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7:30 PM ET, January 5, 2021

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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Sen. Tim Scott will vote to certify Biden's Electoral College win  —  Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) will certify Joe Biden's Electoral College win, refusing to join the growing number of Republicans planning to object to the process, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Scott …
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Politico:
Senate GOP opposition grows to Electoral College challenge  —  The Senate Republicans opposed to certifying President-elect Joe Biden's win are heading toward a hefty defeat on Wednesday.  The only remaining question is this: how badly do they lose?  —  Just 11 GOP senators have signaled support …
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.
Kevin Stankiewicz / CNBC:
GOP pollster says ‘the next 48 hours are going to be among the worst’ ever for Republicans  — “Democrats are unified, Republicans are not and that's what gives them the advantage,” GOP pollster Frank Luntz told CNBC on Tuesday morning.  — Luntz's remarks referred to Tuesday's Georgia …
Ben Jacobs / GEN:
All Your Paranoid Questions About the Electoral College Certification, Answered  —  January 6 is going to be unprecedented, but Biden will still become president.  —  Donald Trump's refusal to concede defeat in the presidential election has made the ceremonial counting of electoral votes …
Washington Post:
Sen. Cruz to object to Arizona electors who certified Biden's win when Congress counts the votes
Politico:
Georgia prepares to set the agenda for Biden's Washington
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Trump Pressures Pence to Reject Electoral Votes
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
SCOOP: Inside the GOP's strategy to challenge Biden's win (and the nail biter GA election)
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
MAGA activists plot revenge on Republican ‘traitors’
Jordan Williams / The Hill:   North Dakota senator on decision to back Electoral College: ‘It was brutal’
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
GOP senators remove Lt. Gov. Fetterman from running first day of new session  —  Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media.  Sign up for our free newsletters.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
‘A dangerous time’: Another ugly GOP power play unfolds in Pennsylvania  —  “We're at a dangerous time in this country,” John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, told me by phone.  “One party is ignoring court rulings and election results.  If the results don't match what they like …
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Lt. Gov. Suggests Trump Committed Election Fraud In Pennsylvania  —  Lt. Governor John Fetterman said that Trump tried the same kind of illegal election interference calls in Pennsylvania that he used in Georgia.  —  Video: … Advertisements  —  Fetterman said on MSNBC …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Julian Routh / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pa. Senate Republicans refuse to seat Democrat Brewster in contentious swearing-in ceremony
Discussion: NPR, CNN and Mercury News
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Pennsylvania G.O.P. refuses to seat Democratic lawmaker in State Legislature.
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Pro-Trump forums erupt with violent threats ahead of Wednesday's rally against the 2020 election  —  Posters respond to Trump's prediction of “wild” day with discussion of potential bloodshed and advice on sneaking guns into D.C.  —  Far-right online forums are seething with references …
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast:
Proud Boys Leader Released From Jail but Banned From D.C.
Discussion: Raw Story and WTOP
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.
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Washington Post:
Trump warned by Scottish leader to stay away amid reports he might travel to his golf resort to skip inauguration
Washington Post:
No charges to be filed against Kenosha police officers in Jacob Blake shooting  —  KENOSHA, Wis. — A Kenosha police officer will face no criminal charges for shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back and paralyzing him, an incident that touched off several days of intense protests …
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Associated Press:
Illinois teenager Kyle Rittenhouse pleads not guilty in Kenosha protest slayings
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Cleta Mitchell, who advised Trump on Saturday phone call, resigns from law firm  —  Republican lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who advised President Trump during his Saturday phone call with Georgia's secretary of state in an effort to overturn the election, resigned on Tuesday as a partner …
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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:   Another ‘Perfect’ Phone Call
New York Times:
Election Needles: Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff  —  Democrats need to win both runoff races to control the Senate. … How the needle estimates have changed so far:  —  The table below shows our expectations for results, based on where they came from, what type of vote they were, and other results already reported.
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Police: Protesters outside Sen. Josh Hawley's home were ‘peaceful’  —  Protesters who gathered outside the Virginia home of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley Monday evening were peaceful and they left when police explained they were violating local picketing laws, police said Tuesday.
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Hawley isn't impressing Trump voters. He's entertaining them with his humiliation.
Page Six:
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are getting a divorce: 'She's done'  —  Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are over.  —  Multiple sources tell Page Six that “divorce is imminent” for the Hollywood couple, with Kardashian hiring divorce attorney to the stars, Laura Wasser.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Trump's Final Insult  —  Welcome to “The Tuesday,” a weekly newsletter that usually comes out sometime during the 24-hour period between Moon Day and Woden's Day.  To subscribe to “The Tuesday” and receive it in your in-box, please follow this link.  —  Up from the Rubble, Up from the Rabble
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
‘Mr. Bean’ Actor Rowan Atkinson Weighs in on ‘Cancel Culture,’ Teases New Film … Rowan Atkinson, the British actor known the world over for his “Mr. Bean” character, has delivered a broadside against the so-called online “cancel culture.”  —  During an extensive interview with U.K. outlet Radio Times …
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 …
 
 
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