WHAT'S BREWING
FOX CUTS AWAY FROM TRUMP CAMPAIGN MISINFORMATION Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto cut away from footage of a press conference held by the Trump campaign Monday. “We want every legal vote to be counted, and we want every illegal vote —” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said, falsely suggesting there was fraud before Cavuto said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa" and cut away. “I can’t in good countenance continue showing you this,” he told viewers. Meanwhile, Fox News host Sandra Smith was caught on a hot mic showing disdain for a caller's voter fraud claim. [HuffPost]
MCCONNELL: TRUMP 'WITHIN HIS RIGHTS' TO CHALLENGE RESULT Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) rallied Republicans firmly behind Trump as the president continues to raise baseless allegations of voter fraud in an election he has refused to concede. The Kentucky Republican said Trump is “100% within his rights” to look into allegations of “irregularities.” This comes as Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Monday became the fourth Republican senator to publicly congratulate Biden on his election victory. [HuffPost]
STORM ETA DRENCHES FLORIDA Cities in South Florida mopped up after Tropical Storm Eta flooded some urban areas with a deluge that swamped entire neighborhoods and filled some homes with rising water that did not drain for hours. It was the 28th named storm in a busy hurricane season, and the first to make landfall in Florida. This year tied the record with 2005, when Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma struck the Gulf Coast. But that was before Theta formed late Monday night over the northeast Atlantic, becoming the basin’s 29th named storm to eclipse the 2005 record. [AP]
PROGRESSIVES AREN'T TEMPERING THEIR EXPECTATIONS Citing key Democratic victories spurred by progressive activists and liberal-leaning voting blocs in swing states like Arizona and Georgia, progressive leaders say Biden must lead with an eye toward the people largely responsible for helping him win the White House. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez repeated her advice to the Biden administration against hiring Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama White House chief of staff who as Chicago mayor withheld footage of a Black teen being shot by police. [HuffPost]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE GEORGIA RUNOFFS Two January runoff elections in Georgia will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate for at least the next two years, after no candidate in either of the state's Senate elections secured a majority last week. These two elections will decide whether the Republicans will maintain control of the U.S. Senate, giving them the power to obstruct legislation under a Biden administration, or whether the chamber will swing to the Democrats. [HuffPost] | 
