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Democratic mayor of NYC, Bill de Blasio, has announced that NYC will cut ties with four contracts they have with the Trump Organization after the incident that occurred on January 6 at the Capitol. These contracts allowed the Trump Organization to get about $17 million annually, but that will soon come to an end. Mayor de Blasio was on this week’s Morning Joe, on Wednesday, where he addressed the situation and suggested that New York City will sever ties with the Trump Organization contracts as soon as possible. De Blasio stated on the show, “the city of New York is…

House Democrats have officially introduced a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on a single charge of “incitement of insurrection” for his alleged role in the incident that took place at the United States Capitol on January 6. This could make President Donald Trump the first president in United States history to face impeachment twice, but the House needs to take a vote on it sometime later this week. The first impeachment of Donald Trump was not successful. This new impeachment is taking place just nine days before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, in which President Trump has stated he will…

More news for President Trump as Lehigh University has rescinds his honorary degree after Trump supporters breached the Capitol in DC on January 6, an event that ended with numerous people losing their lives and multiple arrests and investigations still ongoing. This honorary degree was granted to President Trump over 30 years ago, but swiftly removed after a vote was taken this week. the vote was held by Lehigh’s board of trustees. Lehigh’s student newspaper called “The Brown and White” reported on the rescinded degree, confirming it on Twitter with a brief statement saying, “BREAKING: Lehigh Board of Trustees votes…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is backtracking on previous statements regarding a $2,000 stimulus check after stocks fall from record highs. Manchin previously stated “absolutely not” to sending many Americans a stimulus check for $2,000. President-elect Joe Biden’s plans and framework for providing Americans more relief are likely to include a $2,000 stimulus check, something that Manchin appeared to object because it might cost about $400 billion to provide Americans with that relief. However, the stock market dropped and a spokesperson representing Manchin appeared to be walking back the “absolutely not” statement regarding the checks for higher amounts. Sahil Kapur, a…

President Donald Trump could be facing a second impeachment if he does not resign according to recent reports and demands from notable figures such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. A recent report suggests that at least 200 members of Congress support the calls for the impeachment of President Donald Trump if he does not meet Nancy Pelosi’s demand to resign and remove himself from office. According to a report on CNET, the House Democrats are in the midst of preparing new impeachment articles against Trump, citing a “incitement of insurrection” and plan to enact it on Monday, January 11 -…

President Donald Trump has been banned from numerous social media platforms and several others after the incident that took place on January 6 at the Capitol. Various platforms have suggested Trump supported it or incited it and have taken measures to ban his presence on their platforms in hopes to prevent further insurrection acts, at least until President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated and the peaceful transfer of power takes place. Here is a list of platforms and websites that President Donald Trump is banned from, thus far. One should note that some of these bans are not direct bans on…

A laptop has been reported as stolen from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Jeff Merkley’s offices. This took place allegedly during the siege on the Capitol by pro-Trump protesters. The Democratic House Speaker’s aid, Drew Hammill, reported that the laptop was used for presentations and was designated for a conference room, as reported by Reuters. It is unclear what documentation or files are on the missing laptop and Hammill did not comment further on the situation of the missing laptop. In terms of Merkley’s missing or stolen laptop, he claims it was taken out of his office. There appears…

Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, has said “absolutely not” about sending Americans much needed $2k stimulus checks. Joe Biden, President-elect, would like to have them sent out. Numerous Democrats have agreed to it and even some Republicans. Manchin said getting people vaccinated is “job No. 1” per a report on The Hill. The proposed $2k stimulus checks received much support from many Democrats and President Trump, but GOP Senators were quick to push that into obscurity, leaving many Americans with only a check for $600 – and not everyone has received it yet, and not everyone qualifies. Trump…

President Donald Trump has now stated that he will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Trump posted his message on Twitter, saying, “to all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” Trump has also stated last night that he will focus on providing a “smooth, orderly, and seamless transition” of power to Joe Biden according to a report on Fox News. Their report quoted Trump saying “This moment now calls for healing and reconciliation.” The president followed up his anti-inauguration message an hour later, addressing his followers. That message…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has demanded that Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley resign after protesters breached the Capitol in DC. She said they should resign or face consequences and expulsion from Congress, even though Ted Cruz issued a statement against the behavior in DC. Ted Cruz wrote the following about the incident in DC:  “The attack at the Capitol was a despicable act of terrorism and a shocking assault on our democratic system. We must come together and put this anger and division behind us. We must, and I am confident we will, have a peaceful and orderly transition of…

