Red and Blue America

01/18/2021

Inauguration to include programming aimed at kids along with a message from Jill Biden

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/01/16/jill-biden-make-appearance-during-inaugural-tv-programming/4192038001/?fbclid=IwAR0nvWQEcLWFM0rTnV8Q8vgBEFRb1D4pgZQMH5Zl-dKRufs32q9bX7hWSQI

The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced it will offer programming focused on getting families and their kids involved in next week's ceremony.

01/15/2021

Ex-governor, 8 other former Michigan officials charged in Flint water crisis
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/8-former-michigan-officials-criminally-charged-along-ex-governor-flint-n1254286?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_lw&fbclid=IwAR1HSmrkfufQaSF0wF38dF2vkK_gAwVQkBu2b-SpM2WEUl8tjMqsRF3UQ1E

Charges stem from "the largest criminal investigation in the history of the state of Michigan," the attorney general says.

01/14/2021

The "American Rescue Plan” also includes $416 billion in funds to help launch a national vaccination program with a goal of vaccinating 50 million people and reopening schools in his first 100 days.

01/14/2021

Fourteenth Amendment
Section 3
No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a me...

01/09/2021

Read the draft articles of impeachment against Trump following the Capitol attack

If Trump were to be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate, he might also be prevented from running again for the presidency in 2024 or ever holding public office again.

01/06/2021

Democrats Move Closer To Senate Control As Counting Continues In Georgia

Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, according to the AP, inching the Senate closer to a Democratic majority. Jon Ossoff currently leads Republican David Perdue.

12/04/2020

"Houston police said they rescued 26 people from a human smuggling operation Thursday after discovering them in a home located less than a five minute's walk from an elementary school."
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/942778873/houston-police-rescue-26-from-alleged-human-smuggling-operation?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR1Xp36Bk29ZtLOvd8sAFo6yf5xXVNl-y2L_wT49pRqdyYdb-UaAF9GXdmw

Officers discovered 25 men and one woman inside a boarded-up house in the Houston suburbs. Many said they were being held against their will and had been there for up to a week.

11/28/2020

As he lays out his plans for his first hundred days...