Republicans Offer Biden Rival Relief Package

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Ten Senate Republicans on Sunday off ered President Biden a COVID-19 relief deal to rival the White House’s $1.9 trillion package, testing the new president’s pledge for unity and working across the aisle. The senators said they want to meet with Mr. Biden to discuss the roughly $600 billion plan, which they pre- ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS viewed in a letter to the CAN’T HIDE: Robert Packer (inset top), wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” shirt, was recognized immediately at a store in Virginia during the raid on the Capitol. Adam White House on Sunday Johnson, who carried the lectern of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was turned in by a townsman who said he had “no second thoughts about assisting” the FBI. and will outline in detail on Monday. LAW ENFORCEMENT “As you proclaimed in your Inaugural Ad- dress, overcoming the challenges facing our FBI gets a little help from rioters’ friends nation ‘requires the ASSOCIATED PRESS most elusive of things CAN’T WAIT: President in a democracy: Unity.’ Biden has been spending Horriﬁ ed by attack on Capitol, tipsters play role in more than 100 arrests Heeding that important the past days creating a call, we welcome the sense of urgency around BY STEPHEN DINAN they had crossed paths enough that Mr. Mestel said In some cases, they didn’t know the people they opportunity to work his proposed coronavirus

THE WASHINGTON TIMES he had no doubt. were tracking down but saw something on social with you in a biparti- relief package. He called authorities. media and went to work. In at least one case, some- san manner to combat Allan Mestel watched the Jan. 6 attack on Con- “He felt absolutely entitled to be doing what one happened to be in the right place at the right the COVID-19 virus and gress unfold on television. The next day, a news he’s doing, and when I saw that, I had no second time and overheard an admission. provide continued support to families struggling photo that caught his attention showed a man in thoughts about assisting,” Mr. Mestel told The Eager to help identify people who were part of during the pandemic,” wrote Sens. Susan M. Collins a Trump hat, grinning from ear to ear, as he toted Washington Times. the attack, they called the FBI. It became a sort of of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah, Lisa Murkowski of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern through the He was not alone. national cleansing. Alaska and seven other centrists. halls of the Capitol. They were former lovers and Facebook friends, “The book value of that lectern is $1,000, but The Republicans presented their off er as Demo- It looked like Adam Johnson, who lived in the work colleagues, casual acquaintances, a probation crats were moving to go it alone under a budget same town as Mr. Mestel. They weren’t friends, but offi cer and, in one case, a defense lawyer. » see CAPITOL | A5 maneuver that gets around the Senate ﬁ libuster » see RELIEF | A5 FOREIGN POLICY ▶One-shot vaccine shows 66% effi cacy. Afghanistan withdrawal unsure under Biden A4

BY GUY TAYLOR With the Biden administration declaring last SOCIETY THE WASHINGTON TIMES U.S. sees little progress week that the Taliban have failed to live up to Trump-era commitments to reduce violence, the The Biden administration is sounding a strik- after deal with Taliban U.S.-backed Afghan government has bluntly called Professor: Give ingly skeptical tone on the prospects for a durable out the militants for undermining the fragile peace Afghan-Taliban power-sharing deal, putting into A successful deal is critical to U.S. hopes to process. doubt a major diplomatic achievement of the Trump withdraw the last 2,500 American combat troops “The Taliban are ﬁ nding one excuse after another drug users legal administration. in Afghanistan, but there were indications Sunday not to meet,” Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said The U.S. is receiving warnings from Kabul that that allied forces ﬁ ghting alongside U.S. troops are peace talks with the militants are going nowhere. not ready to go home. » see TALIBAN | A9 right to pursue

REGION their happiness Insists simple solution Major winter can save lives, costs

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An occasional interview series with Americans D.C. with more who are challenging the status quo. Columbia University psychology professor Carl snow to come Hart believes he has the ﬁ x for America’s drug problems: legalize drugs. All of them. BY SHEN WU TAN Mr. Hart thinks factors such as cost-eff ectiveness

THE WASHINGTON TIMES and saving lives are important parts of his solution, but they are not the chief reasons he said society The fi rst signifi cant snowfall to hit the D.C. area should take the step to legal- in two years was expected to aff ect transportation ization. Instead, he said, it is a into Tuesday by slickening roads in sheets of ice matter of freedom. and sleet. “I’m talking about treating The snowfall Sunday was part of a larger weather adults like adults,” Mr. Hart said. system covering parts of the Midwest, the mid- “What I’m trying to do is to get Atlantic and the Northeast in seasonal frost. Americans to really grapple with what the Declara- A major storm could bring near blizzard con- tion of Independence means. This promise of ‘life, ditions to the Northeast through Tuesday. The liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ It means you National Weather Service was anticipating heavy can live your life as you see fi t.” snow, strong winds and widespread coastal fl ooding. Mr. Hart’s conclusion is radical and a marked The D.C. area was projected to get 4 to 8 inches departure from Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” cam- of snow from Sunday into Tuesday, and the heavi- paign, but organizations ranging from the liberal est snowfall was expected north of Baltimore, NORML (the National Organization for the Reform National Weather Service meteorologist Brian of Marijuana Laws) to the conservative National Lasorsa said. He said the D.C. area probably would ASSOCIATED PRESS Review have widely embraced some degree of drug WINTRY WALK: Th e National Mall hasn’t been coated in so much snow in two years. Forecasters predicted » see SNOW | A7 that the D.C. area would get 4 to 8 inches of snow in total before the weather system leaves Tuesday. » see LEGAL | A9

TRUMP QUIETLY ‘GETTING STRONGER’ The trend appears to be intensifying according to polling data. INSIDE THE In 2005, a Gallup poll off ered insight. The countdown is on for the Senate impeachment trial of for- “While a fi fth of U.S. teens (21%) say they are ‘more liberal’ than mer President Donald Trump, set to make its debut — media ready their parents and 7% say ‘more conservative,’ 7 in 10 teens (71%) say — in one week. Opening arguments are expected to start on Feb. BELTWAY their social and political ideology is about the same as mom and 8. News organizations, however, are already previewing the event BY JENNIFER HARPER dad’s,” the pollster reported at the time. with gusto. When the big day dawns, the trial likely will generate By 2015, a comprehensive Stanford University study of the much special coverage, a multitude of analysts and experts, fancy political leanings of parents and children revealed that 54% of U.S. graphics, historical references, timelines, editorials and endless children over the age of 16 either rejected their parents’ political speculation — the usual treatment, in other words. beliefs or incorrectly identifi ed them. Mr. Trump, in the meantime, is staying out of the limelight at the moment — which could be a very benefi cial thing indeed as MEANWHILE IN MARYLAND the press whips itself up into a standard media frenzy. This is a case of less is more, some say. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will stage An emerging dynamic is at work far from the nation’s capital ac- the state’s fi rst “Primitive Deer Hunt” — a three-day event which cording to Tara Palmeri — who covers politics for Politico. She has opens statewide on Monday. just returned from a visit to Wyoming — specifi cally to peek in on “Hunters with a valid hunting license, or those exempt from the a rally that took place on Thursday in Cheyenne and was organized hunting license requirement, may use primitive bows or muzzle- by Rep. Matt Gaetz. The Florida Republican was intent on drawing loaders to hunt sika and white-tailed deer during these days,” the local attention to Rep. Liz Cheney — a fellow Republican who rep- department said in an advisory. resents the Cowboy State but voted for Mr. Trump’s impeachment. “Primitive hunting devices are defi ned as long bows, recurve Ms. Palmeri had a few thoughts about the local population’s bows, fl intlock, or sidelock percussion muzzleloaders. Hunters may sentiment toward Mr. Trump. not use compound bows, crossbows, drawlocks, and telescopic or “I’m really happy I went out there and saw it. I think there’s a other electronic aiming devices. However, fi ber optic sights are huge disconnect right now between Washington and the rest of the permitted on otherwise legal primitive bows or muzzleloaders,” the country. And you know, Trump people don’t want to hear anything ASSOCIATED PRESS advisory notes. against Trump. Actually, the more he stays out of the media, the One political reporter says former President Donald Trump’s staying out “The newly created Primitive Deer Hunt will give deer hunters more he becomes this martyr, this looming fi gure over the GOP,” of the limelight is helping him score points with his political base. one last opportunity to enjoy their favorite pastime,” Wildlife and she told MSNBC in the aftermath of her visit. Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto said in a statement. “A lot of people said they aren’t really Republicans, that they’re “The purposeful timing of this season allows deer hunters to for Trump. That’s it. And it’s just — I think he’s actually getting — I gripped the party, and I don’t think there’s a lot of space for the experience more challenging hunting conditions using low-tech think the base is getting — stronger. Truly,” Ms. Palmeri advised. Republican Party to go back to the old way of doing things,” he hunting devices,” he noted. concluded. ‘A SYMBOL OF THE PAST’ POLL DU JOUR THE DIVIDE GROWS Tristan Justice, a correspondent for The Federalist, also went ⦁ 83% of U.S. voters support sending a $1,400 one-time payment to Wyoming to witness Mr. Gaetz’s public event and to gauge how Political divides in families are becoming so frequent that one to most Americans as part of a coronavirus relief eff ort; 78% of the residents of Cheyenne felt about the aforementioned Rep. Liz psychiatrist is now off ering guidelines for parents who fear their Republicans, 81% of independents and 89% of Democrats agree. Cheney. Mr. Gaetz apparently did not mince words. children have been led astray by outsiders with an agenda. ⦁ 15% of voters overall oppose the idea; 22% of Republicans, 16% “He really branded Liz Cheney as emblematic of the old way of “Parents are losing their teens these days — not only to drugs, of independents and 9% of Democrats agree. doing things,” Mr. Justice told “The Federalist Radio,” a podcast. violence and suicide — but to the infl uence of teachers, peers ⦁ 60% overall say the $1,400 checks should be “phased out” Mr. Gaetz also identifi ed what the Republican Party needs to and social media pushing political agendas,” says Dr. Carole based on income to ensure funds go to people who need them avoid if it’s going to be “successful in the future.” Lieberman, a board-certifi ed psychiatrist based in Beverly Hills, most; 59% of Republicans, 63% of independents and 60% of Demo- And the people’s reaction? California. crats agree. “The crowd loved it. Every single person I spoke to, they com- “Adolescence is a time when kids normally rebel against their ⦁ 36% overall say the $1,400 checks should go to all Americans plained about Liz Cheney, not necessarily because of her impeach- parents as part of their becoming independent adults. So, when regardless of income; 36% of Republicans, 35% of independents ment vote. A lot of them said that impeachment was just the last teachers infl uence kids’ political beliefs and their classmates and and 37% of Democrats agree. straw, that they were already upset with Cheney. They really just social media urge them to be cool and shame their parents for their SOURCE: A VOX/DATA FOR PROGRESS POLL OF 1,164 LIKELY U.S. VOTERS CONDUCTED JAN. 15-19. attacked her for being a symbol of the past,” Mr. Justice said. diff ering political beliefs, they say, ‘Hell, yeah. Where do I sign “Liz Cheney is in trouble in her own state. Trumpism has up?’” she said. ⦁ Helpful information to [email protected]

IMMIGRATION INSIDEINSIDE Sen. Elizabeth POLITICS Warren, Homeland Security Massachusetts Democrat, called for more regulation on grants deportation REPUBLICANS Wall Street. She said GOP governor dismisses state there’s too much manipulation in it. amnesty to Syrians party’s decision to censure him ASSOCIATED PRESS Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Sunday BY STEPHEN DINAN new administration’s relation- brushed off the state GOP’s decision to THE WASHINGTON TIMES ship with Syrian Americans and censure him over perceived disloyalty to a Syria policy that promotes the former President Donald Trump, saying he Homeland Security an- safety of Syrian civilians and is a proud Republican who worked hard for nounced a new deportation am- their aspirations for a free and the former president but he had to certify nesty Friday for Syrians living democratic Syria,” the council the November election results. in the U.S., renewing the status said. “I had very little choice but to do the of about 6,700 people already TPS has long been contro- right thing, follow the law and the Constitu- SENATE protected, and extending it to versial, with more than 400,000 tion,” Mr. Ducey told CNN’s “State of the Warren: GameStop controversy shows need for more regulation cover about 1,800 more Syrians people currently protected from Union.” who are currently in the country 10 countries. Some have been Arizona’s Republican Party members Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday Robinhood subsequently restricted illegally. here more than two decades on Jan. 23 censured Mr. Ducey, former Sen. there is too much manipulation in the its users from buying certain stocks, Acting Secretary David Peko- under TPS. Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain, widow of the stock market and not enough regulation, including GameStop, AMC Entertainment ske announced the move, which The Trump administration late Sen. John McCain, all of whom clashed pointing to the debate about GameStop and BlackBerry, among others, but the fl exes what’s known as Tempo- tried to put an end to some of with Mr. Trump. trades as the latest sign of rot on Wall platform allowed its users to sell those rary Protected Status. those longest-running desig- The symbolic action came after the state Street. same stocks. TPS grants a halt of deporta- nations, such as the 200,000 GOP reelected Kelli Ward, who calls herself “It’s a rigged game,” the Massachu- The episode generated big headlines, tions, and allows people to get people from El Salvador. That a “Trump Republican,” for a second term as setts Democrat told CNN’s “State of the with some arguing that average Joe inves- work permits and some taxpayer move was delayed in the courts, chairwoman. Union.” “It’s a set of players who come in tors gave crafty billionaire investors a benefi ts, during the duration of and the Biden team is expected The party said it censured Mr. Ducey and manipulate the market.” taste of their own medicine. the designation. Syria has been to reverse the former president’s over his imposing of emergency COVID- Last week, a crush of users on the no- Ms. Warren said that wealthy hedge designated since 2012, and Mr. eff orts. 19 rules that “restrict personal liberties fee investment app Robinhood pumped funds and others for years have turned Pekoske’s move grants another Biden offi cials are also ex- and force compliance to unconstitutional up stocks such as GameStop following the market into a “casino” instead of a 18-month window. pected to grant new designations edicts.” calls on social media sites such as Reddit place to raise capital and grow companies. But the key decision was to to other countries. But the governor also had resisted Mr. to buy the stocks. — Tom Howell Jr. re-designate the country, which “The United States is restor- Trump’s calls to overturn Mr. Biden’s nar- opens the program to Syrians ing its commitment to providing row win in the state. who have arrived and are now humanitarian protection,” Anna — Tom Howell Jr. ENERGY advises clients on permitting for pipelines here illegally. Gallagher, executive director Industry: Keystone shutdown and other energy projects. “The Syrian civil war contin- of Catholic Legal Immigration POLITICS expected, more fast action isn’t — Associated Press ues to demonstrate deliberate Network, Inc., said after Friday’s Lincoln Project denounces targeting of civilians, the use announcement. co-founder in misconduct case After President Biden revoked Keystone POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE of chemical weapons and ir- On Capitol Hill, Democrats XL’s presidential permit and shut down Kinzinger forms PAC to fi ght regular warfare tactics, and use are fighting to grant perma- The anti-Donald Trump group The construction of the long-disputed pipeline of child soldiers. The war has nent legal status to most of the Lincoln Project is denouncing one of its that was to carry oil from Canada to Texas, Trump infl uence on the GOP also caused sustained need for 400,000 TPS holders. co-founders after multiple reports that over opponents of other pipelines hoped the Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of 10 Republi- humanitarian assistance, an in- President Trump had op- several years he sexually harassed young projects they’ve been fi ghting would be cans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, crease in refugees and displaced posed that eff ort, and in one men looking to break into politics. next. is launching a political action committee to people, food insecurity, limited now infamous reported incident The Lincoln Project in a statement on The Biden administration hasn’t push back against a House GOP leadership access to water and medical referred to some of those nations Sunday called co-founder John Weaver, 61, specifi ed what action it might take on other team and party that he says have become care, and large-scale destruc- as “s---hole” countries. “a predator, a liar, and an abuser” following pipelines, but industry experts doubt there too closely aligned to the former president. tion of Syria’s infrastructure. That comment was cited by reports that he repeatedly sent unsolicited will be swift changes like the one that The “Country 1st” PAC, unveiled in a These conditions prevent Syrian courts in several cases halting and sexually charged messages online to stopped Keystone. They say the Keystone 6-minute video released Sunday, will chal- nationals from safely returning,” some of his immigration moves. young men, often while suggesting he could XL move on Mr. Biden’s fi rst day fulfi lled a lenge the current direction of a GOP that Homeland Security said in jus- Both Republicans and Demo- help them get work in politics. campaign promise and was symbolic for a Mr. Kinzinger says has wrongly become a tifying the move. crats have called for Venezuela “The totality of his deceptions are president who has made climate change a “Trump-fi rst party” to the detriment of the Immigration, Muslim and to be designated with TPS to beyond anything any of us could have national security priority. nation, as seen by the deadly Jan. 6 riot at Syrian advocacy groups cheered allow people who fl ed the re- imagined and we are absolutely shocked “I think generally we can expect more the Capitol. the news. gime there a chance to remain and sickened by it,” The Lincoln Project, rigorous environmental reviews, more The Illinois congressman cited most The Syrian American Coun- in the U.S. the most prominent “Never Trump” Repub- scrutiny and so forth. But I would be very Republicans’ seeming unwillingness to cil called the decision “just and Mr. Trump, in his fi nal days, lican super PAC to emerge during the 45th surprised if Biden were to take any action hold Mr. Trump accountable for his role in fact-based.” announced another type of president’s term, said in its statement. of the executive order type,” said Ben encouraging the violent protests. “This decision provides a short-term deportation amnesty, — Associated Press Cowan, an environmental law attorney who — Associated Press strong starting point for the but not TPS.

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“Totally unacceptable … Th ere is no place for violence in our political dialogue.” — Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Republican, on CNN on Sunday, calling for GOP leadership to take a deﬁ nitive stand against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the freshman Georgia Republican who “liked” a Politics Facebook comment in 2019 suggesting “a bullet to the head” for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

IMPEACHMENT Trump announces new legal team ahead of trial agreement with the comedian in Impeachment case to be held in Senate next week 2005 in exchange for his testimony in a related civil lawsuit. Under BY DAVE BOYER Trump team said Mr. Schoen has Three other lawyers who had a new prosecutor in 2018, Cosby

THE WASHINGTON TIMES already been working with Mr. been gearing up to defend the was convicted of aggravated inde- Trump’s advisers to prepare for the former president also left the team. cent assault and sentenced to state Former President Donald trial, due to begin Feb. 8. Mr. Schoen said it is an honor prison. Trump announced Sunday night “Both Shoen and Castor agree to represent Mr. Trump. Trump adviser Jason Miller criti- that he’s hired a new team of law- that this impeachment is unconsti- Mr. Castor said in the state- cized Senate Democrats for moving yers to represent him in his Senate tutional — a fact 45 senators voted ment, “I consider it a privilege to ahead with the impeachment trial. impeachment trial, scheduled to in agreement with last week,” the represent the 45th president. The “The Democrats’ eff orts to im- start in just a week. statement said. strength of our Constitution is peach a president who has already Mr. Trump said trial lawyers Mr. Schoen also made head- about to be tested like never be- left offi ce is totally unconstitutional David Schoen of Alabama and lines in 2019 for meeting with ac- fore in our history. It is strong and and so bad for our country,” Mr. Bruce Castor Jr. of suburban Phila- cused sex-traffi cker Jeff rey Epstein, resilient, a document written for ASSOCIATED PRESS Miller said in a statement. delphia will head his impeachment days before Epstein died in prison, the ages, and it will triumph over Bruce Castor Jr. of Pennsylvania is one of the trial lawyers who will head The House impeached Mr. defense, “bringing national profi les to discuss his case. partisanship yet again and always.” former President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense. He said in a Trump on Jan. 13 for inciting a and signifi cant trial experience in The announcement of the for- In a test vote last week, 45 Re- statement that it is a privilege to represent the former president. deadly riot at the Capitol on Jan. high profi le cases to the eff ort.” mer president’s new legal team publican senators voted against 6, when Trump supporters tried to Mr. Schoen has experience comes after Mr. Trump parted the principle of putting a former stop Congress from counting the in voting-rights cases, and Mr. ways with South Carolina law- president who is now a private wealthy “Main Line” neighbor- in Pennsylvania for perjury and Electoral College results certifying Castor is a former Montgomery yers Butch Bowers and Deborah citizen on trial. hoods. He also was elected to the subsequently resigned. President Biden’s victory. County, Pennsylvania, district at- Barbier, who were preparing to Mr. Castor was elected twice as county’s Board of Commissioners. When multiple allegations of It would take two-thirds of the torney who declined to prosecute represent him in the Senate trial. the top prosecutor in Montgomery He became acting state attor- sexual assault were raised against Senate to convict Mr. Trump and disgraced comedian Bill Cosby. People familiar with the separation County, a huge suburb of Phila- ney general when Democrat Kath- Cosby, Mr. Castor as district attor- bar him from holding offi ce again, The announcement by the said it was a mutual decision. delphia that includes the region’s leen Kane faced criminal charges ney entered into a non-prosecution a threshold that is unlikely.

