Welcome to Elephants in Our Rooms where we discuss issues, current affairs and politics from a Democratic perspective. On this show we focus on the aftermath of the 2020 elections and Trump’s attempted coup of our American democracy. God help us.
TOPICS: 2020 Election aftermath, COVID-19 fall season surge, Trump going to prison, Trump the Psychopath, No evidence of election fraud, Trumpism, and its impact on human society, and more…
Evangelical said COVID-19 might be a ‘wake-up call’ from God for female ‘fornication’ dies of …- ‘Million MAGA March’ Saturday will commingle white nationalists, conspiracists, Trump fans
- Arizona’s Republican AG goes on Fox to say Arizona isn’t turning red no matter how Trump lies
- Daily Kos will fight tooth and nail to make sure every vote is counted and the results are respected. Chip in $5 now to support our work.
- Trump and the GOP are laying the groundwork for a coup. Where are Democratic leaders?
- Trump isn’t going to stay in control of the government, but there is something …
- This one Republican affidavit says so much about the sorry state of Republicans today
- Mississippi Republican representative says that his state should ‘succeed’ from the Union
- Winning Georgia’s runoff elections will split the Senate 50-50, giving Democrats the majority with Kamala Harris breaking ties as Vice President. Donate now to Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to finally smash Mitch McConnell’s majority.
- Traditional media finally condemns Trump and his baseless ‘fraud’ charges
- Trump is now a national security nightmare for life
- Why is a lame duck so busy replacing national security and Pentagon leaders with Trump loyalists?
- Follow the money: Trump’s refusal to concede is a scam in the purest form of the word
- Get out the vote for Democrat Jon Ossoff in the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia that will decide control of the election. Call Georgia voters from home, no matter where you live!
- Trump reportedly pushed Georgia GOP senators to demand secretary of state resign
- South Dakota governor’s Trump fundraiser appears to be funneling directly into her campaign
- Los Angeles coroner announces independent inquiry into killing of 18-year-old by police
- Georgia’s recount is going to be slow, costly, pointless, and embarrassing—which makes it perfect
- Sign the petition: Demand the Senate not confirm any more corporate lobbyists—in this or any future administration.
- ‘I’m trying to save lives’: Cori Bush says she’s not here for feelings or protecting political seats
- ‘Making the process more difficult’: Trump admin reportedly finalizing changes to citizenship test
- We are in a national emergency as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in 47 states
- Recounts, litigation, runoffs—it could take weeks to resolve every race. Sign up for the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest to stay on top of them all.
ICYMI: Here are the top stories of the week so far:
- Trump takes Georgia GOP senators hostage. Civil war erupts
- Cartoon: Caged
- Key witness for Giuliani’s Four Seasons total humiliation press conference is convicted sex offender
Fall COVID surge is killing Americans almost as quickly as the worst week of summer
Read in USA TODAY: https://apple.news/AX4Cj9CcYSBqVmOAul0a4TA
Democrats Have a Republican-Women Problem
Conservative women in America’s suburbs helped make Joe Biden president. Are they welcome in his party?
Read in The Atlantic: https://apple.news/AItT7zLmVRxCETzAfWSESMA
Trump takes Georgia GOP senators hostage. Civil war erupts
Michael Cohen: ‘I believe Trump does go to jail’
Eric Trump wants Minnesotans to get out and vote. A week after the election.
Well, that didn’t go as planned: Observers Trump asks to scope out election fraud find no such case
The Supreme Court hears one more ‘laughably weak’ challenge to Obamacare
Trump’s nuisance lawsuits a ploy to drag this along. They’re not even contesting enough votes to win
Trump plans to haunt Republicans indefinitely from his political grave
High-ranking GA Republican: We must ‘acknowledge the voice of the people’ and ‘transition in grace’
Mike Pompeo: ‘There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration’
Republicans are recovering their voices, and speaking up to choose Trump over democracy. Again
Dear Leader Trump is cleaning house of insufficiently loyal Pentagon leaders
Watch this heartwarming video of Kamala Harris’ ancestral village in India celebrating her win
A former writer for the National Review debunks right-wing election conspiracy theories, one by one
Time for Democrats to get vocal. Biden won, dammit, and Republicans are knifing our democracy
Want to flip a state blue? Stacey Abrams drops major key, and she would know
Sign the petition: Trump must concede immediately and Congress must ensure he steps down.
Advocates reiterate criminal investigations needed after number of children still separated rises
Election outcomes, what they mean, what comes next
The assault on the 2020 election is more dangerous than anything else Trump has done
ICYMI: Here are the top stories of the week so far:
- Cartoon: Caged
- Key witness for Giuliani’s Four Seasons total humiliation press conference is convicted sex offender
- As Trump loses, HHS finally releases documents showing some dubious vaccine contracts
Cartoon: Caged- GOP civil war erupts between Georgia senators and state officials as runoffs loom
- Cartoon: Trump’s war on counting
- Daily Kos will fight tooth and nail to make sure every vote is counted and the results are respected. Chip in $5 now to support our work.
- Why Gavin Newsom doesn’t wish his next task ‘even on my worst enemy’
- White Tears Alert: St. Louis gun couple sues photographer for ‘severe emotional distress’
- Cartoon: Election results guaranteed!
- Watch Fox News cut away from Kayleigh McEnany’s election conspiracy presser
- Winning Georgia’s runoff elections will split the Senate 50-50, giving Democrats the majority with Kamala Harris breaking ties as Vice President. Donate now to Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to finally smash Mitch McConnell’s majority.
- Trump’s dead-enders organize capitol-steps rallies around the nation populated with extremists
- Twitter will no longer carve out exceptions for Trump after he’s gone; will he be deplatformed?
- William Barr boosts Trump’s rhetoric of voting ‘irregularities’—even though Trump can’t find any
- Private prison companies freak out as Trump goes down in defeat
- Sign the petition: Demand the Senate not confirm any more corporate lobbyists — in this or any future administration.
- The good news about all of Trump’s Obamacare-sabotaging executive orders is that Biden can undo them
- Let’s stop pretending it’s Black men who almost cost Biden the election
- Operation Warped Reality: Trump and his GOP minions serve up healthy portion of imaginary fraud
- The pundits are right: Now is the time for rich, creamy bipartisanship
- Sign the petition: Demand the Senate not confirm any more corporate lobbyists—in this or any future administration.
- Asylum-seekers forced to wait in Mexico celebrate Trump defeat with cries of joy and prayers
- Kamala Aunty: Twitter celebrates Kamala Harris’ historical win as first female, Black, and Indian VP
- The cast of ‘Mogul Mowgli’ on representation and breaking barriers through an immigrant narrative
- Recounts, litigation, runoffs—it could take weeks to resolve every race. Sign up for the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest to stay on top of them all.
ICYMI: Here are the top stories of the week so far:
- Key witness for Giuliani’s Four Seasons total humiliation press conference is convicted sex offender
- As Trump loses, HHS finally releases documents showing some dubious vaccine contracts
- Cartoon: The year-long week
Republican senator says ‘I will step in’ if Biden doesn’t get intel briefings by Friday
The Scariest Days Of The Trump Presidency Could Be The Final 74
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-scary-lame-duck-170558195.html
How and when will Trump leave office?
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-leave-office-111934587.html
(Reuters) – The United States has a long history of peaceful transfers of power that is likely to continue despite President Donald Trump’s attacks on the legitimacy of the election result, national security experts said.
Here is what to expect in the weeks and months to come.
DOES TRUMP FACE A DEADLINE TO LEAVE OFFICE?
Yes. The U.S. presidential election is not formally over. Electors – party loyalists who typically pledge to support the candidate who gets the most votes in their state – will convene on Dec. 14 to formally cast their votes. The newly seated Congress accepts the results from the Electoral College on Jan. 6. If Biden wins the Electoral College vote, as expected, he will be sworn in at noon on Jan. 20 — a date set in the Constitution.
CAN BIDEN TRANSITION INTO POWER OVER TRUMP’S OBJECTIONS?
Yes. Trump has only so much power to slow Biden’s transition.
A law called the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 makes career civil servants vital to the transfer of power. They face deadlines for providing data and access to incoming officials.
Under the law, the transition process will shift into high gear once a federal agency called the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which manages federal buildings, names an apparent winner of the election. At that point, the incoming president’s team can obtain briefing books, tap into funds, and send representatives to visit government agencies.
On Sunday, experts in transitions sent a letter to the GSA’s administrator, Emily Murphy, urging her to recognize Biden as the winner.
“While there will be legal disputes requiring adjudication, the outcome is sufficiently clear that the transition process must now begin,” the letter from the Center for Presidential Transition said.
The GSA said in a statement on Saturday it “ascertains the apparent successful candidate once a winner is clear based on the process laid out in the Constitution.”
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As Trump loses, HHS finally releases documents showing some dubious vaccine contracts- Cartoon: The year-long week
- I live in rural northwest Ohio and AOC is right
- Daily Kos will fight tooth and nail to make sure every vote is counted and the results are respected. Chip in $5 now to support our work.
