In the Know: January 6, 2021

DFL Party Podcast
As we prepare for 2022, the DFL Party is exploring new opportunities to get our message out to Minnesotans, including starting a podcast! We create a short, 3 minute survey to learn what you’d like to hear from a potential DFL Party podcast. Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey and help shape this new DFL Party venture today using this link: https://forms.gle/TW3z8dWJ9UF3798GA

Congress
How Democrats Plan To Counter GOP Objections To Electoral Counts, NPR
Congress set to confirm Biden’s electoral win over Trump, The Associated Press
What’s expected to happen when Congress meets to certify the 2020 election result?, The Guardian
Schumer declares he will be Senate majority leader, The Hill

Georgia Senate Election 
Georgia Senate Runoff Election Results, New York Times
Georgia’s Senate runoffs: Warnock makes history with runoff win, Ossoff ahead, USA Today
Democrat Jon Ossoff Claims Victory Over David Perdue In Georgia Runoff, NPR
$2,000 stimulus checks could become a reality as Democrats lead Georgia elections, Washington Post

Governor Tim Walz
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Gov. Walz to announce changes to limits, MPR
Gov. Walz reopening Minnesota restaurants, bars, theaters, Star Tribune

Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota lawmakers begin session like no other, Pioneer Press
Pandemic front and center, Minnesota Legislature convenes 2021 session, Star Tribune
COVID, budget, top agenda as Minnesota Legislature convenes, KSTP

Minnesota News
Live updates: MDH reports 1,612 new COVID-19 cases, reflecting state’s cautious optimism, KARE11
Extra doses stretching Minnesota COVID-19 vaccine supply, Star Tribune
MDH urges Minnesotans to test homes for radon, KSTP

President Elect Joe Biden and Vice President Elect Kamala Harris 
Joe Biden’s Democrats Are On The Verge Of A Trifecta. What’s Next?, Huff Post
Georgia’s Gift to Joe Biden, The Atlantic
Here’s What Joe Biden Can Get Done With a Democratic Senate, New York Magazine

Republican Party News 
Trump supporters heckle Romney, chanting ‘traitor’ on flight to D.C., Washington Post
A shouting match broke out in the Pennsylvania Senate, forcing Lt. Gov. John Fetterman to remove himself, Insider

Republican Party in Minnesota News
Minnesota Republicans in Congress silent as presidential vote approaches, Star Tribune
At least 8 GOP state senators not wearing masks while being sworn in. Fox 9

Trump News 
Inside the West Wing: Trump didn’t want to go back to Georgia, Axios
The Trump implosion, Axios
‘Do it Mike’: Trump leans on Pence to reject Biden’s Electoral College certification, Politico

U.S. News
US passes 21 million coronavirus cases and more than 130,000 people are in hospitals,CNN
FBI investigating threat to fly planes in the US Capitol, CBS News reports,Business Insider
Pro-Trump protesters, DC police clash near White House, The Hill

U.S. Senator Tina Smith
Building back better is the priority in 2021, Herald Review

World News 
VIRUS TODAY: Virus resurges and reshapes itself around world, ABC News
Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Cleared in Europe, Wall Street Journal
China hits city of 11 million with tight restrictions as more than 100 COVID cases discovered, CBS

Upcoming Events:

You can find non-DFL events on our Action Alert post.

• January 6 — Congressional Electoral Vote Count
  • 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
• January 7, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
• January 11
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
• January 13, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
• January 14
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
• January 18 — Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics
• January 20 — Inauguration Day
• January 27, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon for and election debrief, more information as it becomes available
• January 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information

• February 2 — Groundhog Day
• February 3
  • 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
• February 4, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
• February 8
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
• February 11
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
• February 14 — Valentine’s Day
• February 15 — Presidents’ Day
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Virtual DFL Anoka County Meeting, contact them for more information
• February 16 — Mardi Gras
• February 17 — Ash Wednesday
  • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
• February 25 to 26 — Purim
• February 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information