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Міноборони: звання українських військових переведені на коди військових рангів НАТО
Україна розраховує отримати План дій щодо членства в НАТО (ПДЧ) і сподівається на підтримку цього рішення у 2021 році – міністр
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By Gromada | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Democrats Win Key US Senate Runoff With Second Georgia Race Too Close to Call
Control of the U.S. Senate hung in the balance Wednesday with the result of one of two runoff elections in the southern state of Georgia still too close to call.Democrats moved closer to regaining control of the chamber with the Rev. Raphael Warnock’s projected defeat of Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one of Tuesday’s elections.U.S. media organizations called the race with Warnock leading Loeffler by more than 40,000 votes and nearly all ballots counted.“We were told that we couldn’t win this election, but tonight we proved that with hope, hard work and the people by our side, anything is possible,” Warnock said in a message to his supporters late Tuesday.In the second election, Democrat Jon Ossoff, a television documentary producer, led by more than 12,000 votes over Republican David Perdue, who was seeking a second six-year term in office.Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
download this video to view it offline.Download File360p | 12 MB480p | 17 MB540p | 23 MB720p | 49 MB1080p | 92 MBOriginal | 258 MB Embed” />Copy Download AudioGeorgia Voters Determine Prospects for Biden PresidencyGoing into Tuesday’s voting, Republicans controlled the 100-seat Senate with a 50-48 advantage, needing to win one of the Georgia contests to keep their majority and act as a bulwark against Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative proposals after he is inaugurated January 20.With Warnock’s victory, an Ossoff win would give Democrats a 50-50 split with Republicans and a chance for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who will be able to preside over Senate proceedings when she chooses, to cast tie-breaking votes in the Democrats’ favor.Democrats already narrowly control the House of Representatives. With Democratic control of both houses of Congress, Biden would likely offer more sweeping proposals to bolster health care in the United States, tighten environmental controls that were eased during the four-year tenure of President Donald Trump and try to make it easier for immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship.Conversely, Republican control of the Senate would make Biden’s political life more difficult and likely force protracted negotiations between his administration and Republican lawmakers on contentious issues.The controlling party in the chamber also sets the legislative calendar, determining which issues are voted on while also holding a majority on each of the Senate’s issue-specific committees where potential laws are first considered.The Perdue-Ossoff and Loeffler-Warnock contests were made necessary because none of the four candidates won a majority in the first round of voting in November.Understanding US Senate Runoff Elections in GeorgiaEight things you need to know about the elections that will decide who controls the US SenateVoter turnout was robust on Tuesday, with long lines of voters snaking into polling places, and came after nearly 3.1 million people cast ballots before the official Election Day. Five million votes were cast in Georgia in the November balloting that included Biden’s race against Trump.The overall vote count in U.S. runoff elections usually lags general elections, but about 100,000 people who did not vote in November in Georgia cast ballots in the Senate runoffs even before the official Election Day.In the November vote, Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win in Georgia since 1992.Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that he was defrauded out of winning the state, pleading in an extraordinary phone call last weekend with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find him 11,780 more votes – enough to upend the Biden win by a single vote. But Raffensperger, a Republican, rebuffed Trump, saying he was “just plain wrong” in contending he was cheated out of a victory in the state.Loeffler said she would support Trump’s challenge to Biden’s victory in Georgia when a joint session of Congress meets Wednesday to certify Biden’s 306-232 victory in the Electoral College, which determines the outcome of U.S. presidential elections rather than the national popular vote.Election Day exit polls conducted by Edison Research indicated about seven in 10 Georgia voters were confident that the votes in Tuesday’s runoff elections would be counted accurately. Democrats were far more confident than Republicans.Both Biden and Trump held rallies Monday in Georgia in a final attempt to persuade voters.“The power is literally in your hands,” Biden said. “Unlike any time in my career, one state, one state, can chart the course, not just for the next four years, but for the next generation.”He said Georgians had voted in record numbers in the presidential election in November. “Now, we need you to vote again in record numbers,” he said.Trump campaigned Monday in a heavily Republican enclave in Dalton in the northern part of the state, telling supporters the election could be their “last chance to save the America that we love.”“The far left wants to destroy our country, demolish our history and erase everything that we hold dear,” Trump said. “This could be the most important vote you will ever cast for the rest of your life.”
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By Polityk | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
У штабі ООС зафіксували чотири обстріли бойовиків учора, два – з початку доби
Протягом доби 5 січня російські гібридні сили чотири рази порушили режим припинення вогню, повідомляє штаб Операції Об’єднаних сил вранці 6 січня.
Зокрема обстріли з гранатометів та стрілецької зброї зафікували поблизу Гнутового та Водяного, біля Авдіїки – з ручного протитанкового гранатомета, в районі Пищевика – зі стрілецької зброї.
«Від початку поточної доби, 6 січня, зафіксовано два порушення режиму припинення вогню. Так, поблизу Водяного, що на Приазов’ї, російсько-окупаційні війська вели вогонь в бік позицій наших захисників з мінометів 120-го калібру, гранатометів різних систем, а також – великокаліберного кулемета», – йдеться у зведенні.
За даними штабу, ніхто з українських військових внаслідок обстрілів не постраждав.
Незаконні збройні угруповання наразі не повідомляли про бойові дії 5 січня.
Із 00:01 27 липня 2020 року на Донбасі набрала чинності чергова домовленість про «повне та всеосяжне припинення вогню».
Збройний конфлікт на Донбасі триває від 2014 року після російської окупації Криму. Україна і Захід звинувачують Росію у збройній підтримці бойовиків. Кремль відкидає ці звинувачення і заявляє, що на Донбасі можуть перебувати хіба що російські «добровольці».
За даними ООН, від квітня 2014-го до 31 липня 2020 року внаслідок збройного конфлікту на Донбасі загинули від 13 100 до 13 300 людей.
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By Gromada | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У КМДА розповіли деталі про новий застосунок «Київ Цифровий», який має замінити Kyiv Smart City
Застосунок «Київ Цифровий» має замінити Kyiv Smart City та поєднати його концепцію з міськими електронними системами, заявила Київська міська державна адміністрація 5 січня.
За повідомленням Департаменту інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій КМДА, аплікація дозволяє завантажити дані платіжних карток, якщо номер користувача співпадає з номером, вказаним у гаманці Masterpass.
