Subscribe View in browser Ted Cruz Pockets the Cash He’s Raising for Georgia GOPers By Lachlan Markay The runoff is a gold mine for politicians. And now that they can run Facebook ads in Georgia, they’re rushing for it. Biden’s Taking Forever to Pick His AG and Everyone’s Anxious By Scott Bixby, Hanna Trudo The president-elect is taking a fair bit of time picking a person to lead DOJ. That’s likely a reflection of the stakes. 16 of the Zillion Crazy Things That Happened in Politics By Sam Stein Are we in some kind of wormhole or did all of this really take place in the last 12 months? Corrupt characters can’t hide from the Beast. Support us and we’ll dig deep. JOIN NOW Advertisement How Biden Could Become One of the Greats & How He Could Fail By Michael Tomasky Having a president who sounds like one again is a good start, but he’ll be up against Trump, Fox, and the rest of them pulling for the worst once the body count is on Biden. Jon Ossoff No Longer Wants to Be Republican-Lite By Sam Brodey The candidate once called the “high priest” of civility has switched up his sermon—and it’s not just Trump he’s targeting in sharp terms now, but Trumpism as well. Advertisement Congress Helps Itself to Vaccine Doses as Americans Wait Their attending physician just said that top aides in each office can get the vaccine now, along with the lawmakers themselves. Loeffler’s Latest Attack on Warnock Is Unprincipled Sleaze Rev. Warnock once made the “mistake” of asserting that Palestinian lives matter. Naturally, it’s now GOP fodder for a grossly misleading attack. Congressman-Elect Luke Letlow Dead of COVID at 41 He announced on Dec. 18 he was sick and soon ended up in the ICU. Advertisement 1. Rogue Pandemic Preacher Takes Superspreader Roadshow to L.A. FOR CHRIST’S SAKE The mask-shunning Christian musician and activist’s “Let Us Worship” tour plans New Year’s events in nation’s pandemic epicenter—and he promises to have glow sticks. 2. Hilaria Baldwin Slams the Haters in Deluded NYT Interview NO ME ENTIENDO Baldwin said that “my intention is not to be a Spanish TV personality,” despite a past TV appearance where she purported not to know the English word for cucumber. 3. This Book Is the Positivity and Motivation I Needed in 2020 PASS THE POSITIVITY Think of it as collaborative, cathartic, motivational work between you and the author, explicitly tailored to your emotional needs. © 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. |