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Republican Secret Santa

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“I am absolutely heartbroken! That you’ve ignored us time and time again. At one moment, you would have JUMPED at the opportunity to supply House Republicans with the information they need to verify the results of our Midterm Elections.”

Wow. Talk about turning on your voters. This is an email from the Republican party. It was published by Jeremy Schulman of Mother Jones. “You won’t even lift a finger!” A guilt complex? Is this the latest republican scheme? It appears so. It makes sense, I suppose. The GOP appears in the things of a meltdown still over how badly they did in the midterms.

Fingers pointing, tongues wagging, the GOP appears ready, willing, and eager to blame everyone but themselves. And make no mistake, the GOP themselves are the guilty party here. They lost because they had losers as candidates. They lost because they put up freakish people who have not one iota of understanding of the American people.

They lost because they had no policy positions and no winning messaging. In fact, they had no message at all — except for stealing the rights of women, minorities, and the LGBTQ population. And now they’re failing.

How do we know? Because of their emails, for one. Here is the text of yet another one. This one even references Nancy Pelosi.

“Look, House Republicans FAILED our FIRST end-of-month deadline since we fired Pelosi!”

“Democrats are gleeful.”

Assumptions, assumptions, republicans. We’re not merely gleeful; we’re ECSTATIC. But here’s the kicker. Brace yourselves. The GOP has coined a new phrase. “But our secret Republican Santas are really disappointed because you failed to accept their 13x match.”


Secret republican Santas? What in the heck are they talking about? So — are there little republican elves secretly going through the files of who is donating and who is not? Who are these “secret republican Santas” the GOP speaks of?

This is a horrible fundraising email, and I bet they will fall short again. After all, guilting your voters into donating is really not a good way of getting their money. The poor GOP (sarcasm.) They just don’t get it.

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DOJ subpoenas state election officials for Trump documents

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed officials in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania, asking for communications with or involving former President Donald Trump, his campaign aides and a list of allies involved in his efforts to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The requests, issued to Milwaukee and Dane counties in Wisconsin; Wayne County, Michigan; Maricopa County, Arizona; and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are the first known subpoenas by Smith, who was named special counsel last month by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Smith is overseeing the Justice Department’s investigation into the presence of classified documents at Trump’s Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the violent storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and Trump’s frantic efforts to remain in power.

The subpoenas, first reported by The Washington Post, are the clearest indication yet that Smith’s work will include an examination of the fake electors that were part of Trump’s efforts to subvert the election count and certification.

Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said he received the subpoena on Monday and is working with the county’s attorney to comply with the request as soon as possible.

“I don’t see any issues with it,” he said. “Many of those names aren’t familiar to me, so I don’t know how many of those individuals did reach out to us. For example, I don’t recall receiving anything from Rudy Giuliani. I think I would have remembered that. But who knows.”

Christenson said he hoped the documents would help with the investigation, but he didn’t expect to turn over anything that hasn’t already been made public.

“I don’t expect to find any smoking gun,” Christenson said.

Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said he received a similar subpoena on Dec. 1, asking for communications he had with “the gang of people you would sort of expect.”

McDonell said the only person on the list that his office had interaction with was Jim Troupis, Trump’s Wisconsin-based attorney. Trump ordered a recount of ballots cast in Milwaukee and Dane counties, the two largest Democratic counties in Wisconsin, following the 2020 election. Troupis spearheaded the legal effort not to count tens of thousands of ballots cast absentee in that election, including his own.

McDonell said he didn’t expect his response to the subpoena to reveal anything that “hasn’t been covered in the past.”

“I don’t have any stories of Trump calling me at dinner like the other guys,” McDonell said.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson confirmed that Wayne County had received a subpoena from Smith but did not provide additional information on what it was seeking.

“We welcome and support the work of any law enforcement agency working to ensure full accountability for efforts to illegally overturn the fair and accurate results of Michigan’s 2020 election,” Benson said in a statement sent to The Associated Press.

Maricopa County also received a subpoena and will comply, said county spokesperson Fields Moseley. In Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, the state’s second-most populous county and home to Pittsburgh, received a subpoena as well, a spokesperson confirmed.

A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment Tuesday. ___

Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writers Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan, Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix, Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.

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Warnock wins Georgia Senate runoff election

(NewsNation) — Decision Desk HQ has called Georgia’s runoff Senate race for incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, who garnered 50.46% of the vote as of Tuesday evening, according to unofficial results.

All eyes were on Georgia’s Senate race heading into last month’s election. At that time, the race’s outcome might have decided whether Democrats or Republicans would control the Senate.

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Democrats retained that control early last month, but both parties have maintained their watch of the neck-and-neck race between Warnock and former football star Herschel Walker.

On one hand, another Democratic win would reinforce the party’s thin majority in the Senate, while a Republican loss could come back to haunt former President Donald Trump, who encouraged Walker to run.

