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12/31/2020

Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump actually agree on something: Americans need $2,000 relief checks

Source: https://twitter.com/i/status/1344484170534424577

“Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump actually agree on something: Americans need $2,000 relief checks https://t.co/Ou2AmPQ1J4”

12/31/2020

President Trump’s attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat appears doomed on Jan. 6, when Congress is set to certify Joe Biden’s victory

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/30/electoral-college-biden-trump-452081

Leadership has a potent arsenal to combat efforts to turn the electoral vote counting session on Jan. 6 into a spectacle — if they deploy it.

12/31/2020

Pres. Trump said some weird things in 2020 — even for him. Do you remember them all?

Source: https://twitter.com/i/status/1344496753345748993

“Pres. Trump said some weird things in 2020 — even for him. Do you remember them all? https://t.co/GYfeOjfAVN”

12/31/2020

Across the U.S., 45,000 “collateral consequences” regulate the lives of people with criminal records, dictating where they may work, with whom they may live, and how they may spend their time

Source: POLITICO

12/31/2020

"The votes are there" for $2,000 stimulus checks, but "one person is holding it up and that's Mitch McConnell, says Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, as hopes dim for a larger relief package in the US Senate.

Source: https://cnn.it/2JAjAnq

Americans can expect to start seeing $600 in their bank accounts immediately as the federal government's second round of stimulus payments is being sent out, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said.

12/30/2020

Joe Biden has picked Kathleen Hicks, a former Obama Pentagon official, to serve as deputy defense secretary. If confirmed, she would make history as the first woman to hold the No. 2 Pentagon job.

Source: POLITICO

12/30/2020

Americans can expect to start seeing $600 in their bank accounts immediately as the federal government's second round of stimulus payments is being sent out, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said.

Source: CNN

12/30/2020

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are heading to Georgia in the final days before the state’s two Senate runoff elections

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/30/biden-harris-back-to-georgia-452236

Harris will travel to Savannah Sunday, while Biden will visit Atlanta on Monday to campaign for the two Democratic candidates.

12/30/2020

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are poised to make a final push in Georgia ahead of the state's high stakes Senate run-off elections next week.

Source: CNN

12/30/2020

The Federal Government has distributed the vaccines to the states. Now it is up to the states to administer. Get moving!

Donald J. Trump via. Twitter

12/30/2020

Joe Biden has warned the US is "falling far behind" in its attempts to vaccinate people against

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-us-falling-far-behind-on-vaccines-as-case-of-new-variant-found-in-colorado-biden-warns-12175199?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter

The president-elect says "things will get worse before they get better" and vaccination is "not progressing as it should".

12/30/2020

Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, a Republican from Louisiana, has died after being diagnosed with Covid-19

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/29/politics/luke-letlow-died-covid/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-12-30T08%3A44%3A30&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link

Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died after being diagnosed with Covid-19, his spokesman confirmed Tuesday evening.

12/30/2020

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday criticized the speed of vaccine distribution under the Trump administration and promised to step up the pace when he takes office. He also said the months ahead would be “a very tough period for our nation.”

Source: The New York Times

12/30/2020

On Tuesday, the US recorded more than 3,700 new deaths linked to the virus, a chilling new high.

The country also reported the most Covid-19 hospitalizations, with more than 124,600 patients nationwide, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

Source: CNN

12/29/2020

Bill Barr’s time as attorney general was largely defined by the perception that he set aside the Justice Department’s independence to advance President Trump’s political and personal interests.

Source: The New York Times

12/29/2020

Donald Trump's influence will evaporate once he leaves office. Here's why | Julius Krein

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/29/donald-trump-influence-presidency-office?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter =1609239793

12/29/2020

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is expected to receive the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, according to the Biden transition team.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/29/politics/kamala-harris-covid-vaccine/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-12-29T11%3A16%3A03&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is expected to receive the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, according to the Biden transition team.

