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Renderings Revealed for Proposed Development at 4715 N Western Avenue in Lincoln Square
7:30 am on May 16, 2021 By Lukas Kugler
Renderings have been revealed for a proposed mixed-use development at 4715 N Western Avenue in Lincoln Square. Located at the intersection of W Leland Avenue and N Western Avenue, the site is a city-owned public parking lot on the northeastern corner of the intersection. The Community Builders is the developer behind the concept.
Permits Issued for 4351 S Vincennes Avenue in Bronzeville
7:00 am on May 16, 2021 By Jack Crawford
Construction permits were filed last week for a three-story residential building at 4351 S Vincennes Avenue in Bronzeville. With McBrearty Construction Company as the listed owner, plans consist of three total units, a basement, a private rooftop deck, and a detached three-car garage with an additional rooftop deck. The project is set to replace a formerly vacant grass parcel.
Foundation Work Begins for The Reed in South Loop
Caisson work has kicked off for The Reed, a 41-story residential tower along the river in South Loop. Situated at 234 W Polk Street, the 447-foot-tall structure serves as the second phase of a larger five-building development by Lendlease known as Southbank. This masterplan was formerly occupied by a large grass parcel that had long been vacant. Underneath this land were a series of freight tunnels that have undergone a sealing process over the past few months, thereby allowing The Reed to proceed.
Renderings Revealed for Mixed-Use Development at 920 E 43rd Street in Oakland
Renderings have been revealed for a mixed-use development at 920 E 43rd Street in Oakland. Located along E 43rd Street, the subject property is currently a vacant lot, bound to the west by a public alley. DOM Properties Investment is the developer behind the project.
Permits Issued for 1917 S Jefferson Street in East Pilsen
Construction permits have been issued for a four-story residential building situated at 1917 S Jefferson Street in East Pilsen. The development, filed under 1917 Jefferson Partners, LLC, will provide four total units, as well as a basement, a rooftop deck, and rooftop stair enclosure. Parking will consist of a two-car garage integrated in the first floor, as well as a detached two-car garage. The developer had also received an approval in 2019 to integrate residential use in the ground floor. The new structure is set to replace a previously vacant lot.
Updated Renderings Revealed for Mixed-Use Development at 1201 W Fulton Market in West Loop
Revised renderings have been revealed for a proposed mixed-use development located at 1201 W Fulton Market in West Loop. Located at the intersection of N Racine Avenue and W Fulton Market, the corner lot is currently occupied by an existing one-story building. Fulton Street Companies and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital are the developers behind the proposal.
Permits Issued for 4600 N Kenmore Avenue in Uptown
Partial construction permits have now been issued for a mixed-use development located at 4600 N Kenmore in Uptown. The project will involve the renovation of an existing two-story bank, as well as a new five-story building directly east. Developer Cedar St. Companies received approval this past February to develop the existing masonry building into a theater space. Meanwhile, the new construction will yield 2,500 square feet of ground-level retail, and 62 apartments on the upper floors.
Site Equipment Begins to Clear for Atrio Apartments in Illinois Medical District
Equipment and fencing has begun to clear for Atrio Apartments, a near-complete renovation of an existing 18-story residential building in the Illinois Medical District. Situated at 1926 W Harrison Street, the redevelopment has been spearheaded by Marquette Properties and will offer 272 rental units once interior and exterior work concludes.
Zoning Approved for 3333 N Lincoln Avenue in Lake View
Zoning has been approved for a mixed-use development at 3333 N Lincoln Avenue by the western edge of Lake View. The project is planned by Sal Sutton of the applicant organization Chicago 3333 Lincoln, LLC.
Permits Issued for Sullivan High School Addition in Rogers Park
Permits have been issued for a three-story addition at Sullivan High School, located at 6631 N Bosworth Avenue in Rogers Park.
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Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards has kicked off his UK theatre tour and PlanetSKI was there on the first night. We met him backstage before hearing his account of a remarkable life.
He is Britain's only Olympic ski jumper and needs no introduction.
There are just 45 minutes before he is due on stage, and Eddie is munching a healthy fruit salad and looking as relaxed as ever.
This is despite telling me that he hasn't had a full rehearsal - "I'm going to wing it" - and that he will do the entire show, in two 50 minute halves, without the help of notes - "It's all in my head".
He reassures me that, although this is his first ever one-man theatre performance, he's been telling his story for 25 years and practised his presentation on a cruise in January.
"It went really, really well," he says.
Nevertheless, he admits he is "slightly nervous".
From the moment he steps onto the stage carrying a pair of his enormous skis, he has the audience (a real mix from schoolkids with their parents to pensioners) in the palm of his hands.
"It's the hottest day of the year and I'm talking about winter sports..... I've timed that a bit wrong."
It's the first of many laughs.
Everyone is here to see a legend.
His only props are his skis and a big screen on which to show photos and the occasional video clip.
Eddie asks if we have seen the Hollywood film about his journey to the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
"It's 29 years since I plummeted off the end of that ski jump and became Britain's first - and last - Olympic ski jumper."
He came 58th, he informs us. There were 58 finishers but Eddie insists he didn't come last.
There were 59 jumpers, but a Frenchman broke his leg in a practice run and couldn't compete.
More laughs, at the expense of the unfortunate Frenchman.
And, anyway, he might have come 58th, but he broke his own British ski jump record in the process.
Eddie is at his funniest when he is being self-deprecating.
He speaks of being drug-tested at a competition at which he came 148th: "I was told anyone who jumps that badly and keeps jumping must be on drugs."
He relates how a young Swiss coach once told him there was only one thing wrong with his jumping: "You land too close to where you take off."
The audience is laughing with him, not at him, and there is plenty in this performance to illustrate the hardships and pain (literal, with multiple broken bones on multiple occasions) he suffered on his journey from self-taught poverty-stricken novice jumper to darling of the Calgary games.
His rejection by the skiing establishment, which put paid to his dreams of competing at a second Olympics, is met with tuts and sympathetic aaahs from his captivated audience.
There are plenty of quirky side stories to enjoy, too: how he was helicoptered into Devon to open a tourist office in Clovelly, dressed as a chicken; how he became an unlikely pop star in Finland singing a song in Finnish that he didn't understand a word of.
This show could easily be much longer to do justice to his extraordinary life.
There is only a passing mention of his law degree, his marriage, his two chlldren, his divorce, his victory in the first series of "Splash", the TV diving competion.
In my judgment, Eddie puts only one foot wrong.
He ends with a video compilation of some horrific looking crashes - not him, but other ski jumpers.
It's too shocking to close the show with and ruins the mood.
I want to leave the auditorium feeling uplifted.
Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards has had a life of highs and lows, but ultimately he has triumphed over adversity.