President Donald Trump has been banned from Facebook and Instagram indefinitely as stated in a blog post by Mark Zuckerberg. He stated that Trump’s decision to use Facebook to condone the horrific behavior and actions of his supporters, instead of condemning it, has caused disturbance. Facebook removed statements made by the president on the grounds his words might “provoke further violence.” Zuckerberg stated the ban on Trump would be indefinite and last at least until the peaceful transition of power to Joe Biden. We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period…

The Democratic candidates in the Georgia runoff election are projected to win both contests and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s power is in jeopardy. If both Democrats officially win, then McConnell will lose his power after six years in control of the Senate. McConnell was recently criticized by people on both sides of the political spectrum after he continuously blocked stimulus checks of $2,000 going to most Americans, leaving them with $600. It’s speculated that his decision to not support helping Americans with more funds, while millions went overseas, might have cost some Georgian votes for the Republican candidates. Republicans…

Co-hosts of The View got into a heated moment during the show when Joy Behar told Meghan McCain “I did not miss you” after she returned to work from maternity leave. It all went down when the hosts were talking about political parties and if there should be more of them, particularly more than the main two of Democrats and Republicans. Of course, as with many political discussions, this one also went a bit haywire and the pair began to bicker during the show. Behar said: “Let the Republicans fight amongst themselves… On the one hand, you have the Republicans,…

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy has officially taunted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a recent video that has already received over 1 million views. McCarthy issued a statement to Pelosi, who was recently elected for the fourth term as House Speaker, and his message was simple: “Hey Nancy Pelosi: Our freshman class is bigger than yours.” McCarthy included a video showing numerous members of the incoming class of lawmakers, essentially bragging to her about the people who won elections, despite him losing his own to Pelosi in the bid for House Speaker. Pelosi, who is the only woman to serve as…

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) made a statement that she will object to the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral college victory in the 2020 election. Loeffler posted the following message in a statement and she also mentioned this while on stage with President Donald Trump during an event leading up to the Georgia runoff election. Loeffler made an announcement on her Twitter page about her planned objection. Her post showed a screenshot of her statement. The official statement was posted on Senate.gov and stated the following: The American people deserve a platform in Congress, permitted under the Constitution, to have election…

President-elect Joe Biden has released a statement after Democrat Nancy Pelosi was reelected to serve her fourth term as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Biden’s statement congratulated Pelosi and suggested that she is one of the most effective and accomplished legislators in American history. The statement was made on the BuildBackBetter website, one that Biden’s campaign uses to post updates and statements from the future president. This comes shortly after Pelosi squared off with Republican Kevin McCarthy in a narrow race, in which she edged McCarthy by a margin of 216 to 208. Those submitting votes were permitted…

President Donald Trump has filed two lawsuits against Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, over a leaked phone call that was posted by The Washington Post, per a report by RNC Chairman David Shafer. Shafer posted on social media the following message announcing the lawsuits, both federal and state. His message said, “President @realDonaldTrump has filed two lawsuits – federal and state – against @GaSecofState,” Shafer tweeted. “The telephone conference call @GaSecofState secretly recorded was a ‘confidential settlement discussion’ of that litigation, which is still pending.” Shafer posted a second message stating the following, “The audio published by @TheWashingtonPost is…

President Donald Trump plans to give Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) the Presidential Medial of Freedom, per a report on the Washington Post. Trump said back in October of 2018 that he thought Nunes deserved a a “medal of honor” for how he handled the Department of Justice during the investigation into the 2016 election and alleged Russian meddling. Back in 2018, Trump denied that there was any collusion among Russian operatives and his campaign in relation to the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton. Trump, at the time, also spoke against Robert Mueller and his investigation. GOP members often labeled the…

Nancy Pelosi has been reelected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The 80-year-old Democrat won a close vote over Republican Kevin McCarthy. The vote was 216 to 208, in favor of Pelosi. This is her fourth time serving as Speaker. She was elected in 2007, 2009, and 2019. This is the second time Pelosi has served two consecutive years as Speaker of the House. Those voting could technically vote for anyone or simply mark themselves as present. As a result, per a report on the NY Post,  there were two votes for other candidates and three of the lawmakers…

President Donald Trump spoke with the GA Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger and his attorney, Ryan Germany, and they discuss the results of the election in Georgia. President Trump suggests that there was election fraud and the others appear to disagree. Someone leaked the recorded phone call and Washington Post released a four minute cut of it to the public today. Trump, at one point in the call, suggests he would like to find 11,780 votes, because that’s one more than what Biden won Georgia by (per the recording). Joe Biden won Georgia by 11,779, but President Trump claims “there’s…