
News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Georgia has recertified its presidential election results, again finding Joe Biden as the winner following three counts of ballots, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said https://t.co/XO4qTmMP6n
— CNN (@CNN) December 7, 2020
Conspiracy-minded pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell saw swift defeat in two cases Monday morning, with federal judges in Michigan and Georgia dismissing her latest efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. https://t.co/EROO4AFT7W
— ABC News (@ABC) December 7, 2020
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel urged Donald Trump to take "appropriate disciplinary action" against Peter Navarro for violating the Hatch Act.
— POLITICO (@politico) December 7, 2020
The act bars White House and other executive branch officials from engaging in political activity. https://t.co/Jo6VWmgRTO
The US House is eying a vote Wednesday on a one-week continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown, Majority Leader Hoyer says.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 7, 2020
It would move the Dec. 11 government funding deadline to next Friday, one week before Christmas. https://t.co/fbt6Iw0Xfy
Melania Trump unveils new White House tennis pavilion https://t.co/zsjk3QmpOR pic.twitter.com/ccZS3To2RD
— The Hill (@thehill) December 7, 2020
U.S. records highest weekly COVID-19 deaths since April https://t.co/J9INoWEIrs pic.twitter.com/7IooWocrer
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 7, 2020
President Trump said that Rudy Giuliani is "doing very well" in the hospital, where he is being treated after contracting COVID-19. Giuliani has traveled to battleground states in an effort to help Trump subvert his election loss to Joe Biden. https://t.co/VO6s0H0CTS
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 7, 2020
“We messed up, we let our guard down. Please tell everybody to be careful. This is real, and if you get diagnosed, get help immediately,” former Alabama state Sen. Larry Dixon told a close friend before he died last week of Covid-19. https://t.co/AXKZhJ3iyw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 7, 2020
The field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, opened Sunday, as more than 1,400 patients are currently hospitalized across the state.
— ABC News (@ABC) December 7, 2020
In the last month, the seven-day average of new cases in Massachusetts has increased by over 200%. https://t.co/kDN2KMPYIV pic.twitter.com/p94PAaSEJL
Dr. Anthony Fauci told California officials that they "really don't have any choice" but to impose stay-at-home orders that more than 33 million residents are now living under https://t.co/eUoT8p0Luc
— POLITICO (@politico) December 7, 2020