Remains of the Day (01/19)

 

Jon Barrett: That was the first time in 312 days that a president has acknowledged our national pain and loss as a result of Covid-19

Via NYT: A field of flags on the National Mall represents the thousands of Americans who would normally attend the inauguration.

The memorial to the victims of COVID-19, on the day the U.S. surpassed 400,000 deaths: lights are lit from the Reflecting Pool near the Lincoln Memorial to communities across America. pic.twitter.com/YlWPbBt8to

— Maya Rodriguez (@MayaJRodriguez) January 19, 2021

Is this what it's like to have real leadership?

Biden selects transgender doctor, Rachel Levine, as assistant health secretary https://t.co/wSQuLRdtnW

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 19, 2021

Levine’s confirmation would make her the first transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate. 

BREAKING: Sen. Mitch McConnell says the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was “provoked by the president” and “fed lies." https://t.co/cBcjso3Xgk pic.twitter.com/UE2YiCjeeo

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 19, 2021

Grandpa Turtle's getting our hopes up again 

Today we finished a project that started almost exactly five years ago. A complete account of every person, place or thing President Trump insulted on Twitter since he declared his candidacy for president. 

It's 48,000 words long.https://t.co/vE4Z2pX0rl

— Kevin Quealy (@KevinQ) January 19, 2021

And be on the lookout for my corresponding coffee table book of broken norms in 2022 

Front page of the WSJ a day before Biden's inauguration pic.twitter.com/D66Kncr9iY

— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) January 19, 2021

Get ready for 4-8 years of this. Yellen hasn't even been confirmed and they're already making this another TARP. Here's an idea: Trump added $7 trillion to the debt -- how about we undo the Trump tax cuts for starters? 

Trump's pardons list. pic.twitter.com/mWqEEpRdKm

— Jemaine Clement (@AJemaineClement) January 18, 2021

And did you know he can do 'secret' pardons, too? 

With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel.

— Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) January 19, 2021

Trump lifted coronavirus travel restrictions from Europe and Brazil; Biden team says it won’t last. 

Tomorrow's the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— Jonathan All Masked Up Hatala (@j_hatala) January 19, 2021

We still have until noon tomorrow -- he promised us 'something terrific' 

Dear networks,

PLEASE don't run Trump's departure speech live on Wednesday. Delay it, review it and make sure it doesn't incite more violence or contain more gross lies that will incite violence.

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 18, 2021

Mike Pence is among those who will not be attending Trump’s Nixonian sendoff event at Joint Base Andrews. (You know where you usually say your goodbyes? At the incoming president's inauguration.) 

Roberta Kaplan, Who Won Edie Windsor’s DOMA Case, is About to Put Trump in a Whole Lot of Legal Pain https://t.co/zSBqfglCVU pic.twitter.com/nmxtZfB4wL

— Towleroad (@tlrd) January 19, 2021

Attorney says she'll try to depose Trump in three cases after he leaves White House 

The defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems against Mike Lindell needs to be called the My Pillow Case.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 19, 2021

MyPillow’s CEO, a Trump supporter, says Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s stopped selling his products 

A full gallery of b'day boy Guy Madison who would have turned 99 today. https://t.co/62Ci1P9Pwu

— Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) January 19, 2021

How about a little EYE CANDY to end four years of tyranny? 

Countdown to the cure: Noon, tomorrow. xo