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Lift up this family, too.
Orange County baseball coach John Altobelli, his daughter Alyssa and wife Keri died in helicopter crash along with Kobe Bryant.
More:
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New statement on election security from DHS: “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. ... There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.”
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George Floyd didn’t die in Antifa custody. He died in police custody. Trump has said nothing about reforming aggressive policing tactics.
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Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA): “President Trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in Pennsylvania. ... I congratulate President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their victory.”
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NEWS: Richard Barnett, who was seen sitting at a desk in Speaker Pelosi’s office, has been arrested in Arkansas and charged with entering and remaining on restricting grounds, violent entry, and theft of public property -- NBC's Pete Williams reports.
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After tomorrow, former President Obama will have euologized John Lewis, Elijah Cummings and John McCain at funeral services the current President of the United States either stayed away from or was not invited to.
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Wow. Included in Twitter’s statement, explaining why it banned Trump: “Plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021.”
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Biden about Trump: “I don’t know why he still wants the job. He doesn’t want to do the work.”
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I’m still struck by this: The Bidens, Obamas, Clintons and Bushes will appear together on the West Front of the Capitol. (The Carters aren’t able to travel.) Trump’s absence renders him erased from an iconic and historic tableau ... and seems to fit the moment. Turning the page.
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INBOX: Pelosi announces additional committee assignments for 117th Congress
Oversight and Reform Committee:
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
Congresswoman Katie Porter of California
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan
Congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri
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US Postal Service on-time delivery times for First-Class Mail have dropped again — now nearly as bad as the worst period this summer. If you are voting absentee and haven’t returned your ballot, experts say drop it off in person. Do not rely on
#USPS
delivery at this point.
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As Pence claims credit, Pfizer says it did NOT join in the administration's partnership.
Pfizer head of vaccine development Dr. Kathrin Jansen told the NY Times: “We were never part of the Warp Speed ... We have never taken any money from the U.S. government, or from anyone.”
HUGE NEWS: Thanks to the public-private partnership forged by President
@realDonaldTrump
,
@pfizer
announced its Coronavirus Vaccine trial is EFFECTIVE, preventing infection in 90% of its volunteers.
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Trump, in Nashville, says African Americans have blindly voted for Democrats “for over a hundred years.” If only black folks had the right to vote for that long ...
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Applause for Judge Jackson’s parents as they arrive on the South Lawn
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NEWS: The Government Accountability Office has agreed to “conduct an investigation of the Trump Administration’s political interference at the CDC and the FDA, and to determine whether this interference has violated the agencies’ scientific integrity and communication policies.”
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NEWS: The Fairfax County School Board has voted to rename Robert E. Lee High School after the late Rep. John Lewis. The new name will be effective for the 2020-21 school year.
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Kanye West’s comments today about African Americans and welfare were as objectively false as they were dangerous in perpetuating stereotypes that position low-income blacks as the face of America’s welfare system.
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NEW: Brayden Harrington says DNC appearance boosted his confidence, wants to help others who stutter
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Today is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s birthday. She turns 80.
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Biden pool report: “Biden walked into St. Joseph’s on the Brandywine Church at 10:35am”
Trump pool report: “At 9:54 motorcade has arrived Trump Golf Course in Sterling, Va.”
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Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain outlines initial executive actions in new staff memo.
On Inauguration Day:
-extend pause on fed student loan payments/interest
-rejoin the Paris Agreement
-reverse the Muslim Ban
-issue "mask mandate"
-extend eviction/foreclosure restrictions
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The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday indefinitely suspended the law licenses of two St. Louis attorneys who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020
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I just asked
@SenSanders
for his reaction to
@HillaryClinton
saying “no one likes” him. He said, “On a good day, my wife likes me, so let’s clear the air on that one.” He then pivoted to talking about impeachment. More tonight on
@NBCNightlyNews
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Biden campaign says, if elected, Biden would call Dr. Fauci within “minutes” and ask him “to extend his unprecedented record of service...Dr. Fauci will have full access to the Oval Office and an uncensored platform to speak directly to the American people...good news or bad.”