The Senate race was too close to call after the November midterm election. Neither candidate earned the majority of votes necessary under Georgia’s voting system, and the race was extended to Tuesday for a runoff election.

Warnock originally won his seat in a runoff in 2021.

Tuesday’s election made for the most expensive Senate race this cycle, with total spending surpassing $400 million, according to Open Secrets.

Warnock raised more than Walker and far outspent the Republican, tapping more than $126 million of his campaign funds. That’s compared to the $48.5 million Walker spent, according to the most recent data available from Open Secrets.

Neither campaign was without controversy.

Earlier this year The Daily Beast reported that a woman alleged Walker reimbursed her for an abortion in 2009. The outlet said it reviewed a receipt and a get-well-soon card from Walker, who has denied the allegation and threatened to sue the news outlet.

The New York Times reported Walker pressured the same woman to have a second abortion two years later, and the two broke up when she refused to terminate that pregnancy.

Then in October a second woman came forward with allegations that she had had a six-year relationship with Walker, whom she said pressured her to have an abortion, paid for the procedure and drove her to the clinic.

Warnock faced accusations of trying to evict chronically homeless residents of a low-income housing complex owned by his church. Warnock maintained that the allegations were false. When asked about personal integrity during a debate, he did not directly answer multiple questions about the issue.

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Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings

SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches high school rankings for the week of Dec. 5:

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Class 6A

1. Richardson Lake Highlands, 6-1; 2. North Crowley, 11-2; 3. Humble Summer Creek, 7-2; 4. Fort Bend Elkins, 8-2; 5. Mansfield Legacy, 10-1; 6. Beaumont United, 8-1; 7. Austin Westlake, 12-2; 8. Arlington Martin, 10-2; 9. Allen, 12-4; 10. Lewisville Hebron, 9-4; 11. Trophy Club Nelson, 10-3; 12. Richardson, 8-5; 13. Pearland Dawson, 9-3; 14. Katy Seven Lakes, 11-4; 15. Cy Creek, 7-4; 16. Tomball Memorial, 10-0; 17. Round Rock Stony Point, 10-0; 18. Denton Guyer, 6-2; 19. DeSoto, 7-1; 20. South Grand Prairie, 6-4; 21. Humble Atascocita, 8-5; 22. SA Northside Brennan, 8-6; 23. Round Rock, 7-4; 24. Plano East, 10-1; 25. Killeen Harker Heights, 5-4.

Class 5A

1. Dallas Kimball, 5-2; 2. Fort Bend Marshall, 9-2; 3. Mansfield Summit, 9-2; 4. Amarillo, 14-1; 5. Killeen Ellison, 9-1; 6. Boerne Champion, 12-1; 7. Manvel, 6-4; 8. Lancaster, 6-5; 9. Lufkin, 9-0; 10. Frisco Wakeland, 9-3; 11. Frisco Memorial, 8-6; 12. Frisco Liberty, 10-2; 13. Colleyville Heritage, 9-3; 14. Dallas South Oak Cliff, 4-2; 15. A&M Consolidated, 8-4; 16. FW Wyatt, 1-5; 17. Lucas Lovejoy, 6-1; 18. Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill, 8-4; 19. Mount Pleasant, 8-0; 20. SA Wagner, 6-6; 21. Midlothian, 10-3; 22. NRH Richland, 7-1; 23. NRH Birdville, 4-4; 24. CC Flour Bluff, 8-3; 25. SA Veterans Memorial, 10-3.

Class 4A

1. Dallas Carter, 10-1; 2. Dallas Faith Family, 10-0; 3. Silsbee, 3-8; 4. WF Hirschi, 1-5; 5. Houston Washington, 2-3; 6. Boerne, 5-2; 7. Houston Furr, 4-0; 8. Sulphur Springs, 8-2; 9. Stafford, 10-1; 10. Canyon, 6-1; 11. Dallas Pinkston, 8-4; 12. Canyon Randall, 5-5; 13. Alvin Iowa Colony, 8-1; 14. Houston Yates, 4-1; 15. Somerset, 8-4; 16. Dallas Lincoln, 5-8; 17. Hardin-Jefferson, 8-1; 18. Hamshire-Fannett, 6-3; 19. Waco Connally, 4-2; 20. Wilmer Hutchins, 3-5; 21. Hereford, 4-2; 22. Bullard, 12-2; 23. Bishop, 7-3; 24. Gatesville, 9-1; 25. Center, 4-1.

Class 3A

1. Dallas Madison, 4-5; 2. Hitchcock, 0-4; 3. SA Cole, 5-7; 4. CC London, 8-0; 5. Shallowater, 5-0; 6. Lorena, 8-0; 7. Peaster, 5-2; 8. Ponder, 9-1; 9. Diboll, 0-0; 10. Brock, 6-3; 11. Lytle, 7-2; 12. WF City View, 5-2; 13. Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, 8-2; 14. Mexia, 7-2; 15. Holliday, 5-0; 16. Winnie East Chambers, 6-0; 17. Jefferson, 6-0; 18. Franklin, 0-2; 19. Mineola, 3-2; 20. Orangefield, 6-3; 21. Nacogdoches Central Heights, 5-5; 22. Childress, 4-2; 23. Poth, 0-0; 24. Gunter, 9-0; 25. Crystal City, 4-8.

