In this edition: An interview with one of the year’s big Republican winners, an update from the Trump legal team’s tour of election hearings, and the latest from Georgia.
Category: Politics
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The most petulant 46 minutes in American history
For maybe the first time in Trump’s presidency, reality hasn’t been conforming to his nonsense.
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Loeffler’s bogus claim that Warnock ‘celebrated anti-American hatred’
An attack ad in the Georgia Senate run-off relies on out-of-context video clips to make its case.
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Trump roils Georgia GOP as party waits to see if presidential visit helps — or hurts — in crucial Senate runoffs
The president’s baseless claims of fraud in the November elections have sparked a Republican civil war in the state, where voters will return to the polls on Jan. 5 in a pair of races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate.
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Trump raises $495 million since mid-October, including a massive haul fueled by misleading appeals about election fraud
Trump has raised $207.5 million since Election Day, with a flurry of fundraising appeals focused on election integrity.
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Live updates: Biden forges ahead with transition; Trump posts video with slew of baseless election claims
The president-elect is hunkered down in Wilmington, Del., with plans to receive an intelligence briefing and meet with transition advisers.
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Reps. Meeks, Scott elected chairs of House Foreign Affairs and Agriculture committees, first Black lawmakers to lead the panels
Democrats also chose Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (Conn.) as chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.) to lead their party’s campaign arm.
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California Democrats urged people to stay home — and then did the opposite at restaurants and holiday parties
At least four high-profile California Democrats are in hot water for failing to abide by their own public health recommendations.
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Twitter keeps flagging Trump for disinformation because Trump keeps tweeting disinformation
It’s not a conspiracy. It’s an attempt to redirect toward accuracy.
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The Trump-fueled danger for the GOP in Georgia
Republicans fear his conspiracy-mongering about a rigged election will depress turnout among their base in the January runoffs for control of the Senate.
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How much protection can Trump offer his family with his pardon power? A lot.
At least if the courts agree.
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Live updates: Biden to hold roundtable with workers, small-business owners; Mark Kelly to join Senate
President-elect Joe Biden is seeking to keep a focus on the economy a day after he pledged “a recovery for everybody.”
