USA

Kamala Harris Calls Nurse On Thanksgiving To Express Gratitude For Frontline Workers

With Thanksgiving being a day to express gratitude, Kamala Harris did not fall short in that area. Harris called several frontline workers on Thursday to express her appreciation for their fight against COVID-19. Out of the many people who received a special phone call from the vice president-elect was Talisa Hardin, a registered nurse at […]

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Trump loses another election court challenge

Washington (AFP) – The US state of Pennsylvania’s supreme court dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President Donald Trump on Saturday, further reducing his already near-impossible odds of overturning the results.A Republican lawsuit had sought to invalidate mail-in ballots in the battleground state that President-elect Joe Biden won by about 81,000

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Cindy McCain could be in line to be Biden’s ambassador to Britain

Cindy McCain is reportedly the odds-on favorite to be named President-elect Joe Biden’s ambassador to Great Britain.The widow of former Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has been tipped to be Biden’s envoy in London once he takes over the White House in January, the Times of London reported Saturday.Cindy McCain, a lifelong Republican, switched

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International, USA

Teachers Should Have Priority for COVID Vaccine

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced that California’s plan for COVID-19 vaccine distribution will prioritize health care workers, first responders and those in congregate healthcare settings. Right after those listed should be teachers and school support staff so we can reopen our schools and get students back into the classroom for full-time, in-person instruction. [Mark Powell]

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

‘Squad,’ ‘Quad,’ ‘Quint’ All Seek to Influence U.S. Foreign Policy

We’re rather familiar with “the Squad,” but what about “the Quint” and “the Quad?” For now, the latter two are more likely than the former to have importance to a potential Biden administration.With the announcement of Tony Blinken as secretary of State and Jake Sullivan as national security adviser, the anti-Israel far left is at bay for now — both men are known to be personally reasonably disposed toward Israel. But if the Quint has an impact on the administration’s Middle East policy, both regarding Israel and Iran, and the Squad joins in, the U.S. position in the region will suffer. [Shoshana Bryen]

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Trump’s runoff rally forces question: How much will he help Loeffler and Perdue?

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump’s decision to visit Georgia next week was celebrated as a “Thanksgiving miracle” by the Republican U.S. Senate runoff candidates. But his trip will test how they balance his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud with their all-out efforts to drive up turnout.Even as U.S. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue

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Federal appeals court rejects appeal of Trump’s last significant suit challenging Pa. election

PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an appeal of President Donald Trump’s last significant legal challenge to Pennsylvania’s election results, setting the stage for his campaign to potentially appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit declined to overturn

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Biden team stands by Palestinian-American staffer after backlash

Joe Biden’s transition team has said that it continues to support the appointment of a Palestinian-American to a senior position after critics accused her of anti-Semitism.Arab-American organisations had hailed the appointment of Reema Dodin, formerly a Senate staffer, as deputy director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs and the first Palestinian-American to serve

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Middle East, USA

Biden’s Team Turns Blind Eye to Palestinian Terror

President-elect Joe Biden’s first major foreign policy appointments are being hailed as centrists and experts. None of them are known as radicals, ideologues or Israel-bashers. News outlets have made much of the fact that the stepson of a Holocaust survivor is one of the key appointments. But a closer look at their backgrounds and associations raises disturbing questions about their views on Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict. [Moshe Phillips]

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Middle East, USA

Trump says he will leave office — if Biden victory is confirmed

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump said Thursday for the first time that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed the winner of the US election, even as he railed against the “rigged” vote.Trump has made an unprecedented attempt to defy the results of the election by refusing to concede, spreading

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Cuomo calls Supreme Court decision blocking NY restrictions on religious gatherings a political statement

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down Wednesday night blocking state officials from enforcing a cap on religious gatherings in coronavirus hot spots in Brooklyn and Queens is “irrelevant from any practical impact” because those areas are no longer designated virus hot spots.He said the decision,

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Jewish Religion, USA