Georgia officials say that predictions and results will start coming out starting tonight and tomorrow morning. Polls have Ossoff up +1.8 points and Warnock up +2.1 points on average. It is important to note that the average margin of error for the presidential race is 3 points, meaning that anything could happen. Also, the poll averages are from FiveThirtyEight, which decided to include both the Trafalgar group and JMC Analytics, giving Ossoff +12 and Warnock +13 in total, shifting the average to the left. Polls close today at 7:00 pm ET.

Given the current tallies for early votes, 30% of voters are above the age of 66 and 21% are 56 to 65. This could be a huge advantage to the GOP since older voters tend to be more conservative. In terms of race, 56% of voters are Non-Hispanic white, 31% are Non-Hispanic black, 2.3% are Hispanic, and 2.5% are Asian American. Currently, 3 million votes have already been cast, reaching 70% of the turnout seen in the 2020 presidential year.

To recap the profiles of the candidates, let’s start with Warnock and Loeffler. Loeffler is most notable for her insider trading “scandal”, selling stocks after receiving information not available to the general public about the coronavirus pandemic. Warnock on the other hand is being called an open anti-semite and a Marxist. He has compared America to Fidel Castro’s Venezuela and also ran over his ex-wife’s foot during domestic abuse. Surprisingly, he has the upper hand, probably because of the MSM’s blatant attempts to cover up for him. Perdue has been called a “Washington Insider” by attack ads from the Ossoff campaign. Ossoff is being called a radical from attack ads for his “support of AOC’s 90 trillion dollars green new deal”. Ossoff has called out Loeffler for “campaigning with a klansman”, although this has been thoroughly debunked.

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s attempt to unanimously pass a bill to increase direct payments year-end coronavirus relief packages from $600 to $2000. 

He claims that the Democrats have “quietly changed” what President Trump wanted in the bill. He adds that it lets wealthy households suck up even more money. McConnell says the Democrats are trying to do away with the repeal of section 230 and a review of the 2020 election.

“The Left took a break from trying to defund the police to try to defund our Armed Forces,” McConnell states. “Their amendment went down in a landslide. But now our colleague from Vermont [Sanders] is again putting political stunts before the needs of our men and women in uniform. Our colleague says he will slow down this vital bill unless he gets to muscle through another standalone proposal from Speaker Pelosi that would add roughly half a trillion dollars to the national debt, which does not align with what President Trump has suggested and which has no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate.”

The topic three priorities for Trump are larger direct payments, repeal of section 230 of the communications decency act, and a review of election integrity. McConnell says these three requests have not been adequately addressed and the job of the senate is “to ensure the president was comfortable signing the bill into law, the Senate committed to beginning one process that would combine three of the president’s priorities

“Three of the president’s priorities in one Senate process. That was the commitment, and that’s what happened yesterday when I introduced text reflecting just what the president had requested. Now, House and Senate Democrats want something very different. As they have tried to do countless times in the past four years, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer are trying to pull a fast one on the president and the American people.” said McConnell.

Chuck Schumer testified in front of the Senate, asking for senate Republicans to join the rest of “America”.

Mitch McConnell blocks spending bill in the senate

Yesterday, a Gallup poll shows Trump ahead of Obama, becoming the ‘Most Admired Man’ of 2020 This is not surprising as Trump tied with Obama in 2019 (18% each). The reasoning that many pollsters have brought forward is because of the democratic ticket split; there are more “democratic” figures than republicans. 

Michelle Obama is still the most admired woman with Kamala Harris coming in second. The Gallup poll on the most admired men and women has been an annual “tradition” since 1946. Obama has been ‘most admired’ for 12 years straight, that is until 2020. Trump received 18% of the vote (same as last year) and Obama received a smaller fraction, 15%. 

Some notable runner ups include Joe Biden, (6%), Dr. Anthony Fauci, (3%), Pope Francis, (2%), Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Bernie Sanders, LeBron James, and Dalai Lama, all with 1% mentioning. 

“This year marks the 10th time Trump has finished among the top 10 men, including four times before he entered party politics – 1988 through 1990 and 2011. Gates has finished in the top 10 a total of 21 times, while Obama has now done so 15 times and the Dalai Lama 11 times. Biden has been in the top 10 once before, in 2018, while Fauci and James are new to the list,” Gallup reported.

Evangelist Billy Graham won the most top 10 finishes, with 61 finishes. He is followed by the great communicator, Ronald Reagan, with 31 finishes. Jimmy Carter trails behind closely with 29 finishes. 

Queen Elizabeth is first for Gallup’s top 10 finishes poll (52), and is followed by Margaret Thatcher (34), Oprah Winfrey (33), and Hilary Clinton (29).

Gallup poll shows Trump as 'Most Admired Man', defeating Obama's 12-year streak

The huge trillion-dollar spending bill is set to fund government programs and provide a second round of direct, stimulus bills to American taxpayers ($600). To be exact, college students won’t receive the money. Neither will immigrants who don’t have social security numbers. Some with higher incomes who qualified for the first round of checks may not receive the second round this time. The bill also extends federal supplemental unemployment benefits. Those who are experiencing a slow down in business will also be provided with $300/week until mid-march. This time, the bill contains grants to selected industries such as low-income businesses ($20 billion) and struggling movie theaters/live shows ($15 billion). In the realm of transportation, airlines are getting $15 billion dollars and airports are going to get $2 billion. Amtrak, the railroad company, is receiving a billion dollars as well.

13 and 15 billion dollars are going to food banks and direct payments to farmers to assist food production, though demand in the agricultural space has seemed to remain the same, if not higher, throughout the pandemic. The bill includes a two-year tax break for business meals and a $25 billion dollar renter assistance program plus an extended eviction moratorium. 

Higher education is receiving 82 billion dollars. The postal service is being forgiven for a 10 billion dollars loan. States receive $40 billion dollars for covid testing and vaccine distribution. House Democrats wanted to bail out states for the economic destruction caused by the strict lockdowns (enforced by democratic governors). Of course, this was rejected by house republicans.

President Trump has hinted at vetoing the bill as it is packed with wasteful spending. He wants the money to instead go to the American people rather than bailing out cooperations and raise the $600 stimulus check up to $2,000.

Tulsi Gabbard, one of the two House Democrats that voted against the bill have spoken out about it. She called the bill “a slap in the face to the American people”. The 5593-page long bill was given to the house at 2:30 PM and was expected to be voted just hours later. She also talks about how provisions are snuck into the bills and rushed to be voted. She called those who voted for the bill “irresponsible”. 

“I voted against the 5,593-page spending bill that gave billions to corporate interests, the military industrial complex & other countries, leaving crumbs for you who need help most.”

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