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Scott Atlas, the right-wing radiologist who used his position as Donald Trump’s adviser on the coronavirus pandemic to attack science-based public fitness measures, has resigned from his position, Fox News reported.
Atlas is a neuroradiologist and researcher at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, where he works on physical fitness care policies. He has no experience or delight in infectious diseases or epidemiology.
However, he decided through Trump to advise the president on the viral pandemic. Atlas has continually minimized the risk of the virus, which has killed more than 250,000 Americans, and has attacked public fitness measures such as masks, orders to stay at home, and social. He called on the citizens of Michigan to “stand up” against restrictions imposed through Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who had been the target of a kidnapping plot, which led to requests for his dismissal.
He also promoted the concept that the United States aims to discharge “collective immunity,” an alleged strategy that would most likely result in millions of deaths.
He has been reprimanded several times through experts in public health and infectious diseases, as well as Stanford University and the Stanford University Senate.
Trump crusade lawyer Joseph DiGenova, a former federal prosecutor, for the execution of fired electoral cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs in a butt about Newsmax on Monday, Bulwark reports.
Krebs, head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Infrastructure security and cybersecurity agency, where he worked to prevent interference in the election, Trump fired Krebs on November 18 after the reputable figure refuted Trump’s unfounded accusations of voter fraud.
DiGenova is one of the lawyers for Trump’s “elite strike force team” who has introduced incredibly fruitless and incompetent legal demands that oppose Joe Biden’s decisive victory.
“Anyone who thinks the election went well, like that Krebs fool who was at the forefront of [Trump’s] cybersecurity,” diGenova said in Howie Carr, according to Bulwark. “This guy is an idiot of A elegance, cut into four. He went out at dawn and turned, “
This is the first time a Trump associate has called for violence against a public official in recent weeks. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon called for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray on his video podcast some time after the election. which led to his permanent suspension of Twitter.
The Justice Department must dismiss as “no seed” the opposite case of disgraced national security ex-treasurer Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to the FBI’s lie and was pardoned through Donald Trump on November 25.
While Trump announced a pardon on Twitter, the Justice Department’s presentation includes a copy of the pardon’s official documents, indicating how radical the pardon is.
In addition to the rate for which Flynn pleaded guilty (“making false statements to federal investigators”), the pardon also extends to “all imaginable crimes arising” from Robert Mueller’s special investigation.
In the Justice Department record, federal prosecutors note that this general wording will cover “any long-term perjury or contempt rates in relation to Flynn’s affidavits and any other long-term imaginable fees that this court or the court-appointed amicus advised he can uphold. case of live offender despite government objections (e. g. a fee under the Foreign Agents Registration Act . . . ) »
Before the clemency, the Justice Department had resolved to verify that a judgment was passed on the opposition to Flynn, even though he had already pleaded guilty.
In recent days, Flynn has an enthusiastic supporter of the unfounded conspiracy theories that call into question the final results of the presidential election. On Twitter, he promoted the false conspiracy of 8chan’s former Internet administrator (and his successor site 8kun), the extremist bulletin board that has become the selection site for white nationalist mass shooters who publish their manifestos, and which houses the unfounded QAnon conspiracy theory.
Two indigenous South Dakota lawmakers have written to the state governor, Kristi Noem, asking for a state court order, as the state has regained its position as Covid’s first hot spot in the country, Inforum reports.
State Representative Peri Pourier and State Senator Red Dawn Foster pleaded with Noem for the period, writing:
As Aboriginal women, we write from the serious position of granddaughters, sisters, mothers, and life givers of our culture and other people. It has been ingrained in us that our decisions will have to take into account the care and protection of our communities and our other people above us. There is no desire to fight for statistics and politics right now. This is not a political game of roulette with our communities or our families. It is a public fitness factor that goes beyond political parties and touches the center of our humanity.
As Talli Nauman reported to the Guardian last week, South Dakota has been devastated by the coronavirus, while the state’s republican governor refuses to take action. Rural status is the most sensitive of cdc’s average instance rating of 100,000 in the past 7. as well as the rating of the mortality rate consistent with the inhabitant over the next 7 days.
