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  Not even Donald Trump, the great twister of truth, could keep reality at bay forever.  After nearly three weeks of his absurd legal claims and corrosive attacks on democracy, a cascade of momentous developments Monday obliterated the President’s fantasy that he would have a second term. In the most significant and symbolic sign that it’s over for Trump, General Services Administrator Emily Murphy, heeding the inevitability of constitutional processes, finally switched on the administrative machinery that will formally transfer power to President-elect Joe Biden. The legally mandated transition will unblock millions of dollars in funding and compel the administration to grant access and briefings to the President-elect’s incoming team. Most importantly, it will allow Biden’s representatives to huddle with government health officials to learn how best to escalate the effort to tackle the Covid-19 disaster that is ravaging the nation. Yet even before Murphy’s belated move, Bide...

  Joe Biden is projected to win the election and become the 46th president of the United States. After a nail-biting race, the Democratic candidate took an unbeatable lead in Pennsylvania - picking up its 20 Electoral College votes and passing the 270 needed to gain the White House.So how did he do it? Some trends in voting patterns have become apparent. 1. The blue wall has been rebuilt Mr Biden won Wisconsin and Michigan - and now Pennsylvania, three of the states that fell to Donald Trump four years ago. They are in the so-called "blue wall", a group of northern states that have been steadily Democrat supporting in many recent elections. Site:    https://artikel.sabda.org/full_watch_tenet_2020_movie_online_free_hd It was the switch in 2016 of many voters in those states to supporting Mr Trump that gave him the keys to the White House, with many blue collar voters sold on his America First vision and pledge to revitalise the US steel and coal industries. In many parts o...

  Rich people don't just have bigger bank balances and more lavish lifestyles than the rest of us -- they also have bigger carbon footprints. The more stuff you own, and the more you travel, the more fossils fuels are burned, and the more greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere.Jetting around, buying luxury goods, keeping mansions warm and driving supercars -- they all have a carbon footprint. Oxfam has estimated that the average carbon footprint of someone in the world's richest 1% could be 175 times that of someone in the poorest 10%. Studies also show that the poor suffer the most from climate change. But some argue that the wealthy can do the most to help fix the climate crisis. Here's how they could make a difference. Spend wisely The buying decisions of the rich mean much more in the fight against climate change than those of most people. Ilona Otto and her colleagues at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research estimated that the typical "super-...