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Thinking of Darnella Frazier, who was just 17 years old when she filmed that video of George Floyd's murder
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It appears the three TV networks have broken away from this coronavirus task force briefing to air the evening news broadcasts in full.
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Dolly Parton says Trump tried to give her the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, twice but she had to turn them down.
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Exiting the White House, Obama left a note for Trump which read, in part: "We are just temporary occupants of this office. It's up to us to leave the instruments of this democracy at least as strong as we found them." - via
@60Minutes
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NBC News: In the Georgia Senate race, roughly 112,838 voters who did not vote in the 2020 general election voted early or absentee in the Georgia runoff election so far (as of 1/1). Of that total, 30% are between the ages of 18 to 29 and 40% are Black.
#GASen
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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) have each been fined $5,000 for bypassing metal detectors as they entered the House floor, a senior Democratic aide confirms to NBC News.
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Sen. Booker praising, lifting up, and encouraging Judge Jackson as she wipes away tears: "You have earned this spot. You are worthy. You are a great American."
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.
@RepKatiePorter
: Do you know the rate of priority mail?
DeJoy: No.
Porter: Do you know how many people voted by mail in the last election?
DeJoy: No, I would be guessing. And I don't want to guess.
Porter: I'm concerned about your understanding of this agency.
#USPSHearing
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Things President Trump is against:
- changing Confederate names of U.S. Army bases
- removing Confederate statues and monuments
- athletes silently protesting police brutality and racial injustice
- putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill
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THREAD: Postal Service policy changes are taking a toll on military veterans, whose mail-order medications are delayed. Here's a snapshot of what I've heard:
Florida: Vietnam combat vet ordered COPD prescription 10 days ago and was told it'll "probably" arrive around September 9
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I asked Trump what it says about his judgment that Bannon, Stone, Flynn, Gates, Manafort and Cohen have all been indicted. What's it say about the culture of lawlessness in his campaign?
Trump: "Well, I have no idea." He then pivoted to attacking the Obama administration.
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Spare a thought for the Secret Service personnel, forced to unnecessarily risk their lives for this spectacle
President Trump, wearing a mask, rides by his supporters outside Walter Reed while in the back of a Suburban.
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The White House on lockdown: A federal law enforcement source tells NBC that beginning tomorrow, crews will build a “non-scalable” fence to secure the WH complex, Ellipse and Lafayette Square.
250 National Guardsmen have been put on standby, reporting to Metro Police officials.
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Sen. Josh Hawley becomes public enemy No. 1 on Capitol Hill
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis on Trump call: "... Anyone who commits a felony violation of Georgia law in my jurisdiction will be held accountable. Once the investigation is complete, this matter, like all matters, will be handled by our office based on the facts and the law."
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Biden, asked by a pool reporter why he chose to name his national security picks first, replies: “Because it's national security.”
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Ms. Viola Fletcher — the oldest survivor of the Tulsa race massacre (in the green jacket) — tells Congress she turned 107 two weeks ago and this is her first trip to Washington: “I’m here seeking justice, and I’m asking my country to acknowledge what happened on May 31, 1921.”
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What may not be clear from watching this Trump presser on TV: When it’s clear Trump wants to move on to another reporter’s question, the White House cuts the reporter mic off entirely, which means you can’t hear the follow-up. *This isn’t the way it’s supposed to work.
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Mr. Hughes Vann Ellis, age 100, and Ms. Viola Fletcher, age 107. The siblings are two of the last living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. They testified before Congress today at a hearing focused on legal remedies to compensate survivors and their descendants.
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Vice President Harris swears in Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary. "History is being made yet again," Harris said after Haaland took the oath. (WH photo / Peter Velz)
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In the latest round of presidential "key appointments," President Biden names famed chef and humanitarian José Andrés as co-chair of the the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition.
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I asked Pres.-elect Biden if he supports the $2K direct payments to Americans. He said “yes” as he walked off stage.
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NEWS: I got a tip that someone in town for Robert Trump's White House funeral punched a server tonight at D.C.'s Fig & Olive restaurant. I called and an employee there confirmed it: "Somebody blindsided one of my servers. Clocked him right in the nose."
