| AOC’s Twitter explodes after posting single photo in response to Senator’s rejection of ‘crazy socialist agenda’ Posted: 12 Nov 2020 03:15 PM PST  'Defund the police? Defund, my butt,' Joe Manchin tweeted
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| Letters to the Editor: Joe Biden should read the L.A. Times before appointing Eric Garcetti to his Cabinet Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:00 AM PST  Eric Garcetti has been an ineffectual mayor of Los Angeles, readers say, making him a poor pick for Joe Biden's Cabinet.
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| Michigan police officer on leave, probe launched after violent arrest Posted: 11 Nov 2020 08:21 PM PST  Video shows several police officers appearing to strike the 25-year-old during a combative arrest.
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| It just got harder for immigrants: the U.S. naturalization test is about to change Posted: 13 Nov 2020 12:59 PM PST  U.S. legal permanent residents who apply for citizenship through naturalization on or after Dec. 1, 2020, will face a more challenging test — in which immigrants must prove they can read, write and speak basic English, and have essential knowledge of U.S. history and government.
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| The Wolverine Watchmen plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer also included a plan to burn down the state Capitol building, officials say Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:22 AM PST  According to the Michigan Attorney General's Office, the group had also considered storming the Capitol to "take hostages" and "execute tyrants."
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| Pro-Trump senator says Covid survivors should throw away their masks and ‘celebrate’ as he falsely claims they are immune Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:07 PM PST  US has recorded more than 100,000 Covid-19 cases every day for the last week
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| Passengers on First Cruise to Return to Caribbean Want Out After 7 People Get COVID Posted: 12 Nov 2020 03:01 PM PST  At least seven passengers aboard the first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean since the coronavirus pandemic began have tested positive, according to two passengers on the ship.Ben and David Hewitt-McDonald, who operate a YouTube channel and cruise blog about their sea travels, confirmed to The Daily Beast on Thursday that a ship-wide announcement went out saying five members of a family from the U.S. had been diagnosed with COVID-19 after being tested twice. A few hours later, they said a sixth person had tested positive and at least one person was taken to the hospital.On Friday morning, the ship's captain told passengers that the wife of a person who tested positive the night before had also been tested positive."The original passenger who tested positive had another two tests along with all family members," the British couple said. "We are anxious to get off to be honest, we would like to be somewhere with more fresh air and space, to stop any spread of the virus."The SeaDream Yacht Club's cruise ship received their first positive test result on Wednesday, prompting the captain to make an announcement for all guests to return to their rooms to quarantine. The vessel immediately headed back to Barbados from the Grenadines.> We've just received an announcement from the Captain that one person is feeling unwell and has tested positive for COVID. We have been asked to stay in our cabins and we are returning to Barbados. Hopefully it's a false positive but we are impressed with SeaDreams swift actions.. pic.twitter.com/wbOUlKsMsY> > — Cruise with Ben & David (@CruiseWithBD) November 11, 2020The news came just four days into the ship's seven-day trip. It departed from Barbados on Saturday before making several stops—including Saint Vincent, Canouan Island, Tobago Cays, and Union Island—before it was set to end on Saturday.Instead, all passengers are now stuck in their rooms as the crew and local authorities in Barbados figure out the best strategy to contain the virus."We are really upset because we really felt like the passengers, crew, and cruise line took COVID very seriously yet it still managed to get on board. SeaDream requires double the amount of the tests as the CDC will require going forward," said the couple, who have been aboard the ship for almost three weeks. "So we ask ourselves is testing the way forward if it can still get onboard such a small ship?"The trip was the first time SeaDream had resumed its West Indies route since the start of the pandemic, which has killed almost 240,000 Americans. It came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new cruise ship guidance to help an industry paralyzed by the pandemic to resume operations in a phased approach.In March, cruise ships were banned from sailing in U.S. waters after the CDC issued a no-sail order due to several outbreaks, including on the Diamond Princess and the Grand Princess, where 10 people died and more than 800 tested positive.The SeaDream had relaunched with extensive testing requirements. Every passenger had to test negative before boarding the ship—and again after boarding. The goal, SeaDream stated in September when announcing their upcoming 22 roundtrip sails from Barbados, was "to create a COVID-19 negative bubble, where guests can relax and enjoy the safety of the ship."But, in a Thursday statement issued when the first passenger tested positive, SeaDream Yacht Club stated the ship had paused its voyage "after a guests' tests for Covid-19 returned assumptive positive results.""The ship's medical staff has tested all crew members and all tests have come back negative. SeaDream is currently retesting all guests," the statement said.