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BREAKING: Donald Trump Concedes to Joe Biden
Yesterday, we got from the Trump White House the closest thing we are going to get to a concession. GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, after weeks of holding up the transition, finally approved to start the process of transitioning to a Biden administration. Trump acted on Twitter like he was unphased by the news, saying in part, “we will keep up the good fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.” Murphy released a self-aggrandizing mess of a statement saying she couldn’t do anything until results were certified and that she was not playing partisan politics.
The bottom line is that the Trump administration is giving the go-ahead for the White House to change over to a Biden administration. President-Elect Biden will get $6.3 million for the transition and will be able to start coordinating with White House officials on crucial topics like battling the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has been pushed by Republicans over the past few weeks to begin this transition process and it’s unclear whether that had any effect. He seems deeply upset by the move, as shown by his tweets after the announcement about continuing litigation and vowing never to concede.
Fox News Carefully Explains to Viewers That Trump Lost
Fox News has been in a precarious position ever since Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden. On the one hand, Fox wants to remain a tiny bit connected to reality but on the other hand, they don’t want to anger their Trump-supporting audience by telling them Biden won fair and square. Fox has been walking the tight rope by accepting Biden as President-Elect during the daytime hours, while opinion anchors during the nighttime hours argue the election was stolen from Trump with widespread voter fraud. Complicity from the right-wing media has contributed to 86% of Trump supporters thinking Biden stole the election and the narrative helped convince 60% of Trumpists that he was eventually going to overturn the results.
Hints of reality are starting to leak into the primetime hours on Fox as well. Last week, Tucker Carlson criticized former Trump attorney Sydney Powell for making wild claims without evidence. Now, Laura Ingraham is telling her audience that Joe Biden will be the president on January 20th. Throughout Ingraham’s monologue on her Monday night program, she kept giving apologies and disclaimers about how maybe Trump could still win. But she also told her viewers that she wouldn’t lie to them and that Biden is likely to prevail. It’s quite an about-face from an anchor who has been lying to her audience about the exact same topic for the last three weeks.
From yesterday’s show:
BREAKING: Joe Biden Picks Normal Adult for Secretary of State
President-Elect Joe Biden has made one of his most important cabinet picks. Biden has chosen Anthony Blinken, a 35-year foreign service veteran, to be Secretary of State. Blinken is not a household name, but that is something we’ll have to get used to after four years of Donald Trump. The outgoing president chose an oil tycoon and a lunatic Republican congressman as his Secretaries of State. In contrast, Blinken is the exact type of person needed to calm the panic of our foreign allies and restore America’s image in the world. Biden has also chosen Jake Sullivan for National Security Adviser, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as Ambassador to the United Nations, Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary, and John Kerry as climate czar.
--More on the show:
--President-Election Joe Biden makes more cabinet and top level selections, including Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary, John Kerry as climate czar, Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security, and Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence
--This week's edition of Hatriot Mail
--Joe Biden is "stealing" the spotlight that Donald Trump desperately wants to keep, and it is infuriating Trump
--Some of Donald Trump's "proof" of voter fraud includes references to cities that are not even in the states in which they are claiming fraud took place
--Tucker Carlson appears to set a record for lies in 80 seconds during a segment about voter fraud, safe elections, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and more
--Investigative reporter Carl Bernstein reveals a list of 21 Republican Senators who reportedly have privately criticized Donald Trump
--The Eggman calls in to predict that Mike Lindell of MyPillow fame will run for President in 2024
--On the Bonus Show: Trumpist charged with assault for breathing heavily on a woman, why the oil industry doesn't fear Joe Biden, cannabis stocks surge on Joe Biden win, much more...
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