issues and their districts and their states, and president biden for example, in his race for president, he largely shrugged off the defund the police narrative, because anybody that knows joe biden knows that that is not something that he himself believes in. but frankly it was a narrative that was taking hold in some places until the campaign had a counter ad that said this is what joe biden is for. so it matters where you re talking about engaging. i was in georgia a lot before the runoff in january, january 5th, and i was with now senators ossoff and warnock and the disciplines those campaigns had in refusing to engage in trump and all of the election fraud, even the day that the phone call came off between president trump and brad raffensperger, overseeing the elections, and
the department of defense says u.s. navy surveillance planes had close encounters with multiple russian jets over the weekend. the pentagon says three u.s. navy planes were flying over the mediterranean and experienced quote unprofessional intercepts by russian aircraft. the defense officials said encounters happen often, but are usually deemed safe and professional. the pentagon released a statement reading in part this. we have made our concerns known to russian officials through diplomatic channels. while no one was hurt, interactions such as these could result in miscalg calations and mistakes that lead to more danger outcomes. the u.s. will continue to operate sail, professionally, and consistent with international law, and international waters and air space. we expect russia to do the same. new york attorney general leticia james is hitting back at former president trump s defense of his company s financial records. trump put out a lengthy statement late tuesday claiming his long
digs into the former president s massive fundraising efforts and campaign and how it is issuing some other folks in the republican party. what is remarkable is how much of a jugger nault the former president has built, so much spamming republican donors over and over again, fundraising money. there are stats in the story that are jaw dropping this morning. almost a quarter of all of the money processed by some conservative fundraising firms have gone to the trump s presidential campaigns, more than the congressional campaigns combined. sometimes more than a dozen a day, they did take a break over christmas you can see in the chart on axios .com right now, but sometimes 15, 16, 17 e-mails a day and republicans were telling us they feel there was donor fatigue that could be happening here. people are getting so many e-mails from the former president s fundraising they may be distract and not donating as much for the mid terms. a lot of the money president
senate delays on a deal have pushed washington within 48 hours of a government shutdown. the senate will reconvene this morning after going home last night without a final deal on a continuing resolution to keep the government open. part of the holdup is democrats not having the necessary number of members to defeat republican amendments to end president biden s vaccine mandate. three democratic senators were out of washington yesterday, while only one republican was absent. that means republicans would have the numbers needed to pass the proposal by a simple majority. any changes by the senate would fort it to go back to the house, which is in the middle of a two week recess and when democrats are unlikely to support a funding bill that defunds the president s vaccination requirements. another hurdle to passage?
significance. hi, representative, my name is angela mccalum, i m calling from trump campaign headquarters in washington, d.c., i know you re veryhi busy but i did wa personally reach out to you on behalf of the president as you ve got an opportunity to be a crucial part of his re-election. we just wanted to make sure you knew how you could be helpful in ensuring that every american is representeden and can rest assud that their vote will be fairly andat correctly counted in this election. the united states constitution provides that the state legislators retain sole authority to designate the presidentialau electors. you do have the power to reclaim youre authority and send us a slateur of electors that will support president trump and vice president pence. id you do have the power to reclaim your authority and send us a slate of electors that will support president trump. you know,ec just a friendly reminder on behalf of the president that you do have that