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Santa delivers the Open Government Act of 2007
Secret government is dangerous government. Government must be accountable to its citizenry. But how is light shed on government activities for public monitoring? That is where the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) comes into play. The FOIA was enacted in 1966 so that the American public could gain access to government information to monitor the service of elected and appointed federal officials. The FOIA was amended in the 1970s with sharper teeth in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Much later, in the mid-1990s, the statute was further revised to allow for the discovery of government information in electronic form. There has been a perception that the current administration in practice has diluted the timing and quality of provision of information under the statute. Those days appear to be coming to an end, as the House of Representatives recently passed a bill referred to as the Open Government Act of 2007 that passed the Senate just days earlier. Perhaps seeing the ultimate writing on the wall, President Bush signed the act into law on December 31.
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If I asked you what successful people do that separates them from others, you would probably come up with a few reasons. Arguably, one of the most important is their ability to consistently make good decisions, both big and small. In the newest installment of Lead Star's Leadership Conversations Podcast, I chatted with Mike Whitaker about his new book, The Decision Makeover: An Intentional Approach to Living Life the Way You Want.
Research has shown that we make an average of 35,000 decisions every day. Most of these decisions are made without much thought; 1 sugar or 2? Soup or salad? But, some of these 35,000 decisions require much more thought and consideration. Sometimes they can cripple us, leading us to what is known as analysis paralysis, or our overthinking of decisions to the point where we don't make a decision.
Impact. Our decisions send out ripples that impact others. Find out who those ripples reach and how it impacts them. Solicit their input to help inform your decision.
Goals. Setting goals that are both specific and measurable allows you to have benchmarks that both motivates you to make timely decisions and informs you to make the right decision.
Think outside the box. Not every decision we make is black and white. Look at the decision from a different perspective. Too often we get caught in group think and make similar decisions to those around us. Step outside the box and ask someone on the periphery their thoughts.
Inhibit emotional reactions. Start practicing how to respond instead of react. Instead of allowing your emotions to make a rash decision, learn how to take a pause and use a more learned response instead. One way to start doing this is to re-assess past situations and what you could have done differently.
Making timely, informed decisions will help you be more successful in both your personal and professional lives.
On Leadership Conversations, Mike discusses how we can all learn to make better decisions in a thoughtful and strategic way. He discusses why both large and small decisions are important, as well as the need to develop essential goals to overcome roadblocks in the decision-making process. He also provides practical tips to help us get back on track after making bad decisions.
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Public in Liverpool urged to support frontline workers by staying at home
We are joining forces with colleagues at our local hospital trusts and councils to urge people to stay at home this weekend.
And our message is simple – the more you stay at home the less people will become infected with the virus and the quicker we can return to normality and start to live our lives again #StayHomeSaveLives
In the last week we have seen increases in the number in the number of people choosing to visit the region's beaches, parks and open spaces for more than their permitted daily exercise, and this in no doubt due to the warm weather we are currently experiencing and are expecting to see in place over the weekend.
While we understand that boredom may be setting in and that some people may be frustrated by the restrictions in place we would like to just ask people to remember the human impact that the Coronavirus is having on our communities and the loved ones of families across the county.
Chief Constable Andy Cooke, said: "As each day passes more families across the region are finding themselves facing the harsh reality of the impact of Coronavirus.
"In the last couple of weeks we have seen the number of cases increase in the region and we need to ensure that we do everything possible to support the NHS call to #StayAtHomeSave Lives.
"These are exceptionally challenging times. We know that people are frustrated at being asked to stay in but we all need to stick together and abide by the rules so that everyone stays safe.
"Anyone can contract and spread coronavirus so I would ask the question - is having a picnic, sunbathing on the beach or in a local park, or meeting with friends more important than your health and the health of your loved ones?
"Our beaches and beauty spots will still be there for you to enjoy once the pandemic is over. And the more we can adhere to the restrictions in place now, the quicker we can return to normality. But ignore the restrictions now and we could find ourselves in this position for longer and possibly with harsher restrictions.
"People should only be leaving home for essential activities - shopping for food and medication, exercising and going to work if they are key workers and can't work from home – and please remember to abide by social distancing rules when in public places.
"Our officers will continue to be out and about in local communities engaging with the public; checking that people aren't flouting the restrictions; reminding people why those restrictions are in place and encouraging them to do the right thing and go home.
"We have taken a common sense approach to policing the legislative powers given to the police and we want to work with people and only use the powers as a last resort. But our message is clear if you are consistently and flagrantly ignoring the Government powers we will use the legislation that is open to us.
"Those who are consistently flouting the legislation are putting others at risk, including their own families, and I would appeal to their families to explain to them the potential consequences their actions could have on their loved ones. At the end of the day none of us want to be cooped up at home, but that's a better option that the potential alternative.
"These are unprecedented and challenging times for all of us, but we all have loved ones and we need to think about them and understand the danger we are putting ourselves, and our loved ones, in."
Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said: "We understand people are in lockdown and for many families a walk in the park is their most convenient way to exercise.
"People who live together and go out together is not an issue - the problem is meeting up with others whilst at the park, stopping and chatting and even in some cases having picnics.
"I've seen pictures which show some people are clearly not understanding the severity of the situation.
"Our message is simple - If you go the park, keep moving. Walk, run and keep your distance. During the Covid crisis parks, unfortunately, are not a place for stopping and socialising.
"This is a straightforward issue of common sense. I'm satisfied the majority of people are following the rules. But we don't want to get the point where the idiotic minority end up ruining it for everyone and we have to look at bringing in stricter measures and new bye-laws to enforce this.
"We have lost too many people already to Covid-19, and have seen too many families cruelly affected, to allow people to think that this virus is someone else's problem and it's not going to affect me.
"Staying home does save lives - it's a hard thing to do, I know, but these small sacrifices are going to make a huge difference and will help us all get closer to the day when the government can start beginning to look at lifting these necessary restrictions.
"So yes, go out. But stay local. And yes, exercise. But don't hang about. And yes, visit our parks, but please don't meet up with others. It may seem anti-social but it's pro-life."


A consumer's attitude toward the message is one of the largest differentiators between advertising and public relations. Because consumers know that when they listen to an advertisement the primary purpose is to sell a product, they are automatically put on the defense and start to question the message's believability. On the other hand, because a public relations message has gone through prescreening from the media to prove that the message is credible, the audience naturally has a more confident view of the information delivered, making it more reliable in the customer's eyes.
One aspect of public relations that intimidates businesses is the lack of control that they have over the end result. Paying for an advertisement entitles you to have complete and total control over what is said, how it is portrayed, who receives the message, and in what context the information is exposed. When you receive publicity, the media often takes the wheel and depicts your brand the light that they see fit. Depending on how you are viewed in the public sphere, this can either have an extremely positive or radically negative effect on your company's reputation. Nevertheless, because the audience knows the message is formed from an unbiased third party, rather than by your advertising team, it is considered more legitimate.
Bill Bernach, the founder of international marketing agency Doyle Dane Bernach, once said, "Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make." With this quote, Bernach nailed down one of the most important differences between advertising and public relations: no matter how many TV, radio, or print ads you pay for, it is a public relations message that is most likely to resonate with your audience in the long run and ultimately make an impact on your brand's reputation. While an advertisement will stay in the audience's mind for mere minutes after it is viewed, it is a PR story that will leave your viewers thinking for days, months or even years to come.
