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The Wayne County Board of Canvassers in Michigan have voted to certify their 2020 election results. The move was announced Tuesday night after an initial deadlock with 2-2 split along party lines. According to New York Times, GOP members argued they would not vote to certify the vote tallies due to “disparities” in the Detroit area. They […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that the country’s first at-home COVID-19 self-testing kit has been approved by the agency. Results from said kit arrives in around 30 minutes, the FDA said in a statement posted to their website. “In 30 minutes or less, the results can be read directly from the test unit’s light-up […]
As Donald Trump approaches his last days in the White House after losing the 2020 presidential election to former VP Joe Biden, a veritable smorgasbord of fourth-quarter concerns are receiving renewed public interest. Chief among these, of course, is how the current administration will handle (or mishandle) the litany of continued COVID-19 pandemic issues that have […]
James Harden reportedly wants out of the Houston Rockets, in part because the owner is a Donald Trump supporter. As TMZ points out, NBA reporter Ric Bucher reports that the entire organization is tearing itself apart over Tilman Fertitta’s Republican leanings and donations. He shared this story on the most recent episode of the podcast The […]
On Saturday night, the New York City Sheriff’s Department busted a large indoor gathering that, according to officials, had more than 200 people packed inside a building for an event going by the moniker “Rumble in the Bronx.” This event was, according to authorities, part of an illegal fight club. As a result, 10 organizers have […]
Barack Obama values his marriage with Michelle too much to jeopardize it by taking on a cabinet position in President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Obama said he will be available for Biden, but his involvement will not include him returning to work full-time in the White House. “He doesn’t need my advice, and I will help him […]
A Mississippi politician has apologized after he called for his state to “succeed” in wake of Joe Biden‘s presidential victory. “We need to succeed [sic] from the union and form our own country,” State Rep. Price Wallace wrote in a since-deleted tweet. The post was in response to a thread by Wallace’s fellow state Rep. Robert Foster, who is among […]
Since the first Asian giant hornets appeared in the US, scientists have been working double-time to track them to their source and wipe them out. The so-called “murder hornets” are the largest species of hornet in the world and could wreak havoc on local ecosystems. After a few failed attempts to track captured hornets back […]
In spite of seemingly nonstop claims of improprieties and voter fraud from the current president of the United States, the New York Times found no evidence of fraud in any state in the union in their days-long investigation. The paper of record reached out to secretaries of state and other top election officials in every […]
A United States Postal Service worker has reportedly recanted his claims about ballot tampering in Pennsylvania. According to The Washington Post, the House Oversight Committee was informed on Tuesday that Richard Hopkins admitted to fabricating the highly publicized claims, which many GOP lawmakers cited as “evidence” of election fraud. Hopkins made headlines this week after accusing an Erie postmaster of […]
