Morning Belz, Jan. 6

New video from Georgia.

Ossoff claims victory, appears Dems have the Senate — NPR
Video: Warnock’s address to supporters last night — Twitter
AOC aims to move Dem leaders on weed legalization — News Station
Explainer on the Julian Assange extradition case — NYT
Paper: communal ties stronger when soil is similar — Dropbox
Video: Trump supporter questioning Romney...vigorously — Twitter
Trump “both mutilated and laid bare” the GOP — National Review
Former Atlanta police chief hired to lead Louisville PD — WDRB

Mine
Trump “victory rally” in Dalton, GA — Scuffed News
(same old request, head over to Reddit and slap the post an upvote if you have the chance)

Soon
Hoping to go to Rainsville, Ala., next week to track down the guy who was aging wine illegally in a sewage plant. NYT had a good story on it. The coup de grace would be sipping from a glass of the (likely) muscadine wine on camera, but I shouldn’t get so far ahead of myself.

Quote
“I do not like to write about myself or my films. I am not sure I understand the films, and I know that I do not understand myself.” — Frederick Wiseman, NYT (if you want to go down a rabbit hole, check out his film “High School,” which unlike most of his work is on Youtube)

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