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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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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 …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Representative Paul Mitchell leaves Republican Party over its refusal to accept Trump's loss.  —  Representative Paul Mitchell of Michigan, a two-term Republican who voted for President Trump this year, announced on Monday that he would immediately sever his ties with the Republican Party …
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.
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 …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Republican electors in Pennsylvania, Georgia cast votes for Trump, hoping for court victories  —  Republicans are taking measures in case they succeed in court  —  Trump campaign continuing legal challenges after Supreme Court loss  —  While Democratic electors in Pennsylvania and Georgia cast …
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Biden Wins Electoral College to Cement Victory and Rebuff Trump
Washington Post:
As electoral college formalizes Biden's win, Trump backers hold their own vote
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Stephen Miller: ‘Alternate’ electors will keep Trump election challenge alive
Katie Benner / New York Times:
William Barr Is Out as Attorney General  —  Mr. Barr was one of the most powerful members of President Trump's cabinet and faced widespread criticism over his willingness to advance Mr. Trump's political agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Monday that Attorney General William P. Barr …
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CNN:
Attorney General William Barr resigns  —  (CNN)Attorney General William Barr resigned on Monday, ending a tenure in which the President Donald Trump loyalist carried the administration's “law and order” message but ultimately dealt the most credible blow to Trump's unfounded claims that the 2020 election was littered with fraud.
Jeff Charles / RedState:
BREAKING: Attorney General William Barr Resigns
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP warns Biden against picking Sally Yates as attorney general
Discussion: Associated Press and POLITICUSUSA
Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
Good riddance, Attorney General Barr
Discussion: TheBlaze
Wall Street Journal:
Barr Kept Biden Probes From Public to Avoid Election Politics
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.
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 …
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A narrowly divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his election loss in the battleground state about an hour before the Electoral College cast Wisconsin's 10 votes for Democrat Joe Biden.
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Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Georgia's Supreme Court Rejected Trump's Suit Over the Weekend.  His Proxy Appealed Another Case and Lost Immediately on Monday.  —  Not long after rejecting outgoing President Donald Trump's election gripes, the Supreme Court of Georgia received and shredded an appeal by the lame duck's proxy on Monday.
Discussion: WPRI-TV
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Biden's win, rejects Trump lawsuit
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Absentee ballot signature audit ordered after Georgia election  —  Investigators will audit voter signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in Cobb County, a step announced Monday by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to further verify election results.  —  The move follows intense pressure …
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Washington Post:
Inside the ‘nasty’ feud between Trump and the Republican governor he blames for losing Georgia
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   AJC Interview: Kemp blasts ‘ridiculous’ attacks over refusal to overturn election
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Can the FBI Stop the Trump Extremists?  —  The president's backers are openly calling for sedition, secession, even murder, while police struggle with sympathizers in their ranks  —  Last month a young Georgia man and his girlfriend were stopped by Washington, D.C. police as they sauntered across …
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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.
Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Beloved Journal Sentinel reporter Meg Jones, whose adventurous life took her — and readers — across the globe, dies at 58  —  We've lost one of our own.  —  Meg Jones, who was the heart and soul of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's newsroom for more than two decades, died early Sunday.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Zac Harmon / WXMI:
“I fear we'd lose our country forever” says State House Speaker on overturning election results  —  (Rod Sanford/Detroit News via AP, File)<br/>  —  LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield says he will not attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election in Michigan.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Max White / WXYZ-TV:
GOP Rep removed from committees after saying he can't guarantee safety in Lansing on Monday
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
Discussion: CNN, Fox News and The Daily Caller
 
 
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