by Jim Heath | Dec 7, 2020 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden has selected retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, the former commander of US Central Command, to be his secretary of defense. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black man to lead the Department of Defense. Austin is a 1975...
by Jim Heath | Dec 7, 2020 | Headlines, Inauguration, Joe Biden, Trump
Inauguration day historically is the one day both parties tone down their rhetoric and come together to celebrate democracy. Our Republic is stronger when political leaders demonstrate to Americans that a transfer of power can happen without a single bullet being...
by Jim Heath | Dec 6, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden, Polls, Trump
A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating. The same poll gives President Trump a 42% favorable rating and a 57% unfavorable rating. Biden’s current rating is the highest it has been since...
by Jim Heath | Dec 5, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden
Joe Biden now officially has more than the 270 Electoral College votes he needs to claim the presidency after California certified its election results last night. Secretary of State Alex Padilla approved the results of Biden’s victory, according to his office, which...
by Jim Heath | Dec 5, 2020 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump called Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp this morning to urge him to persuade the state legislature to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state. It is the latest brazen effort by Trump to interfere in the 2020 election. The Washington Post: Hours...
