Raws Media observer: As I headed back to my apartment I saw about 20 white vans blacked out windows full of Secret service agents headed their way to the capita lbuilding In DC. I definitely I felt like I was in a war zone

What department is this Hellcat from?

Good Night California!

After deadly Capitol riot, Army looking at which troops require security screening ahead of Biden inauguration. The Army is working to determine which National Guard troops assisting the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration require additional security checks, and is also offering more training on threat detection for those Guardsmen arriving to Washington, D.C., in the coming days, according to the service. The measures come in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot and after Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., spoke with Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy this weekend and expressed “grave concerns about reports that active-duty and reserve military members were involved in the insurrection” at the Capitol. (Read more.)

Happy Martin Luther King Day!

The Seattle City Council will renew its push to fire white officers within the Seattle Police Department. Why? Because... they're white. Seem illegal? It almost certainly is. The move comes after a nearly 20% cut to the budget and a loss of nearly 200 officers from the department. The SPD has the lowest deployable rate of officers since 1990, as the city experiences a surge in violent crime, including a 26-year-high murder rate. We shouldn’t be firing anyone.

The U.S. Marine Band were evacuated from the Capitol building for an 'external security threat' Monday while rehearsing for Joe Biden's inauguration.

Meanwhile, in Iran -- Tehran Stock Exchange in Iran reported major losses today with a 31,000 point drop after just one hour of trading. Stock owners protesting today's sudden stock market plunge. They're chanting: "Death to this government that deceives the people!" - calls Iran President “liar”

NYC, Devoe Park -- The boy his life-threatening injuries after being shot by a man in a moving vehicle at a park. Large police presence in the area at this time.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez announced Monday the city is expanding its COVID-19 care kit initiative, which has been distributing supplies in the northeast San Fernando Valley. The initiative will be expanded citywide, but will start with multi-generational households in South Los Angeles and the Eastside of Los Angeles, Garcetti said. The Los Angeles Fire Department will distribute the kits, which contain masks, hand sanitizer, disinfectant and public health information. Volunteer L.A. and the American Red Cross assisted the city in the initiative's expansion, according to Garcetti. Rodriguez, who represents the northeast San Fernando Valley, called her district "the epicenter for where COVID is spreading at a rapid pace."