«У застосунку вже доступна можливість поповнювати зі смартфону транспортну карту, купувати QR-квитки, сплачувати за паркування, повертати евакуйовану автівку, отримувати сповіщення щодо послуг у сфері ЖКГ, та своїми відгуками впливати на розвиток міста», – стверджують у департаменті.
Невикористані QR-квитки можна перенести з додатку Kyiv Smart City, звернувшись до служби підтримки support@kyiv.digital.
Читайте також: Київ: під час січневого карантину можливі зміни у русі транспорту – КМДА
Також у департаменті додають, що «Київ Цифровий» дозволяє дистанційно завантажити необхідні документи, щоб повернути евакуйовану машину зі штрафмайданчику. Також через застосунок можна оплатити паркування.
Крім того, за повідомленням КМДА, аплікація може повідомляти про ремонтні роботи за адресою користувача і надсилати сповіщення про житлово-комунальні послуги.
Напередодні автори застосунку Kyiv Smart City повідомили, що він більше не працює.
Застосунок Kyiv Smart City запустили у 2019 році. З його допомогою можна було оплачувати поїздки в громадському транспорті, паркінг та комунальні послуги.
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By Gromada | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Outcomes Uncertain in Key US Senate Runoff Elections in Georgia
Two pivotal U.S. Senate runoff elections in the Southern state of Georgia were too close to call Tuesday night.The outcomes of the closely watched contests will determine political control in the Senate during the first two years of President-elect Joe Biden’s term in the White House. But with roughly 98% of the vote counted in the two contests, no one was claiming victory or conceding defeat, although the votes left to be counted appeared to be in regions of the state with a heavy Democratic voter turnout. In one contest, Republican Sen. David Perdue, seeking a second six-year term in office, held a slim edge over Democrat Jon Ossoff, a television documentary producer. In the other election, a Democrat, the Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Baptist minister, pulled ahead of Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, one of the wealthiest lawmakers in Congress. The vote counts were fluctuating throughout the evening, with the Democrats faring well when the votes were counted in the state’s major cities and the Republicans making substantial gains in smaller communities and rural areas.Currently, Republicans control the 100-seat Senate with a 50-48 advantage, needing to win one of the two Georgia contests to maintain their advantage and act as a bulwark against Biden’s legislative proposals after he is inaugurated January 20. WATCH: VOA Reports from GeorgiaSorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
A voter casts a ballot during Georgia’s Senate runoff elections, in Atlanta, Jan. 5, 2021.That was the scenario that played out in November in Georgia and across the country when substantially more Democrats voted early, while more Republicans voted in person on the actual election day. Because the advance votes take longer to count, Trump appeared to be ahead in Georgia on election night before Biden pulled ahead and won the state. An initial vote count and two recounts confirmed Biden’s narrow edge in the state.Both Biden and Trump held rallies Monday in Georgia in a final attempt to persuade voters.“The power is literally in your hands,” Biden said. “Unlike any time in my career, one state, one state, can chart the course, not just for the next four years, but for the next generation.”He said Georgians had voted in record numbers in the presidential election in November. “Now, we need you to vote again in record numbers,” he said.Trump campaigned Monday in a heavily Republican enclave in Dalton in the northern part of the state, telling supporters the election could be their “last chance to save the America that we love.”“The far left wants to destroy our country, demolish our history and erase everything that we hold dear,” Trump said. “This could be the most important vote you will ever cast for the rest of your life.” Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
download this video to view it offline.Download File360p | 4 MB480p | 6 MB540p | 7 MB720p | 14 MB1080p | 32 MBOriginal | 46 MB Embed” />Copy Download AudioMonday ralliesBoth Biden and Trump held rallies Monday in Georgia in a final attempt to persuade voters. “The power is literally in your hands,” Biden said. “Unlike any time in my career, one state, one state, can chart the course, not just for the next four years, but for the next generation.” He said Georgians had voted in record numbers in the presidential election in November. “Now, we need you to vote again in record numbers,” he said. Trump campaigned Monday in a heavily Republican enclave in Dalton in the northern part of the state, telling supporters the election could be their “last chance to save the America that we love.” “The far left wants to destroy our country, demolish our history and erase everything that we hold dear,” Trump said. “This could be the most important vote you will ever cast for the rest of your life.”
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By Polityk | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Georgia Voters Determine Prospects for Biden Presidency
Voting in the Southern U.S. state of Georgia ended Tuesday, where two crucial runoff races will determine which party holds the majority in the U.S. Senate. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports from Atlanta, Georgia, where the races are close.
