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A growing list of more than 1,000 political scientists asked Congress, Vice President Mike Pence and cabinet members to remove President Trump from office by invoking the 25th Amendment, amplifying voices of some lawmakers from both parties and industry groups demanding the same. It’s with a heavy heart I am calling for the sake of our Democracy that the 25th Amendment be invoked. My statement: pic.twitter.com/yVyQrYcjuD “The President’s actions show he is unwilling or unable to fulfill ...

Two U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate in the new Congress.

Still Trumps party: NC Republicans brace for life after the president leaves office Jim Morrill, The Charlotte Observer Dec. 31—President Donald Trump not only carried North Carolina in 2020, he lifted other Republicans with him. So what will happen when hes out of office? "Thats one of the biggest challenges that were going to have — to make sure we convert Trump voters into Republican voters," says state GOP Chair Michael Whatley. Like no one before, Trump has left his mar...

North Carolina joined the political divide over the Texas attorney generals election lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. Reps. Ted Budd, Virginia Foxx and Mark Walker, all of whom represent the Triad, were among seven Republicans from North Carolina and 126 overall who joined an amicus brief in support of Republican Ken Paxtons lawsuit. Legal and political analysts considered Paxton’s lawsuit as a very long-shot bid to overturn the presidential election voting results in swing stat...

Enough to just talk b about donald trump. we have to put forth positive messages about our party and candidate. if we pair that with the work say stacey abrams does in terms of voter access and tamping down on attempts to disenfrn franchise voters, particularly african-american voters, if we do what we are doing in this race, be hyper local, thats what won us the majority in 2018. thats what hes doing here in this race. being hyper local. yes, nationalize it, but remember that its kitchen table ...

Voting in person and we actually had a fairly decent turnout for early voting about 16% of the district has already cast ballots going into todays general election. we could see voter turnout 35%. anything over that i think is really well done for an odd year september election that while people have known about it, there hasnt been that much energy besides the negative ads on tv. >> and michael, your predick here, who wins? >> im out of the prediction business. >> come on. >> i think its going ...

Close to the president. i used to work with him. hes equivalent of john bolton. the closest national security adviser who works in the kremlin. so if the reporting is true, this would have been a very important asset for the intelligence community. >> so what do you make then of the fact that russia is is saying that he was never in meetings with president putin? >> again, i cant confirm or deny that. i dont know that. i do know hes been with president putin and prime minister putin for a long, ...

Nin district to boost dan bishop. today, bishop faces a a hotly contested special election race against dan mccreed y, dubbed e the battle of the dance. trump won the ninth district by 12 points in 201, but a lot has changed since then. the presidents job approval rating for one now down to 38%. todays race could be a referendum on the president and a preview of how he fare fair in 20206789 joining me now, history professor, michael bitzer, b contributing host of considerate, michael singleton a...

Role and is holding his name at the question of u.s. officials. the presence in washington was revealed after it was reported the cia extract ed the spy from russia in 2017 fearing for his safety. joining me now, ken and michael, also an msnbc international affairs analyst. ken, ill start with you on this one. talk to us about the circumstances surrounding this informants extraction. >> thats a point of some controversy because the original reporting said he was extracted because officials were ...

You see both democrats and republicans arguing over as well. so there are so many moving parts and layers to this that i dont think we quite legally know where things are going to play out until more movement is done by somebody at some point. >> wow. i think this technically qualifies as a hot mess. michael bitzer, professor and leading analyst for this fascinating north carolina store/hot mess. thank you very much. appreciate your time. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. and still ahead, a new year...