Danger Within: The Department of Homeland Security issued a rare bulletin warning of domestic terrorism following the Capitol insurrection.   The notice says, “Information suggests that some ideologically motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, …

Son of Virus: The first case of a coronavirus variant  found in Brazil has been identified in Minnesota, putting added pressure on the effort to get Americans vaccinated.   The more the virus spreads, the more likely it is to mutate, possibly defeating …

Viral News: New cases of the coronavirus are down 33 percent percent over the last two weeks, and deaths yesterday slipped below 2,000.   While the numbers improve, the people fighting the pandemic are just returning from the alternate universe of the …

Gavel to Adjournment: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she’s sending the article of impeachment against Donald Trump over to the Senate Monday, and Senate leaders agreed to delay opening the trial of the former President until the week of February …

The Planning Department: The Biden team arrived at the White House this week only to find that the Trump administration had no real federal plan for vaccinating hundreds of millions of Americans against the coronavirus. The Trump people merely shipped vaccines …

A Different Tone: A full grown adult was inaugurated yesterday as the 46th President of the United States. Joe Biden hit the ground with a speech that was kind, reassuring, intelligent, and above all, absent anger.   “So now on this hallowed ground …

Lights in the Darkness: Joe Biden, his wife Jill, and extended family arrived in Washington last night and immediately went to a memorial for the Covid-19 dead at the reflecting pool on the National Mall.   Biden spoke after a rendition of …

King Lear: Facing his last full day in office today, President Trump has been closeted in the White House drawing up a list of pardons and raging about his fate, according to reports from the inside.   NY Times reporter Maggie Haberman posted …

Ordering Up: Joe Biden is moving into the White House this week with a satchel full of executive orders to get the country moving, fight the coronavirus, and undo the Trump Administration.   The day he takes office, Biden plans to return the …

Shot in the Arm: With daily deaths approaching an average of 4,000 a day, President-elect Joe Biden yesterday promised an ambitious effort to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus. “You have my word,” he said, “we will manage the hell out of this …