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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan House punishes GOP Rep. Gary Eisen for hinting at Electoral College disruption — Michigan Republican legislative leaders pulled a GOP lawmaker from his committee assignments Monday after the lawmaker hinted he was part of a group that sought to disrupt or otherwise undermine t …
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New York Times:
Live: Here Are the Electoral College Results, By State — The 538 members of the Electoral College are meeting today to cast ballots for president based on the election results in their states, formalizing Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s victory. — This year, Mr. Biden won states with 306 electoral votes, and President Trump won 232.
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Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Biden Captures Electoral Votes From All States Trump Contested — Electors cast ballots in six swing states Trump fought against — Electoral College members gather in each state to cast votes — Electoral College members in all six battleground states where President Donald Trump …
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
What's Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen? — Some are certain the election was fraudulent. Others aren't so sure. What becomes of their skepticism has important implications for American democracy. — WASHINGTON — Richard Everit walked with a heavy heart …
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CNN:
Track Electoral College votes, state by state — (CNN)The outcome of the presidential election has been clear for weeks, but on Monday it gets one step closer to being official as the Electoral College meets. — Across the US, 538 electors are gathering in their respective states to cast electoral votes for president.
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Has Hidden Evidence Of His Crimes For Years. Joe Biden Can Expose It. — The new administration should open the books and expose the Trump administration's misdeeds. — President Donald Trump will leave office on Jan. 20 under the biggest cloud of corruption and scandal …
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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Biden's win, rejects Trump lawsuit
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Stephen Miller: ‘Alternate’ electors will keep Trump election challenge alive
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Michigan House, Senate close offices due to threats ahead of electors' meeting
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Ken Coleman / Michigan Advance:
It's official in Michigan: Electoral College affirms Biden and Harris
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Zac Harmon / WXMI:
“I fear we'd lose our country forever” says State House Speaker on overturning election results
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Georgia elector to cast vote in Electoral College that she supports abolishing
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
White House Official Recovers From Severe Covid-19, Friend Says — Crede Bailey spent three months in hospital with disease — Friend created GoFundMe account with details of illness — A White House official who fell ill with Covid-19 in September is recovering after three months …
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Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Fake electors try to deliver Arizona's 11 votes for Trump — In another sign of the lingering unrest over President Donald Trump's election loss, an Arizona group sent the National Archives in Washington, D.C., notarized documents last week intended to deliver, wrongly, the state's 11 electoral votes for him.
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Congressman cites Trump's efforts to overturn election in announcing decision to quit GOP — (CNN)In an exclusive interview, Rep. Paul Mitchell, Republican of Michigan, told CNN that his disgust and disappointment with President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the election …
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Ms. Ronna McDaniel / CNN:
READ: Rep. Paul Mitchell's letter quitting the GOP, fearing ‘long-term harm to our democracy’ with its support for Trump's actions — (CNN)Michigan Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell told CNN that his disgust and disappointment with President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sanders urges Democrats to reject bipartisan stimulus bill — Bernie Sanders is urging Democratic leaders to rebuff a $748 billion bipartisan coronavirus relief bill because it spends too little and does not include new direct payments to Americans. — In an interview, the Vermont independent …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
DHS is third federal agency hacked in major Russian cyberespionage campaign — The Department of Homeland Security is the third federal agency to have fallen victim to a major cyberespionage campaign by the Russian government, joining the Treasury and Commerce departments as targets that have been compromised, officials said Monday.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC Interview: Kemp blasts ‘ridiculous’ attacks over refusal to overturn election — Gov. Brian Kemp criticized “ridiculous” attacks from fellow Republicans outraged that he won't call a special session to overturn the election results, as he faces unrelenting criticism from President Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
Inside the ‘nasty’ feud between Trump and the Republican governor he blames for losing Georgia — The first major fissure in the relationship between President Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp came a year ago, when Kemp paid Trump a clandestine visit in the White House residence.
