thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-13--Kelly Loeffler Poses With Former KKK Leader, Now Claims She Had No Idea

Two days after Sen. Kelly Loeffler ( R-Ga. ) posed for a photo with former Ku Klux Klan leader Chester Doles , leading to outcry from Jewish activists , Loeffler ’ s campaign insisted Sunday that she had no idea who Doles was .
But Doles ’ profile as a white supremacist was prominent enough that he was ejected from a campaign rally in September featuring Loeffler and Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene ( R-Ga. ) , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported .
Loeffler claimed then as well that she wasn ’ t aware of any controversy linked to Doles .
Bend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group , retweeted a photo Saturday of Loeffler smiling next to Doles .
The photo was taken Friday at a campaign event .
Doles had posted the photo with a caption that read in part : “ Save America , stop Socialism !
” Doles spent decades as a member of the KKK ( and led a faction in Maryland ) and the neo-Nazi National Alliance , the Journal-Constitution reported .
He ’ s a convicted felon who was sentenced to prison for the 1993 beating of a Black man , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once again trying to distance herself from someone who is a known white supremacist , ” said a statement from the campaign of Rev .
Raphael Warnock , Loeffler ’ s Democratic rival in one of Georgia ’ s two upcoming Senate runoffs .
“ There ’ s no acceptable explanation for it happening once , let alone a second time , ” the statement added , referring to the September rally .
The communications director for Democrat Jon Ossoff , who is challenging Sen. David Perdue ( R-Ga. ) in the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Georgia ’ s GOP.
” The twin runoffs , scheduled for Jan. 5 , will determine which party controls the Senate for at least two years .
Stephen Lawson , a spokesperson for Loeffler ’ s campaign , told the Journal-Constitution that the senator “ had no idea ” who Doles was .
Had she known , she would have “ kicked him out immediately because we condemn in the most vociferous terms everything that he stands for , ” Lawson said .
Doles told The Associated Press on Sunday that he has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the past couple of years.
” ALERT : Kelly Loeffler just posed for a photo with Chester Doles , a former KKK leader who runs the white supremacist American Patriots USA .
In 1993 , Doles nearly beat a Black man to death .
In 2017 , he marched in Charlottesville .
This is who @ KLoeffler is proudly appealing to .
pic.twitter.com/4YZcvL05rf — Bend the Arc : Jewish Action ( @ jewishaction ) December 13 , 2020 Loeffler , who co-owns the Atlanta Dream WNBA team , said in July that she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black Lives Matter movement after the basketball league dedicated its season to supporting it .
The senator , who paints herself as a Second Amendment supporter , has also said that Black protesters who legally carried guns during a demonstration in the state were practicing “ mob rule.
” Pressed on her controversial statements in a debate against Warnock earlier this month , Loeffler insisted : “ There is not a racist bone in my body .
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Two days after Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) posed for a photo with former Ku Klux Klan leader Chester Doles, leading to outcry from Jewish activists, Loeffler’s campaign insisted Sunday that she had no idea who Doles was.
But Doles’ profile as a white supremacist was prominent enough that he was ejected from a campaign rally in September featuring Loeffler and Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Loeffler claimed then as well that she wasn’t aware of any controversy linked to Doles.
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Bend the Arc, a progressive Jewish advocacy group, retweeted a photo Saturday of Loeffler smiling next to Doles. The photo was taken Friday at a campaign event. Doles had posted the photo with a caption that read in part: “Save America, stop Socialism!”
Doles spent decades as a member of the KKK (and led a faction in Maryland) and the neo-Nazi National Alliance, the Journal-Constitution reported. He’s a convicted felon who was sentenced to prison for the 1993 beating of a Black man, according to The Baltimore Sun.
“This is who [Loeffler] is proudly appealing to,” Bend the Arc’s Twitter account posted.
Loeffler is “once again trying to distance herself from someone who is a known white supremacist,” said a statement from the campaign of Rev. Raphael Warnock, Loeffler’s Democratic rival in one of Georgia’s two upcoming Senate runoffs. “There’s no acceptable explanation for it happening once, let alone a second time,” the statement added, referring to the September rally.
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Stephen Lawson, a spokesperson for Loeffler’s campaign, told the Journal-Constitution that the senator “had no idea” who Doles was. Had she known, she would have “kicked him out immediately because we condemn in the most vociferous terms everything that he stands for,” Lawson said.
Doles told The Associated Press on Sunday that he has “renounced racism on several occasions in the past couple of years.”
ALERT: Kelly Loeffler just posed for a photo with Chester Doles, a former KKK leader who runs the white supremacist American Patriots USA.
In 1993, Doles nearly beat a Black man to death.
In 2017, he marched in Charlottesville.
This is who @KLoeffler is proudly appealing to. pic.twitter.com/4YZcvL05rf — Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (@jewishaction) December 13, 2020
Loeffler, who co-owns the Atlanta Dream WNBA team, said in July that she was “adamantly” opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement after the basketball league dedicated its season to supporting it.
The senator, who paints herself as a Second Amendment supporter, has also said that Black protesters who legally carried guns during a demonstration in the state were practicing “mob rule.”
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Pressed on her controversial statements in a debate against Warnock earlier this month, Loeffler insisted: “There is not a racist bone in my body.”
"There is not a racist bone in my body" -- Kelly Loeffler pic.twitter.com/6mwup9PKyS — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 7, 2020
Bend the Arc said that Loeffler doesn’t get to plead ignorance about Doles twice.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Donald Trump Has Hidden Evidence Of His Crimes For Years. Joe Biden Can Expose It.

This will require the adoption of an affirmative policy to release and disclose information both in response to requests from Congress , oversight entities , journalists and the public — something the Trump administration did not do almost as a matter of policy .
But in other respects it will involve the proactive implementation of policies through executive order or agency directive that would allow for the release of documents suppressed by the Trump administration .
Much of the evidence of the Trump administration ’ s malfeasance is not yet in the public sphere , and by simply disclosing it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the soon-to-be ex-president accountable for his misdeeds .
And it is not as though the policies of the Trump administration end when he leaves office .
There are still migrant children separated from their parents by the U.S. government who need to be reunited .
Any investigation into this policy would need to review documents from the Trump administration to determine how the policy was implemented and whether anyone could be held to account for human rights violations .
What Happens Next That most everyone got off scot-free in these investigations ― where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fear of elite impunity that took hold with the Nixon pardon .
Still , these investigations show that it is not out-of-the-ordinary or , in any way , unprecedented for an incoming administration , or a new Congress , to look backward at a prior administration ’ s wrongdoing .
And the fact that previous offenders were not held accountable is all the more reason to hold Trump answerable now rather than continue to give the most powerful a pass .

