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Former South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Jaime Harrison on Thursday was formally elected by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as the party’s new chairman.
Harrison and a new slate of DNC vice chairs that includes Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and Rep Filemon Vela Jr. of Texas, were overwhelming elected 407-4 during the DNC’s Winter Meeting, which was held virtually this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The official vote by Democratic national party committee members came a day after the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The vote was a mere formality, coming a week after Biden – who since his presidential election victory in November is the leader of the Democratic Party – named Harrison as his choice to serve as DNC chair the next four years, succeeding outgoing chair Tom Perez.
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The end for President Trump
Masks in the likeness of President Donald Trump on clearance at a shop in downtown Washington, on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. “Not everything he did was bad. But the good came at a high price,” writes New York Times opinion columnist Thomas L. Friedman. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
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21st Jan 2021
Folks, we just survived something really crazy awful: four years of a president without shame, backed by a party without spine, amplified by a network without integrity, each pumping out conspiracy theories without truth, brought directly to our brains by social networks without ethics all heated up by a pandemic without mercy.
City of Atlanta names Rod Smith new fire chief
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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ATLANTA - The City of Atlanta has a new fire chief.
The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department announced Rod Smith, the deputy chief of the Office of Technical Services, has been appointed as the new head of the organization.
The former fire chief, Randall Slaughter, is retiring after 30 years working in the department.
Speaking at a public safety press briefing, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she would personally miss Slaughter and that she would be looking forward to Smith s service and leadership
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