Новости за 24.11.2020

According to a new report from NBC News, President Trump’s recent acceptance of a formal transition of power to the incoming Biden administration came after a meeting with his top advisers in the midst of growing pressure from Republicans and business leaders. “The advisers argued that the combination of snowballing calls from Republicans in Congress […]

Voters in Dane County, Wisconsin are confused by President Donald Trump and Republicans’ efforts to toss legal ballots out in an effort to overturn the results of the election. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, voters have shared details about their voting experience for the 2020 general election along with their reactions to the post-election legal battle. […]

Many Never Trump conservatives were hoping that if President Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, the GOP would reject Trumpism and return to a more traditional conservatism. Trump lost, and President-elect Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes in addition to defeating Trump by more than 6 million in the popular vote. But author Richard North […]

President-elect Joe Biden’s chief legal counsel, Bob Bauer, brought together hundreds of lawyers and thousands of legal volunteers ready to protect the 2020 election and the counting of the votes as they were cast. In a video to Biden supporters, Bauer explained the reality to those still denying the election results. He began by citing […]

Hungary accused Hollywood star George Clooney of “limited” knowledge of politics Tuesday after the actor cited Prime Minister Viktor Orban as an example of “hate and anger” in the world. “We like George Clooney as an actor… (but his) knowledge of history and politics seems to be somewhat limited,” said Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on […]

A mysterious metal “obelisk” found buried in the remote western United States desert has inflamed the imaginations of UFO spotters, conspiracy theorists and Stanley Kubrick fans around the world. The shiny, triangular pillar — which protrudes approximately 12 feet from the red rocks of southern Utah — was spotted last Wednesday by baffled local officials […]

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s top elections official certified the state’s presidential election results on Tuesday, officially declaring Joe Biden the winner and paving the way for him to receive the state’s 20 Electoral College votes next month. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar made the final vote counts official, three weeks after the Nov. 3 election: […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday declined to say whether he will be seeking a pardon as he prepares to leave the White House. At an annual White House Thanksgiving ceremony, Trump took credit for new stock market gains and suggested that President-elect Joe Biden should adopt his “America First” slogan. After pardoning a turkey named […]

After President Donald Trump announced his General Services Administrator (GSA) Emily Murphy would be moving forward with the Biden transition, Fox News host Laura Ingraham broke the news to her audience in a seemingly awkward on-air announcement. On Monday evening, after Trump tweeted to thank Murphy for her work, Ingraham recalled all that has transpired during […]

According to the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent, President Trump has set a “hidden trap” for Joe Biden once he assumes the mantle of the presidency. “Biden vowed to ‘restore the soul of the nation’ as president, meaning he won’t use the power and influence of the office to carry out a white nationalist agenda or […]

One of President Donald J. Trump’s top advisers has undermined Republican attacks on the incoming Biden administration with talk of a “bipartisan consensus” concerning China, the Washington Examiner reported. White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien was traveling this week in the Philippines when he said, “We’ve got such a series of unfair and difficult […]

Team Trump lost a court battle that could have pushed our nation’s low-income elderly, disabled and blind out of their own homes and into deathtrap nursing homes during the pandemic. A California federal judge called the Trump rule that bars states from withholding part of the paychecks of some home healthcare workers for things like […]

“This is a deep, almost surreal misunderstanding of our nation” The Boston Globe is probably surprised after publishing a piece asking, “What if Trump won’t leave the White House?” On social media the paywalled newspaper tweeted, “Even a nation hooked on drama does not want to see a US president dragged out the front door […]

Tens of millions of Americans are going hungry right now. Today. But Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans don’t give a damn, because they only exist to serve their billionaire donors. Almost 20 million Americans will lose all their unemployment benefits the week after Christmas, but Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans don’t give a […]

The Dow surged past 30,000 points for the first time Tuesday as receding US political uncertainty and hopes for coronavirus vaccines offset worries over spiking Covid-19 cases. Near 1710 GMT, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.6 percent to 30,077.77. The broad-based S&P 500 also gained 1.5 percent to 3,631.28 while the tech-rich […]

President Donald Trump made a surprise, unscheduled appearance before reporters Tuesday afternoon to take credit for the DOW breaking the 30,000 mark for the first time – despite him also taking credit for the DOW from the day he was elected in 2016. Investors were actually responding to Joe Biden being one step closer to […]

A Kansas man was charged with a hate crime after allegedly threatening a Black child with a knife. Colton Donner was indicted Monday in Kansas City hate crime and illegal weapon charges in connection with a Sept. 11, 2019, attack in nearby Paola, reported WDAF-TV. The 25-year-old Donner allegedly threatened the boy with a knife […]

President Donald Trump has spent the better part of the past four years using the stock market as a measure of the strength of his economy, the job market and Americans’ wages. Aside from the misguided assumption that the markets impact anything other than corporations, President-elect Joe Biden can boast a much more successful market […]

Here is a list of nominees in the major categories for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out on January 31, 2021. Beyonce leads the pack with nine nominations, followed by Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa and rapper Roddy Ricch, all with six, organizers announced Tuesday. Album of the Year Jhene Aiko, “Chilombo” […]

Georgia’s Trump supporters are not giving up. On Saturday, scores massed outside the statehouse in Atlanta, a small sea of mostly men in red MAGA hats hoisting signs hurling accusations against Joe Biden and wearing campaign tee-shirts saying “STOP the STEAL.” It barely mattered that Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger had certified Biden’s […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday held a “press briefing” that consisted of him boasting about the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a record-high 30,000 points — and then running away without taking any questions. The president’s truly brief press briefing utterly baffled observers, many of whom wondered why the president couldn’t have simply bragged about […]

President Donald Trump took one minute out of his day on Tuesday to hold a press conference in which he took credit for gains in the stock market, which came after President-elect Joe Biden’s transition was allowed to formally begin. At his press conference which lasted almost exactly one minute, Trump credited his administration for […]

Writing in the New York Times this Tuesday, columnist Paul Krugman says that while we all knew that President Trump would react badly to losing the 2020 election,  his temper tantrum and the “willingness of almost the entire Republican Party to indulge him have surpassed even pessimists’ expectations.” According to Krugman, Trump’s crusade to wreck America […]

To forestall the nation’s ongoing plunge into financial devastation as some crucial relief programs expire and others are recklessly terminated by the Trump administration, economists are calling for a $3 trillion debt-financed coronavirus stimulus package that includes enhanced unemployment benefits, robust fiscal aid to state and local governments, nutrition assistance, and other safety net expansions. […]

President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka celebrated a new record that the U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average reached on Tuesday. Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 30,000 for the first time ever! Congratulations America! ???????? pic.twitter.com/pQFRdxaIHL — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) November 24, 2020 In a 60-second press conference Tuesday, Trump called it a “sacred number” and bragged […]