A major distinction between advertising and public relations is the way the final message is formulated to address the target audience. An advertisement demands a direct call to action, such as "buy this product now," while public relations tells a story and provides the background that explains why a product is a must-have. Even if both messages have the end goal of getting customers to "buy this product now," through public relations storytelling, companies are able to build their brands and allow customers to more personally get to know them. This is extremely important because meaningful relationships are what build loyal customers and sets your company up for long-term success.
When deciding whether to include advertising or public relations into your budget, it is important to keep in mind how important your brand's credibility is to the overall success of your company. Serendipit Consulting utilizes experts in the public relations field to develop brand authenticity, loyal customers and rising profits for companies around the country. Click here to learn more about public relations and see examples of cases that have worked.


With Vail Valley vacation rental properties from iTrip Vacations, it's possible to find a studio, condo or private home for a mountain getaway in locations that range from East Vail to Edwards. Affordable vacation home rentals are the iTrip focus, so whether you're looking for a cozy condo near Vail's ski slopes or a multi-bedroom mountain lodge in Beaver Creek, you'll find competitive rates. Deals and special pricing are also available through iTrip, so be on the lookout for these great opportunities to explore Vail's scenic mountain views and world-renowned ski slopes. Amenities vary by location, but with iTrip Vacations, you'll receive personal attention from a local property manager who can respond to individual needs or share insider advice.


Last weekend we all loaded up in the Prius and headed to Papa's house in Missouri. Josh had never been hunting before and it's turkey season so Dad invited him to come down to hunt. We love going to the country and the weather was incredible while we were there.
We went riding with Papa.
And Uncle Chris gave him his first gun.
He was pretty stoked although he didn't quite know what to do when we took it out to shoot.
Josh had a great time hunting. I figured he would love it; I always found hunting with my dad to be really peaceful. And what's not to love about hiking through the Ozarks in cool weather? Wish I would have gotten a pic of Josh in his camo though.
We also took time to go down to the farm to take some pics of Baby brother. I had wanted to take newborn photos of him, but had not managed to find the time. So here are his 6 week photos instead.
I made this blanket from some plaid I found at JoAnns and just love how it turned out. I think I'll make more this fall.
I wanted to get more poses but after laying on the ground for a few minutes to snap these I found myself covered in ticks, a hazard of country life. I'll take more at some point…maybe in 6 more weeks?


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They Shall Be Released: D'Angelo's 'Black Messiah,' 'Selma,' and 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
by Rembert Browne
When I say "Jesus" I'm not talking about some blond-haired, blue-eyed, pale-skinned-relative-complexioned cracker Christ, I'm talking about the Jesus of the Bible with hair like lamb's wool. I'm talking about that good hair. I'm talking about that nappy hair … Jesus, the black revolutionary Messiah.
—Black Messiah
Almost 15 years after Voodoo, there's a new D'Angelo album. And it's called Black Messiah. Before listening to it, I saw Exodus: Gods and Kings.
I'd tasked myself with seeing Exodus before I'd learned about the backlash to the movie. It was the final chapter in a year filled with highly profitable popular culture that centered on religion (four of the top 45 grossing films of 2014; Lecrae's album going no. 1 on the Billboard 200). But the backlash stripped much of the "God movie"–ness from the film. As many noted, including David Dennis Jr. in two pieces on Medium, the primarily white cast of the film based in Egypt and the Middle East is problematic. Especially when you consider the roles of many of the non-white actors.
A comment in one of the pieces about the casting sums it up too well:
When you look at it like this, it's almost comical. Almost.
It's that "this racism is killing me inside" notion that Dave Chappelle once identified in his "Niggar Family" sketch on Chappelle's Show. You're laughing because it's so blatantly disrespectful that you're besides yourself. And you've almost given up because people are just so blatantly terrible. Or, through another lens, they forget you exist.
Here's director Ridley Scott's response to the casting:
I can't mount a film of this budget, where I have to rely on tax rebates in Spain, and say that my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such. I'm just not going to get it financed. So the question doesn't even come up.
It's one of those statements that reminds you to shout at the top of your lungs, "black lives matter." They matter in the sense of being protected, but also being represented. After sitting through all 150 minutes of Exodus, a film about white Moses and white Egyptians — a film that genuinely didn't need to be made — it's almost comical that the director felt as if stocking up on "non-Mohammad so-and-sos" was the answer. Scott may not have been wrong that white star power is what got his movie made. But that doesn't mean Exodus: Gods and Kings is actually worth seeing. It's an especially tough watch after seeing a film filled with Mohammad so-and-sos from such-and-such: Ava DuVernay's Selma.
It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen. It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape where these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.
The stories of Selma and Exodus are surprisingly similar. A man becomes a leader and is trusted to lead through his relationship with — and faith in — God. It's not always clear what the plan is, but each man's followers see him as their best shot at a better life, out from under the oppressive, tyrannical law of the land. Both protagonists, Martin Luther King Jr. and Moses, are in unique positions of power. They can not only make demands to the establishment's leader, but also give warnings as to what will happen should those demands not be met. Both King's and Moses's people are considered lesser than. And in both cases, the messiah-like figure is humanized.
And both films are topical, but for wildly different reasons. Exodus is topical because it seems to round out an unusually disrespectful calendar year. A year when accuracy, equality, and fairness seemed to be outweighed by being first, being the most profitable, and attracting attention by any means necessary. Selma, on the other hand, is topical because it mirrors a fight against what the casting of Exodus represents. It's a film about marches 49 years ago, coincidentally happening at a time when marches are taking place across the country. It's a film about 1965's peaceful protests and the police state, as 2014's peaceful protests are showing how eerily similar the racialized police state still is, almost half a century later.
Selma is a film we need right now, and not just because King was played by David Oyelowo, not Jeremy Piven (a fair Exodus analogy, unfortunately). Practically and inspirationally, it is important in this moment. It's a film focused on some of our nation's greatest tacticians, held up by a commitment to never giving up.
When Selma began filming, the country was not in the place it is now. But we're now here. And it feels as if the union of this film and the reality of the moment were always meant to be.
Which brings us back to D'Angelo.
All we wanted was a chance to talk
'Stead we only got outlined in chalk
Feet have bled a million miles we've walked
Revealing at the end of the day, the charade
—D'Angelo and the Vanguard, "The Charade"
The Black Messiah sneak-attack release is being framed as if it came out of nowhere, but this album has been around in various forms for years. Now that it's suddenly here, with all the waiting and wishing and frustration, it's hard to imagine it coming out at any other point.
Questlove leaked portions of "Really Love" in 2007. There are songs from Black Messiah that D'Angelo has been playing for the public as early as 2012. In that same year, Questlove spoke to Rolling Stone about the then-untitled album: "It's going to throw people off the same way Prince's Dirty Mind threw his R&B fan base off."
