PoliticsThe IndependentRepublican lawmaker calls for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is on trial for murder, to be elected to Congress
A Republican lawmaker in Florida has been condemned after calling for Kyle Rittenhouse, a teenager charged with murder, to be elected to Congress. Anthony Sabatini, who sits in the state's House of Representatives, on Saturday tweeted, “KYLE RITTENHOUSE FOR CONGRESS”. It came a day after Rittenhouse, 17, was granted bail after being charged with allegedly shooting dead two people and leaving a third paralysed in August during protests against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
PoliticsThe WeekThere's a very simple, extremely plausible reason Trump won't admit Biden won
President Trump lost his bid for re-election by 6 million votes and counting, and 74 electoral votes, and his legal team is consistently losing its court battles to disqualify President-elect Joe Biden's voters. "Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt about the election results in order to get back at Democrats for questioning the legitimacy of his own election in 2016, especially with the Russia investigation," CNN reports, citing a source familiar with Trump's thinking. Pointing to "those who he claims undercut his election by pointing to Russian interference efforts," Trump "has suggested it is fair game to not recognize Joe Biden as the president-elect."
HealthThe ConversationChina beat the coronavirus with science and strong public health measures, not just with authoritarianism
In January 2020, the Chinese government decided to lock down this city of 11 million people. All transportation to and from the city was stopped. Officials further locked down several other cities in Hubei Province, eventually quarantining over 50 million people.
U.S.USA TODAYWisconsin police arrest 15-year-old boy for Mayfair Mall shooting, say 'bullets started flying' during altercation
A 15-year-old Milwaukee boy who allegedly opened fire at a suburban Wisconsin shopping mall on Friday, sending eight people to the hospital, has been arrested, police said Sunday. Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber said the suspect was arrested Saturday night, adding that the shooting was the result of an altercation between two groups of people at Mayfair Mall. "We do know there was some sort of altercation, and that's when the bullets started flying," Weber said during a Sunday press conference.
U.S.The IndependentIowa congressman notorious for racist remarks asks Kamala Harris if she was descended from slave owners
An Iowa congressman known for making racist comments has asked Kamala Harris if she was descended from slave owners. Republican Steve King, who has a long history of making offensive remarks about immigrants, questioned the vice-president-elect's background on Twitter. I'm reading that @KamalaHarris made history as first woman, first black woman, first Asian woman, etc = a boatload of intersectionality points.
PoliticsCBS NewsTrump legal team disavows association with lawyer Sidney Powell
The Trump campaign is disavowing its association with attorney Sidney Powell after the far-fetched Trump campaign Thursday press conference when she claimed without evidence that the deceased Hugo Chávez, among others, was responsible for rigging the election. The campaign claimed that she "is not a member of the Trump legal team," even though the president and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani had previously identified her as being on the team. In the days since the press conference, Powell has made additional unfounded claims to conservative networks, and her claims have even been questioned by Fox News' Tucker Carlson, after she refused to produce her evidence on the show.
PoliticsThe TelegraphTrump campaign demands second Georgia recount after judge's dismissal of Pennsylvania challenge
Undaunted by a Pennsylvania judge's withering dismissal of a plea to discount millions of mail-in votes, the Trump campaign turned its attention to another battleground state and demanded a second recount in Georgia. The move was the latest shot in a salvo of legal cases with Donald Trump still showing no sign of accepting that he lost the election. On Monday Michigan's four-member Elections board is due to meet to ratify their results, with one of the two Republicans indicating he could vote against doing so.
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Houston man charged in million dollar global cyber scam
The 36-year-old is accused of stealing money related to a million dollar airplane purchase and transferring the funds to a Houston bank.
BusinessBusiness InsiderFacebook is reportedly planning to woo Joe Biden by rolling out new vaccine and climate change features
Facebook is building a strategy to help get on President-elect Joe Biden's good side, company sources told the Financial Times. Facebook is reportedly planning to crack down harder on COVID-19 misinformation, and is considering adding an information banner to its site encouraging users to get vaccinated. Facebook is also reportedly looking at ways to encourage users to engage with content about the Paris Climate Agreement, which Biden has pledged to rejoin.