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By Polityk | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Vote-Counting Starts in US Senate Runoff Elections in Georgia
Polls closed and vote-counting started Tuesday night in two pivotal U.S. Senate runoff elections in the southern state of Georgia that will determine political control in the Senate during the first two years of President-elect Joe Biden’s term in the White House. Republican Senator David Perdue faced a challenge from Democrat Jon Ossoff, a television documentary producer, while Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, one of the wealthiest lawmakers in Congress, was opposed by the Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Baptist minister. Pre-election polls showed tight contests, with the Democrats holding slight leads. At the moment, Republicans control the 100-seat Senate with a 50-48 advantage, needing to win one of the two Georgia contests to maintain their advantage and act as a bulwark against Biden’s legislative proposals after he is inaugurated January 20. Victories for Ossoff and Warnock would give Democrats a 50-50 split with Republicans and a chance for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who will be able to preside over Senate proceedings when she chooses, to cast tie-breaking votes in the Democrats’ favor. WATCH: VOA Reports from GeorgiaSorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
download this video to view it offline.Download File360p | 4 MB480p | 5 MB540p | 7 MB720p | 11 MB1080p | 24 MBOriginal | 33 MB Embed” />Copy Download AudioWith Democratic control, Biden would likely offer more sweeping proposals to bolster health care in the U.S., tighten environmental controls that were eased during the four-year tenure of President Donald Trump and try to make it easier for immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship. Conversely, Republican control of the Senate would make Biden’s political life more difficult and likely force protracted negotiations between his administration and Republican lawmakers on contentious issues. The controlling party in the chamber also sets the legislative calendar determining which issues are voted on, and would hold a majority on each of the Senate’s issue-specific committees where potential laws are first considered. The Perdue-Ossoff and Loeffler-Warnock contests were made necessary because none of the four candidates won a majority in the first round of voting in November. Voter turnout was robust on Tuesday, with long lines of voters snaking into polling places, and came after nearly 3.1 million people voted before the official Election Day. Five million votes were cast in Georgia in the November balloting that included Biden’s race against Trump. The overall vote count in U.S. runoff elections usually lags behind general elections, but about 100,000 people who did not vote in November in Georgia cast ballots in the Senate runoffs even before the official Election Day. Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
Fraud allegations Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that he was defrauded out of winning the state, pleading in an extraordinary phone call last weekend with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to find him 11,780 more votes – enough to upend the Biden win by a single vote. But Raffensperger, a Republican, rebuffed Trump, saying Trump was “just plain wrong” in contending he was cheated out of a victory in the state. Loeffler said she would support Trump’s challenge to Biden’s victory in Georgia when a joint session of Congress meets Wednesday to certify Biden’s 306-232 victory in the Electoral College, which determines the outcome of U.S. presidential elections rather than the national popular vote. Election Day exit polls conducted by Edison Research showed that about seven in 10 Georgia voters were confident that the votes in Tuesday’s runoff elections would be counted accurately. Democrats were far more confident than Republicans. The polling showed that more than nine in 10 Democrats said they were at least somewhat confident of an accurate vote count, Edison reported, compared with about half of Republicans and seven in 10 independents. Even with the possible edge Democrats might have piled up in the early voting in Georgia, Republicans said they expected to do much better with in-person voting on Tuesday. That was the scenario that played out in November in Georgia and across the country when substantially more Democrats voted early, while more Republicans voted in person on the actual Election Day. Because the advance votes take longer to count, Trump appeared to be ahead in Georgia on election night before Biden pulled ahead and won the state. An initial vote count and two recounts confirmed Biden’s narrow edge in the state. Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
download this video to view it offline.Download File360p | 4 MB480p | 6 MB540p | 7 MB720p | 14 MB1080p | 32 MBOriginal | 46 MB Embed” />Copy Download AudioMonday ralliesBoth Biden and Trump held rallies Monday in Georgia in a final attempt to persuade voters. “The power is literally in your hands,” Biden said. “Unlike any time in my career, one state, one state, can chart the course, not just for the next four years, but for the next generation.” He said Georgians had voted in record numbers in the presidential election in November. “Now, we need you to vote again in record numbers,” he said. Trump campaigned Monday in a heavily Republican enclave in Dalton in the northern part of the state, telling supporters the election could be their “last chance to save the America that we love.” “The far left wants to destroy our country, demolish our history and erase everything that we hold dear,” Trump said. “This could be the most important vote you will ever cast for the rest of your life.”
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By Polityk | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Conflicting Stories Emerge After Protest at Senator’s Home
A self-proclaimed anti-fascist group staged a protest on the Northern Virginia property of a Republican senator Monday night.
It was the latest in a string of protests aimed at politicians’ private homes.
The group Shutdown DC says it was protesting because Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) says he will not vote to certify the Electoral College presidential vote finalizing Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November contest.
On Twitter, Hawley called the group “antifa scumbags” and said they “screamed through bullhorns, shouted down my wife when she asked you to leave, vandalized property, pounded on our door, and terrorized neighbors.”
Hawley’s wife and newborn daughter were reportedly home alone.
In a tweet, Shutdown DC says it “sang songs, chanted and shared our stories. A small group of people delivered a copy of the constitution to his door.”
In a video posted by the group and since deleted by Twitter for violating its terms of service, Shutdown DC members are seen shouting through a megaphone and several can be seen congregating around the front door. The full video was still available on YouTube.
On Jan. 1, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Ca.) San Francisco home was vandalized by protesters who also left a pig’s head outside the garage. “$2K” and “Cancel Rent” were also spray painted on the home. The protesters were angry Congress did not approve payments of $2,000 in pandemic relief for Americans.
On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) Kentucky home was also vandalized over the same issue, with someone spray painting “WERES MY MONEY” and “MITCH KILLS POOR” on the front of his home.
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By Polityk | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Proud Boys Leader Arrested Ahead of Pro-Trump Demonstrations in Washington
The leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys was arrested by Washington police on Monday, two days before supporters of President Donald Trump are scheduled to hold demonstrations in the capital city over Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the November presidential election. The District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department said it arrested Henry “Enrique” Tarrio on destruction of property charges for burning a Black Lives Matter sign that was torn down from a historic African American church during protests in Washington last month. The Proud Boys are expected to converge on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, as Congress votes to affirm Biden’s victory, one of several pro-Trump rallies planned in the city. Tarrio, 36, is also facing weapons charges after police found two high-capacity firearm magazines when he was taken into custody. FILE – People identifying themselves as members of the Proud Boys join supporters of President Donald Trump as they march on Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington.City officials warned Trump supporters not to bring guns to the protests. The local government in Washington prohibits people from carrying weapons in the open and possessing a handgun without a local license. The District of Columbia National Guard said 300 troops would support the city government during Wednesday’s planned protests. FILE – Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asks questions during a hearing in Washington, Dec. 16, 2020.Protest at Senator Hawley’s House
Ahead of the rallies, Senator Josh Hawley said that his family was targeted by “Antifa scumbags” who frightened his family at their Washington DC home Monday night. Hawley has said he would challenge the certification of the Electoral College vote that gave Biden his victory. The group involved in the protest outside his home, ShutDown DC, said activists held a “vigil” and delivered a copy of the U.S. Constitution to his door. December rally
In December, violence erupted at a pro-Trump rally in December as Trump supporters, some wearing the Proud Boys colors of black and yellow, instigated confrontations with counter-protesters and activists.FILE – Supporters of President Donald Trump who are wearing attire associated with the Proud Boys attend a rally at Freedom Plaza, , Dec. 12, 2020, in Washington.As Trump supporters tried to enter Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House, counter-protesters tried to block them. By nightfall, pro-Trump demonstrators ripped down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set the banner on fire. Tarrio acknowledged to The Washington Post newspaper that he helped with the burning of the banner and said he would plead guilty to destruction of property charges and pay the church for the banner. Police were investigating the events last month as potential hate crimes, a spokesman told The Associated Press. Tarrio has not commented on the charges, but he said recently on the social media app Parler that “record numbers” of the group’s members would protest Trump’s loss beginning Wednesday. Last week, Trump tweeted, “The BIG Protest Rally in Washington, D.C., will take place at 11.00 A.M. on January 6th…. StopTheSteal!”
