A Wisconsin pharmacist left out hundreds of doses of COVID-19 vaccines as the pandemic wreaks havoc on the country because of … an unproven conspiracy theory that the shots would mutate people’s DNA, according to court documents released on Monday.
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Not long after I broke the story that the Atlanta U.S. attorney who abruptly resigned Monday was being replaced with another Trump-appointed U.S. attorney from outside the office, the news emerged that, in Virginia, the Eastern District U.S. attorney was stepping down as well.
There’s no one answer to when the COVID-19 vaccine will be available. Instead, there are fifty.
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Yesterday, TPM broke the news that the Atlanta-area U.S. attorney was leaving his post early. Byung Jin “BJay” Pak, of the Northern District of Georgia, had planned to leave on Inauguration Day, but instead was leaving immediately due to “unforeseen circumstances,” he told his staff yesterday.
Today, we learned who will replace him: Bobby Christine, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. TPM broke that story too.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Two Big Scoops On One Weird Story”
A Fox News host thinks Republicans should be forgiven for spending months spewing falsehoods about the Nov. 3 election — reasoning that the coordinated effort was actually just a healthy dose of “skepticism.”
“I think Americans, I think Republicans, conservatives, can be forgiven for their skepticism,” Fox News’ Will Cain said early Tuesday. “Because whether or not an election was rigged, it certainly feels like society is rigged right now.” Continue reading “A Fox News Host Thinks Society Is ‘Rigged’ Against Republicans”
Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) on Tuesday denied that GOP efforts to delegitimize the election process will discourage voter turnout as his home state of Georgia holds runoff elections that will determine the balance of the Senate. Continue reading “GOP GA Rep Denies That Party’s Anti-Democracy Rhetoric Discourages Voters”
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) said on Tuesday that he hopes state and local governments in Georgia will pursue “criminal charges” against President Donald Trump.
The comments come after multiple news outlets published audio tapes revealing that Trump had pressured a top elections official in Georgia to “find” enough ballots to declare him the winner of the battleground state.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) suggested Monday night that there would be dire consequences if GOP incumbents Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) lose the Georgia Senate runoffs on Tuesday, which would give Democrats control of the chamber.
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The single most important story we’re covering right now? No national plan and no national strategy for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.