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President Donald Trump will leave office on Jan. 20 under the biggest cloud of corruption and scandal of any president since 1974, when Richard Nixon waved dual victory signs after resigning in disgrace.
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But Biden is reportedly wary of launching investigations into his predecessor — and has made clear he won’t tell federal law enforcement what to do. “I will not do what {Trump] does and use the Justice Department as my vehicle to insist that something happened,” Biden told NBC News on Nov. 24.
While Biden admirably does not intend on echoing Trump’s undemocratic “lock them all up” chants, his administration can simply allow independent prosecutors to make their own decisions by opening the books on the Trump administration to expose wrongdoing, self-dealing and unlawful activity.
This will require the adoption of an affirmative policy to release and disclose information both in response to requests from Congress, oversight entities, journalists and the public — something the Trump administration did not do almost as a matter of policy. But in other respects it will involve the proactive implementation of policies through executive order or agency directive that would allow for the release of documents suppressed by the Trump administration. Much of the evidence of the Trump administration’s malfeasance is not yet in the public sphere, and by simply disclosing it Biden could begin the process of holding the soon-to-be ex-president accountable for his misdeeds.
Radical Disclosure
President Donald Trump will leave office under a greater cloud of corruption than any president since Richard Nixon. The Washington Post via Getty Images
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While some of Trump’s potential crimes have already been outlined by prosecutors or special counsels — like in the Mueller report, or the indictment that sent Michael Cohen to prison for paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels — not every crime or improper act has been recorded. Many are simply suspected based on public reporting and allegations made by former officials.
“There is a ton of information about the Trump administration that can come out pretty easily with the Biden administration just restoring normal practices,” said Jordan Libowitz, spokesman for the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
CREW has released a report on how a Biden administration can create a more open government while also exposing the misdeeds of his predecessor, as has a coalition of transparency and watchdog groups under the banner of Accountability 2021. These reports contain a litany of recommendations that Biden could adopt immediately upon taking office.
His administration could, for example, issue an executive order re-establishing a presumption of openness for Freedom of Information Act requests and eliminate the political reviews that the Trump administration required for such requests. No administration has a great record on filling FOIA requests, but the Trump administration was significantly worse than previous ones, with records set for the extent of secrecy and the number of documents withheld from the public.
As part of becoming the least transparent presidential administration in recent history, the Trump administration also adopted a novel legal viewpoint on compliance with congressional oversight. Its theory was simple ― the executive branch did not have to comply with congressional requests for documents or testimony even during an impeachment inquiry. For this reason, the Trump administration rarely delivered the documents requested by congressional committees, specifically those led by Democrats.
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Just because the Trump administration will be gone on Jan. 20 does not mean those requests need to languish. Biden could order all agencies and governmental bodies to review all record requests made by Congress or other oversight bodies, including the Government Accountability Office, during the Trump administration and to fill them. Additionally, congressional investigators could resubmit their requests to the new agency heads to provide the Trump era documents.
An order for agencies to review and respond to congressional document requests regarding Trump administration actions could also involve reviewing and overruling the administration’s assertions of executive privilege.
“There needs to be a radical mind shift towards automatic disclosure” - Lauren Harper, National Security Archive director of public policy
“There’s been disputes before about broad assertions of privilege where documents haven’t been turned over,” Katherine Hawkins, legal analyst with the nonprofit watchdog Project on Government Oversight, said. “It used to be for categories of certain documents but now it’s just everything.”
Potential investigations might not involve direct lawbreaking by the president ― they could include acts ranging from human rights abuses arising from the child separation policy, lying to Congress, and the politicization of the Department of Justice and other agencies, including blatant Hatch Act violations by nearly every high-ranking Trump official.
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There’s also the ongoing debacle that is his administration’s failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
And it is not as though the policies of the Trump administration end when he leaves office. There are still migrant children separated from their parents by the U.S. government who need to be reunited. Any investigation into this policy would need to review documents from the Trump administration to determine how the policy was implemented and whether anyone could be held to account for human rights violations.
Congress may request documents next year regarding executive branch malfeasance under Trump as it seeks to enact legislation like the For the People Act that aims to expand voting rights and limit partisan gerrymandering. Similarly, members of Congress could seek documents related to Trump’s relationship with particular countries to investigate whether U.S. foreign policy was corrupted in favor of his private, personal interests.
For example, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) requested documents from the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Education on Dec. 2 related to alleged interference by Trump in the agencies’ activities regarding Turkish-U.S. government relations. Trump is alleged to have requested an investigation into self-exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen and pressured the agencies to favor the Turkish government, including in a criminal investigation into Halkbank, the large Turkish state-owned financial institution.
Also, Trump owns a commercial property in downtown Istanbul that is connected to Turkish elites, and former Trump national security adviser John Bolton has repeatedly suggested that the president was engaged in corrupt acts to protect his personal financial interest in Turkey. Such a request could be filled by a new administration.
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Biden’s attorney general could also mandate the disclosure of secret memos drafted by the Office of Legal Counsel. While the Trump administration has released some OLC memos to justify some of its most outrageous policies, including refusing to comply with congressional oversight, it has pointedly not released others, most notably a justification for why the Department of Justice did not indict Trump for obstruction of justice as recommended in the Mueller Report.
A move to disclose secret OLC memos would not be unprecedented. In early 2009, Barack Obama’s administration released some of the Bush administration’s secret OLC memos justifying its torture policy. But Biden could go further and simply order all OLC memos to be made public and put online.
“There is nothing stopping the next president from just saying all these things are now public, go to our website,” Libowitz said.
A Biden White House could direct the Office of Management and Budget to order agency reviews of all previous spending during the Trump administration to determine contracts or expenditures that may have been awarded due to improper political interference. Political interference in agency spending has been suggested in reports about Trump’s border wall, the Pentagon’s cloud computing contract and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Trump was also accused of illegally abusing agency expenditures when he held up Pentagon aid to Ukraine as part of his quid-pro-quo scheme to foment an investigation into Biden.
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President-elect Joe Biden could immediately open the books on the Trump administration to allow independent prosecutors to decide for themselves to press cases or not. Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
The new administration could also target classified documents for review on whether they have been properly filed as classified. Trump’s impeachment revealed that the White House routinely placed calls he had with other heads of state on a classified server for no other reason than to avoid the president’s embarrassment.
“It’s appropriate for the Biden administration to review the Trump administration’s classification decisions to determine if any material was improperly classified,” said Erica Newland, counsel at Protect Democracy, a domestic pro-democracy nonprofit founded in response to Trump’s election.
And if Biden is worried that such actions are too backward-looking, the adoption of any open government and transparency orders and directives would also apply to his administration and future administrations. Trump’s ability to hide information and withhold disclosures from Congress, journalists and the public to cover up his corruption existed before he came to office. The idea is to prevent a future president from doing the same.
“There needs to be a radical mind shift toward automatic disclosure,” said Lauren Harper, director of public policy at the National Security Archive. “We have to have a fundamental shift not only in what should be classified but how we go about declassification. The loopholes were there. The precedents were set. We have to radically reconsider how we declassify information. It’s just not a sexy topic until you’ve got scandal involved.”
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What Happens Next
The disclosure of information from the Trump era could lead the Department of Justice to appoint special counsels, initiate prosecutions or indict officials. The release of new information may alternatively result in congressional investigations detailing what happened. Or this information could inform ongoing criminal and civil probes.
There are already areas where prosecutors could simply decide to prosecute once Trump is out of the White House.
The most obvious one is that the president’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, named Trump as a party to the campaign finance crimes that he pleaded guilty to stemming from payouts to Daniels and another woman, Karen McDougal, during the 2016 campaign to keep hidden word of their alleged affairs with Trump. The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York could independently indict Trump for these crimes on Jan. 20 if prosecutors there were so inclined.
“It’s important for the sake of democracy for people who break campaign finance and other laws to be held accountable even if they’ve spent four years as president,” said Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance litigator at the nonpartisan nonprofit Common Cause.
Current and separate criminal inquiries are underway in New York state led by Attorney General Tish James and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance into Trump’s businesses for a range of financial and tax crimes. These cases operate independently from any federal government probes.
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“There are a number of investigations that I’ve read about that are at a state level,” Biden has said. “There’s nothing at all that I can or cannot do about that.”
Biden’s attorney general, however, could order the Department of Justice to comply with any such state and local investigations where requests to do so are made. This is something Trump administration Attorney General Bill Barr would not do.
Since Biden has promised to avoid the imposition of political pressure on the Justice Department, prosecutors could simply choose to pursue cases where the evidence is warranted.
A New Normal
President Gerald Ford reads a proclamation in the White House on Sept. 8, 1974 granting former president Richard Nixon "a full, free and absolute pardon" for all "offenses against the United States" during the period of his presidency. ASSOCIATED PRESS
A common perception persists of a norm that new presidential administrations should not investigate or prosecute their predecessors. This culprit for this perception is President Gerald Ford’s preemptive blanket pardon of Nixon for any potential crimes he committed during his administration.
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In line with Biden’s comments today about seeking unity and looking forward, Ford justified his pardon of Nixon by expressing concern that “our people would again be polarized in their opinions,” and “ugly passions would be aroused again” by a lengthy trial that would dominate political discourse for years.
But whereas Ford pardoned Nixon, he did not do so for Nixon’s aides. Previous presidents may not have been prosecuted by their successors, but that does not mean that successive administrations halted all investigation into their predecessors.
In Nixon’s case, aides including former Attorney General John Mitchell, White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman and domestic policy adviser John Ehrlichman, among many others, were subsequently prosecuted and convicted of crimes related to the Watergate break-in. Additionally, Nixon’s abuse of the nation’s intelligence agencies, along with revelations from whistleblowers, led Congress to host hearings for the duration of the 1970s on abuses by intelligence agencies dating back to their founding after World War II.
The independent counsel investigation into the Iran-Contra scandal, in which members of President Ronald Reagan’s national security council pursued an illegal and covert foreign policy, continued for four years after Reagan left office. It only ended when President George H.W. Bush pardoned all of the Iran-Contra figures shortly after he lost reelection in 1992 and just before indicted former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger was set to testify in court. (This was effectively a self-pardon as Weinberger’s diary reportedly showed Bush knew about the illegal foreign policy.)
After President Bill Clinton’s last-minute pardon of tax-evading commodities trader Marc Rich, whose wife made large contributions to the Democratic Party and Clinton’s presidential library, the newly confirmed attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, John Ashcroft, appointed a special counsel to investigate whether Clinton had traded an official act for campaign donations. Special counsel James Comey ultimately found no evidence of crimes committed.
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When Obama took office, he faced massive pressure to investigate the illegal torture regime set in place by the George W. Bush administration as part of its global war on terror. Attorney General Eric Holder appointed John Durham as special counsel to investigate the CIA for authorizing and carrying out Bush’s torture policy. Durham ultimately did not issue any indictments.
Durham now serves as the special counsel appointed by Barr to investigate whether the FBI engaged in any wrongdoing during the Obama administration when it initiated the probe into whether Trump was personally involved with the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Karl Rove On Trump: America Likes Comebacks, Not Sore Losers

Veteran GOP political strategist Karl Rove said Sunday that Donald Trump ’ s relentless fight against the presidential election results @ @ @ @ @ him — and the nation .
“ America likes comebacks , but they don ’ @ @ @ @ @ ” Rove , a former adviser to President George W. Bush , said on Fox @ @ @ @ @ refused to concede the election despite repeated failures in court challenging the results and his @ @ @ @ @ any evidence of fraud .
The Electoral College casts ballots on Monday reflecting the will @ @ @ @ @ the votes and declares a winner on Jan. 6 .
“ I wouldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ that there are maybe attempts to disrupt the voting in the six contested states , @ @ @ @ @ , he added : “ I don ’ t see that it ’ s going @ @ @ @ @ I don ’ t see that it ’ s going to be overturned on Jan. @ @ @ @ @ ’ s comment in the clip above .

