The Guardian (January 24)
“Waiting for Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday was like watching a tsunami gather force. Everyone could see the threat approaching. But its scale was still shocking as it hit land, and what damage it wreaks will ultimately take months and years to determine.”
Tags: Damage, Determine, Force, Inauguration, Months, Scale, Shocking, Threat, Trump, Tsunami, Waiting, Wreaks, Years
San Francisco Chronicle (March 3)
“COVID-19 remains a deadly disease—but it took fewer lives in February than it did the month before. The virus claimed 11,286 Californians in February, a shocking figure that is nevertheless 25% lower than the 14,953 COVID deaths in January.”
Tags: Californians, COVID-19, Deadly disease, Deaths, February, January, Lower, Shocking, Virus
US News & World Report (November 4)
“Joe Biden has broken former President Barack Obama’s record for total votes set in the historic 2008 election.” The 70 million votes Biden has already racked already exceed “Obama’s record of more than 69 million votes, with millions of ballots still being counted in several battleground states….” The former Vice President’s “record-breaking performance is shocking considering the voter enthusiasm – especially among young people – his former boss had in 2008.”
Tags: Ballots, Battleground states, Biden, Election, Historic, Obama, Record, Shocking, Voter enthusiasm, Votes
LA Times (May 10)
“The shocking dismissal of FBI Director James B. Comey by a president whose campaign he was investigating can’t be undone. The immediate priority is to safeguard the integrity of that investigation and its credibility in the eyes of the public and to preserve the evidence that has been amassed.”
Tags: Comey, Credibility, Dismissal, Evidence, FBI, Integrity, Investigation, Safeguard, Shocking
