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Reuters:
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official tells associates he expects to be fired: sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired by the White House, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. cybersecurity official is leaving government after being asked to resign, an official familiar with the matter said Thursday, part of a wider thinning of President Donald …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump eyes digital media empire to take on Fox News  —  President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios.  —  The state of play: Some Trump advisers think Fox News …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Parts Ways With John Solomon, Architect of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracies  —  The pro-Trump writer became a paid contributor as he was a fixture on Fox's right-wing opinion programming, despite the network's research arm warning of his “disinformation.”
Barack Obama / The Atlantic:
I'm Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America  —  The Atlantic is pleased to offer, below, an adapted and updated excerpt from former President Barack Obama's new memoir, A Promised Land, which will be published on Tuesday by Crown.  Yesterday, The Atlantic's editor in chief …
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / New York Times:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama's ‘A Promised Land’  —  A PROMISED LAND  —  Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come.  It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir, but that it is nearly always pleasurable to read …
Discussion: Twitchy
CNN:
Obama memoir confronts role his presidency played in Republican obstructionism and Trump's rise  —  Photos:  —  Barack Obama's presidency  —  U.S. President Barack Obama attends the Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague, Netherlands, in March 2014.  As Obama's second term nears its close …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pennsylvania court: Secretary of state lacked authority to change deadline 2 days before Election Day  —  Judge ruled ballots that were previously set aside should not be counted  —  Pennsylvania Supreme Court change to state election law challenged  —  A Pennsylvania judge ruled in favor …
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CNN:
Trump's eldest children split on his path forward  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has long sought advice from different perspectives throughout his career, but at a pivotal moment in defining his legacy as President, he is receiving conflicting advice from his closest and most trusted advisers …
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Zuckerberg says Bannon has not violated enough policies for suspension: recording  —  PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook FB.O Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the company's policies …
Discussion: Raw Story
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BuzzFeed News:
As Election Misinformation Spreads On Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg Told Employees That Biden Won
NBC News:
Justice Department probe ends with no action against prosecutors who oversaw Epstein deal  —  A Justice Department investigation found that federal prosecutors who oversaw a controversial non-prosecution deal with Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 exercised “poor judgment” but did not break the law, Sen. Ben Sasse said Thursday.
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:   Transition marks precarious period for Russia and Hunter Biden probes
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter says it labeled 0.2% of all election-related tweets as disputed.  —  Twitter said on Thursday that it labeled as disputed 300,000 tweets related to the presidential election, or 0.2 percent of the total number of messages about the event, even as some users continued sharing misleading information about the outcome.
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Twitter:   An update on our work around the 2020 US Elections
Wall Street Journal:
As Trump Focuses on 2024, Aides Mull Agenda for Final Days  —  The president's attention has been on his legal fight and a possible comeback bid, not a policy to-do list for the next two months  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump in recent days has expressed increasing interest in running for president again in 2024.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Uline founders Liz and Dick Uihlein test positive for COVID-19.  She has criticized coronavirus restrictions.  —  Mary Spicuzza Daniel Bice Molly BeckMilwaukee Journal Sentinel  —  Liz and Dick Uihlein, founders of the shipping supply giant Uline and major donors to President Donald Trump …
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
RNC chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19
NBC News:
Lewandowski is latest White House election night guest to test positive for coronavirus
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of the 2020 Election  —  Dear Readers: Check out our YouTube channel, UVACFP, later today for our latest Crystal Ball webinar.  It will feature the 22nd annual American Democracy Conference: We'll be hearing from New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie; CNN commentator Tara Setmayer …
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Trey Grayson / New York Times:
Republicans Should Be Defending Georgia's Election Process  —  The G.O.P. is trying to scapegoat Brad Raffensperger for Trump's apparent loss in Georgia.  —  Mr. Grayson, a Republican, is a former secretary of state of Kentucky.  —  There has hardly ever been a tougher time to be the chief election administrator of a state.
