Criminalizing Protest in Wake of Capitol Attack
  Kenny Stancil

• The Giant Corporate Giant Slush Fund Bankrolling the Extremist GOP
  DAVID SIROTA, ANDREW PEREZ, WALKER BRAGMAN, JULIA ROCK

• New Analysis Shows US Police 3 Times More Likely to Use Violence Against Leftist Protesters Than Far-Right
  Brett Wilkins

• The Capitol Riot Was Bad Enough. New Domestic Terrorism Legislation Would Make It Even Worse
  CHIP GIBBONS

• Joe Biden Is Yet Again Trying to Woo the GOP. He Should Give It Up.
  DAVID SIROTA, ANDREW PEREZ

• The Obama-fication of “The Squad” Strengthens the Right at the Expense of the Left
  Danny Haiphong

• Laura Poitras Fired From The Intercept
  Ian Welsh

• Statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico only needs 50 votes
  Jon Walker

• Dems Reject Bigger Survival Checks, Float Tax Breaks For The Rich
  David Sirota, Julia Rock, and Andrew Perez

• Biden “recovery” plan will fail to relieve social misery or stop pandemic death
  Jacob Crosse

• ‘Spend as much as you can,’ IMF head urges governments worldwide
  Reuters
• The Trading App Robinhood Takes From You and Gives to the Rich
  CLARK RANDALL
• Publix supermarkets offering COVID-19 vaccines to seniors in Florida — but only in GOP-won counties
  Travis Gettys
• House Democrats Move To Impeach Biden To Prove They’d Comply If Situation Were Reversed
  T.O.
• Nation Settles On Being Home To Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame As New Foundation For American Exceptionalism
  T.O.

Something to think about over coffee prozac

FBI Narrows Down Identity Of Red-Faced Man Carrying Confederate Flag Through Capitol To Millions Of Americans
 

WASHINGTON—Stressing that they were pursuing all leads to bring the individual to justice, the FBI reported Monday that it had been able to narrow down the identity of a red-faced man carrying a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol Building to several million Americans. “Thanks to plentiful photographic evidence showing a visibly-irate white man with a goatee holding the symbol of slavery and white supremacy while storming the Senate chambers, we’re able to laser-focus our investigation on a mere five million possible suspects,” said Deputy FBI Director David Bowdich, noting that his team had used additional testimony about the middle-aged man’s irate chants of “This isn’t over” and “Hang Mike Pence” to hone in on a far more precise list that only includes citizens in tens of thousands of different towns and cities across the country. “In fact, our profile of this man as gun-owning Q-Anon conspiracy theorist with a military background and an inclination toward open insurrection means that we’ll only need to look at a mere one-percent of the U.S. total population before we find our suspect. Really, the bulging vein on his forehead is what gives him away, along with the few million other Americans who look just like him.” At press time, Bowdich had confirmed that the plethora of written and video evidence of the man posted on social media also meant the FBI believed they could start questioning suspects by mid-2022.