Veteran GOP political strategist Karl Rove said Sunday that Donald Trump’s relentless fight against the presidential election results could end up seriously hurting him — and the nation.
“America likes comebacks, but they don’t like sore losers,” Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush, said on Fox News Sunday.
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Trump has refused to concede the election despite repeated failures in court challenging the results and his inability to come up with any evidence of fraud.
Now, time’s running out.
The Electoral College casts ballots on Monday reflecting the will of voters. Congress tallies the votes and declares a winner on Jan. 6.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see tomorrow that there are maybe attempts to disrupt the voting in the six contested states,” Rove said.
But, he added: “I don’t see that it’s going to be overturned tomorrow and I don’t see that it’s going to be overturned on Jan. 6th.”
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Electors Meet Across U.S. To Formally Choose Biden As Next President

Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Electoral College .
In reality , electors meet in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast their ballots .
The results will be sent to Washington and tallied in a Jan. 6 joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside .
The electors ’ votes have drawn more attention than usual this year because President Donald Trump has refused to concede the election and continued to make baseless allegations of fraud .
Biden is planning to address the nation Monday night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump , meanwhile , is clinging to his false claims that he won the election , but also undermining Biden ’ s presidency even before it begins .
“ No , I worry about the country having an illegitimate president , that ’ s what I worry about .
A president that lost and lost badly , ” Trump said in a Fox News interview that was taped Saturday .
Following weeks of Republican legal challenges that were easily dismissed by judges , Trump and Republican allies tried to persuade the Supreme Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ votes for Biden in four states , which might have thrown the outcome into doubt .
In 32 states and the District of Columbia , laws require electors to vote for the popular-vote winner .
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld this arrangement in July .
Electors almost always vote for the state winner anyway because they generally are devoted to their political party .
There ’ s no reason to expect any defections this year .
Among prominent electors are Democrat Stacey Abrams of Georgia and Republican Gov .
Kristi Noem of South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ product of compromise during the drafting of the Constitution between those who favored electing the president by popular vote and those who opposed giving the people the power to choose their leader .
Each state gets a number of electors equal to their total number of seats in Congress : two senators plus however many members the state has in the House of Representatives .
Washington , D.C. , has three votes , under a constitutional amendment that was ratified in 1961 .
With the exception of Maine and Nebraska , states award @ @ @ @ @ @ @ winner of the popular vote in their state .
The bargain struck by the nation ’ s founders has produced five elections in which the president did not win the popular vote .
Trump was the most recent example in 2016 .

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential electors have begun casting the votes that will formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next president.
Vermont’s electors were the first in the nation to vote Monday, giving the state’s three electoral votes to Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
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Electors pledged to President Donald Trump voted for him in Indiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. In New Hampshire, before the state’s four electors voted for Biden at the State House in Concord, 13-year-old Brayden Harrington led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. He had delivered a moving speech at the Democratic National Convention in August about the struggle with stuttering he shares with Biden.
Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Electoral College. In reality, electors meet in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast their ballots. The results will be sent to Washington and tallied in a Jan. 6 joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside.
The electors’ votes have drawn more attention than usual this year because Trump has refused to concede the election and continues to make unsupported allegations of fraud.
There have been concerns about safety for the electors, virtually unheard of in previous years. In Michigan, for example, lawmakers from both parties have reported receiving threats.
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Legislative offices there were closed Monday over threats of violence. The 16 electors were to meet in the Senate chamber in a ceremony headed by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Biden won the state by 154,000 votes, or 2.8 percentage points, over Trump.
Amber McCann, spokeswoman for Republican Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, said the closures were made on recommendations from law enforcement.
“The decision was not made because of anticipated protests, but was made based on credible threats of violence,” she said.
Georgia state police were out in force at the state Capitol in Atlanta before Democratic electors pledged to Biden met. There were no protesters to be seen less than a hour ahead of the meeting.
Electors pledged to Trump voted for the incumbent president in Indiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. In New Hampshire, before the state’s four electors voted for Biden, 13-year-old Brayden Harrington led the group in the pledge of allegiance. Harrington delivered a moving speech at the Democratic National Convention in August about the struggle with stuttering he shares with Biden.
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Biden is to address the nation Monday night, after the electors have voted. Trump, meanwhile, is clinging to his false claims that he won the election, and trying to undermine Biden’s presidency before it begins.
“No, I worry about the country having an illegitimate president, that’s what I worry about. A president that lost and lost badly,” Trump said in a Fox News interview that was taped Saturday.
Following weeks of Republican legal challenges that were easily dismissed by judges, Trump and Republican allies tried to persuade the Supreme Court last week to set aside 62 electoral votes for Biden in four states, which might have thrown the outcome into doubt.
The justices rejected the effort on Friday.
Biden won 306 electoral votes to 232 for Trump. It takes 270 votes to be elected.
In 32 states and the District of Columbia, laws require electors to vote for the popular-vote winner. The Supreme Court unanimously upheld this arrangement in July.
Electors almost always vote for the state winner anyway because they generally are devoted to their political parties. There’s no reason to expect any defections this year. Among prominent electors are Democrat Stacey Abrams of Georgia and Republican Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota.
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The voting is decidedly low tech, by paper ballot. Electors cast one vote each for president and vice president.
The Electoral College was the product of compromise during the drafting of the Constitution between those who favored electing the president by popular vote and those who opposed giving the people the power to directly choose their leader.
Each state gets a number of electors equal to its total number of seats in Congress: two senators plus however many members the state has in the House of Representatives. Washington, D.C., has three votes, under a constitutional amendment that was ratified in 1961. With the exception of Maine and Nebraska, states award all their Electoral College votes to the winner of the popular vote in their state.
The bargain struck by the nation’s founders has produced five elections in which the president did not win the popular vote. Trump was the most recent example in 2016.
Biden topped Trump by more than 7 million votes this year.
And then there’s one more step: inauguration.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Senators Fail To Reach Deal On Compromise Version Of COVID-19 Lawsuit Ban