> Just as we posted the captain has updated us. We are still waiting for test results from Barbadian authorities, all remaining passengers will be tested at some point - when and how is not known yet, the company is actively working with the local authorities. Cruise Covid pic.twitter.com/KXF8hLT2iD> > — Cruise with Ben & David (@CruiseWithBD) November 12, 2020It's not the first time the SeaDream, which was one of the first cruise liners to resume service in Europe, has had a COVID-positive passenger. In August, the company said an asymptomatic passenger tested positive after disembarking from SeaDream I in Denmark.Despite the latest drama, three passengers who spoke to The Daily Beast on Thursday said the quarantine process had been surprisingly rigorous. Gene Sloan, a cruise writer for The Points Guy, stressed that the ship's crew had kept passengers informed of developments and had an "extensive" virus plan before the quarantine began.> Good morning from the port of @Barbados, where we have been docked since late yesterday evening. I am, unfortunately, on the side of the ship facing away from the dock, so I don't have a view of what's going on pierside. We have been told ... pic.twitter.com/6qrivrsVty> > — Gene Sloan (@CruiseLog) November 12, 2020"The first few days of the trip were pretty normal," Sloan said. "There were changes on the ship, like social distancing and discouraging passengers from mixing with one another, but overall everything was always sanitized and people were taking it seriously. The passengers on board were really excited to be back cruising."He said that everyone was tested multiple times during the trip, and the Hewitt-McDonalds said that there were three PCR rapid testing machines on board that could test nine people per hour. At each location stop, Sloan said passengers were instructed not to interact with locals and were shuttled to empty beaches and resorts.The Hewitt-McDonalds, who boarded the ship in Portsmouth and have been traveling with the ship on its various voyages, said that 40 new passengers, mostly from the U.S. and Canada, boarded on Saturday."We were very shocked with a positive test, after the rigorous pre-cruise actions we had to take we would have thought it almost impossible for COVID to get on the ship," the couple said."Before boarding, we were required to take a full COVID antigen test no longer than 72 hours before boarding. On boarding day in Portsmouth, U.K., the ship's doctor gave us another rapid PCR test. We also had our oxygen levels and temperature taken. There is hourly cleaning of the ship as well as daily temperature checks."Sloan did admit, however, that there was a controversy at the start of the voyage because the ship didn't require passengers to wear face masks on board. By Monday, after complaints from worried passengers, the policy was changed to include a mask-mandate."The ship assumed they could block COVID-19 at the door, you could say," Sloan added. "But people wanted to be extra careful."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Trump says he'll 'do the right thing' after all votes are counted, confidant says Posted: 13 Nov 2020 10:41 AM PST  U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was a "realist" who would follow the U.S. Constitution after all legitimate votes were counted, but was waiting to see how U.S. states proceeded in certifying their final election results, a top confidant said. Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera, in a post on Twitter and in an interview with the network, said Trump had called him earlier on Friday. Trump told him he would "do the right thing" when all the legitimate votes are counted, Rivera tweeted.
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| Sudan to host Russian military base Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:12 PM PST  The naval logistics center in Sudan will be Russia's first military base in Africa since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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| Rep. Denver Riggleman: ‘I haven’t made a whole lot of friends in the QAnon community’ Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:24 AM PST 
Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., joins Yahoo News Senior Political Correspondent Jon Ward to discuss President-elect Joe Biden, QAnon and why some of his fellow Republicans are afraid to publicly denounce baseless conspiracy theories. Riggleman, a former Air Force officer and NSA contractor, tells Yahoo News that there is "no way" he'll stay in the Republican Party if elected officials continue to turn a blind eye to theories he says are based on "anti-Semitic tropes" to appease their base.
