Rita Hart, an Iowa Democrat who lost a race for Congress in November by 6 votes, has filed “an official notice of contest” asking the House of Representatives to reject the results and order “a hand recount of every ballot,” NBC News reported on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, he[...]
Posts Tagged ‘2020 Election’
December 22nd, 2020 - 12:02 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
“This is not a drill”
John Berman comments on the White House meetings in which people close to Trump are scheming to overthrow our government. Meanwhile, is Trump cracking under the strain of losing and going off the deep end? Politico speculates on his sanity here; an excerpt: “The probability of something very bad h[...]
December 21st, 2020 - 4:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Is Trump dangerous or merely delusional?
Trump, who outwardly still shows no willingness to give up power, is turning to “a fringe group of advisers peddling increasingly dubious tactics” to thwart Biden’s election victory, “creating a dire situation” making senior officials and people close to him ner[...]
Army brass slap down Flynn’s call for martial law
“The Army chief of staff was forced to issue a statement Friday stating the military has ‘no role’ in determining U.S. elections after Mike Flynn … demanded martial law” and “using military ‘capabilities’ to oversee a rerun of the election in states Tr[...]
Biden’s pick of a Native American for Interior Secretary is a sea change
Joe Biden, fresh from his Electoral College victory, and now officially president-elect, named Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM, photo left) as his choice for Interior, the federal agency that oversees federal lands and Native American affairs. Obama’s first interior secretary, Ken Salazar, called her &[...]
Those silly maps of “red” counties don’t mean a darn thing
A bad trail map can lead you off a cliff. A bad political map can lead to absurd, pointless, meaningless arguments. Like this map (and its countless similar previous iterations): Why is it absurd, pointless, and meaningless? Because dirt doesn’t vote, and the U.S. population isn’t evenly[...]
December 17th, 2020 - 5:28 pm § in Donald Trump
Trump tells advisers he won’t leave
“Trump has told some advisers that he will refuse to leave the White House on Inauguration Day,” CNN reported on Thursday, December 17, 2020, adding, “The possibility has alarmed some aides, but few believe Trump will actually follow through.” Read story here. Following this [...]
December 15th, 2020 - 10:42 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Election conspiracy-driven madman assaults repairman
A Houston man affiliated with an extremist group caught up in false conspiracy theories about voting fraud took the law into his own hands against an innocent citizen and now faces prison time. Believing an air conditioner repairman was hiding 750,000 fake ballots in his work truck, and using Hispan[...]
Terminally ill Washington elector showed up to vote for Biden
A “very ill” Washington man “spoke passionately and emotionally about serving as a faithful elector and casting his electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, in accordance with the will of the state’s voters,” CNN reported on Monday[...]
Buttigieg for Dep’t of Transportation
President-Elect Biden tapped Pete Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary; as for why he might want to job, and how it could benefit his political ambitions, read this CNN story here. He will replace Elaine Chao, wife of Sen. Mitch McConnell, who’s been criticized for her wealthy shipping famil[...]