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions  —  The president may deny reality, but it's still reality.  He's losing the popular vote and the Electoral College by far greater margins than many past elections.  —  Republicans have their differences, but they generally agree on Ronald Reagan …
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CNN:
Senior Republican senators say Biden should have access to classified briefings  —  GOP senator says he will ‘step in’ if Biden doesn't get intelligence briefing  —  (CNN)Two top GOP senators told CNN on Thursday that Joe Biden should have access to classified briefings …
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County GOP chair resigns after skipping election equipment verification test  —  Rae Chornenky, the chair of the Maricopa County Republican Party, has resigned from her position after Democrats called her out for skipping a meeting ahead of the election where the county's ballot tabulation machines were tested.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Melissa Blasius / KNXV:
Maricopa County Republican chairman Rae Chornenky steps down
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Stuti Mishra / The Independent:
Biden win in Arizona ‘confirmed’ as analyst says there is now no way back for Trump  —  Joe Biden has managed to turn Arizona blue after 24 years  —  President-elect Joe Biden has finally been announced as the winner in Arizona by one of the last remaining analysts to call the state …
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Justin Price / Arizona Republic:
Biden's lead in Arizona keeps shrinking, but not enough for Trump to overtake him
Discussion: Breitbart, Althouse and Townhall
Politico:
Trump aides privately plot a flurry of moves in their final 10 weeks  —  On Monday, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows gathered senior aides on a call.  —  One of his goals: to plot the conservative policy moves they could push through in their final 10 weeks on immigration, trade, health care, China and school choice.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Pompeo to make unprecedented visit to West Bank settlement  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to visit the Golan Heights and an Israeli settlement in the West Bank next week, both firsts for a U.S. secretary of state.  —  Why it matters: Since 1967, all previous U.S. administrations …
Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
Militia leader Stewart Rhodes says he has men stationed outside of D.C. ready to engage in violence on Trump's order  —  Rhodes: “We'll also be on the outside of D.C., armed, prepared to go in, if the president calls us up” … Oath Keepers militia leader Stewart Rhodes said that he has armed men …
Discussion: DCist, The Hill, WTOP and Politico
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
How to cover a coup — or whatever it is Trump is attempting  —  President Trump lost.  The nation knows it.  The world knows it.  And, although he won't admit it, he certainly knows it, too.  —  But because he is claiming otherwise — with his Republican enablers joining the chorus …
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Stacey Abrams Will Run for Governor Again, Allies Say  —  Stacey Abrams is credited with making President-elect Joe Biden's mission of flipping Georgia blue possible. … Stacey Abrams' political future is the subject of intense speculation after she helped turn Georgia blue for President-elect Joe Biden.
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign Lawyer Admits to Judge: Our Search for Evidence of Fraud Produced Obvious Lies and ‘Spam’  —  A Trump campaign attorney conceded in court on Thursday morning that he tried to enter hundreds of dodgy form-filed affidavits into evidence, even though their own investigation found …
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
Top US general stands firm amid Pentagon turmoil  —  Starr: White House is cleaning house for political reasons  —  (CNN)The top US general is standing firm amid sweeping changes at the Pentagon which have seen senior officials replaced by Trump idealogues and alarmed senior defense officials.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Why Polling on The 2020 Presidential Election Missed the Mark  —  As politics becomes a high-stakes spectator sport, pollsters are reviewing their latest failures.  But is part of the problem the public's overly high expectations of precision?  —  Senator Susan Collins did not lead …
Discussion: WHYY
 
 
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Kori Schake / The Atlantic:
Trump's Pettiness Is the Simplest Explanation
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, CNN and New York Times
Will Carless / USA Today:
Police response to Washington, D.C., stabbing another sign law enforcement favors Proud Boys
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Can Trump still win? No. He's already lost.
Discussion: Washington Post and Newsbusters
President-Elect Joe Biden:
Readout of President-elect Biden's Call with His Holiness Pope Francis
Discussion: NPR and WHYY
 Earlier Items: 
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Appeals court rules in favor of Harvard in affirmative action case, paving way for Supreme Court challenge
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden Can Pass His Agenda If He Gives Republicans What They Want Most
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
N.Y.C. Schools May Close Again, a Grim Sign of a Global Dilemma
Discussion: Twitchy
 

 
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Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

 
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