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| Prosecutor reads racist messages by Ahmaud Arbery's killer Posted: 11 Nov 2020 10:06 PM PST  The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery had previously used racial slurs in a text message and on social media, a prosecutor said Thursday as a judge weighed whether to grant bond for the defendant and his father. Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, have been jailed since their arrests in May, more than two months after Arbery was slain. The McMichaels, who are white, chased and fatally shot the 25-year-old Black man after they spotted him running in their neighborhood just outside the port city of Brunswick.
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| Map: State-by-state breakdown of coronavirus travel restrictions Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:37 PM PST  U.S. states and territories are making new rules for travelers. Find which ones across the United States have implemented travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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| Disgruntled Mississippi lawmaker wants his state to secede. Fine with me. Bye! | Opinion Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:40 PM PST  Dear Price Wallace:
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| Rand Paul says coronavirus survivors should ‘throw away their masks’ while falsely claiming they’re immune Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:01 AM PST  There is no evidence to indicate coronavirus survivors are immune to the disease caused by the novel virus
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| China says removal of Hong Kong lawmakers was 'right medicine' Posted: 12 Nov 2020 08:02 PM PST  The ousting of four pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong's legislature was "the right medicine" for the city, China said, telling foreign governments the issue was none of their business.
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| Critics decry Supreme Court Justice Alito's 'nakedly partisan' speech on COVID-19 measures, gay marriage Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:14 AM PST  "Supreme Court Justices aren't supposed to be political hacks.," tweeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. "This right-wing speech is nakedly partisan."
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| Michigan judge says GOP election challengers skipped training session, didn't fully understand process Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:33 PM PST  A Michigan judge has shot down an attempt to delay the certification of 2020 election results in Detroit, Michigan, after determining that challengers lacked a "full understanding" of the process and their claims weren't credible.Judge Timothy Kenny on Friday rejected two poll challengers' bid to stop vote certification in Detroit, where President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Trump, saying it "would be an unprecedented exercise of judicial activism for this court" to do so, CNN reports. The judge found the allegations of misconduct brought by the Republican poll watchers and an election official to be "not credible," The Washington Post reports.Additionally, Kenny said that while the plaintiffs relied "on numerous affidavits from election challengers who paint a picture of sinister fraudulent activities occurring" at the TCF Center in Detroit, the challengers didn't attend a training session on Oct. 29, and as a result, they "did not have a full understanding of the TCF absent ballot tabulation process," per Bloomberg. The judge added that the "plaintiffs' interpretation of events is incorrect and not credible."Lawyers had previously argued that the witnesses, "armed with little knowledge of the vote-counting process, had been alarmed by normal procedures they did not understand," the Post reports."Perhaps if Plaintiffs' election challenger affiants had attended the Oct. 29, 2020 walk-through of the TCF Center ballot counting location, questions and concerns could have been answered in advance of Election Day," the judge said on Friday. "Regrettably, they did not." > A Michigan judge has denied the Trump campaign's motion to cease certification of the vote in Detroit, noting that if the election challengers had attended orientation, they would know that what they were witnessing was routine.https://t.co/iU0BB9Wqoa pic.twitter.com/Wgos3XPUoX> > -- Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) November 13, 2020More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes
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| El Paso nurses speak out against 'irresponsible and insensitive' lifting of the city's shutdown order Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:58 AM PST  "I'm just extremely exhausted — emotionally, physically," Idali Cooper, a registered nurse, said at a press conference. "It's very demoralizing."
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| Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who could become Biden's attorney general, said breaking up Google should be 'on the table' Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:57 AM PST  "In a serious monopolization action like this one, it's important that a breakup remedy be on the table," Sen. Amy Klobuchar said.
