The curfew will be in effect until 6 a.m. Thursday.
Daily Archives: 6. Januar 2021
The protesters are just wandering off now, looking at their phones, like they’re leaving an Ed Sheeran concert.
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BREAKING: Pres. Trump releases a video responding to the unrest on Capitol Hill: „You have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order.“
Imagine if a foreign power recognized this guy as president and you’ll know how Venezuelans feel
Feels a lot like Maidan Square out here with all the right wing muscle. One missing ingredient: chipper Democrats cheering on “pro democracy protesters.”
A young woman was just shot in the neck right besides me in the Capitol Building
#StopTheSteaI protesters say a young woman was shot in the neck while inside the US Capitol. This appears to be her. They are amped up right now.
CNN‘s @PamelaBrownCNN reports a woman is in critical condition after being shot in the chest on Capitol grounds. She says we don‘t yet know what happened.
Trying to livestream at US Capitol and unable to even from a block or two away
A protester is sitting in the chair of the presiding officer of the Senate.
Inside House chamber right now
Pelosi has requested deployment of National Guard troops to Capitol
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has requested National Guard troops be deployed to clear and secure the Capitol, a senior Democratic aide said Wednesday.
2 buildings nearby U.S. Capitol evacuated, Congress on lockdown
Outside, protesters could be heard chanting „USA, USA!“ and „This is our house“ as they quickly began forcefully removing metal barriers.
LIVE ANALYSIS | Protesters storm past police as Congress meets to confirm Electoral College votes
Protesters pressed past police and broke into the U.S. Capitol as Congress met in a joint session on Jan. 6 to count each state’s electoral votes and confirm President-elect Joe Biden as the winner. As many as three dozen congressional Republicans were expected to launch a final challenge to the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Live coverage: Protesters swarm Capitol, abruptly halting electoral vote count
Chaos erupted inside the U.S. Capitol as of pro-Trump demonstrators charged the building and eventually made their way past multiple layers of barriers and inside.
Both the House and Senate recessed in response to the breach, and Vice President Mike Pence, who was in the Senate, was whisked away. Lawmakers and staff were ordered to seek shelter and remain away from doors and windows.
Watch McConnell side against Trump in Senate speech
Speaking in the US Senate following an objection to the counting of Arizona‘s electoral votes, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warned about Congress overruling the voters saying it would „damage our Republic forever.“
LIVE COVERAGE: GOP objects to Arizona; McConnell rebukes efforts to overturn Electoral College
Congress convenes Wednesday at 1 p.m. for a joint session to record the Electoral College votes from November’s presidential election.
Follow along with our live coverage.
WATCH LIVE | House certifies and debates Electoral College votes
This is a live, uninterrupted feed of the House floor, where a joint session of Congress is meeting on Jan. 6 to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win.
For live coverage and analysis of the full process, watch here:
https://bit.ly/3hNBorP
2.500 bei Demonstration in Wr. Neustadt
Angemeldet war die Demonstration am Mittwochnachmittag in Wr. Neustadt für 1.000 Personen. Diese Zahl wurde mit 2.500 Personen klar überschritten. Sie gingen vom Hauptplatz aus eine Runde von etwa 2,5 Kilometern. Die Polizei begleitete den Demonstrationszug mit einem Großaufgebot von Einsatzkräften, von der Einsatzeinheit Niederösterreich, vom Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung, vom Stadtpolizeikommando Wr. Neustadt sowie mit einigen Kriminalbeamten in Zivilkleidung.
Psychologe attestiert Lockdown-Müdigkeit
„Ich denke es findet sich immer etwas das uns hilft, dem Alltag zu entfliehen. Kreativität ist unbedingt gefragt“, sagte Blasche. Er empfiehlt etwa beim Spazierengehen neue Weg zu nehmen. Oder „Musik hören, die man schon lange nicht mehr gehört hat. Es gibt wahrscheinlich immer noch Fotos, die man sortieren könnte. Man muss sich bewusst etwas vornehmen, damit man nicht in eine mürrische Stimmung hineinkippt“.
CoV-Impfung bereits in e-Impfpass
„Die Coronavirus-Impfungen werden in Wien seit dem ersten Tag, dem 27. Dezember, im elektronischen Impfpass dokumentiert“, bestätigte der Sprecher. Der e-Impfpass wurde in Wien im Rahmen eines Pilotprojekts schon seit Oktober getestet.
EU lässt Moderna-Impfstoff zu
Am Mittag hatte die Europäische Arzneimittelbehörde EMA die Zulassung des Corona-Impfstoffs des US-Herstellers Moderna empfohlen. Nun hat ihn die EU-Kommission zugelassen.
It’s the pro-lockdown lobby that is spreading fake news
This is the stage of lockdown authoritarianism we have now reached: anyone who questions the lockdown will be branded a liar and a hoodwinker who should be expelled from public life, while the cheerers of lockdown, those self-styled saviours of lives, can say whatever they want with very few repercussions.
There is no exit strategy you fool. It never ends. The only non-violent way for it to end is if a majority of Tory MP’s overthrow Johnson, but they are too snivelling and cowardly to do that.
Coronavirus: MPs back in Parliament for England lockdown vote
However, with Labour saying it will support the measures, the law enforcing them is likely to be approved.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is updating the Commons now, telling MPs – many of whom are participating remotely – that says the vaccine programme provides a „means of escape“ from the current lockdown, with 1.3 million people in UK already vaccinated.
Met Police WILL stop people ‚with no good reason to have left home‘, fine groups over two and issue on the spot £200 penalties for mask flouters – as forces say officers should be able to FORCE entry into rule-breakers‘ homes as law is published in full
Police today vowed to fine anyone not wearing a mask, groups of more than two or anyone out of the house without ‚good reason‘ at least £200 on the spot with one force ready to smash their way into homes to break-up parties, MailOnline can reveal.
Breaking: A London Judge has denied a bail application for Julian Assange #assangecase
.@AOC unveils 30-year timeframe to get Medicare for all. „If I want to have a child, I would want my child – or my nieces or nephews – to have guaranteed health care by the time they‘re my age.”
Warnock win puts Democrats within reach of Senate majority
The race between Perdue and Ossoff is much closer, with the candidates separated by about 3,000 votes and taking turns in the lead throughout the night.
Warnock defeats Loeffler in Georgia Senate runoff
Neither Loeffler nor Warnock reached the 50 percent threshold needed to win the general election in November, sending the race into a runoff. Warnock, who benefited from then-Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) running in the nonpartisan blanket primary alongside Loeffler, garnered roughly 33 percent of the vote at that time. Loeffler brought in around 26 percent.
Ireland. Just had a 16 Billion Euro COVID bill, that it gets 1.5 back from. Waits patiently for the EMA to approve its vaccines. No sign of the EMA approving Oxford any time soon. 2009 – gets another Lisbon ref, whilst being threatened with perdition. „Independence“
EU land news. EMA who sign off vaccine has not even began to look at the AZ Oxford vaccine while its own curevac vaccine is still months away from approval. The eu failed to buy needles & its vaccine distributions hit a brick wall yesterday (accept holland They not yet started)
Good article in The Economist trying to explain why the vaccination campaigns across Europe are so very slow and why this ‚risks extending the pandemic for months.‘
UN human rights expert ‘cautiously welcomes’ UK court’s refusal to extradite Julian Assange
“If extradited to the United States, he faces a sentence of up to 175 years imprisonment under inhumane conditions of near total isolation,” Mr. Melzer added.
According to the news release, the Special Rapporteur repeatedly expressed in individual communications and statements that Mr. Assange has been subjected to more than 10 years of arbitrary detention and political persecution. During a visit conducted to Belmarsh Prison in 2019, the rights expert and a specialized medical team found that Mr. Assange showed all the symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture.
British court to hear bail plea for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange today
Following victory in his battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the United States, Assange has remained in the high-security Belmarsh prison in southeast London pending the latest hearing, at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London.
Between: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -v- JULIAN PAUL ASSANGE
(04.01.2021)
1. This is a request made by the Government of the United States of America (“the US”) for the extradition of Julian Paul Assange. The US is represented by James Lewis QC, Claire Dobbin and Joel Smith. Mr. Assange is represented by Edward Fitzgerald QC, Mark Summers QC, Ben Cooper QC and Florence Iveson.
Gericht in London entscheidet über Freilassung von Assange
Ein britisches Gericht verhandelt heute über die Freilassung des inhaftierten WikiLeaks-Gründers Julian Assange gegen Kaution. Assanges Anwälte reichten einen entsprechenden Antrag ein, nachdem eine britische Richterin gestern ein US-Auslieferungsgesuch für den wegen Geheimnisverrats und Spionage angeklagten Australier wegen dessen psychischen Gesundheitszustands abgewiesen hatte.
New leads suggest CIA spied on Assange to secure his extradition to the US
The Spanish High Court’s investigation is currently stalled. Six months after Judge De la Mata requested judicial cooperation from US authorities, asking them for identifying information about the IPs that accessed UC Global’s servers, the US justice system has yet to respond. US prosecutors demanded to know the judge’s sources, and De la Mata sent additional information, but no reply has been forthcoming.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom has also failed to comply with De la Mata’s request to take statements from the lawyers who were spied on while working with Assange.
China blocks entry to WHO team studying Covid‘s origins
The WHO has been attempting to send in the team of global experts from a number of countries for some months. It has been talking with Chinese officials since July. Scientists have long said it is essential to find out how the virus jumped species into humans.
China blockierte WHO-Experten in letzter Minute
Das genaue Datum und die Details der Mission hat die WHO bis zuletzt geheim gehalten. Das zehnköpfige internationale Team sollte Anfang Jänner nach China aufbrechen und sich dort für fünf bis sechs Wochen aufhalten. Die Mission gilt als politisch äußerst heikel. Die Regierungen mehrerer Länder werfen den chinesischen Behörden Vertuschungsversuche am Anfang der Pandemie vor.