12/29/2020

op lawmakers, Capitol Hill staffers and analysts expect Biden’s would-be team to face an unprecedented barrage of questions about how they plan to handle the Chinese government’s yawning ambitions

Source: POLITICO

12/29/2020

Joe Biden will enter the White House next month with the U.S. energy industry in a very different place than where it was four years ago — a shift that's likely to generate momentum for his plan to start to wean the country off fossil fuels

Source: POLITICO

12/29/2020

House veto override may show Trump's grip on GOP slipping | Analysis by

Source: https://cnn.it/3prdpkE

President Donald Trump's ability to scramble American political lines continues even from the golf course, with House votes Monday showing that his feverish hold over the GOP -- and US government -- is hurtling toward a humbling end.

12/29/2020

The House voted 322 to 87 to override Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act. If the Senate follows suit, lawmakers will deliver Trump the first and only veto override of his presidency.

Source: POLITICO

12/29/2020

Arkansas's Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he is "delighted" that President Trump signed the stimulus package and says lawmakers "should stick with the compromise that was reached in good faith by all parties."

Source: https://cnn.it/34R5khs

The House of Representatives on Monday passed a measure to increase stimulus checks for Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 after President Donald Trump championed the effort, sending the bill to the Senate where its future is less certain.

12/29/2020

President Trump "gained nothing with all these antics" surrounding the stimulus negotiations, "just needlessly creating chaos because he could," says .

Source: https://cnn.it/2WUeqFH

The House of Representatives on Monday passed a measure to increase stimulus checks for Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 after President Donald Trump championed the effort, sending the bill to the Senate where its future is less certain.

12/29/2020

President Trump is gambling with dollars and lives, says CNN’s
, outlining President Trump’s brinkmanship on the latest round of stimulus for struggling Americans.

Source: https://twitter.com/i/status/1343778230675894272

“President Trump is gambling with dollars and lives, says CNN’s , outlining President Trump’s brinkmanship on the latest round of stimulus for struggling Americans. https://t.co/ykI1U1ru2v”

12/29/2020

GOP Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, who is fighting for reelection in a runoff next week, spoke to President Trump this week to personally lobby him to sign into law the omnibus spending bill that includes $900 billion in coronavirus relief, a source says

Source: CNN

12/29/2020

Kamala Harris: ‘If we are going to fulfill our country’s promise, we must be dedicated to a strong public education system. We must value it, we must strengthen it, and we must invest in it’

Source: https://twitter.com/i/status/1343782043939864579

“Kamala Harris: ‘If we are going to fulfill our country’s promise, we must be dedicated to a strong public education system. We must value it, we must strengthen it, and we must invest in it’ https://t.co/hW2Sxq6qlr”

12/29/2020

House Republicans join Democrats to override Trump's veto of defence bill – video

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/dec/29/house-republicans-join-democrats-to-override-trumps-veto-of-defence-bill-video?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter =1609231377

The National Defense Authorization Act has been passed by Congress every year since 1967. Trump exercised his veto last week, returning the bill with objections including its proposal to change the names of 10 military bases honouring Confederate leaders.

12/29/2020

The number of patients hospitalized across the US with Covid-19 is the highest it's ever been -- and at this rate health experts warn they may have to ration nurses, respirators and care.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/29/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-12-29T09%3A17%3A04

The number of patients hospitalized across the US with Covid-19 is the highest it's ever been -- and at this rate health experts warn they may have to ration nurses, respirators and care.

12/28/2020

The President is thrusting fresh turmoil into his final days in office, seeking to settle scores and remain the center of attention,
writes. | Analysis

Source: CNN

12/28/2020

Trump has issued dozens of pardons and sentence commutations in recent weeks — among the most shocking were 4 men behind a 2007 massacre in Iraq that left 14 innocent people dead

Source: https://twitter.com/i/status/1343575684367585280

“Trump has issued dozens of pardons and sentence commutations in recent weeks — among the most shocking were 4 men behind a 2007 massacre in Iraq that left 14 innocent people dead https://t.co/iP97NxoDsj”