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Washington Capitals winger TJ Oshie tells haters to 'scrape off' his name from their jerseys after backlash over pro-Trump post



Washington Capitals star T.J. Oshie shook up his social media pages by making a post in support of President Donald Trump, causing fans to both curse him and shower him with praise.

"America is back," the post began, featuring a quote from President Trump.

"Every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath of my body. I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe, and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the golden age of America."

Oshie added the caption, "God Bless America," with an American flag after.

Sharing the message was apparently enough to anger some of his fans, particularly women who directly suggested that Oshie should be ashamed of his Trump support because he has daughters.

"How could you say this when you have two young daughters," a woman named Noelle wrote.

"You have little girls. Way to stand up for their rights," Tammy Lynn responded.

Another female X user asked Oshie if he knew a lot of his "teammates are immigrants," seemingly misunderstanding that there aren't any professional hockey players in the NHL at risk of deportation.

Oshie received praise from other fans, however, including a man who said he "will be purchasing [his] jersey momentarily."

Another fan claimed that those preaching "tolerance" are often the first to cast criticism onto others.

"Isn't it funny how the ones who constantly preach about tolerance and open-mindedness are the first to damn others for having even slightly different sets of beliefs?" the fan wrote.

'If it makes you feel better to chirp me over the internet it's cool.'

Seemingly noticing the heated rhetoric in his comments, Oshie added a second message to the thread.

"That escalated quickly!" the 38-year-old began.

"To be clear I love America and Americans on both sides of the aisle and always will. Yeah even you in the negative comments you little stinkers," Oshie went on.

The player added, "I choose to respect everyone until you prove me otherwise. If it makes you feel better to chirp me over the internet it’s cool. Although I don't see the honor in it and it seems silly."

Oshie also addressed the fans who made direct comments about his children.

"To the people worried about my daughters thank you for your concern. All four of my kids will grow up with Parents who support them, tell them they love them every day, teach them to be strong and above all to be good and kind people."

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As for those "little stinkers" in his comment section, Oshie had a parting message for those saying they would throw out their Capitals jerseys.

"P.S. For those throwing out jerseys … maybe just scrape off the name and number. Remember the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Love you guys today and always! God Bless America."

Oshie has missed the entire 2024-2025 season after being placed on injured reserve due to back issues.

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Stacey Abrams' groups forced to pay largest campaign violation fine recorded in Georgia's history



Two groups founded by failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) that sided with alleged domestic terrorists in 2023 have been slapped with what the Georgia State Ethics Commission indicated Wednesday was both the largest fine it has ever imposed and possibly also "the largest Ethics Fine ever imposed by any State Ethics Commission in the country related to an election and campaign finance case."

Abrams and her groups have been embroiled in scandals for over a decade. Atlanta Magazine reported in 2015, around the time Abrams' groups were apparently siphoning millions of dollars in donations and turning out pitiful results, that funders were keen to know where their money went. The late state Sen. Vincent Fort stated, "[Abrams] hasn't been open and transparent."

Influence Watch noted that in its first years, Abrams' nonprofit New Georgia Project — whose stated mission is "to build power with and increase the civic participation of ... black, Latinx, AAPI, and young Georgians ... and other historically marginalized communities" — not only failed to meet its quotas but was accused of submitting fraudulent voter registration applications and paying over $1.5 million to a D.C.-based voter registration firm instead of doing the work itself. Meanwhile, Abrams was accused of taking a massive salary while working for only 20 hours per week for the organization.

When it came time for Abrams to announce her ill-fated gubernatorial bid in 2017, her groups were apparently ready to engage in far more consequential wrongdoing on her behalf.

In 2019, a Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission attorney filed complaints alleging that the NGP engaged in substantial election spending in 2018 and 2019 without registering or filing the required disclosures. In the investigation that ensued, the commission subpoenaed the NGP's bank records and invoices.

'This represents the largest and most significant instance of an organization illegally influencing our statewide elections.'

