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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.
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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.
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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.) …
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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 …
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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.”
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Bloomberg:
Cruz to Lead GOP Senators in Opposing Biden's Certification
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U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee:
Blackburn, Hagerty and Colleagues Will Vote to Oppose Electoral College Results
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
GOP senators, led by Cruz, to object to Electoral College certification, demand emergency audit
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Washington Post:
Cruz, cadre of other GOP senators vow not to certify Biden win without probe of baseless voter fraud claims
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Bill Glauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson from Wisconsin to join 10 others from GOP in refusing to certify Electoral College results
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WMSN-TV:
Nearly a dozen Republican senators announce plans to vote against counting electoral votes
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
11 Senate Republicans say they will oppose Electoral College results Wednesday
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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 …
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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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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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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.
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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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 …
Rich Cholodofsky / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
State Rep. Mike Reese of Mt. Pleasant Township dead at 42 — State Rep. Mike Reese, elected in November to his seventh term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, died Saturday at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg following an apparent brain aneurysm.
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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 …
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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.
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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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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?” …
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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 …
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