Most of the pandemic is supported through the state’s tribal communities, according to knowledge compiled through the Covid Monitoring Project, which reports that Native Americans account for 14% of cases and deaths in the state, while representing 8% of the general population. .
In May, Noem threatened to sue the Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes after checkpoints to stop the spread of the virus.
Hello everyone, here is Julia Carrie Wong in Oakland, who selects the blog for the rest of the afternoon.
In the annals of “Why Your Vote Is Important,” the state of Iowa has just qualified the election of a Republican candidate to Congress by a narrow six-vote margin.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks leads Democratic candidate Rita Hart through 47 votes after the initial count, but her lead is reduced to just six after a recount. The final total from 196,964 to 196,958.
After Monday’s certification, Hart has two days to register a challenge, and chances are he will, AP reported.
I’m going to pass the blog on to my colleague Julia Carrie Wong, here’s what’s happened so far:
Add Wisconsin to the list of states that certify their electoral effects with a Joe Biden victory.
Earlier in the day, Arizona also rated its electoral effects for Biden. Donald Trump promised to combat those effects, arguing (without evidence) that he lost the presidential election only to fraud.
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley returned to his workplace in Washington after being quarantined because he tested positive for Covid-19.
According to a press in Grassley’s office, the senator said:
“Although I continue to paint from home when I was 40, I am satisfied to be back in the workplace with paintings for the inhabitants of Iowa. During my 40s, I heard from many Iowans and Americans across the country. I am grateful for your prayers and am more productive desires. This disease affects others differently. I didn’t feel any symptoms, yet more than a thousand Americans die every day and many more are hospitalized. This means that we will all have to do our component to help protect our friends, circle of family and fellow citizens. I’ll keep wearing a mask and practicing social est estating.
“Promising news about vaccines means there’s softness at the end of the tunnel. This makes it even more vital to remain alert in the coming months. Congress will have to fulfill its component and pass the long-awaited relief law to help families and businesses. “communities through this crisis. I hope that my colleagues will come to the same conclusion and that very soon a two-component invoice can be passed.
Grassley is one of the developing legislators who have tested positive for coronavirus and, in the case of the Iowa senator, became asymptomatic and allowed to return to work.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, the Senate’s top senior Republican, welcomed Grassley in his Senate address:
“First, as the Senate meets this afternoon, I am pleased to welcome our President Pro Tem.
“Senator Grassley quarantined himself and painted from home after his positive COVID checkup two weeks ago. We all predicted that if a member of this group had the stamina and ingenuity to put the virus on the sidewalk, it would be him, and of course our colleague reports that he showed no symptoms. Your doctors have allowed you to repaint and we are very happy to see you today.
“President Grassley had to temporarily suspend his epic series of consecutive votes for the sake of others. Of course, leadership and example creation are not new to Iowa’s top senator. I am sure that our colleague will answer precisely where he left off, repeating his record for best attendance and the harsh paintings for the Iowans he represents.
“We all get huge benefits from his leadership. “
Cases of coronavirus in California continued after a week of vacation travel, reaching unprecedented levels even before the worst of the pandemic.
The state reported an average of 14,657 cases consistent with the day over seven days, adding 14,034 reported cases in more than 24 hours, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said at Monday’s briefing. 9,881 instances consistent with the day.
Hospitalizations increased by 89%, and 59% of all hospital beds are used in the state fitness system, Newsom said.
Currently, 51 of California’s 58 counties have returned to live under severe maximum restrictions against coronaviruses. curfew, a restriction that is not part of the original blockade that took place in March.
California has reported more than 1. 21 million cases of coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic. In California’s case rate ranking, California ranks 39th in the country, with 34. 5 cases consistent with 100,000 inhabitants. More than 19,000 more people have died.
Along with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to fend off Donald Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger spoke Monday, according to CNN.