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By Polityk | 01/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
У 2020 році в Києві зафіксували 36 температурних рекордів – кліматологи
У 2020 році в Києві зафіксували 36 температурних рекордів, повідомила Центральна геофізична обсерваторія імені Бориса Срезневського у фейсбуці. Найбільше рекордів зафіксували в березні. Їх було 12.
За даними спостережень, середньорічна температура в Києві піднялася до 10,9 градуса, що на 3,2 градуса перевищує кліматичну норму. Це рекордний показник за всю історію спостережень з 1881 року.
11 місяців року мали суттєве перевищення середньомісячних температур стосовно кліматичної норми, окрім травня, який виявився холоднішим за кліматичну норму.
Найхолоднішим днем року виявилося 7 грудня, коли температура повітря впала до 9,5 градуса морозу. Найспекотніше було 1 вересня, коли температура в затінку сягнула 34,7 градуса.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У святого Миколая вірить удвічі більше українців, ніж у Діда Мороза – опитування «Рейтингу»
56% опитаних назвали своїм улюбленим святом різдвяно-новорічного періоду Різдво, 28% – Новий рік
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By Gromada | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Бойовики на Донбасі п’ять разів порушили режим тиші – штаб ООС
Російські гібридні війська п’ять разів порушили режим припинення вогню на Донбасі протягом доби 4 січня, повідомляє штаб Операції Об’єднаних сил.
Зокрема обстріли з грантометів різних систем і великокаліберних кулеметів зафіксували поблизу Водяного та Лебединського, а також поблизу Гнутового – з гранатометів та стрілецької зброї.
«В районі відповідальності оперативно-тактичного угруповання «Північ» біля Луганського збройні формування Російської Федерації здійснили кілька неприцільних пострілів з автоматичних станкових та станкових протитанкових гранатометів. Про всі факти порушень режиму припинення вогню через Українську сторону СЦКК повідомлено представників ОБСЄ. Серед українських воїнів бойових втрат та поранень немає», – йдеться в зведенні.
Читайте також: «Мир із Росією можливий, але не за Путіна» – Грегор Розумовський, нащадок останнього гетьмана України
З початку доби 5 січня штаб не фіксував порушень режиму тиші.
Незаконні збройні угруповання не заявляли про обстріли окупованих ними територій 4 січня.
Із 00:01 27 липня 2020 року на Донбасі набрала чинності чергова домовленість про «повне та всеосяжне припинення вогню».
Збройний конфлікт на Донбасі триває від 2014 року після російської окупації Криму. Україна і Захід звинувачують Росію у збройній підтримці бойовиків. Кремль відкидає ці звинувачення і заявляє, що на Донбасі можуть перебувати хіба що російські «добровольці».
За даними ООН, від квітня 2014-го до 31 липня 2020 року внаслідок збройного конфлікту на Донбасі загинули від 13 100 до 13 300 людей.
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By Gromada | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Youth Expected to Be Out to Vote in Georgia
Young voters – specifically young Black voters – participating in the Georgia runoff election for two Senate seats are expected to provide significant support for the Democratic candidates.In the Senate race between incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff, 88% of Black youth favored Ossoff, compared with 31% of white youth, in the November election, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.In the Senate special election between incumbent Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler and challenger Raphael Warnock, 83% of Black youth preferred Warnock, compared to 32% of white youth, according to the study.“These overwhelming preferences underscore young Black voters’ ability to shape the runoff results,” CIRCLE stated.Nationally, young voters 18 to 29 years old favored President-elect Joe Biden by 25% over Republican President Donald Trump, according to CIRCLE.In Georgia, young voters cast 20% of all votes in the state for the 2020 presidential election, among the highest turnouts in the nation. And the youth vote in that Southern state favored Biden by 19%.CIRCLE said those youth voters were overwhelmingly Black, with 90% of Black youth supporting Biden in Georgia.“Youth of color, and especially Black youth, have extraordinary potential to be a decisive factor in these upcoming Senate races as a result of their population size and their historical support for Democratic candidates,” CIRCLE said on their website on December 22.“As they were in the 2018 and 2020 general elections in the state, youth of color are a major force in the Georgia electorate. There are over 500,000 Black 18- to 29-year-olds registered to vote as of December 17 … currently, the highest number of Black youth registered to vote in any state for which we have data,” CIRCLE reported.“But there are also barriers that particularly affect young people of color in Georgia, who will need to be engaged and mobilized in a type of election that traditionally sees lower turnout,” the report stated.
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By Polityk | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Georgia Vote Tuesday Seen as Crucial for Biden Presidency
Voters in the southern U.S. state of Georgia will play a crucial role in determining the balance of power in the U.S. for the next two years when they head to the polls Tuesday. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports from Atlanta, Georgia, on the two U.S. Senate runoff elections.
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By Polityk | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Urging Calm, DC Mayor Calls in National Guard for Protests
The mayor of Washington, D.C., urged calm Monday as some 340 National Guard troops were being activated while the city prepared for potentially violent protests surrounding Congress’ expected vote to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. According to a U.S. defense official, Mayor Muriel Bowser put in a request on New Year’s Eve to have Guard members on the streets from January 5 to 7 to help with the protests. The official said D.C. National Guard members will be used for traffic control and other assistance, but they will not be armed or wearing body armor. Congress is meeting this week to certify the Electoral College results, and President Donald Trump has refused to concede while whipping up support for protests. During a press conference on Monday, Bowser asked that people stay away from downtown D.C. and avoid confrontations with anyone who is “looking for a fight.” She warned, “We will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate our residents or cause destruction in our city.” There will be about 115 Guard troops on duty at any one time in the city, said the defense official, who provided details on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The official said Guard members will be used to set up traffic control points around the city and to stand with district police officers at all the city’s Metro stops. Acting Police Chief Robert Contee said Guard troops will also be used for some crowd management. “Some of our intelligence certainly suggests there will be increased crowd sizes,” said Contee, adding, “There are people intent on coming to our city armed.” Because D.C. does not have a governor, the designated commander of the city’s National Guard is Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. Any D.C. requests for Guard deployments have to be approved by him. The defense official said there will be no active-duty military troops in the city, and the U.S. military will not be providing any aircraft or intelligence. The D.C. Guard will provide specialized teams that will be prepared to respond to any chemical or biological incident. But the official said there will be no D.C. Guard members on the National Mall or at the U.S. Capitol.
