After a fierce and tumultuous general election period, potentially the balance of power in the United States comes down to the State of Georgia. In one race, Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler will face off against Reverend Raphael Warnock. Warnock finished first in the “jungle primary” with 32.9% of the vote (1,611,843 votes) and Loeffler came […]
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#Election2020: Biden seeks to move quickly and build out his administration
President-elect Joe Biden signaled on Sunday he plans to move quickly to build out his government, focusing first on the raging pandemic that will likely dominate the early days of his administration. Biden named a former surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, David Kessler, as co-chairs of a […]
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Ryan throws 3 TDs as Falcons stop comeback, beat Broncos
Little by little, the Atlanta Falcons are learning how to win while still leaving room for too much late-game drama. Matt Ryan took advantage of Denver’s thin secondary to throw three touchdown passes and the Falcons turned back Drew Lock’s bid for a second consecutive comeback to beat the Broncos 34-27 on Sunday. Ryan completed […]
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#Election2020: Bush congratulates Biden, says election was ‘fundamentally fair’ and ‘its outcome is clear’
Former President George W. Bush congratulated President-elect Joe Biden in a phone call Sunday and said that, while President Donald Trump has the right to pursue legal challenges and recounts, the 2020 race was “fundamentally fair” and “its outcome is clear.” The gesture by Bush, the only living former Republican president, was a break from […]
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#Election2020: Jared Kushner, Melania Trump advise Trump to accept election loss
President Donald Trump’s inner circle is beginning to split over his ongoing refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election, as Jared Kushner and first lady Melania Trump advised him to come to terms with President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and his adult sons pressed him and allies to keep fighting. Kushner, the President’s son-in-law […]
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High School Football: Westlake blows past North Atlanta 56-18
The Westlake Lions improved to 7-1 overall on the season after defending their home turf against the North Atlanta Warriors 56-18 Friday night. Friday night was the Lions homecoming and the Warriors felt disrespected coming into this game as their opponents. As many teams that are scheduled for their opponents’ homecoming, it is a sign […]
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Breaking: Joe Biden becomes 46th President of the United States
After a win in Pennsylvania, Democratic Presidential nominee Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr will become the 46th President of the United States. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, will become the first woman elected to Vice President. Harris is of Jamaican and Indian descent. “I am honored and humbled by the trust the American people have placed in […]
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[VIDEO] Atlanta-based Besharat Arts Foundation wants to transform arts in schools through exhibits to be seen through eyes of a child
Three large crates stood sentry by the doors of the Besharat Art Gallery and Museum in the Castleberry Hill section one late October afternoon. They were not long for Atlanta though, according to the large white shipping labels plastered multiple times on each crate, these were heading to a school in Italy. Inside of each […]
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#Election2020: Read President-elect Joe Biden’s full remarks from victory speech
Victory speech as prepared for delivery by President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware My fellow Americans, the people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered us a clear victory. A convincing victory. A victory for “We the People.” We have won with the most votes ever cast for a presidential ticket in the history […]
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#Election2020: Breaking down the barrage of false election claims from Trump and his allies
On Twitter and on television, President Donald Trump and his allies continued Thursday to bombard Americans with false claims about the presidential election — baselessly asserting for the second day in a row that Democrats were attempting to steal the election from Trump. Trump began the barrage with a wildly inaccurate speech in the early […]
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#Election2020 | Cillizza: ‘Why Georgia is about to become the center of the political universe’
No matter whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden winds up carrying the state of Georgia in the 2020 presidential race, the Peach State is already guaranteed to be the center of the political universe come early 2021. With virtually all of the votes counted in the state, it now seems entirely possible that Georgia could […]
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#Election2020: Biden sees path to 270; Trump attacks election integrity
President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week’s election against Joe Biden, as the Democrat gained ground in tight contests in some key battleground states. With his pathway to re-election appearing to shrink, Trump on Thursday advanced unsupported accusations of […]
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#Election2020: Perdue near runoff territory against Ossoff in Georgia
As votes were still being counted Thursday in Georgia, results for Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue hovered near the threshold where a runoff against Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff would be required. Perdue led unofficial returns as he sought a second term, but Ossoff still hoped to narrow the margin as votes continued to come in […]
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#Election2020 | Biden takes the lead in Georgia, Abrams is celebrated on social media
Friday morning, Democratic Presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden, Jr, officially took the vote count lead in Georgia. In a state that has not elected a Democrat to the White House since Bill Clinton in 1992, Biden currently leads President Donald Trump by 1,096 votes. There is an estimate of 10,000 votes remaining. Election workers in […]
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#Election2020 | OP-ED: No matter the outcome, America’s standing in the world took a big hit on election night
The United States of America took a big hit on the global stage on election night. Presented with an opportunity for a wholesale rejection of a highly divisive, race-baiting, xenophobic, media-hating, anti-science, lying, juvenile incumbent, a sizable swath of America’s voters decided to take a pass and pull the lever for Donald Trump, and that […]