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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
There's an ongoing recount in Iowa's 2nd congressional district, where it appears Democrat Rita Hart is currently behind by 6 votes. [1] When all's said and done, the margin will likely be in the double digits.
There are so many races this year, important ones!, being decided by bone-narrow margins. It's painful to look at.
Edited by nova92 on Nov 23rd 2020 at 3:15:33 AM
Michigan certifying Biden shouldn't be a breathe easier moment but it is.
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Alright, who abstained?
looks at article
It's good that one of the Republicans crossed party lines (though I do suspect that he did so under public pressure since his vote was unknown before). The other abstaining is quite cowardly, he couldn't bother to take the negative PR of voting "no" so he just didn't vote at all.
Agreed, 2020 elections are not good for my blood pressure.
A procrastination in of itself
As someone who has been at an election count (for a local council seat) that we lost by three votes, it’s even worse when you’re in the room for the counting. Especially as in the my country you can do some level of ballot harvesting, so it’s entirely possible we had 4 votes for our candidate sitting back at our campaign HQ.
With the senate thing, are the people expected to step aside chairs of equally powerful sub-committees? Or might they step aside from that chair to take up this one?
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Maybe I help relieve some of that pressure.
GM has also announced it will work with the Biden administration and expand its electric vehicle production.
So Trump may have acknowledged that the transition process needs to begin via Tweet (because of fucking course). Its not a concession, but its something.
I want to thank Emily Murphy at GSA for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our Country. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused – and I do not want to see this happen to her, her family, or employees of GSA. Our case STRONGLY continues, we will keep up the good ...fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1331013907859845121
This is important for health and national security reasons. But to hell with Emily Murphy for this delaying action, she needs to be blacklisted if not investigated for her actions over the past few weeks.
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And here it is, the GSA has notified Biden and co that the transition will begin.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/transition-biden-gsa-begin/index.html
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Nov 23rd 2020 at 7:28:20 AM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
That's Dr. Title, thank you!
Freakin' finally.
Edited by thok on Nov 23rd 2020 at 3:30:00 AM
You know what they say. Better three freakin' weeks late than never.
I heard that on a drive. Basically the writing was on the wall after Michigan certified the results earlier this afternoon. Well, it was on the wall a couple weeks ago, but you know what I mean.
Edited by speedyboris on Nov 23rd 2020 at 3:35:27 AM
Klobuchar is ranking Democrat on Rules, Leahy on Appropriations, and Coons on Ethics. It's possible one of them decides that they prefer Judiciary to their current position. It traditionally tends to go by seniority, but Democrats might shake it up this year (less senior members are running for Chair in the House).
EDIT: Okay, I was wrong. It looks like Dick Durbin will run for Judiciary Chair.
Edited by nova92 on Nov 23rd 2020 at 3:38:45 AM
He'll never actually concede outright, but with this coming a day after firing Sidney Powell, it sure sounds like Trump is throwing in the towel.
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
No way that was written by him, though.
My theory is that Ivanka and Jared gave him an ambien before starting to make the transition.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Nov 23rd 2020 at 3:40:41 AM
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@Pushover, I'm not sure myself. It does have the hallmarks of a Trump Tweet (country capitalized for no reason, strongly in ALL-CAPS, etc).
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
A procrastination in of itself
I think we know that his staff have learnt to imitate at least some of his tweeting style.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
Yeah, but it also includes this:
Which is WAY too considerate of other people and formally written.
@Aszur: Crapping on immigrants started about in...1798, with the Alien Act. From the Federalist Party, no less (because they were currently hating on France).
Also, Murphy didn't refer to Biden as President-Elect, or even as "Mr. Vice President", she just addressed him as "Mr. Biden". And she never outright called him the apparent winner of the election.
Petty until the end.
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Nov 23rd 2020 at 8:14:27 AM
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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Geez. Any means of getting in the way of that deal?
Fairy-type Iris
Does it really matter? Murdoch will probably be gone in a few years, and without him Fox News would lose significance.
It could qualify as a monopoly, which means the federal government has to step in to deal with it.
YES IT MATTERS. Fox is how Trump came into power. We do not need their grubby little hands into anything else.
Edited by ScubaWolf on Nov 23rd 2020 at 8:38:02 AM
"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
Also do you really think Murdoch doesn't or won't have successors? Come on, now.
His son Lachlan isn't any better than he is, but he has another one that's apparently a lot more moderate. They've reportedly been fighting for control of the business ever since they were kids.
The Michigan state election board has certified their vote, per CNN
, with a vote of 3 for and 1 abstain.