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By Polityk | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Мінсоцполітики: в Україні майже 1,5 млн внутрішньо переміщених осіб
В Україні станом на 4 січня налічцється понад 1,5 мільйона внутрішньо переміщених осіб. Про це повідомили у Міністерстві соціальної політики України.
«За даними Єдиної інформаційної бази даних про внутрішньо переміщених осіб, взято на облік 1 459 170 переселенців з тимчасово окупованих територій Донецької та Луганської областей та АР Крим», – мовиться у повідомленні.
За даними ООН, кількість вимушених переселенців у всьому світі досягнула майже 80 мільйонів до середини 2020 року.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Georgia Runoff Elections Tuesday to Decide Senate Control
Two runoff elections Tuesday in the southern state of Georgia will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control power in the U.S. Senate, dramatically shaping the legislative maneuvering for the first half of President-elect Joe Biden’s four-year term in the White House. With the stakes high, both Biden and outgoing President Donald Trump are staging last-minute campaign rallies in the state on Monday, even as Trump continues his broadsides against Georgia elections officials for refusing to overturn his narrow loss to Biden in the state in the November 3 election. The incoming president is stumping in Atlanta, Georgia’s biggest city, for the two Democrats: Jon Ossoff, a television documentary producer, and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Baptist minister. Meanwhile, Trump was set to campaign in a heavily Republican enclave in Dalton in the northern part of the state for Senator David Perdue, a one-time business executive facing Ossoff, and for Senator Kelly Loeffler, one of the wealthiest of U.S. lawmakers, who faces Warnock. Polls show the two Democrats with slight edges in the contests, both of which were made necessary because none of the four candidates won a majority in the November balloting. Georgia is a historically Republican state, with Biden the first Democratic presidential candidate to win there since 1992. The eventual voter turnout for the Senate elections is expected to be exceptionally high, with more than 3 million ballots already cast in early voting, two-thirds in person at polling places throughout the state and a third by mail. Five million votes were cast in Georgia in the November balloting and beforehand, but about 100,000 people who did not vote then have already done so in the Senate runoffs. None of the early ballots is being tabulated until Tuesday, and the official winners, depending on how close the vote counts are, might not be known on election night. Officials say the early voting in the Senate races was particularly heavy in Democratic precincts that Biden won, but Republicans say they expect to do much better with in-person voting on Tuesday’s official Election Day. That was the scenario that played out in November in Georgia and across the country when substantially more Democrats voted early ahead of Election Day while more Republicans voted in person on the actual day.The Senate elections are being closely watched in Washington by the Biden transition team and his Republican opponents as a sign of what leverage the incoming chief executive might have in advancing his legislative agenda once he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are inaugurated at noon January 20 on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. After this past Sunday’s congressional swearing-in ceremonies, Republicans hold a 50-48 advantage in the Senate. A Republican victory in either or both of the Georgia elections would give the party an outright majority and the right to set the Senate agenda and hold a majority on all Senate legislative committees. If both Warnock and Ossoff were to win, there would be a 50-50, Democratic-Republican split in the Senate, giving Harris the opportunity to break tie votes in favor of the Democrats in organizing the committees and controlling the legislative calendar. Republican control would complicate passage of Biden’s legislative agenda over the next two years, likely forcing extensive negotiations on such issues as extending health care benefits, setting immigration controls and establishing climate regulations. The lead-up to the Georgia elections has been marked by Perdue’s absence from the campaign trail, as he quarantines himself after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Trump has promised, when he visits the state Monday night, to again attack the outcome of his Georgia contest against Biden, which he lost by just under 12,000 votes. An initial vote count, and two recounts, all showed Biden won. In a Saturday phone call, Trump pleaded with the state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, to “find” another 11,780 votes to overturn his loss to Biden. Raffensperger rebuffed Trump and told ABC News on Monday morning that the president was “just plain wrong” that there was vote- and vote-counting fraud in Georgia. Despite his claims of fraud in the November voting, Trump is calling for Republicans to turn out to vote for Perdue and Loeffler to maintain the Republican majority in the Senate.
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By Polityk | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Georgia Elections Chief Says Trump ‘Just Plain Wrong’ About Vote Fraud
U.S. President Donald Trump is “just plain wrong” about election irregularities in Georgia, the state’s top elections official said Monday after he rebuffed Trump’s plea over the weekend to find enough ballots to upend his pivotal 11,000-vote loss in the state to President-elect Joe Biden. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the elections official in the southern state, told ABC News’s “Good Morning America” show that when he and Trump had anFILE – In this June 27, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump talks on the telephone in the Oval Office of the White House.“For the last two months, we’ve been fighting the rumor whack-a-mole,” Raffensperger said. “And it was pretty obvious very early on that we debunked every one of those theories that have been out there. But President Trump continues to believe them. … We believe that truth matters.” Trump, who has refused to concede defeat to Biden, continued his attack Monday on the election outcome on Twitter, saying that in the evening, he would reveal “the real numbers,” when he heads to Georgia to campaign for two incumbent Republican senators facing runoff elections against Democratic challengers on Tuesday. “How can you certify an election when the numbers being certified are verifiably WRONG,” Trump said in a comment that Twitter labeled as “disputed.” FILE – Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks with reporters in Washington.Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, a Trump critic, said in a statement that the president’s “disgraceful effort to intimidate an elected official into deliberately changing and misrepresenting the legally confirmed vote totals in his state strikes at the heart of our democracy and merits nothing less than a criminal investigation.” Michael Bromwich, a former Department of Justice inspector general, said on Twitter, “Unless there are portions of the tape that somehow negate criminal intent” in asking Raffensperger to find more votes for him, “his best defense would be insanity.” Trump’s call to Raffensperger came ahead of the scheduled Wednesday vote in Congress to certify Biden’s 306-232 advantage in the Electoral College to make him the country’s 46th president when he and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are inaugurated January 20. Ahead of the congressional certification of the election outcome, more than 100 Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives and a dozen senators said they are planning to contest Biden’s narrow victories in battleground states.FILE – President-elect Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, speaks at a news conference to introduce their nominees and appointees to economic policy posts at The Queen theater, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.Even if Trump were to upend the Georgia vote, Biden would still have more than the 270-vote majority needed to win the presidency in the Electoral College. Trump asked the Georgia officials to recalculate the vote count and said that if Raffensperger refused to overturn the vote, he would be taking “a big risk.” Throughout the call, Raffensperger and Germany rebuffed Trump’s assertions that he had been defrauded of a win in the state. Trump has lost dozens of legal challenges claiming that vote and vote-counting irregularities cost him victories in Georgia and in other political battleground states. Trump rejected the claims by Raffensperger and Germany that the Georgia outcome was legitimate. Throughout the call, he repeated that he had won the state. “There’s no way I lost Georgia,” he said at one point. “There’s no way. We won by hundreds of thousands of votes.” FILE – Cobb County Election officials sort ballots during an audit in Marietta, Ga., Nov. 13, 2020.The president linked his fate in the state to Tuesday’s Senate runoff elections in which incumbent Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler respectively face Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock in contests that will determine control of the U.S. Senate during the first two years of the Biden presidency. Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can
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By Polityk | 01/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Trump, Biden Campaign in Crucial Georgia On Eve of Senate Runoff Elections
U.S. President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden are each appearing in the southern state of Georgia Monday, the final day of campaigning before elections for two seats that will decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.
