12 january 2023

Two and a half years after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, an estimated 12 million American adults, or 4.4% of the adult population, believe violence is justified to restore Though the number of adults who believe this has declined since the insurrection, recent survey data from the University of Chicago reveal alarming and dangerous levels of support for political violence and conspiracy theories across the United States. The university’s Chicago Project on Security & Threats (CPOST) research center has been conducting Dangers to Democracy surveys of American adults on political violence and attitudes towards democracy since shortly after the January 6 attacks. In new data from April shared exclusively with the Guardian, researchers found a continued support for violence to achieve various political goals on both sides of the aisle, and a general distrust for democracy. The results are particularly alarming as the 2024 election approaches without essential safeguards that some lawmakers say could help prevent another violent attack on US democracy. Read more For the next year and a half through the 2024 election, CPOST will be releasing new survey data tracking continued dangers to democracy every three months. The data will be published first with the Guardian. This data will be critical at a time when efforts to erode democracy feel increasingly prevalent in the United States, from candidates who deny the results of their elections to governmental taskforces attemp...

Like many Americans, I was disappointed that the first bill Republicans in the House passed would help wealthy people cheat on their taxes and add $114 billion to the deficit. House Republicans campaigned on inflation—they didn’t say if elected, their plan was to make it worse.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden)

• January 12– • January 12– • February 26– • March 24– • March 24– • March 24– • March 25– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • April 1– • April 1– • April 1– • April 5– • April 19– • May 13– • June 15– United States yearly total [ ] Confirmed tornadoes by EFU EF0 EF1 EF2 EF3 EF4 EF5 Total 92 198 267 88 21 2 0 669 • Note: One landspout tornado has been officially confirmed but is not yet rated. On February 26, a large storm system produced a wide range of significant weather events across a large area of the United States, ranging from heavy snow to tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk for west-central Oklahoma for a 45% hatched risk area for damaging winds. The outlook also included a 10% hatched risk area for tornadoes. An enhanced risk also extended from the March 9 (France) [ ] On March 9, a strong tornado was caught on video from multiple angles as it impacted areas in and around several small towns and villages in the March 13 (Saudi Arabia) [ ] A large dusty tornado caused significant damage as it touched down near the outskirts of March 22 [ ] On the morning of March 22, a high-end EF1 tornado impacted the March 24 (India) [ ] A large and photogenic cone tornado struck March 24–27 [ ] See also: There were 125 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in May. May 6 (Turkey) [ ] An F2/IF2 rated tornado struck Sultan Alaaddin, Akarca and Ören districts of the city of May 6–7 [ ] EFU EF0 EF1 EF2 E...

It was the 2nd Thursday of 2023. If you were born on this date, your birthday numbers 1, 12, and 2023 reveal that your life path number is 11. Your zodiac sign is Capricorn with a ruling planet Saturn, your birthstone is the Garnet, and your birth flower is the Carnation. You are 5 months old, and were born in the 2020s, in the middle of Generation Alpha. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means. → January 12, 2023 was a Thursday → Zodiac sign for this date is Capricorn → This date was 155 days ago → 2023 was the Year of the Rabbit → In 2024, January 12 is on Sunday → You are 1 years old in Korean Age People born on this day will turn 1 in exactly . If you were born on this date: You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Rabbit. Your birth sign is Capricorn, with a ruling planet Saturn. On your birthday, the moon was in Waning Gibbous 🌖 phase, and there were precisely 5 full moons after you were born to this day. Your billionth second will happen sometime on September 20, 2054. → You’ve slept 52 days or 0.14 years. → Your next birthday is away → You’ve been alive → You were born in the Year of the Rabbit → You have been alive 3,739 hours → You are 224,367 minutes old → Age on next birthday: 1 years old You were born on a Thursday January 12, 2023, was the 2nd Thursday of that year. It was also the 12th day and 1st month of 2023 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse the 2023 calend...

Early winter sunsets offer nice evening views of the planets, starting with Mercury and Venus. Mercury quickly drops away, only to reappear in the morning sky before the end of the month. Venus is dazzling in the west and later in the month has a close encounter with Saturn, a stunning sight in small telescopes. Mars and Jupiter dominate the evening sky and the Red Planet is occulted by the Moon for observers in the southern U.S. Uranus and Neptune wander among fainter stars but are easy targets for binoculars or small scopes. Let’s begin on the evening of Jan. 1. Mercury is the first planet to set, within an hour of the Sun. Look with binoculars 6° due west of Venus 20 minutes after sunset for magnitude 1.1 Mercury to pop into view. At 6° high, you have about 30 minutes before it drops too low. By Jan. 3, Mercury fades to magnitude 2.2 and is very difficult to spot. It passes through inferior conjunction on the 7th, then reappears quickly in the morning sky; we will return to it later. Venus stands 9° high in the southwest 20 minutes after sunset on Jan. 1. It dazzles in azure twilight at magnitude –3.9. The planet’s angular elongation from the Sun increases from 17° to 24° during the month — a long, slow climb until it reaches greatest elongation in June. Venus spends most of the month in Capricornus and slides along the ecliptic to meet Saturn Jan. 22, when the two are separated by only 21′. Check them out together in the same field of view in your telescope. A one-day-...