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1:45 PM ET, January 4, 2021

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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.
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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.
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.
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 …
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
‘Disgusting’: Perdue hammers Georgia secretary of state for recording Trump call  —  Sen. David Perdue tore into Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Monday for recording a phone call with President Donald Trump over the weekend, calling it “disgusting” to do so.
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.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Raffensperger: Trump could face investigation over election call  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that it was unlikely his office would open an investigation into his weekend phone call with President Donald Trump, but suggested a criminal probe could still be launched by an Atlanta-area district attorney.
Chandelis Duster / CNN:
Georgia GOP lieutenant governor says Trump call with secretary of state ‘inappropriate’
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Phone Call Is What Coup Fever Looks Like
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Senate's coup-staging ‘Dirty Dozen’ shouldn't be allowed to hold office
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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Raphael Warnock / Wall Street Journal:
The Election Rejectionists  —  The GOP stunt over the Electoral College will hurt the country and the party.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  As Americans like to tell the world, a hallmark of democracy is the willingness to accept defeat and the peaceful transfer of power.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:   The Wall Street Journal Epitomizes the Failure of Elite Conservatism
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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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Plane Sightings Fuel Rumors Trump Planning Escape to Scotland on Day Before Biden Inauguration
Discussion: Raw Story and HotAir
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.  —  You hear the word “radical” a lot these days.  It's usually aimed like a lethal weapon at Democratic office-seekers, especially those who want to unseat a Republican incumbent.
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press and Politico
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.
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.
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Reuters:
Jack Ma's disappearing act fuels speculation about billionaire's whereabouts
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 …
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 …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Rhode Island governor emerges as leading candidate for Commerce Department  —  Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has emerged as a leading candidate to be President-elect Joe Biden's commerce secretary, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Why it matters: Raimondo …
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.
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Trump keeps carrier in Middle East, overruling his Pentagon chief  —  President Donald Trump was behind the abrupt decision announced on Sunday night to reverse course and keep the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Middle East due to Iranian threats against top U.S. officials, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
DC media group buys NY publication City & State, plans expansion  —  A DC-based news agency for politicians and bureaucrats has acquired City & State, a media business covering New York state and local politics for elected officials and government workers.  —  Terms of the acquisition …
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
Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE:
Florida Is Using Eventbrite for COVID-19 Vaccine Slots and It's Not Going Well  —  The country and state have struggled to distribute the vaccine, leading some counties to turn to the event platform for scheduling appointments.  —  EO  —  Near the end of last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
117th Congress kicks off with GOP civil war, calls for impeachment and plexiglass  —  With assists from Melanie, Heather, Burgess, Andrew, and Kyle  —  It's less than 24 hours into the 117th Congress and we've already seen Republicans break out into a civil war, Democrats renew calls …
 
 
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Roane Carey / The Nation:
The First 100 Days Are Critical  —  We asked 10 activists, analysts, and elected officials …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
House Republicans try to block Democratic rules package that sidelines GOP
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Marco Rubio / Fox News:
Georgia Senate runoffs — The fate of our nation is in Georgia's hands
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Maria Hardiman / Voter Protection Program:
Guide to January 6th Joint Session of Congress Released by Voter Protection Program
David Schuman / WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
'It's Time For Us Patriots To Rise Up': Albert Lea Bar Owner Leads Rally To Protest Possible 5-Year Liquor License Loss
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CBS News
Janice Dean / Fox News:
The tragic rise of Andrew Cuomo amid COVID-19 — a real American crisis
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump to give ally Nunes the Presidential Medal of Freedom
 

 
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