CONGRESS Pelosi purchase of Tesla stock raises Larry Hogan Henry McMaster ethical questions Conservative group raises alarm

BY JAMES VARNEY lost runoff elections last month,

THE WASHINGTON TIMES tipping the balance of power in Gretchen Whitmer Eric Holcomb Doug Ducey the Senate to Democrats. A watchdog group has called The Justice Department ulti- out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mately closed the investigation for a very profi table Tesla stock against all the senators without deal shortly before the Biden charges. administration released plans to Some political observers say make the federal automobile fl eet the perception of elected offi cials electric. enriching themselves on infor- Tom Wolf Andy Beshear Mike DeWine Last month, Paul Pelosi, a mation they obtain that is not wealthy venture capitalist and available to average investors is husband of the California Dem- enough to warrant barring them ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS ocrat, bought up to $1 million from playing the stock market. Legislators in several states are seeking to strip their governors of many emergency powers aft er their handling of the coronavirus. worth of Tesla stock when the “We know that mere disclo- price was roughly $640.34 a share. sure of securities trades is not PUBLIC HEALTH The price had shot up to $838 a enough. The need for a stricter share by Thursday on the Nasdaq rule is abundantly clear,” Donna exchange. M. Nagy, a law professor at In- Tesla stock has been a darling diana University law profes- State lawmakers push to curb powers of of Wall Street for years, and the sor, wrote in a recent op-ed for company stands to reap huge Bloomberg Law. governors over coronavirus restrictions profi ts if the federal government In 2012, Congress passed the moves to an all-electric fl eet. Stop Trading on Congressional The federal government has Knowledge (STOCK) Act, but BY DAVID A. LIEB Most legislatures began their sessions Ms. Whitmer was the target of an more than 645,000 cars in its fl eet. some critics feel that measure is

ASSOCIATED PRESS last month. alleged kidnapping plot last fall by anti- “It’s corrupt and unaccept- insuffi cient. Kentucky’s Republican-led Legisla- government extremists upset over her able for members of Congress, A complete ban would be Irritated by the sweeping use of ex- ture could consider as soon as this week coronavirus restrictions. particularly the speaker, to trade better, if only to save Congress ecutive orders during the COVID-19 crisis, whether to override Democratic Gov. Though legislative resistance to execu- stocks in companies aff ected by members embarrassment, said state lawmakers around the U.S. are mov- Andy Beshear’s vetoes of several bills that tive coronavirus orders has fallen largely their votes in Congress,” said James Trusty, a former federal ing to curb the authority of governors and would rein in his emergency powers. along partisan lines in some states, law- John Pudner, executive director prosecutor who currently works top health offi cials to impose emergency Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Senate makers elsewhere are pushing back against of TakeBack.org, a conservative inside trading cases at Ifrah Law. restrictions such as mask rules and busi- voted last week to repeal Democratic Gov. governors of their own parties. political reform organization fo- “Even if the actual charges are ness shutdowns. Tony Evers’ emergency health order, which Republicans in the Arizona Senate cused on pay-to-play corruption. not provable beyond a reasonable The push is underway in such states as would end the state’s mask mandate. The want to end the broad emergency pow- “Elected leaders from all po- doubt or trigger SEC action, the Arizona, Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, Ken- Republican-controlled Assembly called ers that GOP Gov. Doug Ducey has used litical parties should live up to timing of trades with potential tucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania, where off a similar vote Thursday in the face of to limit large gatherings and business a standard of ethics that ordi- insider information always looks legislators are seeking a constitutional criticism from health, school and business capacities. nary Americans see as vital to bad,” Mr. Trusty said. “The best amendment to strip the governor of many leaders and concern that it could jeopar- Ohio Sen. Rob McColley introduced a the country,” Mr. Pudner said route for eliminating the problem of his emergency powers. dize more than $49 million in federal aid. bill last week that could rescind emergency Thursday. would be to have true blind trusts Pennsylvania Republican state Sen. Wisconsin Republicans have argued health orders issued by Gov. Mike DeW- A recent fi nancial disclosure imposed while people serve in Wayne Langerholc said the amendment that Mr. Evers exceeded his authority by ine, a fellow Republican. It would create a report by Mrs. Pelosi showed Congress. Not ‘peek-a-boo’ sto- would “make it unequivocally clear that issuing multiple emergency declarations committee to retroactively review them. the couple had made 25 stock ries or anything murky, just a our General Assembly is a co-equal branch during the pandemic, which enabled him Mr. DeWine vetoed a similar bill last year. market maneuvers, known as call blanket rule while you’re in offi ce … that we are not a monarchy and that our to extend the mask mandate beyond the Mr. McColley said the Legislature options, which will allow Mrs. Pe- so there’s not even a temptation to voices matter.” 60 days allowed under the law without needs to take action “when the relatively losi to buy Tesla at $500-a-share cash in on access to information.” Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and some getting the Legislature’s approval. unfettered power of the executive branch up to March 2022. The amount Last month , Sen. Elizabeth of his counterparts around the country Mr. Evers contends that the changing during a time of emergency has lasted as of the investment was as much Warren, Massachusetts Demo- have argued that they need authority to nature of the pandemic warranted new long as it has.” as $1 million. crat, reintroduced anti-cor- act quickly and decisively against the fast- emergency declarations. In Indiana, Republican Gov. Eric The timing of the moves ruption legislation that would changing threat. The amendment Pennsylvania Repub- Holcomb’s executive orders have also proved fortuitous. ban stock trading by Congress The coronavirus has killed an esti- licans are seeking to place on the May bal- stirred opposition from his own party. A Pelosi spokesman said her members. mated 430,000 Americans and is going lot also would put a cap on the governor’s GOP-sponsored legislation would require husband, not the speaker, made “After nearly four years of through its most lethal phase yet, despite disaster declarations — 21 days, unless lawmakers to be called into session to the Tesla bets and the speak- the most corrupt president in the rollout of vaccines, with new and more lawmakers vote to extend them. The Leg- extend a governor’s emergency order er’s political relationships were American history and with U.S. contagious variants from abroad turning islature also could halt them at any time beyond 60 days. irrelevant. senators brazenly trading stocks up in the U.S. with a two-thirds vote. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster Grumbling about politicians to profi t from a raging pandemic, State legislatures generally took on Mr. Wolf has said that prematurely end- is supporting legislation that would give profi ting on insider information the Anti-Corruption and Public lesser roles after the pandemic hit, with ing his disaster declaration would itself be lawmakers greater opportunity to pass has dogged fi gures in both parties Integrity Act is more urgent than many suspending work or adjourning. “disastrous” for the state and that requiring judgment on his emergency declarations. over the years. ever,” read a statement from Ms. It has been governors or their top health repeated legislative approval “could slow Under current law, Mr. McMaster can In 2020, several Republican Warren and a co-sponsor in the offi cials who have set many of the poli- down or halt emergency response when issue a declaration for just 15 days before and Democratic senators were House. cies — imposing mask mandates, limit- aid is most needed.” the General Assembly has to weigh in. The accused of reaping stock market Ms. Warren’s offi ce did not ing public gatherings and shutting down In Michigan, House Republicans have Republican governor has skirted that by gains after early briefings for respond Thursday to questions dine-in restaurants, gyms, hair salons and threatened to withhold billions of dol- issuing 22 diff erent declarations, with in- Congress on the upcoming shock about whether she believed the other businesses. lars for schools unless Democratic Gov. cremental changes, every two weeks or so. COVID-19 would deliver to the Tesla trades reported by the Pe- Lawmakers in more than half the states Gretchen Whitmer cedes her administra- Mr. McMaster has said his goal wasn’t nation’s economy. losis were further evidence such have fi led bills this year to limit guberna- tion’s power to prohibit in-person instruc- to avoid legislative oversight; he said he While the Senate Select legislation is needed. torial powers during the pandemic and tion and sports to local health depart- couldn’t wait for lawmakers to meet when Committee on Ethics cleared its Mrs. Pelosi’s spokesman re- other emergencies, according to the Na- ments. Ms. Whitmer called the move they were trying to stay apart during the members of wrongdoing, the al- buff ed questions about the speak- tional Conference of State Legislatures. “cruel and reckless.” pandemic. legations haunted former Sens. er’s stand on Ms. Warren’s bill and David Perdue and Kelly Loeffl er, the move to an all-electric fl eet, Georgia Republicans who both saying it was “not relevant.” A4 | POLITICS ☆ R MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021

RUSSIA FBI claimed ‘factual basis’ for probe into Trump Counterintelligence investigation was response to Comey’s ﬁ ring

BY ROWAN SCARBOROUGH

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The FBI opened a counterintelligence probe into then-Presi- dent Donald Trump in May 2017 based on “an articulable factual basis” that he might be secretly working on behalf of the Kremlin, according to a bureau document. ASSOCIATED PRESS The disclosure is contained in Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, was falsely accused of being a Russian asset over four years ago. Ultimately, he an April 8, 2019, FBI memo that ASSOCIATED PRESS was exonerated by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Mr. Page told a court that he continues to suff er because of it. appears to close out the entire Former FBI Deputy Director Russia probe a month after special Andrew McCabe acknowledged INVESTIGATION counsel Robert Mueller fi nished that a counterintelligence probe his investigation. Mr. Mueller did into then-President Trump was a not accuse Mr. Trump or any as- response to fi ring Jim Comey. Fed workers convicted of crimes tied sociate in a Russian conspiracy. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe acknowledged In May 2017, the FBI was in February 2019 that he opened heavily invested in Christopher to Russia lies get lighter punishments the counterintelligence investiga- Steele’s anti-Trump dossier and tion into Mr. Trump as a response its list of about a dozen felony BY JEFF MORDOCK Prosecutors did not charge Wolfe surveillance, which ended in 2017, was an to the president fi ring former FBI claims against Mr. Trump and his

THE WASHINGTON TIMES with leaking classifi ed information from abuse of government power. He insisted Director James B. Comey amid the allies. The FBI came to believe the the warrant. Court documents revealed he was targeted because of his connec- Russia probe. allegations in the dossier, fi nanced Carter Page has received death he briefed reporters on the Senate Intelli- tion to the Trump campaign. The Washington Times ob- by the Democratic Party, were threats, suff ered economic losses and gence Committee’s subpoena of Mr. Page Those claims were vindicated in late tained the three-page “closing untrue and that some parts were is trying to repair a reputation that is and shared details about his coming and 2019 when the Justice Department in- communication” under a Free- Russian disinformation. in tatters while the two government goings at the committee. spector general found at least 17 errors dom of Information Act request Mr. Trump, a builder of hotels, employees convicted in relation to the Testifying at Clinesmith’s sentenc- or omissions, including withholding to the FBI. condos and golf courses, has had smear against him walked away with a ing hearing, Mr. Page said he had been information, in the application to surveil Concerning Mr. Trump, the limited business interest in Russia. slap on the wrist. harassed on the street and while riding Mr. Page. document states: “Using predeter- He looked at several options but Falsely accused of being a Kremlin the Washington Metro rail system. He The disclosure sparked outrage mined criteria established by the has never constructed any projects asset more than four years ago and ul- said he has received death threats and among conservatives and their allies. Crossfi re Hurricane investigation there. A New York Times report timately exonerated by special counsel was called a “traitor” after the media fi rst “If I was Carter Page, I’d hire me a law- team, the FBI opened [deleted] on his tax returns did not show Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, Mr. Page reported he was under FBI surveillance. yer and I’d sue the hell out of the United based on an articulable factual any money from Russian banks. told a federal court on Friday his life Mr. Page told the court he has been States,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South basis that reasonably indicated The New York Times fi rst re- continues to spin out of control because forced to live the “life of an interna- Carolina Republican and former chair- that President Donald J. Trump ported on the FBI’s Trump probe of “manifold misinformation.” tional fugitive” because of the negative man of the Senate Judiciary Committee. may be or had been, wittingly or in January 2019, and Mr. McCabe Mr. Page, a former Trump campaign publicity. Among Inspector General Michael E. unwittingly, involved in activities confi rmed it a month later. He adviser, was never charged with a crime. “I know what it is like to have your life Horowitz’s fi ndings, the most damning for or on behalf of the government was fi red as deputy director for The two men convicted of helping destroyed, although in my case, it didn’t revelation was that an FBI lawyer altered of the Russian Federation which not being forthcoming in an un- perpetuate the false accusations, how- happen because of something I myself an email to make it look like Mr. Page may have constituted violations related Justice Department in- ever, spent a combined two months in did,” Mr. Page said, asking the court to was not a source for the CIA, when, in of federal criminal law or threats spector general investigation into jail. show mercy on Clinesmith. fact, he was. to the national security of the press leaks. A federal judge on Friday sentenced In Wolfe’s case, Mr. Page submitted a That lawyer ultimately turned out to United States.” Mr. Rosenstein sent Mr. Muel- former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith to legal brief ahead of his sentencing. U.S. be Clinesmith, who was charged with A day after the FBI opened ler a scoping memo in August a year of probation and 400 hours of District Judge Amy Berman Jackson re- falsifying a document. the Trump inquiry on May 16, 2017 that singled out four Trump community service. jected it, saying it wasn’t relevant. While in contact with someone who 2017, Acting Attorney General campaign associates as the Russia Clinesmith last year admitted that he Judge Jackson did allow letters in appeared to be the FBI’s liaison to the Rod Rosenstein appointed Mr. probe’s focus. The memo, with falsifi ed a warrant application submitted support of Wolfe by then-Senate Intel- CIA, Clinesmith was informed via email Mueller. some redactions, was released to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ligence Committee Chairman Richard that Mr. Page was indeed a source for Whether Mr. Mueller con- by Senate Judiciary Committee Court (FISC) to continue spying on Mr. Burr, North Carolina Republican, and the CIA. ducted any type of counterintel- Chairman Lindsey Graham, South Page. the committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Mark Clinesmith then altered the email by ligence probe into Mr. Trump is Carolina Republican. Mr. Page declined to comment di- Warner of Virginia. inserting the word “not” next to “source,” not mentioned in his voluminous Mr. Graham has harshly criti- rectly on Clinesmith’s sentence but told Mr. Page, who served as an adviser making it appear as if Mr. Page had no report. There is no evidence in cized the FBI, saying there was The Washington Times he was encour- to Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign, has long relationship with the CIA. the report that Mr. Trump was no evidence any of the targeted aged that the court recognized the im- been the victim of smears. In November, Mr. Page fi led a $75 involved in Russian computer Trump allies had colluded with portance of the Foreign Intelligence An expert on Russia who once worked million lawsuit against the FBI and Jus- hacking or a social media infor- Russia. Surveillance Act system. in Moscow, Mr. Page was accused of tice Department for spying on him. The mation campaign against Hillary “Former FBI Director Comey In 2018, former Senate aide James being a link between the Trump cam- lawsuit names as defendants former Clinton. and his deputy Mr. McCabe, Wolfe received two months in prison for paign and Russian offi cials who meddled FBI Director James B. Comey, former Mr. Rosenstein said in a June through their incompetence and lying to the FBI about his relationships in the 2016 election. Assistant Director Andrew McCabe and 2018 letter to Sen. Charles E. bias, have done a great disservice with the press. One of the fi rst four suspects identi- Clinesmith, among others. Grassley, Iowa Republican: “Spe- to the FBI and DOJ, and the senior Wolfe was ensnared in an FBI probe of fi ed by the FBI in the early days of the He recently told The Washington cial Counsel Mueller is authorized DOJ leadership who signed off media leaks about the surveillance war- Russian collusion probe, Mr. Page was Times that he may take further steps to to investigate potential criminal on the work product called the rants targeting former President Trump’s the only one to have his communications address the FBI’s bungling of the FISA off enses. Counterintelligence in- Crossfire Hurricane investiga- 2016 campaign — warrants that included secretly monitored by the government. warrant. He didn’t elaborate. vestigations involving any cur- tion have created a stain on the Clinesmith’s false information. He repeatedly said the year-long “More to come,” he told The Times. rent or future Russian election department’s reputation that can interference are not the Special only be erased by true reform,” Counsel’s responsibility.” Mr. Graham said.

PUBLIC HEALTH Johnson & Johnson vaccine shows 66% effi cacy rate against COVID-19

BY TOM HOWELL JR. development lead for the Opera- said this was an absolutely spec- is likely to occur with this new

THE WASHINGTON TIMES tion Warp Speed, the federal ini- tacular result [from J&J].” variant from England is going tiative set up by former President Notably, the J&J shot was 85% to happen in the next six to 14 Johnson & Johnson’s coronavi- Donald Trump. effective in preventing severe weeks. And if we see that hap- rus vaccine is less powerful than The J&J vaccine is also easier symptoms across all regions, in- pen, which my 45 years in the existing vaccines but can stave to store, lasting in a refrigerator cluding South Africa, where no trenches tell us we will, we are off severe COVID-19 cases with for up to three months, so far- one in the vaccination part of the going to see something that we a single shot, according to trial fl ung areas might like it. trial died or landed in the hospital have not seen yet in this country,” data, presenting a new tool in the However, “it didn’t work as 28 days after administration of said Michael Osterholm, a key eff ort while creating messaging well as the Pfi zer, Moderna data the shot. There were fi ve COVID- scientist on President Biden’s hurdles for the Biden administra- showed, so there’s going to be 19 deaths in the trial, but they all advisory team, told NBC’s “Meet tion and states. some issues about who gets it, occurred in the placebo group. the Press.” The J&J vaccine kept death who you off er it to,” said Arthur U.S. regulators approved the Vaccines appear to be eff ective and the worst coronavirus symp- Caplan, director of the Division vaccines from Pfi zer and Mod- against the U.K. strain. toms at bay and proved 66% ef- of Medical Ethics at the New York erna in December, so J&J’s ver- The U.S. is under pressure to fective against moderate to se- University Grossman School of ASSOCIATED PRESS sion would add a third to the deliver more doses of two-shot vere illness in a multination trial, Medicine. Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine appears to nation’s arsenal. The company vaccines from Pfi zer-BioNTech versus the 95% effi cacy recorded For instance, what if rural protect against symptomatic illness with just one shot, though it’s not has pledged to provide 100 mil- and Moderna. Some doses are by two-dose, messenger-RNA areas are given the single-dose as strong as some two-shot rivals. Th is vaccine is also easier to store. lion doses to the U.S. by the end used as second-round shots to vaccines already in use. shot only for them to “complain of June. off er the full protection demon- J&J tested its version in trying about the better one?” Mr. Caplan For people clamoring for a strated in clinical trials. Experts circumstances, with powerful said. face a “messaging problem” be- evidence of pneumonia, short- vaccine, release of the J&J version say it might be worth delaying the strains coursing through some J&J plans to request emer- cause of the gulf in effi cacy rates. ness of breath or abnormal blood “would mean they get to move to second shot to expand the range of the trial settings. The upshot gency-use approval from the He wants the public to focus on oxygen saturation and breathing the front of the line faster,” said of initial protection. is a vaccine that, if approved, will Food and Drug Administration J&J version’s ability to stave off rates. Paul Offi t, a pediatrics professor Offi cials haven’t announced help to combat the pandemic but next week. If approved, experts serious disease, which the trial Protection varied across the at the University of Pennsylvania any changes, but Dr. Osterholm presents thorny choices. said the federal Advisory Com- defi ned as things like admission globe, at 72% in the U.S. but 66% and member of the Food and said they might have to “call an A single-dose vaccine will mittee on Immunization Prac- to an intensive care unit, respira- overall and 57% in South Africa, Drug Administration’s vaccine audible.” speed the U.S. rollout and sim- tices will have to go through the tory failure, shock, organ failure which is contending with an ag- advisory panel. “We still want to get two doses plify parts of it — people won’t trial data and fi gure out if some or death — the types of outcomes gressive strain of the virus. Those U.S. case counts have plum- in everyone,” he said. “But I think need to return for a second shot, vaccines are better than others people fear the most. rates exceeded the 50% threshold meted by a third in recent weeks, right now in advance of this and governments won’t have to for certain populations. The J&J vaccine, developed by the federal government set for although transmission remains surge, we need it to get as many balance the booster supply with Dr. Anthony Fauci, who leads subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuti- vaccines last year. elevated. Scientists are worried one doses in as many people over allotments for fi rst-time shots. infectious disease research at the cals, was less eff ective than others If it hadn’t been for the fi rst that fast-moving variants will 65 as we can to reduce serious “Frankly, simple is beautiful,” National Institutes of Health, said in preventing moderate-to-severe pair of vaccines at 95% effi cacy, upend progress. illness and deaths that are going said Matt Hepburn, the vaccine he knows the government will disease, which was defi ned as Dr. Fauci said, “one would have “The fact is that the surge that to occur over the weeks ahead.” MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 ☆☆ R POLITICS | A5

