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8:45 PM ET, January 4, 2021

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Dan Primack / Axios:
Dominion plans to sue Sidney Powell, doesn't rule out Trump  —  Dominion Voting Systems plans to sue attorney Sidney Powell “imminently” for defamation, and is continuing to explore similar suits against President Trump and others, company founder and CEO John Poulos told the Axios Re:Cap podcast on Monday.
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Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bice: Milwaukee law firm ‘concerned’ by attorney's role in Trump call trying to upend Georgia election results  —  A Milwaukee-based law firm is distancing itself from one of the attorneys involved in President Donald Trump's disturbing call trying to overturn the results of the Georgia election.
Rudy Takala / Mediaite:
Martha MacCallum Grills Brad Raffensperger on Leaking Trump Call: ‘It Feels Like This is Very Much About a Grudge’  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) sparred with Fox News' Martha MacCallum over the details of who recorded his phone call with President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Breitbart and Law & Crime
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
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.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
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.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Loeffler to object to certification of presidential election results  —  Source says she will likely object to certification of Georgia's presidential election results  —  Sen. Loeffler: Warnock's values are ‘out of step with Georgia’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
New Republican poll shows statistical tie in Georgia  —  The Democratic and Republican Senate candidates in Georgia are in a statistical tie heading into Tuesday's pair of runoff elections, according to a new poll conducted for a Republican super PAC.  —  Why it matters: In both elections …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The backstory of Trump's Georgia call  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Good morning from Atlanta, Gateway to the South and the pulsing center of Tuesday's two U.S. Senate runoffs that will determine partisan control of the upper chamber and the success of Joe Biden's first term as president.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
This Is the Cost of a Failed Impeachment
NBC News:
Trump pushed QAnon and 4chan-created conspiracy theories in Georgia call
Discussion: CNN
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   Lou Dobbs Asks Why It Has Been So Hard ‘Finding Actual Proof’ of Trump's Baseless Election Claims
Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Tried 18 Times To Get Ahold Of GA Sec Of State Before Bullying Him In Irate Call
NBC News:
Democrats ask FBI Director Wray to open criminal probe into Trump after leaked phone call
Senator Kelly Loeffler:
Loeffler Statement on the Electoral College Certification Process
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
‘Disgusting’: Perdue hammers Georgia secretary of state for recording Trump call
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Proud Boys leader arrested in the burning of Black Lives Matter banner, D.C. police say  —  The leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested by D.C. police late Monday afternoon on a warrant charging him with burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from a historic Black church during …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Georgia Official Blasts Trump for Repeating Falsehoods on Eve of Two Critical Senate Runoffs  —  It was like “Groundhog Day,” the top election official said of once again having to debunk President Trump's baseless claims of election fraud.  Georgia's two runoff races on Tuesday …
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Proud Boys leader arrested, accused of burning church banner
Alexis Stevens / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: U.S. Attorney for North Georgia resigns, effective immediately  —  U.S. Attorney Byung J.  “BJay” Pak resigned his position Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.In October 2017, Pak was sworn into office after being appointed …
TMZ.com:
Tanya Roberts Is Still Alive, Despite Her Rep Having Said She Was Dead  —  4:25 PM PT — We just spoke with Lance, Tanya's long-term partner.  He tells us he went to the hospital Sunday after getting a call from doctors saying Tanya was fading fast, and it was going end in her death.
Peter Swindon / The Sunday Post:
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.
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Jody Harrison / HeraldScotland:   Could Donald Trump be planning to snub Joe Biden with trip to Scotland?
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.
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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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and abc7NY
Peter Baker / New York Times:
An Insurgency From Inside the Oval Office  —  President Trump's effort to overturn the election he lost has gone beyond mere venting of grievances at the risk of damaging the very American democracy he is charged with defending.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's relentless effort to overturn …
Yuval Levin / National Review:
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 …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
D.C. Police to contact GOP Rep. Boebert about plans to bring Glock to work  —  “That Congresswoman will be subjected to the same penalties as anyone else that's caught on the D.C. streets carrying a firearm,” said police chief Robert Contee III.  —  GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert smiles …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Biden will try to fix our vaccine rollout mess  —  Mounting signs that the vaccine rollout is beset by snags are a reminder of what a daunting task the Biden administration will face in overseeing successful vaccination of the public against coronavirus.
Marc Kovac / The Columbus Dispatch:
Gun rights groups happy as Gov. Mike DeWine signs ‘stand your ground’ legislation into law  —  While voicing disappointment that the state's Republican-controlled legislature did not move other gun reform he sought, Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law “stand your ground” legislation …
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and NPR
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Trump's Call Leaves Allies Fearful for American Democracy  —  Many now take the president's disregard for democratic and ethical norms for granted, but also fear its effect on America's standing in the world.  —  BRUSSELS — President Trump's extraordinary, wheedling telephone call …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
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.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, USA Today, Breitbart and The Week
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Business leaders urge Congress to certify Biden win  —  Almost 200 of the country's top business leaders urged Congress to certify the electoral results for President-elect Joe Biden in a letter Monday, arguing that “attempts to thwart or delay this process run counter to the essential tenets of our democracy.”
The Intercept:
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.
New York Times:
America Can't Even Produce the Things It Invented  —  The United States can bring manufacturing back — which will bring back good jobs and protect national interests.  —  Mr. Breznitz is a co-director of the Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of the University of Toronto and an award-winning political economist.
Discussion: Noahpinion
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Google Staff Launch Union, Escalating Tension With Leaders  — Effort supported by the Communications Workers of America  —  Employees of Google and parent company Alphabet Inc. announced the creation of a union on Monday, escalating years of confrontation between workers and management of the internet giant.
 
 
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Rachel M. Cohen / The Appeal:
Newly Elected Michigan Prosecutor Will Stop Seeking Cash Bail
Discussion: Michigan Advance
George Will / Washington Post:
Hawley, Cruz and their Senate cohort are the Constitution's most dangerous domestic enemies
Discussion: Mercury News, WRIC-TV and DNyuz
Mike Dickerson / KNOCK:
Vons, Pavilions to Fire “Essential Workers,” Replace Drivers with Independent Contractors
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Michelle Obama urges Georgia voters to ‘take charge of your power’ at drive-in concert ahead of runoffs
Discussion: Breitbart
Adam Hoffman / National Review:
The New Strategy to Suppress Conservative Voices on Campus
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Howard Stern rips Trump over Georgia call: 'This is criminal. It's gangster'
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Urging calm, DC mayor calls in National Guard for protests
Noah Higgins-Dunn / CNBC:
Moderna increases minimum 2021 Covid vaccine production by 20% to 600 million doses
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: the expectation at Paramount Global is that neither of the two offers in play, Skydance-RedBird and Sony Pictures-Apollo, will come to fruition

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
In a letter, several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials ask Meta to repeal a policy allowing ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen

 
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