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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Multiple senators plan to oppose certifying election results  —  A growing number of Republican senators — led by Ted Cruz — are set to announce today they also will object to certifying state Electoral College votes on Wednesday, congressional sources familiar with their conversations tell Axios.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
11 Republican Senators Plan to Back Futile Bid to Overturn Biden's Election  —  A group of senators and senators-elect, led by Ted Cruz of Texas, said that they would object to the outcome of the election, while conceding that the effort would be unsuccessful.
Axios:
Trump is torching his own party and its leaders on his way out of power  —  President Trump is torching his own party and its leaders on his way out of power — and tossing gas on the fire with a public call for mass protest next week and a vote to overturn his defeat.
Politico:
At least 12 GOP senators to challenge Biden's win  —  Nearly a quarter of Senate Republicans are officially preparing to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College win on Jan. 6, a stunning development that demonstrates just how far some in the GOP will go to align themselves …
John McCormack / National Review:
Cruz Letter Calls for Rejection of Electoral College Results  —  Texas senator Ted Cruz is circulating a letter to GOP Senate allies calling for the rejection of the Electoral College results until an emergency ten-day audit can be conducted to examine “unprecedented allegations of voter fraud.”
Ted Cruz:
Joint Statement from Senators Cruz, Johnson, Lankford, Daines, Kennedy, Blackburn, Braun, Senators-Elect Lummis, Marshall, Hagerty, Tuberville  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Kennedy (R-La.) …
WMSN-TV:
Nearly a dozen Republican senators announce plans to vote against counting electoral votes  —  Nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday they will vote against counting electoral votes next week when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory …
Discussion: HuffPost, Al Jazeera and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Cruz, cadre of other GOP senators vow not to certify Biden win without probe of baseless voter fraud claims
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Five GOP contenders — other than Trump — for 2024
Discussion: Raw Story
WTVF-TV:
Nashville bomber's bizarre writings reveal belief in aliens and lizard people  —  Package sent by Anthony Warner two days before the suicide bombing on Christmas Day in Nashville  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A man who knew Christmas bomber Anthony Warner got a disturbing surprise …
WDRB:
Sen. Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home in the Highlands area of Louisville was vandalized overnight.  —  Messages were written on the front of the home in red and white spray paint.
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USA Today:
Pelosi, McConnell homes vandalized after Congress adjourns without securing $2,000 stimulus checks
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Marissa Lang / Washington Post:
D.C. is becoming a protest battleground.  In a polarized nation, experts say that's unlikely to change.  —  For years, West Coast cities have borne the brunt of violent confrontations between far-right extremists and counterprotesters who come to meet them.
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Kaelan Deese / The Hill:   Proud Boys to attend Jan. 6 DC rallies ‘incognito’
Axios:
D.C. becomes hotbed for violent protests
Discussion: Raw Story and Twitchy
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Virginia state senator dies from COVID-19  —  Virginia state Sen. Ben Chafin (R) has died from complications due to COVID-19, his office announced Friday.  He was 60.  —  Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and the Virginia Senate Republican Caucus confirmed the passing of Chafin, who represented the state's 38th district for the past six years.
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Rich Cholodofsky / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
State Rep. Mike Reese of Mt. Pleasant Township dead at 42
Discussion: The Hill
Slater Teague / WRIC-TV:
Virginia state Sen. Ben Chafin dies from COVID-19 complications
New York Times:
As Understanding of Russian Hacking Grows, So Does Alarm  —  Those behind the widespread intrusion into government and corporate networks exploited seams in U.S. defenses and gave away nothing to American monitoring of their systems.  —  On Election Day, General Paul M. Nakasone …
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Wall Street Journal:   How Russia's ‘Info Warrior’ Hackers Let Kremlin Play Geopolitics on the Cheap
Clyde McGrady / Washington Post:
Raphael Warnock's campaign for the moral high ground  —  ALBANY, Ga. — On a mild December night, deep in the southwest corner of the Peach State, the opening keyboard riff to Stevie Wonder's “Higher Ground” plays in the parking lot of a civic center.  It feels like a Sunday service.
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
Can Democrats Win Georgia—and the Senate?
Discussion: KDFX-TV
Miles Johnson / Financial Times:
The mafia turns social media influencer to reinforce its brand  —  Southern Italy's mob bosses embrace digital platforms as a way to spread their message  —  To the casual observer it was just another Facebook page dispensing inspirational messages — and the occasional threat — to its 18,000 followers.
Michael Laris / Washington Post:
Sneezed on, cussed at, ignored: Airline workers battle mask resistance with scant government backup  —  As the man returned from the lavatory with a mask dangling from one ear, a flight attendant asked him to put it on properly.  —  “Why?  Is something going on that I should know about?” …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Risky Wager of Betting on Trump  —  NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W ere the anti-Trumpers right all along?  —  They point to the president's performance over the last two months, ranging from the bizarre to the shameful, and point out that this Trump is the only Trump there has ever been.
Discussion: Salon, Raw Story and Washington Post
Jacob Anbinder / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic Disproved Urban Progressives' Theory About Gentrification  —  From California to the Northeast, a funny thing has happened recently in America's most expensive metropolitan areas: Rents have gone down.  Ever since remote workers began fleeing urban cores at the start of the coronavirus pandemic …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Plans to Fight the Election Even After ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally Ends  —  The president has told advisers he isn't deterred by the setbacks in the courts and won't be deterred by Congress certifying Joe Biden's win.  —  Many of Donald Trump's most dogmatic supporters see a mass protest in Washington …
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Donald Trump's Turnberry resort posts losses of £2.3 million  —  Donald Trump's flagship overseas property at Turnberry has posted annual losses of £2.3 million, marking the sixth year in a row it has failed to turn a profit under his ownership.  —  The property, the jewel …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
 
 
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