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| Convicted Killer Evaded Capture for 50 Years—Until He Got Sloppy in His New Life Posted: 13 Nov 2020 04:11 PM PST  Police in a small Detroit suburb stumbled onto the discovery of a lifetime recently when they charged a man for stealing hydrocodone pills from the local CVS pharmacy where he worked. After fingerprinting the man, a licensed traveling pharmacist by the name of Paul Dickson, authorities learned they had much more on their hands than a case of petty theft: Paul Dickson was in fact Leonard Rayne Moses, a convicted killer who'd been on the lam for nearly five decades."We've never forgotten about this case," Allegheny County Sheriff William Mullen said at a Friday news conference announcing Moses' capture, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.Moses was just 16 when he was convicted of murder for the 1968 killing of 72-year-old Mary Amplo. Moses and his friends used Molotov cocktails to set fire to Amplo's house amid rioting in Pittsburgh in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Amplo was left with third-degree burns on more than half of her body, and she died several months later of pneumonia, which doctors believed had resulted from her being confined to a bed."The arrest of Leonard Moses brings a measure of closure to the family of the victim, Mary Amplo," Mullen said, adding that the arrest "proves the axiom that you cannot outrun your past."Moses was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole in 1969. But just a few years into his sentence, he was granted a temporary release to attend his grandmother's funeral in Pittsburgh—and that's where he made his escape.Authorities spent years following up on tips about Moses' whereabouts and traveling around the country in the hopes of finding him. In addition to being placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, Moses' face was also featured on billboards erected as part of the search in Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.But it was the combination of new technology and the attentive eye of a loss prevention manager at the CVS store that sealed his fate.Known as Paul Dickson among co-workers at the CVS store in Saint Clair Shores, Michigan where he worked, Moses had allegedly been caught pocketing pills. Though Moses offered to repay the store for them, the unnamed loss prevention manager contacted police instead.And as soon as law enforcement entered Moses' fingerprints into the FBI's Next Generation Identification system, federal agents moved to finally arrest him on a federal unauthorized flight to avoid confinement warrant issued out of the Western District of Pennsylvania way back in 1971. The fugitive task force took him into custody in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Thursday.Michael Christman, special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh FBI, credited "new advances in technology" for Moses' arrest."I hope this arrest brings some closure to the family members of Mary Amplo, who was killed back in 1968," he said in a statement. "Mr. Moses will now have to face justice for her murder."Though few details about the arrest were disclosed, Christman told reporters, "The arresting officers yelled the name 'Moses' and they got a response."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Gen. Milley's wife saved vet who collapsed at Veterans Day ceremony in Arlington Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:22 AM PST  "It really was an honor to help a veteran on Veterans Day," Hollyanne Milley told NBC News.
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| Chicago mayor orders a stay-at-home order from Monday Posted: 12 Nov 2020 02:21 PM PST  The 2.7 million residents of Chicago are being told to not leave the house unless absolutely necessary, as Covid numbers nationwide continue to break records
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| Typhoon causes major flooding in Philippine capital Posted: 11 Nov 2020 06:52 PM PST  The third typhoon to hit the storm-battered Philippines in as many weeks caused major flooding in Manila on Thursday, trapping some people on rooftops and claiming at least one life in another part of the country.
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| Korean girl group's panda stunt prompts anger in China Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:29 AM PST  A publicity stunt involving South Korean girl group Blackpink and a cuddly baby panda has prompted outraged comments and calls for an apology from some in China. The endangered animals are native only to China, which claims ownership over all pandas loaned to foreign zoos, including those born abroad. The outrage over a video of group members cuddling the baby panda in Everland Zoo near Seoul may also reflect a growing awareness of animal welfare, with the China Wildlife Conservation Association among those raising their voices.
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| Trump withholds security brief from President-elect Biden Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:45 AM PST 
As he contests this year's election results, President Trump has not authorized President-elect Joe Biden to lay eyes on the ultrasecret daily brief of the nation's most sensitive intelligence.
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| Iran considering total lockdown in Tehran: Iranian media Posted: 13 Nov 2020 03:42 AM PST  Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that Iran, the Middle East country worst hit by Covid-19, had identified 11,737 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 738,322. Iranian media said discussions were underway among government and health officials to impose a two-week total lockdown in Tehran, which could be announced as early as Saturday.
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| Fauci said the US has 'no appetite' for lockdowns but mask wearing and distancing could be enough, the day after a Biden advisor called for a weeks-long lockdown Posted: 13 Nov 2020 04:37 AM PST  Dr. Anthony Fauci told "Good Morning America" that taking steps like mask wearing and social distancing means that a lockdown might not be needed.