The modified liability shield would last for only one year instead of four , Portman said .
But a summary of the proposal suggested it retained many of the core provisions of the original McConnell-Cornyn version , such as shifting cases into federal instead of state courts .
After Manchin , Romney and the others started working on a compromise , McConnell said they shouldn ’ t bother and that Congress should pass a relief bill omitting both his liability proposal and assistance for state governments , which has been a top Democratic priority , to instead come back to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will lead to more illness and death .
It allows employers off the hook if they ’ ve just considered protecting workers and decided not to .
said Debbie Berkowitz , former OSHA official with the National Employment Law Project The compromise proposal would still protect employers from liability under labor standards in cases involving the coronavirus , so long as they were “ trying to conform to public health standards and guidance , ” according to the summary .
The senators did not release many details , but that language tracks closely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months ago by McConnell and Cornyn .
The legal process for suing a person or institution for personal injury is mostly a matter of state law , but McConnell has said leaving it that way for coronavirus cases would allow trial lawyers to try to shop their lawsuits to states with the most favorable statutes .
The compromise says injured parties could still sue in state court , but defendants “ have the option to remove to federal court.
” “ Basically , it would have made it so difficult if not impossible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not just prevail in a lawsuit but to file a lawsuit , ” Sen. Dick Durbin ( D-Ill. ) , one of the negotiators , told reporters .
“ They even said that the regulatory agencies of government could not regulate any businesses on the subject of COVID-19 during this period of time and it is really an invitation for bad conduct.
” Worker safety advocates said they are alarmed at how the McConnell-Cornyn proposal would weaken the Occupational Safety and Health Administration , which is charged with protecting workers on the job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to infections and deaths , employers would only have to demonstrate that they were aware of the relevant safety guidelines and “ exploring options to comply ” with them ― regardless of whether they actually did .
Under the Trump administration , OSHA has doled out relatively small fines for coronavirus hazards , even in cases where multiple workers died from COVID-19 .
The McConnell-Cornyn language would make it all but impossible for OSHA to do even that , said Debbie Berkowitz , a former OSHA official under Obama now with the National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hinder OSHA from enforcing critical whistleblower protections for workers who speak up about coronavirus dangers .
But the proposal goes well beyond safety .
It would also protect employers from coronavirus-related claims stemming from discrimination law as well as minimum wage and overtime laws .
Jennifer Mathis , deputy legal director at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law , said it was troubling to see the Americans with Disabilities Act included among the laws from which employers would gain some immunity .
“ We can ’ t afford for people with disabilities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have now that would enable them to keep their jobs , ” she said on the press call , which was hosted by the liberal nonprofit Public Citizen .
“ It would be an enormous mistake for Congress to pass a bill with these provisions in it .
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After weeks of negotiations, a bipartisan working group couldn’t compromise on blocking lawsuits from people who say they were negligently exposed to COVID-19.
The lawmakers, who were led by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), reached an agreement on extensions of unemployment insurance, small business aid and vaccine funding, but Manchin was the only Democrat who supported a new version of a clampdown on lawsuits originally proposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).
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“We didn’t quite get there, although thanks to Joe Manchin, it’s bipartisan,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said.
The modified liability shield would last for only one year instead of four, Portman said. But a summary of the proposal suggested it retained many of the core provisions of the original McConnell-Cornyn version, such as shifting cases into federal instead of state courts.
McConnell has insisted since May on stifling lawsuits as part of any further coronavirus legislation, citing a looming “epidemic of lawsuits” that would cripple commerce but that has yet to arrive. Congress has been in a stalemate for months.
After Manchin, Romney and the others started working on a compromise, McConnell said they shouldn’t bother and that Congress should pass a relief bill omitting both his liability proposal and assistance for state governments, which has been a top Democratic priority, to instead come back to those two things next year.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) endorsed the Manchin-Romney framework, however, and rejected McConnell’s call to scuttle their talks.
But the ad-hoc working group took McConnell’s suggestion and split the state aid and liability provisions from the broader bill.
What this all means is that the prospects for another big coronavirus relief bill are still unclear. Schumer praised the bipartisan group’s “good progress” Monday but said “there is no agreement on corporate immunity.”
“It will lead to more illness and death. It allows employers off the hook if they’ve just considered protecting workers and decided not to.” - said Debbie Berkowitz, former OSHA official with the National Employment Law Project
The original McConnell-Cornyn proposal is quite radical in its breadth. Not only would it substantially raise the bar for workers and consumers to sue corporations over coronavirus exposure, but it would block lawsuits and government enforcement related to a host of bedrock employment laws.
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The compromise proposal would still protect employers from liability under labor standards in cases involving the coronavirus, so long as they were “trying to conform to public health standards and guidance,” according to the summary. The senators did not release many details, but that language tracks closely to the text of the bill released months ago by McConnell and Cornyn.
The summary also says the Justice Department could prosecute lawyers who send “meritless demand letters” on behalf of people claiming to have been exposed to the virus, another McConnell priority.
The legal process for suing a person or institution for personal injury is mostly a matter of state law, but McConnell has said leaving it that way for coronavirus cases would allow trial lawyers to try to shop their lawsuits to states with the most favorable statutes. The compromise says injured parties could still sue in state court, but defendants “have the option to remove to federal court.”
“Basically, it would have made it so difficult if not impossible for someone to file a lawsuit ― not just prevail in a lawsuit but to file a lawsuit,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), one of the negotiators, told reporters. “They even said that the regulatory agencies of government could not regulate any businesses on the subject of COVID-19 during this period of time and it is really an invitation for bad conduct.”
The AFL-CIO labor federation and other liberal groups have lined up against the concept of a liability shield, saying it would give corporations a green light to ignore safety.
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Carolina Sanchez, left, is comforted by her oldest son, Saul Jr., during a protest on Sept. 16, 2020, in downtown Denver that was staged by the union representing employees at a Colorado meatpacking plant where six workers died of COVID-19 and hundreds more were infected. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
Worker safety advocates said they are alarmed at how the McConnell-Cornyn proposal would weaken the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is charged with protecting workers on the job. To avoid citations and fines due to infections and deaths, employers would only have to demonstrate that they were aware of the relevant safety guidelines and “exploring options to comply” with them ― regardless of whether they actually did.
Under the Trump administration, OSHA has doled out relatively small fines for coronavirus hazards, even in cases where multiple workers died from COVID-19. The McConnell-Cornyn language would make it all but impossible for OSHA to do even that, said Debbie Berkowitz, a former OSHA official under Obama now with the National Employment Law Project. It would also hinder OSHA from enforcing critical whistleblower protections for workers who speak up about coronavirus dangers.
“It will lead to more illness and death,” Berkowitz said on a call with reporters Monday. “It allows employers off the hook if they’ve just considered protecting workers and decided not to.”
Unions and public health experts have been pushing the incoming Biden administration to issue a temporary emergency standard through OSHA to protect workers from the coronavirus ― something the Trump administration has refused to do. If the shield became law, such a standard would become extremely difficult to enforce.
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But the proposal goes well beyond safety. It would also protect employers from coronavirus-related claims stemming from discrimination law as well as minimum wage and overtime laws. Jennifer Mathis, deputy legal director at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, said it was troubling to see the Americans with Disabilities Act included among the laws from which employers would gain some immunity.
“We can’t afford for people with disabilities to lose the important protections that they have now that would enable them to keep their jobs,” she said on the press call, which was hosted by the liberal nonprofit Public Citizen. “It would be an enormous mistake for Congress to pass a bill with these provisions in it.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--COVID-19 Has Killed More Than 300,000 Americans As Vaccinations Begin

The U.S. hit another grim milestone with over 300,000 people now dead from COVID-19 .
The first vaccinations began in the U.S. on Monday , just days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer ’ s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use .
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ’ s plan is to first inoculate health workers and elderly residents of long-term care facilities , followed by essential workers .
Even with progress on vaccine production and distribution , CDC head Robert Redfield has warned that , at the rate the virus is currently spreading , another 150,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ February .
President-elect Joe Biden welcomed the FDA panel ’ s recommendation to authorize the vaccine as a “ bright light in a needlessly dark time , ” but noted that “ vaccines don ’ t equal vaccinations.
” Many more Americans will get infected and die from the virus in the coming months , even as the incoming Biden administration aims to distribute 100 million shots in its first 100 days .
“ To live through our first holiday season without [ my father ] is a pain I wouldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a member of the nonpartisan grassroots survivor group COVID Survivors for Change , said in a release .
Her father died of COVID-19 at age 86 .
“ In honor of him and the 300,000 others killed by this pandemic , I am begging people to please be responsible for a few more months .
The holiday gatherings you ’ re missing aren ’ t worth the risk .
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The U.S. hit another grim milestone with over 300,000 people now dead from COVID-19.
The first vaccinations began in the U.S. on Monday, just days after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s plan is to first inoculate health workers and elderly residents of long-term care facilities, followed by essential workers.
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Even with progress on vaccine production and distribution, CDC head Robert Redfield has warned that, at the rate the virus is currently spreading, another 150,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by February.
President-elect Joe Biden welcomed the FDA panel’s recommendation to authorize the vaccine as a “bright light in a needlessly dark time,” but noted that “vaccines don’t equal vaccinations.” Many more Americans will get infected and die from the virus in the coming months, even as the incoming Biden administration aims to distribute 100 million shots in its first 100 days.
“To live through our first holiday season without [my father] is a pain I wouldn’t wish on anyone,” Carol Lewis, a member of the nonpartisan grassroots survivor group COVID Survivors for Change, said in a release. Her father died of COVID-19 at age 86.
“In honor of him and the 300,000 others killed by this pandemic, I am begging people to please be responsible for a few more months. The holiday gatherings you’re missing aren’t worth the risk.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Lewis Hamilton Says COVID-19 'Destroyed' Him After Testing Positive 2 Weeks Ago

