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4:20 PM ET, January 3, 2021

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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor  —  President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Time to Speak for America  —  The Republican party and the conservative movement must now choose: Trump or America.  —  “I was surprised to hear nothing from Mr. Chamberlain during the whole of September 2, which was a day of intense crisis . . . . However, when Parliament met in the afternoon …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump demands Georgia elections official overturn his defeat in hourlong call  —  ‘The data you have is wrong,’ Raffensperger replies  —  President Donald Trump badgered and berated Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a call Saturday, repeating falsehoods about his election defeat in Georgia …
Discussion: NPR, CNN, Raw Story, NBC News and POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
Congressional leaders unveil rules governing Electoral College count  —  The rules of Congress' Jan. 6 session governing the counting of Electoral College votes will remain identical to those used for decades, under a proposal set to be introduced Sunday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: As Pelosi scrambles for her job, McConnell loses control  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WELCOME to the 117th Congress!  —  The new session starts at noon — yes, on a Sunday — and it promises to be a fascinating opening day.  —  THE MAIN EVENT is the speaker's vote …
Politico:
Congress opens amid fears of Covid spread  —  The ongoing coronavirus pandemic loomed large over every aspect of Sunday's opening day of the 117th Congress, with fears of spreading the virus front and center and lawmakers fighting over masks on the floor of the House.
David Cohen / Politico:
Ted Cruz urges critics of presidential election challenge to calm down  —  Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday condemned those attacking him for his challenge to the certification of the presidential election, saying they were using “angry language.”  —  Cruz and at least 11 other Republican senators …
Senator Mitt Romney:
Romney Statement On Certification of Presidential Election Results
Washington Post:
Audio: Trump's full Jan. 2 call with Ga. secretary of state  —  As Georgia runoff looms, Republicans stick to election fraud claims  —  Audio: Trump berates Ga. secretary of state, urges him to ‘find’ votes  —  Republicans previously promised Trump would accept the election results
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Harry Enten / CNN:
Democrats may make history in Georgia's Senate runoffs  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: My average of Georgia polls shows the two Senate runoffs on Tuesday are within the margin of error and way too close to call.  —  In the race for the full six-year term, Democrat Jon Ossoff is at 49% to Republican Sen. David Perdue's 48%.
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James Arkin / Politico:
Democrats go back where they started to expunge Trump era: Jon Ossoff
Discussion: National Review and NBC News
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz will object when Congress certifies Joe Biden's election, as 11 GOP senators demand ‘audit’ and 10-day delay  —  The ‘Trump Eleven’ say the president's loss in a handful of battlegrounds deserves an emergency inquiry before the Electoral College tally is ratified.
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Washington Post:
Growing number of Trump loyalists in the Senate vow to challenge Biden's victory
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Moore to appear in House for Speaker's vote after testing positive for COVID-19  —  Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), who announced she tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 28, is slated to be present at the Capitol on Sunday for the Speaker's vote.  —  While the Centers for Disease Control …
Discussion: Fox News
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Devan Cole / CNN:
US surgeon general contradicts Trump on Covid-19 death toll  —  Washington (CNN)US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Covid-19 death toll, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that the agency has “exaggerated” its numbers.
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
'There's no running away from the numbers:' Fauci laments surging COVID deaths as Trump claims ‘fake news’
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Punchbowl Arrives From Reporters Who Left Politico's Playbook  —  A Beltway school of journalism wants to get back to just-the-facts-ma'am reporting.  But how do you cover this Republican Party?  —  The big debates over political journalism in the Trump years were about morality …
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers  —  Human rights groups accuse Israel of dodging obligations to millions in occupied territories who may wait months for vaccination  —  Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza
Washington Post:
How D.C. and its teachers, with shifting plans and demands, failed to reopen schools  —  Online classes in the District of Columbia in spring had been a disaster.  Thousands of students didn't have computers or reliable WiFi.  Many were falling behind.  So as spring gave way to summer …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
American Greatness:
Who Will Be Inaugurated?  —  What is unlikely is not impossible—an admonitory caution, not an appeal to false hope.  —  Just because the theaters are closed doesn't mean that we lack for drama.  Our quivering reaction to the latest Chinese import may have shuttered Broadway …
Business Insider:
Trump loves to point to the stock market as a sign of his success.  But since the election it's become clear: the market prefers Biden. … - President Donald Trump has long touted the rising stock market as evidence of his success.  — During the campaign, Trump also claimed …
 
 
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