Trump is going to the town of Dalton for an evening rally as he backs Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.
Biden will be in Atlanta to boost Jon Ossoff’s bid to unseat Perdue and the Reverend Raphael Warnock’s challenge of Loeffler.
Both elections went to a runoff after no candidate earned a majority of votes on November 3.
Georgia has been a focus of Trump’s repeated, unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.
State election officials, including Republicans, have affirmed the count was accurate, and multiple courts have rejected Trump campaign legal challenges.
The issue gained more prominence Sunday with the Washington Post releasing an audio recording of a Saturday phone call featuring Trump pleading with the state’s top election official to find him enough votes to overturn his loss to Biden in Georgia.
Trump Pleads with Georgia Officials to Overturn His Loss in Phone Call‘I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have’ president is heard sayingIf both Democrats win Tuesday, the party will become the majority in the Senate with the two sides each holding 50 seats and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris serving as the tie-breaking vote.
A Republican win in either race leaves a divided government, with Republicans controlling the Senate and Democrats holding the White House and House of Representatives.
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There were about 5 million votes cast in Georgia for the November vote, with 3.6 million in early ballots. In the runoff, just more than 3 million voters cast their ballot early.
Early voters strongly favored Democrats in November, making the in-person voting Tuesday crucial for the Republicans.
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By Polityk | 01/04/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Trump Rewards Allies Nunes, Jordan with Medal of Freedom
President Donald Trump is set to present one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to two of his most outspoken congressional allies, California Rep. Devin Nunes and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, as he looks to reward loyalists with just over two weeks left in his term.
A White House official confirmed that Trump would present Nunes with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday. The former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has been an ardent backer of Trump’s during probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the president’s 2019 impeachment by the Democratic-led House.
The award, established by President John F. Kennedy, is meant to recognize those who have made an “especially meritorious contribution” to national security, world peace or “cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
The award comes as Trump has been rewarding supporters with the perks and prestige that come with serving on a host of federal advisory boards and commissions before he leaves office on Jan. 20.FILE – Rep Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust on Capitol Hill, July 29, 2020, in Washington.Jordan, one of the GOP leaders in trying to undermine confidence in the results of the 2020 presidential election, is expected to receive the award next week. Trump’s intent to present the award to the lawmakers was first reported by The Washington Post.
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By Polityk | 01/04/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
ДПСУ: через КПВВ на окуповану територію намагалися провезти ікони й книги 19-го століття
Прикордонники виявили кілька предметів старовини у чоловіка, який перетинав контрольний пункт в’їзду та виїзду «Станиця Луганська», повідомляє Державна прикордонна служба 4 січня.
Серед виявленого ДПСУ називає ікону святої Феодори 1800 року, книгу «Лукрецій про природу речей» 1913 року, «Географічний атлас» 1890-го, «Псалтир» 1898 року, ікону Ісуса Христа, рік невідомий. За твердженням служби, речі перевозили 3 січня без відповідних дозволів.
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«До КПВВ контрольного пункту в’їзду-виїзду «Станиця Луганська» прибув 57-річний українець. Він прямував до окупованої Брянки. Під час заходів контролю прикордонники спільно з представниками ДФС виявили у сумці громадянина предмети старовини, датовані початком 19 та 20-го століття. Жодних дозвільних документів від Координаційного центру на переміщення такого роду цінностей в чоловіка не було», – йдеться в повідомленні.
Предмети старовини, які, ймовірно, становлять історичну чи іншу культурну цінність, вилучили, на чоловіка, який їх перевозив, склали адміністративний протокол.
Наприкінці грудня ДПСУ запобігла спробі вивезти 150 тисяч доларів, а також прикраси, колекційні монети і картини з окупованої частини території Донбасу через контрольно-пропускні пункти.
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By Gromada | 01/04/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Держкомтелерадіо за час дії обмежень дозволило ввезти 31 тисячу книг із Росії
За 2017-2019 роки, а також за четвертий квартал 2020-го Державний комітет телебачення і радіомовлення дозволив ввезти в Україну 31 тисячу книг із Росії, повідомляє відомство 4 січня.
Серед ввезених книжок переважають дитячі книжки, класика, світові бестселери. Комітет нагадав, що під заборону на ввезення підпадають книжки антиукраїнського змісту, а також такі, що містять пропаганду на користь Росії.
«Більшість книг, на ввезення яких надано дозволи, є російськими перекладами закордонних авторів.Частину дозволів видано на ввезення в Україну україномовних книг українських видавництв, надрукованих в Російській Федерації», – повідомляє Держкомтелерадіо.
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За повідомленням, комітет ініціював запровадження Радою національної безпеки і оборони санкцій до дев’яти російських видавництв, і це вдвічі зменшило обсяги надходження російських книжок на український ринок.
«З урахуванням зупинених на виконання рішення РНБО майже 12 тисяч раніше виданих дозволів та дозволів, термін дії яких завершився, загальна кількість чинних дозволів на сьогодні складає 18 104. Середньомісячна кількість виданих у ІV кварталі 2020 року дозволів залишається на рівні попередніх періодів – близько 1 тисячі. Скажімо, у серпні 2017 року було видано майже 1900 дозволів», – зазначають у відомстві.