surprised by the outpouring. He also said TIPPED OFF “I think that some of the rioters made investigations easy by CAPITOL Nearly two-thirds of the cases the FBI has brought so far in the Jan. 6 attack on From page A1 the U.S. Capitol have involved tipsters or witnesses identifying someone. A few these people have being brazen and plastering their activi- examples: probably been for a ties across social media. its symbolism is priceless,” Mr. Mestel “There was no attempt to hide,” he said. “And this [expletive] is walking Gina Bisignano long time recognized said. “It’s not just the ex-wife who knows, it through the Capitol with that stupid ◾ Arrested Jan. 19 in California by friends, family, but it’s every neighbor, co-worker and smile like he’s carrying a sack of potatoes ◾ At least six tips named Ms. Bisignano. Th e FBI said she was easy to spouses, former lovers friend. In some of those cases, it was through Whole Foods.” identify: She recited her full name, where she lived and her Instagram and peers to perhaps inevitable that people came forward.” The Washington Times analyzed 160 account in one viral riot video. In another, while speaking through a He said the saturation press cover- criminal cases fi led from the assault as bullhorn, she revealed the name of her Beverly Hills salon. have dangerous age helped. of this weekend, and more than 100 of Brian Gundersen tendencies that they “In the old days, we had to put these them included the help of a tipster or were worried about.” pictures in the post offi ce for people to cooperating witness. In most instances, ◾ Arrested Jan. 27 in Pennsylvania look at,” he said. “We don’t have to do that the tipster was the one who put the FBI ◾ Th e police chief of North Castle Township, New York, called the FBI to report that — Larry Diamond, anymore. It’s a whole new ballgame. You on the trail. the superintendent of Byram Hills High School in Armonk, along with other members Hoover Institution can put it on CNN, and people are going Tips started rolling in while the Capi- of the community, had spotted someone wearing a school letter jacket in a riot video. to call the FBI.” tol was under siege. Th e chief called back to report that he had identifi ed the person as Mr. Gundersen. In addition to media coverage, the At 4:18 p.m. on Jan. 6, the FBI got a tip ◾ Th e FBI checked its database of tips and found it had received “a number nearly all of the new cases involve old-fashioned method of posting “Be from an acquaintance of Andrew Hatley, of tips” about Mr. Gundersen, including one that reported the name of the tipsters. on the lookout” posters has generated who provided a photo of Mr. Hatley Facebook page where he posted. Several witnesses came forward and Many are reporting anonymously. some tips. Authorities have splashed inside the Capitol. Investigators said it said Mr. Gundersen told them that he had been inside the Capitol. Screenshots of Facebook posts were alerts across bus shelters in the D.C. was easy to place Mr. Hatley because Edward Lang sent to the FBI via Twitter, with the area that have helped build more than a he was standing in front of the John bureau’s offi ce in Texas tagged to make half-dozen cases. ◾ Calhoun statue. It also helped that Mr. Arrested Jan. 16 in New York sure agents saw it. Mr. Schiliro, recalling his time work- Hatley was sharing his geolocation with ◾ Tipsters reported Mr. Lang’s Instagram account to the FBI, including Rioters’ eagerness to post their doing drug cases, said family members friends via an app. One of them reported a photo of him at the Capitol proclaiming “1776 has commenced.” A ings online has made the search much were often the fi rst to come forward the information to the FBI, and agents childhood friend who remains social media friends came forward to share easier, eff ectively crowdsourcing the because they didn’t want the stigma of tracked down those records, too. a video and point the FBI to Mr. Lang’s Facebook account and give his investigation. being associated with a dealer. He said A couple of hours later, a former work birthday. Witnesses forwarded a photo he posted to Instagram showing a The FBI is thrilled with the help. the same dynamic is likely at play in the crowd attacking police guarding an entrance, labeled “THIS IS ME.” colleague reported Joshua Lollar to the Steven M. D’Antuono, assistant direc- assault on the Capitol. FBI. He said he and Mr. Lollar were Marissa Suarez tor in charge of the FBI’s Washington “In some cases, I think the relatives Facebook “friends” and he saw Mr. Lollar ◾ Arrested Jan. 22 in New Jersey fi eld offi ce, told reporters that the inves- are saying, ‘I’m not sympathetic to what posting photos of himself amid the chaos tigation had received more than 140,000 you did. You embarrassed yourself, and ◾ at the Capitol. The former colleague A witness who had a personal relationship with Ms. Suarez provided photos and videos from the public and you embarrassed our family,” he said. videos she captured of herself during the Capitol attack. helpfully took screenshots. that the tipsters were playing “a critical The FBI has been scrupulous about Among other cases: ◾ Th e Monmouth County Sheriff ’s Offi ce reported that Ms. Suarez was scheduled role” in arrests. protecting the identities of tipsters and ⦁ Chad Jones was arrested after a fam- to work there as a correctional offi cer on Jan. 6 but used emergency leave. The FBI has built a database of all witnesses in court filings, including ily member called the FBI to identify him A sheriff ’s offi ce lieutenant identifi ed Ms. Suarez’s voice on the video. the tips. Bureau agents and analysts are neutering gender pronouns. as the man with the red jacket and gray Michael Sparks able to search the database to compare But some of the tipsters have suff ered cap who used a rolled-up Trump fl ag to photos and try to place people, according consequences for coming forward. ◾ Arrested Jan. 19 in Kentucky smash through the window leading to to court documents. Mr. Mestel said his personal informa- the Speaker’s Lobby, where rioter Ashli ◾ An “acquaintance” of Mr. Sparks told the FBI that she overheard him “For those of you who took part in tion has been published online and he Babbitt was killed. talking about plans to be in Washington on Jan. 6 and recognized him the violence, there is something you has received death threats. One of the ⦁ Edward Lang was tagged in Insta- aft erward in videos and photos from inside the Capitol. Mr. Sparks was should know: Every FBI fi eld offi ce in threats mentioned his two children by fi ngered by two other tipsters, including one who knew him “well,” read gram photos and posted several pictures the country is looking for you. As a mat- name and warned him not to open any Facebook messages in which he said he was traveling to Washington for to Facebook. The FBI said “multiple” the Trump rally and knew he had sent texts from the rally to a relative. ter of fact, even your friends and family packages mailed to his photography tipsters captured and forwarded the are tipping us off . So you might want to studio. Negative fake business reviews SOURCES: FBI affi davits, Justice Department data THE WASHINGTON TIMES photos as screenshots. Mr. Lang made it consider turning yourself in instead of started popping up online, he said. easy by drawing a large yellow hand and wondering when we are going to come Mr. Mestel, a professional photogra- “THIS IS ME” on one photo, confi rming riot. The tipster said the assailant used lovers and peers to perhaps have danger- knocking on your door because we pher, moved to the U.S. from Canada in where he was during the assault. a hockey stick. The FBI said a hockey ous tendencies that they were worried will,” he said. 2014 and spent part of the past four years ⦁ Robert Packer, who won infamy for stick did not appear to be the weapon, about,” he said. “But since there’s never A few have surrendered under pres- photographing Trump rallies. wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt, but agents managed to track the stick- been an event like this before, there’s sure of friends or family. He planned to be in Washington for was identifi ed by media, but investigators wielder anyway. never been a focal gathering that gave Others were more resistant. the Jan. 6 rally and had a fl ight booked, said they confi rmed his identity thanks to “I think what happened on Jan. 6 them the opportunity or perhaps the Guy Reffi tt threatened to shoot his but his wife urged him to cancel because a store in Newport News, Virginia, where was so shocking, so horrifying and so invitation or inspiration to act out on children if they turned him in, the FBI of fears that events would not turn out employees knew the man as a customer. dangerous that a lot of people just feel their conspiracy theories and their anger, said in an affi davit. His son was only too well. They even dug up surveillance footage a transcendent obligation to have ac- maybe they didn’t take is so seriously.” happy to give all the dirty details when He was watching television when from December showing Mr. Packer in countability,” said Larry Diamond, a so- Early on, most of the cases stemmed investigators showed up. He reported he spotted his fellow townsman, Mr. the Auschwitz sweatshirt, the FBI said. ciologist and senior fellow at the Hoover from police arrests at the scene or cases that his father bragged about having Johnson. ⦁ In one case, a tipster claimed to Institution. that grew out of police encounters. Some “stormed the Capitol” and recorded it “It was an act of patriotism for my have identifi ed the person responsible “I think that some of these people were pieced together after agents studied on his GoPro camera. adopted country,” he said. “It’s the most for striking the Capitol Police offi cer who have probably been for a long time recog- press photos and videos. Lewis Schiliro, a former head of the patriotic thing I’ve done since I’ve been died from injuries sustained during the nized by friends, family, spouses, former Three weeks into the investigation, FBI’s New York fi eld offi ce, said he wasn’t in the United States.”

claim that his Washington resume RELIEF equipped him to work across party From page A1 lines and make progress. Republican senators who and some conservatives were wrote the letter said they felt balking at additional spending blindsided by the president’s on top of the $4 trillion Congress mammoth proposal after his in- has allocated for the COVID-19 ASSOCIATED PRESS augural address. crisis so far. White House adviser Brian Deese “Nobody was consulted, in- Mr. Biden, after speaking with said President Biden’s relief cluding the Democrats on our bi- Ms. Collins, invited the Repub- package is “calibrated to the partisan group that compiled the lican signers to visit the White economic crisis we face.” previous bill,” Sen. Rob Portman House this week. However, the told CNN. The Ohio Republican White House said the relief pro- recently decided not to run for visions as dictated in the Biden mental health programs. reelection in 2022. proposal are “badly needed.” The Republicans said they sup- The senators also said they “As leading economists have port additional direct payments would like to see the fruits of past ef- said, the danger now is not in but want to deliver $1,000, not forts before rushing to spend more. doing too much; it is in doing too $1,400, and rein in the universe of The $900 billion in assistance ap- little. Americans of both parties people who receive relief checks. proved last month is still making its are looking to their leaders to “Our proposal also includes way into communities. The Repub- meet the moment,” White House economic relief for those Ameri- licans also highlighted the space for press secretary Jen Psaki said. cans with the greatest need, pro- bipartisanship by pointing to several Brian Deese, the top White viding more targeted assistance relief eff orts from last year. House economic adviser, said than in the administration’s plan,” “Each of these laws received Mr. Biden wants “to move with they wrote. the support of members from speed” on a comprehensive ap- They said schools would get both political parties. With your proach. “We have a virus crisis. resources under the plan, though support, we believe Congress can We have an economic crisis,” he the dollar amount would be lower once again craft a relief package told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” than the White House proposes. that will provide meaningful, ef- COVID-19 continues to kill Small businesses should get relief fective assistance to the American thousands of Americans per day. under the Paycheck Protection people and set us on a path to New variants are threatening an- Program that lifted companies recovery,” said the letter, also other surge despite declining case last year. The Republican letter signed by Sens. Bill Cassidy of counts, and rolling business re- makes no mention of Mr. Biden’s Louisiana, Shelley Moore Capito strictions and fears of contagion push to raise the minimum wage of West Virginia, Todd Young of have upended many economic to $15 per hour. Indiana, Jerry Moran of Kansas, sectors. The upheaval is forcing The White House has received Mike Rounds of South Dakota and aff ected families to go hungry or the Republicans’ letter and will Thom Tillis of North Carolina. scramble to make rent and mort- review it, Mr. Deese told CNN’s It’s unclear how far their plan gage payments. “State of the Union” on Sunday. will get. Democrats, who have nar- Mr. Biden spent recent days Mr. Deese wouldn’t commit to row control of Congress, are laying creating a sense of urgency coming down from the huge price the groundwork to forge ahead if around his proposed package, tag outlined by the president. He Republicans refuse to get on board. which includes billions of dol- said the plan is “calibrated to the They are moving to enact the plan lars to expand vaccinations and economic crisis we face.” through a process known as budget reopen schools, $350 billion for Mr. Deese said the adminis- “reconciliation,” which allows the state and local governments and tration is open to talking about majority to circumvent the 60-vote $1,400 stimulus checks. It also ways to make direct payments fi libuster in the Senate. would establish a $15-per-hour more eff ective but characterized Mr. Portman said the use of federal minimum wage. the administration’s package as a reconciliation would “poison With hundreds of thousands series of interlocking parts that the well” in the Senate, which is of Americans fi ling for unem- run together. divided right down the middle ployment benefi ts and millions “One thing we’ve learned over at 50-50, with Vice President struggling to pay bills, Mr. Biden the past 11 months is a piecemeal Kamala Harris serving as a tie- said the “crisis is accelerating.” approach, where we try to tackle breaker. Republicans used recon- “The cost of inaction is high, one element of this and wait and ciliation for their tax overhaul in and it is growing every day,” Mr. see on the rest, is not a recipe 2017, though Mr. Portman said the Biden told reporters at the White for success. So we need to move coronavirus eff ort would be too House on Friday. forward comprehensively and we attenuated to the budget process The Republican off er would need to move forward with speed, and isn’t necessary. meet Mr. Biden’s demand for and in that context, there’s plenty “If you can’t fi nd bipartisan- $160 billion to support vaccine of room for making modifi ca- ship on COVID-19,” he said, “I distribution, coronavirus testing tions, including people’s ideas,” don’t know where you can fi nd it.” and tracing, and protective gear he told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” ⦁ Seth McLaughlin contributed while extending $4 billion for The debate is testing Mr. Biden’s to this report. 328000_5.6_x_10.5.indd 1 1/29/21 2:45 PM A6 | NATION ☆ R MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021

“I think that Cynthia [Nixon], Kristin [Davis] and I are all excited about the time that has passed. You know, who are they in this world now? Have they adapted? What part have they played? Where have they fallen short as women, as friends, and how are they ﬁ nding their way? … I’m so curious and excited to see how the writers imagine these women today.” Nation — Actress Sarah Jessica Parker, on reviving the hit sitcom “Sex and the City” on HBO Max

ECONOMY What GameStop’s stock surge says about online groups

Among them was Roaring Kitty, a bunch of people sharing ideas. Internet shifts society’s balance a YouTube personality from a It’s the same thing as when Jim Boston suburb who became a Cramer gets on CNBC smashing of power in unanticipated ways legendary fi xture on the Reddit buttons.” forum, expressing an early inter- In 2017, the hashtag #MeToo BY BARBARA ORTUTAY this week will bring. est in buying GameStop shares began going viral as women — AND MATT O’BRIEN One thing for sure: we’ll be and inspiring a growing legion and some men — shared their ASSOCIATED PRESS seeing more of it. More and more of followers to pore through its experiences of sexual assault on of us have learned to game the fi nancials. social media. Though the term It’s a fable for our times: Small- system, whether for a noble cause The Reddit-based investors was coined in 2006 by activist time investors band together to or, as they say, “for the lulz.” If a used the chat platform Discord Tarana Burke, a confl uence of the take down greedy Wall Street meme of Sen. Bernard Sanders to fi re each other up and the political climate, the case against hedge funds using the stock of a in mittens can distract us amid a trading app Robinhood to buy Harvey Weinstein and the rise of troubled video-game store. presidential inauguration and a shares with a few clicks on their social media allowed the move- But the revolt of online stock- Reddit message board can send smartphones. They soon found ment to take off 11 years later. traders suggests much more. The Wall Street big shots running in a shared enemy in hedge fund Social media also helped Black internet is shifting society’s bal- panic, perhaps some good can managers who tried to short the Lives Matter activists organize ance of power in unanticipated come out of this, too. Right? stock, encouraging each other to rallies, record police violence and ways. “The internet can democratize keep buying GameStop and push communicate during the marches And the same tools that em- access, upsetting power dynamics ASSOCIATED PRESS it ever higher — “to the moon.” sweeping the U.S. and other coun- power the little guy — allowing between the people and traditional As with many crowd movements, it was hard to trace where the Mr. Wilkinson said the forums tries following George Floyd’s people to organize quickly and institutions,” tweeted Tiff any C. Li, GameStop surge began, but there were a few high-profi le instigators. last week probably struck new- death last summer. seemingly out of nowhere, troll a law professor and tech attorney Th e investors found a shared enemy in hedge fund managers. comers as “really, really childish But the mass movement that powerful institutions and unleash focusing on privacy and technology and crazy,” full of rocketship emo- emerged from online communi- chaos — can also give rise to ex- platform governance. jis, calls to pump stocks written ties designed to let amateur stock tremist mobs waging harassment With GameStop, she added Jason Wilkinson had dabbled “I went from a $9,000 posi- to the tune of sea shanties and traders share tips came as a shock campaigns or the deadly Jan. 6 Friday in an interview, the goal in stocks but took a deeper dive tion up to about $30,000 as of a fl ood of newcomers trying to to Wall Street. riot at the U.S. Capitol. was to upset the interests of a few into the Reddit forum WallStreet- last night. Today I lost 10 grand,” jump on the bandwagon, but he “What these communities In the world of pseudony- large hedge funds. Bets after losing his job at a tech Mr. Wilkinson said Thursday. “I said that’s not been his usual are doing is a gray area,” said mous internet message boards, “But in other places the goal company in the pandemic. The didn’t sell. I’m going to hold. It’s experience there. Allen Tran, 23, the administrator pranks-gone-wild and logic can be more nefarious. Online 30-year-old New York City res- been an emotional week, let’s “Some of the people who are of a popular Robinhood trad- turned upside down amid a global spaces are being used to radical- ident started trading between say that.” on that thread are probably on par ing group on Facebook that was pandemic, revolts come in all ize people toward extremism, to other part-time jobs doing mo- As with many crowd move- with the stock pickers of these temporarily shut down amid the shapes, sizes and aims. Last week plan hate crimes and attacks,” Ms. torcycle delivery and sharpening ments, it was hard to trace where hedge funds,” he said. “It’s know- frenzy. “The group mindset is they gave us the Great GameStop Li said. “The internet isn’t really knives, and started buying shares it all started, though there were at ing how to know who to listen to where things can get iff y and get Stock Uprising. Who knows what the villain or the hero.” in GameStop back in November. least a few high-profi le instigators. and who to ignore. It’s really just coordinated.”

ALABAMA Governor’s decision to lease prisons sparks outrage in state

BY KIM CHANDLER and others, they said Alabama is “Since we are responsible for

ASSOCIATED PRESS getting “swindled” and that new the people’s money, I am just ask- prison construction will not ad- ing you and your help before we Alabama Gov. MONTGOMERY, ALA. | Alabama dress the underlying problems in move forward with a signature Kay Ivey’s Gov. Kay Ivey said she plans to the correctional system. on a lease with these two devel- spokeswoman sign agreements Monday for two “It is astounding that Gover- opers,” Mr. Wingo said. “I think said the privately built prisons, despite nor Ivey is prioritizing fi scally this committee deserves to know governor will lawmakers’ complaints about the irresponsible and devastating what the return on cost really is sign agreements pricetag and lack of public trans- contracts for prisons that do not for the developers.” to lease two parency and warnings from ad- address our most urgent needs as Regions bank confi rmed Sat- new men’s vocacy groups that such prisons Alabamians,” the groups wrote. urday that it was ending a banking correctional won’t address chronic violence They urged lawmakers to try relationship with CoreCivic after facilities to be and severe staffi ng woes. to stop the prisons. “Through- a contractual relationship ends in constructed Ms. Ivey spokeswoman Gina out the entire process, they have 2023. However, it is not clear if by CoreCivic, a Maiola said the governor will acted behind closed doors, keep- that will have any impact on the private prison sign agreements to lease two new ing the public and even you — our Alabama construction project. company. men’s correctional facilities to be elected leaders — entirely in the Regions said executives met . constructed by CoreCivic, one of ASSOCIATED PRESS dark,” the groups wrote. with the Black Lives Matter Bir- the nations largest private prison Instead of a bond issue to bor- mingham Chapter and other or- companies. row money to build the prisons, ganizations Tuesday to receive The governor’s offi ce has said which would require legislative feedback on the issue of private the prisons would be run by the approval, the governor can sign prisons. state but the buildings would be million per year. That would construction as a partial solu- of prison staff . The state’s Depart- the leases without legislative ap- “We are not extending ad- leased from the companies. equate to $2.6 billion for a 30- tion to Alabama’s longstanding ment of Correction has said the proval. A group of lawmakers last ditional credit services to Co- The governor’s offi ce did not year lease. problems in corrections, which lawsuit ignores progress Alabama week urged the administration to reCivic, and we are specifi cally release details, including costs. “We are anticipating her to put had drawn the scrutiny of federal has made to improve the lockups. release more information, includ- not providing CoreCivic with The original proposal had called pen to paper, and as soon as she watchdogs. The prison building proposal ing the profi t margin for compa- fi nancing for the construction for the state building three mega- does, we will be releasing more In December, the U.S. Depart- has met with sharp criticism from nies before signing the leases. of the prisons to be built in Ala- prisons and closing many existing details. We hoped it would have ment of Justice fi led a lawsuit a coalition of advocacy groups, State Rep. Rich Wingo, Tus- bama. To be clear, Regions Bank facilities. been sooner, but we are working against Alabama over conditions including the American Civil caloosa Republican, said that is 100% committed to creating Ms. Ivey’s offi ce has not dis- as quickly as possible to get the in state prisons, saying the state Liberties Union of Alabama, because lawmakers will be re- more inclusive prosperity and closed a fi nal cost but previously best possible deal for the state,” is failing to protect male inmates Alabama Students Against Pris- sponsible for any funding short- advancing racial equity,” Regions said the developers are aware Ms. Maiola said. from inmate-on-inmate violence ons and the Ordinary People fall, they need to know more spokesman Jeremy D. King said in of an “aff ordability limit” of $88 Ms. Ivey has proposed the and excessive force at the hands Society. In a letter to lawmakers information about the plan. a statement.

