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2:05 AM ET, January 5, 2021

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Dan Primack / Axios:
Dominion plans to sue Sidney Powell, doesn't rule out Trump  —  Dominion Voting Systems plans to sue attorney Sidney Powell “imminently” for defamation, and is continuing to explore similar suits against President Trump and others, company founder and CEO John Poulos told the Axios Re:Cap podcast on Monday.
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Washington Post:
Trump sabotaging GOP on his way out of office with push to overturn election  —  President Trump is effectively sabotaging the Republican Party on his way out of office, obsessed with overturning his election loss and nursing pangs of betrayal from allies whom he had expected to bend the instruments of democracy to his will.
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Trump's Authoritarian Moment Is Here  —  If there were any doubt remaining that Donald Trump still represents a dire threat to American democracy, the events of this weekend dispelled it.  As a new Congress gathers to confirm that the voters chose Joe Biden to be the next President …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
An Insurgency From Inside the Oval Office
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
GOP congressman suggests he regrets his vote for Trump
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
To Defend Democracy, Investigate Trump
Discussion: CBS News, TheBlaze and The Guardian
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Donald Trump Should Be Prosecuted for His Shakedown of Georgia's Brad Raffensperger
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Loeffler to object to certification of presidential election results
Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Tried 18 Times To Get Ahold Of GA Sec Of State Before Bullying Him In Irate Call
Rep. Jamie Raskin / Medium:
Statement of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the Remarkable Life of Tommy Raskin  —  TAKOMA PARK, M.D. — Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin today released the following statement about their son Thomas (Tommy) Bloom Raskin:  —  “On January 30, 1995 …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Lou Dobbs Asks Why It Has Been So Hard ‘Finding Actual Proof’ of Trump's Baseless Election Claims  —  Fox Business' Lou Dobbs is continuing to side with President Donald Trump's baseless claims about the election being “stolen” from him.  —  On Monday, Dobbs said the following:
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Rudy Takala / Mediaite:
Martha MacCallum Grills Brad Raffensperger on Leaking Trump Call: ‘It Feels Like This is Very Much About a Grudge’  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) sparred with Fox News' Martha MacCallum over the details of who recorded his phone call with President Donald Trump …
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bice: Milwaukee law firm ‘concerned’ by attorney's role in Trump call trying to upend Georgia election results  —  A Milwaukee-based law firm is distancing itself from one of the attorneys involved in President Donald Trump's disturbing call trying to overturn the results of the Georgia election.
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin pharmacist convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he believed the shots would mutate people's DNA, according to court documents released Monday.
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New York Times:
Pharmacist Accused of Tampering With Vaccine Was Conspiracy Theorist, Police Say  —  The police say a Wisconsin pharmacist believed the Moderna vaccine would harm people and tried to sabotage the effort to vaccinate frontline workers.  —  A pharmacist who was arrested on charges …
New York Times:
Pence's Choice: Side With the Constitution or His Boss  —  The vice president will preside on Wednesday when Congress convenes to ratify Joe Biden's victory.  President Trump still seems to hold out hope that his loyal No. 2 could change the outcome.  —  WASHINGTON — Speaking to supporters …
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New York Times:
Trump Lawyer on Call Is a Conservative Firebrand Aiding His Push to Overturn Election  —  Cleta Mitchell had been quietly helping President Trump's attempt to subvert the election results when the recording of him pressuring Georgia elections officials was revealed.
Discussion: Bloomberg, DNyuz and Towleroad Gay News
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Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader arrested in the burning of Black Lives Matter banner, D.C. police say  —  The leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested by D.C. police late Monday afternoon on a warrant charging him with burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church during …
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Jody Harrison / HeraldScotland:
Could Donald Trump be planning to snub Joe Biden with trip to Scotland?  —  Donald Trump ‘could ditch inauguration’ with Turnberry trip'  —  Speculation is mounting that US President Donald Trump could be planning to snub the inauguration of successor Joe Biden - by flying to Scotland.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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Scott Carroll / KATV-TV:
Arkansas governor: ‘Joe Biden is our president-elect and he will be confirmed’
Discussion: Washington Times
Alexis Stevens / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: U.S. Attorney for North Georgia resigns, effective immediately  —  U.S. Attorney Byung J.  “BJay” Pak resigned his position Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.In October 2017, Pak was sworn into office after being appointed …
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Associated Press:
Urging calm, DC mayor calls in National Guard for protests
TMZ.com:
Tanya Roberts' Partner Explains Why He Thought She Had Died  —  4:25 PM PT — We just spoke with Lance, Tanya's long-term partner.  He tells us he went to the hospital Sunday after getting a call from doctors saying Tanya was fading fast, and it was going to end in her death.
Li Yuan / New York Times:
In a Topsy-Turvy Pandemic World, China Offers Its Version of Freedom  —  Surveillance and censorship bolster Beijing's uncompromising grip on power.  But in the country's cities and streets, people have resumed normal lives.  —  Duncan Clark's flight was rolling down the runway in Paris …
Discussion: Twitchy
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New York Times:
America Can't Even Produce the Things It Invented
Discussion: Noahpinion
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
D.C. Police to contact GOP Rep. Boebert about plans to bring Glock to work  —  “That Congresswoman will be subjected to the same penalties as anyone else that's caught on the D.C. streets carrying a firearm,” said police chief Robert Contee III.  —  GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert smiles …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
With Objection to Biden's Win, Josh Hawley Puts His Party in a Bind  —  The Republican senator from Missouri said he wanted to draw attention to problems with election laws.  But critics insist his bid has more to do with serving his own political ambitions.
George Will / Washington Post:
Hawley, Cruz and their Senate cohort are the Constitution's most dangerous domestic enemies  —  On a conference call last Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told his caucus that, in his 36 Senate years, he has twice cast votes to take the nation to war and once to remove a president …
Discussion: The Atlantic, DNyuz and UPI
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / NBC News:
Trump's call to Georgia election officials highlights White House bunker mentality  —  By Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of “Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present”  —  Adolf Hitler retreated to his Führerbunker as the Allies advanced into Germany in the spring of 1945, leaving Germans to their fates.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Kamala Harris accused of plagiarizing MLK anecdote in October interview with Elle magazine  —  Critics say story told by VP-elect resembles 1965 reminiscence by King  —  Harris is being an ‘understudy’ for Biden, stepping away from spotlight: Deroy Murdock
 