“There are those who exploit the feelings of many Trump supporters with claims, half-truths, incorrect information and, frankly, they are also deceiving the president, apparently,” he said.
He also stated that a post-election audit, as well as the ongoing recount, showed that the election was fair.
“Once this recount is completed, everyone in Georgia will have even more confidence in the effects of our election,” he said, adding that the recount is on track to be completed by Wednesday night’s deadline.
More about Arizona certifying election results. Here’s Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, tweeting about it.
And here’s Democratic lawyer Marc Elias doing a round:
Arizona rated its election effects on Monday, ending any doubt that Biden won the state in the 2020 presidential election.
Biden won the state through approximately 11,000 votes, a narrow margin even though in past election cycles, Arizona had a reliable trend towards Republicans Biden’s victory there is essential to pass him the 270 electoral votes needed to beat Trump and win the presidency.
Continuing the exchange between Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, and Donald Trump, whom I mentioned earlier, Kemp’s spokesman responded that Kemp had acted within the boundaries of his work.
According to the Washington Post:
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (right) on Monday rejected President Trump’s exhortations, suggesting that the president ask him to interfere in the November 3 election in a manner prohibited by state law.
Georgian law prohibits the governor from interfering in elections, “Kemp spokesman Cody Hall said in a statement. ” The secretary of state, who is an elected constitutional official, trains himself on elections that cannot be annulled by decree. “
Trump’s crusade on Monday made its fifth request to election officials in Georgia to verify the signatures of the counting process. The press release that issued the request read:
“Trump’s crusade lawyers have asked the Georgian secretary of state to respect his duty to maintain the legitimacy of his state election, stating, “It is not imaginable that you as you should certify the effects of the presidential race from November 3, 2020 to the election unless there is a thorough verification of signaturesArray that we have now asked for four times in writing prior to this request. You cannot enter the existing legal count in smart religion until you have instituted a signature matching audit,” Ray S said. Smith, III, Donald J. Trump’s legal suggestion for President, Inc. “
Donald Trump has lost followers on Twitter since wasting the presidential election with Joe Biden, while the Democratic president-elect has added them.
According to Factbase, committed to tracking Trump’s public statements, the president has lost 133,902 fans since November 17, while the president-elect has won 1,156,610.
It is still transparent whether American democracy has “survived” unscathed to the 2020 presidential election.
If Donald Trump’s playbook of undermining a valid election becomes a popular Republican practice: refusing to give in, making false accusations of fraud, stoking the flames of conspiracy, suing and refusing to certify any victory in the other respect, then American democracy may have already suffered a fatal injury.
But Trump did not borrow the 2020 election, despite his historic attempt to do so, in what analysts call the ultimate damaging frontal attack on American democracy since the civil war. Michigan, rated its effects in favor of Joe Biden last week. The presidential transition is still underway.
But while elections have revealed key spaces in which American democracy is failing, they have also highlighted structural features that make national elections in the United States difficult to steal, regardless of the determination of possible despot or the complicity of their colleagues.
Here is a varied list of those features:
Reuters reports:
Georgia’s electoral government has opened investigations into progressive teams seeking to recruit a new electorate before January’s dual elections coming out of the U. S. Senate, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday.
Raffensperger, a Republican, said his workplace reviewed registration efforts through America Votes, Vote Forward and Project New Georgia. He said some teams had encouraged other people living outdoors in Georgia to register to vote in the state.
“These third teams have a duty to inspire illegal voting. If they do so, they will be held accountable,” Raffensperger said.
Organization representatives did not respond to questions about the announcement.
The state is the scene of a pair of five January elections for Senate seats that will determine which party will occupy the space for the next two years and, with it, the ability to advance or block the legislative agenda of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. .
Raffensperger said he had also opened several investigations into allegations of wrongdoing in the US presidential elections.
Donald Trump has continually stated without evidence that his loss to Biden was the result of widespread fraud, state and federal election officials have said there is no evidence of that.
Much of Trump’s anger was exercised over fellow Republicans Raffensperger and Gov. Brian Kemp, after Biden gradually won his state.