Updates: US presidential election & covid-19 restrictions today: Trump vs Biden results, marches, stimulus
US presidential election & covid-19 restrictions today: Trump vs Biden results, marches, stimulus | Updates
US election and covid-19 live: 15 November 2020
News summary:
Electoral college votes (270 needed to win) - After seemingly coming the closest yet to accepting election defeat in a tweet saying Joe Biden “won”, Donald Trump later insists: “I concede NOTHING!”
- Several thousand protesters (and counter-protesters Let Him Go full movie online streaming) gathered in Washington DC to support Trump in his refusal to accept election result under #MarchforTrump
- In first public appearance since losing election Friday, Let Him Go full movie Trump spoke at the Rose Garden on Operation Warp Speed, and almost acknowledged a future Biden administration
- Major networks NYT, CNN and Reuters call Biden to win Georgia Let Him Go online free . AP to wait to call Georgia until after the recount
- US coronavirus cases edge towards 11 million, averaging this week around 150,000 a day and accounting for one fifth of all worldwide cases. Nearly 250,000 Americans have lost their lives to the virus
- Amid repeated baseless GOP assertions that the election has been rigged by widespread voter fraud, top gov’t officials confirm 2020 election “the most secure” in history Watch Let Him Go Online Full Movie Download
- The Trump campaign continue to have lawsuits over election fraud thrown out Watch Let Him Go 2020 Online Full Movie
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US Election 2020 map by state: Biden vs Trump results | Biden president-elect
Electoral college votes (270 needed to win)
Joe Biden: 306
Donald Trump: 232
US covid-19 cases: 11 million
US covid-19 deaths: 246,108 (Source: JHU)
- After seemingly coming the closest yet to accepting election defeat in a tweet saying Joe Biden “won”, Donald Trump later insists: “I concede NOTHING!”
- Several thousand protesters (and counter-protesters) gathered in Washington DC to support Trump in his refusal to accept election result under #MarchforTrump
- In first public appearance since losing election Friday, Trump spoke at the Rose Garden on Operation Warp Speed, and almost acknowledged a future Biden administration
- Major networks NYT, CNN and Reuters call Biden to win Georgia. AP to wait to call Georgia until after the recount
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- US coronavirus cases edge towards 11 million, averaging this week around 150,000 a day and accounting for one fifth of all worldwide cases. Nearly 250,000 Americans have lost their lives to the virus
- Amid repeated baseless GOP assertions that the election has been rigged by widespread voter fraud, top gov’t officials confirm 2020 election “the most secure” in history
- The Trump campaign continue to have lawsuits over election fraud thrown out
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President Trumps legal assault is faltering
President Trump has made numerous accusations of electoral fraud and challenges to the election results across the US. This is in an effort to slow the certification and the inevitable, Joe Biden won the election. Of the countless lawsuits that have been filed only one has had any traction, a case from Pennsylvania where a court ruled that the Secretary of State there was not in their authority to grant more time to voters to correct signature mismatches on their mail-in votes. This affected a small number of ballots cast and won’t offset Biden’s 62,000 lead in the state. But none of his challenges claiming voter fraud have been substantiated.
Pfizer vaccine’s need for cold storage may limit access to it
The recent good news regarding Pfizer’s vaccine trial being 90 percent effective gave a ray of hope that the pandemic may be within sight. However, one of the drawbacks of the vaccine should it be approved is its need to be stored at –70º C (-94º F) which will make distribution a challenge to places where ultra-cold storage is not available. As well there are questions as to if enough glass vials can be produced that can withstand the extreme subzero temperatures. Pfizer says that is working to overcome these issues.
Health officials struggle to get people to worry about catching covid-19
In the Midwest, where case numbers are soaring and hospitals are running out of beds getting people to feel the need to wear masks to help stop the spread is a challenge. People are aware that the virus is dangerous and that their states are in the eye of the hurricane but people don’t want to curtail their lives or just aren’t worried about getting the disease. This has left health officials puzzled about how to slow the surge of cases afflicting the communities they serve.
Georgia Senator Perdue declines to debate Democrat challenger again
The election isn’t over in Georgia with the candidates back on the campaign trail after none of the candidates received the necessary 50 percent to avoid a runoff election for both of Georgia’s Senate seats. The runoff elections will be held on 5 January between Senator David Perdue and his challenger Jon Ossoff, as well as Senator Kelly Loeffler and her challenger Reverand Raphael Warnock.
