KOS: Republican efforts to rewrite what happened on Jan. 6 show the entire party is a con
When Republicans commit themselves to spreading a lie, they don’t do it halfway. The latest lie that Republicans are going
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Fact Check
Shep Smith breaks his silence about why he left Fox News
Smith, now host of the nightly show “The News with Shepard Smith” at 7 pm ET on CNBC, told Amanpour that his presence on Fox became untenable as opinion shows on the network spread falsehoods that hosts knew were lies.
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WAPO Opinion | The Trump administration is holding back over half of its vaccine doses. Distribute them now.
We are at the peak of the pandemic. On Dec. 17, 3,406 people died of covid-19 — the highest single-day death toll since the pandemic began. Holding back 55 percent of your available vaccine during the pandemic’s peak is like holding back 55 percent of your available ammunition on D-Day, because the troops will need those bullets a month from now when the Nazis are on the run.
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Trump, House Lawmakers Plot Futile Effort To Block Biden Win
A range of nonpartisan election officials and Republicans have confirmed that there was no fraud in the November contest that would change the results of the election. That includes Attorney General William Barr, who on Monday said he saw no reason to appoint a special counsel to look into the president’s claims about the 2020 election.
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Trump bashes Mitch McConnell for recognizing Biden’s victory
McConnell: “So today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. The president-elect is no stranger to the Senate. He’s devoted himself to public service for many years.”
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George Conway: Donald Trump’s Refusal To Concede Says 3 Things About Him
“It says a lot about the President and less about the country,” George Conway says on Pres. Trump’s refusal to accept the election results. “It says three things about the President,” Conway says: that he’s delusional, running a scam on the American people and is malevolent.
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Electoral college affirms Biden’s victory on a relatively calm day of a chaotic election
Democrats in the six states where Trump had focused his efforts to contest Biden’s win expressed relief that the electoral college vote unfolded as it had most often in the past: without disruption or hostility.
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WAPO: Republican officials have followed Trump along his dangerous and destructive path
Many Republicans have been silent as Trump has pursued his baseless claims. When a team of Washington Post reporters contacted all Republicans in Congress, just 27 said Biden had won. Two others actually said Trump was the winner, while 219 either gave no answer or were not definitive.
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Supreme Court denies GOP challenge to Pennsylvania vote
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to take up an appeal filed
by a Republican congressman who asked the court to nullify the certification of Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential
election in Pennsylvania.
10,000 of America’s restaurants are expected to close in the next three weeks
The National Restaurant Association is publicly pleading with Congress to pass new stimulus to help the industry that has been damaged by the pandemic. The group said Monday that 10,000 restaurants could close in the next three weeks, in addition to the 110,000 that have already shuttered in 2020.
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