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| Police, county attorney's office hide 738,000 records in Kentucky sex abuse case Posted: 12 Nov 2020 09:24 AM PST  Louisville police and the county attorney's office claimed sexual abuse records were turned over to the FBI. But an email indicates that's not true.
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| Airbus hopes its $6.5 billion German Eurofighter sale will shine for Switzerland, Finland Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:48 AM PST  The European defense giant inked a deal with the German Air Force this week after the country's parliament, the Bundestag, approved the budget earlier this month.
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| Mother of college student who died following pancake eating competition drops lawsuit Posted: 13 Nov 2020 10:49 AM PST  Caitlin Nelson's family blamed Sacred Heart university for allowing 2017 event
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| Bernie Sanders takes aim at 'corporate Democrats' blaming progressives for House losses Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:57 AM PST  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is joining the fight against Democrats blaming their left wing for a less-than-perfect election day.While Sanders is "very proud of the hard work that the progressive community put into electing Joe Biden," the results coming out of the House and Senate were "disappointing," he detailed in an op-ed published Thursday in USA Today. But "corporate Democrats" blaming "so-called far-left policies like Medicare-for-all and the Green New Deal for election defeats" are "dead wrong," Sanders continues.As Sanders notes, every one of the 112 co-sponsors of Medicare-for-all won their elections, and only one of the 98 co-sponsors of the Green New Deal lost their election. In contrast, the vast majority those who lost their seats did not support those progressive policies. "It turns out that supporting universal health care during a pandemic and enacting major investments in renewable energy as we face the existential threat to our planet from climate change is not just good public policy," Sanders remarked. "It also is good politics." Other progressive policies likewise won big in individual states, namely Florida's vote to increase the minimum wage and measures to legalize marijuana across several states.Sanders' rebuttal comes after House Democrats were projected to lose at least six seats from the House and so far failed to flip the Senate fully in their favor. Some moderate Democrats who narrowly retained their seats blamed "socialism" for the losses; Progressives in turn said the Democratic party needs to organize better to regain a stronger majority.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes
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| Armenians flee homes as Azerbaijan takeover looms Posted: 13 Nov 2020 06:22 AM PST  Villagers in the mountainous hamlet of Nor Getashen in disputed territory in Azerbaijan pile sofas, washing machines and suitcases outside their homes as they prepare to flee.
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| Trump plans “vote-count rallies” to “wreck” Fox News in bid to launch competing network: report Posted: 12 Nov 2020 08:32 PM PST  Trump reportedly considers launching a "cheaper" streaming-only MAGA platform over an "expensive" cable channel
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| New Jersey governor pleads with Covid-fatigued residents to choose inconvenience over death Posted: 12 Nov 2020 01:46 PM PST  "You know what's really uncomfortable and annoying? When you die," a blunt Gov. Phil Murphy said.
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| One of Biden's top coronavirus advisors calls for focused restrictions based on disease spread instead of a nationwide lockdown Posted: 13 Nov 2020 10:20 AM PST  "So we've got to follow science, but we've got to also be more precise than we were in the spring," Dr. Vivek Murthy said on Friday.
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| Iron Dome batteries activated to fill cruise missile defense gap Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:36 AM PST  The units that will operate the Army's interim cruise missile defense capability — Israel's Iron Dome system — are activated.
