In Deciding The 2020 Election, Congress Will Get The Last Word
December 21, 2020
The Senate and House will meet in a joint session on Jan. 6, a day the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg labeled the date of “ultimate significance” in our electoral process, to count the recently cast electoral votes. What happens that day will determine the outcome of the presidential election.
The Procedure
The Electoral Count Act provides that after the electors in each state and the District of Columbia vote on Dec. 14, they must sign a certificate of their votes that is then sealed and sent to the president of the Senate.
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Dec. 20, 2020
With just over two weeks until the two runoff elections in Georgia that will decide who controls the next Senate, all eyes are on the Democratic candidates who are hoping to flip the upper house. It’s a remarkable moment for Jon Ossoff, who may well be the most high-profile Jewish Democrat in the United States right now.
“I’m descended from Ashkenazi immigrants who fled pogroms in the early 20th century, and I grew up among relatives who were Holocaust survivors,” he told Haaretz in an exclusive interview last week. “So my Jewish upbringing instilled in me a conviction to fight for the marginalized and oppressed, and also to be vigilant where there’s the risk that authoritarianism may emerge.”
18 Dec 2020
Saturday Night Live star and actor Pete Davidson is surgically removing all his tattoos as his film career finally begins to hear up.
Pete Davidson announced that he was removing his ink during a Q&A for his latest film,
The King of Staten Island, PageSix reports. Davidson, 27, has become well-known for his ink-filled physique. Some even carry political messages. He made headline around the world after unveiling tattoos of now-deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and losing 2016 Democrat candidate for president Hillary Clinton.
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Film critic Mike McGranaghan told his social media followers that he spoke to Davidson during the junket and even noted that the
These doctors and nurses are celebrating the holiday season with Christmas trees adorned with PPE
Doctors and nurses some are spreading holiday cheer with Christmas trees decorated with personal protective equipment.
Posted By: CNN
It has been a tough year, full of loss and hardship, social distancing and zoom calls. But doctors and nurses some are spreading holiday cheer with Christmas trees decorated with personal protective equipment.
Katrina Green, and emergency physician in Nashville, Tennessee, decided to make a pandemic-themed Christmas tree after a long year of battling the coronavirus on the frontlines. I needed a laugh after a tough year, Green told CNN. Laughter is the best medicine. If (I) didn t laugh about the situation, I d either scream or cry.