It took a team of journalists to cover the mess.
The Radical Right would not have existed without Russia in 2016 and it's cyber warfare. Unfortunately, Americans didn't recognize the warfare, instead, they embraced it and organized.
The Radical Right has no basis in the USA in the coming months and years. They abandoned democracy for power. There is a difference between power and governance and the Radical Right wasn't interested in governance. That was always a part of the Republican Dogma which can be witnessed in McConnell's obstructionist paradigm. But, having averted the loss of democracy, it is time for the Republicans to reject it's radical ideology and embrace democracy and freedom.
Russia wants the violence and radical agenda to continue. It has to end to complete the promise of the election of Joe Biden. The American people, for the most part, are finished with the agenda of victimization of impoverishment while the elite class banks billions. The exploitation by power to continue to oppress Americans that rely on "the vote" as the only power ends with this election. There are no more cronies, there are only Americans. Lobbying is about promoting the good work that companies can offer, but, to have a Senate vote move into the "yes" or "no" column based on election funds received ends now.
If the violence in the USA, which isn't just in DC, continues it will be exploited by Russia and others that see the Biden election as a speed bump. Change in the USA will go forward, there will be affordable health care, there will be good-paying jobs and there will be a huge paradigm shift to end the climate crisis and protect the natural world of the USA as a witness to that promise to future generations.
It is astounding that Georgia is in the column of Democratic win. There is one woman responsible for that and it is Stacy Abrams (click here). She told Georgians they didn't have to accept oppression and poverty anymore. There are only accolades of praise for a woman that easily succeeds as a torch carrier for minorities and women.
Almost as astounding was the rise of the Democrats in Texas. Beto O'Rourke and Wendy Davis took up the mantle of freedom with an astounding result. Texas will turn blue. It is just a matter of time.
These amazing wins and the return home of the industrial Midwest is a dream coming true. There was only one candidate among the many Democrats that could have brought it all home and that is Joe Biden. Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris made the win complete and we all look forward to her independent work as well as being Vep.
There is a great truth that lies before the country and that is CAN WE KEEP this victory center stage to rebuild and reinstitute the Great American Democracy. The victory is sweet. The longing for the USA before the foreign invasion is strong, but, it has to be more than "talk," it has to return in ways of governance that matter to elevate the American people.
The governance of this magnificent country must come first otherwise we will be doomed to a chronic struggle and the justification of the violence we see today. The struggle for civil rights and the end of income inequality has to be a high priority. If this is not honored then Americans are not honored and those obstructing such measures will be facilitating unrest in the USA that will result in another Venezuelan win for Russia. So, those taking power in DC this time MUST first govern and raise the status of the American people or face a very dangerous precipice that continues to imperil our democracy. A continuance of the same old Republican playbook will face problems this coming administration. It will no longer exist in a way that places democracy as a second class citizen. The Plutocracy, which is where Trump came from, will fall. Money is not a citizen.
The American economy is always a focus for governance, ask any Governor. To that end, economic strength will be a focus in Washington, DC. BUT. The first order of business is ending the COVID-19 CRISIS and protecting Americans and the sovereign USA from ever facing such a scourge again. The infrastructure, including scientists in China, has to be made a permanent law so no one can undo it again. Along with vanquishing COVID-19. there must be bills passed into law that will forever prevent such hideousness in the USA.
The violence in the USA is real. It has reasons for existing. Violence can be a vehicle for change. We need to resolve the problems and end the violence once and for all.
There is no such thing as Trumpish that will disappear with his removal, there are minions, of which a QANON member was elected to the US House of Representatives.
The violence ends and it ends for real reasons and not simply because of a militarized police force. There needs to be gun legislation that honors police and ends their danger as well. It would be nice if the only gun they needed on the streets of the USA were six-shooters that are rarely unholstered other than target practice. When I say America's Great Democracy it means all of it, not just vanquishing COVID-19 and then returning to oppression vs. wealth.
By Marissa J. Long, Michael E. Miller, Peter Jamison, Justin Wm. Moyer, Clarence Williams, Peter Hermann, Fredrick Kunkle and John Woodrow Cox
President Trump’s supporters (click here) had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring “God Bless the U.S.A.” as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore. The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by in his motorcade, smiling and waving.
But that was before the people who oppose their hero showed up and the mood shifted, growing angrier as 300 or so counterprotesters delivered a message the president’s most ardent backers were unwilling to hear: The election is over. Trump lost.
On stark display in the nation’s capital were two irreconcilable versions of America, each refusing to accept what the other considered to be undeniable fact.
While much of the day unfolded peacefully, brief but intense clashes erupted throughout. Activists spewed profanity and shouted threats, threw punches and launched bottles. On both sides, people were bloodied, and at least 20 were arrested, including four whose allegiances remain unknown on gun charges. The chaos also left two officers injured....
