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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 …
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 …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Josh Hawley's heedless ambition is a threat to the republic
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
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’
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 …
Discussion: CNN
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CNN:
Georgia GOP senator to quarantine just days ahead of runoff
Hannah Miao / CNBC:
Often overlooked, Asian American Christian voters could be key in Georgia Senate runoffs
Discussion: The American Independent and Vox
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?
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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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 …
Discussion: USA Today
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Politico:
Pence: Gohmert's fight to overturn the 2020 election results is with Congress, not me
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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 …
Discussion: Fox News, NPR and The White House
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:   Trump extends immigration bans despite opposition from U.S. business groups
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
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Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:
Bodies pile up, patient care falters as COVID-19 devastates L.A. County hospitals
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 …
Discussion: KDFX-TV
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: New York Times and National Memo
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Cyprus Mail and Bloomberg
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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.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
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.
Discussion: The Western Journal and Reuters
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Brian Wong / South China Morning Post:
Jimmy Lai back behind bars as Hong Kong's top court allows appeal against bail
Discussion: Kyodo News+
Wall Street Journal:
Yellen Earned Millions in Speaking Fees After Leaving Fed, Disclosures Show
Philip Marcelo / Associated Press:
They were experts in viruses, and now in pitfalls of fame
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
My Prediction for 2021 Is Pain  —  There's no hoarier cliché than to submit a column full …
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Rodney Jefferson / Bloomberg:
Trump's Scottish Golf Course Loses More Money and Warns About Brexit
Oliver Traldi / Arc Digital:
Nobody Reads  —  People who pretend to read as a status symbol are certainly obnoxious — but are they on to something?
Billie Kanfer / Data For Progress:
Republicans Don't Know Anything About Their Party. That's Very Bad for American Democracy.
Discussion: Raw Story
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
This terrible year taught me something about hope
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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