With this new D'Angelo material that ultimately became Black Messiah, the great question was what D'Angelo had become more than a decade after his last album. Essentially, would we get D'Angelo as Erykah Badu or Lauryn Hill? Even while watching him two years ago — clearly still a force in his jam-session-like shows — it wasn't certain how it all would translate into another project. Or, more notably, if it would. D'Angelo seemed to shun this idea of giving the people exactly what they wanted — in other words, taking off his shirt and just playing his old hits — and instead traded that in for lengthy versions of new songs that no one knew.
This screamed Lauryn. Also screaming Lauryn: a significant buildup for something that might never happen.
But then, last night, an actual album came out. An album in which D'Angelo gives the people what they want, because it's what the people need, without trying to replicate previous successes. It's almost as if his voice had gotten better with time. That's the story of post-Baduizm Erykah: evolving, making your audience evolve, and leaving bread crumbs so every subsequent release can be traced back to the origin.
Black Messiah is not Voodoo, nor is it Brown Sugar. Yes, there are glimpses of both in this album, because it's still D'Angelo, but for every one of those moments there's a Sign 'O' the Times Prince moment and a Musicology Prince moment. A There's a Riot Goin' On Sly moment and then a Fresh Sly moment. A Curtis and a Maxwell. A Jimi and an Isaac. A Miles and a double serving of Parliament-Funkadelic. And, on top of that, there are uniquely D'Angelo moments, ones that are reminiscent of the past and ones that we've never heard from him before.
Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be easily misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.
It's a good sign that D'Angelo does not see himself as the black Messiah. But to quote Jay Z, this is black superhero music. And in a multitude of ways. From having the album channel the pantheon of black artists before him to the black fists in the cover artwork to the album title to the political nature of some of the songs, to simply new D'Angelo, it's what people need right now. Even if D'Angelo's not a hero, the act of releasing Black Messiah when he did feels heroic. Because it's giving his culture a sorely needed boost.
It's rare that the public needs a record more than the artist does. One may think D'Angelo's legacy was in dire need of a jolt, but no more so than the rest of us. It's almost as if D'Angelo looked around at society and felt like it was time. Selma truly was a coincidence in its topicality. Black Messiah, perhaps not so much.
It felt as if Black Messiah took forever, until you listen to Black Messiah. And then, immediately, it screams, "When you're ready, and when they're ready." It's an album that was always supposed to come out when the time was right. When the public would appreciate it. When we were craving something — anything — with substance and style, and not just our bottled memories of D'Angelo or some attempt at Voodoo II. We had to catch up to D'Angelo and D'Angelo had to grow to trust us. For both of our sakes, I'm glad we finally met in the middle.
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Transcript: The Beat with Ari Melber, 1/19/21
Guests: Keith Ellison, Juanita Tolliver
Jan. 20, 2021, 4:10 AM UTC
ARI MELBER, MSNBC HOST: Our thanks to Brian and Nicolle, as our special coverage continues right now.
Welcome to THE BEAT. I`m Ari Melber.
This is the last full day of Donald Trump`s presidency. It comes amidst a pandemic that has now taken 400,000 lives in the U.S. As we have been covering today, president-elect Biden and vice president-elect Harris lit those candles in honor of those many, many COVID victims, 200,000 flags meanwhile, spread across the National Mall, a nod towards an audience that, just like at this summer`s conventions, will be watching more at a distance than in person at tomorrow`s inauguration.
And in another tangible and disturbing sign of Donald Trump`s failures to protect the nation, these inauguration preparations are unlike any in the recent era. Given that Trump-friendly insurrection which breached the Capitol for the first time in 200 years, tonight, you`re seeing some of the images of a nation on lockdown and under military protection, 25,000 troops deployed, a scene reminiscent of a siege.
But the larger context remains. Elections have consequences. In America, that`s true whether the incumbent politician understands it, or lives in denial, or even tries to steal an election that triggers a second Senate trial on his way out of office tomorrow.
Now, the Americans who rushed the streets and celebrated on November 7, tonight is a time to remember they did so with a certainty about tomorrow. They did so with a certainty that, in this country, the peaceful will of the voters would determine who enters the White House tomorrow.
And while, because of Donald Trump, this path has been particularly strained and, at times, tragically and needlessly violent, let me be clear with you tonight. Those people, they were still right. Power is changing hands tomorrow, in a decision made by the people. And the calendar will be followed, set by the Constitution.
The loser of the election is irrelevant tomorrow, as these two forces, the people and the Constitution, are what matters under the rule of law. Don`t forget that. That`s what matters, not the men or women who temporarily inhabit these offices in our constitutional order.
I can tell you, in the news tonight, on his last full day as president- elect, Joe Biden began his own emotional journey from Wilmington to Washington, a trip he has made many times, when he was senator for 36 years, a trip he made throughout his eight years as vice president.
Today, he is making it for the first time on his way to being president of the United States tomorrow.
JOE BIDEN (D), PRESIDENT-ELECT: I`m honored. I`m truly honored to be your next president and commander in chief, and I will always be a proud son of the State of Delaware.
Excuse the emotion, but when I die, Delaware will be written on my heart.
MELBER: We are joined by Juanita Tolliver, the Democratic strategist, and Heather McGhee from Color of Change and an MSNBC political analyst.
Juanita, for many good reasons, the criminals and the terrorists have gotten both attention and scrutiny since the insurrection.
I begin with this point with both of you tonight, starting with Juanita.
What does it mean that those celebrations when Trump first lost, that the premise that people felt and believed, that, of course, no matter what he tried to do -- and I don`t think everyone underestimated what he would have wanted to do -- but the premise held, the rule of law held?
I wonder your thoughts as we reflect on that as well tonight.
JUANITA TOLLIVER, NATIONAL POLITICAL DIRECTOR, SUPERMAJORITY: I think it`s a reminder about people feeling validated and expressing themselves at the polls.
I think it`s a reminder about people`s faith in the democratic practices and processes which are the underpinning of our nation. I think it`s also a reminder of what people expect to happen, but didn`t expect to be challenged in such a violent way as we saw from Trump and white supremacists as they attacked the Capitol.
And I want to emphasize that that attack was not only on the Capitol, but on our constitutional practices and on our democracy, because here you have Trump demonstrating a reason, like, to really confront that with violence, instead of accepting the will of the people.
And let`s remember that Trump and Republicans put barrier after barrier after barrier in front of voters this election cycle, which occurred during a pandemic. And, essentially, this reaction was a surprise to being kicked out of office, a surprise that voters overcame all those barriers and voters had their voices heard.
And the same voters that went out there to celebrate on November 7 will be celebrating tomorrow with this inauguration, as Biden and Harris are sworn in.
MELBER: Heather?
HEATHER MCGHEE, NBC NEWS POLITICAL ANALYST: I mean, the week where we experienced the whiplash of the night of history not just rhyming, but singing, of progress marking through Dr. King`s church to give this country one more shot, really, because, honestly, if the Democrats had not taken the Senate, we would have lost one of the last shots to make our way out of this pandemic, to recover from the economic crisis, to address the global threat of climate change, to address racial inequality.
There was really one shot, and it was all hanging on those two seats. We can`t let that spirit, the fact that a multiracial coalition, anchored by the leadership of black people, really helped save America.