Perdue cancelled a second debate with his challenger prior to the 3 November election after his rival called him a “crook” for profiteering off of the coronavirus pandemic. He has again refused to participate in a 6 December which would have been hosted by the Atlanta Press Club.
SpaceX “Resilience” makes successful launch
A four-man crew is en route to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule named “Resilience.” The crew named the capsule with this year’s racial injustice, quarrelsome politics and the covid-19 pandemic in mind.
Trump’s effort to delegitimise this election started before 2016
As told by The New York Times, Trump’s systemic and fully-rounded assault on the election process this year, actually began when he was preparing for a loss to Hillary Clinton in 2016, and claiming Obama wasn’t American. The group “Stop the Steal” was invented back then, by Trump backer Roger Stone, just in case he lost.
Skip to election night 2020 in Detroit where a Republican observer admitted that they were instructed by Trump’s heavies to challenge every single ballot, without cause and aggressively.
The story takes us through Trump’s defunding the national postal system earlier this year, plans within his party to deploy aggressive poll watchers and his abuse of the US rightwing news media cycle and echo chambers on social media. Overall, an extremely successful and poisonous plan.
Trump wants a new stimulus bill, apparently
Donald Trump, after being silent on the matter since the election tweeted on Saturday that he wants Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill.
Read the full story:
Second stimulus check update: why has Donald Trump pushed to approve the covid-19 relief bill?
Washington imposes new covid measures
Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced sweeping new restrictions on gatherings and businesses on Sunday, including a ban on indoor service at restaurants and bars, to combat a recent surge in covid-19 cases in the state, according to Reuters.
The restrictions, most of which will take effect Monday and last for one month, come as the average daily tally for cases has doubled in the past two weeks, Inslee told a news conference.
The spike in cases “…means, unfortunately, the time has come to reinstate restrictions on activities statewide to preserve the public’s well-being and to save lives,” Inslee said.
Indoor gatherings will be prohibited outside one’s household and outdoor gatherings will be limited to five people.
Religious services and in-store retail will be limited to 25% occupancy, Inslee said, while fitness gyms must halt indoor services, and youth and adult sports will be restricted to activities outdoors.
Donald Trump promises more “big” lawsuits to come
Trump promises more lawsuits yet to come as he continues his baseless assault on the US election process this year, which we gently remind you was found by Trump’s own government to be the most secure in history this week.
As it becomes evident that almost 100% of the dozens of suits have been thrown out, laughed at or just plain failed, he’s begun to deny that those ones were even his.
Trump to make sweeping China sanctions in last weeks at White House
Axios reports today that Donald Trump will enact a series of hardline policies during his final 10 weeks to cement his legacy on China, citing senior administration officials with direct knowledge of the plans.
Trump officials plan to sanction or restrict trade with more Chinese companies, government entities and officials for alleged complicity in human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, or threatening U.S. national security.
The administration also will crack down on China for its labor practices beyond Xinjiang forced labor camps.
But don’t expect big new moves on Taiwan or more closures of Chinese consulates in the U.S., officials say.
National security council spokesperson John Ullyot told Axios: “Unless Beijing reverses course and becomes a responsible player on the global stage, future US presidents will find it politically suicidal to reverse President Trump’s historic actions.”
Trump hates Fox, considers buying rival network
Since Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden along with Associated Press late on election night, Donald Trump was no longer friends with the network.
After his wrath turned to Fox on Twitter, his supporters, and their main audience, turned away, and apparently towards Newsmax, a rival “news” network.
Now it appears as though Trump may be considering cashing in on the damage he’s brought upon Fox and buying out the rival station. Heaven knows he’ll be looking for a new job come 20 January.
One in every 378 people in the US tested positive for covid-19 in the past week
“It’s hard to overstate how much the U.S. coronavirus outbreak has deteriorated this past week, with each day ushering in new, disturbing records,” begins this write up by NPR.
When compared directly to our preceding post detailing one nurse’s account in one of the hardest hit states, the whole picture is more than frightening.
A South Dakota nurse on Trumpsim’s effect on covid patients
South Dakota saw 1,855 new cases yesterday. An emergency room nurse posted today a harrowing account of coronavirus deniers who make her job even more challenging.