Class 2A

1. Clarendon, 3-1; 2. Lipan, 10-0; 3. La Rue La Poynor, 6-3; 4. Flatonia, 4-0; 5. New Home, 6-3; 6. Timpson, 0-0; 7. New Deal, 3-2; 8. Big Sandy, 9-0; 9. Martins Mill, 7-3; 10. Douglass, 11-1; 11. Tolar, 7-1; 12. Stockdale, 0-6; 13. Beckville, 3-0; 14. Seymour, 6-1; 15. Frankston, 3-3; 16. Sulphur Springs North Hopkins, 6-5; 17. Floydada, 9-1; 18. Port Aransas, 6-3; 19. Big Lake Reagan County, 6-3; 20. Mumford, 6-3; 21. Corrigan, 5-1; 22. Olton, 4-2; 23. Grapeland, 2-2; 24. Hearne, 7-1; 25. Wolfe City, 5-3.

Class 1A

1. Graford, 9-0; 2. Mertzon Irion County, 0-0; 3. Jayton, 3-0; 4. Tilden McMullen County, 8-0; 5. Perrin Whitt, 9-2; 6. Nazareth, 3-2; 7. Texline, 5-2; 8. Lorenzo, 3-6; 9. Slidell, 4-5; 10. Garden City, 5-3; 11. Martinsville, 11-2; 12. Brookeland, 8-3; 13. Henrietta Midway, 9-3; 14. Dodd City, 6-6; 15. San Perlita, 3-6; 16. Abbott, 0-0; 17. Whitharral, 0-0; 18. Waelder, 7-6; 19. Huckabay, 5-3; 20. Lenorah Grady, 7-1; 21. Neches, 7-5; 22. Laneville, 5-3; 23. Eula, 2-3; 24. Munday, 5-1; 25. Electra, 7-2.

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TAPPS 6A/SPC 4A

1. Houston Christian, 9-1; 2. Houston St. Thomas, 7-0; 3. Plano Prestonwood Christian, 13-4; 4. Tomball Concordia Lutheran, 9-3; 5. Addison Trinity Christian, 14-2; 6. SA Central Catholic, 10-2; 7. SA Antonian Prep, 11-4; 8. Dallas Bishop Lynch, 10-4; 9. Dallas Parish Episcopal, 13-5; 10. Plano John Paul II, 5-7.

TAPPS 5A/SPC 3A

1. Austin St. Michael’s, 9-4; 2. Midland Christian, 9-7; 3. Houston Second Baptist, 6-3; 4. Grapevine Faith Christian, 11-4; 5. FW Southwest Christian, 10-3; 6. The Woodlands Christian, 8-7; 7. Argyle Liberty Christian, 10-7; 8. Frisco Legacy Christian, 12-3; 9. Brownsville St. Joseph, 10-3; 10. FW Christian, 9-8.

TAPPS 4A

1. Lubbock Trinity Christian, 4-2; 2. Austin Brentwood Christian, 3-3; 3. Arlington Grace Prep, 5-5; 4. Houston St. Thomas Episcopal, 11-2; 5. Schertz John Paul II, 2-4; 6. Colleyville Covenant Christian, 4-3; 7. McKinney Christian, 2-0; 8. Austin Veritas, 5-1; 9. Austin Hill Country Christian, 1-0; 10. FW Lake Country Christian, 0-0.

TAPPS 3A

1. Houston Lutheran North, 7-2; 2. Houston St. Francis Episcopal, 6-2; 3. Houston Westbury Christian, 6-6; 4. Dallas Akiba Yavneh, 7-4; 5. Lubbock Christian, 2-0; 6. Richardson North Dallas Adventist, 1-2; 7. Waco Live Oak Classical, 11-0; 8. Marble Falls Faith, 4-2; 9. Plano Coram Deo, 2-4; 10. Bryan Brazos Christian, 3-0.

TAPPS 2A

1. Houston Grace Christian, 11-5; 2. Lubbock Kingdom Prep, 0-0; 3. Galveston O’Connell, 5-4; 4. Ft. Worth Bethesda Christian, 11-0; 5. Longview Christian, 3-3; 6. Pflugerville Concordia, 6-3; 7. Red Oak Ovilla Christian, 4-4; 8. Austin Juan Diego Catholic, 6-6; 9. Lubbock All Saints Episcopal, 0-0; 10. Longview Trinity, 3-1.

