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As if the panicked echoings of Trump‘s baseless 2020 presidential election-centered fraud claims from many Republicans haven’t made it clear enough, let’s say it again: Georgia really did it. They bagged two Democrats in their nationally anticipated Senate runoff elections, meaning the next four years for incoming POTUS Joe Biden’s team will go much smoother in terms of […]
Hurricane Sally has made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Gulf Shores, Alabama. According to the National Hurricane Center, who’s been providing regular updates on storm activity, Sally made landfall at 4:45 a.m. local time. at the time, maximum sustained winds were reported as being at 105 mph with a minimum central pressure of 965 […]
In a move that only hurts the people he claims to serve, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has said that cities and counties can’t mandate the wearing of COVID-19 masks. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, Kemp’s order extends certain virus-inspired restrictions while also “explicitly banning cities and counties from adopting rules requiring masks or other face […]
Down in Alabama, a state where people like Roy Moore still have swaths of supporters, oppressive political forces have ensured the passing of what is effectively a near-total abortion ban. “This ban is dangerous and exceptionally cruel—and the bill’s authors want to use it to overturn Roe v. Wade,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, currently in the middle of […]
President Donald Trump sparked controversy once again by praising Confederate general Robert E. Lee during a rally in Lebanon, Ohio on Oct. 12. The rally, meant to boost Republican engagement ahead of the midterm elections in November, saw Trump applauding the general who led forces against the United States and saying that he confounded former president Abraham Lincoln. “So Robert E. […]
