We have had so many mass shootings, and now another mass killing by automobile. The man who allegedly rammed his truck into crowds of people in New Orleans on New Year’s morning, killing 14 and wounding dozens, was a US citizen apparently inspired by Isis. The suspect was killed after he opened fire on police. Donald Trump is making dangerously false statements on social media, saying the suspect was an immigrant. trying to connect this incident to illegal border crossings. This kind of false hysteria that Trump promotes only incites hate and potential violence towards immigrants.
The wait to donate blood near the French Quarter where the attack happened was 3-4 hours.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is facing a crucial vote on his job on Friday. He can only afford to lose one Republican vote, and if he fails to get re-elected in the first round, no further work can continue in the House. Some Republicans warn that not electing Johnson will embolden Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Johnson has the support of Trump, but faces opposition from some hard-right members of the party. I, for one, hope it’s chaos. That would be a setback for Trump.
President Biden will award former Representative Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson the Presidential Citizens Medal. The second-highest civilian medal will also be given to attorney Mary Bonauto, who fought to legalize same-sex marriage in the U.S., and Eleanor Smeal, a women's rights activist, totally 20 awards. About Liz Cheney, the White House announcement said:
“Throughout two decades in public service, including as a congresswoman for Wyoming and vice chair of the committee on the Jan. 6 attack, Liz Cheney has raised her voice — and reached across the aisle — to defend our nation and the ideals we stand for: Freedom. Dignity. And decency. Her integrity and intrepidness remind us all what is possible if we work together.”
We need decency and integrity as we head into this new administration.
Biden plans to create two new national monuments in California before Trump takes office. This will protect tribal land, roughly 644,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park and would bar drilling, mining, and other industrial activity in the area. He will also sign a proclamation creating the roughly 200,000-acre Sáttítla National Monument in Northern California, the Pit River Tribe has spearheaded the campaign to protect that area from energy development. The Chuckwalla National Monument will be named after the chuckwalla lizards who roam the area.
So happy to know about chuckwalla lizards!
Perhaps you feel the same: I head into next week with a lot of trepidation Partly because of the anniversary of January 6th. It might just be worry about the coming four years.
Here’s a drawing of a man in Barcelona I did a few years ago, just because.
Thanks for being here, see you tomorrow!
I love the "moment in time" drawings you do. How to do capture a bicyclist? Just remember and draw it or snap a photo? I love the color.
Thanks for making the world a little brighter each day. I love getting these as I wrap up my work. It's a bit of relief.
While the honest man Jimmy Carter lies in state, the crooked Donald Trump continues to state lies.