We had that spirit in the streets in that celebration, the idea that a multiracial coalition had overcome Trump and Trumpism and all that it represents, that nexus of racism and sexism and greed, and we had it again with the special election in January.
And that following day was the last -- it was a dying gasp of a false ideology of white supremacy, which has been from this nation`s founding its Achilles` heel.
My book "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone" is really about the way that you can`t understand why America is still struggling with some of the basic things that the our peer countries are not, why our pandemic response has been the worst and our death rates and our infection numbers the highest, you can`t understand that without understanding the continued role of racism in our politics and our policy-making.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have an opportunity to turn the page, to enact real structural reforms, to really create a multiracial democracy in this country, and that has to start right away, not the first 100 days, but the first two days.
MELBER: Yes, and that`s really why this is such a different moment.
A transfer of power is always a big deal. Tomorrow will be a big deal. The nation and the world will be watching. But, as you both just emphasized, this is a transfer of power against resurgent, weaponized, violent racism, and under a siege protection that, by the way I don`t think anyone is knowledgeably arguing against, having seen what was done in the breach of the Capitol.
I want to keep both of our experts with us and give everyone a little update on the news, with Donald Trump also acknowledging that he`s got to go.
So, he recorded a farewell address. We`re not playing any of it, but I will note that, in it, he claims -- quote -- "All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans." He says now: "It can never be tolerated."
Meanwhile, with his powers waning, many are on pardon watch. As a legal matter, Donald Trump does have until noon tomorrow -- and there is a slew of reporting, as well as rumors about who he will pardon. We have more on that tonight`s broadcast with other legal experts.
The top Republican in the Senate also making news, saying Donald Trump provoked and fed the lies that brought the rioters to storm the Capitol. We have more on that as well, while the Senate was holding confirmation hearing for five different Biden nominees, including key picks at Treasury, Pentagon, and the Department of State.
And, Juanita, I bring that to your attention. For all of the reported stalling and interference with the transition, now that it`s getting to this key sense of both vetting, having the hearings and having votes, it`s a fast timetable for Biden, in addition to executive orders that they`re telling the press will be issued tomorrow.
TOLLIVER: It`s a fast timetable, to Heather`s point what they`re going to do on day one, demonstrating their commitments through executive orders and actions, and again moving these confirmation hearings forward.
I think honestly, as you know, my political brain also looks forward. They`re going to immediate to create tangible impact that people can feel in real time related to this pandemic and related to the continued accountability of Trump and Republicans, who laid a foundation for what happened just two weeks ago to happen, whether that`s continuously questioned the election results, whether that`s actively raising a fist to the white supremacists outside the Capitol.
Like, accountability also needs to be a part of their agenda. For every single time that they`re going to call for unity, they also have to call for accountability, because people like me, a black woman in this country, need to see more, need to feel more coming out of this administration, knowing that midterms are not far off.
MELBER: Yes, and I appreciate your scrutiny on Senator Hawley`s move. Some of us are old enough to remember the so-called terrorist fist jab that wasn`t, in contrast to an actual white power symbol hoisted before terrorists entered the Capitol.
You can`t write it, and you wouldn`t want to, because I wouldn`t want to live in the movie that at times we have been living in. We hope -- I say this with full hope for bipartisanship too. I don`t mean it in any political way, but I hope we can all make it forward and do better.
Heather, in that spirit, I want to play something that is pretty newsworthy from our own Joy Reid, who, as eagle-eyed viewers can see, has this special with Speaker Pelosi tonight.
We have got one of the first newsy excerpts. Take a listen to Speaker Pelosi here at the end of the Trump era.
REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA): Donald Trump was a stain on our country. I don`t think we could have sustained our democracy if he had two terms in office for what he was doing to our institutions or what he was doing to our Constitution. He dishonored it.
MCGHEE: Yes, I don`t think it`s very easy to find fault with that, with Speaker Pelosi.
The man will have been impeached twice, and those were for, in many ways, just tip-of-the-iceberg offenses.
We have got somebody who really ran on and governed on the most divisive and corrupt agenda this country has ever seen. Joe Biden said on the debate stage, come on, man, you`re the worst president we have ever had. And he was speaking for over 80 million people, who couldn`t have agreed more.
I think that this -- this is the moment, though, where Democrats have to stiffen their spines and realize that, just because Trump is not in the White House, it doesn`t mean that he doesn`t still have a way to do damage, whether that is about whether he gets access to state secret, whether that`s about whether he, frankly, gets to walk as a free man.
He and his need to be the center of attention and the need to, with zero limits on decency or patriotism, whip up tens of millions of people into anti-patriotic, treasonous actions and attitudes, is going to be an ongoing threat to this country...
MELBER: Yes.
MCGHEE: ... as are the nearly the...
MELBER: Well, Heather...
MCGHEE: ... Republicans who voted for his lie about election fraud.
And you just said he fomented that violence. I believe this is a first. Heather can tell me if she remembers otherwise, but she has been a guest here before. I believe it may be the first night where the news has you and Mitch McConnell agreeing on that key point, which brings us to what we`re going to do after 30 seconds.
MELBER: So, as we keep moving through all the news, I want to thank Heather McGhee and Juanita Tolliver for being back with us on THE BEAT.
When we return in just 30 seconds, we have Republican Leader McConnell turning into a very skeptical juror for Trump`s impeachment.
And later tonight, two National Guardsmen reviewed from duty at the Capitol -- removed. We will get into that.
And a special look at why Donald Trump`s presidency went down the way it did.
First, the McConnell news -- when we`re back in 30 seconds.
SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY): ... for our republic.
This failed insurrection only underscores how crucial the task before us is for our republic.
MELBER: That is how longtime Trump ally and self-described Grim Reacher Mitch McConnell first condemned that MAGA riot at the Capitol.
Within hours of the attack, you saw him there bluntly saying what it was, an insurrection.
It was the first sign McConnell may shift from five years of publicly backing Trump. Tonight, the news more ominous for Trump, who leaves office headed directly for a trial for high crimes in the Senate, where McConnell is turning from ally to skeptical juror.
So, amidst everything else going on in Washington today, there are new signs how Trump`s trial may go, as McConnell and Schumer, the incoming leader of the Senate, spoke today about organizing the next Senate and COVID and this trial, with McConnell making news by suggesting Trump may be guilty.
The trial is over one question: Did Donald Trump incite the Capitol riots?
Here is McConnell going farther than he`s ever gone, saying Trump provoked the riots.
MCCONNELL: The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people.
And they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government which they did not like. But we pressed on. We stood together and said an angry mob would not get veto power over the rule of law in our nation, not even for one night.
MELBER: That`s the sound of Republican Leader McConnell making the thrust of the argument that the Democratic impeachment managers will make: Trump did it.
Here is that key part again.
MCCONNELL: They were provoked by the president and other powerful people.
MELBER: If the Senate does conclude that Trump did it, caused the riot, that is constitutionally enough for conviction. And then a separate vote would be held on whether to ban Trump from running again. That would be game over.
Now, does that mean this is all over? No.
Have you met Mitch McConnell? He is canny. He notoriously keeps his options open.
Now, today, the news is, McConnell did go farther than most elected Republicans have to blame Trump for the violent riot, for the insurrection. But he also carefully used the word provoke, not the word incite from the actual impeachment charge.
If Republicans get the votes and they convict, McConnell can claim he led this march for accountability, including what he said today. But if he backs down and ultimately votes to acquit Trump, McConnell can legally claim that, while he condemned Trump for provoking this, maybe he doesn`t believe that Democrats ultimately proved their case to the high standard of inciting it.
We are joined now by NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray and Morgan State University Professor Jason Johnson.
Good day to both of you.
Jason, let`s start with the politics, because it is Mitch McConnell we`re talking about. What do you think he is up to here?
JASON JOHNSON, MSNBC POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR: Mitch McConnell is playing the press, he is playing Republicans, and he is playing Democrats all at the same time, because he may be the Grim Reaper, but he is a very smart guy.
By saying up front, OK, Donald Trump was a part of this, Donald Trump provoked these people one way or another, he is giving himself sort of the air of credibility, right? It`s like, look, hey, I can acknowledge the facts. I`m not a crazy right-wing Republican.
He is setting the stage for looking like a reasonable negotiator going forward.
But, as you mentioned, Ari, by not saying incite and using the word provoke, that`s the kind of word a guy like McConnell will end up using. We didn`t start the fire. It was always burning. It was incited by this, it was provoked by that.
That`s the kind of nonsense weaseldom that he`s going to use and that other Republicans will use, because we saw similar things with last year`s impeachment, literally at this point last year. While Donald Trump did something that was terrible, he did something to violate the spirit of his job, he did something to try to overturn an election, he abused his power, but we don`t know if that is quite impeachable.
And that`s what I think he is doing right now. Chuck Schumer would be absolutely foolish to think that what Mitch McConnell did is a sign that 18 Republicans are going to vote to convict.
MELBER: So, you`re skeptical. You also -- I believe you were also throwing in Billy Joel?
JOHNSON: Yes, I was.
MELBER: Strong.
You never know where he is going to go, Professor.
And both of you are professors, but I mean Professor Murray.
MELBER: You never know where he is going to go.
So, whether or not they started the fire will be litigated through this constitutional process.
And, Professor Murray, I now, having done a little bit of the politics, turn to you on the Constitution. What does it mean when House managers say they think there is a high crime committed by Donald Trump in inciting this violence? And is Mitch McConnell on to something by trying to make gradations or, whatever he may later claim, is that not really the point?
MELISSA MURRAY, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: Well, this should take us back to this time last year.
This is a perennial question, indeed one that has long been burning since the worlds were turning...
MURRAY: ... whether or not what the president has actually done has risen to a level of high crime or misdemeanor.
It doesn`t have to be an actual statutory crime. And I think most would agree that there is less gray room here than there was a year ago. Triggering a rebellion against the Congress would certainly fall into the category of a high crime or misdemeanor.
As to whether that`s enough to bring 18 senators along, that`s a very different matter. And, again, this is not like a criminal trial, where the prosecution has to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. Here, all that is required is for each senator to be satisfied as to her own conscience as to whether or not the standard for impeachment has been met.
So, not only has McConnell given himself some wiggle room. He has given some wiggle room to the rest of his caucus as well.
JOHNSON: Right.
MELBER: But you see -- just briefly, Professor Murray, you see that wiggle room as going initially right now against Trump, as compared to the last trial?
MURRAY: Well, I think there is much less gray area here.
Last time, there wasn`t a trial. There weren`t witnesses. It was hard to tell if the phone call regarding the events of the Ukraine really did happen as some of the witnesses in the oversight hearings had claimed. And here, we know what happened. We have it on video. We saw the president saying these things. We saw what followed.
There is far less wiggle room here to link the president with what -- with the events that actually happened on January 6. Like, there is a very clear nexus.
MURRAY: That wasn`t necessarily the case before.
And while many people thought it was a bad defense to say last time, oh, the president demanded an illegal probe into his rival, Joe Biden, who is now replacing him, but it never happened, that that was a bad defense if it was still an attempted potential high crime.
But, as you point out, Professor, you certainly have a stronger evidentiary argument when the thing was both fomented, requested, and happened. We all lived through Wednesday.
Another person that`s coming in -- and this could end up being potential evidence at the trial -- is, of all people, Bill Barr. Take a listen.
QUESTION: Perhaps the debate about the integrity of the election was the final straw.
WILLIAM BARR, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL: I think that that was the thing that precipitated the riots on the Hill.
Now, I think it`s always important to remember that most people are exercising their First Amendment rights, but there was a substantial group, obviously, that went far beyond that and broke into the Capitol and tried to interfere with the proceedings. And that`s unacceptable.
MELBER: Jason, what`s important here is not how annoying some of the other word salad is, but that even Bill Barr, who is known as the most partisan and loyal lawyer that Donald Trump could find and install at the DOJ, after many efforts, is saying similar to what McConnell is saying, what Professor Murray just walked us through, which is, that thing happened, and they did cause that thing.
The election lies that others tried to downplay and say, well, let him have his time to absorb, actually, according to Bill Barr -- quote -- "precipitated" the insurrection, Jason.
JOHNSON: Yes. And Bill Barr was one of the people who did an investigation for Donald Trump and say hey, look, we didn`t find any election -- any sort of election difficulties, any sort of cheating one way or another.
He was not going to participate in the silly process afterwards.
And what I think is really interesting is, again, when we look at the notion of this trial, every single person who is voting is also a witness, which is not what you would have in most trials, right? Everyone there is, like, yes, we were in the Senate when this actually happened.
If this were a "Law & Order" episode, there would be a special episode. They would bring in Mike Pence. Mike, did you hear, did security tell you that they were screaming, hang Mike Pence?
So, this is kind of a different situation...
JOHNSON: ... where the senators can try and dance around like Bill Barr and create word salad, but none of them can say it didn`t happen. None of them can say they weren`t afraid.
Only thing that they can say is at this particular point is, they somehow don`t hold Donald Trump responsible. But, unlike last year, where they can say, well, it was a perfect phone call, we don`t know what happened in the phone call, none of these people who are going to be speaking can claim that they were not terrified for their very lives, and that they didn`t see crowds of people outside threatening and building gallows and calling for their deaths.
MELBER: Professor Murray, since we have you here, any quick thoughts on what is rumored to be a potentially large number of pardons that could come down any time before Trump formally becomes an ex-president tomorrow?
MURRAY: Well, I think we`re all bracing for pardon-palooza.
And I think it will be big. To be clear, though, there are lots of ways presidents can wield the clemency power. And one of the ways that they can do so is to sort of indicate policy preferences.
Like, for example, Obama granted pardons to those who were convicted of low-level drug offenses. We`re not seeing that here. There`s no policy agenda being advanced, other than that which suits the president.
These are individuals who have been close to the president, who have access to his allies, and those are the ones who are getting this kind of consideration right now. That`s not the way this was meant to work.
MELBER: Professional Murray with important context on the news that may be coming -- we will have it for you if it breaks tonight -- and Jason Johnson. Thanks for both of you for two angles on the McConnell story.
Up ahead: There is new reporting on the lengths that fringe militias are going to try to affect the inauguration. We have the attorney general of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, here. Donald Trump leaves in disgrace. We have a special look at the end of the Trump era with someone who was right about it from the beginning.
MELBER: We are basically now hours ahead of the Joe Biden inauguration plans, and Washington is on lockdown.
Meanwhile, there is plenty of law enforcement news, two army National Guard members removed from their inauguration duties for alleged ties to fringe militias, while 12 have been relieved of duties due to the zero tolerance policy for any criminal history or other flags that emerge.
Meanwhile, authorities are tracking plots where attackers or would-be terrorists may try to dress in Guard uniforms. And, today, one of the attackers from the Capitol now indicted for conspiracy and -- quote -- "planning the insurrection," while new video shows more of the emerging chaos from inside the attack, as well as how these individuals were blatantly attacking and menacing the outmatched officers.
UNIDENTIFIED RIOTER: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! You`re scared now, mother (EXPLETIVE DELETED)!
MELBER: We are joined by the attorney general of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, who also has experience serving in Congress, multiple perspectives.
Thanks for joining us tonight.
KEITH ELLISON, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Happy to be with you, Ari.
MELBER: Based on what you can say from the publicly available evidence, what is important for everyone to understand in a complex investigation of what was a riotous and out-of-control scene about what we`re now learning about the extent of this, as opposed to what people were first seeing in those early days?
ELLISON: Well, it is important to understand that there was significant presence of law enforcement and people with military experience at this insurrection.
We know, right there in Virginia, there were two officers. There was an officer from Houston. And, every day, I`m reading reports that there were large numbers, perhaps as many as more than a dozen. And so I`m reading the news on this.
And I think that it really is -- it`s an important thing, because in 2018, Ari, I wrote a letter to the Department of Defense raising questions about a group called Atomwaffen, which is a white supremacist neo-Nazi group, infiltrating the U.S. military.
They responded to me in 2018 that they had about 27 instances in which they had to take action and which they found people involved that way.
I think that, from the FBI, to local police departments, to the United States military, there needs to be a real search into people who are motivated by extremist ideology, because I think that, if you -- if the United States military or any other law enforcement agency has to function, it has to know that everybody`s dedicated to the mission, and white supremacy and neo-Nazism and democracy are completely incompatible.
MELBER: Facts.
I want to read from "The New York Times," which has the headline, "Investigators arrest more militia members from January 6," what we mentioned in our introduction to you. They`re eying specifically -- quote - - "right-wing militias, arresting several people suspected of taking part in the violence."
From a law enforcement perspective, is it important to distinguish between people who may have shown up randomly and then committed crimes, for which they will be held hopefully to account, and others who actively planned, conspired and arranged these crimes and may even have wanted to do more violence, had they been able to?
ELLISON: Yes.
There is a degree of culpability that may be different. But if you showed up at that rally and you hurt anyone, or you entered the building unlawfully, you need to build criminally liable for that behavior.
If you are found to have planned and you brought in zip ties, with the intention of kidnapping or murdering members of Congress or the vice president, that is a different level of accountability that needs to be brought.
And I think that it is absolutely essential that law enforcement be aggressive.
But, Ari, I may also say that I hope that your listeners...
ELLISON: I was going to say, I hope that your listeners understand that this is not a situation where you just got some bad people and they`re going dealt with.
As a country, we need to come together and have a series of local community meetings about what it means to live in a multiracial democracy. I`m concerned that these white supremacists, neo-Nazi right-wingers are sort of trying to infect various institutions in our society, not just police and military, but, I mean, even the rotary.
We have got say, we`re a multiracial, inclusive, democratic country, and that`s how it is. And we need to discuss it. And I encourage people at their mosques and synagogues and their churches to get together and talk about this stuff. It`s not just somebody else`s problem.
MELBER: I really appreciate what you say in closing there, Mr. Attorney General, particularly dealing with this, which is why we know the truth matters and words matter.
And so people who say this isn`t America or bad apples or these efforts at minimization can easily be normalization.
ELLISON: That`s right.
MELBER: It is who we are because it`s what happened.
There is way too many people still out publicly minimizing or supporting it. And, yes, let`s all get together. I will meet you at the mosque, the synagogue or anywhere in between, sir. And I appreciate you coming on.
ELLISON: You got it, brother. You got it.
Well, thank you. Any time.
MELBER: All right.
ELLISON: Have a good day, Ari.
MELBER: Thank you to Keith Ellison.
Up ahead: Donald Trump is shattering a tradition and getting called out for.
But first: a legacy of lies, crashing approval, and who got it right, something we do around here. We will hear from someone who got it right next.
MELBER: Today is Donald Trump`s last full day in office.
And it is a matter of objective fact, not criticism, to note that Donald Trump leaves in more disgrace than most modern presidents, dogged by more convictions of top advisers in his first term than any president, rejected in real time by Americans, who now, having seen it all, overwhelmingly disapprove of him. You can see the disapproval surging to the worst of his tenure.
He`s also shunned by business and tech leaders, who spent years making excuses for him, and facing his second Senate trial, with far more on the line this time, as Republicans openly mull using it to potentially bar him from public office forever.
To paraphrase the rapper 21 Savage, Donald Trump has some problems here. How many lawyers you got? A lot. How many problems you got? A lot. How many people doubted you? A lot. Left you out to rot? A lot.
Now, as Trump faces this late and rotting backlash, many are asking, what took so long for so many powerful people to just finally confront what he really, clearly stands for and fought for and said he stood for the whole time?
Would these companies like Twitter be enforcing their rules so vigorously if Donald Trump had just won reelection?
As one writer who warned about Trump from the very beginning puts it: "For four years, as Trump has brought ever more havoc and hatred to this country, many have wondered what it would take to dent his impunity. The answer appears to be committing sedition and losing power."
That writer is "The New York Times"` Michelle Goldberg, and she joins us now.
Michelle, your thoughts?
MICHELLE GOLDBERG, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: I think that we have see over the last four years just how power legitimizes people.
You know, it`s a small example, but one of the first signs that kind of American -- the American establishment was going to adapt to the Trump administration, the resistance aside, despite the fact that there was people who tried to, as we used to say at the beginning, avoid normalizing Trump, you will remember, at the very beginning of this administration or a few months into it, the Harvard Institute of Politics made Corey Lewandowski and Sean Spicer into paid fellows, right?
It was sort of an early sign that, no matter how thuggish, no matter how kind of embarrassingly mendacious you behaved, there was going to be a place for you in the establishment, as long as you had been adjacent to power.
And it`s really interesting that, at the very end of this administration, the Harvard Institute of Politics has jettisoned Elise Stefanik from an advisory board, right, because all of these institutions -- it`s one of many institutions that kind of accommodated itself to Trump. There was always criticism. It`s true that Melania never got a "Vogue" cover, which is a big sore spot.