Lewis Hamilton may still be feeling the after-effects of COVID-19 , but his fighting spirit is stronger than ever .
Earlier this month , the British race car driver revealed that he ’ d tested positive for the coronavirus and had immediately gone into a 10-day stretch of self-isolation .
Returning to competition for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday , he told reporters that he didn ’ t feel much like his usual self , but was nonetheless grateful to be able to participate after testing negative .
“ I am destroyed .
I do not feel good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in third place on Sunday .
“ But I ’ m happy and grateful I am alive .
I live to fight another day and I still managed to finish with a podium.
” The seven-time Formula One world champion went on to criticize those who continue to flout mask-wearing and social distancing measures , telling the BBC , “ COVID is no joke.
” “ I knew at some stage if I got it , it would be tough because there are people out there losing their lives , ” Hamilton said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serious .
I always find it very strange to see world leaders laughing it off like it is nothing.
” “ To be able to come back here this weekend , I knew I wouldn ’ t physically be where I have been the rest of the season but I made it , ” he added .
“ Where there is a will , there is a way.
” In October , Hamilton surpassed Michael Schumacher ’ s record of 91 Grand Prix wins to become the most successful Formula One driver of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Instagram post , he said he ’ d tested negative for COVID-19 three times but asked for a fourth test , which came back positive .
“ I ’ m really lucky that I feel OK with only mild symptoms and will do my best to stay fit and healthy , ” he wrote .
While Hamilton didn ’ t delve into specifics pertaining to his recovery , he told Reuters he still had “ some feeling within my lungs ” a day ahead of Sunday ’ s race .
“ Normally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my arms was hanging off , ” he said .
“ It definitely won ’ t be the easiest of races physically but I will manage and give it absolutely everything I ’ ve got .
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Lewis Hamilton may still be feeling the after-effects of COVID-19, but his fighting spirit is stronger than ever.
Earlier this month, the British race car driver revealed that he’d tested positive for the coronavirus and had immediately gone into a 10-day stretch of self-isolation. Returning to competition for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, he told reporters that he didn’t feel much like his usual self, but was nonetheless grateful to be able to participate after testing negative.
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“I am destroyed. I do not feel good,” said Hamilton, who came in third place on Sunday. “But I’m happy and grateful I am alive. I live to fight another day and I still managed to finish with a podium.”
The seven-time Formula One world champion went on to criticize those who continue to flout mask-wearing and social distancing measures, telling the BBC, “COVID is no joke.”
“I knew at some stage if I got it, it would be tough because there are people out there losing their lives,” Hamilton said. “So I knew it was serious. I always find it very strange to see world leaders laughing it off like it is nothing.”
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“To be able to come back here this weekend, I knew I wouldn’t physically be where I have been the rest of the season but I made it,” he added. “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
In October, Hamilton surpassed Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Grand Prix wins to become the most successful Formula One driver of all time.
In a Dec. 1 Instagram post, he said he’d tested negative for COVID-19 three times but asked for a fourth test, which came back positive. “I’m really lucky that I feel OK with only mild symptoms and will do my best to stay fit and healthy,” he wrote.
While Hamilton didn’t delve into specifics pertaining to his recovery, he told Reuters he still had “some feeling within my lungs” a day ahead of Sunday’s race.
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--William Barr Resigns After DOJ Throws Cold Water On Voter Fraud Claims

Trump said in a tweet that he had “ a very nice meeting ” with Barr at the White House , adding that “ our relationship has been a very good one ” and that Barr “ has done an outstanding job !
” While some of Barr ’ s recent actions ― like declining to turn the Justice Department into a direct arm of Trump ’ s presidential campaign ― have angered Trump , Barr still managed to bend the Justice Department to Trump ’ s will since he took over as attorney general in 2019 , just as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into Russian interference in the 2016 election was coming to a close .
Barr issued a letter that misled the public about the findings of that investigation weeks before a fuller version of the special counsel report was released , permanently impacting how the report was received by the public .
Mueller , who had known Barr for years , wrote an extraordinary letter calling out Barr for creating public confusion about the actual findings of the report .
Even Barr ’ s belated announcement that he ’ d found no widespread voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2020 presidential election came after weeks of silence in which Trump spun out a public narrative about voter fraud that , according to polls , left most Republicans believing the election was stolen .
Barr used his resignation letter to butter up Trump about the president ’ s “ unprecedented achievements ” for the American people , which Barr said were even more impressive because he faced “ relentless , implacable resistance ” from opponents behind what the attorney general called a “ partisan onslaught ... in which no tactic , no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of bounds.
” The letter also referenced what Barr described as “ frenzied and baseless accusations of collusion with Russia.
” Barr had reportedly discussed staying on as attorney general if Trump won his reelection bid .
Shortly after the president ’ s defeat , Barr began discussing a potential resignation with his associates , one source told The Washington Post .
Another source told The New York Times in early December that Barr was leaving because he believed he had completed the work that he had set out to do with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump raged at Barr over the Justice Department ’ s handling of investigations into Hunter Biden , Joe Biden ’ s son .
The Biden transition team revealed news of a probe related to Hunter Biden ’ s taxes on Dec. 9 , but Barr was aware of investigations since at least this past spring , The Wall Street Journal reported .
The lack of public disclosure about the Hunter Biden investigations was not unusual ― typically , the Justice Department keeps such matters private before an election to avoid the impression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the results .
Previously , Barr had refuted Trump ’ s repeated claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him .
Barr instead told The Associated Press on Dec. 1 that he had not uncovered any evidence of fraud or actions that would change the results of the election .
He became the highest-level official to rebut Trump ’ s ongoing effort to overturn the results as states certified the 306-232 electoral vote count .
“ To date , we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he told AP .
Barr added that the departments of Justice and Homeland Security had investigated other claims of tampered voting machines but that “ so far , we haven ’ t seen anything to substantiate that.
” The White House has waged a weekslong campaign to challenge the results of the election in a half-dozen battleground states , but Trump has so far lost every legal fight to reverse the vote in those locales and all six states have now certified their ballots .
Each declared Biden the winner .
“ You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FBI or Department of Justice , this is the biggest thing you could be looking at , ” the president said in a Nov. 29 interview with Fox News , alluding to the idea that the Justice Department might be “ involved ” in any election malfeasance .
“ Where are they ?
I ’ ve not seen anything.
” The president fired Chris Krebs , the nation ’ s top cybersecurity official , last month after the office he led , the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency , said it found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost or compromised in any way .
In the AP interview earlier this month , Barr also addressed the Trump campaign ’ s use of the court system to try to overturn things it didn ’ t “ like , ” saying there needed to be a foundation to believe a crime had been committed before going to court .

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President Donald Trump said Monday that Attorney General William Barr had resigned, after the nation’s top law enforcement official refused to back up discredited claims of widespread fraud in the Nov. 3 election and reportedly worked to avoid public disclosure of investigations into President-elect Joe Biden’s son.
Trump said in a tweet that he had “a very nice meeting” with Barr at the White House, adding that “our relationship has been a very good one” and that Barr “has done an outstanding job!”
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The president tweeted Barr’s resignation letter, which says the attorney general “will spend the next week wrapping up a few remaining matters important to the Administration and depart on December 23rd.” Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen is set to become acting attorney general.
...Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, an outstanding person, will become Acting Attorney General. Highly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General. Thank you to all! pic.twitter.com/V5sqOJT9PM — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2020
A Justice Department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
While some of Barr’s recent actions ― like declining to turn the Justice Department into a direct arm of Trump’s presidential campaign ― have angered Trump, Barr still managed to bend the Justice Department to Trump’s will since he took over as attorney general in 2019, just as special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election was coming to a close. Barr issued a letter that misled the public about the findings of that investigation weeks before a fuller version of the special counsel report was released, permanently impacting how the report was received by the public. Mueller, who had known Barr for years, wrote an extraordinary letter calling out Barr for creating public confusion about the actual findings of the report.
Even Barr’s belated announcement that he’d found no widespread voter fraud that would impact the outcome of the 2020 presidential election came after weeks of silence in which Trump spun out a public narrative about voter fraud that, according to polls, left most Republicans believing the election was stolen.
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Barr used his resignation letter to butter up Trump about the president’s “unprecedented achievements” for the American people, which Barr said were even more impressive because he faced “relentless, implacable resistance” from opponents behind what the attorney general called a “partisan onslaught ... in which no tactic, no matter how abusive and deceitful, was out of bounds.” The letter also referenced what Barr described as “frenzied and baseless accusations of collusion with Russia.”
Barr had reportedly discussed staying on as attorney general if Trump won his reelection bid. Shortly after the president’s defeat, Barr began discussing a potential resignation with his associates, one source told The Washington Post. Another source told The New York Times in early December that Barr was leaving because he believed he had completed the work that he had set out to do with the Justice Department.
In the month after the election, Trump repeatedly expressed frustration with his attorney general.
On Dec. 12, Trump raged at Barr over the Justice Department’s handling of investigations into Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son. The Biden transition team revealed news of a probe related to Hunter Biden’s taxes on Dec. 9, but Barr was aware of investigations since at least this past spring, The Wall Street Journal reported. The lack of public disclosure about the Hunter Biden investigations was not unusual ― typically, the Justice Department keeps such matters private before an election to avoid the impression that it’s trying to influence the results.
Trump retweeted a statement on Saturday saying that if that report was true, Barr should be fired. The president added: “A big disappointment!”
Previously, Barr had refuted Trump’s repeated claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Barr instead told The Associated Press on Dec. 1 that he had not uncovered any evidence of fraud or actions that would change the results of the election. He became the highest-level official to rebut Trump’s ongoing effort to overturn the results as states certified the 306-232 electoral vote count.
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“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” he told AP. Barr added that the departments of Justice and Homeland Security had investigated other claims of tampered voting machines but that “so far, we haven’t seen anything to substantiate that.”
The White House has waged a weekslong campaign to challenge the results of the election in a half-dozen battleground states, but Trump has so far lost every legal fight to reverse the vote in those locales and all six states have now certified their ballots. Each declared Biden the winner.
Biden is set to be inaugurated on Jan. 20, and the Trump administration officially signed off on assistance for his transition last week after resisting doing so for days.
“You would think if you’re in the FBI or Department of Justice, this is the biggest thing you could be looking at,” the president said in a Nov. 29 interview with Fox News, alluding to the idea that the Justice Department might be “involved” in any election malfeasance. “Where are they? I’ve not seen anything.”
Barr’s resignation may help him escape Trump’s practice of punishing those who disagree with his lies about the election.
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The president fired Chris Krebs, the nation’s top cybersecurity official, last month after the office he led, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said it found no evidence of votes being deleted, lost or compromised in any way.
Barr’s predecessor, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, was also forced out amid the president’s displeasure. Trump regularly complained that Sessions hadn’t done enough to stop the special counsel investigation into his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia.
In the AP interview earlier this month, Barr also addressed the Trump campaign’s use of the court system to try to overturn things it didn’t “like,” saying there needed to be a foundation to believe a crime had been committed before going to court.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Stephen Miller Proposes 'Alternate Electors' To Overturn Election On Fox News

