UVA Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato says President Donald Trump must now be removed from office with only two weeks left. “This is what happens when you elect a narcissistic would-be dictator as President of the United States,” he said. “It’s time to invoke the 25th Amendment. Install Mike Pence. Get Donald Trump out of town and away from the levers of power.”
Dr. Ebony Hilton, a prolific physician at the University of Virginia, asked why there were no arrests. “Where are the handcuffs? Where are the arrests? Where is the tear gas?” Dr. Hilton demanded. “Did we use up all of the rubber bullets at the peaceful Black Lives Matter rallies because our Capitol Building is under siege? When are law and order going to show up?”
On Wednesday, the social networks faced more calls to suspend Trump’s accounts and take stronger action against posts that incite violence. UVA law professor Danielle Citron and others posted tweets urging Twitter to boot Trump from the social media site. “Time is now to suspend Trump’s account,” Citron tweeted. “He has deliberately incited violence, causing mayhem with his lies and threats.”
“As someone who has served on your Trust and Safety Board since its inception and counseled you since 2009, time is now to suspend President Trump’s account,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Virginia, in a tweet. “He has deliberately incited violence, causing mayhem with his lies and threats.”
(Commentary by Brian Richter, lecturer in urban and environmental planning) Among the important lessons learned from the COVID pandemic is that we need to be ever vigilant in monitoring for big emerging threats. And we must be poised to respond when risks escalate. Given the dangerous water shortage risks mounting in the Colorado River basin, Colorado’s political leaders and water managers must heed those lessons and act quickly.
NBC29 recently shared the story of a man in dire need of a kidney transplant. Now, we are happy to share he found a match and it came on Christmas Day. His donor wishes to remain anonymous, but Leigh’s transplant is set for sometime in February at UVA Health.
A December 2016 case study of the American Underground entrepreneurial hub published by The Thriving Cities Project, a research initiative of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, deemed the project “a runaway success” and a “leading example of what we call a new-paradigm enterprise.”
Garland’s selection could frustrate more progressive members of the diverse coalition that helped elect Biden. On the bench, the judge developed a moderate to conservative record on criminal justice, according to an analysis by Tom Goldstein at SCOTUSblog. A more recent analysis by professors at the University of Virginia concluded that Garland was “in line with the Republican appointees” on criminal cases.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam held his first COVID-19 briefing of 2021 on Wednesday afternoon. He spoke about the University of Virginia COVID-19 model predicting an increase in cases and provided information on the vaccine distribution.
Research performed at the University of Virginia indicates that a scalpel-free alternative to brain surgery has the potential to benefit people with Parkinson’s disease symptoms that are much more severe on one side of the body.
Several upcoming events in Charlottesville seek to acknowledge the life and legacy of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning on Jan. 18, the University of Virginia’s Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is planning a series of virtual events lasting through Jan. 31, per a news release. King’s 1967 book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” is the theme of the 2021 Community MLK Celebration.
University of Virginia’s Center for Politics had planned to talk about the political headlines during a ‘Democracy Dialogue’ on Wednesday night, but the violence in Washington, D.C. changed the discussion and the insights shared by Larry Sabato.
University of Virginia officials denounced the actions of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as a “coup d’etat,” with one supporting President Donald Trump’s removal from office. The UVA Center for Politics planned the first of its Democracy Dialogues for Wednesday. It was supposed to feature U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., but Kaine was taken to a secure location as rioters supporting Trump stormed the building. Kaine was unable to attend the event.
Current Big East commissioner and UVA alumna Val Ackerman was nominated for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for 2021.
(Podcast) Dr. Ebony Hilton-Buchholz, a UVA associate professor of anesthesiology, talks about everything you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine, including how it works, whether it will protect against mutations in the virus and why it is so important that the vaccine is distributed equitably.
(Commentary by Daniell Citron, law professor) Even before Donald Trump took the office of president, we knew that his social media presence would be chaotic and undisciplined. Once inaugurated, Trump quickly outdid himself, doubling down on all of his destructive tendencies. Ever since, he has fomented a toxic brew of poisonous disinformation, harassment, and calls for vengeance.
Two New England Revolution players got the nod for the United States Men’s National Team January camp, which begins Jan. 9, including former UVA standout Henry Kessler. This is a major step in Kessler’s career as it’s his first call-up for the United States at any age level.
Staging a debate over the outcome of an election, meanwhile, with the loser pressing unsubstantiated claims from the White House and asking at least one election official in Georgia to help him find the votes to reverse the outcome, seems far different. “On this one, it’s just going to the fundamentals,” said Larry Sabato, editor in chief of Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a political handicapping site at UVA’s Center for Politics. “Are we going to maintain a democratic republic? … This is serious business and people are starting to wake up to it.”
Sabato’s Crystal Ball, which is housed within UVA’s Center for Politics, still considers both of Georgia’s Senate races toss-ups. “If Democrats have done better in the pre-Election Day vote this time, then Republicans either need to win the Election Day vote by more than Trump did, or have the Election Day electorate make up a bigger share of the total votes cast (and still vote heavily Republican),” Kyle Kondik writes for the political preview published today.
(Audio) Today on “All Sides With Ann Fisher”: a runoff preview and how changing demographics have turned Georgia purple after two decades of Republican control. Guests include Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics.