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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

12/28/20

"Sources say Trump in recent days has brought the matter up to the vice president and has been "confused" as to why Pence can't overturn the results of the election on January 6."

I genuinely believe this to be true. Trump is confused as to why he can't just get his own way, regardless of the law, or what 80 million Americans want.

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12/28/20

Jenifer (Zarknorph) said...
"Sources say Trump in recent days has brought the matter up to the vice president and has been "confused" as to why Pence can't overturn the results of the election on January 6."

I genuinely believe this to be true. Trump is confused as to why he can't just get his own way, regardless of the law, or what 80 million Americans want.

I'm confused as to why Pence can't attempt to invoke the 25th Amendment.

Edited December 28, 2020 5:40 am by el gringo (ramseylurker)

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/29/politics/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-renovations/index.html

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12/29/20

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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)

12/30/20

Defying Trump, McConnell puts off vote on $2,000 checks, urges override of defense bill veto

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday put off a vote on increasing COVID-19 relief checks from $600 to $2,000 and urged senators to override President Donald Trump's veto of a defense bill, in a rare challenge to his fellow Republican three weeks before Trump...

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12/30/20

U.S. congressman-elect Letlow dies of COVID-19

U.S. Representative-elect Luke Letlow of Louisiana died on Tuesday of COVID-19, his campaign said.

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12/31/20

McConnell thwarts Trump bid for $2,000 coronavirus economic relief checks

U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trump's bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans, declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to $2,000 from $600.

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1/1/21

Record-setting 'bomb cyclone' batters Alaska's Aleutian Islands with hurricane force

A Pacific storm of record proportions swept a remote stretch of Alaska's Aleutian Islands chain on Thursday, battering a region used heavily by commercial shipping with hurricane-force winds and seas five stories high.

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2/1/21

Major storm barreling toward New York City, 20 inches could fall on midtown

New York, Boston and other cities in the northeast could be blanketed with nearly two feet (60.96 cm) of snow on Monday, as a "long duration" major winter storm headed toward the U.S. coast, the National Weather Service said.