U.S.USA TODAYNebraska man arrested for allegedly shooting 4 people, killing 2, at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant, police say
A man was arrested for allegedly shooting four people, killing two, late Saturday night at a Sonic Drive-In restaurant in Nebraska, authorities said Sunday. The Bellevue Police Department in a news release said Silva was booked into Sarpy County jail. Police identified those killed as Nathan Pastrana, 22, and Ryan Helbert, 28, both employees of the restaurant, were killed in the shooting, police said Sunday night.
PoliticsPoliticoRepublicans dash to defend perilous 2022 Senate map
Sen. Kelly Loeffler also will have to run again next cycle if she wins the current Georgia Senate runoff on Jan. 5. Meanwhile, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo. said he's doing all the things necessary to run for re-election even though he's made no announcement.
PoliticsThe WeekRepublicans launch Pennsylvania lawsuit that argues GOP-backed bill allowing universal mail voting is unconstitutional
A group of Republicans, including Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) are launching a lawsuit — in the hopes of blocking the certification of Pennsylvania's election results — that claims a state law passed in 2019 allowing for universal mail-in voting is unconstitutional. If that were the case, mail-in ballots would be invalidated, likely swinging the state back to President Trump. The lawsuit quickly drew heated criticism, including accusations that Kelly (who was just re-elected himself) and the other plaintiffs are "openly rejecting democracy and the rule of law," but many observers were simply perplexed.
HealthUSA TODAY OpinionI took the COVID vaccine to show anti-vaxxers that science works
It was June, and I'd just signed up for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine trial. After the second dose, I was tested for COVID-19 antibodies — the sign of successful vaccination — but never told the result. This is all good news, because it means we may finally turn a corner in controlling the virus, and because it will show, once again, the critical importance of science and vaccines.
U.S.Business InsiderTrump supporter charged with assault after breathing forcefully on protesters at the Virginia golf course where Trump was playing
A man who deliberately breathed on two women outside President Donald Trump's Virginia golf course has been charged with assault, the sheriff's office said. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said that Raymond Deskins, 61, was "charged with simple assault" over the Saturday incident. It said video footage of the incident "did not capture the entire interaction."
PoliticsThe IndependentLindsey Graham continues to weigh in on Georgia election after being accused of interference
Senator Lindsey Graham, whose constituency is in North Carolina, is once again weighing in on the state of Georgia's elections process. On Saturday, Mr Graham echoed Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's desire for the state to conduct an audit of mail-in ballot signatures. His intervention comes a day after Mr Kemp accepted the results of the state's recount after Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified that Joe Biden had won the election.
ScienceUSA TODAY350-pound loggerhead among more than 150 cold-stunned turtles rescued in Massachusetts
A large loggerhead turtle that washed ashore in Massachusetts Friday was among more than 150 cold-stunned sea turtles to strand on Cape Cod beaches in a three day span, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. The loggerhead, an adult male that weighed 350 pounds, was moved from Massachusetts' Great Hollow Beach by Truro Department of Public Works staff and brought to the sanctuary in South Wellfleet. It was then transferred to a van and driven to New England Aquarium's Animal Care Center.
PoliticsThe WeekBiden has reportedly chosen his U.N. ambassador, national security adviser
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce Linda Thomas-Greenfield as his nominee for ambassador to the United Nations and Jake Sullivan as his national security adviser, several people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. Thomas-Greenfield spent 35 years in the Foreign Service, retiring in 2017. Sullivan was one of Biden's national security advisers during his time as vice president and was also a deputy chief of staff to Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state.
HealthBusiness InsiderA new CDC report found that Kansas counties who complied with a mask mandate saw a decrease in cases compared to counties that didn't
A Friday report from the Centers for Disease Control found that counties in Kansas that adopted a mask mandate saw a decrease in cases of the disease, while counties that opted out saw an increase by 100%. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday found that counties in Kansas that adopted a mask mandate saw a decrease in COVID-19 transmission compared to counties that did not, which saw an increase in the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, on July 3 issued a statewide mask mandate, but counties were able to individually opt-out from her order.