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| Melissa McCarthy Apologizes for Backing Anti-Abortion Group in Charity Drive: ‘We Blew It’ Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:41 AM PST  Melissa McCarthy and HBO Max have announced that they're pulling their support for the evangelical nonprofit Exodus Cry as part of their "20 Days of Kindness" fundraising campaign."There's no other way to say it: We blew it," McCarthy said in a video posted to Instagram Thursday night. "We made a mistake and we backed a charity that upon further vetting stands for everything that we do not.""I want to thank everyone on social media who said, 'What are you doing? Are you sure you want to back this?'" McCarthy continued. "Because the answer is, 'No, we do not.'"> View this post on Instagram> > A post shared by Melissa McCarthy (@melissamccarthy)HBO Max launched "20 Days of Kindness" on Tuesday, tying it to World Kindness Day on Friday and the upcoming Thanksgiving release of McCarthy's new movie Superintelligence. But Exodus Cry stuck out from the other charities. The Daily Beast's Tarpley Hitt exclusively reported on Thursday that Exodus Cry frames itself as an anti-sex-trafficking group but in reality works to abolish sex work entirely. Its founder, Benjamin Nolot, has called abortion a "holocaust" and homosexuality "an unspeakable offense to God," Hitt noted. The group has spent years lobbying to criminalize the purchase of sex and recently launched a campaign to shutter Pornhub.Why Are HBO and Melissa McCarthy Raising Money for an Anti-Abortion Group?In its own statement, HBO Max said they'd axed Exodus Cry from the fundraiser's roster: "We were made aware of the issues surrounding Exodus Cry and have removed them from the list of partners associated with the 20 Days of Kindness campaign," a rep for the streamer told Entertainment Tonight. Exodus Cry, meanwhile, now has an extensive "Myths vs. Truths" page on its website. It includes a statement from Nolot, who claims that his outlook on queer people has evolved. "In the past I did not adequately recognize the impact of anti-marriage legislation on sexual minorities and I deeply regret the pain and offense that has caused," he wrote, in part. "I love, respect and advocate for the right of all people to be free from all forms of oppression... I want to make clear that I fully embrace the LGBTQ community as a group that deserves all of the rights that protect their dignity, safety and equality."As she concluded her video, McCarthy said she hopes that "20 Days of Kindness"' previous affiliation with Exodus Cry will not affect the other charities involved in the campaign."We are so incredibly grateful for you ringing the bell and helping us be better," McCarthy said. "We're sorry for our mistake. Oh boy, are we sorry for it—can't believe that we missed it. And that's it... Let the kindness continue, and thank you. Thanks for your help. We really needed it."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Beijing furious over Pompeo's Taiwan comments, warns of action Posted: 13 Nov 2020 04:29 AM PST  China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Taiwan "has not been a part of China."
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| U.S. urges Japan and South Korea to speak out on China Posted: 13 Nov 2020 07:58 AM PST |
| The Late Show succinctly captures the GOP's confused messaging on Georgia's special Senate elections Posted: 12 Nov 2020 05:26 AM PST  A major reasons congressional Republicans give for backing President Trump's quixotic legal campaign to reverse the 2020 election is that they need his supporters to turn out for the two special Senate elections on Jan. 5, with control of the Senate at stake. "We need his voters," said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.). "Right now, he's trying to get through the final stages of his election and determine the outcome there. But when that's all said and done, however it comes out, we want him helping in Georgia." But Trump's rationale for contesting the election is that massive — and, so far, illusory — voter fraud stole the election from him.The two GOP senators hoping for Trump's active support, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, have embraced Trump's evidence-free fraud claims, earning a stern front-page rebuke from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But how do you persuade Trump's base that they need to vote to keep President-elect Joe Biden from enacting his policies, and that Biden only won because the elections are rigged, and that their votes will definitely count this time around? The Late Show wrapped that incoherent argument into a short ad Wednesday.The unspecified "campaign-speak attack message" from Perdue and Loeffler on Georgia's election should be "unacceptable to fair-minded Georgians," the Journal-Constitution said. "Specific, actionable allegations based even somewhat loosely in facts can be assessed and investigated. Which is appropriate. Hyperbole and sly accusations cannot. Reckless barely begins to touch on what Perdue and Loeffler have done. Without presenting reasons, they have assaulted Georgia's election system. That is dangerous behavior in this tense moment, both for this state and for the nation that is watching this risky sideshow." More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes
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| Another man charged in 'Sweetie Pie's' murder-for-hire case Posted: 12 Nov 2020 07:51 PM PST  James Timothy Norman, who has already been charged, is the uncle of the person killed and both appeared on the show "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's."
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| Major floods in Manila as typhoon batters Philippines Posted: 12 Nov 2020 06:30 AM PST  The third typhoon to hit the storm-battered Philippines in as many weeks caused major flooding in Manila on Thursday, trapping people on rooftops and claiming at least 11 lives in other parts of the country.
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| Mississippi lawmaker floats break up of union over Biden win Posted: 11 Nov 2020 09:51 PM PST  GOP politician suggested forming 'own country' after president-elect's victory
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