Republicans Know It’s Over, but Don’t Want to Tell Trump

By Matt Laslo

“I don’t have to persuade anybody. I just have to be able to sleep well at night,” Sen. Kevin Cramer said of his decision to oppose Trump’s ploy to overthrow the election.

By Sam Brodey

Warnock’s victory puts Democrats within one seat of control of the Senate. Fellow Dem Jon Ossoff has declared victory in the other runoff, which is still too close to call.

By Michael Tomasky

On an unbelievably heartening night for America, Georgia put an end to the pathetic career of Kelly Loeffler and ushered in a bright new era.

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By Hanna Trudo, Spencer Ackerman

Biden vowed to “end the sale of material to the Saudis where they’re going in and murdering children.” Allies say he’s ready to keep that promise.

By Margaret Carlson

Wednesday afternoon, for a few fleeting moments, our democracy will be in Mike Pence’s hands. No, you’re not supposed to feel better.

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Yes, this was Stacey Abrams. But it was an army of Black women and movements who made sure that Black votes would count in this runoff.

With Congress set to make his defeat even more official and irreversible, legions of potentially violent supporters were on hand.

Obama got blindsided by resistance to his nominees. Biden has learned from his old boss’ mistake.

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 ‘DO IT MIKE!’

Even now, the president is clinging to the desperate hope that his presidency will somehow be snatched from the jaws of failure.

 ‘WITH HUMILITY’

Sen. David Perdue has not conceded, with the Democrat now leading with around 16,000 votes.

 RISE AND SHINE

The TITIROBA Wake-Up Light helped me finally say goodbye to being jostled awake by incessant alarms.

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