GEORGIA Then he decided a new plan for January: Students at the seven elementary schools could return, staying in cohorts of 15 or In CDC’s backyard, in-person fewer and attending only in the mornings, to avert the logistical nightmare of an unmasked lunch schooling debate divides experts crowd. Older students would stay remote because it was too dif- BY KANTELE FRANKO classrooms safely — and that The CDC says that for schools ﬁ cult to arrange them in small

ASSOCIATED PRESS not doing so jeopardized their to open safely, they and their cohorts. development and mental health. surrounding communities must Some CDC employees and Just down the road from the “The challenge for me has adopt prevention measures. other health professionals ob- U.S. Centers for Disease Control been trying to weigh all of these Without speciﬁ c reopening jected to that part, arguing in and Prevention, in a community things that I’m being told by ex- instructions from federal and a letter to a community news ﬂ ush with resident health pro- perts and nonexperts alike to try state leaders, school administra- website that safe, in-person learn- fessionals, the Decatur, Georgia, to make the best decision that we tors have had to become amateur ing was doable for older students school system had no shortage can,” Superintendent David Dude epidemiologists, Mr. Dude said. using precautions other than co- of expert input on whether to said. “And that’s what I, and I’m When he first consulted horting, and that decision-makers resume in-person classes during sure other superintendents, have privately with CDC and other were misreading evidence about the coronavirus pandemic. been struggling with.” professionals — who he said virus transmission in schools. Scores of public health and med- Each side argued that data and wouldn’t speak out publicly at ASSOCIATED PRESS A hospital doctor treating ical professionals from the affl uent, science supported their view in that point in the process because Th e division in Decatur, Georgia, an affl uent Atlanta suburb, illustrates COVID-19 patients countered politically liberal Atlanta suburb a debate over reopening schools the pandemic response had been the challenges schools have faced in evaluating safety. Both sides of with her own letter, warning that have weighed in about what’s best that sometimes veered into vit- politicized — people accused him the issue argued that data and science supported their point of view. reopening as cases surged would for their own kids’ schools. riol. The division in Decatur illus- of not being transparent. be irresponsible. One emergency medicine trates the challenges U.S. schools When he rolled out fall re- The expert insights made par- doctor said initial reopening — many in communities without opening plans, some parents and to move to Decatur because of the if they really, really mean it?” ent Kerry Ludlam reconsider her plans for the district’s 5,000-plus so much expertise — have faced teachers questioned whether it well-regarded schools, was upset she said. own stance. students weren’t safe enough. A in evaluating what’s safe. was safe and which virus metrics that her freshman daughter had to Mr. Dude ended up asking a “I think letters like that are so pediatrician doing epidemiol- Health officials say there’s were used. When Mr. Dude hit struggle through remote learning giant committee of volunteers powerful because you think you ogy work for the CDC advocated growing evidence that children the brakes on reopening, other while neighbors citing concerns — many with relevant expertise, feel one way and then you read delaying. aren’t the main drivers of com- parents got riled up, complaining about virus spread protested though it wasn’t required — to a letter with all of these experts. Others, including a leader munity spread and that transmis- about the abrupt change or how against opening schools, but not make recommendations, includ- … And you’re like, ‘Well, their of the CDC’s COVID-19 vac- sion is relatively low in schools if virtual schooling wasn’t tenable. against opening businesses. ing parameters for reopening and opinion is diff erent from mine. cine eff orts, argued that the dis- mask-wearing, social distancing Tiff any Tesfamichael, a single “Why aren’t they out here protocols to limit virus spread in Have I been wrong all the time?’” trict could get students back in and contact tracing is in eff ect. parent who stretched her budget with signs protesting restaurants classes. Ms. Ludlam said. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 ☆ R NATION | A7 American Scene

CALIFORNIA has made beach driving a Protesters shut down WISCONSIN priority since his election in November. Mr. Brower told the vaccination site Daytona Beach News-Journal LOS ANGELES | One of the Navy wants badger statue back from Wisconsin that the poles are treated with largest vaccination sites in the harsh chemicals that could country temporarily shut down BY TODD RICHMOND a highlight of tours in recent our state and in their commu- harm beachgoers.

Saturday because dozens of ASSOCIATED PRESS years, with throngs of adults nities,” Mr. Overland wrote. “It Driving is permitted protesters blocked the entrance, and children rubbing its nose for would be wonderful to continue on about a third of Volusia stalling hundreds of motor- MADISON, WIS. | The Wis- good luck. So many people have telling and sharing stories of the County’s 47-mile coastline. It’s ists who had been waiting in consin badger statue that has touched the nose that its bright U.S.S. Wisconsin and waterway been a part of the region since line for hours, the Los Angeles served as a literal touchstone brassy gleam stands in sharp history of our great state as we the early days of the automo- Times reported. for so many state Capitol build- contrast to the rest of the statue. keep moving forward.” bile, when a car nicknamed The Los Angeles Fire ing visitors that they’ve rubbed Wisconsin Department of Department of Administra- the “Bullet” zipped down the Department shut the entrance the fi nish off his nose could be Administration officials said tion spokeswoman Molly Vidal hard-packed sand in 1903 at a to the vaccination center at headed to another den soon. the Naval Academy’s museum said that as of Monday, the state then-astounding 69 mph. Dodger Stadium about 2 p.m. as Navy offi cials want back the contacted them last March hadn’t heard back from the mu- — Associated Press a precaution, offi cials told the statue they loaned to the state about returning the statue so seum about extending the loan. newspaper. more than 30 years ago. But ASSOCIATED PRESS that it could be displayed at the Mr. Berube said Thursday in CALIFORNIA The protesters included state historians aren’t letting it Th e U.S. Naval Academy wants Nauticus Museum in Norfolk, a phone interview that he never Th reats against Newsom, members of anti-vaccine and go without a fi ght. the state of Wisconsin to return Virginia, where the second USS received the letter, but that the far-right groups, the Times The badger is synonymous the Badger and Shield statue Wisconsin is now an exhibit. museum has to take back the his businesses probed reported. Some of them carried with Wisconsin. It was selected that has been on loan for more The Nauticus Museum is run statue. He noted that the original SACRAMENTO | Law enforce- signs decrying the COVID-19 as the state’s offi cial animal be- than 30 years. by a nonprofi t, not the Navy. loan was for fi ve years and has ment offi cials are investigating vaccine and shouting for people cause lead miners in the state’s Messages left at the museum been repeatedly extended to escalating threats of death and not to get the shots. early days were said to burrow weren’t returned. more than 30 years. violence against Gov. Gavin There were no incidents of into the ground like badgers. according to online travel guide The Naval Academy mu- Mr. Berube said permanent Newsom, his family and the violence, the Times said. The University of Wiscon- Atlas Obscura. It was affi xed to seum extended the loan through loans no longer exist in the mu- wineries, shops and other busi- — Associated Press sin-Madison’s athletic teams the USS Wisconsin battleship mid-September due to COVID- seum industry, and though he nesses he founded. are known as the Badgers, the before World War I. 19-related closures. Christian understands how Wisconsin A voicemail and emails ALASKA school’s mascot is a sassy badger It spent more than 60 years Overland, the head of the Wis- feels, it’s now another organi- provided to the Sacramento AG quit amid reports named Bucky and an image of in a U.S. Naval Academy garden consin Historical Society, wrote zation’s turn to benefi t from Bee contained graphic abusive a badger adorns the state fl ag before the academy museum a letter to Claude Berube, the displaying the badger. He also language about Mr. Newsom, of sexual misconduct (although he looks more like a loaned it to Wisconsin in 1988 museum’s director, in October noted that the academy museum violent sexual threats against ANCHORAGE | Alaska’s then- short-tailed beaver than a bad- for a state historical society ex- asking for a two-year extension had to return former President his wife and a reference to his attorney general resigned while ger to the untrained eye). hibition that coincided with the on the loan. Jimmy Carter’s plebe uniform to children. the Anchorage Daily News and Replicas of badgers can be recommissioning of the second Mr. Overland said the pan- his museum in 2019. The newspaper said one the ProPublica investigative found throughout the state USS Wisconsin, which was built demic has driven up shipping “Loans are done in good communication included a journalism organization were Capitol. in Philadelphia. After the exhibi- costs and that the society uses faith,” he said. “I think it’s great threat to burn down one of the preparing an article about al- But the Badger and Shield tion ended, the statue was put the statue to help tell Wisconsin that children have been able wineries owned by PlumpJack legations of sexual misconduct statue holds a special place of outside the governor’s Capitol children about the state’s ship- to see this badger while it was Group, the hospitality company with a 17-year-old girl three honor outside the governor’s offi ce in 1989. It has stood there making history and its role in on loan. Now we’re trying to Mr. Newsom founded in 1992, decades ago. offi ce. ever since. Great Lakes commerce. accommodate another facility with patrons inside. The Daily News and the The statue was crafted The building has been closed “The children on the tours that has also requested it. There The Democratic governor ProPublica Local Reporting around 1899 from melted-down to the public for nearly a year become very engaged and ex- will be a lot of children in the is the subject of a recall eff ort Network reported Saturday that cannons taken from Cuba dur- because of the coronavirus pan- cited to learn more about the Norfolk area who will be able pushed by political foes angered the resignation of Ed Sniff en ing the Spanish-American War, demic, but the statue has been history of the ship industry in to enjoy it as well.” over his aggressive approach to was announced Friday as they the coronavirus outbreak. were reporting the allegations Mr. Newsom received wide made by Nikki Dougherty The sexual relationship An Alaska law enacted in personal reasons.” the seaside sand, a long-lived praise when he issued the White, now 47. began during a trip to New Or- 1990 months before Mr. Sniff en Mr. Dunleavy appointed tradition in Daytona Beach, is nation’s fi rst statewide stay- She told the news organiza- leans for a national competition and Ms. White traveled to New Treg Taylor attorney general to now threatened along one short at-home order last spring, but tions that she and Mr. Sniff en when she was 17, and it contin- Orleans said it is illegal for an replace Mr. Sniff en. stretch where poles are block- there has been growing public began a sexual relationship in ued for about two years back in adult to have sex with a 16- or — Associated Press ing any vehicles. unrest over subsequent health 1991 while she was a student at Anchorage, she said. 17-year-old whom he or she The Hard Rock Hotel orders that closed schools West Anchorage High School. A former teammate told the was teaching, counseling or FLORIDA erected the poles along a 410- and businesses, and investiga- At the time, he was a 27-year- news organizations that Ms. coaching. Beach poles behind hotel foot section of beach to prevent tions continue into a massive old attorney with a local law White told her about the sexual In a letter Mr. Sniff en sent driving there. unemployment benefi ts fraud fi rm and a coach of her school’s encounter while the team was Friday to Gov. Mike Dunleavy, block driving in Daytona The chairman of the Volusia scandal. mock trial competition team. in New Orleans. Mr. Sniff en said he resigned “for DAYTONA BEACH | Driving on County Council, Jeff Brower, — Associated Press

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“One year aft er our departure from the [European Union], we are forging new partnerships that will bring enormous economic benefi ts for the people of Britain.” — Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaking Sunday as the United Kingdom prepares to apply to join an 11-nation Pacifi c Rim World free trade agreement, a successor to the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership from which the U.S. withdrew under President Trump

MILITARY Investment to upgrade military base housing

BY MIKE GLENN Gen. Pat White, the commander

THE WASHINGTON TIMES at Fort Hood. “People are our greatest asset, and we owe it to A management company the soldiers and families who based in Australia will get more work and live here to provide than $1 billion to make signifi cant them the best housing possible.” home improvements at six Army In addition to renovating more posts, even after its work was than 12,000 existing homes on the questioned in providing safe and Army posts, the investment pack- healthy housing for Marine Corps age will mean the construction families in North Carolina. of more than 1,200 new homes, The $1.1 billion capital invest- company offi cials said. ment for Lendlease, which owns “Thanks to the privatization and manages more than 26,000 and our innovative approach to homes on several Army posts, fi nancing, we’re able to expedite is coming from public fi nancial our improvement plans, allocat- institutions, Defense Department ing funds to projects based on offi cials said last week. those with the greatest needs Obtaining the private-sector and priorities without appro- investment will “accelerate priations from Congress,” said significant improvements” to Denis Hickey, CEO of Lendlease 12,000 existing homes in Fort Americas. Hood, Texas; Fort Campbell and Lendlease is an international ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Fort Knox, both in Kentucky; property and investments group People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow on Sunday. Th ousands of people took to Fort Wainwright in Alaska; and based in Sydney. the streets across Russia to demand the release of Mr. Navalny, keeping up the wave of protests that have rattled the Kremlin. Army housing on Oahu in Ha- The company is the target of waii, according to Gen. Ed Daly, a still-ongoing lawsuit fi led in RUSSIA where Mr. Navalny is being held. commander of Army Materiel federal court in North Carolina They were met by phalanxes Command. that contends three Marine Corps of riot police who pushed the “This additional investment families at Camp Lejeune were march back and chased protesters will go a long way in improving victims of a business that “placed Kremlin rattles as thousands through courtyards. the quality of homes for soldiers profi ts over tenants.” Over 1,600 people were de- and their families,” Gen. Daly According to the lawsuit, tained in Moscow, including Mr. said. Lendlease owns and manages detained in Navalny protests Navalny’s wife, Yulia, who was The money is meant to ad- about 4,000 homes at Camp released after several hours pend- dress what has been a chronic lo- Lejeune as part of a 50-year lease ing a court hearing Monday on gistical and public relations prob- with the government. The plain- BY JIM HEINTZ AND VLADIMIR upon returning from demonstrations across charges of taking part in an un- lem for the military — continuing tiff s said their homes were too ISACHENKOV Germany, where he Russia on Jan. 23. sanctioned protest. reports that service members often uninhabitable — covered ASSOCIATED PRESS spent fi ve months re- In Moscow, au- Amnesty International said are being housed in substandard with mold and fi lth, infested with covering from nerve- thorities introduced that authorities in Moscow have conditions either in barracks or pests and prone to fl ooding. MOSCOW | Chanting slogans agent poisoning that he unprecedented secu- arrested so many people that the privatized unit under landlords “As conditions grew worse, against President Vladimir Putin, blames on the Krem- rity measures in the city’s detention facilities have that have failed to keep up their [Lendlease] exploited the fact tens of thousands took to the streets lin. Russian authorities city center, closing run out of space. “The Kremlin properties. that military service members are Sunday across Russia to demand have rejected the accu- subway stations near is waging a war on the human The state of military family trained not to complain. When the release of jailed opposition sations. Offi cials here the Kremlin, cutting rights of people in Russia, stifl ing housing and the Pentagon’s over- families did complain, they feared leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up claimed he had violated Navalny bus traffi c and order- protesters’ calls for freedom and sight of private landlords have that [the] defendants would use nationwide protests that have rat- his parole conditions by ing restaurants and change,” Natalia Zviagina, the drawn a critical Government Ac- their superior power to cause re- tled the Kremlin. More than 5,000 not reporting for meet- stores to stay closed. group’s Moscow offi ce head, said countability Offi ce survey and a taliation,” according to the federal people were detained by police, ings with law enforcement when Mr. Navalny’s team initially in a statement. series of hearings on Capitol Hill lawsuit. according to a monitoring group, he was recuperating in Germany. called for Sunday’s protest to Several thousand people spotlighting the problem. Securing the public investment and some were beaten. The Biden administration urged be held on Moscow’s Lubyanka marched across Russia’s second- The recently passed 2021 Na- for Lendlease had been a goal of The massive protests came Russia to release Mr. Navalny Square, home to the main head- largest city of St. Petersburg, chant- tional Defense Authorization former Army Secretary Ryan despite eff orts by Russian au- and criticized the crackdown on quarters of the Federal Security ing “Down with the czar!” Oc- Act calls for the Defense De- McCarthy. Each Army post has a thorities to stem the tide of dem- protests. Service, which the opposition casional scuffl es erupted as some partment’s inspector general long-term sustainment plan that onstrations after tens of thou- “The U.S. condemns the per- leader contends was responsible demonstrators pushed back police to audit the health of military includes capital repair, replacement sands rallied across the country sistent use of harsh tactics against for his poisoning. Facing police who tried to make detentions, and personnel living in privatized and reinvestment, offi cials said. last weekend in the largest, most peaceful protesters and journalists cordons around the square, the over 1,100 were arrested. housing units. The law, which “We are getting in front of hous- widespread show of discontent by Russian authorities for a second protest shifted to other central Some of the biggest rallies passed over President Trump’s ing issues,” Gen. Daly said. “Com- that Russia had seen in years. De- week straight,” tweeted Secretary squares and streets. were held in Novosibirsk and veto, also says the Pentagon manders at all levels are engaged. spite threats of jail terms, warn- of State Antony Blinken. Police were randomly picking Krasnoyarsk in eastern Siberia must make public more infor- Our leaders and housing staff con- ings to social media groups and The Russian Foreign Minis- up people and putting them into and Yekaterinburg in the Urals. mation on how it manages and tinue to address problems quickly.” tight police cordons, the protests try rejected Mr. Blinken’s call police buses, but thousands of As part of a multipronged compensates private companies Lendlease offi cials say they are again engulfed cities across Rus- as “crude interference in Rus- protesters marched across the eff ort by authorities to block the to provide military housing. dedicating “numerous resources” sia’s 11 time zones on Sunday. sia’s internal aff airs” and accused city center for hours, chanting protests, courts have jailed Mr. A large chunk of new $1.1 bil- to roll out improvements across Mr. Navalny’s team quickly Washington of trying to destabi- “Putin, resign!” and “Putin, thief!” Navalny’s associates and activists lion investment package is ear- thousands of homes and create called another protest in Moscow lize the situation in the country — a reference to an opulent Black across the country over the past marked for Fort Hood, one of the communities where military fami- for Tuesday, when he is set to face by backing the protests. Sea estate reportedly built for the week. His brother Oleg, top aide Army’s largest installations. The lies can thrive. a court hearing that could send On Sunday, police detained Russian leader that was featured Lyubov Sobol and three other work is expected to begin in the “Service members and their him to prison for years. more than 5,000 people in cit- in a widely popular video just people were put under a two- summer, offi cials said. families put their trust in us to The 44-year-old Mr. Navalny, ies nationwide, according to released by Mr. Navalny’s team. month house arrest Friday on “I look forward to seeing our provide quality homes and com- an anti-corruption investigator OVD-Info, a group that moni- At one point, crowds of dem- charges of allegedly violating soldiers and their families in munity resources,” said Phillip who is Mr. Putin’s best-known tors political arrests, surpassing onstrators walked toward the coronavirus restrictions during modern housing that they can Carpenter, CEO of Lendlease critic, was arrested on Jan. 17 some 4,000 detentions at the Matrosskaya Tishina prison last weekend’s protests. be proud to call home,” said Lt. Communities.