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THREAD -- A timeline of Trump's coronavirus statements:
Jan. 22: "It's going to be just fine. We have it totally under control."
Jan. 24: "It will all work out well."
Jan. 30: "We think we have it very well under control."
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NEW: Pelosi tells reporters that she is comfortable with Bernie Sanders as a potential nominee and doesn't think he would jeopardize the House majority.
"I think whoever our nominee is, we will enthusiastically embrace and we will win the White House, the Senate and the House."
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Schumer to Senate Dems on a conference call today, per source: “Let me be clear: if Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans move forward with this, then nothing is off the table for next year. Nothing is off the table.”
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Pres. Biden: "For four years, all that's been in the news is Trump. The next four years, I want to make sure all the news is the American people. I'm tired of talking about Trump."
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Punchbowl News: Joe Biden has quietly invited members of the congressional leadership from both parties to attend church with him on Wednesday morning. The service will take place at St. Matthew’s in downtown D.C. Attendees include Pelosi, McCarthy, McConnell and Schumer.
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BREAKING: USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says in a statement of his delay-causing policy changes: "To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded."
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The FBI has charged Riley June Williams in connection to the Capitol riot, saying she told an ex "romantic partner" she intended to ship a computer device from Pelosi's office "to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell [it] to SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service."
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President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden are celebrating their 44th wedding anniversary today.
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NEW: Joe Biden is expected to announce his decision to create a task force that would work to unite the 545 children — separated at the border from their parents under Trump — through executive order on day one of his presidency, a campaign source tells
@MariannaNBCNews
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Hillary Clinton, asked by
@maddow
about the disconnect between Biden’s record and his approval ratings, says Biden has a tougher time breaking through the info ecosystem because Biden is “not a performer in a political theater sense” but “a producer in a political results sense”
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Trump just wondered aloud from the podium about the potential benefits of injecting disinfectant into the body to kill coronavirus.
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DOJ: Two off-duty Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers — Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson —were charged yesterday in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol.
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This aerial shot of Rep. Lewis’ flag-draped coffin lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda is simply breathtaking.
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Statement from NY Bar Association, as it moves to remove Rudy Giuliani from its membership
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Biden: "The words of a president matter. Even a lousy president."
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INBOX: “Capitol Police officers have delivered an overwhelming vote of No Confidence in the senior leadership of the U.S. Capitol Police.”
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The reputation laundering happening today is quite something.
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Dr. Birx has repeatedly said that it's safe to play golf with certain precautions this weekend. Wonder why.
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"Everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist. Everything we do after will seem inadequate." - Michael Leavitt, former HHS Secretary under President George W. Bush
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Fetterman has 9 point lead over Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race, per Suffolk University/USA TODAY poll
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NEW: Most Americans want to end lifetime Supreme Court appointments for justices
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's parents are seated in the front row.
Her father was the attorney for the Miami-Dade School Board. Her mother was the principal of New World School of the Arts, a magnet public high school.
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We are losing an entire generation of civil rights leaders: Vernon Jordan, John Lewis, Rev. C.T. Vivian, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Emma Sanders, Charles Evers, Elijah Cummings, Amelia Boynton Robinson and so many more. May they all rest in power.
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On
@MSNBC
, Sen.
@ChrisCoons
says he thinks Clayton County, Georgia — which was represented by the late Rep. John Lewis — *could be the county that puts Biden over the top in that state when the vote comes in.
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Biden is delivering a top-to-bottom takedown of Trump’s attempt to subvert the election
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My shouted question to Trump, which he didn’t answer: “Mr. President, who do you owe money to? Don’t the American people deserve to know?”
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Frustration is building within the White House at President Trump’s refusal to concede defeat. A senior White House officials tells
@PeterAlexander
, “This is unsustainable,” referring to Trump’s unwillingness to accept the election’s result.
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NEW: Jordan sides with James over Trump tweet. NBA legend Michael Jordan tells NBC News through a spokesperson: "I support LJ. He’s doing an amazing job for his community.”