 
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Tom Bowman / NPR:
Trump And The Military: What An Erratic Commander In Chief Leaves Behind
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Statement on Following the Authorized Dosing Schedules for COVID-19 Vaccines
Takeo Spikes / USA Today:
Georgia's rural Black voters were ignored and suppressed. Now they might flip the Senate.
Discussion: Daily Kos and capitalandmain.com
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Kelly Loeffler's new Facebook ad darkens skin of Raphael Warnock, her Black opponent
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Trump administration lawyer says apportionment data may not be ready until February
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Marc Kovac / The Columbus Dispatch:
Gun rights groups happy as Gov. Mike DeWine signs ‘stand your ground’ legislation into law
Discussion: Breitbart, The Hill and NPR
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Biden will try to fix our vaccine rollout mess
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Howard Stern rips Trump over Georgia call: 'This is criminal. It's gangster'
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Business leaders urge Congress to certify Biden win
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Wall Street Journal Epitomizes the Failure of Elite Conservatism
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Hill
The Intercept:
FBI Questioned a Michigan Senate Staffer After Zoom Call About Banning Tear Gas
 

 
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Cablevision founder Charles Dolan, a cable TV industry pioneer who launched HBO and AMC Networks and whose family controls Madison Square Garden, dies at 98

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Eight free-speech groups, including the EFF, and three members of Congress file briefs with SCOTUS in support of TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law
 
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