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2:20 PM ET, January 5, 2021

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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.) …
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Washington Post:
Sen. Cruz to object to Arizona electors who certified Biden's win when Congress counts the votes  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) plans to formally object to the certification of electors from Arizona during Wednesday's joint session of Congress, according to a person familiar with the matter …
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
F*** You, Ted Cruz  —  You un-American, anti-democracy, lying sack of sh*t  —  Liar or believer?  I've asked that a lot these past four years, as Republican politicians and media figures spout falsehood after Trump-supporting falsehood.  Do they really believe it?
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN, The Bulwark and DNyuz
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump and His Heirs Dream of Endless Victory  —  If you can spare an hour, do listen to the full tape of the conversation between the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger.  Whichever adjective you use to describe Trump—delusional …
Discussion: CNN, Pharyngula and Raw Story
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.
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 …
George Will / Washington Post:
Hawley, Cruz and their Senate cohort are the Constitution's most dangerous domestic enemies
Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:   Law Alums From Harvard and Yale Denounce Hawley, Cruz Challenges to Biden's Win
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
GOP congressman suggests he regrets his vote for Trump
Politico:
Georgia fights latest Trump suit to overturn November election
Tom Cotton / Arkansas Online:
Duty of Congress  —  The House and Senate will meet Wednesday in a joint session to count the votes cast by the electoral college in the presidential election.  —  Some argue that Republicans in Congress should object to electoral votes from certain states, such as Arizona and Pennsylvania.
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
North Dakota senator on decision to back Electoral College: ‘It was brutal’  —  Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said Tuesday that his decision to back the Electoral College when Congress counts the vote was “brutal.”  —  The comment came during an interview on MSNBC when he was asked what led his decision to back the Electoral College.
Chiara Giordano / The Independent:
Trump not allowed into Scotland to escape Biden inauguration, Sturgeon warns  —  US president reportedly planning to visit his Turnberry golf resort to avoid opponent being sworn into office  —  Donald Trump will not be allowed to visit Scotland to play golf during Joe Biden's inauguration, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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  —  Bobby earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, and his J.D. from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham.  Bobby worked for a decade in the District Attorney's Office in Augusta, where he prosecuted all manner of crime, including violent felonies and complex thefts.
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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Beth Baumann / Townhall:
GA State Senator: We Have Asked Pence to Postpone Counting the Election Results
Discussion: theepochtimes.com and RedState
William T. Perkins / Petoskey News-Review:
Trump social media shares private Northern Michigan number, mistaken for Chatfield's  —  PETOSKEY — A local number has been bombarded with texts and phone calls after mistakenly being publicized by President Donald Trump and his campaign on social media.  —  The number, with a 231 area code …
Discussion: Business Insider and Mercury News
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Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Trump shared the wrong number for a Michigan lawmaker. A 28-year-old has gotten thousands of angry calls.
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Georgia Runoffs Live Updates: Voters Head to the Polls  —  In Democratic-heavy Atlanta and G.O.P. strongholds in North Georgia, voters eagerly line up.  —  ATLANTA — Whitney Leonard, 24, walked out of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta's West End neighborhood on Tuesday morning …
Discussion: Power Line
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
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
Anita Chabria / Los Angeles Times:
Its freezer kaput, this NorCal hospital had two hours to give out 600 vaccine shots  —  About the time Gov. Newsom took to Facebook on Monday to lament the pace of vaccine distribution statewide, one Northern California hospital was injecting local residents at a furious pace …
Politico:
Biden to tap more Obama vets to fill key national security roles  —  President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team have begun to fill out top positions on the incoming National Security Council and at the State Department, with key roles like deputy national security adviser and deputy secretary …
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?
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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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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: Wisconsin pharmacist thought vaccine was unsafe
Washington Post:
EPA finalizes rule to limit science behind public health safeguards  —  The Trump administration's ‘transparency’ rule requires researchers to disclose their raw data.  Opponents argue that the goal is to exclude important research on human health.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency …
Discussion: Common Dreams and New York Times
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Andrew Wheeler / Wall Street Journal:
Why We're Ending the EPA's Reliance on Secret Science
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CNN
HuffPost:
Democratic Senators Urge Joe Biden To Pick Doug Jones For Attorney General  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and 11 other Democratic senators wrote a letter to the Biden transition team recommending their former colleague.  —  A dozen Democratic senators have sent a letter …
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 …
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia runoff election: Polls are open as nation watches  —  *Georgia's long moment in the national spotlight will culminate today, when state voters determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.  *Georgia voters also will elect a member of the state Public Service Commission, which regulates energy and utility rates and issues.
 
 
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Trump supporters in Michigan heading to nation's capital to protest on Wednesday
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