Year of tumult in politics: 2020 changed the U.S., creating a big fork in the road with challenges for Biden, Trump Susan Page, USA TODAY
Remember when impeachment was going to be the seismic political event of 2020?
Neither does anybody else.
President Donald Trump s impeachment trial, which seemed so important in January, was overwhelmed in short order by even more tumultuous developments: A deadly pandemic that hardened the nation s partisan divide and upended the economy. A racial reckoning that reverberated through American governance and culture. A president s baseless attacks on the election itself, raising doubts about the legitimacy of his successor among millions of voters.
THE time around Hogmanay is, for me, a period of reflection, sorrow and optimism. These next few days are a chance to think of those we lost this year, and those we found too. It’s a time to acknowledge the events of the past 12 months before coaxing our minds back to the present, letting go of whatever we’ve dragged with us through the dark of winter. This year has been a difficult one, but I firmly believe there’s plenty to be optimistic about. Here are five things to look forward to.
One: Donald Trump is leaving the White House – the reign of the Tango Tyrant is over.
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Remember when impeachment was going to be the seismic political event of 2020?
Neither does anybody else.
President Donald Trump s impeachment trial, which seemed so important in January, was overwhelmed in short order by even more tumultuous developments: A deadly pandemic that hardened the nation s partisan divide and upended the economy. A racial reckoning that reverberated through American governance and culture. A president s baseless attacks on the election itself, raising doubts about the legitimacy of his successor among millions of voters.
The past 12 months have left the United States a different place than it was when the year began. An unfathomable 330,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. The government is bigger after passage of the most expansive relief packages in the nation s history to address the costs of the virus, still not under control. In the wake of politics of the most brutal sort, some scholars and citizens worry that fun
A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump s executive order restricting the federal government and its contractors from offering diversity training that the president labeled divisive and un-American.
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman granted a preliminary nationwide injunction in the lawsuit filed by LGBT rights groups in November in the Northern District of California, saying the groups were likely to prevail on their First Amendment claims.
“Plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success in proving violations of their constitutional rights,” Freeman wrote in a 34-page order Tuesday. “Moreover, as the government itself acknowledges, the work Plaintiffs perform is extremely important to historically underserved communities.”
Georgia poll closures limit Black, Latino voting in Senate runoffs, advocates say
Travis Waldron
December 23, 2020, 1:50 PM
A coalition of voting rights groups on Wednesday denounced election officials in Hall County, Georgia, for opening fewer early voting sites, which the groups say is limiting turnout of Black and Latino voters during crucial January runoff elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
Officials in the county, which is located about an hour northeast of Atlanta, opened four polling locations when early voting in the runoffs began Dec. 14. That’s down from eight early voting locations for the November elections.