An immensely exciting night as the Arlington Arts Center steps into its new identity as the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington and introduces its national biennial. Watching this homegrown arts organization spread its ambitious wings is inspiring! @mocaarlington
President @JoeBiden: “He has done what no president in American history — the history of this country — has ever done, he refused to accept the results of an election and will of the American People.”
3:44 AM on January 7th: Pence concludes the certification of electoral votes after both the House and the Senate declare Joe Biden the president-elect.
2:24-3:13 PM: Trump sends out a series of tweets claiming that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done” but urging rioters at the Capitol to “stay peaceful.”
1:00 PM: Mike Pence begins the process of counting certified electoral votes from the states.
“My oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not.”
1:00-1:13 PM: Congress meets in a joint session to confirm Joe Biden as the next President of the United States, while the first mob charges on the Capitol.
12:52-1:49 PM: Pipe bombs are found at the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters, immediately adjacent to the Capitol grounds.
12:00 PM: Donald Trump gives an hour-long speech where he spreads election misinformation and urges the crowd to “never concede.” He concludes his remarks by telling his supporters to march to the Capitol.
🧵 On January 6th, 2021, our democracy was on the brink of catastrophe. The American people witnessed a violent attempt to overturn an election that came perilously close to succeeding.
Today, we highlight some of the events that threatened the peaceful transfer of power.
It's almost time for #VaxLive! On May 8, join us, @SelenaGomez, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, @JLo, @FooFighters, @chrissyteigen and more for a show with an urgent message: everyone, everywhere deserves access to a COVID-19 vaccine. https://t.co/bo7s7X9Utf
Here’s some research and advice if you’re encountering people who don’t want to get vaccinated. It’s a way of reframing what you say: https://t.co/RkZg0sq2y6
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Haven’t followed the news much today, but seems like one side is mad that a staffer called Republicans a bunch of fuckers, and that a First Lady with a PhD calls herself doctor, and the other side is mad that the president is ignoring the pandemic and overturning the election
Today we announced our new National #Covid19 Testing Action Plan.
We call on the US government to scale up testing to 300 million per month for students & teachers so we can reopen America’s 100,000 public schools by March and keep them open. #MeetingThisMoment#StopCovidSTAT
We're so excited to share our new #AmericanAspirations Handbook! During the home stretch of the 2020 election, we fielded a national survey asking 2,095 people about their hopes for their lives and their country. Curious about what they said? Click below! https://t.co/wlw00bExzY