The clash over increasing relief checks follows Trump’s demand for Congress to raise the amount. However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) rejected the Democrats’ standalone measure to increase the total, offering his own proposal which combined increasing checks with addressing Section 230 and establishing a commission to investigate allegations of voter fraud. He later accused his Democrat colleagues of advocating socialism for rich people. … [Read more...] about Democrat Demands for Direct Checks Increase: ‘Let’s Send Out $2k Monthly Checks’
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Fact Check: Trump Says Pelosi Danced in Chinatown as Democrats Criticized Him for Restricting Travel from China
“But when I closed, he said this is a terrible thing. You’re xenophobic. I think he called me racist, even. And because I was closing it to China. Now he says I should’ve closed it earlier. Just Joe, I didn’t work,” he continued. … [Read more...] about Fact Check: Trump Says Pelosi Danced in Chinatown as Democrats Criticized Him for Restricting Travel from China
The world has more riding on Joe Biden than any US president in decades
Trump's impact on the politics of Europe over the past four years is already a chilly warning of the insidious effect of undemocratic tendencies in the White House. … [Read more...] about The world has more riding on Joe Biden than any US president in decades
Democrats see stimulus checks as winning issue in Georgia runoffs
Polls show that both races — between Ossoff and Perdue in one, and Warnock and Sen. Kelly LoefflerKelly LoefflerNikki Haley unveils PAC ahead of possible 2024 White House bid McConnell has said he thinks Trump committed impeachable offenses: report Top Republican congressional aide resigns, rips GOP lawmakers who objected to Biden win MORE (R) in the other — are close. Biden narrowly carried the state in the 2020 presidential election. … [Read more...] about Democrats see stimulus checks as winning issue in Georgia runoffs
Biden’s inauguration speech: What a worried world needs to hear
The tension on that Inauguration Day must have been as high as it will be this time. Jefferson’s call was for unity: “Let us then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind, let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty, and even life itself, are but dreary things.” He clearly understood how difficult the task ahead was, as he sought “guidance and support, which may enable us to steer with safety the vessel in which we are all embarked amidst the conflicting elements of a troubled world.” … [Read more...] about Biden’s inauguration speech: What a worried world needs to hear