Держкометелерадіо підкреслює, що не всі видані дозволи означають фізично ввезені в Україну книжки, тому що значна їх частина лишається нереалізованими.
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«Дозволи, які передбачають ввезення на митну територію України видавничої продукції 59 російських, 5 українських, 1 молдовського та 1 білоруського видавництв, отримували 20 суб’єктів господарювання. Прикметно, що з 1 жовтня 2020 року свою діяльність відновили лише шість імпортерів», – повідомляє комітет.
У перші три квартали 2020 року дозвільна система, судячи з заяви, не функціонувала. У Держкомтелерадіо зазначають, що повністю заборонити ввезення в Україну російських книг може лише відповідний закон.
20 травня 2017 року набула чинності постанова про «Деякі питання видачі (відмови у видачі, анулювання) дозволу на ввезення видавничої продукції, що має походження або виготовлена та/або ввозиться з території держави-агресора, тимчасово окупованої території України». Із того часу Держкомтелерадіо надав 3 018 відмов у видачі дозволів.
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By Gromada | 01/04/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В Україні минулої доби виявили 4 158 хворих на COVID-19 – МОЗ
Минулої доби в Україні виявили 4 158 хворих на коронавірусну інфекцію COVID-19, повідомив очільник Міністерства охорони здоров’я Максим Степанов.
За його словами, минулої доби 73 людини померли, 4 693 – одужали.
«Здійснено тестувань за добу – 13 128 (зокрема методом ПЛР – 11 021, методом ІФА – 2 107)», – повідомив Степанов.
За останню добу найбільшу кількість підтверджених випадків зареєстрували у Запорізькій (528), Києві (504), Львівській (352), Миколаївській (314) та Київській (301) областях.
Загалом за час пандемії в Україні захворіли 1 078 251 людей, з них 733 558 одужали, людини 18 927 померли.
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By Gromada | 01/04/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
За 2020 рік в Україні зробили понад 118 трансплантацій, на 2021 планують 250 – Степанов
Міністр охорони здоров’я Максим Степанов розповів про плани свого відомства щодо розвитку системи трансплантації на 2021 рік. На брифінгу 4 січня він повідомив, що з 1 січня в Україні запрацювала Єдина державна інформаційна система з питань трансплантацій органів і тканин.
За словами Степанова, наразі МОЗ має наповнити цю систему, тому що без неї розвиток системи пересадок органів і тканин неможливий.
«Я не кажу навіть про всі ці норматичні документи, які були ухвалені минулого року. Це і постанови уряду, і накази МОЗ, і створення Українського центру трансплант-координації, без якого теж неможливий розвиток трансплантації. Як наслідок, ми в 2020 році зробили понад 118 трансплантацій на відміну від 2019-го, коли було зроблено 78 трансплантацій органів. Ми поставили собі за мету в наступному році суттєво збільшити кількість трансплантацій. Щонайменше ми зробимо 250 трансплантацій органів і тканин, тобто мінімум удвічі збільшимо кількість трансплантацій», – заявив міністр.
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Він додав, що серед планів МОЗ на цей рік – здійснення в Україні пересадок нирок, печінки, перша трансплантація легені.
«І одне з таких нагальних питань, якого потребує Україна – ми хочемо зробити трансплантацію верхніх та нижніх кінцівок. Це є особливо актуальним для українських військовослужбовців, які втратили кінцівки у зв’язку з російською агресією на сході країни, захищаючи нашу країну. Ми зараз на рівні фахівців достатньо ретельно працюємо з цими питаннями», – сказав Степанов.
Також, за твердженням очільника МОЗ, міністерство має серед завдань запровадження пакету медичних послуг із посттрансплантаційного супроводу.
Читайте також: МОЗ хоче здобути трансплантаційну незалежність України протягом 3 років – Степанов
Крім того, планується розробити механізм залучення до транспортування органів і реципієнтів усіх видів транспорту: цивільної авіації та літаків Державної служби з надзвичайних ситуацій, Національної поліції та Державної прикордонної служби.
Положення про Єдину державну інформаційну систему трансплантації органів та тканин Кабінет міністрів затвердив 23 грудня 2020 року. Закупівлі для створення цієї системи МОЗ анонсував у жовтні 2018 року.
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By Gromada | 01/04/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
AP Fact Check: Trump’s Claims of Fake Georgia Votes are Unfounded
President Donald Trump put forth an array of fuzzy accounting and false claims in a phone call to Georgia’s secretary of state seeking a reversal of his election defeat. In the hourlong conversation Saturday with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Trump suggested that the Republican find enough votes to hand Trump the victory. The Associated Press obtained the full audio of Trump’s conversation with Georgia officials from a person on the call. The AP is not publishing the full audio in keeping with its policy of not amplifying disinformation and unproven allegations. A look at Trump’s claims on the call and how they compare with the facts: TRUMP: “If we can go over some of the numbers, I think it’s pretty clear we won, we won very substantially in Georgia.” THE FACTS: Trump lost Georgia in an election the state has certified for Democrat Joe Biden. Republican election officials have affirmed the election was conducted and counted fairly. With ballots counted three times, including once by hand, Georgia’s certified totals show Trump lost to Biden by 11,779 votes out of nearly 5 million cast. Raffensperger certified the totals with officials saying they’ve found no evidence that Trump won. No credible claims of fraud or systemic errors have been sustained. Judges have turned away legal challenges to the results, although at least one is still pending in state court. TRUMP: “People should be happy to have an accurate count. … We have other states I believe will be flipping to us shortly.” THE FACTS: No reversal of the election outcome is in the offing in any states. Biden defeated Trump by about 7 million popular votes nationwide and by a tally of 306-232 in the Electoral College, including winning key states such as Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona. Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, found no evidence of widespread election fraud. Trump’s allegations of massive voting fraud have been dismissed by a succession of judges and refuted by state election officials and an arm of his own administration’s Homeland Security Department. A group of Senate Republicans, led by Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, say they plan to object to the election results when Congress meets Wednesday to tally Biden’s Electoral College victory over Trump. The objections will force votes in both the House and Senate, but none are expected to prevail. TRUMP: “We have anywhere from 250 (thousand) to 300,000 ballots were dropped mysteriously into the rolls, much of that had to do with Fulton County, which hasn’t been checked.” THE FACTS: Trump appears to be referring to large numbers of votes that were tabulated in the early hours of Wednesday morning after Election Day and later. The arrival of those votes was expected because many of Georgia’s 159 counties had large stacks of mail-in ballots that had to be tabulated after polls closed and in-person ballots were counted. News organizations and officials had warned in the days leading up to the election that the results would likely come in just as they did: In-person votes, which tend to be counted more quickly, would likely favor the president. And mail-in-ballots, which take longer to count since they must be removed from envelopes and verified before they are counted, would favor