by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2021 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden still plans to be sworn in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, exactly two weeks after a pro-Trump mob with rioters wielding Confederate flags stormed the building to attack the very nation Biden was elected to lead. WAPO: That...
by Jim Heath | Jan 7, 2021 | 2020, Electoral Map, Headlines, History, Inauguration, Joe Biden
Overnight, Vice President Mike Pence declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election after Congress counted the electoral votes after a violent day at the Capitol. Pence also announced that Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) was the winner of the...
by Jim Heath | Jan 6, 2021 | Headlines
President-elect Joe Biden and former President George W Bush have both condemned the “insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol today as “heartbreaking and sickening.” The former Republican president released a statement saying, “This is how...
by Jim Heath | Jan 6, 2021 | Congress, Electoral Map, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Today’s congressional joint session to count electoral votes has taken on added importance this year as Republicans allied with President Trump say they will try to undo Democrat Joe Biden’s victory and subvert the will of the American people in at least six states....
by Jim Heath | Jan 5, 2021 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Headlines
The two Democratic candidates for the U.S. senate in Georgia have stunned the nation and defeated the Republican incumbents, putting Democrats in solid control of congress. With about 99 percent of the vote counted, the Rev. Raphael Warnock has defeated Sen. Kelly...