The commission alleged in 2022 that Abrams' New Georgia Project and the New Georgia Project Action Fund had failed to disclose over $3 million worth of electioneering expenses and over $4 million in political contributions between 2017 and 2019. Axios noted at the time that the commission argued the action fund and the nonprofit operated as a single entity but neglected to register as a super PAC or "independent committee" and failed to detail electioneering expenses.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) was CEO of the scandal-plagued outfit in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

The commission advanced the complaint in August 2022, having determined that the NGP and its corresponding action fund had violated campaign ethics laws at least eight times. It turns out that the group was apparently guilty of many more violations than first thought.

The Georgia State Ethics Commission noted Wednesday, several six- and seven-figure NGP financial discrepancies later, that "this represents the largest and most significant instance of an organization illegally influencing our statewide elections in Georgia that we have ever discovered."

The current leaders of Abrams' group admitted in the consent decree, unanimously approved by the ethics board and released Wednesday, to 16 instances of illegal activity and agreed to pay a fine of $300,000 for violating state law.

David Fox, a lawyer for the NGP and action fund, told commissioners over video, "The matter relates to events from more than five years ago, and respondents are eager to put the matter behind them," reported the Associated Press.

Michael Brewer, a spokesman for Warnock's Senate office, suggested that the Democrat who was listed as CEO of the NGP during the time of its worst known abuses knew nothing of the violations.

David Emadi, executive director of the commission, said of Warnock's potential culpability, "I'm not prepared to say he had direct involvement in this."

Politico noted that a spokesman for Abrams did not respond to its request for comment.

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Kamala Harris officially certifies Trump's landslide victory



Vice President Kamala Harris, who spent the entirety of her presidential campaign labeling her opponent a threat to democracy, officially certified President-elect Donald Trump's election on Monday following his landslide victory on November 5.

As vice president, Harris also serves as president of the Senate, leaving her with the responsibility of certifying the electoral results. Despite her humiliating electoral loss, Harris vowed on Monday that she would follow through with the certification.

'CONGRESS CERTIFIES OUR GREAT ELECTION VICTORY TODAY — A BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY,' Trump said in a Monday post on Truth Social. 'MAGA!'

"Today, I will perform my constitutional duty as Vice President to certify the results of the 2024 election," Harris said. "This duty is a sacred obligation — one I will uphold guided by love of country, loyalty to our Constitution, and unwavering faith in the American people."

"The peaceful transfer of power is one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy," Harris said. "As much as any other principle, it is what distinguishes our system of government from monarchy or tyranny."

Although the certification process has historically flown under the radar, Trump's electoral loss in 2020 threw the congressional procedure into a tailspin when he urged former Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification. Trump, and many of his supporters, believed that the 2020 election results were fraudulent and invalid, famously prompting a protest at the Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021.

This time around, there has been no such protest. Capitol Police pre-emptively established a perimeter surrounding the Capitol, the House office buildings, and the Senate office buildings. They also used additional police departments, including the New York Police Department, ahead of the certification.

"CONGRESS CERTIFIES OUR GREAT ELECTION VICTORY TODAY — A BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY," Trump said in a Monday post on Truth Social. "MAGA!"

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Kamala Harris' moment to shine has come: She gets to certify her electoral better's landslide victory



Kamala Harris suffered a historic humiliation on Election Day, losing in a landslide to President-elect Donald Trump by 86 Electoral College votes. Today, as president of the U.S. Senate, Harris must suffer another humiliation: presiding over a joint session of Congress to certify her defeat.

Despite previously characterizing Trump as unstable, a "petty tyrant," a would-be dictator, a "fascist," and a threat to democracy, Harris confirmed just hours ahead of the session in a Monday video message that she would indeed certify the results.

"The peaceful transfer of power is one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy," Harris said in the video. "As much as any other principle, it is what distinguishes our system of government from monarchy or tyranny."

Harris noted further that "democracy can be fragile" and that the certification of the results is a "sacred obligation" that she would uphold, "guided by love of country, loyalty to our Constitution, and my unwavering faith in the American people."

