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Biden Heads to Georgia with Message: ‘Send Me These Two Men' | Atlanta Daily World
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The importance of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia cannot be overstated. It is why President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are in the Peach State to campaign for the Democratic candidates
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Analysis: This is the most surprising result of the 2020 election - L.A. Focus Newspaper
But the biggest surprise of the 2020 election wasn't Trump, who, as Wednesday wore The post Analysis: This is the most surprising result of the 2020 election appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.
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First U.S. Senator since Reconstruction
In 1962 Edward W. Brooke, a Boston attorney, became the first African-American to be elected Attorney General for the Commonwealth. Two year later, in 1964, he became the first African-American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
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Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered to testify by GOP senators - Black News Channel
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas to force them to address accusations of censorship in the closing weeks of the presidential
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Black congressman-elect says Trump won the election - TheGrio
Republican Utah Representative-elect Burgess Owens is another Republican official who has committed to challenging the congressional approval of the Electoral... View Article The post Black congressman-elect says Trump won the election appeared first on TheGrio.
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Guest Editorial: Trump must be held accountable for riot | New Pittsburgh Courier
Former President Donald Trump must be held accountable for the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol. Trump incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in an attempt to overturn the presidential election and undermine the nation’s democracy. At least five people died, including one
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Election results have Democrats and Republicans on political seesaw
WASHINGTON Tuesdays election outcomes put Democrats on a political seesaw veering from nervousness and despair to guarded optimism over the cliffhanger presidential race as Republicans emerged from a dark pre-election…
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#Election2020: All eyes are on Georgia this weekend ahead of Senate debate | The Atlanta Voice
The eyes of the political universe are on Georgia this weekend, as the voter registration deadline for January's Senate runoffs approaches. Each side is desperately trying to motivate their party before the Monday deadline and early voting begins on December 14. Former President Barack Obama and
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How Congress will count the Electoral College votes this week - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to US Senate
Blanche Kelso Bruce elected to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate by the Mississippi legislature.
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COVID: Sen. Perdue to quarantine before Ga. runoff | L.A. Focus News
Associated Press ATLANTA — Republican Sen. David Perdue was forced into quarantine Thursday in the home stretch of Georgia’s high-stakes Senate runoffs, disclosing just five days before the election that he had been exposed to a campaign worker infected with the coronavirus. Perdue’s campaign did
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Stacey Abrams Raises $6 Million For Democrat Challengers in Georgia Senate Runoff Election
Stacey Abrams posted on Twitter that they have already raised $6M to put all efforts into making sure that the Democrats gain control of the Senate.
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OPINION: After The Storming Of The Capitol Building, It’s Obvious We Live In Two Different Americas
The police response to the Capitol mob screams of racism.
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Representatives, Senators, Governors Who Else Is On The November Ballot?
Here are the other elected positions up for grabs this November that we need to be vested in as a community to move the anti-racism agenda forward.
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Kenya: Sonko Claims State-Backed Bribery Scheme in Senate Vote, Says He'll Bounce Back
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has hit at the national executive in a Saturday morning tweet rant, following his impeachment by the Senate on Thursday over among other things graft and abuse of office.
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Dems, GOP take different approaches on Georgia Senate blitz - Black News Channel
By BILL BARROW and BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jon Ossoff took the stage in Columbus and looked out over a parking lot filled with cars, with supporters blaring their horns in approval as he declared that 'change has come to Georgia.' Hours earlier, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler
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#Election2020: Source of money behind GOP's new Georgia super PAC a mystery | The Atlanta Voice
A new Republican super political action committee, Peachtree PAC, is starting a $43 million TV ad campaign in Georgia on Wednesday, adding to the surge of money being poured into two Senate runoff elections that will determine control of the chamber and the trajectory of President-elect Joe
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Commentary: For a stronger America, we must protect our democracy and hold extremism accountable - WS Chronicle
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Sen. Kamala Harris Enlists DJ D-Nice, Jermaine Dupri And More To Fundraise For Joe Biden
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Carolina in the 20th century, Mel Watts is a current member of the United States House of Representatives. Watts was born on August 26, 1945 in the small community of Steele Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and attended high school in Charlotte. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science
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WNBA players sport 'Vote Warnock' tees in opposition of Dream co-owner : TheGrio

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Rev. Raphael Warnock Declared Winner in Georgia Senate Runoff
Rev. Raphael Warnock has become the first Black senator elected from Georgia and the first Democratic Black senator elected from the South.
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Dr. Shirley Weber Takes Oath to Serve as California Secretary of State - Black Voice News
Tanu Henry | California Black Media On Jan. 29, former Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber, who represented parts of San Diego and its eastern suburbs in the lower house of the state legislature for eight years, has been sworn in as Secretary of State of California. In her new role as
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Biden names Caribbean American for senior DOJ role | New York Carib News
United States President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday tapped a Caribbean American voting rights advocate for a senior US Department of Justice (DOJ) position.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce
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Police on High Alert for Possible Attack on U.S. Capitol
Police were on high alert early Thursday morning for possible violence at the U.S. Capitol amid warnings that a militia group may be plotting to breach the building in anticipation of former President Donald Trump's return to
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Louisiana House debate erupts after Republican claims police die at higher rates than African-Americans - African American News Today - EIN News
On Thursday, 4WWL reported that an argument erupted in the Louisiana House of Representatives during a debate on police reform. The argument erupted after Democratic Rep. Ted James agreed to a Republican amendment striking language from a police reform bill that mentioned George Floyd’s death and
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Kenya: Senate Forms Nine-Member Committee to End Cash Stalemate
[Nation] The Senate leadership has formed a nine-member technical committee to explore a compromise in the controversy surrounding the third criterion for sharing county revenue.
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Congress approves $900B COVID relief bill, sending to Trump
Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals... View Article The post Congress approves $900B COVID relief bill, sending to Trump appeared first on TheGrio.
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Democrats prepare police reform bills after Floyd's death
Congressional Democrats, powered by the Congressional Black Caucus, are preparing a sweeping package of police reforms as pressure builds on the federal government to respond to the death of George Floyd and others in law enforcement
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