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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
McConnell calls Jan. 6 certification his “most consequential vote” — In an extraordinary conference call this morning with fellow Senate Republicans, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said his Jan. 6 vote certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election will be “the most consequential I have ever cast …
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Unbearable Weakness of Trump's Minions — Those hoping for a quick snapback to sanity for the Republican Party once Donald Trump is no longer president should temper those hopes. — The latest piece of evidence to suggest the enduring power of Trumpian unreality is yesterday's announcement …
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
At least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes, two GOP lawmakers say — (CNN)Two Republican members of the House of Representatives tell CNN that they expect at least 140 of their GOP colleagues in the House to vote against counting the electoral votes on January 6 …
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Josh Hawley's heedless ambition is a threat to the republic
Josh Hawley's heedless ambition is a threat to the republic
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Josh Hawley reminds us that the GOP is the sedition party
Josh Hawley reminds us that the GOP is the sedition party
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Washington Post:
Pence seeks rejection of lawsuit that aimed to expand his power to overturn the election
Pence seeks rejection of lawsuit that aimed to expand his power to overturn the election
Politico:
McConnell: House's $2,000 stimulus checks are ‘socialism for rich’
McConnell: House's $2,000 stimulus checks are ‘socialism for rich’
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New York Times:
Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats — Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are resting their re-election hopes on a strategy that calls more attention to what they're against than what they support. — NORCROSS, Ga. — The biggest applause lines …
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Kevin Stankiewicz / CNBC:
Axios' Mike Allen: Some Republicans think Trump is trying to sabotage GOP in Georgia Senate races
Axios' Mike Allen: Some Republicans think Trump is trying to sabotage GOP in Georgia Senate races
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Politico:
Loeffler hits back at Ossoff over KKK attack
Loeffler hits back at Ossoff over KKK attack
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Caller:
Twitter Refuses To Flag Ossoff's False Accusation That ‘Kelly Loeffler Campaigned With A Klansman’
Twitter Refuses To Flag Ossoff's False Accusation That ‘Kelly Loeffler Campaigned With A Klansman’
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Hannah Miao / CNBC:
Often overlooked, Asian American Christian voters could be key in Georgia Senate runoffs
Often overlooked, Asian American Christian voters could be key in Georgia Senate runoffs
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
GOP looks for big Georgia runoff-election turnout to top Dems' early-voting advantage
GOP looks for big Georgia runoff-election turnout to top Dems' early-voting advantage
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New York Times:
‘Covid, Covid, Covid’: In Trump's Final Chapter, a Failure to Rise to the Moment — As the U.S. confronted a new wave of infection and death through the summer and fall, the president's approach to the pandemic came down to a single question: What would it mean for him?
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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing them from refrigeration for two nights.
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Washington Post:
Wisconsin pharmacist who ‘intentionally’ spoiled more than 500 vaccine doses is arrested, police say — A pharmacist accused of deliberately spoiling more than 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine at a hospital outside Milwaukee was arrested Thursday afternoon, local authorities said.
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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Pence Seeks to Dismiss GOP Lawsuit Aiming to Let Him Overturn Election — Justice Department called Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert's suit a ‘walking legal contradiction’ — Vice President Mike Pence asked a federal judge in Texas on Thursday to dismiss a Republican congressman's attempt to give …
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
On Mike Pence's Behalf, DOJ Tells Court That Louie Gohmert's Attempt to Sue VP Is ‘A Walking Legal Contradiction’
On Mike Pence's Behalf, DOJ Tells Court That Louie Gohmert's Attempt to Sue VP Is ‘A Walking Legal Contradiction’
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Congressman Jamie Raskin:
Congressman Raskin Announces Loss of Son Tommy Raskin — TAKOMA PARK, M.D. - With profound sorrow, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Sarah Bloom Raskin today announced the loss of their son Thomas (Tommy) Bloom Raskin, 25, who was a second-year student at Harvard Law School and a graduate of Amherst College.
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Trump extends immigration and work visa restrictions through March — President Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-era bans on certain immigrant and work visas until March 31. — Why it matters: The bans — issued in April and June and set to expire on Thursday — go against the recommendations …
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Jason Hoffman / CNN:
Trump extends immigration restrictions, citing pandemic's impact on labor market
Trump extends immigration restrictions, citing pandemic's impact on labor market
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Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Trump boasts about his Covid response after largely ignoring crisis during deadliest month yet
Trump boasts about his Covid response after largely ignoring crisis during deadliest month yet
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Los Angeles Times:
Some healthcare workers refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine, even with priority access — They are front-line workers with top priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine, but they are refusing to take it. — At St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Tehama County, fewer than half …
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Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:
Bodies pile up, patient care falters as COVID-19 devastates L.A. County hospitals
Bodies pile up, patient care falters as COVID-19 devastates L.A. County hospitals
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Meet the Trump saboteur in charge of undermining Biden — and America — If, in the new year, pandemic vaccines aren't available as promised, Americans can't return to work because economic relief isn't delivered or an adversary successfully attacks the United States because national security agencies …
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Trump Budget Chief Hampers Biden Transition With Ban on Meetings
Trump Budget Chief Hampers Biden Transition With Ban on Meetings
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Microsoft says Russians hacked its network, viewing source code — Russian government hackers engaged in a sweeping series of breaches of government and private-sector networks have been able to penetrate deeper into Microsoft's systems than previously known, gaining access …
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Trump's fight to overthrow election now falls to the guy who invented the CueCat — Fittingly, the CueCat is widely regarded as one of the worst gadgets ever made — In a hopeless attempt to overthrow or cast suspicion on an American election, a ridiculous cast of characters …
Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — A new variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the globe. It was first identified in the United Kingdom …
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Steve Inskeep / NPR:
Biden's Incoming Press Secretary: Briefings Won't Be A Platform For Right-Wing Spin — Toggle more options — President-elect Joe Biden's choice for White House press secretary says she will restore a tradition. Unlike her immediate predecessors in the Trump administration …
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Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Gibraltar Gets Its Own Last-Minute Brexit Deal on Borders — Spain and the European Union will share oversight over the flow of goods and people to the British territory, which worried about being left isolated and economically pinched outside the bloc. — MADRID — The recent Brexit trade …
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Dominique Vidalon / Reuters:
British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship
British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship
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Politico:
Judge rolls back order on Georgia runoff voter challenges — A federal judge has agreed to allow a Georgia county to require that certain voters cast provisional ballots, just days before two runoff elections in the state that will decide control of the U.S. Senate.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Lin Wood's Ex-Law Partners Claim He Was Taped Admitting to Assaults, Asserting He May Be ‘Christ Coming Back for Second Time’ — Attorney L. Lin Wood may believe himself to be a vessel of the second coming, and he's not referring to another Donald Trump presidential term.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has decided to send home the only Navy aircraft carrier operating in the Middle East, a move that would reduce U.S. firepower in the region amid heightened tensions with Iran, officials said Thursday.
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Security firms say suspicious object on oil tanker off Iraq
Security firms say suspicious object on oil tanker off Iraq
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