'She believed she should have won the race.'

A White House official told CNN that the 60-year-old Democrat's role Monday "will be solely ministerial."

"The vice president understands that our democracy requires elected leaders who have taken the sacred oath of office and everyday citizens alike to actively preserve it," said a senior Harris aide. "It is with this deep sense of responsibility and duty in mind that the vice president will certify the presidential election on January 6 and reaffirm the will of the American people."

While Harris is apparently ready to execute her duties, a former longtime Harris aide told NBC News that the certification will nevertheless prove an emotional feat for the vice president.

"There's definitely sadness and frustration," said the former aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "She believed she should have won the race, but the country didn't want to go in that direction."

'A BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY. MAGA!'

Harris, who told the co-hosts of Disney's "The View" in January 2024 that she was "scared as heck" that the American people would re-elect Trump, is not the first among incumbent vice presidents to certify the results of their own losses.

The Washington Post noted that despite accusations of voter fraud in 11 states, then-Vice President Richard Nixon certified his loss — by 0.2 percentage points — to John F. Kennedy on Jan. 6, 1961.

Whereas Harris appears to be approaching the event soberly, the Post noted in 1961, "Nixon seemed to enjoy doing it," even "pump[ing] humor, life and even a little political sense into the nearly two-centuries-old ceremonial."

After George W. Bush beat him in the 2000 election, then-Vice President Al Gore reportedly also tried to bring some levity to the certification process.

Former Democratic Vice President Hubert Humphrey was supposed to certify his massive defeat to Richard Nixon in 1968 but apparently couldn't face the music. According to the New York Times, he instead attended the funeral of the first U.N. secretary general and left the duty of certification to Democratic Sen. Richard Russell (Ga.), the president pro tempore of the Senate.

Trump said in a Truth Social post Monday morning, "CONGRESS CERTIFIES OUR GREAT ELECTION VICTORY TODAY — A BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY. MAGA!"

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'So egregious': Wisconsin officials launch investigation into nearly 200 uncounted ballots



The Wisconsin Elections Commission held a special meeting on Thursday after learning that 193 absentee ballots from the city of Madison were never counted in November's election.

Of the uncounted absentee ballots, 125 were from Ward 56, 67 from Ward 65, and one from Ward 68.

'That's very, very disturbing.'

Elections Commission Chair Ann Jacobs (D) called the error "so egregious." She questioned why it took more than six weeks to report the issue to commissioners.

"We are the final canvassers," Jacobs said. "We are the final arbiters of votes in the state of Wisconsin, and we need to know why those ballots weren't included anywhere."

Personnel with the Madison Clerk's Office reportedly first discovered some of the unprocessed ballots on November 12.

While city officials learned of the oversight a week after the November election, the news did not become public until mid-December.

The clerk's office released a statement announcing it would contact the affected voters and issue an apology.

"Moving forward, every polling location will receive a list of absentee envelope seal numbers that will be verified as counted on Election Day. The goal of the Clerk's Office is that each eligible voter will be able to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted. Falling short of this goal for the November 2024 Election, we sincerely apologize to our voters and will strive to make sure this never happens again," the statement read.

The clerk's office noted that the uncounted ballots would not have impacted the outcome of any of the races.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway (D) addressed the error in a separate statement, calling it "a significant departure from the high standard our residents expect."

"Unfortunately, Clerk's Office staff were apparently aware of the oversight for some time, and the Mayor's Office was not notified of the unprocessed ballots until December 20," she said.

Rhodes-Conway stated that the city would "conduct a thorough review."

The commission typically opens investigations in response to complaints, and one has not yet been filed for the uncounted ballots. However, the commissioners voted unanimously this week to open an inquiry into the issue.

During Thursday's commission meeting, Jacobs said, "Given the seriousness of what happened here, our lack of knowledge (and) information that was not given to us in a timely fashion, I think we need to do something more formal."

Commissioner Don Millis (R) remarked, "My biggest concern is why it took a month and a half for this to come out."

"That's very, very disturbing," he added.

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