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![Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on December 15, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1220-mitch-mcconnell-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Stimulus and Defense Shenanigans Are Having Ripple Effects in Georgia
If McConnell loses his leadership seat due to Trump’s shenanigans tipping Georgia, I might laugh for a thousand years.
![A poll worker helps a voter (left) fill out a provisional ballot at Park Tavern polling station on November 3, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1229-georgia-vote-400x300.jpg)
Civil Rights Groups Fight Back Against Georgia’s Voter Purges
The purging of nearly 200,000 Georgia voters could determine which party will control the Senate.
![Donald Trump walks back to a golf cart](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_1228-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Is Humiliated and More Dangerous Than Ever
Trump has been publicly shamed and routed off the field, and all for absolutely nothing but a few days of bad attention.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders heads to the Senate floor at the Capitol building on December 20, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1230238914-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Condemns Trump for Allowing Millions to Lose Unemployment Benefits
The Vermont senator lamented Trump's unwillingness to avert catastrophe by signing the compromise relief bill.
![The Department of Justice is seeking a financial penalty for actions that helped fuel the nation's opioid crisis.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1280324286-400x300.jpg)
DOJ Charges Walmart With Illegally Dispensing and Distributing Opioids
The Department of Justice is seeking a financial penalty for actions that helped fuel the nation's opioid crisis.
![Thousands gathered in New York's Times Square for a demonstration organized by Black Lives Matter Greater New York on June 6, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1218668228-400x300.jpg)
Politicians Failed Us in 2020. Our Movements Built Lasting Power.
From pandemic mutual aid to Black Lives Matter, 2020 will be remembered as a year when everything changed.Â
![Sen. Bernie Sanders prepares to do an interview with MSNBC in the Russell Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, December 16, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1230158689-400x300.jpg)
Bernie Sanders Excoriates House GOP for Refusing to Back $2000 Relief Checks
House Republicans are more supportive of Trump's baseless claims of voter fraud than substantial relief for Americans.
![A person holds a candle during a candlelight vigil](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/2020_1222-pitt-400x300.jpg)
On Christmas, Let’s Reach for Hope in This Dark Winter
The deep darkness on this Christmas Day is caused by far more than an annual celestial exercise.
![President Trump gestures toward fencing at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_1223-trump-border-wall-400x300.jpg)
The Trump Admin Is Trying to Build the Border Wall on Land It Doesn’t Own
The government is prematurely granting contracts to build on land it doesn’t yet own, costing millions in delays.
![Republican Senate candidate Kelly Loeffler speaks to supporters during a Save Our Majority campaign rally on November 11, 2020, in Marietta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_1223-kelly-loeffler-400x300.jpg)
As Georgia Senate Runoffs Near, Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s Scandals Are Piling Up
Political opponents and media have called for greater scrutiny of Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler's $800 million fortune.