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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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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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Washington Post:
Vice President Pence seeks rejection of lawsuit that aimed to expand his power to overturn the presidential election — Vice President Pence late Thursday asked for a lawsuit that aimed to expand his power to use a congressional ceremony to overturn the presidential election be rejected …
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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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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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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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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Democrats who praised 2004 objections to Electoral College certification now slam Hawley
Democrats who praised 2004 objections to Electoral College certification now slam Hawley
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Let Josh Hawley put Republicans to the uncomfortable test
Let Josh Hawley put Republicans to the uncomfortable test
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Kevin Stankiewicz / CNBC:
Axios' Mike Allen: Some Republicans think Trump is trying to sabotage GOP in Georgia Senate races — “There's a big strain of thought among Republicans that President Trump is sabotaging” the Georgia Senate runoffs, Axios co-founder Mike Allen told CNBC. — Allen said Trump has …
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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 will not flag a tweet from Democratic Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff falsely accusing Republican Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler of campaigning with “a klansman,” …
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Politico:
Loeffler hits back at Ossoff over KKK attack — Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Jon Ossoff are in an escalating war of words — even though they're not running against each other in Georgia's historic doubleheader Senate runoffs. — The cross-campaign contretemps kicked off Wednesday …
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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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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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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?
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 — Los Angeles County's healthcare system was buckling Wednesday under the unprecedented surge of COVID-19 patients, with bodies piling up at morgues and medical professionals resorting to increasingly desperate measures …
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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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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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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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Dominique Vidalon / Reuters:
British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship — PARIS (Reuters) - The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit.
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Raphael Minder / New York Times:
Gibraltar Gets Its Own Last-Minute Brexit Deal on Borders
Gibraltar Gets Its Own Last-Minute Brexit Deal on Borders
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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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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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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Trumpist Lawyer Lin Wood Goes on Unhinged Rant Suggesting Justice John Roberts Is a Murderous Pedophile
Trumpist Lawyer Lin Wood Goes on Unhinged Rant Suggesting Justice John Roberts Is a Murderous Pedophile
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Security firms say suspicious object on oil tanker off Iraq — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sailors involved in transferring fuel oil from an Iraqi tanker in the Persian Gulf to another vessel owned by a shipping company traded in the U.S. discovered a “suspicious object” they fear could be a mine, authorities said Thursday.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension
US to move aircraft carrier out of Mideast amid Iran tension
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J. Clara Chan / The Wrap:
5 Female NY1 Anchors Exit as Part of Age, Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Settlement — Five Spectrum NY1 anchors who sued Charter Communications for age and gender discrimination last year will leave the news station as part of a settlement agreement. — “We are pleased to announce …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
West Virginia clinic gave 42 people an antibody treatment instead of the coronavirus vaccine — Forty-two people in West Virginia received an antibody treatment rather than Moderna's coronavirus vaccine in an error Wednesday at a vaccination clinic hosted by a county health department.
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Christal Hayes / USA Today:
‘Socialism for rich people’: McConnell attacks $2,000 stimulus checks, all but ensuring bill won't pass — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again blocked quick passage of increasing stimulus checks to $2,000, calling the proposal - which was a key demand of President Donald Trump - “socialism for rich people.”
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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.
Billie Kanfer / Data For Progress:
Republicans Don't Know Anything About Their Party. That's Very Bad for American Democracy. — By Ethan Winter — While the packaging of Republican Party politics has evolved since 2000, what remains unaltered is a bedrock commitment to regressive tax cuts, a sharp curtailment of worker power …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Biden asks nation for bell ringings, light shows to remember those lost to COVID — To set the tone for his inauguration the next day, President-elect Biden will lead a memorial to remember and honor lives lost to COVID-19, with church-bell ringings and light shows across the country on Tue., Jan. 19, at 5:30 p.m. ET.
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Trump Budget Chief Hampers Biden Transition With Ban on Meetings — Agency director Russ Vought wants focus on last-minute rules — Biden has complained OMB, Pentagon are hampering transition — President Donald Trump's budget office is blocking Joe Biden's transition team …
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Coral Murphy / USA Today:
FDA charges distilleries more than $14K in fees after making hand sanitizers amid the pandemic — Distilleries across the U.S. received a surprise fee from the Food and Drug Administration after using their facilities to make hand sanitizer amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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