TAPPS 1A

1. Wichita Falls Christian, 7-2; 2. Cypress Covenant, 9-5; 3. DeSoto Canterbury Kingdom, 0-0; 4. Conroe Calvary Baptist, 6-3; 5. San Angelo Cornerstone, 7-3; 6. Amarillo Accelerate Christian, 6-1; 7. Alamo Macedonian, 6-5; 8. North Prosper Prestonwood Christian, 0-0; 9. Longview St. Mary’s Catholic, 5-4; 10. Dallas Cambridge, 5-1.

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Class 6A

1. South Grand Prairie, 8-3; 2. Pearland, 14-1; 3. Humble Summer Creek, 13-1; 4. SA Northside Clark, 11-3; 5. Coppell, 17-0; 6. DeSoto, 6-2; 7. SA Harlan, 13-2; 8. Austin High, 15-3; 9. Denton Braswell, 11-2; 10. Mansfield Lake Ridge, 12-3; 11. Lewisville Hebron, 9-3; 12. Little Elm, 11-2; 13. SA Northside Brennan, 13-4; 14. Fort Bend Austin, 17-0; 15. Katy Cinco Ranch, 12-1; 16. Beaumont Westbrook, 18-1; 17. Laredo United South, 11-2; 18. Cedar Hill, 8-6; 19. Friendswood Clear Brook, 10-4; 20. Tomball Memorial, 16-4; 21. Mansfield Legacy, 12-2; 22. Katy, 15-1; 23. Allen, 10-3; 24. Dallas Skyline, 8-4; 25. Houston King, 13-1.

Class 5A

1. Lubbock Monterey, 11-2; 2. Amarillo High, 14-1; 3. SA Wagner, 10-3; 4. Mansfield Timberview, 13-3; 5. Lubbock Cooper, 11-2; 6. Lamar Fulshear, 10-2; 7. Pflugerville, 11-3; 8. Argyle, 11-3; 9. Pflugerville Hendrickson, 12-2; 10. Buda Hays, 14-2; 11. FW Brewer, 10-2; 12. Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill, 15-5; 13. Frisco Lebanon Trail, 12-2; 14. Amarillo Tascosa, 12-2; 15. Frisco Liberty, 6-4; 16. Midlothian Heritage, 12-3; 17. CC Flour Bluff, 12-2; 18. Manvel, 13-7; 19. Montgomery, 10-2; 20. McKinney North, 10-4; 21. EP Burges, 13-1; 22. Lubbock Coronado, 10-3; 23. Edinburg Vela, 10-4; 24. Liberty Hill, 12-4; 25. Mount Pleasant, 10-6.

Class 4A

1. Glen Rose, 16-0; 2. Fredericksburg, 13-2; 3. Waco La Vega, 13-3; 4. Hardin-Jefferson, 11-3; 5. Levelland, 10-1; 6. Canyon, 9-2; 7. Boerne, 11-1; 8. Navasota, 17-0; 9. Seminole, 4-2; 10. Waco Connally, 11-2; 11. Beeville Jones, 9-4; 12. Stephenville, 13-2; 13. Geronimo Navarro, 13-3; 14. Paris North Lamar, 10-3; 15. Van Alstyne, 13-3; 16. Lampasas, 15-6; 17. Sunnyvale, 12-3; 18. Marble Falls, 8-4; 19. Sanger, 7-4; 20. Kennedale, 5-8; 21. Silsbee, 8-0; 22. Wimberley, 14-1; 23. Lubbock Estacado, 7-3; 24. Canton, 13-2; 25. Bishop, 8-2.

Class 3A

1. Fairfield, 5-2; 2. Peaster, 9-3; 3. Winnsboro, 8-4; 4. Holliday, 6-2; 5. Canadian, 6-0; 6. Tuscola Jim Ned, 12-1; 7. Pottsboro, 13-1; 8. Bushland, 2-0; 9. Edgewood, 7-3; 10. Brock, 12-3; 11. Wall, 11-2; 12. Idalou, 4-4; 13. Nacogdoches Central Heights, 7-4; 14. Shallowater, 5-4; 15. Gunter, 8-4; 16. Mount Vernon, 5-2; 17. WF City View, 9-2; 18. Lorena, 10-3; 19. Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill, 4-2; 20. Columbus, 5-2; 21. Aransas Pass, 7-4; 22. Lyford, 10-4; 23. Crystal City, 9-5; 24. Mexia, 8-5; 25. El Maton Tidehaven, 13-3.

Class 2A

1. New Home, 12-2; 2. Sundown, 9-1; 3. Nocona, 8-0; 4. Martins Mill, 7-3; 5. Lipan, 12-3; 6. Gruver, 6-3; 7. Panhandle, 7-4; 8. Evadale, 15-1; 9. Weimar, 7-1; 10. Tenaha, 9-2; 11. Chireno, 13-2; 12. La Rue La Poynor, 11-2; 13. Farwell, 4-3; 14. Goldthwaite, 7-0; 15. Skidmore Tynan, 14-0; 16. Windthorst, 5-1; 17. Harper, 7-1; 18. Dallardsville Big Sandy, 10-2; 19. Cisco, 7-2; 20. Muenster, 9-4; 21. Woden, 10-4; 22. Muenster, 9-4; 23. Charlotte, 10-5; 24. Seymour, 10-0; 25. Hamilton, 8-6.