White House adviser Stephen Miller may have outdone himself Monday in pushing Donald Trump ’ s desperate bid to overturn an election he has already lost .
As Electoral College electors in 50 states and the District of Columbia meet to formally select Joe Biden as the new president , Miller told “ Fox & Friends ” that “ an alternate slate of electors ” was hard at work to undo the results .
“ As we speak today , an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and we ’ re gon na send @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Miller said in an interview , posted to Twitter .
“ This will ensure that all our legal remedies will remain open .
That means if we win these cases in the courts , that we can direct that the ultimate slate of electors be certified.
” Stephen Miller on Fox & Friends says `` an alternative '' group of electors is also voting today : '' As we speak , an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and we are going to send those results to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( @ travisakers ) December 14 , 2020 On the Fox News Republican-friendly morning show , Miller continued to push Trump and GOP allies ’ baseless claims that the election was rigged ― even after losing lawsuits in Pennsylvania , Nevada and Texas .
The Texas challenge was tossed by the Supreme Court on Friday .
Trump and his backers have launched approximately 50 legal actions to contest the election , stirring the president ’ s base but defying reality .
“ You have an alternate slate of electors in a state like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state like Georgia , and we ’ ll make sure that those results are sent up side by side to Congress , so that we have the opportunity , every day between now and Jan. 20 , to say that slate of electors and the contested states is the slate that should be certified to uphold a fair and free election and an honest result , ” Miller said , per Mediaite , which called the initiative “ wacky.
” The votes from the Electoral College will be counted in a session of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ duck Vice President Mike Pence presiding .

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White House adviser Stephen Miller may have outdone himself Monday in pushing Donald Trump’s desperate bid to overturn an election he has already lost.
As Electoral College electors in 50 states and the District of Columbia meet to formally select Joe Biden as the new president, Miller told “Fox & Friends” that “an alternate slate of electors” was hard at work to undo the results.
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“As we speak today, an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and we’re gonna send those results up to Congress,” Miller said in an interview, posted to Twitter. “This will ensure that all our legal remedies will remain open. That means if we win these cases in the courts, that we can direct that the ultimate slate of electors be certified.”
Stephen Miller on Fox & Friends says "an alternative" group of electors is also voting today:
"As we speak, an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and we are going to send those results to Congress."pic.twitter.com/5kIkfsbOFw — Travis Akers (@travisakers) December 14, 2020
On the Fox News Republican-friendly morning show, Miller continued to push Trump and GOP allies’ baseless claims that the election was rigged ― even after losing lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Nevada and Texas. The Texas challenge was tossed by the Supreme Court on Friday.
Trump and his backers have launched approximately 50 legal actions to contest the election, stirring the president’s base but defying reality.
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Asked to explain the elector plan further, Miller said:
“You have an alternate slate of electors in a state like say, Wisconsin, or in a state like Georgia, and we’ll make sure that those results are sent up side by side to Congress, so that we have the opportunity, every day between now and Jan. 20, to say that slate of electors and the contested states is the slate that should be certified to uphold a fair and free election and an honest result,” Miller said, per Mediaite, which called the initiative “wacky.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--It’s Official: Joe Biden Secures Enough Electors To Become The 46th President

“ If anyone didn ’ t know it before , they know now , ” Biden said from Wilmington , Delaware , on Monday night .
“ What beats deep in the hearts of the American people is this : democracy , the right to be heard , to have your vote counted , to choose the leaders of this nation , to govern ourselves.
” Under normal circumstances , this step in the process would not be big news , as the clear loser would have already conceded .
But Trump — who got nearly 7 million fewer votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a single credible voting irregularity — has refused to acknowledge his defeat , and has desperately tried to overturn the results .
Before and after Election Day , Trump cast doubt on the integrity of the U.S. voting system , repeatedly and baselessly calling mail-in ballots fraudulent .
Trump ’ s campaign filed dozens of election lawsuits in multiple states , losing nearly all 60 of them .
It ’ s unclear whether the electoral votes will influence congressional Republicans , most of whom are following Trump ’ s lead in claiming that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ air .
“ This year , it seems as if Joe Biden has had to be declared the winner of the presidential election again and again and again ― and still , our Republican colleagues have not fully come to grips with that reality , ” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-N.Y. ) said Monday on the Senate floor .
“ Just how many times does President Trump have to lose before rank-and-file Republicans , before most senators acknowledge that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks that Biden would likely become the 46th president , the Constitution requires the Electoral College to pick the president , not voters .
The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors ― people picked in all 50 states by state parties .
Some electors are political heavyweights like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Georgia ’ s Stacey Abrams , while others are from other walks of life .
“ I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton , a New York elector , tweeted on Monday afternoon .
“ But while it still exists , I was proud to cast my vote in New York for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
” Clinton , who won the popular vote but lost the presidential election in 2016 , is one of many Democrats who have called to end the Electoral College because it is inherently undemocratic .
For example , if around 80,000 votes in a few key states were different , Biden would be the Electoral College loser despite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America , politicians don ’ t take power .
People grant power to them , ” he said .
“ The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago .
And we now know that nothing — not even a pandemic or an abuse of power — can extinguish that flame .
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Joe Biden has officially secured enough electoral votes to become the next president of the United States.
Biden crossed the Electoral College’s 270-vote threshold on Monday, confirming his win in the Nov. 3 election. In total, Biden received 306 electoral votes and Donald Trump received 232.
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The elector votes will be officially tallied during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6.
Just as he did in election projections, state certifications, recounts and numerous lawsuits, Donald Trump lost.
“If anyone didn’t know it before, they know now,” Biden said from Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday night. “What beats deep in the hearts of the American people is this: democracy, the right to be heard, to have your vote counted, to choose the leaders of this nation, to govern ourselves.”
Under normal circumstances, this step in the process would not be big news, as the clear loser would have already conceded. But Trump — who got nearly 7 million fewer votes than Biden, and has not raised a single credible voting irregularity — has refused to acknowledge his defeat, and has desperately tried to overturn the results.
Before and after Election Day, Trump cast doubt on the integrity of the U.S. voting system, repeatedly and baselessly calling mail-in ballots fraudulent. Trump’s campaign filed dozens of election lawsuits in multiple states, losing nearly all 60 of them.
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It’s unclear whether the electoral votes will influence congressional Republicans, most of whom are following Trump’s lead in claiming that election results are still up in the air.
“This year, it seems as if Joe Biden has had to be declared the winner of the presidential election again and again and again ― and still, our Republican colleagues have not fully come to grips with that reality,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Monday on the Senate floor. “Just how many times does President Trump have to lose before rank-and-file Republicans, before most senators acknowledge that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States?”
Some Republican senators cautiously acknowledged Biden as the next president after he passed the 270 mark.
“As soon as he crosses the 270 vote threshold ― I mean, there are still a couple of last steps in the process ― but in my view, that’s how in this country we decide presidential elections, that’s our Constitution, and I believe in following the Constitution,” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Monday. When asked after the Electoral College vote if she acknowledged Biden as president-elect, Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.) told reporters: “It certainly looks that way, and I think it’s time to turn the page and begin a new administration.” Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said he also considers Biden to be president-elect, barring “any other litigation that could occur between now and January 20.”
Although the country has known for weeks that Biden would likely become the 46th president, the Constitution requires the Electoral College to pick the president, not voters. The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors ― people picked in all 50 states by state parties. Some electors are political heavyweights like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Georgia’s Stacey Abrams, while others are from other walks of life.
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“I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote, same as every other office,” Clinton, a New York elector, tweeted on Monday afternoon. “But while it still exists, I was proud to cast my vote in New York for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”
Clinton, who won the popular vote but lost the presidential election in 2016, is one of many Democrats who have called to end the Electoral College because it is inherently undemocratic. For example, if around 80,000 votes in a few key states were different, Biden would be the Electoral College loser despite his 7 million-vote win.
Though Trump still hasn’t conceded, Biden celebrated the electoral win as a win for democracy during his speech Monday night.
“In America, politicians don’t take power. People grant power to them,” he said. “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know that nothing — not even a pandemic or an abuse of power — can extinguish that flame.”
Igor Bobic contributed reporting.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Jill Biden Shares Note On Women Not Being 'Diminished' After Condescending WSJ Op-Ed

