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December 31, 2020

Senator David Perdue quarantines due to COVID-19 exposure

ATLANTA, Ga. -- According to Senator David Perdue's campaign team, the Senator will quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure.

The Senator was notified that he came into close contact with someone on the campaign who tested positive for the virus.

Perdue and his wife tested negative but they are following the doctor's recommendations in accordance with the CDC guidelines and will quarantine.

The campaign team says that the Senator and his wife have tested regularly throughout the campaign and will continue to follow CDC guidelines.

https://wgxa.tv/news/local/senator-david-perdue-quarantines-due-to-covid-19-exposure
https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1344739375339479043?s=20

December 31, 2020

WH Garage Sale

December 31, 2020

Iran: "I advise the person expelled from WH not to turn New Year into mourning for Americans".

Supreme leader’s top military adviser General Dehgan isuues warning on Twitter to US as tensions continue to boil between Washington & Tehran.

“I saw the Americans were on alert in fear of retaliation & two B-52 bombers had flown over the Persian Gulf.

All US military bases in the region are covered by our missiles. I advise the person expelled from the White House not to turn the New Year into mourning for Americans”


https://twitter.com/aliarouzi/status/1344715998230945800?s=20

December 31, 2020

Ok I admit I needed this: The Dogs of 2020

Lost best dog dog ever, ROOpete in June. Saddest day for mr pete & i this year.

So this is special for us:
https://twitter.com/magsmitchell/status/1344524961696915456?s=20

December 31, 2020

Wow, an uplifting story of redemption for 2020

The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died this year. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years ago. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other. They stand for hours together watching the lights in Melbourne



Photographer Tobias Baumgaertner captured this image of two widowed fairy penguins looking over the Melbourne skyline. It has won an award in Oceanographic magazine’s Ocean Photography Awards 2020.

https://twitter.com/meindiva/status/1343542596430401538?s=20

and OH MY I JUST FOUND VIDEO!
https://twitter.com/illusion_opus/status/1343858064378761218?s=20

ORIGINAL POST BY PHOTOGRAPHER:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YuSL1BWxa/?igshid=1utsczlic348n

December 31, 2020

LOL: Boris Johnson's Father Seeks French Citizenship

“The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit,” Reuters reports.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-johnson-father-idUSKBN2950VV?taid=5feda95fe423ce000125eb07&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
December 30, 2020

Census Will Miss Deadline For Apportionment Data, Potentially Scuttling GOP Power Grab

The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a census official said. That delay could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts to exclude people in the country illegally from the count if the figures aren’t turned in before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

A census official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter confirmed the delay to the Associated Press on Wednesday.

It will be the first time that the Dec. 31 target date is missed since the deadline was implemented more than four decades ago by Congress.

Internal documents obtained earlier this month by a House committee show that Census Bureau officials don’t see the apportionment numbers being ready until days after Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20.


MORE:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ap-census-plans-to-concede-it-will-miss-deadline-to-give-trump-apportionment-data

December 30, 2020

Mitch is so done with him

Breaking: Mitch McConnell refuses to separate $2,000 relief checks from unrelated Trump demands.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1344377765991129093?s=20

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