Class 1A

1. Huckabay, 15-1; 2. Nazareth, 10-4; 3. Neches, 7-0; 4. Turkey Valley, 9-2; 5. Slidell, 9-0; 6. Dodd City, 13-0; 7. Gordon, 9-1; 8. Robert Lee, 4-1; 9. Saltillo, 10-2; 10. Ackerly Sands, 9-4; 11. Hermleigh, 4-2; 12. Veribest, 5-0; 13. Gorman, 12-0; 14. Jayton, 7-1; 15. Whiteface, 6-1; 16. Mertzon Irion County, 3-1; 17. Westbrook, 11-3; 18. Rocksprings, 9-3; 19. Tilden McMullen County, 4-3; 20. Moulton, 7-5; 21. Gail Borden County, 6-2; 22. Roscoe Highland, 3-1; 23. Iredell, 4-0; 24. Spur, 7-2; 25. Klondike, 3-0.

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TAPPS 6A/SPC 4A

1. Plano John Paul II, 14-3; 2. Houston Christian, 11-4; 3. Dallas Bishop Lynch, 11-6; 4. FW Nolan Catholic, 12-5; 5. Dallas Parish Episcopal, 6-2; 6. SA Antonian Prep, 12-6; 7. Plano Prestonwood Christian, 8-5; 8. Houston Bellaire Episcopal, 4-3; 9. Houston The Village, 5-5; 10. Dallas Ursuline, 6-7.

TAPPS 5A/SPC 3A

1. Argyle Liberty Christian, 12-4; 2. Houston Second Baptist, 5-2; 3. Grapevine Faith Christian, 11-2; 4. FW Southwest Christian, 3-5; 5. SA St. Mary’s Hall, 10-3; 6. FW All Saints, 4-4; 7. Tyler Grace Community, 11-2; 8. Midland Christian, 3-3; 9. Austin St. Dominic Savio, 8-1; 10. Victoria St. Joseph’s, 5-7.

TAPPS 4A

1. Dallas Christian, 6-6; 2. Geneva, 6-3; 3. Lubbock Trinity Christian, 3-6; 4. Arlington Pantego, 7-1; 5. FW Lake Country Christian, 10-2; 6. Arlington Grace Prep, 8-2; 7. The Woodlands Legacy Prep, 7-6; 8. League City Bay Area Christian, 6-1; 9. Willow Park Trinity Christian, 10-0; 10. Houston St. Thomas Episcopal, 1-2.

TAPPS 3A

1. Rosehill Christian, 9-0; 2. Lutheran North, 3-6; 3. Lubbock Christian, 0-0; 4. San Jacinto Christian, 0-0; 5. SA Lutheran, 7-7; 6. SA Castle Hills, 3-2; 7. Central Texas Christian, 6-2; 8. Bishop Gorman Catholic, 3-8; 9. Dallas Akiba Yavneh, 10-3; 10. Bryan Brazos Christian, 4-1.

TAPPS 2A

1. Hallettsville Sacred Heart, 2-0; 2. Lubbock All Saints, 7-0; 3. Red Oak Ovilla, 5-1; 4. Shiner St. Paul, 2-6; 5. Muenster Sacred Heart, 6-2; 6. Lubbock Kingdom Prep, 1-1; 7. Dallas First Baptist, 5-4; 8. Lubbock Southcrest, 3-3; 9. Terrell Poetry Christian, 11-1; 10. Conroe Covenant Christian, 5-2.

TAPPS 1A

1. Edinburg Harvest Christian, 14-3; 2. San Angelo Cornerstone, 2-2; 3. Cypress Covenant, 6-2; 4. Granbury Cornerstone Christian, 0-1; 5. WF Christ, 5-2; 6. Weatherford Victory Baptist, 3-7; 7. Wichita Falls Christian, 5-3; 8. Fredericksburg Heritage, 3-0; 9. Sherman Texoma Christian, 1-7; 10. Conroe Calvary Baptist, 1-2.

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Georgia runoff: Warnock and Walker neck and neck as results come in

2022-12-07T02:14:14Z

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican football legend Herschel Walker faced off on Tuesday in a final election that will determine whether Democrats can expand their razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate and solidify Georgia as a battleground state in the next presidential election.

Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican former football star Herschel Walker were locked in a tight battle as results came in from a runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats can expand their razor-thin Senate majority.

With 72% of the estimated vote tallied, Warnock led Walker by 50.4% to 49.6%, according to Edison Research. Final results were not expected until later in the evening.

