The Bailong elevators in China, continued wildfires in California, hats on display in Russia, dancers in Australia and Italy, damaging storms in Honduras and the Philippines, a surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S., Christmas preparations during a pandemic, a rocket launch to the International Space Station, and much more.
“It is difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action by a sitting American President,” Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said of Trump.
The Washington Post reports that Donald Trump has invited “leaders” of the Republican-controlled Michigan state legislature to meet with him on Friday to discuss the state’s election results. Trump publicly celebrated the resistance of two Republican members of the state’s Wayne County canvassing board who briefly refused to certify the results of the election in their county unless the votes of majority-black Detroit precincts were removed.
The Washington Post reports that Donald Trump has invited “leaders” of the Republican-controlled Michigan state legislature to meet with him on Friday to discuss the state’s election results. Trump publicly celebrated the resistance of two Republican members of the state’s Wayne County canvassing board who briefly refused to certify the results of the election in their county unless the votes of majority-black Detroit precincts were removed.
If Election Day was relatively event-free after months of conspiracies flying about voter fraud, the acrimonious aftermath of Donald Trump’s loss has grown more contentious and potentially lethal by the day.
The cauldron of unfounded mistrust stirred by Trump and his traitorous Republican allies threatens to boil over at any given moment with death threats targeting election officials and volunteers in the states that became ground zero for Trump’s fraud claims.
If Election Day was relatively event-free after months of conspiracies flying about voter fraud, the acrimonious aftermath of Donald Trump’s loss has grown more contentious and potentially lethal by the day.
The cauldron of unfounded mistrust stirred by Trump and his traitorous Republican allies threatens to boil over at any given moment with death threats targeting election officials and volunteers in the states that became ground zero for Trump’s fraud claims.
At high noon on Thursday, Donald Trump’s crack legal team sauntered out for a showdown with destiny. They were there to demonstrate for America that Trump’s refusal to concede the election wasn’t a demonstration of infantile refusal to accept reality, but was really real. Really real. Oh, so real.
At high noon on Thursday, Donald Trump’s crack legal team sauntered out for a showdown with destiny. They were there to demonstrate for America that Trump’s refusal to concede the election wasn’t a demonstration of infantile refusal to accept reality, but was really real. Really real. Oh, so real.
It shouldn’t be shocking: Doing nothing in the face of a highly infectious disease results in high rates of infections. The nation as a whole is suffering from that truism at the moment, as Donald Trump can’t be bothered to leave the golf course for anything other than making attacks on democracy. But some states are being particularly hard hit because they’re getting a double-dose of inaction.
It shouldn’t be shocking: Doing nothing in the face of a highly infectious disease results in high rates of infections. The nation as a whole is suffering from that truism at the moment, as Donald Trump can’t be bothered to leave the golf course for anything other than making attacks on democracy. But some states are being particularly hard hit because they’re getting a double-dose of inaction.
The “Important News Conference today by lawyers” announced on Twitter by loser Donald Trump was supposed to show his “very clear and viable path to victory.” Instead, it was Rudy Giuliani repeating a litany of conspiracy theories and hearsay about fraud that have already failed to convince a single judge. That’s because, Rudy said, the judges are in on it.
The “Important News Conference today by lawyers” announced on Twitter by loser Donald Trump was supposed to show his “very clear and viable path to victory.” Instead, it was Rudy Giuliani repeating a litany of conspiracy theories and hearsay about fraud that have already failed to convince a single judge. That’s because, Rudy said, the judges are in on it.
A pandemic live show on the importance of not traveling during the holidays.
“The hair journey that these guys are on is definitely a wild one.
The state has until Friday to certify results that have been certified and submitted by the counties.
Will they still have those jobs once President-elect Biden takes office? One might.
States fear a gap between the year-end deadline and inauguration
States fear a gap between the year-end deadline and inauguration
It feels like it is March again, but in many ways, it is Not March.
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“Someone who advised DuPont on how to avoid regulations is not someone we want advising this new administration,” the activist wrote in a scathing op-ed.
The gathering may be a long-shot attempt to subvert the process that saw Democrat Joe Biden win the battleground state.
What to do when a comfort object is also supposed to be dinner.
The agency also urged Americans to avoid mingling with people who haven’t resided in their same household in the past 14 days.
The agency also urged Americans to avoid mingling with people who haven’t resided in their same household in the past 14 days.
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection . Nor does the analysis incorporate the possibility of an overburdened testing system becoming unable to complete as many tests as necessary, which would depress case counts. Either of these factors could push or skew the expected death rate even higher.
Mass loan forgiveness is a mediocre solution to a complex problem. Its time may have come anyway.
Mass loan forgiveness is a mediocre solution to a complex problem. Its time may have come anyway.