Your Week in Review | Common Dreams Jan. 16, 2021

Your Week in Review

'His Conduct Was Seditious': House Democrats From Texas Demand Ted Cruz Be Expelled From Senate by Jon Queally, staff writer  "In his effort to appease Donald Trump and his supporters, Senator Cruz encouraged these terrorists to wage armed insurrection against America."  No, Open Sedition Is Not a First Amendment Right by Pierre Tristam  The right to protest is not in dispute. If that's all the mob had done, its rights would certainly be defensible and protected.  As Democrats Confirm They Did Not Host Pre-Insurrection Capitol Tours, Which GOP Members Can Say the Same? by Jon Queally, staff writer  "I can say with 100% confidence I didn't give any Capitol tours to anyone last week," said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on Friday. "Any Republicans out there who want to join us in answering this question?"  Will Trump's Grand Finale Be Conviction by the US Senate? by Ralph Nader  Congressional Republicans have aided and abetted, for four years, Trump's assertion that "With Article II, I can do whatever I want as president." Dangerous Donald did just that.  'Talk About a Super Spreader': Analysis Finds Online Election Misinformation Fell by 73% After Trump Barred by Jon Queally, staff writer  After Trump's lies disappeared from Twitter and Facebook, the dissemination of falsehoods and the conversations based on them fell dramatically.  Sotomayor Says 13 People Executed During Trump Killing Spree 'Deserved More From This Court' by Jon Queally, staff writer  "This is not justice," said the liberal Justice after the state murder of Dustin John Higgs as she excoriated the court's conservative majority for essentially rubber-stamping the administration's rushed death penalties.  After Biden Unveils Covid-19 Relief Plan, Tlaib Doubles Down on Demand for $2,000 Monthly Payments by Jessica Corbett, staff writer  "Stop compromising the working class, and our most vulnerable neighbors," said the Michigan congresswoman.  'Damning' New IG Report, Says ACLU, Shows Just How Far Trump Team 'Was Willing to Go to Destroy' Immigrant Families by Brett Wilkins, staff writer  "Just when you think the Trump administration can't sink any lower, it does."  'Famine Not Seen in 40 Years': UN Warns Pompeo Decision in Yemen Could Lead to Hundreds of Thousands—If Not Millions—Dead by Kenny Stancil, staff writer  "It literally is going to be a death sentence," said the World Food Programme chief about the U.S. Secretary of State's decision to label the Houthis a terrorist organization.  With Dire Assessment, Scientists Warn Humanity in Denial of Looming 'Collapse of Civilization as We Know It' by Jessica Corbett, staff writer  "We aim to provide leaders with a realistic 'cold shower' of the state of the planet that is essential for planning to avoid a ghastly future."