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6:20 PM ET, January 4, 2021

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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.
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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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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 …
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  —  When the Senate failed to remove Trump last year, it all but guaranteed his future attempts to overturn the election.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  If your memory can reach back to the time before COVID-19—no shame if it can't …
NBC News:
Democrats ask FBI Director Wray to open criminal probe into Trump after leaked phone call  —  A pair of House Democrats are asking FBI Director Christopher Wray to open a criminal probe into President Donald Trump after a leaked phone call showed him pleading with Georgia Secretary …
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 …
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 …
Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Tried 18 Times To Get Ahold Of GA Sec Of State Before Bullying Him In Irate Call  —  Bigly, indeed.  —  Hellbent on trying to delegitimize American democracy, President Trump reportedly made 18 attempts to get Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on the phone …
NBC News:
Trump pushed QAnon and 4chan-created conspiracy theories in Georgia call  —  President Donald Trump cataloged a series of false conspiracy theories during an hourlong call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Saturday in which he sought to overturn the state's election results …
Discussion: CNN and UPI
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Raffensperger: Trump could face investigation over election call
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
‘Disgusting’: Perdue hammers Georgia secretary of state for recording Trump call
New York Times:
Live Updates: Georgia Official Blasts Trump for Repeating Falsehoods on Eve of Two Critical Senate Runoffs
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A leading historian of U.S. democracy issues an urgent warning
Richard L. Hasen / The Atlantic:
We Can't Let Our Elections Be This Vulnerable Again
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 …
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?
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.”
Discussion: CNBC, POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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TMZ.com:
Tanya Roberts Is Still Alive, Despite Her Rep Having Said She Was Dead  —  TANYA ROBERTS SHE'S STILL ALIVE ... Despite Her Rep Saying She's Dead  —  TANYA ROBERTS THROUGH THE YEARS  —  Tanya Roberts death has been greatly exaggerated, because her rep now says she's alive …
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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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump seethes at GOP ‘surrender caucus’ that won't back his coup attempt
Discussion: NBC News
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 …
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Jonathan Rauch / Persuasion:
The Made-Up Conspiracy  —  A Republican bid to deny Biden's victory is another worrying Trumpist disinformation ploy  —  When Republican senators attempt to block congressional confirmation of Joe Biden's presidential victory this week, they will not succeed in reversing the outcome of the election.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
We must stop calling Trump's enablers ‘conservative.’ They are the radical right.
Associated Press:
Urging calm, DC mayor calls in National Guard for protests  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C.'s mayor urged calm Monday as some 340 National Guard troops were being activated while the city prepared for potentially violent protests surrounding Congress' expected vote to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
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Washington Post:
National Guard activated for D.C. protests, with more restraints than in June, officials say
Discussion: CNN and Big League Politics
Noah Higgins-Dunn / CNBC:
Moderna increases minimum 2021 Covid vaccine production by 20% to 600 million doses  — Moderna is upping the minimum number of doses it expects to make to 600 million, the company said Monday.  — The company said it's working to produce up to 1 billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccine this year.
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
Britain takes a gamble with Covid-19 vaccines, upping the stakes for the rest of us
Discussion: In the Pipeline and Japan Times
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Hill
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Liberal Media Scream: Smug Chuck Todd to senator, 'I've Had Enough of Hearing This!'
Discussion: Instapundit
Stella Morabito / The Federalist:
Ignoring And Ridiculing Election Fraud Concerns Will Not Make Them Go Away
Anjali Enjeti / COURIER:
3 Million Georgians Voted Early in the Senate Runoffs—Thanks to the Work of These Organizers
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Daily Kos
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Howard Stern rips Trump over Georgia call: 'This is criminal. It's gangster'
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
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Discussion: National Review
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Top House Appropriations Republican tests COVID-19 positive
 Earlier Items: 
Merrill Matthews / The Hill:
Biden should retain these Trump policies to keep America great in 2021
Discussion: The Guardian
David Holt / The Bulwark:
In Praise of Those Who Resist Temptation
Washington Post:
Israel is vaccinating so fast it's running out of vaccine
Discussion: Meduza.io and Power Line
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Florida Is Using Eventbrite for COVID-19 Vaccine Slots and It's Not Going Well
Discussion: The Daily Dot and DNyuz
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Howard Stern of SiriusXM snags a surprise interview with President Biden, following reports of Biden's refusal so far to give The NYT a sit-down interview

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

 
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