The Daily Populous

Joe Biden plans Monday to name a 12-member task force to combat and contain the spread of the coronavirus, sources tell Axios.

Why it matters: By announcing a COVID task force even before unveiling his senior White House staff or a single cabinet appointment, Biden is signaling that addressing the coronavirus will be the immediate priority for his transition, and then his potential administration.

On Friday night, Biden claimed voters have "given us a mandate for action on COVID, the economy, climate change, systemic racism.". »

Twitter immediately flagged one of Donald Trump’s latest tweets that doubles down — again — on his campaign’s baseless assertions of election fraud.

“This claim about election fraud is disputed,” the social media platform bolted in blue lettering underneath the president’s tweet.

Mr Trump then misleadingly insinuated that mail-in ballots were rife with fraud because some states sent ballots to all registered voters. »

President-Elect Joe Biden's German Shepherd Major to Be First Rescue Dog in the White House.

Biden's German shepherd, Major, will also make history as the first rescue dog to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, according to NBC News.

Justin Theroux also teased that he is already looking forward to setting up his rescue dog, Kuma, with Major. »

This spin was previously embraced by his longtime mouthpiece, Breitbart, which noted that Trump improved on Barack Obama’s 2012 showing by half a million votes:.

He will have lost the popular vote by a very large margin in both of his presidential campaigns.

This is sort of like the Tampa Bay Rays bragging about winning more World Series games this year than any American League team. »