Election Debrief

• Meet five of the newly elected Republican House members (Daily Signal)

Excerpt: Byron Donalds defeated his Democratic opponent, Cindy Banyai, in a landslide, capturing 61.3% of the vote in Florida’s 19th Congressional District. On his website, Donalds, 42, claims to be “everything the fake news media [say] doesn’t exist: a Trump-supporting, liberty-loving, pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment black man.”

• Rudy Giuliani claims 650,000 votes were counted unlawfully in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (Washington Examiner)

• Joe Biden’s religious support may have been the difference (NR) | Softening of Trump’s evangelical base may have proved critical (Washington Times)

• Reminder: Democrats went postal with claims of sabotage that never happened (Free Beacon)

The Peach State

• Georgia, where Biden’s margin is under 15,000 votes, announces full recount by hand (NR) | Unfortunately, National Review’s Dan McLaughlin observes, “The average recount changes the totals by 430 votes, and the largest shift among any of the 31 recounts conducted over the past two decades was 0.1 percent of the vote.” | But it’s also worth noting that Georgia is ripe for election fraud (The Federalist)

• For what it’s worth: An early poll of Georgia’s twin Senate runoffs shows tight races (AJC)

Excerpt: The poll showed Kelly Loeffler at 49% of the vote compared to Democrat Raphael Warnock’s 48% showing – within the margin of error of 2.6 percentage points. About 3% were undecided. In the other race, U.S. Sen. David Perdue had a 50-46 lead over Democrat Jon Ossoff, echoing the results of the November election when the Republican fell just under the majority-vote mark he needed to win outright. About 4% of Georgians were undecided.

If Biden Prevails

• Joe Biden taps Ronald Klain — who, ironically, was general counsel to Al Gore’s Recount Committee — as White House chief of staff (Washington Examiner) | In 2014, Klain agreed that elections are rigged (The Federalist)

• Accused sexual assaulter Joe Biden wants to scrap due process for college students accused of sexual assault (NBC)

• Under a Biden administration, expect an explosion in illegal immigration (The Federalist)

• Biden plans to reopen America to refugees after Trump slashed admissions (NPR)

Excerpt: In 2016, President Barack Obama aimed to admit 110,000 refugees. President Trump lowered the cap of refugee admissions every year of his presidency. For fiscal year 2021, he set the cap at 15,000, the lowest on record. Biden promises to take a starkly different approach from his predecessor: to “set the annual global refugee admissions cap to 125,000, and seek to raise it over time.”

• How California’s ecofascist boondoggles will shape U.S. environmental policy under Biden (Politico)

Leftmedia

• NYT reporter calls four accurate articles “right wing misinformation.” Gets called out, admits they’re “factually accurate” … but says they’re still “misinformation.” (Not the Bee)

• Deviant Jeffrey Toobin fired by New Yorker, but CNN will likely “dig heels in” and keep him (Fox News)

The Latest on COVID-19

• States across the country impose restrictions as hospitalizations hit new record of 65,000 (Washington Examiner)

• New York imposes curfew on restaurants, bars, and gyms (CNBC)

• Biden adviser absurdly advocates for Lockdown 2.0 (Washington Examiner)

• Melatonin may help treat the novel virus, study suggests (Disrn)

National Security

• Taiwan admits U.S. troop exercise for first time in 40 years amid growing China threat (Newsweek)

Excerpt: The exceedingly rare acknowledgement of U.S. boots in Taiwan comes just days after American television networks called the presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden. Although President Donald Trump has yet to concede and his administration continues to dispute the outcome, concern has set in among Taiwanese residents who were overwhelmingly in favor of a Trump re-election because of his hardline stance on China, as well as the multibillion-dollar arms deals struck with President Tsai Ing-wen’s government.

• Meanwhile, China forces ouster of Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers (Washington Post)

Around the Nation

• Florida governor pushes expansion of self-defense laws to defend against rioters (Disrn)

Excerpt: The proposal would justify the use of force against individuals committing arson or looting that “results in the interruption or impairment of a business operation.” DeSantis’ proposal would also create additional criminal penalties for those engaged in “violent or disorderly assemblies,” make it a felony to stop traffic while protesting, and provide legal immunity to drivers who have unintentionally hurt or killed protesters.

• State senator moves to make Oklahoma a Second Amendment sanctuary (The Truth About Guns)

• No charges filed against black Indianapolis police officer who fatally shot another black man (Time)

• U.S. divorce rates have hit a 50-year low, but, marriage rates are also the lowest ever (Daily Mail)

“Similar to abortion statistic: good news, except birth rates are also low. We need high marriage rate, low divorce rate. High birth rate, low abortion rate.” —Allie Beth Stuckey

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• NFL fumbles again, wants teams to make hiring decisions based on race (Washington Examiner)

• Author Ibram Kendi says the term “legal votes” is racist (Disrn)

Stranger Than Fiction

• Portland city commissioner pushing to defund police called 911 over a Lyft ride (NY Post)

• Cracker Barrel apologizes after customers saw a “noose” (read: wrapped cord) in Connecticut restaurant (Daily Mail)

On a Lighter Note…

• Chick-fil-A named America’s favorite fast food for 6th year in a row (Disrn)

• Family trying to give dream wedding to the man who saved their daughter from drowning (Disrn)

• Groom appears to have a tree stump for legs in hilarious optical-illusion wedding photo (Daily Mail)

• 92-year-old woman with dementia performs one of Beethoven’s greatest works (WKRN)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Election officials have lost many Americans’ trust (Washington Examiner)

• Policy: Examining national security as part of the entire federal budget (RealClearDefense)

• Humor: Girlfriend keeps referring to herself as “wife-elect” despite no official word from boyfriend (Babylon Bee)

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