by Jim Heath | Jan 5, 2021 | Cyber Security, Headlines, Putin
The U.S. intelligence community stated today that Russia is behind a major and ongoing series of cyberhacks of federal government agencies — its first official indication of blame. WAPO: The statement, issued jointly by four agencies in a special task force, counters...
by Jim Heath | Jan 5, 2021 | Battlegrounds, Headlines, Trump
President Trump used a campaign rally on the eve of two critical Senate runoffs in Georgia to once again vent his debunked grievances about the outcome of November’s presidential election, as he continued his assault on the peaceful transfer of power. NYT: In an...
by Jim Heath | Jan 4, 2021 | Congress, GOP, Headlines, Trump
Republican lawmakers in Washington are fracturing over Donald Trump’s futile effort to persuade Congress to overturn his re-election defeat, as his allies spar with conservatives who say the Constitution doesn’t give them the power to override voters. Trump further...
by Jim Heath | Jan 4, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Famed investigative journalist Carl Bernstein has said that Donald Trump’s recorded call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, seemingly pressuring him to help overturn the state’s presidential election results, is ‘worse than...
by Jim Heath | Jan 4, 2021 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Health
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has plunged England into a new national lockdown until at least mid-February to combat the super-infectious mutant coronavirus that is already spreading across the United States. Johnson today ordered people to stay at home again,...
by Jim Heath | Jan 4, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Georgia state election official Gabriel Sterling tore into Donald Trump’s election fraud claims a day after the explosive leak of Trump demanding his boss ‘find’ 11,780 votes to make Trump the winner. Sterling called a press conference Georgia on the...