- Suffering a stinging defeat, Trump fumes right as Democrats rev up to retake the Senate
- Biden announces COVID-19 advisory board as Pfizer announces promising early vaccine data
- Democrats bust down ancient GOP stronghold in Atlanta’s diversifying suburbs
- Winning Georgia’s runoff elections will split the Senate 50-50, giving Democrats the majority with Kamala Harris breaking ties as Vice President. Donate now to Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to finally smash Mitch McConnell’s majority.
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez urges Democrats not to let Republican narratives tear the party apart
- Dear Donald: Save yourself the hassle. Give Biden full authority to fight the pandemic right now
- Joe Biden’s first priority: Repairing the things Trump has broken
- Get out the vote for Democrat Raphael Warnock in the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia that will decide control of the election. Call Georgia voters from home, no matter where you live!.
- In essential action for the republic, former President George W. Bush congratulates Biden and Harris
- Weeping for joy on election night: ‘We get to keep our Social Security and our Medicare’
- A Democracy, If You Can Keep It
- Sign the petition: Make Donald Trump and the ultra-rich pay their fair share in taxes.
ICYMI: Here are the top stories of the week so far:
- ‘Goodbye, Ivanka’
- Trump is in a state of rage and denial as he watches it all slip away from him
- So, McConnell won’t give proper consideration to Biden’s cabinet picks, eh?
Citing lack of evidence, courts across the country dismiss Trump’s election lawsuits
Read in The Washington Post: https://apple.news/AY9K0jBWVQhaBqaCqqDacxA
BGR: Startling discovery reveals an asymptomatic coronavirus patient was contagious for 70 days
Startling discovery reveals an asymptomatic coronavirus patient was contagious for 70 days
Researchers discovered a COVID-19 patient who shed the novel coronavirus for 70 days without showing any symptoms during the period. The patient suffered from a form of leukemia, which might explain why the immune system could not mount a proper response that would have cleared the virus. Immunosuppressed patients risk infections like COVID-19 and may…
Read in BGR: https://apple.news/A9R7-DgpeRfqRSxumVSu-Jw
- This emotional statement from Van Jones after the Biden/ Harris win made me cry and should all of us
- Party Time America
- America is celebrating like a cloud has left the skies and a weight is off our hearts
- Biden says he’ll be ‘President of all Americans’
- Kamala Harris makes history—so much history—as vice president-elect
- Daily Kos will fight tooth and nail to make sure every vote is counted and the results are respected. Chip in $5 now to support our work.
- Recounts, litigation, runoffs—it could take weeks to resolve every race. Sign up for the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest to stay on top of them all.
- Trump is in a state of rage and denial as he watches it all slip away from him
- Snowflake Trump and his snowflake enablers can’t handle the truth
- Team Biden not worried about ‘trespasser’ Trump refusing to leave White House
- Daily Kos will fight tooth and nail to make sure every vote is counted and the results are respected. Chip in $5 now to support our work.
- Con man to the end: Most of Trump’s ‘official election defense fund’ to be used for his debts
- Two QAnon fanatics arrested toting guns outside Philly vote center allegedly plotted an attack
- Trump just can’t catch a break in court with his nuisance election lawsuits
- Winning Georgia’s runoff elections will split the Senate 50-50, giving Democrats the majority with Kamala Harris breaking ties as Vice President. Donate now to Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to finally smash Mitch McConnell’s majority.
- ‘So You Want to Go to War With Philadelphia? Good Luck With That’
- As COVID-19 surges, conservatives are paying a deadly price for listening to Trump and Fox News
- Philly mayor says Trump needs to put his ‘big boy pants on’ and acknowledge he lost the election
- Get out the vote for Democrat Raphael Warnock in the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia that will decide control of the election. Call Georgia voters from home, no matter where you live!.
- It’s always sunny in Philadelphia: Residents celebrate as state turns blue for Biden
- In a bright sign from Georgia, Democrats flip House seat in Atlanta’s long-Republican suburbs
- Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows tests positive for coronavirus
- Sign the petition: Justice Barrett cannot rule on 2020 election cases. Americans expect and deserve an impartial Supreme Court.
- Watch Jon Ossoff tear David Perdue to shreds as he kicks off his race to save the Senate
- The RNC is recruiting Republican activists across the nation to make false claims of election fraud
- Georgia’s two GOP senators, facing runoffs, struggle to be appropriately servile to Trump
- A round up of fun and joy from a day of waiting and watching Trumpland crumble
- Recounts, litigation, runoffs—it could take weeks to resolve every race. Sign up for the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest to stay on top of them all.
ICYMI: Here are the top stories of the week so far:
