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10:50 AM ET, January 5, 2021

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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.
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
GOP congressman suggests he regrets his vote for Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Describing President Trump's  —  phone call with Georgia's top election official as “frightening,” an Illinois Republican congressman suggested that he now regrets his vote for the president and might even be open …
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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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
SCOOP: Inside the GOP's strategy to challenge Biden's win (and the nail biter GA election)  —  With big assists from Melanie, Sarah and Kyle.  —  SCOOP: Sen. Ted Cruz and about nine or 10 other senators joined GOP Reps. Mo Brooks (Ala.), Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Andy Biggs (Ariz.) …
Politico:
Biden transition hoping for victory but bracing for defeat in Georgia  —  Joe Biden is eyeing a more ambitious agenda for the first 100 days of his presidency — if, that is, Democrats can win twin upsets in a pair of Georgia Senate runoffs on Tuesday.  —  But Biden's advisers are privately skeptical …
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Corin Faife / The Markup:
In Georgia, Facebook's Changes Brought Back a Partisan News Feed
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Kelly Loeffler's new Facebook ad darkens skin of Raphael Warnock, her Black opponent
Discussion: The Guardian and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
The next 48 hours could be the most tumultuous of the never-ending 2020 election  —  The next two days look to be the most tumultuous and telling of the wild, never-ending 2020 election.  —  Driving the news: Twin runoffs in Georgia today determine control of the U.S. Senate.
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Loeffler to object to certification of presidential election results
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's Electoral College scheme divides 2024 GOP successors
Discussion: HotAir
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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Tina Nguyen / Politico:
MAGA activists plot revenge on Republican ‘traitors’  —  MAGA figureheads and pro-Trump activists are vowing to excommunicate Republicans who vigorously oppose the doomed effort to keep President Donald Trump in power.  —  The threats have played out in recent days with Georgia Secretary …
Rudy Takala / Mediaite:
Martha MacCallum Grills Brad Raffensperger on Leaking Trump Call: ‘It Feels Like This is Very Much About a Grudge’
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:
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.
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Sen. Josh Hawley says ‘Antifa scumbags’ terrorized his family's Virginia home.  Protesters say they held a peaceful vigil.  —  The activists said they had staged a peaceful vigil on Monday night, protesting the GOP plan to object to Congress's certification of the electoral vote this week.
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Patrick Young / ShutDownDC:
ShutDownDC Drops in on Senator Josh Hawley's House to Encourage him to Reconsider his Attack on Democracy
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
GOP Likely Needs a Big Georgia Turnout Today  —  Closing thoughts on crucial Senate runoffs; join us for star-studded online forum Wednesday evening  —  Dear Readers: With a new president about to take office and a sharply divided Congress, what should we expect of the high-stakes political road ahead?
Discussion: Vox, Bloomberg and Regular Order
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
‘Borat 2’ Director Reveals What Really Happened With Rudy Giuliani: ‘My Jaw Hit the Floor’  —  THE LAST LAUGH  —  The director of ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ tells ‘The Last Laugh’ podcast how Maria Bakalova infiltrated OAN to get to Rudy Giuliani—and what really went down in that hotel room.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Bypasses Top Career Prosecutor To Name New Acting US Attorney In Atlanta  —  Following the abrupt Monday resignation of Byung Jin “BJay” Pak, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, President Trump is bypassing his first assistant, a career prosecutor, to name a new acting leader from outside the office.
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Bobby L. Christine / U.S. Department of Justice:   Meet the U.S. Attorney
Bob McManus / New York Post:
NYT discovers crime wave but goes silent on Black Lives Matter's role  —  The New York Times this past weekend decorated a chunk of its Web site with an emotive snapshot of social disruption on Cleveland's east side.  But the yarn had a big fat hole in it.  —  The story described a high state …
Discussion: HotAir and DNyuz
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Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader arrested in the burning of Black Lives Matter banner, D.C. police say
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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David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Sedition fatigue: For Trump and many Republicans, betrayal is now politics as usual  —  A treacherous president is behaving precisely as his party trained him to behave: Be Trump.  You are above the law.  We like your Gambino family values.  —  It was one thing when the steady drumbeat …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Unlearning an Answer Charter schools deliver extraordinary results, but their political support among Democrats has collapsed.  What will Biden do?  —  In the dozen years since Barack Obama undertook the most dramatic education reform in half a century — prodding local governments to measure …
 
 
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Alex Vasquez / Bloomberg:
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CBS News:
Ohio governor signs controversial gun bill expanding “stand your ground” right
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NPR
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Even if you judge Trump by his preferred economic measures, he's still a loser
Washington Examiner:
They really are ‘defunding’ the police, and it's not going well
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago should be shut down after New Year's Eve party violated covid rules, state lawmaker says
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US Food and Drug Administration:
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Takeo Spikes / USA Today:
Georgia's rural Black voters were ignored and suppressed. Now they might flip the Senate.
Discussion: New Republic, Daily Kos and COURIER
Li Yuan / New York Times:
In a Topsy-Turvy Pandemic World, China Offers Its Version of Freedom
Discussion: The Federalist and Twitchy
TMZ.com:
Tanya Roberts' Partner Explains Why He Thought She Had Died
Dan Primack / Axios:
Dominion plans to sue Sidney Powell, doesn't rule out Trump
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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