MYANMAR who captivated the British public BRIEFLY in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundrais- Myanmar leader arrested in reported coup THE WORLD ing eff orts, has been admitted to a hospital with COVID-19. ASSOCIATED PRESS was massive voting fraud in the misinterpreting the military’s po- Daughter Hannah Ingram- NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR | A mili- election, though it has failed to sition and calling on them “not to CHINA Moore tweeted Sunday that her tary coup was taking place in provide proof. The state Union make unwarranted assumptions Biggest COVID-19 surge father, widely known as Cap- Myanmar early Monday and State Election Commission last week about the situation.” tain Tom, has been admitted to Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi rejected its allegations. U.S. offi cials at the National Se- in months reported Bedford Hospital because he was detained under house arrest, Amid the bickering over the curity Council and the State Depart- BEIJING | China recorded needed “additional help” with his reports said, as communications allegations, the military last Tues- ment said they were aware of the more than 2,000 new domestic breathing. Mr. Moore became were cut to the capital. day ramped up political tension reports but could not confi rm a coup cases of COVID-19 in January, the an emblem of hope in the early Phone and internet access to ASSOCIATED PRESS when a spokesman at its weekly and detentions had taken place. highest monthly total since the weeks when he walked 100 laps Naypyitaw was lost and Ms. Suu Myanmar leader Aung San Suu news conference, responding to The U.N. released a statement tail end of the initial outbreak in around his garden in England Kyi’s National League for Democ- Kyi has been detained under a reporter’s question, declined Thursday saying the secretary-gen- Wuhan in March of last year. for the National Health Service racy party could not be reached. house arrest. Phone and internet to rule out the possibility of a eral is following with great concern The National Health Commis- to coincide with his 100th Myanmar lawmakers were to access to the capital was lost and coup. Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun recent developments in Myanmar. sion said Sunday that 2,016 cases birthday, a viral campaign that gather Monday in the capital Ms. Suu Kyi’s democracy party elaborated by saying the military “He urges all actors to desist were reported. That does not in- ended up raising $45 million. Naypyitaw for the fi rst session couldn’t be reached. would “follow the laws in ac- from any form of incitement or clude another 435 infected people — Associated Press of Parliament since last year’s cordance with the constitution.” provocation, to demonstrate lead- who arrived from abroad. Two election, with tension lingering Using similar language, Com- ership, and to adhere to democratic people have died in January, the VIRUS over recent comments by the country’s leader after leading a mander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min norms and respect the outcome of fi rst reported coronavirus deaths EU gets boost on lagging military that were widely seen decades-long nonviolent struggle Aung Hlaing told senior offi cers the 8 November general election. in China in several months. as threatening a coup. against military rule. in a speech Wednesday that the All electoral disputes should be The cases came as a World vaccine eff orts Online news portal Myan- But her ability to run the coun- constitution could be revoked if resolved through established legal Health Organization team BERLIN | Pharmaceutical mar Now cited unidentified try has been hamstrung by a the laws were not being properly mechanisms,” U.N. spokesman Ste- looking into the origins of the company AstraZeneca has sources about the arrest of Ms. clause in the 2008 army-drafted enforced. Adding to the concern phane Dujarric said. coronavirus pandemic fi nally agreed to supply 9 million ad- Suu Kyi and the NLD’s chairper- constitution giving the military was the unusual deployment of Diplomatic missions in Myan- got its fi rst look at the food ditional doses of its coronavirus son around dawn and did not 25% of the seats in parliament that armored vehicles in the streets of mar also issued a joint statement market in the Chinese city of vaccine to the European Union have further details. Myanmar allows it to block constitutional several large cities. on Friday expressing support for Wuhan that was linked to many during the fi rst quarter. Euro- Visual Television and Myanmar reforms. Several key ministerial On Saturday, however, the the democratic process. early infections. pean Commission President Voice Radio posted on Face- positions are also reserved for military denied it had threatened “We urge the military, and all — Associated Press Ursula von der Leyen said after book around 6:30 a.m. that their military appointees. a coup, accusing unnamed orga- other parties in the country, to a call with seven vaccine mak- programs were not available to Ms. Suu Kyi’s party captured 396 nizations and media of misrepre- adhere to democratic norms, and BRITAIN ers Sunday that AstraZeneca broadcast regularly. out of 476 seats in the combined senting its position and taking the we oppose any attempt to alter the ‘Captain Tom’ tests will also begin deliveries one The 75-year-old Ms. Suu Kyi, lower and upper houses of Parlia- general’s words out of context. outcome of the elections or impede week sooner than scheduled the Nobel Peace prize laureate, is ment in the November polls. On Sunday, it reiterated its Myanmar’s democratic transition,” positive for coronarvirus and expand its manufacturing by far the country’s most domi- The military, known as the denial, this time blaming un- said the statement issued by the LONDON | Tom Moore, the capacity in Europe. nant politician, and became the Tatmadaw, charged that there specifi ed foreign embassies of EU, the U.S., Australia and others. 100-year-old World War II veteran — Associated Press MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 ☆ R FROM PAGE ONE | A9

Foundation for Defense of De- TALIBAN mocracies think tank. From page A1 Mr. Kirby said Thursday that “without [the Taliban] meeting Friday to a Washington telecon- their commitments to renounce ference. He argued that the radi- terrorism and to stop the vi- cal Islamist group has also failed olent attacks against the Af- to meet the conditions laid out ghan National Security Forces, in the February 2020 deal with it’s very hard to see a specifi c Washington. way forward for the negotiated American allies are now settlement.” openly planning on keeping Days before leaving office, troops on the ground inside Af- President Trump ordered U.S. ghanistan beyond the tentative troops levels to be cut to 2,500. At May withdrawal deadline out- the beginning of 2020, the fi gure lined last year. Senior NATO of- stood at more than 13,000. fi cials told Reuters on Sunday that Mr. Biden also faces pressure international forces are prepared from skeptics of the Afghanistan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the War, which is by far the longest tentative deadline. in American history. He likely is “No NATO ally wants to stay reluctant to expand or maintain in Afghanistan longer than neces- indefi nitely a military mission sary, but we have been clear that there as one of his fi rst major our presence remains conditions- foreign policy decisions. based,” said NATO spokeswoman “Any unilateral move by Wash- Oana Lungescu. ington and NATO to extend the A key member of the Afghan May troop withdrawal deadline government’s peace negotiating will end the diplomatic process team said Sunday that the Taliban and place targets on the backs of are deliberately delaying talks U.S. troops,” Adam Weinstein, a and that Kabul would pull out Middle East research fellow at the of the agreement if the militants Quincy Institute for Responsible don’t quickly return to the nego- Statecraft, said in an emailed tiating table in Qatar. statement to reporters Sunday. Afghan government negotia- “This will mark a return to the tor Rasul Talib told a news confer- failed counterinsurgency of the ence that his team is waiting for ASSOCIATED PRESS last two decades.” the return of Taliban leadership Th e Taliban leadership has failed to meet commitments to reduce violence in Afghanistan under a February 2020 agreement and is continuing to But retired Army Gen. David to Doha, where a second round protect al Qaeda terrorists, according to government reports, raising serious questions about whether all U.S. troops will be able to leave by May. H. Petraeus, a former U.S. com- of peace talks began in January mander in Afghanistan and for- but made little progress. mer CIA director, expressed “The Taliban does not have the in Afghanistan in recent months into motion major prisoner ex- Mr. Biden is keeping on. violence and reduce their ties concern Friday that a rapid guts for peace,” said Mr. Talib, ac- and urged the U.S. and NATO to changes between the Taliban and The situation is shaping up to al Qaeda.” U.S. force drawdown could be cusing the militants of “spreading take a “strong stand” on Taliban the Afghan government. as an early foreign policy test for In addition to ongoing clashes disastrous. nonsense around.” compliance with the deal. Mr. Ghani said Friday that Mr. Biden. between the Taliban and U.S.- Mr. Petraeus told the Aspen Taliban leaders have sharply The Biden administration said “there was an expectation that While confirming that Mr. backed Afghan government Institute gathering that he had a challenged that description and it had begun a review of U.S. genuine peace talks would take Khalilzad will remain as special forces, a wave of assassinations “nagging fear as an old soldier” appear eager to keep the U.S. policy toward Afghanistan in the place” after that, but “peace has envoy, new Secretary of State has recently struck Afghanistan. that the situation could devolve troop drawdown on track. face a wave of terrorist attacks not been socialized to the Taliban Antony Blinken told reporters last Attacks have targeted journal- into “the kind of civil war that “Ever since we signed the agree- and the faltering talks. commanders or rank and fi les.” week that “one of the fi rst things ists, clerics, provincial offi cials we saw in the 1990s after the ment with the American side, we Major conditions of the U.S.- To the contrary, he said, Tali- we need to understand is exactly and, in several cases, prominent departure of the Soviets.” haven’t been involved in any ag- Taliban deal called for the rebels ban operatives have been “taking what is in the agreements.” women seeking a voice in the A Soviet military invasion in gressive actions,” Sher Mohammed to work to reduce violence, cut pictures with suicide bombers” Pentagon offi cials said Thurs- peace process and the country’s 1979 led to a decadelong occupa- Abbas Stanikzai, a leader of the ties with outside terrorist groups and continue to off er sanctuary day that the Taliban leadership future political landscape. tion, but the hard-line Taliban Taliban negotiating team, said on such as al Qaeda and the Islamic to terrorist groups. has failed to meet commitments As for ongoing Taliban ties movement was able to topple a visit to Moscow last week. “We State, and negotiate with the Top Biden administration offi - to reduce violence in Afghani- to al Qaeda, a recent Treasury the weak government left be- hope that the U.S. will continue to Kabul government in good faith cials in the State Department and stan, raising serious questions Department inspector general’s hind and take control of Kabul in honor the agreement reached in on a lasting peace deal. Direct Pentagon said the U.S. troop with- about whether all U.S. troops will memo maintained that, as of 2020, 1996. The Taliban later agreed to Doha. It’s in its interests.” attacks on American forces have drawal, the top priority of the be able to leave by May. al Qaeda was “gaining strength in host Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda Mr. Stanikzai said the militant stopped, but clashes between the Taliban, was always meant to be Pentagon spokesman John Afghanistan while continuing to movement, which planned the group still expects the U.S. to Taliban and the Afghan govern- “conditions-based.” Veteran U.S. Kirby said the U.S. stands for operate with the Taliban under Sept. 11, 2001, attacks from its fulfi ll its pledge to withdraw all ment remain routine. diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad, who now by its commitment for a the Taliban’s protection.” sanctuary inside Afghanistan. American troops by May. negotiated the 2020 accord, is one full troop withdrawal but added The Jan. 4, 2021, memo was ⦁ Mike Glenn contributed to But Mr. Ghani said just days Selfi es with suicide bombers of the few top Trump administra- that the “Taliban are not meeting cited last week in a report by this article, which is based in part later that “violence has peaked” The February 2020 deal set tion foreign policy fi gures whom their commitments to reduce the Long War Journal at the on wire service reports.

DEATH NOTICE that’s the same thing with Nike LEGAL and other corporations that we From page A1 revere. They just fi ght in diff erent ways.” legalization. Mr. Hart said he would like Mr. Hart is under no illusion Americans to worry less about that legalization would happen the fi nances of cartel members quickly, but he sees broad areas and more about what sorts of where the left and right can agree, drugs people are ingesting. if not from a liberty perspective Tainted and counterfeit drugs are then from an economic one. After responsible for high percentages all, the U.S. has spent more than $1 of deaths, he said. trillion combating drug use that “Americans in general who nevertheless remains prevalent don’t use heroin, what they may while overdose deaths mount and think of is the other aspects, jails fi ll up with off enders. where people who are dying from Still, Mr. Hart tugs the discus- what we are calling heroin over- Packard, sion away from practical reasons doses,” he said. “Most of these Donald F. and toward a philosophical core. people are dying from ignorance Brigadier General, U.S. Army “Some people use heroin as — ignorance to not knowing what (Ret.) part of their pursuit of happiness,” is in their substance — because he said. many of the illicit heroin is tainted Donald F. Packard, a retired Mr. Hart, 54, raised four chil- ASSOCIATED PRESS with potentially more dangerous Army Brigadier General and a re- dren in New York City. Before As recreational marijuana becomes increasingly accepted across the country, Columbia University substances, like fentanyl. They tired Division Vice President of JAYCOR, a professional service they might have been tempted or psychology professor Carl Hart says the U.S. can fi x its drug problems by legalizing all of them. need better education. How to do company, headquartered in San exposed to drugs, the Harts had this without putting themselves Diego died January 24, 2021, at already been scared straight, so in harm’s way and the illegality his home in Greensprings Village to speak, by his research. of new addicts, he said. Zurich, and one of the ways the pinpoints the percentage of al- means it precludes us from telling in Springfi eld, VA. From his offi ces at Columbia’s But what about a flood of Swiss dealt with that is they were coholics among drinkers at 15% people how to do these things in A member of the West Point Upper West Side campus and Co- stoned workers? concerned about HIV/AIDS, and to 20%, cocaine addiction at 20% a more safe manner.” Class of 1948, General Packard lumbia Presbyterian Hospital far- “So think about alcohol and they instituted this program where to 25% of users, and heroin addic- Mr. Hart sees an imbalance served thirty years as an Armor ther uptown, Mr. Hart conducts people drunk at work. That would they gave heroin to people who tion at 25% to 30% of users. that could be fi xed by legalizing Offi cer with a research and de- experiments with human vol- certainly dampen productivity,” met criteria for heroin addiction.” He thinks those numbers are drugs. velopment specialty. Among his unteers and various drugs. The Mr. Hart said. “Americans don’t manageable. “When we talk about those assignments were two tours in research sheds light on reactions come to work drunk, and the ones ‘A jobs program’ Society knows Marlboros and people who can go out and get Europe and two tours in the Far and tolerance and is designed who do don’t last very long and With a team in place to treat Jack Daniels are desirable to some it, it’s largely the people who are East. His fi nal assignment was as to create even more effective then there are other people to and guide them, addicts were and potentially deadly to all, and privileged in the society who can Commanding General of the US Army Combat Development and drug treatment and education replace them. The same would be given heroin twice a day. That that same knowledge can be ex- do that,” he said. “Whereas the Experimentation Command, Fort programs. true with any other drug. idea appears startling, but Mr. tended to other drugs. ones who are going to pay the Ord, California. The journey has not been “Why would we expect them Hart said it has met with much “The war on drugs has been price are those at the margins. A resident of Fairfax County Vir- quick. Mr. Hart began as a de- to behave any diff erently with success. a boon for a number of people They can’t just ‘do that’ without ginia, General Packard was born vout “drug warrior” aghast at the any other drug?” he asked. “We “More than 20 years later, this in our society, and they know putting themselves at substantial August 28, 1925 in West Paris, damage illegal drugs wrought in do this with one of the most program is still in eff ect,” he said. it,” he said. “We don’t talk about risk.” Maine. He obtained his bach- America. intoxicating substances known “In fact, it has grown throughout the war on drugs as a jobs pro- As Mr. Hart moves confi- elor’s degree from West Point in “It’s been an evolution,” he to humankind: alcohol. And we the country and throughout Eu- gram, but that’s what it is. We dently from one aspect of the 1948 and his master’s degree from said. “I drank the Kool-Aid. I do that quite well. If people come rope, and most of the people in have to fi gure out a role for law drug problem to another, he in- Purdue University in 1955. He in- thought drugs were the problem.” and they are intoxicated, they the program are working. They’re enforcement to be involved with variably circles back to his main structed at both the Army School, He eventually concluded, smell of alcohol, there is a social happy. And so this notion of the this new approach, and if you theme: freedom. The panoply of Ft. Knox, Kentucky and the Elec- however, that the problem was stigma, we shun them and we needle park, that’s an idea that’s don’t, they’re going to fi ght this laws, crimes, prisons and deaths toral Engineering Department at not drugs but their illicit status, also have other consequences for 25 years old, and this was dealt tooth and nail like their salaries that surround drugs is a shadow West Point, New York. After retiring from the Army in which gives them an allure and those people. The same would be with quite eff ectively.” depended upon it.” over all Americans and would be 1978, General Packard joined brings down the overwhelming true if they came to work stoned.” He said the common image Mr. Hart sees drug legaliza- reduced or eliminated by legaliza- JAYCOR’s Alexandria, Virginia of- power of the state on users. Mr. Hart said the claim that of so-called junkies is also false. tion more as a reallocation than tion, he said. fi ce as a senior analyst and proj- Opponents of drug legaliza- full drug legalization has been “In the U.S., we have this sen- savings in terms of revenue. If the “The way we are doing things ect manager. He was promoted to tion argue that easy access and tried in some places and gone sational image, this unreasonable demand side were legal, he said, currently is inconsistent with the Vice President for Support Sys- lack of legal consequences would awry is a lie. image of this aberrant image of what would happen to the supply persons we say we are,” he said. tems in 1985 and retired from JAY- result in more drug users, more Parts of Europe have broadly someone who uses heroin, of this side and the criminal syndicates “We say we’re the freest nation COR in 1989. addiction, more crime and more decriminalized drugs, but not poor soul who needs our help,” he that control it? in the world, and nothing could Survivors include his wife of 72 broken families. fully. The images of those places said. “And that makes us feel bet- “They’ll fi nd other work,” Mr. be further from the truth. We say years, Joline Packard of Spring- Mr. Hart counters that illegal- as blighted landscapes of needle- ter as good liberals or whatever Hart said with a hint of a laugh. we guarantee people life, liberty fi eld, VA; a daughter, Marcia Dixon ity hasn’t dented the demand for strewn parks with slumped ad- people are. But that ain’t reality. “They always do. And they only and the pursuit of happiness, we of Stephens City, VA; a daughter drugs. dicts on benches is false, he said. The reality is people want to be become ruthless when you put allow them to live life as they see Donna Bennett of Lynchburg, VA; What’s more, given that the “This issue related to the nee- left alone.” a tremendous amount of law fi t. That is simply not true. And a son, David Packard of Manches- ter, ME; eight grandchildren and supply lines remain open for il- dle parks, that was a phenomenon Mr. Hart said his research enforcement pressure on them. the drug example is a perfect two great-grandchildren. legal drugs, it is unlikely that le- in the late ’80s, early ’90s,” he points to much smaller per- The ones who are the most ruth- example of how our practices are Please sign the Guestbook at galization would unleash a fl ood said. “That was in Switzerland, in centages of true addiction. He less are the ones who survive, and inconsistent with our promises.” www.legacy.com/washingtontimes A10 | METRO ☆ R MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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VIRGINIA BRIEFLY Census delay boosts Republicans in Virginia THE METRO AREA

State to continue to use decades-old maps that don’t reﬂ ect growth in certain areas MARYLAND

BY MATTHEW BARAKAT AND MIKE CATALINI has given Virginia and New Jersey prior- state Senate and a 52-28 advantage in The expectation in Virginia is that the UPPER MARLBORO ASSOCIATED PRESS ity in receiving their redistricting data so the Assembly. new data will continue the ongoing popu- Police: Boy, 12, driving they can complete the process in time to Jon Bramnick, the Republican Assem- lation growth in Northern Virginia — a The U.S. Census Bureau’s missed run their elections. This year, the entire bly minority leader, put the amendment Democratic stronghold — at the expense stolen car struck offi cer deadlines could be a boon for Virginia census has been delayed by a combina- that carries forward the current map in of more rural areas that lean Republican. A 12-year-old boy driving an alleged Republicans but a bust for the New Jersey tion of factors, and a top Census Bureau stark terms: “It’s bad.” The House of Delegates lines that stolen vehicle struck a Prince George’s GOP — and the reverse for Democrats offi cial said Wednesday that states won’t “It has kept Republicans in the minor- were created in 2011 were drawn by a County police offi cer Friday morning — as the only two states with legislative receive the necessary redistricting data ity for 20 years. Why would we want to Republican-controlled chamber to ben- and fl ed the scene, leaving the offi cer elections this year do so without the data for legislative boundaries until July. keep a map that has kept Democrats in efi t the GOP. In fact, when those boundar- with a broken leg, authorities said. they need to draw new boundaries. That’s too late to accommodate Vir- the majority?” Mr. Bramnick said. ies were challenged on the basis of racial County police said the incident The 2021 election cycle, the fi rst since ginia and New Jersey, so they will have The nonpartisan Princeton Gerry- gerrymandering, Republicans defended started when offi cers made two traffi c Democrats took control of the White little choice but to conduct elections this mandering Project raised concerns that themselves in court by arguing that they stops on two vehicles around 1 a.m. House and Congress, is also supposed year under the existing boundaries. the amendment could put people of color were motivated by partisan bias, not ra- Friday, WTOP-FM reported. to be the fi rst conducted after redistrict- In New Jersey, voters approved a at a disadvantage. cial bias, when they drew the lines. D.C. police said the boy was driving ing based on changes captured in the constitutional amendment to leave the “It would … dilute the voting power of Delegate Marcus Simon, Fairfax one of the cars and suddenly reversed, once-a-decade census required under existing lines in place for 2021 if the state these communities immediately, in 2021,” Democrat, is a member of Virginia’s striking the offi cer and pinning him the Constitution. didn’t receive the requisite census data the project’s director, Sam Wang, said newly created bipartisan redistricting between another vehicle, before fl eeing The delay in census fi gures means Vir- by February, so its path forward is clear. during a legislative hearing. “A two-year commission that will draw the new lines the scene. ginia and New Jersey will continue to use But that doesn’t mean everyone is delay in redistricting would likely harm once the census data is received. He said Police gave chase, and the boy was decade-old maps that don’t refl ect growth pleased with how things turned out. communities of color, who have grown the GOP’s advantage under the old lines later caught. in areas such as Northern Virginia and Republicans gripe that the amend- in population in areas across the state.” has been blunted to an extent by a 2019 D.C. police said the Prince George’s may undercount people of color, factors ment will lock in a Democratic advantage In Virginia, the status quo gives an court-ordered redistricting that unpacked offi cer suff ered a broken leg and pos- that could contribute to shifts in their for another year, and apart from political advantage to Republicans, said Mark racial minorities who had been crammed sibly a broken foot. statehouses. party considerations, there are worries Rozell, political scientist at George into 11 House districts. The boy was arrested and hospital- The two are the only states with that people of color — particularly His- Mason University. The redrawn lines made Democrats ized. It’s unclear whether he will be statewide elections in 2021; the unusual panics and Asian Americans — whose “This buys one additional election more competitive in a higher number of charged with a crime. election cycle often provides an early population has grown an estimated 20% cycle for Republicans before the redis- districts. That in turn fueled a Demo- — Associated Press window into the electorate’s view on a over the past decade won’t be fairly tricting process reflects the changes cratic gain of six seats in the 2019 House new presidential administration. represented. that benefi t a more progressive side of elections, fl ipping the chamber to Demo- BALTIMORE In past decades, the Census Bureau Democrats hold a 25-15 edge in the the political spectrum,” Mr. Rozell said. cratic control. Transit driver fatally shot while sitting in van State authorities are investigating the shooting death of a driver for a state transit program serving disabled people. DISTRICT Police responded to a reported shooting in Northeast Baltimore shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday and found a 49 year-old man suff ering from Residents: Fences ‘a permanent scar’ gunshot wounds to the body. He died a short time later at a local hospital. Investigators said the victim was Capitol security measures a Maryland Transit Administration Mobility van driver who was seated seldom seen as temporary inside his vehicle when he was ap- proached by a man who shot him with BY MARK SHERMAN a handgun.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Police said the gunman fl ed in a tan or beige Ford Crown Victoria or The terrace on the West Side of the U.S. Capitol Lincoln Grand Marquee. used to be a popular place for tourists and Washing- The Baltimore Sun reported that a tonians alike to watch the sun dip behind the Lin- union offi cial identifi ed the victim as coln Memorial at the far end of the National Mall. Frankye Duckett. Then came the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The — Associated Press terrace has been closed to the public ever since. It’s a sad fact of life in the nation’s capital that VIRGINIA security measures are seldom temporary. So when the U.S. Capitol Police’s acting chief NEWPORT NEWS said permanent fences around the Capitol complex Drug ring probe nets should be part of the “vast improvements” in security needed to protect the building and the lawmak- more pleas, sentencings ers who work inside, the reaction from members The mastermind behind a large of Congress, local lawmakers and neighborhood ASSOCIATED PRESS drug-traffi cking ring operating in Vir- residents was swift and emphatically negative. Razor wire atop fencing was installed last month around the U.S. Capitol perimeter following the Jan. 6 ginia, North Carolina, Texas and Cali- “D.C. does not support it,” said D.C. Council insurrection. “D.C. does not support it,” D.C. Council member Charles Allen said of the fencing. fornia has entered a guilty plea, federal member Charles Allen, a Democrat in Ward 6, prosecutors in Virginia said Friday. which includes the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Four other defendants arrested in Rep. Jennifer Wexton, Virginia Democrat, “It’s a beautiful and unique place where people like” for it to be removed, she had nothing further an investigation dubbed “Operation tweeted: “I believe we can keep Members, press, love to walk their dogs, take family photos or photos to share on the issue. Cookout” either pleaded guilty or were staff , my constituents, and all those who work here to announce their engagement,” said Ms. Cunning- The Supreme Court also is blocked off from the sentenced in the past week for distrib- safe without walling off the symbol of our democ- ham, a former Hill staff er who lives in the area and public by temporary fences. uting large amounts of fentanyl, heroin, racy. It’s the People’s House — let’s keep it that way.” works in government aff airs. When the court invoked security concerns to and cocaine in Newport News and A petition being circulated online at Change.org Security doesn’t have to be unsightly, said Susan close its front doors to the public in 2010, Justice North Carolina, offi cials said. against making permanent the temporary fences Piedmont-Palladino, an architecture professor and Stephen G. Breyer lamented what would be lost Ramiro Ramirez-Barreto, 44, faces that were erected after a mob loyal to President coordinator of urban design at Virginia Tech. with people no longer able to enter the building by at least 20 years in prison after plead- Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 had She pointed to the creation of a pedestrian plaza climbing 44 steps beneath the iconic phrase “Equal ing guilty on Monday to engaging in a roughly 3,900 signatures by early afternoon Sunday. in front of the White House that grew out of the Justice Under Law” etched in the pediment above. continuing criminal enterprise. “Visitors and residents of DC would be pun- decision to close Pennsylvania Avenue to vehicular “To many members of the public, this Court’s Authorities described Ramirez- ished by a permanent fence, a permanent scar on traffi c following the bombing of the federal building main entrance and front steps are not only a means Barreto as a Mexican national linked our beautiful city, and would lose access to this in Oklahoma City in 1995. to, but also a metaphor for, access to the Court to the Sinaloa cartel who supplied beautiful beacon of democracy,” the petition reads. “We have gotten some beautiful improvements itself,” Justice Breyer wrote, adding that “poten- cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl to several The grounds of the Capitol attract crowds to the city out of fear,” Ms. Piedmont-Palladino said. tial security threats will exist regardless of which drug distribution rings in Newport for public events, daily exercise — even intimate Of course, the plaza and the adjacent Lafayette entrance we use.” News, Virginia and in Henderson and moments. Park also have been closed since the summer, To Ms. Piedmont-Palladino, the real challenge Greensboro, North Carolina. Allison Cunningham, the petition’s drafter, blocked by fences similar to those at the Capitol. in what she called an ongoing minuet between se- Authorities said his customers remembers going to the Capitol grounds to watch Asked Friday whether the president would con- curity and access “doesn’t involve keeping people included federal prison inmates who the Discovery space shuttle on its fi nal fl ight atop sider taking down that new fencing at the White away. It involves making that space more welcom- operated a drug traffi cking organization a 747 in 2012. House, press secretary Jen Psaki said while “we’d all ing to civic behavior,” she said. in Henderson using a bootleg mobile phone. — Associated Press

MARYLAND Appeals court tosses man’s murder conviction over fi re in secret tunnels

BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN evidence wasn’t suffi cient to sustain Beck- Montgomery County State’s Attorney paranoid ﬁ xation on a possible nuclear led to a shaft that dropped down 20 feet

ASSOCIATED PRESS witt’s murder conviction. But it upheld his John McCarthy’s offi ce, said prosecutors attack by North Korea. into tunnels that branched out roughly conviction for involuntary manslaughter were reviewing the ruling. Beckwitt took elaborate steps to keep 200 feet in length. Investigators con- A Maryland appeals court on Friday under a theory of gross negligence. “When we have had a chance to re- the project a secret. He tried to trick cluded the blaze was ignited by a defec- overturned a wealthy stock trader’s con- “We always felt that this case was view the matter thoroughly, we will Khafra into thinking they were dig- tive electrical outlet in the basement. viction on a murder charge in the fi ery overcharged from the beginning,” said comment further as appropriate,” Mr. ging the tunnels in Virginia instead of Prosecutors said Beckwitt ignored ob- death of a man who was secretly helping Megan Coleman, one of Beckwitt’s Korionoff said in a statement. Maryland by having him don “blackout vious signs of danger and sacrifi ced safety him dig tunnels for a nuclear bunker attorneys. Firefighters found Khafra’s naked, glasses” before taking him on a long for secrecy. Defense attorney Robert Bon- beneath a home in Montgomery County. Beckwitt, who has been imprisoned charred body in the basement of Beck- drive. Khafra had a cellphone with him sib told jurors the fi re was an accident, Daniel Beckwitt, 29, was sentenced in since his April 2019 conviction, will be witt’s trash-fi lled house, only a few steps in the tunnels, but Beckwitt used internet not a crime. He described his client as 2019 to nine years in prison after a jury resentenced after the appeals process from an exit. Prosecutors said the extreme “spoofi ng” to make it appear they were an idiosyncratic but “incredibly brilliant” convicted him of second-degree “de- becomes fi nal. Prosecutors can ask the hoarding conditions in the Bethesda digging in Virginia. man who never intended any harm. praved heart” murder and involuntary state’s highest court to review the case. home prevented Khafra from escaping. Khafra worked in the tunnels for days The appeals court panel’s ruling manslaughter for the death of 21-year-old Ms. Coleman said guidelines for Khafra met Beckwitt online. Beck- at a time, eating and sleeping there and says depraved heart murder requires Askia Khafra, who was burned beyond her client’s case would recommend witt had invested money in a company urinating and defecating into a bucket an “extreme indiff erence to the value of recognition in the September 2017 fi re at a sentence ranging from six months Khafra was trying to launch as he helped that Beckwitt lowered down to him. human life,” whereas gross negligence Beckwitt’s home. to fi ve years in prison for involuntary Beckwitt dig the network of tunnels. The tunnels had lights, an air circulation involuntary manslaughter requires only A three-judge panel from Court of manslaughter. A prosecutor described Beckwitt as system and a heater. “a wanton and reckless disregard for Special Appeals ruled last week that the Ramon Korionoff , a spokesman for a skilled computer hacker who had a A hole in the concrete basement fl oor human life.” ▶ Editorial: Time for work / B2 LEGAL ADS INSIDE B5 OOMMENTARYMMENTARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1,C 2021 ☆ R SECTION B What is Biden trying to stimulate? Democrats are painting economy as worse than it is so they can take credit for recovery later

By Michael McKenna They would be right. Of the 34 states that have unemployment at s the rough beast of federal “stimu- or below the national average, 27 are red states. lus” legislation slouches Of the 16 states with unemployment rates higher toward reconciliation than the national average, 12 are blue states. to be born, it is worth The 11 states with the highest unemployment noting that the economy are all run by Democrats. Among the 16 states doesn’t really need any with the lowest unemployment, 14 are led by stimulus and the taxpay- Republicans. ers certainly don’t need Finally, it is worth noting that the Bureau more borrowing put on of Labor Statistics’ most recent report on job the federal government’s credit card. openings and turnover indicated that the U.S. ALots of folks on the left and in the media are economy has 6.5 million job openings. eager to prepare the way for What about state and more federal borrowing and local tax revenues? Congress for next year’s narratives seems to want to give poorly about how President Biden ALTERNATIVEALTERNATIVVEE managed states even more saved the economy. So they cash to manage even more have a rooting interest in HYPOTHESIS poorly. Is that warranted? making things seem worse The libertarian Cato BY MICHAEL MCKENNA than they are. Institute think tank has The facts, however, sug- worked up a few numbers gest an economy already in rebound and employ- that suggest it is not. ment struggling only in those places mismanaged Bureau of Economic Analysis data show that by Democrats. state and local tax revenues are rising rather than Let’s start with employment. Mr. Biden starts falling. Sales tax revenue dipped in the second off with one of the worst job markets of any mod- quarter of 2020 but recovered in the third quar- ern president, correct? ter. Individual income and property taxes rose in The national unemployment rate is 6.7%, and both the second and third quarters of 2020. there are about 10 million fewer people with jobs In total, state and local tax revenues of $474 than at the beginning of last year. billion in the third quarter of 2020 were up That does sound bad. slightly from $470 billion in the third quarter of When was the last time it was this bad? Well, 2019. it was worse than that during most of the eight Tax revenues will, as they always do, rise as years of the Obama-Biden administration. For the economy recovers. Which leads to the ques- perspective, the unemployment rate was last at tion of whether the economy is recovering.

6.7% in 2014, about in the middle of the Obama- Last week, the federal government reported ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER Biden administration’s second term. that real gross domestic product increased at an What about the 10 million people? It is worth annual rate of 4% in the fourth quarter of 2020, Why then the insistence on borrowing more about?) about the economy now, the easier it will be to remembering that the coronavirus shutdowns which followed a 33.4% increase in the third money? Because Mr. Biden and Congress want take credit for it later. killed more than 22 million jobs at the worst quarter. Does this mean the last half of the year to help their brethren in mismanaged states; moment. The recovery of most of these jobs in was good? It was probably the best economic because they want to ship taxpayer cash to teach- Michael McKenna, a columnist for The Washing- places run by Republicans would lead rational performance most of us have ever seen. ers and other public-sector unions; because they ton Times, is the president of MWR Strategies. He people to conclude that some of the economy is In short, it looks and feels like a pretty sharp like the idea of shipping checks to people and was most recently a deputy assistant to the presi- being restrained by state and local governments V-shaped recovery, just as the Trump administra- increasing their dependence on the government. dent and deputy director of the Offi ce of Legislative run by Democrats. tion prepared for and predicted. Because they know the more they hide the truth (lie Aff airs at the White House.

Focusing on impeachment Our multipolar instead of fi ghting for presidency is a the American people major problem Democrats choose political games over dealing Biden administration stands with the pandemic and its economic fallout to make politics more muddled, more confusing By Bill Hagerty whether the President should be removed from offi ce — must involve and more divisive ith this latest impeach- “The President,” not a president. And ment eff ort against Article 1, Section 3 provides that, By Tom Basile former President Donald “When the President of the United WJ. Trump, Democrats have States is tried, the Chief Justice shall here are some in Washington made clear that they prefer fi ghting preside.” Yet, “the President” is not who believe that the end of 2020 the former president to fi ghting for on trial, and the Chief Justice is not and the departure of Donald the American people. presiding, both of which under- TTrump signals a return to some The problems requiring Washing- score the unconstitutionality of this form of political normalcy. Pundits, po- ton’s immediate attention could not proceeding. liticos and policymakers beware. America be more urgent: the nation is reeling Most signifi cantly, this exercise is is yet again in uncharted territory. We in the midst of a global pandemic a disservice to our constituents, who have entered the era of the multipolar caused by China, millions of Ameri- sent us to Washington to work on presidency. cans are unemployed due to pro- important issues that will improve Questions are swirling about which longed economic shutdowns, and a their lives. Perhaps it is not surpris- Joe Biden the nation elected: the driven generation of children stuck outside ing that Washington’s priorities do yet amiable moderate of decades past, of the classroom are falling further not match those of the American or an automaton beholden to his party’s and further behind. people, as Washington has spent ascendent left Yet rather than fo- years ignoring voters. wing. The factions cusing on these crucial One new element In 2016, then-candi- currently compet- issues and working to date Trump ran on an ing for his attention benefi t the citizens we of this year’s eff ort America First agenda and the public’s will were elected to serve, is that Mr. Trump that appealed to a ultimately decide Congress is playing po- is no longer in broad coalition Ameri- this administration’s litical games. Impeach- offi ce, which makes cans who, like me, were course and destiny. ing a former president tired of government Notable among who is now a private this impeachment as usual. Americans our ex-presidents, citizen may satisfy the unconstitutional wanted to see trade Nixon focused on Democrats’ never- under the plain text of deals renegotiated to rehabilitating his ending desire to battle the U.S. Constitution. benefi t American work- image and contrib- President Trump, but ers and boost Ameri- ILLUSTRATION BY LINAS GARSYS uting substantively it will not provide can manufacturing; we to the American relief to struggling families, nor will longed to reassert American leader- Trump, as if they have no agenda competitiveness with other nations. foreign policy dis- it heal the divisions that plague our ship on the world stage after years beyond stopping Mr. Trump. They are Every decision I will make as a U.S. cussion. Gerald Ford country. of “apology tours”; we were desper- now holding hostage the U.S. Senate and senator will be based on two essential played golf. Bill Clin- Like an annual ritual, the Demo- ate to secure our border to protect wasting valuable time on an unconstitu- questions: Is this in the best interest of ton made money. crats’ latest impeachment eff ort Americans; we applauded a mean- tional, political sideshow. Tennessee, and is this in the best interest Jimmy Carter, Ron- against Mr. Trump comes almost ingful push back against China after Perhaps Democrats hope that this of the nation? In the case of impeaching ald Reagan, George exactly one year after their last ill- decades of appeasement; we hoped impeachment spectacle will distract former President Trump, the answer is H.W. Bush and George W. Bush all largely conceived partisan impeachment to end endless wars; and we were Americans from the recent barrage of quite obviously no. The Senate would stayed out of politics, dedicating their time trial. These spectacles have made a ready to hold accountable global Biden administration executive orders be wiser to use this time to advance the outside of the offi ce to philanthropy. Times mockery of a solemn constitutional institutions that spent American that will hurt working Americans, interests of our constituents, rather than have changed. proceeding that, until 2019, had oc- taxpayers’ dollars without advancing including revocation of the Keystone engage in an unconstitutional, political The argument that the Biden adminis- curred only twice in the history of American taxpayers’ interests. XL pipeline project, which will cost jobs show trial of a private citizen. tration is President Barack Obama’s third the nation. In 2020, even more Americans — 74 and reverse our recent achievement of While Democrats and President term is not simply a Republican talking One new element of this year’s million — voted to continue and expand energy independence; open-borders Biden claim they want to “heal the point. Barack Obama is our fi rst truly eff ort is that Mr. Trump is no longer this vision. While former President immigration policies that will encour- nation”, their recent actions suggest activist former president in more than a in offi ce, which makes this impeach- Trump did not prevail, the voters of age human and drug traffi cking and exactly the opposite. century. ment unconstitutional under the Tennessee sent me to Washington to make it even harder for already strug- His strength and infl uence within the plain text of the U.S. Constitution. build upon these successes and fi ght for gling American workers to compete for Bill Hagerty is a U. S. senator from Democratic Party remain profound. In Under Article 2, Section 4, a presi- forgotten Americans. scarce jobs; and re-joining one-sided Tennessee. He previously served as 2020, the former president and his old dential impeachment trial — the It’s time to get to work. Yet, Demo- global bureaucratic agreements that are U.S. ambassador to Japan during the purpose of which is to determine crats are still fi ghting former President empty symbols hamstringing American Trump administration. » see BASILE | B3 B2 | EDITORIAL ☆ R MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021

COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Time for work As vaccine-craving Americans shoot up, so will the U.S. economy mericans are tired of California, Oregon, New working like a dog — Mexico and New York eff ec- A that is, sitting at home, tively destroyed 140,000 jobs waiting to be fed by the mas- in December while failing to ter’s hand. After nearly a year prevent the national death of futile COVID-19 lockdowns tally from cresting 433,000 and slowdowns, it’s time for last week. John and Joan Q. Public to get Accordingly, it’s not sur- off their tails and work like prising that a new study Americans. by Stanford University re- For President Biden, Job 1 searchers of closure eff ects on is halting the pandemic. His COVID-19 spread, published Raising institution of a “100 Days in the European Journal of Masking Challenge” on fed- Clinical Investigation, found eral property has symbolic nations with “the most restric- the minimum wage value, and his stripping of tive non pharmaceutical inter- President Trump’s Operation ventions,” such as the United By Peter Morici without also raising the pay of the shift manager too. Warp Speed label from the States, England and France, had resident Biden wants to raise the In low wages markets, raising federal emergency eff orts has no better health outcomes than minimum wage to at least $15 an McDonald’s starting pay for servers none. It is inoculating Ameri- those like Sweden and South hour, but this is hardly the best to $15 an hour would increase labor cans that promises to halt Korea, which did not. Pway to lessen income inequality. costs about $8 — including add-ons Poverty in America and conditions for payroll taxes and unemployment the disease. With supplies The Biden $1.9 trillion for the working poor are not nearly as insurance—and increase the cost of a already running low of the “American Rescue Plan” at- extreme as progressives advertise. Mea- quarter-pound hamburger meal from two brands now in distri- tempts to save a national sures of inequality — such as those in about $6 to $8. Census reports — often focus on earned Take out restaurants, drug stores bution, his administration’s economy currently treading income and pensions but fail to consider and groceries in cities where minimum prompt approval of Johnson water by tossing it an anvil. progressive taxation, welfare benefi ts wages have been set high are increas- & Johnson and AstraZeneca A $15 federal minimum wage and other private transfers. ingly relying on computer-assisted vaccines, reportedly possible could end up killing at least 1.3 For 2017, former Sen. Phil Gramm check out to save on labor costs and and former Bureau of Labor Statistics avoid raising prices enough to drive within weeks, would boost million jobs as fi rms cut work- Assistant Commissioner John Early away too many customers. supplies by millions of doses. ers to avoid exploding payroll estimated the impact of government Overall, higher wages favor e-com- Fighting the virus must not costs. And a $350 billion gift programs such as food stamps, Med- merce over brick-and-mortar, because icaid and rent subsidies and contribu- fulfi llment centers more readily lend to interfere with Job 1a, which can to poorly managed state and tions from private charities. Those automation. And those favor large busi- only be removing obstacles to local governments would be raised average household income for nesses—at the expense of smaller and the nation’s economic revival. as futile as reinfl ating a leaky the bottom quintile from about $4,908 stand-alone consumer goods manufac- For Mr. Biden, that means tire without patching it. to $45,389 — nearly double the poverty turers, retailers, restaurants, hotels and line for a family of four. entertainment venues—because they prevailing on states to drop To be sure, a $1,400 check That’s why the working poor own can spread development costs for ro- their business bans and stay- per person, a $400 weekly cell phones with family subscriptions botic solutions, software and websites at-home orders. The impact of benefit during unemploy- that cost a substantial portion of their over higher volumes and more outlets. the restrictions has been epic: ment, and a heftier child care earned income. Whereas growing up For workers near the bottom of the in working-class community income scale, raising the a loss of 9.4 million jobs dur- tax credit of up to $8,000 per on Long Island in the 1950s, Conservative minimum wage to $15 an ing 2020, the most since 1939. family would help keep the I frequently observed poorer hour would boost house- Lower-income Americans wolf from the door of families mothers using the pay phone economists don’t hold incomes, even after at the corner grocery be- like governments they pay a lot more for a have been hit the hardest. harmed by job loss. cause they could not aff ord a Big Mac and a little more The isolation strategy Rather than serving up fi xing prices landline. above what for UPS delivery on online seemed to work at fi rst, but a dog’s breakfast of federal In 1938, Congress estab- purchases, but it would the jagged death peaks that handouts with little to spur lished the federal minimum market forces lower real incomes among rose and fell last spring re- productivity, President Biden wage and has periodically would require, households further up the raised it to accommodate because income scale. semble Himalayas-like spires should focus his attention on infl ation. In 2009, it was set While progressives this winter. New business doling out vaccines. The U.S. at $7.25 per hour—or about it wastes might hail this as economic bans and stay-at-home or- economy will roar back to life 33 percent of wages paid resources. justice, the Congressional hourly workers as computed Budget Offi ce in a 2019 ders during the recent holi- when virus-free Americans by BLS. study found the losses up the income day season in places like get back to work. Conservative economists don’t like ladder would be greater than the governments fi xing prices above what gains for the working poor. Overall, a market forces would require, because $15 minimum wage would cut family it wastes resources — too much milk incomes by about $9 billion, and some from dairy price supports and unem- 1.3 million low wage workers would ployment for the minimum wage. But lose their jobs and suff er tragic losses for low wage workers, the damage of independence, dignity and income is already done — gradually raising altogether. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the minimum wage in line with other It’s simply less harmful to all wages would likely cause minimal new families to raise the earned income tax job losses. credit but increasing taxes on middle Lots of ‘devotion’ — in name only Among voters the idea gaining and upper income Americans for such traction is that it is better to assist the purposes is problematic with slim Thanks to Cal Thomas for exam- a well-documented history of plagia- do not forcefully protest. One wonders working poor by off ering higher pay- majorities of Democrats and moderate ining the contradiction between rism and lying about his credentials, whether they are also enabling the ing employment opportunities than Republicans in Congress. President Biden’s advertised status as so this particular aff ront to common appalling toll on innocent human life through enhanced government ben- With robots and artifi cial intelli- a “devout Catholic” and his support for sense should surprise nobody. How- caused by the abortion tragedy. efi ts fi nanced with increased taxes on gence becoming ubiquitous no matter unrestricted legal abortion (“Joe Biden: ever, what may be equally noteworthy more affl uent Americans. Conservative what we do, raising the minimum wage A liberal wolf in a moderate sheep’s are the president’s fellow “devout” C. L. LAWLOR leaning Florida recently approved a over several years to $12 a hour or clothing,” Web, Jan. 27). Mr. Biden has Catholics, even among the clergy, who Mequon, Wisc. $15 minimum wage, and 30 states have about 40 percent of the average hourly enacted higher minimum wages than wage — and then adjusting it annually the federal standard. to kept it aligned with that benchmark How Catholic are you, Joe? In places like San Francisco and — would have fewer adverse conse- Seattle economic studies documented quences and be a reasonable compro- Since the beginning of Christian- realizes how much he is hurting as codifying Roe v. Wade and Doe that abruptly raising the minimum mise that hues to the empathy of voters ity, the Catholic church has been his supposedly beloved Catholic v. Bolton. wage caused signifi cant restaurant for the working poor. a huge target for anti-Catholic church with his declaration of being closures and job losses. And dramatic celebrities. pro-life “privately” while publicly KATHLEEN COX RICHARDSON shifts disturb wage patterns for work- Peter Morici, @pmorici1,is an economist I wonder if President Biden backing full-term abortions as well Leander, Texas ers further up the wage ladder — for and emeritus business professor at the example, it’s tough to raise the pay of a University of Maryland, and a national counter clerk at McDonald’s $2 an hour columnist. It’s the agriculture, stupid The climate changes continually, and climate. This eff ect is local, and it can Regenerative agriculture, as in the Allen it is most noticeable when looked at occur readily on a time scale consis- Savory approach, has not been scaled locally (“Painting the White House tent with the human lifespan. You can to satisfy global food demand. New green,” Web, Jan. 28). Turning grass- easily measure the eff ects in terms of technology and better understanding land or forests into deserts has gone local temperatures and humidity, rain of how to sustain and preserve biologi- Published by Th e Washington Times LLC on for 10,000 years at an accelerated fall, decreases in animal species, soil cal systems is there to be had for the rate, which approximates the history health or even depletion, and aquifer increased use of regenerative agricul- LARRY T. BEASLEY, CEO THOMAS P. McDEVITT, Chairman of agriculture. Unfortunately climate depletion, etc. If you did address ag- ture. It would ultimately sequester the CHRISTOPHER DOLAN, President & Executive Editor change as a political issue comes riculture, it would involve positively carbon in the soil. down to carbon dioxide and the oil aff ecting the carbon cycle and carbon However, this solution would kill the NEWS EDITORIAL AND OPINION industry. There are numerous cult- sequestration to the extent of totally politics. The only thing Chinese-made IAN BISHOP, Managing Editor CHARLES HURT, Opinion Editor like ideologies that are exploited to compensating for transportation- windmills and photovoltaic cells will CATHY GAINOR, Managing Editor CAROL HERMAN, Deputy Editorial Page Editor gain public support on one side or emitted carbon. accomplish is economic destruction JOHN BOURANTAS, Assistant Managing Editor BUSINESS the other — animal rights and veg- There is no one way to do agricul- and the rise of nation states that rec- STEPHEN DINAN, Assistant Managing Editor JOSEPH E. TEIPE, JR., Executive Vice President DAVID R. SANDS, Assistant Managing Editor anism being two leading examples ture. The two extremes are defi ned ognize what is going on. One of those DAVID DADISMAN, General Manager MARIA STAINER, Assistant Managing Editor — but it extends into urban versus by mono crop versus regenerative is China, and Beijing Biden has already RAYNARD BOLDING, Chief Financial Offi cer JOSEPH SZADKOWSKI, Assistant Managing Editor rural living, individual rights versus agriculture. Amber waves of grain are positioned himself to profi t from it. DESHONDA MURRAY, Human Resources Manager collectivism. in no way “green.” It is not to be found JORGE CARRASQUILLO, Information Technology Director Without a doubt modern agricul- in nature; it is purely extractive and SAMUEL BURKEEN ture has had the greatest eff ect on the only enabled by the use of fossil fuels. Reston, Va. Submissions: Op-eds may only be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] Letters to the Editor must be original, exclusive to The Washington Times and sent via email. We prefer letters that are fewer than 350 words. Please include your name, address and daytime telephone number. E-mail: [email protected] MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 ☆ R OPINION | B3 No apologies here. I voted my priorities Evangelicals are asked to apologize for their support of Trump, but the sins of Biden and Harris are greater

By Everett Piper than let them work for it; And the theft of our Lyon, general superintendent emerita and ambassa- freedom simply makes no logical, legal or biblical religious freedom by forcing all of us to bow to dor of the Wesleyan Church, posts on social media sense. e are now offi cially the godawful religion of government as God. that many parishioners within her own denomina- Many of us who are faithful followers of Christ less than two weeks And while all of this has been happening, tion might be unwittingly members of a cult and in believe that if we have a choice between life and into the Biden admin- what has the cry been from our nation’s evan- need of being “reprogrammed.” death that we should choose life every time. istration, and our new gelical leaders? Has it been that the prophets of And what is the mortal sin for which we must Millions of the faithful understand that if we president has a list of Baal should repent? Has it been that we should repent and be reprogrammed? Millions of Chris- can vote for religious freedom and against “accomplishments” stop sacrifi cing our children to Moloch? Has it tians dared to stand against the race to hell led by ideological fascism, we should. We recognize as long as your arm of been that we should all join Nehemiah, with a Joe Biden and Kamala Harris by supporting the one that when the choice is between one cad and which he can boast. trawl in one hand and a sword in the other, as man on the ticket who had proven himself willing another, we must stand with the guy who Bragging points include: we rebuild the walls of our God-given freedom? to stand in their way. guards life and liberty, no matter how much of WThe degrading of women by telling them they Has it been to plead “But, in sup- a prurient pagan he may be. To put it another no longer have the right to their own dignity, with our nation’s Many of us who are faithful followers porting the Orange way, we simply have our priorities straight. We their own identity or even their own sports; leaders to humble of Christ believe that if we have a Man, you implicitly understand the nuance of moral signifi cance The denial of science by appointing a man who themselves and endorsed his child- and moral weight. doesn’t even believe in the science of anatomy pray and seek God’s choice between life and death that ish antics and his C.S. Lewis once said, “Put fi rst things fi rst, to be our nation’s assistant secretary of health; face and turn from we should choose life every time. boorish behavior,” and we get second things thrown in: put second The execution of our country’s youngest babies their wicked ways? they cry. “You things fi rst, and we lose both fi rst and second by celebrating the left’s genocidal desire to kill No. This is not the message we hear from the changed your morality.” things.” Human life and human freedom are these children just minutes before they are church’s higher echelons of power. There is, however, a problem with this First Things. Intemperate tweets and tirades are born; The escalation of racism by embracing In fact, it is the opposite. It seems that in the accusation. not. critical race theory’s (CRT’s) racist manipula- progressive spirit of reversing all narratives Put simply — it’s not true. For the past four years, millions of Americans tion of race; The destruction of our nation by to suit your own political fancies, that today’s I don’t know one biblically grounded Christian had their priorities straight. In fact, we refused to destroying its borders (For what nation can church leaders think young David, rather than de- who ever endorsed Donald Trump’s sins. I know change our morality and voted accordingly. I did so exist if it no longer has any borders to defi ne its fying the moral monstrosity called Goliath, instead thousands, however, who rightly considered the in 2016 and did so in 2020, and for that, I will not existence?); turned and threw stones at his brothers. Consider sins of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and all those who apologize. The return to the insanity of making us the following. voted to empower them, to be much greater. dependent on our enemies for the fuel needed Ed Stetzer, head of the Billy Graham Center in Failing to see this distinction in sin’s moral mag- Everett Piper (dreverettpiper.com, @drever- to heat our homes, move our cars, and run our Wheaton, Illinois, says, “It’s time for a reckoning” nitude is the problem with the ongoing drumbeat ettpiper), a columnist for The Washington Times, military; The evisceration of our economy by for American evangelical Christians. David French, of Never-Trumpism. Putting Mr. Trump’s boorish- is a former university president and radio host. He telling people the way for them to have more the senior editor for The Dispatch, calls on evan- ness on the same moral plane as killing children, is the author of “Not a Daycare: The Devastating money is for the government to print it rather gelicals to publicly apologize to the nation. Jo Anne denying women’s identity and crushing human Consequences of Abandoning Truth” (Regnery). Groundhog Day 2021 arrives Trump prepares his defense as the ‘Two-minutes Hate’ routine rolls on

By Robert Knight Republican senators — Mitt Romney, Pat Toomey, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Ben Sasse — ormer President Donald Trump will present his moved to declare the trial unconstitutional, primarily impeachment defense on Feb. 2, which also hap- because Mr. Trump is no longer in offi ce. pens to be Groundhog Day. The “incitement” charge is absurd and Demo- F As in the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray, crats know it. They should all face impeachment for Democrats are locked in a time warp. Instead of re- using colorful language like “fi ght” to energize their peatedly reliving a day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylva- supporters. Democrats not only egged on violent pro- nia, however, they’re in Washington, D.C., still trying testers in deadly riots in dozens of American cities to overturn the 2016 presidential election. over six months, but when a Democratic mob in 2011 This is something they’ve been doing every day occupied Wisconsin’s Capitol for three weeks and since January 2017, and even before, if you count the issued threats to Republicans, Nancy Pelosi called it FBI’s treachery in 2016 under President Obama. “an impressive show of democracy in action.” Anyway, as historians will eventually scribble, Mr. Trump at no time urged rally goers in D.C. to Democrats fi nally managed to count three million commit violence. He gave a spirited defense of his votes in Punxsutawney alone to win Pennsylvania charge that the election had been rife with fraud, and in the wee hours of Nov. 4, 2020, securing the White urged his followers to “fi ght like hell.” He told them to House for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Or maybe it make their presence known outside the Capitol, but was four million. I lose track. to do so peaceably. Authorities are still getting to the Victorious Democrats now want to punish anyone bottom of how the riot got underway, with evidence who suggests the election was not squeaky clean. emerging that it was planned, not a spontaneous They mock anyone who inconveniently points out reaction to Mr. Trump’s speech. that affi davit-supported reports of vote fraud never In any case, the riot was disastrous, costing at least got serious consideration. two lives and becoming a perfect excuse to justify But just getting rid of Mr. Trump by every means communist-style shutdowns and censorship, such as necessary, isn’t enough. The man must be utterly Big Tech crushing Parler. destroyed, along with those who backed him. Public The Democrats’ impeachment scenario and con- Broadcasting Service’s former chief counsel, Michael duct are right out of “1984.” In George Orwell’s novel, Beller, was caught on tape by Project Veritas musing a totalitarian regime’s media manipulate people ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER about sending conservatives’ children to “reeduca- daily with scapegoating, misinformation and stoking tion camps.” California Democratic National Com- identity group grievances. It’s a nightmare version of Teddy Roosevelt of our time — not the mittee member David Atkins tweeted, “how [do] you Groundhog Day. Basile TR of the “strenuous life,” Square Deal, Inhabitants of fi ctional From page B1 and trust-busting but the brilliant-yet- Oceana endure a daily ritual fractious personality who launched a in which ruling party mem- attorney general, Eric Holder, spear- third party and unwittingly ushered bers vent their rage toward headed an eff ort to win statehouses for Woodrow Wilson and the permanent an opposition leader and the Democrats in order to wrest control administrative state into the na- the enemies of Big Brother. of decennial redistricting out of Repub- tion’s capital. That didn’t end well for Everyone must perform The lican hands. Off the campaign trail, Mr. Republicans. Two-Minutes Hate ritual, Obama’s acolytes are just as loyal. Many Vice President Harris will add to the and it leads up to Hate Week. are now ensconced in the West Wing ongoing uncertainty. At 78, Mr. Biden is In our time, this function is — and remain close to likely to serve only one carried out by CNN, MSNBC, a former commander in term, meaning Kamala the other major networks, chief more than willing Unlike a traditional Harris is already circling and The Washington Post to speak his mind. “team of rivals,” him like a buzzard. With and The New York Times. Mr. Biden’s victory the Biden the tie-breaking vote in Their objects of hate are put Team Obama in a 50-50 Senate and an Donald Trump, Americans a position to directly administration’s ability to placate the who voted for him, Whites, infl uence policy. Susan unoffi cial presidential Democrats’ liberal base, especially White males, Rice, John Kerry, Janet power-sharing will look for the ambitious Christians who hold to Yellen, former chief of not only diminish Ms. Harris to play an biblical morality, our market- staff Denis McDonough, outsized role for a veep based economy and America and others all have ready the offi ce, it stands in crafting legislative itself. access to the Oval Offi ce. to make our politics strategy. The so-called “journalists” The Biden White House more muddled, more Unlike a traditional mine every vein of grievance operates as if the 44th “team of rivals,” the possible, informing us that president is still walking confusing, and more Biden administration’s America is a terrible, racist its halls. divisive. Th at’s great unoffi cial presidential land that will be healed only Then there’s former news for the chaos power-sharing will not when White supremacy (and President Trump, who is profi teers in the only diminish the offi ce, by implication Christianity) very likely already climb- it stands to make our is wiped out and Mr. Trump ing the walls of his Mar- Left ’s media and Big politics more muddled, is led away in chains. a-Lago residence, aching Tech echo chamber, more confusing, and ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER But resistance is already to get back into the game but it may also end more divisive. That’s deprogram 75 million people? Where do you start? building, and it can take many forms. as he seeks revenge up further eroding great news for the chaos Fox? Facebook? We have to start thinking in terms of This past week’s takedown of greedy hedge funds against those deemed profi teers in the Left’s post-WWII Germany or Japan.” by a rebellious band of investors who bought up stock insuffi ciently loyal. Mr. our confi dence media and Big Tech Democrats fi rst impeached Mr. Trump in Decem- in GameStop Corp., AMC Entertainment Holdings Trump’s following on the in an already echo chamber, but it ber 2019 over a July phone call to Ukraine’s president and Blackberry Ltd. shocked the fi nancial community. right is so strong, in fact, damaged system. may also end up further in which Mr. Trump asked about an actual scandal in- They foiled an expected “short sale” that would have that his staunchest sup- eroding our confi dence volving Joe Biden’s son Hunter. Then they impeached profi ted a few at the expense of many. porters will likely never in an already damaged Mr. Trump again on Jan. 13, 2020, charging him with a Only Wall Street is supposed to be able to manipu- accept a Biden presidency as legitimate. system. The self-interested factions single article of “incitement of insurrection” over the late the stock market. Only The New York Times, The This Republican Party faction will act surrounding Biden will make a weak Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot. Washington Post and CNN are allowed to report the accordingly while it hangs on his every president appear even weaker, with The trial is slated for Feb. 9. As per instructions news. utterance. long-term implications for the health of from the Bidens’ Chinese Communist masters, er, Or maybe not. Expect Mr. Trump to creatively fi nd our democratic institutions. Welcome benefactors, er, Hunter’s business partners, Mr. At some point, even “Groundhog Day” ended. ways to counter the Biden message to the multipolar presidency. Trump will have to wear a Maoist dunce hat during Perhaps the American people are tired of waking up while threatening Republican leader- the entire proceeding. As for the Chinese, they’re every day to the Two-Minutes Hate ritual and will ship with primary challenges, setting Tom Basile, host of Newsmax Tele- happy and getting happier. Mr. Biden has canceled respond accordingly for the sake of their children and up a dangerous escalation that could vision’s “America Right Now,” is an the XL Pipeline, making China the largest potential grandchildren. reasonably dent the popularity of the author and adjunct professor at Ford- customer for Canada’s tar sands oil. new administration but splinter the ham University’s Graduate School of Conviction of Mr. Trump is unlikely. On Jan. Robert Knight is a contributor to The Washington Times. GOP in the process. Arts and Sciences where he teaches 25, led by Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, all but fi ve His website is roberthknight.com. Donald Trump risks becoming the earned media strategy. 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Is Mr. Johnson cleverly preparing twined in every episode, to be part for president but decided against it. ren, President Biden as well, and At least this makes it easier to articulate the problem. America for his next act? of it. This was [Ms. Khan’s] idea, and During a Q&A Tuesday with TV Vice President Kamala Harris, and Once articulated, bring it back to yourself for solutions. “I think the people will prepare at fi rst I was a little reticent about it critics, Mr. Johnson was asked if so I wouldn’t rule it out.” CANCER (June 22-July 22). Those who’ve had adven- me. I can say that,” he replied with because it’s political,” he said. “You he would invite U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Mr. Johnson, a self-described tures and can regale you with tales of survival are sources a laugh. just knew that by the time the show Warren — a self-proclaimed fan independent, bestowed his fi rst po- of inspiration. 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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MLB proposes one-month delay, cutting season to 154 games

BY RONALD BLUM seven-inning doubleheaders and with each other since MLB made it. advancing teams in each league and safety risk to players or staff or partners.

