Georgia Senate Dem hopefuls differ on court-packing question

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy-winning singer Patti Austin has made a bid to get out the vote in Georgia with a new song posted by the political action committee MeidasTouch.The runoff vote, which takes place on Jan.

: Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will campaign for Sen.

Former Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour said on Monday she plans to canvass in Georgia on behalf of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Rev.

Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a tweet Tuesday to appoint a Black woman to replace Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the Senate.  "We absolutely cannot go backwards," Pressley tweeted Tuesday. "With the election of@KamalaHarris to VP-elect, @CAgovernor must prioritize this leadership, perspective & representation in the vacated U.S.

While Democratic electors in Pennsylvania and Georgia cast their states' electoral votes for Joe Biden on Monday, slates of Republican electors in those states cast votes for President Trump just in case legal challenges succeed.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler has asserted that Raphael Warnock is “the most radically liberal candidate we have seen in this country for Senate.”  Is that just a political charge in a heated campaign, or is Warnock more radical than liberal?   Here is his record. You decide.  Betsy McCaughey, for the New York Post reported on Dec.

Jennifer Lawrence is appearing in a new video to underline the importance of the upcoming runoff Senate races in Georgia next month.

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza hit back after President Obama criticized the “defund the police” movement as a “snappy” slogan.  “What I want to hear from former President Barack Obama if he’s going to use his vast platform for these conversations, what I want to hear from President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, is: what are you going to do?” Garza asked in an interview for Politico’s Women Rule Capstone event.

Donald Trump Jr. will urge Georgia residents to preserve President Trump’s policy accomplishments by supporting Republican Senate candidates in his first television ad appearance of the state’s crucial runoff election campaign, Fox News has learned.

Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock twice on Sunday declined to clarify his stance on whether the Supreme Court should by expanded, once again avoiding a question that emerged as a key point of contention following Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment in October. The “court-packing” issue arose during Warnock’s debate Sunday with Republican Georgia Sen.

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., pointed to the fact that there will be no Black women in the Senate after the departure of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris during an interview last week.

Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) donated part of her senate salary to an organization that opposes same-sex marriage and calls homosexuality “offensive to God.”Loeffler is the richest U.S. senator with a combined net worth, with her husband Jeff Sprecher, estimated at $800 million.

Two frontrunners for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' Senate seat have praised former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Democratic California Reps.

Stacey Abrams is holding weekly briefings for Hollywood managers, agents and entertainment executives on how they can best help Democrats win Georgia's two Senate runoffs. Abrams has frequently engaged the deep-pocketed, liberal industry during her efforts to turn Georgia from Republican control.

California progressives are hoping to influence Gov. Gavin Newsom's pick for someone to fill Kamala Harris’ Senate seat when she becomes vice president in January.

A group of about 150 of California's largest political donors will urge Gov.

Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard is revealing why he briefly unfollowed his bandmate, Brian Kelley. During an interview with Sirius XM's podcast , Hubbard explained that the unfollow came amid the recent election.Hubbard's wife, Hayley Hubbard, expressed excitement on Instagram after the race was called for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.