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Last January, Trump told CNBC about coronavirus: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.”
A year later, Biden will attend the first national COVID memorial for 400,000 victims ... on Trump's final full day in office.
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Sen. Dick Durbin now knocking down Trump's denial: "It's not true. He said those hateful things, and he said them repeatedly."
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.
@JoyAnnReid
on
@MSNBC
: "I was struck by the misuse of the White House. They surrounded themselves with the trappings of the power that, in theory, they were given by the American people. They are not monarchs. This is not their property. This is not an episode of 'Cribs.'"
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INBOX: Speaker Pelosi and Rep. Jamie Raskin to introduce the Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office Act. It will create the process called for in the 25th Amendment to enable Congress to help ensure uninterrupted exec branch leadership.
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WaPo: The U.S. Postal Service is experiencing backlogs of mail after a top Trump donor running the agency put in place new procedures, alarming postal workers who warn that the policies could undermine their ability to deliver ballots on time.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose to the Judiciary Committee her participation in a 2006 two-page ad in the South Bend Times calling for Roe v. Wade to be overturned and ending the “barbaric legacy” of the law,
@HeidiNBC
reports.
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Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives one year ago today. The articles of impeachment charged him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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NEW: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett did not include on her Senate Judiciary disclosure forms a notable case in which she was one of two lead attorneys defending a Pittsburgh steel magnate accused of helping drive a major Pennsylvania Hospital System into bankruptcy:
NEW to
@NBCNews
Barrett disclosure did not include work for troubled hospital group
Dems say it underscores a rushed process, as it involves among largest nonprofit bankruptcies in U.S. history.
Barrett didn't consider her role "significant."
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As Biden concluded his remarks, Peter Doocy of Fox shouted out to the president-elect to ask: “When did you find out your son was being investigated?”
Biden turned back and with a dose of sarcasm replied: “Thanks for the congratulations. I appreciate it.” - via
@mikememoli
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I just pumped hand sanitizer into my iced coffee at Peet’s, thinking it was simple syrup. How’s *your morning going???
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1851: Interior Sec. Alexander H. H. Stuart says "the only alternatives left are to civilize or exterminate" Native Americans
2021: Deb Haaland confirmed to lead Interior, becoming first Native American Cabinet Secretary in U.S. history.
It took 170 years to bend that arc.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will vote today on a motion to proceed to the budget reconciliation resolution for Biden’s COVID relief package. “We are not going to dilute, to dither, to delay,” he says.
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About this photo: Biden’s grandchildren, watching as his victory was announced on television, rushed to share the news: "Pop, Pop! We won!” they told the president-elect, a source with knowledge shared with
@mikememoli
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CNBC: Biden's 100-day stock market performance is better than any of his predecessors going back to at least Dwight Eisenhower
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NEWS: A postal employee provides NBC News with exclusive images of dismantled mail sorting machines in a Dallas facility. Workers attempted to repair and reinstall them but found critical parts were trashed.
These bar code sorters process letter mail, including ballots.
#USPS
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President Trump: Coronavirus “might not come back at all.”
Dr. Fauci: “There will be coronavirus in the fall.”
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NEW: Federal judge rules acting DHS head Chad Wolf unlawfully appointed, invalidates DACA suspension
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Sen. Tim Scott on Trump telling the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" at last night's debate: "I think he misspoke. I think he should correct it. If he doesn't correct it, I guess he didn't misspeak."
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Chilling words from
@FrankFigliuzzi1
on
@Morning_Joe
: “I can’t believe we’re talking about counter snipers at the inauguration, who have to keep their eyes on cops as well as the protesters.”
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If Sean Conley reminds you of Ronny Jackson, there’s good reason. As
@albamonica
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Context about the Trump call: Raffensperger received the call from the White House on Saturday at 2:41 PM, after the White House switchboard had made 18 previous attempts to have Trump speak with him in the two months since the general election, a source tells
@JulesJester
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NEWS: Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, through her lawyer, is calling for authorities to investigate whether her movements in Ukraine were indeed being monitored as Robert Hyde suggested in the text messages released tonight. - via
@JoshNBCNews
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