Trump Loyalists Sue Mike Pence to Give Him Power to Overturn Election Results
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Defend The Majority campaign event on December 11, 2020, in Columbus, Georgia.
Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images
Vice President Mike Pence has come under heavy pressure from President Trump to back an unconstitutional scheme to overturn his election defeat in a joint session of Congress next week. According to multiple reports, advisers have repeatedly had to explain to the president that the vice presidentâs role is merely ceremonial.
Trump has lost every legal challenge after failing to show evidence of widespread fraud or irregularities and is now âlaser-focusedâ on Jan. 6, when Pence will preside over a joint session of Congress to formally count the electoral votes, as his âlast stand for overturning the electoral outcome,â multiple administration officials told
It s imperative to speak out about Trump s lack of mental capacity and psychological dangerousness: mental health expert President Donald J. Trump speaks with reporters after signing an executive order on establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead) The child king spends his final days throwing an extra ton of trauma-inducing tantrums Dr. Bandy X. Lee was interviewed by presidential historian Joshua Kendall, whose most recent book is
First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barack Obama (Grand Central, 2016). His journalism has appeared in the
First openly LGBTQ federal judge dies in New York
By : Wire Report
Share this story:
Above: Deborah A. Batts (Photo by Sam Hollenshead)
NEW YORK (AP) | Deborah A. Batts, the nation’s first openly LGBTQ federal judge, has died. She was 72.
Batts was found dead on Feb. 3, three months before she was set to preside over a trial of California lawyer Michael Avenatti on charges that he cheated porn star Stormy Daniels, a former client, of proceeds of a book deal. No cause of death was immediately released.
In June 1994, Batts was sworn in after a smooth confirmation process following her appointment to the bench by President Bill Clinton. During her confirmation proceedings, it was never mentioned that she was a lesbian.
The Birmingham Times
In any year, the deaths of great musicians, Hall of Fame athletes, elected officials, Civil Rights leaders, and others in the public arena are notable. But in 2020 one of the most bizarre years in history and certainly in recent memory those losses seem to take on even more significance. Added to a year of devastating pandemic, civil unrest, and political turmoil were the losses of individuals, young and old, who’ve had a meaningful impact on our lives. Some were well-known, others were not so well-known but they all will be missed. Here’s a list of notable deaths in 2020.