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gn wx: NaS Wrseyrses AsO Se rs sbayet § military for political ends,” Sasi ae Top Pentagon officials, in answering a request by D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to deploy National Guardsmen in the nation’s capital in advance of Wednesday's protests, emphasized that the Guard wouldn’t carry firearms, use armored vehicles or helicopters, or receive backup from units in other states — a far more muted presence than in June after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The careful posture reflects the Pentagon’s wariness in the final days of a presidency during which Trump has tested the norms of a politically impartial military. ... A senior U.S. official said Tuesday that the Pentagon senior leadership — civilian and military — will not obey an unlawful order from the president to use the military to his own political ends. These leaders likely would resign before following an unlawful order, the senior official said.” e Multiple air traffic controllers in New York heard someone vow on their radio channel that will be revenge for the killing of Iran's Qassem Soleimani. "We are flying a plane into the Capitol on Wednesday. Soleimani will be avenged,” a voice In the audio said. Federal officials don’t believe this is a credible threat, but they're investigating the breach of aviation frequencies. And a message was sent to all air traffic controllers yesterday reminding them any threat or a plane deviating from its flight path should be reported immediately. GOSS News) e Three people who have spoken to Trump recently say he privately acknowledges he lost the presidency but say he's continuing his fight to keep oer attention on himself. “The point is to still be relevant and still be talked about in the news,” one of the people told Sottics. e The White House denied reports Trump will travel to his resort in Scotland to golf during Biden's inauguration. AViiiam South savic Ae) Trump's anti-democratic impulses are contagious. ae The seating of new Pennsylvania jegislators turned into a bitter partisan spectacle Tuesday, as Republicans in the state Senate blocked a Democratic lawmaker from taking his oath of office and removed the Democratic heutenant governor from his will not seat Sen.-elect Jim Brewster as a legal challenge to his victory is pending, although his win has been certified and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently sided with him in a dispute over how to count votes in a close race. Democrats FBI(21cv558)-112