Linkee-poo one year on

"Thursday marks one year since a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building hoping to block lawmakers from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election win… Biden marked the anniversary with a scathing speech at the Capitol in which he strongly condemned the violence and said Trump 'has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election.'" Getting warmer…

"Pope Francis has criticized couples who choose to have pets instead of children as selfish, arguing that their decision to forgo parenthood leads to a loss of 'humanity' and is a detriment to civilization." Go forth and multiply becomes ya better have kids, or else.

"Even if you do try to report your results, the information isn’t likely to move the needle on the public’s understanding of the virus. That’s because they’re not included in the data health officials use to produce their reports and policies… So the more people test themselves at home, the less the official numbers about new infections and positivity rates (that is, the percentage of tests that detect the virus) will provide an accurate picture of the public’s health." Jazz hands!

"Covid-19 hospitalizations among children in the US are soaring, fueled by the Omicron variant and the holidays, and adding pressure to already-strained health systems and schools." And again, no consideration is given to the long term effects of COVID.

"Dozens of protesters were killed and hundreds injured during clashes in Kazakhstan, a police official from the largest city Almaty said Thursday, as troops from a Russian-led military alliance of post-Soviet states begin their operations in the Central Asian country to help quell the unrest."

"America's faith in the integrity of the election system remains shaken by the events of Jan. 6, with only 20% of the public saying it's very confident about the system, a new ABC/Ipsos poll finds. This is a significant drop from 37% in an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted in the days after the insurrection last year."

"Here is a look back at some of the moments that occurred on that day."

"As the nation reflects on the year since a violent mob attempted to stop the certification of election results, there will be gatherings for those who believe the attack was an attempted coup and who are alarmed by the passage of restrictive voting rules in several states… There will also be events for those who falsely maintain that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election and who consider those arrested in connection to the riot 'political prisoners.'"

While a lot of the remembrance will involve discussions of conservative and liberal views, Jan 6, 2021 can also be seen in terms of white supremacy and definitely the continuation of 9/11/2001.