Gabriel Sterling, a state election official, said turnout was high, both on Tuesday and through mail and early voting. “The people of Georgia were very excited to vote,” he said on CNN.

The race is a last test of Donald Trump’s clout with midterm voters as he seeks the Republican nomination to challenge President Joe Biden in 2024. The former president, who endorsed Walker, had a mixed record in his most competitive endorsements for Congress in this year’s elections.

Warnock held a commanding lead in the state’s biggest counties, including the Democratic stronghold of Atlanta. But Walker led in Republican-heavy rural counties, where vote tallies were slower to be reported.

Walker’s campaign was plagued by repeated gaffes and a variety of allegations, including claims by former girlfriends that he paid for their abortions, even though he has campaigned for the procedure to be outlawed. He has denied the accusations.

The race was the most expensive of the 2022 U.S. midterm election season, with more than $400 million spent. The contest went to a runoff after neither candidate secured 50% of the vote on Nov. 8.

A victory by Warnock would give Democrats a 51-seat majority in the 100-seat Senate, which would make it slightly easier to advance Biden’s nominees for judicial and administrative posts. Most legislation would still require Republican support.

A Walker win, on the other hand, would keep the Senate at its current 50-50 split, with Democrats controlling the chamber thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote.

On a wider scale, a Warnock victory could solidify Georgia as a battleground in presidential elections. It also would be another midterm defeat at the polls for a protege of Trump, who spurred Walker to run.

At least 1.9 million people cast their votes before Election Day, equal to 47% of the Nov. 8 turnout. Analysts say the early votes likely tilted Democratic, which means Walker needed strong Election Day turnout from his supporters to overcome the gap.

“We should not rest on our laurels. The job is not done. The truth is my opponent could still win this election,” Warnock told a crowd in Norcross, Georgia, on Tuesday.

Warnock is pastor of the historic Atlanta church where assassinated civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. preached. Both Warnock and Walker are Black.

Along with the abortion claims, former girlfriends have accused Walker of domestic abuse. He has also faced accusations that he maintains his primary residence in Texas, not Georgia.

Walker has denied the charges, but they may have discouraged some Republican voters. Warnock edged him 49.44% to 48.49% in November, even as Republican Governor Brian Kemp and other statewide Republican candidates easily won re-election.

At a diner in Marietta, Walker deflected questions about his character, which Warnock made a centerpiece of his campaign.

“Right now I put my character up against Raphael Warnock any day,” Walker said on Tuesday.

This is the third Senate runoff in two years in the state – and the second for Warnock, who first won the seat in a runoff in January 2021. Republicans won a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 8 election, but fell short of the “red wave” that some in the party had forecast, despite flagging approval ratings for Biden.

While Biden did not campaign for Warnock, former President Barack Obama rallied for him in Atlanta last week.

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Election workers unload ballots as they arrive from precincts after polls closed for the U.S. midterm runoff elections at the tabulation center at Cobb County Elections and Registration Center in Marietta, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

Voters casts their ballots during the midterm runoff elections at a polling location in Marietta, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

Local residents wait in line to cast their ballot during the runoff U.S. Senate election between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Local residents wait in line to cast their ballot during the runoff U.S. Senate election between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Local residents wait in line to cast their ballot during the runoff U.S. Senate election between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Local residents wait in line to cast their ballot during the runoff U.S. Senate election between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Local residents wait in line to cast their ballot during the runoff U.S. Senate election between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Reverend Raphael Warnock, Democratic Senator for Georgia, speaks during his final midterm runoff election campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 5, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
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In what has to be one of the most ridiculous, darkly funny, completely insane, and yet somehow not at all surprising moments of 2022, John Bolton – a man hated by pretty much everyone out there on all sides – now says he’s looking at running for President in 2024. While Bolton has zero chance of competing, and likely knows he has zero chance, the mere fact that he’s talking about running is actually an indicator of something important.

When there’s a clear frontrunner or two heading into a presidential primary race, there’s not much room for anyone else. Also-rans and unpopular figures can try running, but the media won’t take them seriously, because there’s a frontrunner or two to cover. With no media attention there are no donors. So the also-ran candidates don’t tend to last very long before they have to drop out.

But in a race with no viable frontrunners, also-ran candidates can get in the game and stay in it for a very long time. Even if they’re polling at one or two percent, they can still point to the lack of a frontrunner as a reason why donors should keep their campaign alive. And if they can limp along all the way to Iowa (or whatever state ends up being first on the Republican side) before having to drop out, they can parlay that media attention into a lucrative book deal.

This is almost surely why John Bolton is running. He once sold out the American people by refusing to testify at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial because he had a book deal on the line. So why wouldn’t he be dishonestly chasing yet another lucrative book deal? Bolton is who he is. But the point is this: Bolton thinks the 2024 Republican field will be wide open enough that even he, one of the nation’s most unanimously disliked men, can stay in the race long enough to make it profitable.

