President, Buoyed By Rising Numbers, Seeks To Rally Democrats

New York Times: “The president-elect and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack — spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom to their ultimate political gain.”

Peter Baker: “To hear President-elect Donald Trump tell it, he is about to take over a nation ravaged by crisis, a desolate hellscape of crime, chaos and economic hardship.” Said Trump last week: “Our Country is a disaster, a laughing stock all over the World!” “But by many traditional metrics, the America that Mr.

“The transfer of power to Donald Trump is shaping up to be, well, peaceful,” Politico reports. “No mobs are assembling to disrupt Congress’ Jan. 6 counting of electoral votes. No Democratic leaders are questioning the results of the election or concocting elaborate legal theories to thwart the outcome. The greatest risk of obstruction seems likely to come from a storm system threatening to dump a few inches of snow on the region overnight.” USA Today: A new Donald Trump era: Congress to certify election victory four years after Jan.

Jonathan Bernstein: “I think those who interpreted this as chaotic were, nevertheless, completely correct. Eleven House Republicans immediately released a letter basically making sure everyone knows that they remain dissatisfied with their own leadership. Yes, they were willing to keep peace within the conference for now, but there’s no guarantee that they’re going to support major bills that deviate from their idea of perfection – and bills that do pass muster with them may lose votes from elsewhere within the conference.

Wall Street Journal: “The new U. S. administration plans to increase sanctions on Iran as part of an aggressive effort to contain its support for militant groups in the Middle East. Tehran’s strategy, less potent than it was, still threatens Washington’s allies and partners, especially Israel, and is also unpopular among many ordinary Iranians.

“President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t been sworn in yet, but his looming return has already upended hundreds of pending prosecutions against his supporters who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and has disrupted the ongoing effort to arrest more rioters,” CNN reports. Washington Post: Does a new report justify Jan.