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The Senate voted to call witnesses in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump today, after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated he would vote to acquit Trump. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Across the world, people bid Trump ‘good riddance’ [Los Angeles Times :: BC-INAUGURATION-GLOBAL-REACT:LA]
In Sydney, Australia, Lucy Sunman crawled out of bed at 3 a.m. so she could watch the inauguration of President Joe Biden live.
“The chilling effect of the Trump presidency has impacted us around the world,” said Sunman, a 36-year-old lawyer. “I cannot wait for some stability to be restored.”
In Seoul, 70-year-old Park Sang-ki sat in his cramped printing shop across the street from the U.S. Embassy reading online news reports about Donald Trump’s departure from the White House.
“America was supposed to be an advanced nation, gentlemanlike,” said Park. “Trump, he was like a gang boss.”
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Protesters storm the Capitol and halt a joint session of the 117th Congress, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
‘This is not America’: World gapes in horror at pro-Trump attack on Capitol
By Shashank Bengali, Kate Linthicum and Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, (TNS)
SINGAPORE For four years, the world has watched with surprise, horror and in some places glee as President Donald Trump battered one democratic norm after another, exposing the so-called leader of the free world as just another troubled and deeply divided nation.
Still, the planet was little prepared for the stunning scenes Wednesday, when a pro-Trump mob, some flying Confederate flags, stormed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt a congressional vote certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
Close to half a year ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to target
businesses that refused to follow public health orders meant to control the spread of COVID-19. But in that time, even as many restaurants and other businesses continued to operate in violation of safety restrictions, state regulators issued only 424 citations and suspended only two business licenses as of Monday, data from regulatory and law enforcement agencies show.
As Californians find themselves deep in an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases, and hospitals find themselves calamitously flooded with new COVID-19 patients, it raises the question:
Is it time to reconsider the state’s relatively light touch on enforcement?