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January 7th, 2021
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The US Congress early this morning certified the Electoral College vote making Joe Biden the forty-sixth president of the United States. Vice President Mike Pence confirmed Mr. Biden’s victory at 3:41 a.m. ET.
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January 7th, 2021
Senator Ben Sasse
Senator Ben Sasse’s speech Mr. President, thank you and Mr. Vice President, let me just say before I begin… Thank you for the way you have fulfilled your constitutional duties and your oath of office today. It obviously hasn’t been easy. Colleagues, today has been ugly. When I came to the floor this morning, I planned to talk about the...
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January 7th, 2021
Senator Ben Sasse
Senator Ben Sasse’s speech Mr. President, thank you and Mr. Vice President, let me just say before I begin… Thank you for the way you have fulfilled your constitutional duties and your oath of office today. It obviously hasn’t been easy. Colleagues, today has been ugly. When I came to the floor this morning, I planned to talk about the...
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January 7th, 2021
Protesters surround the US Capitol
Patriots enlist and defend their country. They work hard, do their best, raise good families. They help their neighbors. They perform civic duties. They grit their teeth and pay their taxes. Then they show up and vote.
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January 3rd, 2021
Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York
A New York state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow the government to detain people deemed a potential public health risk, amid concerns that the Covid-19 crisis is being allegedly used to usher in authoritarianism.
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January 3rd, 2021
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U.S. health care workers are first in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine — but an alarming number across the country are refusing to do so. Earlier this week, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine disclosed that about 60 percent of the nursing home workers in his state have so far chosen not to get vaccinated.
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December 27th, 2020
vaccine - vial & syringe
I am an ER physician married to another ER physician, and COVID-19 has rocked my world. With two small children to care for at home, we had to draw on new skills as we contemplated and prepared for the care of our children should we not survive the disease. Now we are on the precipice of the unfathomable: a vaccine...
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December 14th, 2020
detailed image of COVID-19 virus
In April, the deadliest month of the pandemic, an elderly New Yorker in assisted living couldn’t grasp why she was suddenly forbidden to see her friends. In May, two sisters in Michigan, one Republican and the other a Democrat, watched their aged parents suffer from covid-19 and wondered why so many people refused to cover their faces against the virus.
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December 10th, 2020
Pray for America
2020 may be nearly over, but the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly not. In recent weeks, the U.S. has seen quite a spike in positive cases. Of course, increased testing capacity always results in a spike of recorded cases. But the current spike we’re seeing is a cause for concern. As Fox News reported at the beginning of December, “More than...
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December 9th, 2020
traditional Santa with list
Is Santa Claus real? Why do we celebrate Christmas on December 25? Where was Jesus born? Christ before Christmas Mary: The mother of Jesus and “the servant of the Lord” Joseph: The earthly father of Jesus and the “forgotten man of Christmas” How many wise men were there? And when did the magi visit Jesus?… Source: What does the Bible...
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