ASSOCIATED PRESS beginning extra innings with a A day before the plan was pre- the one with a bye would advance if the number of regular major As part of the plan, owners runner on second base. sented, Commissioner Rob Man- to the best-of-fi ve Division Series, leaguers unavailable because of would guarantee a postseason play- NEW YORK | Major League Base- All players would report for fred said he would like to know starting the traditional rounds of COVID-19 undermines completive ers’ pool of 60% of the gate of the ball has proposed a one-month spring training on March 22, back by his regular Monday call with the postseason. integrity. fi rst two fi rst-round games plus $80 delay in starting spring training from the current calendar that calls owners if the union had interest in While the plan says players Each team would start with 18 million for the remainder of the due to the coronavirus pandemic a voluntary reporting date of Feb. delaying the start of spring training. would receive 100% of pay if all scheduled days off , and each team postseason, matching the 2019 pool. and pushing back opening day to 17 for pitchers, catchers and injured The reasoning behind the delay 154 scheduled games are played, would be allowed to be scheduled Players previously rejected a April 28, two people familiar with players, and Feb. 22 for others. would be to gain time for more Manfred would have an expanded up to 12 split doubleheaders. proposal teams made Jan. 5 for the plan told The Associated Press. Opening day would be pushed vaccinations and better assess the right to stop spring training, the Players usually are reluctant expanded playoff s in exchange for Under the plan presented to back 27 days from its currently health situation. regular season or the postseason to agree to split doubleheaders extending the DH to the National the players’ union on Friday, the scheduled April 1 and the regular Seven teams in each league under certain conditions. Those because of the lengthy day at the League. regular season would be cut from season would end Oct. 10 instead would make the playoff s, and only would be if government restric- ballpark each entails Last season was cut from 162 162 games to 154. of Oct. 3. The postseason would the division winner with the best tions prevent fi ve or more teams The regular season would be games per team to 60, and the post- Also, the playoff s would be ex- extend into November. record would receive a bye in the from playing home games even compressed to 154 games in 166 season was expanded to 16 teams panded from 10 teams to 14, the The people familiar with the best-of-three first round. There without fans, if government rules days from 162 games in 186 days. and ended Oct. 27 when the Los designated hitter would extend to plan spoke on condition of ano- would be a selection show in which restrict travel in the United States, The World Series would be Angeles Dodges beat the Tampa the National League for the second nymity Sunday because no an- the seeded teams would be able to, if Manfred determines after con- scheduled to end in the Nov. 10 Bay Rays in World Series Game straight season and MLB would nouncements were made. The sides in order of percentage, select their sultation with medical experts and range, with the exact time depend- 6. Players received 60/162nds of keep the experimental rules for have not discussed the proposal fi rst-round opponent. The three the union there is an unreasonable ing on discussions with broadcast their salaries.

opening possession. Mahomes things in that game,” Arians said. he missed most of the season GOLF NFL and Co. had a chance to extend “So we’ve got a lot of stuff to because of a broken right ankle. Reed wins at Torrey Pines From page B10 their 17-0 lead early in the second, build on.” Vea returned last week and was but Shaq Barrett stripped the Mahomes completed 37 of 49 the catalyst in Tampa’s fi ve-sack aft er rules controversy clicking on defense, they’re a quarterback on a fi rst-and-goal passes for 462 yards and three day against Green Bay. SAN DIEGO | Showing no ef- great defense. They fl y around play from the 8 and forced the TDs. Hill fi nished with the 14th- “They kind of readjusted some fects from a rules controversy a the fi eld; they’re great. I feel like Chiefs’ lone turnover. most receiving yards in any game things and then they had a week day earlier, Patrick Reed pulled I just got lucky and was able to Tampa Bay waited until the in NFL history and the most since off , had a lot of guys get accli- away for a fi ve-shot victory get open.” fourth to make its comeback. Tom Julio Jones notched 300 against mated to the system that Tom Sunday in the Farmers Insur- The Chiefs scored on three of Brady threw two interceptions Carolina in 2016. Brady likes, their coach likes,” ance Open. their fi rst four possessions and in the third quarter and the Bucs Brady completed 27 of 41 Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Reed closed with a 4-under led 17-0 before the Bucs crossed trailed 27-10 before a furious rally. passes for 345 yards, with three Jones said. “They’ve been play- 68 at Torrey midfi eld. The margin could have Brady found Mike Evans for scores and two picks. ing well, especially later in the Pines, making been even greater had Tampa’s scores of 31 and 7 yards, the fi rst Neither team will be com- season. ... They’re defi nitely a dif- SPORTS an eagle on defense not forced a fi eld goal one coming on a fourth-and-3 pletely the same in the rematch. ferent team from when we played BRIEFS the par-5 sixth after Kansas City ran two plays play early in the quarter and the ASSOCIATED PRESS The Chiefs had to shuffle them a couple of weeks ago.” and fi nishing from the 1-yard line. second one coming after a pair of Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill had their offensive line again this Hill and Davis, though, are off his ninth Davis knocked down Kelce’s roughing-the-passer penalties on 13 receptions for 269 yards and week after losing left tackle Eric sure to be lined up across from PGA Tour title with a birdie on pass to Mahomes, a nifty trick Frank Clark. three touchdowns in a 27-24 win Fisher to a torn Achilles tendon each other at some point. the 18th. The former Masters play that started when Mahomes Down three with 4:10 to play, over the Buccaneers on Nov. 29. in the AFC championship game. “You go back and look at the champions fi nished at 14 under fl ipped to Hill, who pitched to Tampa turned to its defense to get Two more starters — right tackle game and what matchups you after a consistent four days at Kelce, who expected to fi nd Ma- a stop and get Brady the ball back. Mitchell Schwartz (back) and left had,” Arians said. “Familiarity the bluff top municipal courses homes open in the end zone. But Mahomes didn’t let it happen, else? – Davis. Mahomes then took guard Kelechi Osemele (knees) helps. I’m not really excited play- overlooking the Pacifi c Ocean. It was Davis’ best play of the scrambling for one fi rst down and a knee to end the game. — haven’t played since October. ing Tyreek Hill and Kelce and He shared the fi rst-round afternoon. then rolling left on third-and-7 “You learn from mistakes and The Bucs will have 350-pound Mahomes (again). That’s a for- lead with Alex Noren, was in Kansas City settled for the and fi nding — who else? — Hill you learn from really good things, defensive tackle Vita Vea back for midable challenge, but our guys a group one shot off the lead chip-shot field goal on the for a fi rst down in front of – who and there were some really good the second straight game after will be up for it.” in the second round and then shared the third-round lead with Carlos Ortiz. The controversy arose reported Sunday that if Houston Cam Newton, Jameis Winston certainty to return. Even if Smith Saturday on the par-4 10th when STAFFORD decides to trade Watson, the Tex- and Marcus Mariota. wants to play in 2021, the team Reed hit a 190-yard shot out From page B10 ans would likely want two fi rst- None of those veterans would can easily cut the 36-year-old. of a bunker with a TV replay rounders, two second-rounders likely cost as much as the Rams Drafting a quarterback is the showing the ball bounced once There are only so many names and two young defensive starters paid for Staff ord. Quarterbacks, cheapest alternative. But with before settling into the rough. available, particularly those who — “at the least.” A three-time Pro though, almost always end up Washington picking at No. 19, Without waiting for an offi cial, could lift Washington from Bowler who led the league in earning more than expected. the team is out of the range of the Reed picked up the ball to see if scrappy division winner to an passing last season, Watson is just Think back to when the Jack- top prospects. Picking someone it was embedded. Reed told the annual playoff contender. The entering his prime and is seen as sonville Jaguars gave Nick Foles and having them compete with, offi cial that no one in his group biggest star, of course, is Hous- one of the best passers in football. a four-year, $88 million contract say, Smith, Kyle Allen and Taylor saw it bounce. He was awarded ton’s Deshaun Watson — but the The Texans, though, can in 2019 or when the San Francisco Heinicke still leaves Washington a free drop and saved par in a Texans insist they have no inten- slow play the process as the 49ers re-signed Jimmy Garoppolo with some uncertainty at the round of 70. tion of trading the disgruntled draft isn’t until late April. Before to a fi ve-year, $137.5 million exten- position. 25-year-old. then, free agency will open and sion. Newton’s minimum prove-it A year ago, Washington stayed SOCCER Stafford’s trade naturally Washington could look there for deal with the Patriots last season patient. The team struck out on Report: Messi’s contract raises questions about how his an upgrade. is usually the exception. free agent targets like Amari Coo- compensation will impact any The top option, Dak Prescott, For Washington, the goal is to per and Austin Hooper, resorting worth up to $673 million deal for Watson. The thinking is unlikely to be available as the fi nd someone who can provide to bargain-bin signings to address MADRID | Lionel Messi’s most now goes like this: If Staff ord, Cowboys have said they have no stability to the off ense — and put holes. That approach worked recent contract with Barcelona who turns 33 next week, war- intention of letting the 27-year- up enough points to help capital- wonders, but Washington is in is worth up to 555 million euros ranted two fi rst-rounders, then old walk. If Prescott is given a sec- ize on the team’s defense. Wash- a diff erent spot now. The team’s ASSOCIATED PRESS ($673 million) over four sea- how many picks is a talent like ond straight franchise or signed ington rotated through four quar- window to compete is open. Washington was reportedly one of sons, the El Mundo newspaper Watson worth? to a long-term extension, other terbacks in 2020 and their best Finding the right fi t, however, at least seven teams that made reported on Sunday. The Houston Chronicle names include Ryan Fitzpatrick, starter — Alex Smith — isn’t a is never easy. an off er for Matthew Staff ord. The Spanish daily said it had access to the document Messi signed with the Catalan club in 2017, which included fi xed in- Turner. Snyder chose But for the fi rst forced to hire someone new the picks, where we’d like to go, comes and variables that could LOVERRO Turner and fi red Cas- time really since in the mix — a general man- what happens if [the player] is reach nearly 138 million euros From page B10 serly, because, after Schottenheimer, Ri- ager — he hired one he knew gone, and did all our scenarios. ($167 million) each season. The all, Snyder couldn’t vera has control in the would self destruct in Scot And then Snyder would come newspaper said it is the most Football since Dan Snyder pur- actually coach the building. Snyder still McCloughan. off of his yacht and make the expensive contract ever agreed chased the team in 1999. team. signs the checks, but In the end, it didn’t matter pick.” with an athlete in any sport. Rivera added two key front- Then came Marty his yes men are gone. how good Smith and the others Snyder is wounded like Messi would have to pay offi ce executives, his former Schottenheimer, who He stands alone. were, or how much they would never before, in danger of losing about half of that in taxes in general manager in Carolina, drove Snyder’s pup- This is how you profess their loyalty to Rivera. the franchise as a result of an Spain. The report said the Marty Hurney, and former De- pet, Vinny Cerrato, Rivera accrue power — Like Michael Corleone, Rivera, NFL investigation into charges 33-year-old player has already troit Lions general manager and from the building and power Rivera will with whatever power a 7-9 NFC of sexual harassment by 40 secured more than 510 million Washington Football corner- ignored all the petty need. East division championship women, in addition to the pub- euros ($619 million) of the total. back Martin Mayhew. Hurney whims that emitted from the You hire guys who owe season gave him, took care of all licly embarrassing fi ght with his Barcelona denied responsi- will take the role of executive owner’s box. That lasted one their jobs to you. Whether it’s family business. minority partners. bility for leaking the document vice president, while Mayhew season before Snyder pulled the football, baseball, whatever — if Gruden, for one, sang Every time I write that and said it would take legal ac- will offi cially be the GM. plug and regained his power you hope to be in charge while Smith’s praises: “Every year fi gure — 40 — I fi nd it diffi cult tion against the newspaper. Their most important titles? in the building, bringing back fi ghting off the politics of front that I was there, we had a to imagine how the NFL could Ron Rivera’s guys. Vinny. offi ces, you need people who pretty good draft class, with a continue to let Snyder represent NHL The balance of power in Steve Spurrier didn’t care owe their existence to you. couple exceptions,” the former their league. Rangers waive young the Washington Football Team so much about the players, as That’s where the trust is. Washington coach told the But these are strange times, building has been out of whack long as he could use his plays. Hurney and Mayhew owe Post. “[Smith] was really good and if Snyder somehow sur- defenseman DeAngelo for most of Snyder’s tenure, Joe Gibbs should have been the their new gigs to Rivera, as about listening to the coaches vives all this, he may emerge NEW YORK | The slump- with everything tilted in favor exception, but he played the po- many others who have arrived because the coaches also did to try to fl ex his muscles once ing New York Rangers placed of the owner. litical game of keeping Snyder since he was hired. evaluations.” more — only to see that the defenseman Tony DeAngelo on It started in 1999, when the involved and tolerating, if not Jay Gruden had no such But what good did that do only person standing with him waivers Sunday, one day after then-new owner immediately embracing, the meddling. power. He couldn’t even pick all Gruden, when it came time is his yacht captain. he struggled in a 5-4 overtime felt he needed to make a choice After Gibbs, it’s been Snyder his assistant coaches. to do battle with Snyder and ⦁ Hear Thom Loverro on loss to Pittsburgh. between general manager Char- and his lackeys, fi rst Cerrato, then It was Snyder and Allen Allen? “When it came our time 106.7 The Fan and on The Kevin DeAngelo, 25 and in his ley Casserly and coach Norv Allen, vs. the coach every year. vs. Gruden. When Allen was to pick, we’d always talk about Sheehan Podcast. fi fth NHL season, was on ice for four of the Penguins’ goals in that defeat. He also was benched earlier this season for winner, are the reigning IMSA four-year winning streak for Ca- van der Zande, who was battling a third-period unsportsmanlike DAYTONA champions and had the familiar- dillac, which got a second-place Kobayashi to become the fi rst conduct penalty and complain- From page B10 ity with the Acura to ensure the fi nish from an Action Express winner of three straight. ing loudly to the referees after team was prepared despite no all-star car that included seven- The Dutch driver closed on drawing a holding penalty. Daytona. Wayne Taylor replaced off season testing. time NASCAR champion Jimmie his former team multiple times in From wire dispatches and staff reports. his entire lineup for the move to It was WTR’s fourth Rolex Johnson. Kobayashi carried the the fi nal 25 minutes but couldn’t Acura and hired Albuquerque, win in fi ve years and fi fth overall, load for an Action Express lineup make a pass for the lead and as well as his oldest son, Ricky one behind Ganassi’s record six that also included Indianapolis was eliminated when his tire was PRO CALENDAR HOME GAMES Taylor, Helio Castroneves and Al- victories. The three-straight wins 500 winner Simon Pagenaud and punctured. SHADED Monday Tuesday Wednesday exander Rossi. The trio all drove tie Ganassi’s mark. 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Mike “I could see his eyes in my Portland Miami Trail Blazers Heat the Acura the last three seasons It’s the fi rst Rolex for Castro- Rockenfeller. mirrors,” Albuquerque said of 8 p.m. 8 p.m. NBC-W NBC-W for Team Penske but needed new neves and Rossi. Albuquerque When Taylor switched to van der Zande. “He was so hun- AM 1500 AM 1500 ASSOCIATED PRESS jobs when Penske closed at the won in 2018 driving a Cadillac Acura, he released drivers van gry for this, especially with the Boston end of last year. and Ricky Taylor won in a Cadil- Helio Castroneves waves the der Zande and Ryan Briscoe, and whole story of leaving Wayne Bruins 7 p.m. Ricky Taylor and Castroneves, lac for his father’s team in 2017. checkered fl ag aft er he and his chose a new lineup with familiar- Taylor. I was lucky that they had NBC-W the three-time Indianapolis 500 The victory snapped a teammates won the Rolex 24. ity of the car. Ganassi snatched a puncture.” FM 106.7 ON WASHINGTONTIMES.COM MLB proposes delaying start, Follow us on Twitter @WashTimesSports cutting season to 154 games and on Facebook at Washington Times Sports because of the coronavirus. B9 PPORTSORTS ■ Comics B7 ■ Television | Dear Abby | Horoscope B8 SMONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 ☆ SECTION B

SUPER BOWL LV | CHIEFS VS. BUCCANEERS | 6:30 P.M. SUNDAY, CBS Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill has 17 Buccaneers get another shot to slow Hill receptions for 282 yards in two playoff victories. Speedy Chiefs receiver repeatedly burned Tampa Bay in season’s ﬁ rst meeting ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY MARK LONG be a mismatch for Davis and the than we did in that ballgame,” “No, let me stop,”

ASSOCIATED PRESS Buccaneers. Bucs coach Bruce Arians said. he continued. “Todd Tampa Bay gets another shot Tampa’s biggest and most Bowles is a great de- Tyreek Hill sprinted past cor- at Hill and the Chiefs in the Super obvious mistake was trying to fensive coordinator. nerback Carlton Davis again, Bowl next Sunday, the fi rst re- single-cover Hill, one of the fast- He’s been doing it for caught the ball in stride and then match in the NFL fi nale in nearly est players in the league. Davis a long time. I’m sure cut so sharply that safety Mike a decade. was burned repeatedly, including he’s seen guys like me Edwards ended up fl ailing at him Same teams, same venue, on consecutive TD passes from throughout his career. with one arm near the sideline. much higher stakes. Patrick Mahomes to Hill (75 and Just being able to dial Hill casually jogged a few more The Chiefs are counting on 44 yards) in the fi rst quarter. up (coverages) and yards before pausing at the goal the same outcome. The Buc- Davis gave up their third scoring things like that to slow line and doing a backfl ip into the caneers, who have won seven connection, too, but had much me down. end zone. straight since that late November tighter coverage on what was a “Also . bringing the Showtime! loss, are looking to become the perfect throw and catch. safety over the top a It was the second and most eighth team in 14 tries to beat an Hill had seven receptions for bit to double me and impressive of three scores for opponent in the Super Bowl that 203 yards and two TDs in the fi rst (Travis) Kelce. That Hill, who was the star of Kansas it lost to in the regular season. quarter alone, but just six catches kind of slowed us down City’s 27-24 victory at Tampa Bay Both sides expect to lean on — for 66 yards and a score the rest a lot, plus their front seven in Week 12. Hill fi nished with 13 and learn from — that previous of the way. The diff erence? is tremendous. Once they get receptions for 269 yards — both meeting. “I just got tired. I got tired of career highs — and proved to “We’ll help a little bit more running,” Hill joked this week. » see NFL | B9

AUTO RACING NFL Albuquerque leads team to record-tying Staff ord trade shows third straight Rolex 24 victory at Daytona hefty price tag for QBs Washington bid signals ’21ambitions

BY MATTHEW PARAS the team is willing to swing big

THE WASHINGTON TIMES as it searches for a quarterback who can help the team take the The Washington Football next step. Team missed out on Matthew But the Lions-Rams’ trade Staff ord as the potential fi x at served as a reminder that the quarterback. But then again, judg- team’s solution at the position ing by the price tag, maybe they won’t come cheap — or easy. were lucky. Reportedly seven to eight The Los Angeles Rams traded teams made an off er for Staff ord two first-rounders, a third- — the Carolina Panthers and rounder and quarterback Jared Denver Broncos among those. Goff over the weekend to acquire Since only the Rams ended Staff ord from the Detroit Lions up with Staff ord, the others that — a massive haul for one of the missed out will likely still be in top signal-callers on the market. the market for a new signal-caller. The cost was higher than league insiders expected, though » see STAFFORD | B9 it refl ects a multitude of factors such as the demand for Staff ord and the Rams’ eagerness to Quarterback shed Goff ’s four-year, $134 Mattew million contract. Staff ord is Washington, by all ac- 74-90-1 in counts, was in the mix for 12 seasons. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS the 12-year veteran. ASSOCIATED PRESS Filipe Albuquerque crosses the fi nish line in his Acura DPi to win the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday. According to multiple reports, the team made a “signifi cant” off er that would have included more immediate help for the Lions. Washing- ton’s exact off er isn’t publicly known, but the pair of fi rst-rounders that Detroit Taylor-made win acquired won’t convey until 2022 and 2023. By chasing Stafford, BY NNA FRYER Washington made it clear

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Wayne Taylor Racing won its record-tying third consecutive Rolex 24 at Daytona, using a new car and a new lineup to beat some Rivera wields more power of the best racers in the world. Filipe Albuquerque held off with a wounded Snyder Kamui Kobayashi and Renger van der Zande — both part of on Rivera got some that regime, WTR’s winning teams the last great news last week — Kyle Smith, is two seasons and both seeking the cancer that threat- out as Wash- to become the fi rst winners of Rened his life is gone. ington’s vice three consecutive Rolex races The Washington Football president of — to give the overhauled Taylor Team coach had been battling player person- team its fourth win in the last squamous cell carcinoma since nel, leaving to fi ve years at Daytona Interna- the cancer was diagnosed in Au- take the same tional Speedway. gust and coached throughout the THOM job with the Albuquerque was challenged Wayne Taylor Racing teammates (from left ) Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, Alexander Rossi and 2020 season while undergoing LOVERRO Atlanta Falcons. over the fi nal 25 minutes by van Helio Castroneves celebrate aft er giving the overhauled unit its fourth Rolex 24 win in fi ve years. treatment for the disease. Also gone, ac- der Zande, driving a Cadillac for In what was likely the most cording to the Chip Ganassi Racing, until the important victory of his life. Washington Post, are three scouts team suff ered a second tire failure Rivera was told he’d beaten the — director of pro personnel and with seven minutes remaining. disease he had been living with, advance coordinator Jeff Scott, Kobayashi cycled into second the one that sapped his strength national scout Cole Spencer and but didn’t have enough to catch and energy privately while he personnel coordinator and pro Albuquerque, who closed out the publicly spoke of winning and scout Brian Zeches. fi rst overall victory for Acura in change. Those departures rid the the prestigious twice-round-the- But Rivera, despite being franchise of some of the re- clock endurance race. slowed by cancer, found the maining legacies of former boss WTR left General Motors fortitude he needed to cobble Bruce Allen, while opening key after 28 years at the end of last together an NFC East title in his positions for Rivera allies — season to become a factory Acura fi rst season in Washington — and, allies the coach will need as he program and the team needed at the same time, purge the orga- looks to combat the infection every minute of the last two nization of any last vestiges of the of ineptitude and dysfunction months to get its car ready for front offi ce structure he inherited that has plagued Washington from the previous regime. » see DAYTONA | B9 Ricky Taylor leads Simonn Pagenaud through the east horseshoe turn for Wayne Taylor Racing. One of the holdovers from » see LOVERRO | B9