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In It to Win It's JournalTrump administration pushes to sell Alaska oil leases pre-Biden inauguration
The White House will be sending out a call for nominations in coming days, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Anchorage, Alaska. The call is a request to energy companies on what specific land areas should be offered for sale.
That would start the clock on a 60-day period before sales could take place in ANWR, where drilling had been banned for decades before a Republican-led tax legislation signed in 2017 removed that ban. Biden opposes drilling in ANWR, while lawmakers in Alaska have long pushed to open up the ecologically sensitive area for oil and gas exploration.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-alaska-trump-oil/trump-administration-pushes-to-sell-alaska-oil-leases-pre-biden-inauguration-idUSKBN27T2U5
North Dakota governor changes tack and issues mask mandate
Gov. Doug Burgum's executive order Friday night came as a surprise and only hours before the state recorded new daily records for hospitalizations and infections. Throughout the pandemic, the former software executive had been leaving it to individuals to take personal responsibility for slowing the spread of the virus, beseeching the public during his weekly press briefings to wear masks but emphasizing a “light touch” by government.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/north-dakota-governor-changes-tack-175822672.html
As Covid cases soar, GOP state lawmakers keep fighting to limit governors' power to respond
Experts say the limits conservative state lawmakers want on governors’ emergency powers would hamper the anti-Covid fight. In Wisconsin, they already have.In public health emergencies, governors have broad powers to impose quarantines and other actions to stop the spread of disease. As emergency orders have stretched on for months, state lawmakers around the country have objected to what they say is governors’ unprecedented use of power for such an extended period of time.
The efforts to limit their power have targeted governors across party lines, but those that have had the most success have been in states with Democratic governors and Republican-controlled legislatures. In Michigan and Wisconsin — two states with Democratic governors, GOP legislatures and largely conservative courts — several challenges have succeeded, limiting state executive authority as cases in those and neighboring states rise.
Similar court battles between Democratic governors and GOP elected officials in Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota, and North Carolina have all been decided in the governor’s favor. A challenge to the Louisiana governor’s emergency order is headed to the state supreme court, but an appellate court this week ruled in support of his use of power.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/covid-cases-soar-gop-state-lawmakers-keep-fighting-limit-governors-n1247801
Trump's security clearance should be revoked immediately!
All of them! Ivanka too!
A Republican House candidate prematurely claimed victory in a race to unseat Democratic congresswoma
Jim Oberweis, the Republican challenger for a House seat in Illinois prematurely declared himself the winner against the Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood last week.
Underwood was declared the winner of the race on Thursday.
Despite this, Oberweis attended a House new member orientation on Friday.
The Republican challenger to Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood prematurely claimed victory in the race for her House seat and attended the first day of new member orientation, even after Underwood was declared the winner.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-house-candidate-prematurely-claimed-011818427.html
Letters to the Editor: Hillary Clinton showed Donald Trump how to concede like a real patriot
I don’t expect anything approaching grace, patriotism or class from President Trump. But what is wrong with other Republicans? They’ve been waving the flag and citing “God and country” all these years, and for what?
When the time has come for them to show what they are made of, it appears that loyalty to the Constitution and respect for the will of the people are, shamefully, not part of who they are.
And they wonder why people kneel during the national anthem and protest in the streets. Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-11-11/hillary-clinton-showed-donald-trump-how-to-concede
Georgia senators hold 1st runoff rally in a packed, windowless room as coronavirus cases spike
https://twitter.com/KyungLahCNN/status/1326548408048345089https://twitter.com/KyungLahCNN/status/1326549352907591681
https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-senators-hold-1st-runoff-175539262.html
I've never seen so much excitement over senate races
I'm from South Florida, born and raised. However, my mother and her family is from Richmond County and rural Burke County, Georgia. My father's family is from Savannah, Georgia.
With the election of Barack Obama in 2008, politics sort of slid into pop culture. Its seems to me that trend really took off in 2016 with Donald Trump, and not for the better. With Trump, politics went everywhere. It was difficult to escape. It was talked about even more than usual on morning pop culture radio shows, daytime talk shows, sports, in sitcoms, etc.
I'm more thrilled than ever that more people are paying attention to politics, paying attention to the people that represent them, and are getting more active... even though 72 million have looked at that dumpster fire of a White House and Donald Trump and said "I want that guy."
I have spoken to my family and they are more fired up than ever about these Georgia races, which shocks me beyond belief. I've spoken with them about politics and I know they don't really pay attention that much. They are reliable Democratic voters but outside of election times, they tune out. At least that was true up to this election cycle. They are excited and ready to cast their vote for Reverend Warnock. One of my little cousins in Atlanta has friends that attend Reverend Warnock's church and have encouraged my cousin to get out and vote for Reverend Warnock. I've had to educate them a little about Jon Ossoff.
My family's focus is usually on the presidency so their excitement over senate races amazes me. Ultimately, I take their unusual engagement and enthusiasm over senate races as a good sign that Democrats are fired up and ready to bring these senate seats home.
It's all about Georgia
This "coup" that's being enabled by Republican members of congress... it's about Georgia. It's about control of the Senate, which they are trying to cling onto by a pinky toe.
It's about keeping the Trump supporting base riled up and feeling cheated so they can motivate these people to come out for the runoffs.
These people know Joe Biden won and are probably happy that they won't be dealing with Trump's impulsiveness. They don't have to pretend they didn't see Trump's crazy tweets. They don't have to act like Trump didn't mean what he said.
Senate Republicans and Republican House members know full well that Joe Biden has won this election but they need to keep their base on edge and feeling cheated until January 5th.
Martha McSally refuses to concede Arizona Senate race even as math shows she can't win
The Associated Press projected that Senator-elect Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut and the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., would win the election nearly a week ago. Kelly has already named his transition team, and he's been assigned temporary office space.
McSally, who also lost her 2018 Senate bid before being appointed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to fill the late Sen. John McCain's seat, refuses to concede the race. With no more than 59,993 ballots left to count, McSally trailed Kelly by 81,322 votes as of Tuesday morning, according to Arizona Mirror reporter Jeremy Duda.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/martha-mcsally-refuses-concede-arizona-214413176.html
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