President Donald Trump is expected to issue about 100 pardons on his final day in office on Tuesday, CNN reported. Trump’s last full day will show “a mixture of more controversial pardons to white-collar criminals, some high-profile rappers, some of the president’s political allies.” The report didn’t say whether or not Trump and his family will…
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Statehouses Brace For Potential Violence As Biden’s Inauguration Approaches
Governors across the nation are fortifying statehouses amid fears of possibly violent protests in the lead-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. The Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol raised fears across the nation of armed protesters amassing at statehouses. Many states began putting new security measures in place, including increasing law enforcement personnel…
Biden Taps Jaime Harrison To Lead Democratic National Committee
President-elect Joe Biden will choose South Carolina’s Jaime Harrison to head the Democratic National Committee, a source close to the decision, who was not authorized to speak ahead of the formal announcement, told NPR’s Scott Detrow. Harrison is a former South Carolina Democratic Party chair, and his selection highlights the influence of another South Carolina…
Second Maryland child dies from COVID-19, MDH data shows
A second child younger than 10 has died from the Coronavirus, according to Maryland Department of Health data released Saturday. No other details were immediately released. The first coronavirus-related death of a child in Maryland was reported in December when 1-year-old boy died. There were 3,292 new Coronavirus cases and 47 more deaths reported Saturday, which marks the 74th…
Twitter banned Trump — and misinformation dropped 73% the following week
Donald Trump received a permanent suspension from Twitter two days after the fatal insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk…
National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy on final Weekend of the Trump administration
Longtime GOP strategist Rick Wilson has received widespread praise for coining the term, “everything Trump touches dies.” The four-word analysis explains how Trump has a history of harming everyone around him. And that term may now apply to the National Rifle Association, which was one of the most powerful political organizations in America before it…
Former state Senate President Mike Miller has died
Former Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., a political institution in the state, died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 78. “At 4:25 p.m. this afternoon, Maryland Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by loved ones,” Miller’s family said in a statement….
FBI tracking ‘concerning’ online buzz related to Inauguration Day
FBI investigators are tracking a significant volume of “concerning” internet buzz surrounding the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden, the agency’s director said Thursday. The troubling statement, made during a televised briefing chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, comes as the FBI is simultaneously tasked with heading off threats to the inauguration and apprehending the…
Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops
As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead. The formation, known as “Ranger File,” is standard operating…
Biden unveils $1.9T ‘American Rescue Plan’ with $1,400 stimulus checks, various other COVID relief
President-elect Joe Biden rolled out a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue proposal Thursday that would bankroll $1,400 stimulus checks to most U.S. taxpayers and provide billions of dollars in more relief for unemployed workers, small businesses and states in a bid to steady the country’s pandemic-ravaged economy. The so-called “American Rescue Plan” — which marks…
Georgia Republican lawmakers punished for pushing pro-Trump conspiracies
Georgia’s lieutenant governor punished three Republican state senators who tried to overturn President Donald Trump’s election loss in the state. Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, also a Republican, demoted state Sens. Brandon Beach (R-Alpharetta), Matt Brass (R-Newnan) and Burt Jones (R-Jackson) from their committee leadership posts after they backed efforts to overturn the election over baseless…
911 Call That Led to YFN Lucci’s Felony Murder Warrant Released
The 911 call that led to the felony murder warrant for YFN Lucci’s arrest was released online. The call features a frantic woman telling dispatchers that she and her sister were walking down the street when they saw a man clinging to a white SUV before being thrown out. The woman pleaded with the dispatchers to send…