https://www.keywiki.org/Cody_Shearer

https://sputniknews.com/world/202101221081850194-biden-iran-have-been-in-secret-talks-on-us-return-to-nuclear-deal-for-three-weeks-report-claims/

This week, after bidding farewell to “tyrant” Donald Trump, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Joe Biden to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, saying the ‘ball is now in the US court.’ Tehran has expressed willingness to return to its obligations under the deal, so long as Washington doesn’t try to jam any new conditions into the agreement.

Members of the Biden team have been negotiating with their Iranian counterparts on the prospects of a US return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal for about three weeks now, with talks underway even while Trump was still president, Le Figaro has reported, citing a source said to have ‘access to the circles of power in Tehran.’

“Discussions took place in New York between Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s representative to the United Nations, and a US envoy from the Biden administration,” the source said. “We will know very soon whether these discussions were successful or not.”

The source also specified the purpose of the discussions, saying that “they aim to fix the framing of announcements” on a possible US return to the deal, and that they have been focused on a “strict and concomitant return” of the two countries to the agreement, including the lifting crushing US sanctions against Iran imposed in 2018 after President Trump withdrew the US from the treaty.

https://www.ntd.com/grassley-calls-on-biden-to-condemn-antifa-rampage-in-portland-and-seattle_556868.html

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged President Joe Biden to condemn the actions of far-left rioters in the Pacific Northwest, who after Wednesday’s inauguration damaged property, set fires, and clashed with police despite Biden’s pleas for unity.

“I’m waiting for Pres Biden to condemn violence/looting/arson last two days in Oregon & Washington state,” Grassley wrote in a tweet.

Biden, as of Thursday evening, had not commented on the incidents, which involved Antifa and anarchist groups, and possibly others, rampaging in the streets of Portland and Seattle on Wednesday, voicing their opposition to the government, law enforcement, and the freshly sworn-in president.

Portland police said some rioters carried “pepper ball guns, electronic crowd control weapons similar to Tasers, large fireworks, shields and rocks.”

https://www.businessinsider.com/rashida-tlaib-squad-opposes-expanding-security-state-after-capitol-attack-2021-1

Second-term Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the outspoken progressive Palestinian-American and member of the "Squad," is leading the opposition to calls from the Biden administration and others to massively expand the security state in response to the Capitol attack.

Rep. Tlaib earlier this week released a letter to congressional leadership, co-signed by nine other progressive Democrats, arguing that the US is already well-equipped to monitor and prosecute the groups behind the deadly Trump-incited attack, and there is no need to hand law enforcement and surveillance agencies new laws and powers.

Do you plan on approaching Republicans to join you in this effort?

Oh, yeah. [Former Republican Rep.] Justin Amash — who unfortunately is not in Congress any longer — was someone I always reached out to regarding these issues. [We] actually worked together in the Michigan legislature for two years around these issues and worked with groups like the ACLU and others.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/22/schumer-says-house-will-deliver-trump-impeachment-article-to-senate-on-monday.html

The House will send the impeachment article against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, Chuck Schumer said.

The action will start the process for the second Senate trial Trump has faced for high crimes and misdemeanors.

The House charged Trump with inciting an insurrection by inflaming a mob that overran the Capitol on Jan. 6.