“I have a night off from the hospital. As I’m on my couch with my dog I can’t help but think of the Covid patients the last few days. The ones that stick out are those who still don’t believe the virus is real.
The ones who scream at you for a magic medicine and that Joe Biden is going to ruin the USA. All while gasping for breath on 100% Vapotherm.
They tell you there must be another reason they are sick. They call you names and ask why you have to wear all that “stuff” because they don’t have COViD because it’s not real. Yes. This really happens.
And I can’t stop thinking about it. These people really think this isn’t going to happen to them. And then they stop yelling at you when they get intubated. It’s like a fucking horror movie that never ends. There’s no credits that roll. You just go back and do it all over again.”
On the divided Democratic party
The Guardian takes a look at divisions in the Democrats, as Biden prepares to take the reins.
Lauren Gambino writes; Democrats face a reckoning, four years in the making, after an election that accomplished their mission but did little to resolve urgent questions about the party’s political future and serious internal divisions.
Moderates argue that Biden’s success, which included reclaiming three states in the rust belt Trump won in 2016 and expanding the map to sun belt battlegrounds, was evidence that a moderate who rejected liberal appeals was best positioned to build a winning coalition.
And the progressives blamed unexpected losses on an embrace of “status quo centrism” that failed to capture voters’ imagination and faulted moderate candidates for not developing strong enough brands and digital strategies to withstand inevitable attacks.
Obama on the state of the nation
In an interview with the BBC, Barack Obama says America faces a huge task in reversing a divisive conspiracy culture.
Inauguration day and Joe Biden’s transition explained
When does the handover of power begin, and what’s different about this year?
Read the full story:
Presidential inauguration: when will Joe Biden take over the White House?
Mayor of New York confirms schools to remain open for now
But urges residents not to become complacent or give in to pandemic fatigue, as this weekend the city has averaged almost 1,000 new cases per day.
Americans discuss responsible, pandemic friendly Thanksgiving plans
Some discuss cancelling Thanksgiving and even moving Christmas to July in light of worsening daily coronavirus cases and deaths all over the US.
“So we’ll be around for another holiday season”
Obama on taking cabinet role: ‘Michelle would leave me’
In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, two days ahead of publication of his memoir, A Promised Land, Barack Obama confirmed that he would not take a position in Joe Biden’s cabinet if the president-elect offered it — because if he did, he fears, Michelle Obama would leave him.
He detailed the toll his role as president took on his wife’s own ambitions as a lawyer.
#TrumpConceded trending on Twitter
But then again, so is “I concede nothing”. Clear as mud.
To recap; after seemingly coming even closer still to accepting election defeat in a tweet today saying Joe Biden “won”, Donald Trump later insists: “I concede NOTHING!”
Donal Trump’s Twitter feed does not make Joe Biden president or not president, the American people did that.
Ronald Klain, Biden Administration Chief of Staff
Full Ron Klain interview on Joe Biden transition to White House
Watch as Biden’s new chief of staff explain to NBC how the first week of transition has gone for Biden’s dedicated team.
From Georgia and want to vote in runoffs?
Here’s where to sort out your mail in ballot courtesy of Stacey Abrams. Safety first!
20 arrested in light clashes at Million Maga March DC
The Guardian’ video shows a summary of the day Saturday when several thousand protesters and counter protesters gathering in Washington DC to dispute the presidential election result.
No major violence broke out but 20 were arrested in clashes.
Ron Klain pushes Trump on a deadline to start Biden transition
Ron Klain, Joe Biden’s incoming White House chief of staff, has said the federal government needs to sign off on transition team efforts this week so that Biden can receive national security briefings and address covid-19.
While it seems like January 20th is a long way away, if you’re looking to mount a response to a global health crisis, economic crisis, climate crisis and a fractured society at home, every waking hour counts for Biden’s smooth transition.
“What we really want to see this week … is the General Services Administration issue that ascertainment,” Klain told NBC’s Meet the Press.
Cuomo delivers remarks in New York on covid-19
Governor Cuomo urges renewed trust in federal government to aide effectiveness of vaccine when it comes.
Strangely talking in the past tense, he emphasised that coronavirus has killed twice as many black people as white people in America. With the second wave of infections in full swing, this is most certainly a present tense issue.
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