
1310: Quiet Riot
Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Mitt Romney condemned the January 6 Capitol breach as a day of infamy and an insurrection, while live C-SPAN footage depicted a far more orderly scene of protesters walking within roped lines. The fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt by an unidentified officer remains shrouded in secrecy as media narratives shift from the events on Pennsylvania Avenue to calls for the 25th Amendment. Donald Trump faces immediate deplatforming by Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey following a video message urging supporters to go home in peace. Former CIA Director John Brennan and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper mocked the lifestyles of the protesters as elitist rhetoric intensified across cable news. Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group labeled the Joe Biden presidency a top global risk for 2021, while Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Paul Gosar utilized parliamentary mechanisms to object to Arizona’s electoral votes. In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a third national lockdown citing a new virus variant, despite historical data showing the NHS faces capacity crises every winter. Meanwhile, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo threatened hospitals with six-figure fines for slow vaccine distribution as VAERS data reveals over 40,000 adverse reactions. Representative Emanuel Cleaver sparked a linguistic debate by concluding a congressional prayer with the phrase Amen and Awoman. Greta Thunberg reached her eighteenth birthday only to be seemingly replaced by new World Economic Forum activists Melati and Isabel Wijsen. Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak analyze the absurdity of the entomophagy movement as science communicators like Hank Green attempt to normalize eating insects for the environment.



















