Subscribe View in browser 1. Joe Biden Declared Winner in Georgia Despite Recount PEACHY The victory brings Biden’s electoral college tally to 306—the same as Trump’s winning 2016 tally. POLITICS 2. ‘What a Mess!’: Charles Koch Regrets His Partisanship ‘BOY, DID WE SCREW UP!’ “Because of partisanship, we’ve come to expect too much of politics and too little of ourselves and one another,” he wrote in an email to The Wall Street Journal. U.S. NEWS 2020 has been a rough couple of years. We’re here to help. Become a member for the latest from the year that never ends. Join Beast Inside 3. You May Not Find a Tastier Pre-Workout Supplement Than This AD BY GNC Beyond Raw LIT’s Jolly Rancher flavors have great taste and provide intensity, focus, and energy while you train. SCOUTED Advertisement 4. Trump Campaign Accepts Reality, Drops ‘Sharpiegate’ Lawsuit WRITING’S ON THE WALL The Trump campaign revised its conspiracy-laden lawsuit during a disastrous hearing Thursday then pulled it all together on Friday. POLITICS 5. CA Guv: I Was Wrong to Attend Aide’s Party Amid Pandemic OOPS On Thursday, California became the second state to report 1 million cases of COVID-19. U.S. NEWS Daily Beast Crossword Have you done this week's puzzle? Play Now 6. Snag the New Five Two Sheet Pan and Get a Free Baking Mat DIBS! The only problem with this deal is that you might end up baking too many cookies, which in my opinion, is a good problem to have. SCOUTED Advertisement 7. 130 Secret Service Officers Are in Quarantine or Have COVID ‘VERY PROBLEMATIC’ The officers, tasked with protecting the president and the White House, had to criss-cross the country with Trump for huge in-person rallies. POLITICS 8. Miami Marlins Hire Kim Ng, First Female G.M. in MLB History FINALLY! Ng has worked as the assistant general manager for the Yankees and the Dodgers. U.S. NEWS 9. Trump Keeps Suggesting Absurd Ideas to Stay in Office: NYT KILLING TIME He doesn’t appear to believe any of his schemes will actually work, but are more about working the clock while he works out what he’s going to do next. POLITICS Advertisement 10. Alito Goes Scorched-Earth in Speech to Federalist Society ‘VAMPIRE DREAM’ The supposedly impartial SCOTUS justice called the COVID-19 crisis a “constitutional stress test” that is threatening religious liberty, and said freedom of speech is being eroded. U.S. NEWS 11. Boris Johnson’s Right-Hand Man Is Out After No. 10 Bust-Up CUMMINGS AND GOINGS Dominic Cummings, the combustible “genius” behind Brexit, has left Downing Street after falling out with staff. WORLD 12. Texas AG Abused Office to Benefit Donor, Mistress: Lawsuit RETALIATION? AG Ken Paxton allegedly fired top aides who called him out for abusing his office. POLITICS Advertisement 13. Elite Law Firm Abandons Trump’s PA Election Challenge ON YOUR OWN One of the firm’s partners spoke at a Trump campaign news conference last week, purporting to be a volunteer poll watcher who had been obstructed. POLITICS 14. Over 150K Daily U.S. COVID Cases Recorded for First Time PREVIOUSLY UNTHINKABLE Worse still, at least 919 deaths were reported during the day, and 67,096 people are in hospitals with the virus. U.S. NEWS 15. Four Dead as Tropical Storm Eta Floods North Carolina TRAGIC Two others remain missing, including a 1-year-old. U.S. NEWS Read More Advertisement © Copyright 2020 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add [email protected] to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe. |