The annals of the Buffalo Bills’ franchise history are speckled with grief and calamity. The team lost four consecutive Super Bowls, went 18 seasons between playoff appearances and once lost a wild-card game on a last-second kickoff return off a lateral. Buffalo fans have seen some stuff. And they did again on Saturday, when winning […] More
Saul Loeb/Pool/CNP/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. Following an extraordinary day of violence and chaos in which pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the Capitol Building and shut down the counting of Electoral College votes, Congress finally certified […] More
The final step in making the results of the 2020 presidential election official — before Inauguration Day itself — takes place Wednesday, January 6, when Congress counts the Electoral College votes and formally confirms Joe Biden’s win. This usually isn’t a particularly dramatic occasion, since the Electoral College vote count — 306 votes for Biden, […] More
Winning a pair of January 5 Senate runoffs in Georgia, Democrats have regained control of the US Senate, but just barely. By capturing Georgia’s Senate seats — an impressive feat few political observers thought likely after the November election — Democrats have given themselves the barest of Senate majorities. They are technically split 50-50 with […] More
Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock has won the special Senate runoff in Georgia, toppling Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) just two years after she was appointed to fill retired Sen. Johnny Isakson’s (R-GA) seat. It’s a historic triumph, as Warnock will be the first ever Black senator from Georgia. “The other day, because this is America, the […] More
In an early-morning tweet, on one of the most consequential dates in American history, President Trump sent a critical message to Vice President Mike Pence, a man many consider to be his closest and most loyal ally. He tweeted: If Vice President Mike Pence comes through for us, we will win the Presidency. Many States want […] More
The likely victories cap off a remarkable election cycle that saw Biden become the first Democrat to carry Georgia’s electoral votes since Bill Clinton in 1992. They would also see Democrats reverse a long history of desultory turnout in runoff elections, which were originally put in place precisely to prevent Black candidates from winning office, […] More
The Democrats now appear favored to prevail in both of their Senate races in Georgia, and therefore are the favorites to take control of the U.S. Senate. The two Republican candidates hold small leads in the vote count, and still have a chance to hold onto those advantages, but most of the remaining vote is […] More
Rev. Raphael Warnock is projected to beat Kelly Loeffler, and Jon Ossoff is in a good position against David Perdue, so Democrats are now favored to win control of the US Senate. Dave Wasserman of The Cook Political Report and NBC News tweeted: Democrats are the favorites in the Ossoff/Perdue race as well, which means […] More
Dave Wasserman projects that Raphael Warnock will defeat Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate runoff. Wasserman tweeted: I’ve seen enough. Raphael Warnock (D) defeats Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) in GA’s special Senate runoff. #GASEN — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 6, 2021 Loeffler may have just retaken the lead in the count, but she’s […] More
This years presidential election featured a daunting map for Donald Trump. In 2016, he won traditionally Democratic states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin by the slimmest of margins. He also had so contend with the leftward lean of Republican strongholds like Georgia and Arizona. In the end, Trump lost all 5 of those states. In […] More
There have been two “Stop the Steal” rallies in Washington, D.C. since President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden. But this time, for Wednesday’s effort to prevent the certification of Biden’s victory, they’re bringing out the big guns. That’s figuratively and literally: Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the right-wing street gang The Proud Boys, was […] More
