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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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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 …
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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:
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.
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.
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Donald Trump Should Be Prosecuted for His Shakedown of Georgia's Brad Raffensperger — President Donald Trump likely broke both federal and state law in a Saturday phone call during which he encouraged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn the state's election results.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Atlanta-Based U.S. Attorney Abruptly Departs Office Sooner Than Expected — The U.S. attorney in Atlanta departed his post Monday, TPM has learned, after previously indicating that he would not leave until Inauguration Day. — The reason for U.S. Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak's change of plans are not clear.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
An Insurgency From Inside the Oval Office — President Trump's effort to overturn the election he lost has gone beyond mere venting of grievances at the risk of damaging the very American democracy he is charged with defending. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's relentless effort to overturn …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Loeffler to object to certification of presidential election results
Loeffler to object to certification of presidential election results
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
This Is the Cost of a Failed Impeachment
This Is the Cost of a Failed Impeachment
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CREW:
CREW files criminal complaint against Trump over Georgia call
CREW files criminal complaint against Trump over Georgia call
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
New Republican poll shows statistical tie in Georgia
New Republican poll shows statistical tie in Georgia
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ABC News:
As he seeks to prevent certification of election, Trump plans to attend DC rally
As he seeks to prevent certification of election, Trump plans to attend DC rally
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Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Tried 18 Times To Get Ahold Of GA Sec Of State Before Bullying Him In Irate Call
Trump Tried 18 Times To Get Ahold Of GA Sec Of State Before Bullying Him In Irate Call
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
MAGA Nihilism Is on the Ballot in Georgia
MAGA Nihilism Is on the Ballot in Georgia
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Trump's Call Leaves Allies Fearful for American Democracy
Trump's Call Leaves Allies Fearful for American Democracy
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NBC News:
Trump pushed QAnon and 4chan-created conspiracy theories in Georgia call
Trump pushed QAnon and 4chan-created conspiracy theories in Georgia call
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The backstory of Trump's Georgia call
POLITICO Playbook: The backstory of Trump's Georgia call
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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 …
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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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Will Carless / USA Today:
Proud Boys leader arrested for destruction of property ahead of DC protests against election results
Proud Boys leader arrested for destruction of property ahead of DC protests against election results
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Georgia Official Blasts Trump for Repeating Falsehoods on Eve of Two Critical Senate Runoffs
Live Updates: Georgia Official Blasts Trump for Repeating Falsehoods on Eve of Two Critical Senate Runoffs
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Proud Boys leader arrested, accused of burning church banner
Proud Boys leader arrested, accused of burning church banner
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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 …
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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:
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.
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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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Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
Scottish airport sets off speculation that Trump may flee the country — A news report in Scotland is touching off rampant speculation on Twitter that Donald Trump may flee the country before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated and he becomes subject to arrest for the many crimes he's been accused of committing.
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Scott Carroll / KATV-TV:
Arkansas governor: ‘Joe Biden is our president-elect and he will be confirmed’
Arkansas governor: ‘Joe Biden is our president-elect and he will be confirmed’
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Jody Harrison / HeraldScotland:
Could Donald Trump be planning to snub Joe Biden with trip to Scotland?
Could Donald Trump be planning to snub Joe Biden with trip to Scotland?
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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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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.
NBC4 Washington:
DC National Guard to Respond to Pro-Trump Protests This Week — Members of the D.C. National Guard will respond when supporters of President Donald Trump protest the 2020 election results in downtown D.C. this week. — The D.C. National Guard will assist the Metropolitan Police Department …
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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 …
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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 …
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Nicholson Baker / New York Magazine:
The Lab-Leak Hypothesis For decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. But what if ...? … What happened was fairly simple, I've come to believe. It was an accident. A virus spent some time in a laboratory, and eventually it got out.
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New York Times:
America Can't Even Produce the Things It Invented — The United States can bring manufacturing back — which will bring back good jobs and protect national interests. — Mr. Breznitz is a co-director of the Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of the University of Toronto and an award-winning political economist.
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Li Yuan / New York Times:
In a Topsy-Turvy Pandemic World, China Offers Its Version of Freedom
In a Topsy-Turvy Pandemic World, China Offers Its Version of Freedom
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Yuval Levin / National Review:
Failures of Leadership in a Populist Age — For many years now, an important segment of the Republican electorate has been increasingly frustrated with the elites who lead our core institutions. The political outlook of these voters has come to be defined by that frustration …
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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.