But, as you see one after another rush to distance themselves, you can then -- every one of these institutions is distancing of themselves now didn`t do so over the last four years.
MELBER: Yes. It`s very important.
I hope you don`t tire of me noting that you were right from the beginning.
GOLDBERG: Thank you.
MELBER: But this is a time where it is worth making sure we are listening to people who did correctly warn. And if others want to adjust and learn, great. We`re in journalism. We`re in the learning business. But who should we learn from?
And the other piece that we`re going continue to stay on that you have also written about relates to a special report we did really doing an accounting of all this, those who knew better because they publicly said so, at least on certain Trump failings, and then cynically doubled back.
Take a look at just a piece of this accountability regarding Senator Cruz.
SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX): This man is a pathological liar.
SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-SC): I think he is a kook. I think he is crazy. I think he is unfit for office.
We should have basically kicked him out of the party.
I`m going to stand with President Trump.
CRUZ: I believe President Trump still has a path to victory.
ARI FLEISCHER, FORMER GEORGE W. BUSH WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: The decent thing to do is let the president himself take the time he wants to absorb this. You have to allow that to happen.
MCCONNELL: President Trump is 100 percent within his rights.
MELBER: Michelle?
GOLDBERG: Well, and you will notice that Mitch McConnell today, after kind of winking and nodding at President Trump`s delegitimization of this election over the last month, has now come out and said that, actually, all of this rhetoric about a stolen election, all of these lies about a stolen election from Trump contributed to the violent attack on the Capitol.
And, in a way, I think impeachment is sort of -- can be seen as a gift to the Republican Party, because people like McConnell and some of these other leaders are being given a chance to, having for four years ridden this Faustian bargain -- that`s a mixed metaphor -- but worked this Faustian bargain for all it was worth, right, gotten all the judges, had gotten all the sort of maximalist ideological conservative figures and all throughout the bureaucracy, having gotten everything they can out of Trump, are now being given the opportunity to purge the party of him, to kind of whitewash their own complicity.
GOLDBERG: And not all of them see it that way, but I think that, for McConnell, it`s a really good bargain.
MELBER: Right.
You`re hitting on something that is so tricky right now. You also raise the rhetorical question of, if you`re trying to hide your own support for white supremacy, is that even a whitewash, or is there some other term? I`m not sure. I`m just trying to keep up with your rhetoric.
But with regard to the actual point you just raised, if Mitch McConnell is that cynical about it, in a way, he may ultimately think he gets a political benefit out of shutting the door, if he can find the votes, convict Trump, bar him from office.
It might make his life easier dealing with intramural Republican debates. And yet what is the ethical argument about what`s best there, Michelle?
GOLDBERG: Well, look, the ethical question is, obviously, that Donald Trump has committed high crimes and misdemeanors and should be impeached. He should have been impeached a year ago.
And it`s hard to fathom the amount of human suffering that we could have avoided in this country had the Senate taken the steps to remove him a year ago. The country would be in an infinitely better place, and, actually, the Republican Party would probably be in an infinitely better place. It`s unlikely that they would have lost control of the House, the Senate and the presidency all at once.
The Republican Party is in a bind because they can`t -- Trump is -- they can`t win with Trump, right? Trump voters are not enough to win an election, even with all of the GOP structural advantages.
And yet just kind of they also can`t win with just traditional Republican votes, right? They do the best when they get both the Trump vote and the anti-Trump Republican votes. And they have to find a way to keep that coalition together.
But I think it`s obvious that they would be far better off in 2024 if they cleared the deck for another candidate, since Trump -- I think it`s easy to forget what a fluke Trump`s victory was in 2016, especially because he ruled as if he had an overwhelming mandate.
And in 20 -- until 2020, I don`t think we knew for sure whether that really was a fluke or whether it was the beginning of some sort of realignment in American politics.
I think the way this has played out has showed us that, in a lot of way, this was all really a terrible accident, that if it hadn`t been for those few thousand votes in those few states that allowed him to take office, despite being overwhelmingly rejected by a majority of the American people, Trump has never at any point in his tenure had the support of a majority of Americans.
MELBER: Yes. Right.
I have to fit in a break. But, Michelle, it goes to the broader point that life is truly bizarre.
GOLDBERG: It`s bizarre, and yet, in the case of Trump, has a strange sort of symmetry.
MELBER: Yes. Yes.
GOLDBERG: You have this man who goes into office who wants nothing more than celebrity respect, and ends with celebrity disgrace.
MELBER: Yes, and a lot of other things that backfired, and that story is not yet over.
Michelle Goldberg, thank you.
When we come back: There is something normal you will see tomorrow, and something that is not normal, and we shouldn`t pretend it is.
I will explain next.
MELBER: The United States is now officially about 17 hours away from Donald Trump losing all federal power.
And after trying to literally steal the election, Donald Trump`s also breaking traditions and skipping the inauguration, where, for many, he would be a reviled presence.
It is the first time, we should note, that an outgoing president will not attend since our Civil War. Now, some Trump advisers have been pleading with him, for his own self-interest, that it would look better if he at least placed a quick call to president-elect Biden or left him the traditional note in the Oval.
Now, these are traditions that obviously are fluid. They`re not required. They encase the more formal ways that our Constitution requires a peaceful transfer of power.
Historian Michael Beschloss has been sharing some of his favorite and quite iconic photos to show everyone how it typically looks, regardless of even bitter partisan debates.
Here was President Carter with president-elect Reagan in the Blue Room ahead of that inauguration. In 1993, when the Clintons arrived at the White House on Inauguration Day, President George H.W. Bush told them in no uncertain terms -- quote -- "Welcome to your new home," something they shared, an American moment.
There`s a photo of Laura Bush and her daughters giving the Obama daughters a tour of what would be their housing, Jenna Bush leading a tour of the White House family quarters.
Or take the very divisive 2016. Within two days of that election, Barack Obama was setting the tone, welcoming Donald Trump, regardless of their history. And you see Joe Biden right there bringing Pence into his office, while Michelle Obama hosted Melania Trump at the White House, a contrast to this:
QUESTION: Has your mom heard from Melania Trump about doing the traditional protocols?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No. I don`t think they`re doing the traditional protocol, which is unfortunate, but I think we`re all OK with it.
MELBER: Donald Trump and his administration`s rebellion against those customs is not as important as his attempts to illegally steal the election, but it does overlap with an autocratic and lying bent.
It is not normal. It should not become normal. That is a nonpartisan point that every American can keep in mind tomorrow.
MELBER: We are bracing to be busy tonight and tomorrow, whether it`s covering potential pardons or the inauguration itself, so I did want to remind you can always find me on social media @AriMelber, where we may be weighing in or doing some live legal reporting.
That does it for us on THE BEAT tonight.
I do want to tell you to make sure you check out the special hour at 10:00 p.m. tonight, Joy Reid`s exclusive with Speaker Pelosi.
And up next is "THE REIDOUT" itself.
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