John Bolton isn’t the only one who sees it that way. There have been recent media rumblings about everyone from Marco Rubio to Nikki Haley running in 2024. These are people who have no better chance of winning than Bolton does. But they all see a wide open field that’ll allow them to limp along for as long as they like.

This means that none of them see Donald Trump as being a part of the 2024 election cycle. Given that he’s on the verge of being indicted for crimes along the lines of espionage, this isn’t surprising. And given that Ron DeSantis is a self defeating arrogant idiot, they clearly don’t see him as a frontrunner either.


Trump and DeSantis only stand out as supposed frontrunners because the media keeps hyping them as such. But no one in Republican circles seems to be falling for the media’s hype. If Trump and DeSantis were set to dominate the 2024 Republican field, these also-ran candidates wouldn’t be wasting their time.

Simply put, in spite of the ratings-driven media hype about how Trump and DeSantis somehow both have it locked up, the 2024 Republican presidential primary is a wide open field. Meanwhile, in spite of the media’s ongoing attempts at inventing various hypothetical Democratic 2024 presidential campaigns, President Joe Biden is the overwhelming frontrunner on the Democratic side.

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Mexican Congress rejects president“s electoral reform bid

2022-12-07T01:28:39Z

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks after attending a march with supporters to mark his fourth year in office, in Mexico City, Mexico November 27, 2022. REUTERS/Toya Sarno Jordan/Files

The Mexican lower house of Congress on Tuesday rejected a controversial electoral reform backed by the president, after critics said the proposal had the potential to undermine the country’s electoral independence.

With 269 votes in favor, 225 votes against, and one abstention, the leading party and its allies fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the bill, which sought to convert the National Electoral Institute (INE) into a smaller and more powerful body of elected officials, alongside other political changes.

Still, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has already initiated an alternative route to get his reform through, having hours earlier sent a new proposal to the lower house. This does not include constitutional changes, and therefore requires only the simple majority the ruling coalition holds.

The new bill, as anticipated, is also somewhat less ambitious, with its main objective to reorganize and redefine the administrative tasks of the INE, as well as closing offices that will allow $150 million a year in savings.

The rejected bill was seen by the political opposition as a threat to democracy and organizations such as Human Rights Watch said that the “regressive” initiative put at risk the continuation of “free and fair” elections.

Lopez Obrador, known by his acronym AMLO, has defended his proposal as a way to strengthen democracy and reduce the influence of economic interests in politics.

In mid-November, a massive protest against the president’s electoral reform brought tens of thousands of people to the streets, prompting a counter-march led by the president to support it.

Still, AMLO’s insistence on approving his bill before he leaves office in 2024 has had an unexpected result of uniting a fractured opposition and emboldening it ahead of next year’s regional elections.

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Democratic Senator Warnock holds early lead in Georgia runoff

2022-12-07T01:52:24Z

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican football legend Herschel Walker faced off on Tuesday in a final election that will determine whether Democrats can expand their razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate and solidify Georgia as a battleground state in the next presidential election.

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock held an early lead over Republican former football star Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats can expand their razor-thin Senate majority.

With 52% of the estimated vote tallied, Warnock led Walker by 52% to 48%, according to Edison Research, as results from rural areas ate into Warnock’s early lead. Final results were not expected until later in the evening.

Gabriel Sterling, a state election official, said turnout was high, both on Tuesday and through mail and early voting. “The people of Georgia were very excited to vote,” he said on CNN.

The race is a last test of Donald Trump’s clout with midterm voters as he seeks the Republican nomination to challenge President Joe Biden in 2024. The former president, who endorsed Walker, had a mixed record in his most competitive endorsements for Congress in this year’s elections.

Warnock held a commanding lead in the state’s biggest counties, including the Democratic stronghold of Atlanta. But Walker led in Republican-heavy rural counties, where vote tallies were slower to be reported.

Walker’s campaign was plagued by repeated gaffes and a variety of allegations, including claims by former girlfriends that he paid for their abortions, even though he has campaigned for the procedure to be outlawed. He has denied the accusations.

The race was the most expensive of the 2022 U.S. midterm election season, with more than $400 million spent. The contest went to a runoff after neither candidate secured 50% of the vote on Nov. 8.

A victory by Warnock would give Democrats a 51-seat majority in the 100-seat Senate, which would make it slightly easier to advance Biden’s nominees for judicial and administrative posts. Most legislation would still require Republican support.

A Walker win, on the other hand, would keep the Senate at its current 50-50 split, with Democrats controlling the chamber thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote.

On a wider scale, a Warnock victory could solidify Georgia as a battleground in presidential elections. It also would be another midterm defeat at the polls for a protege of Trump, who spurred Walker to run.

At least 1.9 million people cast their votes before Election Day, equal to 47% of the Nov. 8 turnout. Analysts say the early votes likely tilted Democratic, which means Walker will need strong Election Day turnout from his supporters to overcome the gap.

