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.

Cotton Statement on Joint Session of Congress  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430  —  Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the joint session of Congress later this week:

Donald Trump could be planning Turnberry trip as Scots airport told to expect a high-flyer the day before Joe Biden's inauguration … © Robert Perry/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock  —  US President Donald Trump could be planning a trip to Scotland to avoid attending his successor Joe Biden's inauguration, according to aviation sources.

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma suspected missing  —  Speculation has swirled around Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's whereabouts after reports surfaced that the high-profile businessman has not made a public appearance in more than two months.  —  The Alibaba founder also failed to appear …

The Made-Up Conspiracy  —  A Republican bid to deny Biden's victory is another worrying Trumpist disinformation ploy  —  When Republican senators attempt to block congressional confirmation of Joe Biden's presidential victory this week, they will not succeed in reversing the outcome of the election.

Worse Than Treason  —  “We are what we pretend to be,” Kurt Vonnegut wrote in the opening of his 1962 novel, Mother Night, “and so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”  Republicans in Congress are pretending to be seditionists—and so they have become, in fact, seditionists.

Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism  —  The creation of the union, a rarity in Silicon Valley, follows years of increasing outspokenness by Google workers.  Executives have struggled to handle the change.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 225 Google engineers …

Rhode Island governor emerges as leading candidate for Commerce Department  —  Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has emerged as a leading candidate to be President-elect Joe Biden's commerce secretary, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Why it matters: Raimondo …

Georgia Senate runoffs — The fate of our nation is in Georgia's hands  —  If Georgians believe in our democracy and our nation's institutions, they will reject Warnock and Ossoff  —  Sen. Perdue says he and Sen. Loeffler are ‘last line of defense’ against socialist agenda

Terry McAuliffe raises a record $6.1 million in bid to reclaim Executive Mansion  —  RICHMOND — Democrat Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that he has raised more than $6 million for his comeback bid for Virginia governor, far surpassing what previous gubernatorial hopefuls have raised at similar points in their campaigns.

The Bravery of William Winter  —  Stuart Stevens remembers the Mississippi governor who changed his life.  —  I was only 14 but it was a scene I will never forget.  In many ways, it changed my life.  —  It was 1967 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and William Winter was running for the Democratic nomination for governor.

117th Congress kicks off with GOP civil war, calls for impeachment and plexiglass  —  With assists from Melanie, Heather, Burgess, Andrew, and Kyle  —  It's less than 24 hours into the 117th Congress and we've already seen Republicans break out into a civil war, Democrats renew calls …

Media adopts canard Israel denies vaccine to Palestinians - analysis  —  Major media outlets are playing a role in promoting the lie that Israel is somehow barring Palestinians from getting vaccinated against coronavirus.  —  In March, the Anti-Defamation League published an article on its website called …

Warning: Facebook And Twitter Are ‘Dangerous’ Even If You've Never Used Them  —  It's possible one of your 2021 resolutions is to get off Facebook, Twitter or other addictive social media.  While that's probably a good thing to do—given we've written before about the many personal and work-related …