Biden’s Goal of Unity Requires a Defense of Democracy First

By David Rothkopf, Bernard Schwartz

If the insurrectionists don’t get what’s coming to them, much worse is coming for us. Happily, Joe Biden seems to understand this.

By Lloyd Grove

CNN and MSNBC bid good riddance to a “small man,” while pro-Trump outlets like Fox, OANN, and Newsmax coddled his ego amid the disarray he caused.

By Kevin Fallon

Campy, patriotic, and, above all, proud, Gaga’s grand inauguration performance represented survivors, the underrepresented, and the hopeful—and was blissfully, fabulously gay.

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By Pilar Melendez

Patrick McCaughey III is accused of pinning an officer between a police riot shield and a Capitol door—as the cop cried out in pain.

By Kevin Fallon

“Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” breakout Heather Gay was “Mormon royalty.” But getting divorced and speaking out against the church on national TV can change a few things...

By Will Sommer

As it became clear that Trump was not, in fact, going to suddenly appear and order the arrest of all the Democrats, QAnon believers began to wonder if they had been tricked.

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By Sam Brodey, Scott Bixby, Hanna Trudo

“My whole soul is in this, bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation. And I ask every American to join me in this cause,” Biden said.

By Nicholas Morgan

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 UNITY 

President Biden promised “to fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did.”

 ‘HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON US’ 

The 23-year-old youth poet laureate follows in the footsteps of Maya Angelou and Robert Frost.

 Exhale 

Go ahead, give that bunny tummy a poke.

 NOT INVITED 

The new sanctions will bar Pompeo from visiting China or doing business with any Chinese companies or institutions.

 FINALLY 

After four years of executive tumult, the former vice president became the nation’s commander-in-chief on Wednesday afternoon.

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