[Photo: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images] On Jan. 6, the United States Congress will gather in a joint session to tally the votes of the Electoral College, which cast its ballots in state capitols last month. In his role as president of the Senate, Vice President Mike Pence is slated to officially announce Joe Biden as the
Washington (AFP) – For three years and 11 months Mike Pence has been Donald Trump’s most devoted footsoldier, but in the administration’s closing weeks the vice president faces intense pressure from his boss to thwart final certification of the election that they lost. US election law dictates that Pence preside over Wednesday’s joint session of
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County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, in a demonstration of bipartisanship on Tuesday, Jan. 5, yielded the ceremonial board position of chairman pro tempore to County Supervisor Joel Anderson after she was nominated to the position by Supervisor Nora Vargas, who had also successfully nominated herself for vice chair and County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher as board chair. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
Not so long ago, the dangers posed by global warming and climate change loomed off in the future, allowing Americans to put off finding solutions. But tomorrow has arrived, and the new reality is impossible to deny. The years from 2015 through 2020 were the hottest six years on record for the planet. The past
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ATLANTA — On the eve of high-stakes elections for control of the U.S. Senate, President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden staged dueling rallies Monday aimed directly at their most loyal supporters on the outskirts of downtown Atlanta and rocky, rural northwest Georgia. The disclosure of Trump’s extraordinary demand to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
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Israel’s election is scheduled for March 23rd. And more than previous ones, it is spawning the announcement of several new parties, both to the right and the left of Bibi. They’re all united under the slogan of anyone but Bibi, but not yet united in any more tangible sense. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Washington (AFP) – Donald Trump made a series of unsubstantiated claims about US presidential election results from Georgia during an hour-long call with its secretary of state and other officials, rejecting the legitimacy of the vote a little more than two weeks before he is due to leave the White House. The president — who
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A formal complaint and request for investigation of President Donald J. Trump and his telephone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has been filed with the State Election Board of Georgia. It suggests that, during a telephone conversation yesterday, Trump may have violated one or more of the following Georgia criminal…
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A British judge has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to confront espionage charges, citing concerns about his mental health and the prison conditions he could face there. Judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered her verdict at London’s Old Bailey court on Monday, saying she was alarmed by the
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Sworn in today (Monday, Jan. 4) as the 3rd District San Diego County Supervisor, Terra Lawson-Remer laid out an ambitious agenda for herself that included “an evidence-based” campaign against COVID-19, extending a financial “lifeline” to small businesses and workers in San Diego County; implementing a climate action plan; promoting racial justice; fighting homelessness; developing affordable housing; protecting the coastline; guarding against pollution-promoting urban sprawl; lessening the threat of wildfires; providing care for seniors, children, adults with mental or behavioral issues; assisting immigrants; and supporting the arts. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
During Ted Cruz’s 2016 campaign, he went with Rabbi Zev Reichman (the director of the Mechina Program at Yeshiva University) to a fundraising event. What did Cruz do that impressed Rabbi Reichman? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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The government in Beirut is an accomplice to Hezbollah’s terrorizing of an entire nation. The Shi’ite Party of God has used the barrel of a gun, the bomb and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to take over the entire country. Hezbollah’s malignant hand touches every facet of life in Lebanon—from the banking system to the courts—and it has left the nation’s infrastructure economy teetering on collapse, endangering everyone who lives and visits the country. [Nitsana Darshan-Leitner]
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The shooting on Sunday, January 3, at the Starrville Methodist Church in East Texas would not have happened had not the Church’s pastor not been carrying a gun. The suspect, Mytrez Deunte Woolen, was able to disarm the pastor, Mark McWilliams, 62 before shooting and killing him. [Stephen Bryen]
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Following Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Missouri) announcement on Wednesday that he would be objecting to certifying the Electoral College vote count on January 6, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) blasted President Donald Trump and his allies on Facebook, writing that continuously pushing to reverse the election results is “playing with fire.” WHAT HAPPENS ON JANUARY 6th In November,