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:

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.

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.

The Wall Street Journal Epitomizes the Failure of Elite Conservatism  —  Once the paper of record for conservative opinion-makers, the Journal's editorial page has betrayed its readers.  —  The Wall Street Journal editorial page is probably the most influential elite conservative outlet in the country.

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.

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.

FBI Questioned a Michigan Senate Staffer After Zoom Call About Banning Tear Gas … Two officers with an FBI task force showed up at the home of a Michigan state senator's chief of staff and aggressively questioned her about a draft bill she had discussed on a private legislative Zoom call.

Israel is vaccinating so fast it's running out of vaccine  —  JERUSALEM — Israel, which has inoculated a higher proportion of its population against the coronavirus than any other country, is delivering shots so quickly that it is outstripping its supply of vaccine.

Where Is Alibaba Founder Jack Ma?  What the Saga of One of the World's Richest Men Reveals About China Under Xi Jinping  —  The response was as swift as it was resolute.  —  On Oct. 24, Jack Ma, the man behind China's e-commerce behemoth Alibaba, gave a speech in Shanghai at the Bund Summit …

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 …

Trump keeps carrier in Middle East, overruling his Pentagon chief  —  President Donald Trump was behind the abrupt decision announced on Sunday night to reverse course and keep the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Middle East due to Iranian threats against top U.S. officials, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

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 …

Florida Is Using Eventbrite for COVID-19 Vaccine Slots and It's Not Going Well  —  The country and state have struggled to distribute the vaccine, leading some counties to turn to the event platform for scheduling appointments.  —  EO  —  Near the end of last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed …