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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
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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.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump Call to Georgia Official Might Violate State and Federal Law  —  The president's demand for action to overturn the result of the election in the state raised questions about whether he violated election fraud statutes, lawyers said, though a charge is unlikely.
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 …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Crosses a Bright-Red Line  —  In a bombshell conversation with Georgia's secretary of state yesterday, President Donald Trump made monkeys of every Republican official and every conservative talking head who professed to believe Trump's allegations of voter fraud.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Phone Call Is What Coup Fever Looks Like  —  The U.S. president goes back to Georgia, looking for some votes to steal.  He knows that he's been beat.  —  Like the little boy haunted by ghosts in the horror movie “The Sixth Sense,” President Donald Trump sees dead people everywhere.
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.
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Gov. Brian Kemp absent from GOP campaign trail in closing days
Discussion: Washington Post
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump knows no limits as he tries to overturn the election
Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News:
In unhinged phone call, Trump urges Georgia official to ‘find’ votes to overturn election results: report
Discussion: USA Today, Salon and ABC7
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.
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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.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
The time to question election results has passed, all living former defense secretaries say
Discussion: The Hill and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism  —  The creation of the union, a rarity in Silicon Valley, follows years of increasing outspokenness by Google workers.  Executives have struggled to handle the change.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 225 Google engineers …
Discussion: The Verge
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Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Google Workers Publicly Launch Union
New York Times:
We're Google Workers. And We're Forming a Union.
Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Google employees announce creation of union
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas:
Cotton Statement on Joint Session of Congress  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: Caroline Tabler or James Arnold (202) 734-0430  —  Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement on the joint session of Congress later this week:
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Plane Sightings Fuel Rumors Trump Planning Escape to Scotland on Day Before Biden Inauguration  —  GOLF WAR  —  Something strange is happening on the west coast of Scotland.  According to a report from the Sunday Post, a lot of unusual U.S. military activity has been recorded at one airport …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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
Discussion: Towleroad Gay News
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Biden inauguration will include ‘presidential escort’ to White House, virtual parade
Discussion: DNyuz, Axios and Associated Press
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
U.K. judge rules Julian Assange should not be extradited to the U.S.  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange must not be extradited to the U.S., where he's wanted on charges of violating the Espionage Act and hacking government computers, because of the high risk of suicide in U.S. custody, a British judge in London ruled Monday.
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
UK judge refuses extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump to give ally Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  Congressman from California has accused FBI and Justice Department of bias against Trump during Russia probe.  —  President Trump on Monday is expected to give Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) the Presidential Medal of Freedom …
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Axios:
Trump to give Reps. Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes Presidential Medal of Freedom
Discussion: Associated Press and CANNONFIRE
Jessica Yun / Yahoo Finance:
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma suspected missing  —  Speculation has swirled around Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's whereabouts after reports surfaced that the high-profile businessman has not made a public appearance in more than two months.  —  The Alibaba founder also failed to appear …
Janice Dean / Fox News:
The tragic rise of Andrew Cuomo amid COVID-19 — a real American crisis  —  Had the governor admitted his terrible decisions instead of making posters, plastic mountains and coronavirus artwork, many of us would've forgiven him  —  We need real leadership, not a Gov. congratulating himself in middle of pandemic: Janice Dean
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Terry McAuliffe raises a record $6.1 million in bid to reclaim Executive Mansion  —  RICHMOND — Democrat Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that he has raised more than $6 million for his comeback bid for Virginia governor, far surpassing what previous gubernatorial hopefuls have raised at similar points in their campaigns.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
 
 
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