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She had initially criticized a police officer, former Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson, who was fired for his response to the shooting, in which 17 people were killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Peterson received a pension when he left the department. … [Read more...] about GOP Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to Parkland school shooting as ‘false flag’ event on Facebook

Walker grew its business rapidly in the first decade of the 20th century, with the promise of sales of almost 50,000 cases a year in 1914. But it was Prohibition that sealed the reputation of Scotch in the U.S. where it became synonymous with quality. The whisky was, of course, in incredibly high demand by thirsty Americans. Sales soared after Repeal and were only halted with the start of the Second World War. In the aftermath of that conflict, the export of Scotch to hard-currency markets was a strategic imperative for successive British governments; by 1955 the U.S. counted for more than half of all export sales of Johnnie Walker. … [Read more...] about The Birth of Scotch Drinking in the United States

Even before Jan. 6, some Democrats felt Trump and his close associates were vulnerable to criminal prosecution on other fronts, including his possible obstruction of justice in the course of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his campaign’s ties with Russia in 2016. The day before the riot, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), the third-ranking Democrat in the House and a key Biden ally, expressed hope that DOJ might prosecute Trump for urging the Georgia Secretary of State to toss out the state’s presidential election result, after a call between the two men leaked. … [Read more...] about Pressure Builds on Biden Admin to Prosecute Trump for ‘Treason’

“As a candidate for president, he’s been able to bring the broad coalitions that make up the Democratic Party,” Delaware state Sen. Darius Brown, a former project assistant in Biden’s Senate office, told The Daily Beast. “And for the Republicans, you know, this too shall pass. This immediate period of time shall pass. On January 20th, President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as 46th president of the United States, Donald Trump will be off the scene, out of the White House, and I truly believe a new level of civility will be able to be reestablished in the relationship between the White House and the Congress, because of him.” … [Read more...] about Biden Has to Clean Up the Trump Catastrophe—Then Get to Work

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are expected to attend the inauguration in person. The only other living president, 96-year-old Jimmy Carter, who has spent the pandemic largely at home in Plains, Ga., will not attend but has extended "best wishes" to Biden, according to a spokeswoman at The Carter Center in Atlanta. … [Read more...] about Biden’s inauguration: Everything you need to know