Monday PA Capitol & COVID NewsClips 1.11.21

House returns to voting session Jan. 11, 12, 13

Senate returns to voting session Jan. 25, 26, 27

Pittsburgh Area Officials Brace For Possible Pro-Trump Protests Ahead Of Inauguration Day

Op-Ed: State Republican Senators Damaging Power Play On Seating Brewster Bodes Ill

Editorial: From Suppressing Votes, Questioning Election Results, To Simply Ignoring Results, PA Republicans Took Their Disinterest In Democracy To A New Low By Not Seating Elected Democratic Senator

Op-Ed: Let’s Make PA The Envy Of The East - House Republican Leader Benninghoff

Op-Ed: How Cultural Competency And Cultural Humility Wins Elections

Harrisburg Logged More Killings In 2020 Than In 30 Years; Cumberland County Homicides Doubled

2020 Brings Increase In Westmoreland Overdose Deaths

Rape Survivor Helped Change Law To Remove Obstacle In Terminating Rapist’s Parental Rights

Bosch, Chatham University, American Eagle Outfitters Are Hiring In Western PA

PA’s Role In The Assault On U.S. Capitol

Cap-Star: Assault On U.S. Capitol Lays Bare Republican Electoral Misinformation In Harrisburg

Deb Erdley: PA Republicans Weigh The Party’s Future Post-Trump

Cap-Star: Philly Pastor To Pro-Trump Republicans: ‘You Reap What You Sow’

PA Democrats Aim To Make Assault On The U.S. Capitol A Campaign Issue

Post-Gazette Union Protest Publisher’s Attempts To Alter Coverage Of Assault On U.S. Capitol

AP: Republican PA Sen. Pat Toomey Calls For Trump To ‘Resign And Go Away As Soon As Possible’

Cong. Lamb Makes Case For Trump’s Immediate Removal

Cong. Cartwright Asks For Trump’s ‘Immediate Resignation’

AP: Trump Remains Defiant Amid Calls To Resign

AP: Trump To Honor Football Coach With Presidential Medal Of Freedom Thursday

2nd U.S. Capitol Police Officer Dies After Assault On U.S. Capitol By Suicide

Zelienople Police Officer Under Investigation After Being Photographed Among Crowd At Assault On The U.S. Capitol

Conservative PA Republican Lou Barletta’s Twitter Account Suspended

AP: Tara Colemen Of Lancaster Arrested At Assault On U.S. Capitol For Unlawful Entry, Curfew Violation

Philadelphia Police Detective Subject Of Investigation After Allegedly Attending Assault On U.S. Capitol

York City Police Commissioner: ‘Jeff’ Quoted In NYT Story Is Not From His Department

Penn Professor Using Nazi Rhetoric, Salute During Virtual Conference Leads To Calls For Ouster On Same Day As Assault On U.S. Capitol

NPR: DC’s Acting U.S. Attorney Calls Scope Of Capitol Assault Investigation ‘Unprecedented’

AP: U.S. Lawmakers Who Voted Against Biden Are Denounced Back Home

AP: Analysis: A Republican Reckoning After Turning Blind Eye To Trump

Editorial: Time For Republicans To Choose Truth Over Trump, And For Us To Demand Truthfulness From Our Leaders

Op-Ed: How To Rescue The Republican Party From Trump's Chaos - By Charlie Dent, Former Republican Member of Congress from the Lehigh Valley

Op-Ed: To Save America, Republicans Must Show The Way Away From Trump, Some Have Begun

Op-Ed: These Photos Of Capitol Assault Shouldn’t Surprise You, They Show An American Truth

Op-Ed: For The Last Time, No, ANTIFA Didn’t Assault The U.S. Capitol

Op-Ed: Blood At U.S. Capitol Is Latest Chapter In The Brutal Politics Of Angry White Men

Op-Ed: We May Not Have Yet Reached The Bottom Of Trumps’ Presidency

Op-Ed: It Wasn’t A Good Week For The Republic - Charlie Gerow

Op-Ed: When Leaders Lie, People Die - Mark Singel

Op-Ed: To Avoid Turmoil, Biden Should Promise To Pardon Trump

Op-Ed: Democracy Is Fragile, But We Can Strengthen It Together

Editorial: Get The Facts On Capitol Police During Assault On U.S. Capitol

AP: Records Show Fervent Trump Fans Fueled U.S. Capitol Takeover

AP: Unfolding Of ‘Home-Grown Facism’ In Assault On U.S. Capitol

USA Today: At Least 25 Troops Under Investigation For Terrorism In Assault On U.S. Capitol

AP: Capitol Assault A More Sinister Attack Than First Appeared

AP: U.S. Capitol Police Were Overrun, ‘Left Naked’ Against Rioters Assaulting The Capitol

National/International

Editorial: No More Stock Trading By Members Of Congress

Does Twitter’s Ban Violate Trump’s Free Speech Rights? Likely NOt, But It Raises Questions Philly Experts Say

Civil Justice

Will Bunch: Capitol Assault Should Spark End To America’s Warped, White Supremacist Way Of Policing

Coronavirus

Dept. Of Health Reports 186 Additional Deaths Due To COVID; 12,884 New Cases [2 Days]-- 1.11.21

Wallace McKelvey: When Can You Get The COVID Vaccine?  Here’s What You Need To Know

COVID Vaccination In Nursing Homes A Tale Of Bumpy Logistics, Fear, Uncertainty About The Future

AG Shapiro Warns: Watch Out For COVID Test, Vaccine Scams

Philly’s Fink’s Hoagie Shop Appeals City’s COVID Enforcement: ‘It’s Shaking Me Down’

Westmoreland Sports Bar Allowed To Reopen Following COVID Shutdown Violations

Penn Hills Elementary Closes After 4 More COVID Cases In A Week

Lehigh Valley Ambulance Services Grapple With Falling Revenue, Uncertainty Of COVID Pandemic

SEPTA Ridership Won’t Rebound For A Long Time Due To COVID Fears

Andrew Maykuth: Nearly A Million PA Utility Customers Past Due On Bills Due To COVID, Who Will Pick Up The Cost?

York County Planning To Re-Open Buildings To Public Monday

National/International

AP: Members Of U.S. House, Staff Notified Of COVID Exposure While Sheltering During Assault On U.S. Capitol

PA Republican Cong. Scott Perry Refused To Wear Mask During Assault On Capitol, Now Someone In The Room Has Tested Positive For COVID

PA Member Of Congress Susan Wild Says She Tested Negative For COVID Friday

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[Posted: January 11, 2021]