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January runoff races could flip the Senate and prevent the majority leader from obstructing another Democratic presidency. This is a richly deserved nightmare scenario for <itch McConnell who has given Americans so many nightmares for so many years.

The Biden presidency must be greeted with a historic amount of organizing and agitation. Otherwise, we’re done for. Politics should never be practiced with the expectation of ideal conditions.

The world awaits post-Trump shifts * French groups defy terror and Islamophobia * Who took down Golden Dawn?

Despite all of Trump’s machinations, it is extremely unlikely he can find a way to stay in power or stage a coup. Here’s an explanation of why.

The Vermont senator noted that "47% of workers in Georgia make less than $15 an hour and 71% of voters in Georgia support increasing the federal minimum wage."

Tens of thousands of supporters greet Bolivian ex-president during his triumphant return to Chimoré

First inventory of the election from hell

"The Trump administration is trying to get a lot of stuff like this out the door ASAP."

"The full data set on which the claim is based has not yet been released and so we don’t know exactly what has been found." Eleanor Riley, University of Edinburgh

A great many people did not vote for Joe Biden, they voted against Trump. We have to recognise how narrow this win was