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Smartmatic.com:
Smartmatic Demands Justice for Defamation — Smartmatic announced today that it is issuing legal notices and retraction demand letters to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network for publishing false and defamatory statements. The demand letters identify dozens of factually inaccurate statements …
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump tells allies he will run in 2024, but hints he may back out — Donald Trump doesn't need to run for president again. He just needs everyone to think he is. — The president's recent discussions with those around him reveal that he sees his White House comeback deliberations …
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Jamie Ballard / YouGov:
Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie, say Americans — Every year without fail, the same debate is reignited on social media: is the 1988 action thriller Die Hard a Christmas movie? — While there are compelling arguments for both sides, a recent YouGov poll of 1,500 US adults finds that 44% say …
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court rejects attempt to revive Kansas voter ID laws — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by Kansas Republicans to revive laws that require people to prove their citizenship before voting. — The law, which a Kansas district court struck down in 2018 …
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Kaylee McGhee White / Washington Examiner:
Talk of secession is madness
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FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning — We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article. You can read it here. — In a previous series of investigations, Bellingcat uncovered evidence …
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Wall Street Journal:
Barr Kept Biden Probes From Public to Avoid Election Politics — In preventing leaks, attorney general hewed to Justice Department practice and defied his critics' view of him — Attorney General William Barr, in the weeks before November's election, instructed prosecutors and senior colleagues …
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New York Times:
CNN and MSNBC Fret Over Post-Trump Future — Ratings have hit new highs, but executives and journalists at both networks are uneasy about the year ahead. — CNN and MSNBC thrived during the Trump years, reaching new heights in ratings and revenue while devoting countless prime-time hours …
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
In final years at Liberty, Falwell spent millions on pro-Trump causes — After shocking many in the evangelical movement by endorsing Donald Trump over other Republicans for the 2016 presidential nomination, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. pumped millions of the nonprofit …
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Daniel Ortner / The Hill:
The governor who stole Christmas — and the California businesses fighting back — Small business owners across California have struggled to survive this year in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and related shutdown orders. But with the holiday season beginning, Gov. GavinNewsom …
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Washington Post:
Pro-Trump rally descends into chaos as Proud Boys roam D.C. looking to fight — Nearly three dozen people were arrested during a night of unrest in downtown Washington that began Saturday with rallies supporting President Trump and descended into chaos and violence as a group with ties …
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Google Dominates Thanks to an Unrivaled View of the Web — As regulators seek ways to curb the company's power, there is more focus on the vast index — hundreds of billion of web pages — behind its search engine. — OAKLAND, Calif. — In 2000, just two years after it was founded …
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
With his star dimmed, California's Newsom could face recall — LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has had a rough year. The next one might be even tougher as a recall effort appears to be gaining momentum, fueled partly by outrage over the first-term Democrat dining with friends …
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Warnock: U.S. Senators ‘Gangsters and Thugs’ Who Aimed to ‘Kill Children’ — Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock described members of the U.S. Senate as “gangsters and thugs” whose votes for a 2017 tax cut exposed their willingness to “kill children.”
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Micah L. Sifry / American Prospect:
Why Did Obama Forget Who Brought Him to the Dance? — His memoir is strangely silent about the people who organized for him. … I've recently spent a good chunk of time engrossed in reading A Promised Land, the first volume of President Barack Obama's memoirs.
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Pandemic collides with concerns about LGBTQ students' mental health — Editor's Note: Welcome to Weekly Education: Coronavirus special edition. Each week, we will explore how the pandemic is reshaping and upending education as we know it across the country, from pre-K through grad school.
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WKYT-TV:
Lexington Police: Driver shouting slurs runs over man attending menorah lighting ceremony — LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A member of Chabad of the Bluegrass was injured Saturday night after an alleged antisemitic incident. — Chabad of the Bluegrass's Rabbi Shlomo Litvin confirmed …
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