Ruth Williams

Ruth is a public relations and policy wonk interested in advancing education and health care and ending poverty.

[Chicago Teachers Union @CTULocal1]

A Halloween classic from Miss Cooper’s class at CICS Wrightwood on the South Side. Word is there’s a Thriller 2.0 coming. Stay tuned. 🎃🧙🏾💃🏾

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

Q: Do you agree w/ Speaker Pelosi that Republicans who voted to acquit Trump are cowards?

Pres Biden: “For four years, all that’s been in the news is Trump. The next four years I want to make sure all the news is the American people. I’m tired of talking about Trump. It’s done.”

[The Hill @thehill]

Poll: Biden notches higher approval rating in Texas than GOP Gov. Abbott https://t.co/5w3z0XAzUr

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki: "Let's do this again tomorrow."

[National Mall NPS @NationalMallNPS]

Good night from the Washington Monument, looking down at our gorgeous National Mall, ready for #Inauguration2021 #WashingtonDC

[Face The Nation @FaceTheNation]

NEWS: @margbrennan reports there is now discussion among cabinet members regarding potentially invoking the 25th Amendment -- removing @realDonaldTrump from office, effectively allowing @Mike_Pence to take over as president

It has not yet been formally been presented to @VP

[Kate Nocera @KateNocera]

i cant really wrap my head around the fact people who violently breached the building, and trashed it were allowed to just...leave the capitol.

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

Law enforcement arrested 15 people today in D.C, according to NBC.

15.

People were being arrested by the hundreds in Ferguson for peacefully protesting the killing of an unarmed black teenager.

[Room Rater @ratemyskyperoom]

And the winner is... Humanitarian of the Year...@chefjoseandres

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

President-elect Biden says America is “back” as he introduces his cabinet picks in Wilmington alongside VP-elect Harris.

Standing behind him:
Antony Blinken
Alejandro Mayorkas
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Former Secretary of State John Kerry
Avril Haines
Jake Sullivan

[Stephen Colbert @StephenAtHome]

Happy birthday, @JoeBiden! Today you may be 78, but in two months, you’ll be 46.

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

Clearly not what President Trump wants to hear.

MI GOP official who just left WH: “We have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in Michigan and as legislative leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process.”

[CSPAN @cspan]

.@Yamiche: "What do you say to Americans, especially immigrant Americans who came to the United States looking for political stability and seeing all the things that the president is doing?"

@JoeBiden: “Hang on. I’m on my way.”

[Judy Woodruff @JudyWoodruff]

.@MittRomney describes what Pres Trump is doing as "overt pressure on state and local officials to subvert the will of the people and overturn the election. It is difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action by a sitting American President."

[The Hill @thehill]

JUST IN: GOP senator says Biden should get access to intelligence briefing, pledges to "step in" if he doesn't have access by Friday https://t.co/TOaVeVHX4h

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

Thank you so much @RTDNA for awarding me the John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award. It is an honor to serve as a journalist during these historic times.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Election officials in dozens of states from both parties told The New York Times that there was no evidence of voting fraud, amounting to a forceful rebuke of President Trump’s false narrative.
https://t.co/p2QXKXRlDe

[Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche]

A PA postal worker whose claims have been cited by top Republicans as potential evidence of widespread voting irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service investigators that he fabricated the allegations.

https://t.co/HA7ani3Hqh

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Postal worker admits fabricating allegations of ballot tampering, officials say https://t.co/0NdTUlvIIp

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

After January 20, 2021, racists and anti-Semites will no longer be welcome in the White House West Wing.