LifestyleUSA TODAYBeating the odds: The world's most premature twins to celebrate 2nd birthday
TTTS) is also very rare,” Dr. Jonathan Klein, a neonatologist and medical director of the NICU at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, told The Associated Press in January 2019, about two months after the Ewoldt twins were born. A lot of patients pass away before they are even born. At 17 weeks, Ewoldt underwent surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital to seal and disconnect the twins' aberrant vessels.
PoliticsThe WeekMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan is 'embarrassed' his GOP is helping Trump make the U.S. look like 'a banana republic'
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is no longer sure Trump will "do the right thing" and acknowledge his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, but he's certain Biden will be sworn in Jan. 20, 2021, he told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday's State of the Union. Hogan, who has been critical of Trump, said he voted for the late President Ronald Reagan this year. Pressuring state legislators in Michigan and other states to "somehow change the outcome with electors was completely outrageous," Hogan said.
PoliticsThe IndependentRudy Giuliani says election case losses help Trump campaign’s strategy to get ‘expeditiously’ to Supreme Court
Rudy Giuliani has said he is “thankful” to the judge who dismissed the Trump campaign's post-election lawsuit in Pennsylvania, as it helps them to get “expeditiously” to the Supreme Court. On Saturday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania dismissed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign that attempted to block the certification of votes in the state. “This Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpaid in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence,” judge Matthew Brann wrote in his dismissal on Saturday.
LifestyleUSA TODAYAs the pandemic rages, more are flying despite CDC pleas not to travel for Thanksgiving
Americans are flocking to airports for travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, even as the COVID-19 pandemic rages across the country and after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pleaded with Americans not to travel. More than 1 million air travelers passed through security checkpoints at U.S. airports Friday and Sunday for only the second and third time since the pandemic began, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The flock of weekend travelers came a day after the CDC issued its warning against holiday traveling.
BusinessMiami HeraldThis Miami supplier is manufacturing millions of masks. Why won’t anyone buy them?
As the COVID-19 pandemic roared to life this spring, the U.S. found itself faced with an acute shortage of masks and other personal protective equipment to support front-line workers. Today, America's PPE supply chain is lurching back to life. DemeTech, a Miami-area medical device manufacturer, has been trying to bridge the gap by hiring hundreds of new workers to make Food and Drug Administration-approved surgical masks — which only look like ones you'd buy at a corner store — and Centers for Disease Control-approved N95 respirators.
PoliticsThe WeekReporter Carl Bernstein names 21 GOP senators who 'repeatedly expressed extreme contempt for Trump'
Political reporters in Washington, D.C., have been saying a lot of Republicans in Congress privately despise President Trump, but few have publicly criticized him — and likewise, few have publicly acknowledged his defeat to President-elect Joe Biden. Carl Bernstein, one half of the journalistic duo that uncovered President Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, named 21 names on Sunday night, saying that in private conversations, these Republicans senators "have repeatedly expressed extreme contempt for Trump" and his fitness to be president. The 21 senators he named include names you would expect, but also some surprises, like Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.
HealthINSIDER'Your family is not immune': Texas family urges everyone to stay safe after their small gathering led to over a dozen members testing positive for the coronavirus
15 family members in Arlington, Texas said they tested positive for the coronavirus after a small birthday gathering, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram and WFFA reported. The relatives urged the public to not "be like my family and ignore the CDC guidelines" in a video that was posted to the City of Arlington's Twitter account. The family's warning comes ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday, which is typically a time for families to gather.
“Donald Trump defeated Donald Trump.”
“The victory was a vindication of a style of American politics that many feared was gone forever.”
“Mr. Biden’s victory — and Mr. Trump’s defeat — is a testament to the resilience of American democracy.”
“Trump’s 2020 reelection bid was doomed by his boorish behavior. Time and again, he refused to act like a president.”
“Biden took the opportunity to unite the Democratic Party.”