Biden. States tend to count mail-in ballots at the end of the process. TRUMP: “We think … if (there is) a real check of signatures going back in Fulton County, you’ll find at least a couple of hundred thousand of forged signatures.” THE FACTS: It would be impossible for anyone to have forged hundreds of thousands of signatures on mail-in ballots in Fulton County because there were only about 147,000 mail-in ballots in Georgia’s most populous county, with about 116,000 of them going to Biden. TRUMP, saying thousands of voters moved out of Georgia, registered in another state, and then improperly cast ballots in Georgia: “They came back in, and they voted. That was a large number.” THE FACTS: Not so. Trump supporters are working from a list of questionable accuracy, according to Ryan Germany, the general counsel for Raffensperger’s office. He told Trump during the call that those claims have been investigated and that in many cases, voters “moved back years ago. It’s not like it happened just before the election. There’s something about that data that it’s just not accurate.” TRUMP: “It doesn’t pass the smell test, because we hear they’re shredding thousands and thousands of ballots and now what they’re saying (is) ‘Oh, we’re just cleaning up the office.'” THE FACTS: The shredding in question was taking place in suburban Cobb County, not in Fulton County as Trump said. Cobb County elections officials said November 24 that none of the items shredded by a contractor were “relevant to the election or the re-tally” and instead were things like old mailing labels, other papers with voter information, old emails and duplicates of absentee ballot applications. TRUMP, about a legal settlement that Georgia signed with the state Democratic Party over how signatures on absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots are verified: “You can’t check signatures, you can’t do that. … You’re allowed to do harvesting, I guess, in that agreement. That agreement is a disaster for this country.” THE FACTS: There is nothing in the March 6 consent decree that prevents Georgia’s election clerks from scrutinizing signatures. The legal settlement addresses accusations about a lack of statewide standards for judging signatures on absentee ballot envelopes. Raffensperger has said that not only is it entirely possible to match signatures, but that the state requires it. Ballot harvesting, the practice of collecting numbers of absentee ballots and delivering them back to elections officials, remains illegal in Georgia. TRUMP, referring to investigations into his baseless claims of voter fraud: “You have your never-Trumper U.S. attorney there.” THE FACTS: The U.S. attorney in Atlanta is a Trump appointee. Byung J. “BJay” Pak is a longtime Republican who also served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 until 2017. He was nominated by Trump to become the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in 2017. In announcing his nomination, the White House said that Pak and five other nominees for U.S. attorney’s posts “share the president’s vision for ‘Making America Safe Again.'” Pak had previously also worked as an assistant U.S. attorney. TRUMP, citing 18,000 “suspicious” votes: “The tape that’s been shown all over the world … they said very clearly there was a major water main break. Everybody fled the area and then they came back … there were no Republican poll watchers … and there was no law enforcement. … It was stuffed with votes. They weren’t in an official voter box; they were in what looked to be in suitcases or trunks. … The minimum number it could be … was 18,000 ballots, all for Biden.” THE FACTS: State and Fulton County election officials say that the surveillance video Trump refers shows no improper behavior, but normal ballot processing using not suitcases, but ballot containers on wheels. Officials said that the entire video showed the same workers had earlier packed the ballot containers with valid, uncounted ballots. Republicans have said that their observers were told to leave Fulton County’s vote counting center, but elections officials said they left after confusion that arose because election workers thought they were done for the night. An independent monitor and an investigator oversaw the vote count, according to state and county officials. Trump also refers to a phony confession attributed by a woman allegedly involved in the incident that was posted on social media. TRUMP: “In other states we think we found tremendous corruption with Dominion machines, but we’ll have to see.” THE FACTS: No such corruption has been found. There’s “no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised,” said the federal agency that oversees election security, in a statement joined by state and electoral-industry officials.
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By Polityk | 01/04/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Trump, in Phone Call, Pleaded with Georgia Officials to Overturn His Election Loss
In an extraordinary phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded Saturday with election officials in the southern U.S. state of Georgia to find him enough votes to overturn his pivotal loss there to President-elect Joe Biden. “So, look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state,” Trump told the state’s top elections official, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, FILE – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference in Atlanta, Nov. 11, 2020.Raffensperger replied a few hours later, “Respectfully, President Trump: What you’re saying is not true. The truth will come out.” Respectfully, President Trump: What you’re saying is not true. The truth will come out FILE – Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media, at the White House in Washington.Reaction to the call was swift Sunday afternoon. “Absolutely appalling,” Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger, of Illinois, said of the call on Twitter. “To every member of Congress considering objecting to the election results, you cannot — in light of this — do so with a clean conscience. #RestoreOurGOP” This is absolutely appalling. To every member of Congress considering objecting to the election results, you cannot- in light of this- do so with a clean conscience. FILE – Supporters of President Donald Trump hold signs during a rally outside the Georgia State Capitol, in Atlanta, Nov. 13, 2020.The president linked his fate in the state to Tuesday’s Senate runoff elections in which two incumbent Republican senators, David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, respectively face Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock in contests that will determine control of the U.S. Senate during the first two years of the Biden presidency. “You have a big election coming up,” Trump told Raffensperger, “and because of what you’ve done to the president — you know, the people of Georgia know that this was a scam.” “Because of what you’ve done to the president,” Trump said, speaking of himself in the third person, “a lot of people aren’t going out to vote, and a lot of Republicans are going to vote negative, because they hate what you did to the president. OK? They hate it. And they’re going to vote. And you would be respected, really respected, if this can be straightened out before the (Tuesday) election.” Trump’s call to Raffensperger is Trump’s latest effort to pressure state officials and lawmakers to overturn the votes in their political battleground states that Biden won or name Trump supporters as electors instead of ones supporting Biden.
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By Polityk | 01/04/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