“We should not rest on our laurels. The job is not done. The truth is my opponent could still win this election,” Warnock told a crowd in Norcross, Georgia, on Tuesday.

Warnock is pastor of the historic Atlanta church where assassinated civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. preached. Both Warnock and Walker are Black.

Along with the abortion claims, former girlfriends have accused Walker of domestic abuse. He has also faced accusations that he maintains his primary residence in Texas, not Georgia.

Walker has denied the charges, but they may have discouraged some Republican voters. Warnock edged him 49.44% to 48.49% in November, even as Republican Governor Brian Kemp and other statewide Republican candidates easily won re-election.

Cobb County resident Guri Ben-Hashal, 60, who works in real estate, said he cast a vote against Walker. “I feel that Herschel Walker is unsuitable for the job, to say the least,” he said.

At a diner in Marietta, Walker deflected questions about his character, which Warnock made a centerpiece of his campaign.

“Right now I put my character up against Raphael Warnock any day,” Walker said on Tuesday.

This is the third Senate runoff in two years in the state – and the second for Warnock, who first won the seat in a runoff in January 2021. Republicans won a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 8 election, but fell short of the “red wave” that some in the party had forecast, despite flagging approval ratings for Biden.

In a Reuters/Ipsos poll finished on Tuesday, Biden’s approval rating dipped to 38%, down 2 points from a week earlier. The poll has a credibility interval — a measure of precision — of 4 percentage points either way.

While Biden did not campaign for Warnock, former President Barack Obama rallied for him in Atlanta last week.

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For Trump, tax fraud case just one of several legal problems

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York jury convicted Donald Trump’s company of tax fraud Tuesday, a verdict that could damage the Republican politically and adds to an already long list of legal headaches as he mounts another run for president.

While Trump was not personally charged in the Manhattan district attorney’s tax case, he faces other inquiries. They include a criminal investigation over top secret documents found at his Florida estate, probes in Georgia and Washington into his efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, and more probes in New York.

Trump has denied any wrongdoing and says he is being targeted by Democrats trying to keep him from reclaiming the White House.

Here’s a look at the probes underway in different states and venues:

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MAR-A-LAGO

The Justice Department is investigating the retention of top secret government documents at Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, and potential efforts to obstruct that probe.

As part of that inquiry, agents and prosecutors have spent months interviewing multiple people close to Trump, including an aide who was seen on surveillance video moving boxes of documents at the property.

A grand jury in Washington has been hearing evidence in the investigation. Prosecutors last month granted limited immunity to one close Trump ally to secure his testimony.

Attorney General Merrick Garland last month named Jack Smith, a veteran war crimes prosecutor who previously led the Justice Department’s public integrity section, to serve as special counsel over the Mar-a-Lago investigation and key aspects of a separate probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

2020 ELECTION AND CAPITOL RIOT

The Justice Department is investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to overturn the election Trump falsely claimed was stolen.

Federal prosecutors have been especially focused on a scheme by Trump allies to elevate fake presidential electors in key battleground states won by President Joe Biden as a way to subvert the vote, issuing subpoenas to multiple state Republican party chairmen.

Federal prosecutors have brought multiple Trump administration officials before the grand jury for questioning, including the former Trump White House counsel and a top aide to Vice President Mike Pence.

In a sign of the expanding nature of the investigation, election officials in multiple states whose results were disputed by Trump have received subpoenas asking for communications with or involving Trump and his campaign aides.

The Justice Department investigation is running parallel to a probe by a U.S. House committee which held several public hearings about efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss. That House committee doesn’t have the power to file criminal charges.

Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

GEORGIA

After his 2020 election loss, Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and urged him to “find” the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss in the state.

That Jan. 2 phone call is part of an investigation by a prosecutor in Atlanta. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said she is contemplating subpoenaing Trump for his testimony.

Among those who have been questioned by the special grand jury are former New York mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. The special grand jury is expected to wrap up its investigation soon and to provide recommendations to Willis.

Prosecutors have also advised Georgia Republicans who served as fake electors that they are at risk of being indicted. They signed a certificate asserting Trump had won the election and declaring themselves the state’s electors, even though Biden had won the state and a slate of Democratic electors had already been certified.

Trump and his allies have denied any wrongdoing, and he has repeatedly described his phone call to Raffensperger as “perfect.”

NEW YORK

New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued Trump and the Trump Organization, saying it misled banks and tax authorities about the value of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers to get loans and tax benefits.

That lawsuit, which is pending, could lead to civil penalties against the company if the Democratic attorney general prevails. She wants $250 million and a ban on Trump doing business in New York.

In the meantime, a judge has appointed an independent monitor to watch the company.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office says it is also still pursing a parallel criminal investigation into Trump’s business dealings.

District Attorney Alvin Bragg recently named a new senior prosecutor to oversee that probe, which had appeared to be heading toward a possible indictment when the Democrat slowed things down after taking office in January.

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