Wednesday headlines: Hall of shame
Today’s joint session of the House and Senate may be the last attempt by the president and his allies to overturn the election results. Here’s what to expect. / POLITICO, CNN
Protests in DC are feared to turn ugly, egged on by the president’s Twitter feed. / The Washington Post
From the left: “If you see them on the street, in a restaurant on your college campus, politely ask them: ‘You were one of the coup plotters, weren’t you? Shame on you.’” / The New York Times
From the right: “No one who has participated in this poisonous buffoonery should ever hold office again.” / The National Review
See also: “The senators who were expelled after refusing to accept Lincoln's election.” / The Stamford Advocate
Democrat Raphael Warnock becomes Georgia’s first Black senator. Democrat Jon Ossoff declares victory, though his race has yet to be called. / The Associated Press, NPR
Top Republicans blame Trump for sabotaging what should have been two easy wins. / Axios
More headlines: “While Republicans fractured, Warnock and Ossoff Teamed Up.” “Abrams’ revenge: Warnock’s victory a direct blow to her rival Kemp.” “To Georgia, and Black People, Who Are One and the Same.” / The Intercept, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Root
“Approaching zero inbox for the first time in six years.” Examples of Ossoff’s most millennial-esque tweets. / Slate
Patricia Lockwood, writing from Georgia, reports on the personal rituals she’s followed to remove the president from office. / The London Review of Books
The last publicly documented widow of a Civil War solider dies at 101. / Facebook
Saudi Arabia says it will unilaterally cut one million barrels a day of crude production starting next month, a surprise move. / The Wall Street Journal
The new Jamal Khashoggi documentary, now available on-demand, is said to have been ignored by big streamers for fear of upsetting the Kingdom. / The Associated Press
Chef David Chang’s new memoir “fails to account for trauma he caused me,” says a former employee. / Eater
Lovers of celebrity gossip already have much to celebrate in the new year, including those Kim-Kanye divorce rumors. / The Cut, Slate
Following a divorce, Christine Hyung-Oak Lee learns how “to husband” by herself. / Catapult
Poet Alex Finlay blogs elegantly about his struggle to recover from the coronavirus. / The Morning News
"It was a crushing blow." "She picked up the entire steak with her bare hands." Notes from both sides of a pandemic blind date. / The Guardian
A list of 112 good things that happened in 2020. / reasons to be cheerful