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6:40 PM ET, January 3, 2021

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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor  —  President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat …
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Washington Post:
Audio: Trump's full Jan. 2 call with Ga. secretary of state  —  As Georgia runoff looms, Republicans stick to election fraud claims  —  Audio: Trump berates Ga. secretary of state, urges him to ‘find’ votes  —  Republicans previously promised Trump would accept the election results
Washington Post:
Here's the full transcript and audio of the call between Trump and Raffensperger  —  About 3 p.m. Saturday, President Trump held an hour-long call with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state, in which he repeatedly urged him to alter the outcome of the presidential vote in the state.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump demands Georgia elections official overturn his defeat in hourlong call  —  ‘The data you have is wrong,’ Raffensperger replies  —  President Donald Trump badgered and berated Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a call Saturday, repeating falsehoods about his election defeat in Georgia …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Time to Speak for America  —  The Republican party and the conservative movement must now choose: Trump or America.  —  “I was surprised to hear nothing from Mr. Chamberlain during the whole of September 2, which was a day of intense crisis . . . . However, when Parliament met in the afternoon …
Politico:
Trump's pressure on Georgia election officials raises legal questions  —  President Donald Trump's effort to pressure Georgia officials to “find” enough votes to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory could run afoul of federal and state criminal statutes, according to legal experts and lawmakers …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Nancy Pelosi Is Re-elected as House Speaker  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump demanded that Georgia's Republican secretary of state “find” him enough votes to overturn the presidential election, and vaguely threatened him with “a criminal offense,” during an hourlong telephone conversation …
Washington Post:
All 10 living former defense secretaries: Involving the military in election disputes would cross into dangerous territory  —  Ashton Carter, Dick Cheney, William Cohen, Mark Esper, Robert Gates, Chuck Hagel, James Mattis, Leon Panetta, William Perry and Donald Rumsfeld are the 10 living former U.S. secretaries of defense.
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Axios
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
The time to question election results has passed, all living former defense secretaries say  —  The time to question election results has passed, and there is no role for the military in changing them, all of the living former defense secretaries said in an extraordinary rebuke to President Trump …
Politico:
Congressional leaders unveil rules governing Electoral College count  —  The rules of Congress' Jan. 6 session governing the counting of Electoral College votes will remain identical to those used for decades, under a proposal set to be introduced Sunday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: As Pelosi scrambles for her job, McConnell loses control  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WELCOME to the 117th Congress!  —  The new session starts at noon — yes, on a Sunday — and it promises to be a fascinating opening day.  —  THE MAIN EVENT is the speaker's vote …
David Cohen / Politico:
Ted Cruz urges critics of presidential election challenge to calm down  —  Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday condemned those attacking him for his challenge to the certification of the presidential election, saying they were using “angry language.”  —  Cruz and at least 11 other Republican senators …
American Greatness:   Who Will Be Inaugurated?  —  What is unlikely is not impossible—an admonitory caution, not an appeal to false hope.
Jason Lemon / MSN:
‘Momentum Gaining’: Mo Brooks Says More GOP Lawmakers to Object to Election Certification
Harry Enten / CNN:
Democrats may make history in Georgia's Senate runoffs  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: My average of Georgia polls shows the two Senate runoffs on Tuesday are within the margin of error and way too close to call.  —  In the race for the full six-year term, Democrat Jon Ossoff is at 49% to Republican Sen. David Perdue's 48%.
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James Arkin / Politico:
Democrats go back where they started to expunge Trump era: Jon Ossoff
Discussion: National Review, DNyuz and NBC News
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Punchbowl Arrives From Reporters Who Left Politico's Playbook  —  A Beltway school of journalism wants to get back to just-the-facts-ma'am reporting.  But how do you cover this Republican Party?  —  The big debates over political journalism in the Trump years were about morality …
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Moore to appear in House for Speaker's vote after testing positive for COVID-19  —  Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), who announced she tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 28, is slated to be present at the Capitol on Sunday for the Speaker's vote.  —  While the Centers for Disease Control …
Discussion: Fox News
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz will object when Congress certifies Joe Biden's election, as 11 GOP senators demand ‘audit’ and 10-day delay  —  The ‘Trump Eleven’ say the president's loss in a handful of battlegrounds deserves an emergency inquiry before the Electoral College tally is ratified.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Two Republican lawyer-senators look for loopholes in democracy
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Louder With Crowder
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
GOP senators want election commission similar to what decided disputed 1876 race
Devan Cole / CNN:
US surgeon general contradicts Trump on Covid-19 death toll  —  Washington (CNN)US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Covid-19 death toll, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that the agency has “exaggerated” its numbers.
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
'There's no running away from the numbers:' Fauci laments surging COVID deaths as Trump claims ‘fake news’
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers  —  Human rights groups accuse Israel of dodging obligations to millions in occupied territories who may wait months for vaccination  —  Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza
 
 
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