Future first lady Jill Biden has a message for the world ― and probably most specifically Wall Street Journal columnist @ @ @ @ @ Sunday tweeted a simple and effective response to Epstein ’ s op-ed , published on @ @ @ @ @ for using the title “ Dr. ” Biden holds a doctorate degree in education .
@ @ @ @ @ build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated , rather than @ @ @ @ @ in her tweet .

Future first lady Jill Biden has a message for the world ― and probably most specifically Wall Street Journal columnist Joseph Epstein.
Biden on Sunday tweeted a simple and effective response to Epstein’s op-ed, published on Friday, that criticized her for using the title “Dr.” Biden holds a doctorate degree in education.
“Together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather than diminished,” she wrote in her tweet.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--William Barr Resigns, And Trump Gets Burned By Twitter Users

After President Donald Trump announced Monday that Attorney General William Barr had resigned , Twitter users went wild with snarky comments .
The president announced the resignation in two tweets .
Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House .
Our relationship has been a very good one , he has done an outstanding job !
As per letter , Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family ... — Donald J. Trump ( @ realDonaldTrump ) December 14 , 2020 ... Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Acting Attorney General .
Highly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General .
Thank you to all !
pic.twitter.com/V5sqOJT9PM — Donald J. Trump ( @ realDonaldTrump ) December 14 , 2020 But many Twitter users were skeptical about the cheery tone in Trump ’ s tweet , considering Barr had recently risked getting on the president ’ s bad side .
Last week , the president railed against the Justice Department ’ s handling of investigations into Hunter Biden , Joe Biden ’ s son .
Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told The Associated Press that the Department of Justice had not uncovered evidence of fraud that would affect the election results .
Twitter users immediately speculated about what really happened between Barr and Trump .
If Bill Barr wo n't stick around to do Donald Trump 's bidding anymore , Trump 's must be making some outrageous demands https : //t.co/0XuU7LbGqd — The Hardy Report ( @ EdwardTHardy ) December 14 , 2020 Bizarre to change AG and team a couple of weeks before inauguration .
Typical Trump chaos .
And Bill Barr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not lowlife shill enough .
https : //t.co/M2LYyuY4tn — Euan Rellie ( @ euanrellie ) December 14 , 2020 Some wondered what would “ Q ” do ?
wow I hope the new attorney general/QAnon Commander has a great three weeks on the job !
https : //t.co/LE9GEnfOSB — Alex Kotch ( @ alexkotch ) December 14 , 2020 But Q assured me that Barr was part of the plan .
What happened ?
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https : //t.co/bU2Orzed3E — Joe Colangelo ( @ Itsjoeco ) December 14 , 2020 One man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upbeat .
If you 're gon na fire your attorney general for the second time , you might as well make it festive https : //t.co/VRaT0gr9Iv — Jake Lahut ( @ JakeLahut ) December 14 , 2020 Others thought the Barr resignation was just the president ’ s attempt to keep the focus on him no matter what .
Today in Counterprogramming : How do you respond to losing the Electoral College vote and the presidency ?
Bid the Attorney General goodbye .
https : //t.co/BmP6fkULZ9 — Marc Fisher ( @ mffisher ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anything for attention , anything to try to own the news cycle .
You lost .
How many things you kick over as you stomp the way out the door is of no interest any more .
https : //t.co/yRPF1ltH4m — Michael Marshall Smith ( @ ememess ) December 14 , 2020 Bill Barr lighting his once mediocre reputation as an inoffensive party hack on fire to spend a few years enabling a shitty dictator and covering up the crimes of the dumbest people on the planet before getting fired by tweet is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ https : //t.co/6ZjzV9hcqr — Dan Pfeiffer ( @ danpfeiffer ) December 14 , 2020

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After President Donald Trump announced Monday that Attorney General William Barr had resigned, Twitter users went wild with snarky comments.
The president announced the resignation in two tweets.
Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job! As per letter, Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend the holidays with his family... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2020
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...Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen, an outstanding person, will become Acting Attorney General. Highly respected Richard Donoghue will be taking over the duties of Deputy Attorney General. Thank you to all! pic.twitter.com/V5sqOJT9PM — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 14, 2020
But many Twitter users were skeptical about the cheery tone in Trump’s tweet, considering Barr had recently risked getting on the president’s bad side.
Last week, the president railed against the Justice Department’s handling of investigations into Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son. Trump was also reportedly not happy when Barr told The Associated Press that the Department of Justice had not uncovered evidence of fraud that would affect the election results.
Twitter users immediately speculated about what really happened between Barr and Trump.
Even Ayatollah Bill Barr can't take any more https://t.co/Lt16itWVYV — Hussein Ibish (@Ibishblog) December 14, 2020
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If Bill Barr won't stick around to do Donald Trump's bidding anymore, Trump's must be making some outrageous demands https://t.co/0XuU7LbGqd — The Hardy Report (@EdwardTHardy) December 14, 2020
Bizarre to change AG and team a couple of weeks before inauguration. Typical Trump chaos. And Bill Barr was a lowlife shill, but apparently not lowlife shill enough. https://t.co/M2LYyuY4tn — Euan Rellie (@euanrellie) December 14, 2020
Some wondered what would “Q” do?
wow I hope the new attorney general/QAnon Commander has a great three weeks on the job! https://t.co/LE9GEnfOSB — Alex Kotch (@alexkotch) December 14, 2020
But Q assured me that Barr was part of the plan. What happened?!?! https://t.co/bU2Orzed3E — Joe Colangelo (@Itsjoeco) December 14, 2020
One man found the tone of the tweet surprisingly upbeat.
If you're gonna fire your attorney general for the second time, you might as well make it festive https://t.co/VRaT0gr9Iv — Jake Lahut (@JakeLahut) December 14, 2020
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Others thought the Barr resignation was just the president’s attempt to keep the focus on him no matter what.
Today in Counterprogramming: How do you respond to losing the Electoral College vote and the presidency? Bid the Attorney General goodbye. https://t.co/BmP6fkULZ9 — Marc Fisher (@mffisher) December 14, 2020
This dick. Anything for attention, anything to try to own the news cycle. You lost. How many things you kick over as you stomp the way out the door is of no interest any more. https://t.co/yRPF1ltH4m — Michael Marshall Smith (@ememess) December 14, 2020
But one guy managed to put everything in blazing perspective.


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Michelle Obama On WSJ Op-Ed About Jill Biden: Is This The Example We Want To Set?

Former first lady Michelle Obama shared an impassioned Instagram post on Monday that expressed her admiration for incoming first lady Jill Biden , but also her disappointment with an opinion piece about Biden that The Wall Street Journal published Friday .
The “ Becoming ” author celebrated Biden for how she managed to juggle her teaching , her White House obligations and her personal life during the Obama administration .
Obama was responding to a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Joseph Epstein that has been widely criticized as sexist and condescending .
Epstein called on Biden to drop the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden holds a doctorate degree in education .
“ Right now , we ’ re all seeing what also happens to so many professional women , whether their titles are Dr. , Ms. , Mrs. , or even First Lady : All too often , our accomplishments are met with skepticism , even derision , ” Obama wrote .
“ We ’ re doubted by those who choose the weakness of ridicule over the strength of respect , ” she continued .
Epstein began his op-ed by purporting to offer “ a bit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , whom he patronizingly referred to as “ kiddo.
” He later opined that the prestige of doctorate degrees has “ diminished by the erosion of seriousness ” and encouraged Biden to “ consider stowing ” her “ Dr. ” title during her term as first lady .
In response to Epstein ’ s arguments , Obama asked : “ Is this really the example we want to set for the next generation ?
” She added that Biden will serve as a “ terrific role model ” and wears her accomplishments with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yes , pride.
” Biden , who notably taught at Northern Virginia Community College when her husband was vice president , has signaled that she plans to continue teaching as a college professor outside the White House while serving as first lady .
The longtime educator has also earned two master ’ s degrees , according to her White House biography .
On Sunday , Biden appeared to respond to Epstein ’ s op-ed by tweeting : “ Together , we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @

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Former first lady Michelle Obama shared an impassioned Instagram post on Monday that expressed her admiration for incoming first lady Jill Biden, but also her disappointment with an opinion piece about Biden that The Wall Street Journal published Friday.
The “Becoming” author celebrated Biden for how she managed to juggle her teaching, her White House obligations and her personal life during the Obama administration.
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Obama was responding to a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Joseph Epstein that has been widely criticized as sexist and condescending. Epstein called on Biden to drop the “Dr.” title before her name. Biden holds a doctorate degree in education.
“Right now, we’re all seeing what also happens to so many professional women, whether their titles are Dr., Ms., Mrs., or even First Lady: All too often, our accomplishments are met with skepticism, even derision,” Obama wrote.
“We’re doubted by those who choose the weakness of ridicule over the strength of respect,” she continued.
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Epstein began his op-ed by purporting to offer “a bit of advice” to Biden, 69, whom he patronizingly referred to as “kiddo.” He later opined that the prestige of doctorate degrees has “diminished by the erosion of seriousness” and encouraged Biden to “consider stowing” her “Dr.” title during her term as first lady.
In response to Epstein’s arguments, Obama asked: “Is this really the example we want to set for the next generation?”
She added that Biden will serve as a “terrific role model” and wears her accomplishments with “grace, good humor, and yes, pride.”
(HuffPost, like many publications, follows the Associated Press style guide, which only uses the title “Dr.” for medical doctors on first reference. The AP also discourages using such titles in subsequent references and recommends identifying a person’s area of specialization if they hold a doctoral degree.)
Biden, who notably taught at Northern Virginia Community College when her husband was vice president, has signaled that she plans to continue teaching as a college professor outside the White House while serving as first lady.
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The longtime educator has also earned two master’s degrees, according to her White House biography.
On Sunday, Biden appeared to respond to Epstein’s op-ed by tweeting: “Together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather than diminished.”


thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Trump's Wisconsin Election Lawsuit Tossed Hour Before Electoral College Vote

MADISON , Wis. ( AP ) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump ’ s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state , ending Trump ’ s legal challenges in state court about an hour before the Electoral College was to meet to cast the state ’ s 10 votes for Biden .
The ruling came after the court held arguments Saturday , the same day a federal judge dismissed another Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn his loss in the state .
Trump appealed that ruling .
Trump sought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Dane and Milwaukee counties , the state ’ s two most heavily Democratic counties .
He wanted to disqualify absentee ballots cast early and in-person , saying there wasn ’ t a proper written request made for the ballots ; absentee ballots cast by people who claimed “ indefinitely confined ” status ; absentee ballots collected by poll workers at Madison parks ; and absentee ballots where clerks filled in missing information on ballot envelopes .
Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky blasted Trumps ’ case during Saturday ’ s hearing , saying it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ un-American.
” Conservative justices voiced some concerns about how certain ballots were cast , while also questioning whether they could or should disqualify votes only in two counties .
Biden won Wisconsin by about 20,600 votes , a margin of 0.6 % that withstood a Trump-requested recount in Milwaukee and Dane counties , the two with the most Democratic votes .
Trump did not challenge any ballots cast in the counties he won .
Trump and his allies have suffered dozens of defeats in Wisconsin and across the country in lawsuits that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and election abuse .
On Friday , the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit that sought to invalidate Biden ’ s win by throwing out millions of votes in four battleground states , including Wisconsin .
Also Saturday , former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a federal case she lost in Wisconsin seeking to order the GOP-controlled Legislature to declare Trump the winner .
Powell has also lost similar cases in Georgia and Arizona .

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, ending Trump’s legal challenges in state court about an hour before the Electoral College was to meet to cast the state’s 10 votes for Biden.
The ruling came after the court held arguments Saturday, the same day a federal judge dismissed another Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn his loss in the state. Trump appealed that ruling.
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Trump sought to have more than 221,000 ballots disqualified in Dane and Milwaukee counties, the state’s two most heavily Democratic counties. He wanted to disqualify absentee ballots cast early and in-person, saying there wasn’t a proper written request made for the ballots; absentee ballots cast by people who claimed “indefinitely confined” status; absentee ballots collected by poll workers at Madison parks; and absentee ballots where clerks filled in missing information on ballot envelopes.
Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky blasted Trumps’ case during Saturday’s hearing, saying it “smacks of racism” and was “un-American.” Conservative justices voiced some concerns about how certain ballots were cast, while also questioning whether they could or should disqualify votes only in two counties.
Biden won Wisconsin by about 20,600 votes, a margin of 0.6% that withstood a Trump-requested recount in Milwaukee and Dane counties, the two with the most Democratic votes. Trump did not challenge any ballots cast in the counties he won.
Trump and his allies have suffered dozens of defeats in Wisconsin and across the country in lawsuits that rely on unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud and election abuse. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit that sought to invalidate Biden’s win by throwing out millions of votes in four battleground states, including Wisconsin.
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thehuffingtonpost--2020-12-14--Fox Host Asks Trump Aide Why Lawsuits Failed: 'Do You Have The Worst Legal Team?'

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade confronted White House adviser Stephen Miller on Monday about Donald Trump ’ s mountain of failed lawsuits to overturn election results , asking how the president ’ s legal team lost so many cases if there was so much fraud .
“ Stephen , so if there were underage people voting , if there were criminals voting , if there was illegal ballots cast , your legal team , in almost every state , 50 times , lost ― some with Trump judges .
So , do you have the worst legal team , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presenting a good case ?
” Kilmeade asked on “ Fox & Friends.
” “ Or are you just too late , and this case should have been brought before the election ?
” Kilmeade : `` Your legal team [ has ] ... 50 times lost — some with Trump judges — so do you have the worst legal team who just don ’ t seem to be presenting a good case ?
Or you just too late in this case should have been brought before the election ? ''
Miller : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — Andrew Feinberg ( @ AndrewFeinberg ) December 14 , 2020 Miller responded to Kilmeade ’ s question by blaming the “ corrupt corporate media , ” which he claimed placed pressure on the courts .
“ Judges are caving .
Yes , politicians are caving .
We need heroes to step up and do the right thing , ” he charged .
In fact , Republican judges and officials have faced huge backlash from Trump and his supporters for standing by the reality of the election results .
Several have reported receiving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their jobs .
Miller appeared on the conservative network Monday morning to push baseless claims the election was stolen from his boss , even after more than four dozen lawsuits attempting to prove that have failed .
Two of those cases were tossed out by the Supreme Court .
His appearance took place just hours before President-elect Joe Biden formally secured enough Electoral College votes to become president .
Kilmeade , typically an ally to the president , had pushed back against Trump ’ s voter fraud claims over the weekend during an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , telling him , “ Your guys have been unable to prove it as of now .
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Fox News host Brian Kilmeade confronted White House adviser Stephen Miller on Monday about Donald Trump’s mountain of failed lawsuits to overturn election results, asking how the president’s legal team lost so many cases if there was so much fraud.
“Stephen, so if there were underage people voting, if there were criminals voting, if there was illegal ballots cast, your legal team, in almost every state, 50 times, lost ― some with Trump judges. So, do you have the worst legal team, who just don’t seem to be presenting a good case?” Kilmeade asked on “Fox & Friends.”
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“Or are you just too late, and this case should have been brought before the election?”
Kilmeade: "Your legal team [has]... 50 times lost — some with Trump judges — so do you have the worst legal team who just don’t seem to be presenting a good case? Or you just too late in this case should have been brought before the election?"
Miller: [blames media for rulings] pic.twitter.com/BOLLlrBz7N — Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) December 14, 2020
Miller responded to Kilmeade’s question by blaming the “corrupt corporate media,” which he claimed placed pressure on the courts.
“Judges are caving. Yes, politicians are caving. We need heroes to step up and do the right thing,” he charged.
In fact, Republican judges and officials have faced huge backlash from Trump and his supporters for standing by the reality of the election results. Several have reported receiving violent threats as a result of doing their jobs.
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Miller appeared on the conservative network Monday morning to push baseless claims the election was stolen from his boss, even after more than four dozen lawsuits attempting to prove that have failed. Two of those cases were tossed out by the Supreme Court. His appearance took place just hours before President-elect Joe Biden formally secured enough Electoral College votes to become president.