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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 …
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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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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump voters are flocking to a TV channel that claims Biden is not president-elect — New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. — President Trump's fans who don't think Fox News …
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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 …
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Talking Points Memo and The American Independent
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 …
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Foreign Policy and Twitchy
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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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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Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Trump ready to plot way out of White House as he ponders defeat
Trump ready to plot way out of White House as he ponders defeat
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Associated Press
Associated Press:
Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus surges — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has publicly disengaged from the battle against the coronavirus at a moment when the disease is tearing across the United States at an alarming pace. — Trump, fresh off his reelection loss …
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
RNC chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19
RNC chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19
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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 …
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CBS News:
Obama says Trump's baseless election fraud claims put democracy on a “dangerous path” — The former president says he's troubled by Republicans going along with President Trump's claims. See the interview, Sunday on 60 Minutes. — In a new interview with 60 Minutes …
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Washington Times
Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Georgia set to start historic hand recount and audit in presidential race — Georgia counties on Friday will start a rare hand count of the state's roughly 5 million presidential votes in part of a labor-intensive process that represents uncharted territory in the Peach State.
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Trey Grayson / New York Times:
Republicans Should Be Defending Georgia's Election Process
Republicans Should Be Defending Georgia's Election Process
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The crisis isn't too much polarization. It's too little democracy. — Thousands gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House to celebrate Joe Biden's projected win in the presidential election on November 7. Samuel Corum/Getty Images — If Republicans couldn't win …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions
Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Republicans raise Warnock's 2002 arrest as Senate runoffs heat up — Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock's arrest 18 years ago on charges of obstructing a police investigation have become a focus of Republican attacks in the pivotal Jan. 5 runoffs that could decide control of the U.S. Senate.
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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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National Review, Mother Jones and Washington Post
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CISA:
Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees — WASHINGTON - The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee - Cybersecurity …
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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 …
Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Public Media:
Alaska Rep. Don Young, 87, says he's been diagnosed with COVID-19 — U.S. Rep. Don Young, 87, has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced in a tweet Thursday. … In the tweet, Young said he is “feeling strong,” working from home and “following proper protocols.”
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Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
Outgoing Syria Envoy Admits Hiding US Troop Numbers; Praises Trump's Mideast Record — ‘We were always playing shell games,’ says Amb. Jim Jeffrey, who also gives advice to President-elect Biden. — Four years after signing the now-infamous “Never Trump” letter condemning …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
John Sundholm / Comic Sands:
Resurfaced Letter Joe Biden Sent To His Staff As Vice President Has Twitter Feeling All The Emotions — There's been no shortage of outpourings of love for President-Elect Joe Biden over the past week, as many in the country adjust to the prospect of a change in leadership for the country.
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 …
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
At dinner parties and game nights, casual American life is fueling the coronavirus surge — A record-breaking surge in U.S. coronavirus cases is being driven to a significant degree by casual occasions that may feel deceptively safe, officials and scientists warn — dinner parties, game nights, sleepovers and carpools.
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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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CNN:
Top US general stands firm amid Pentagon turmoil — (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. — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley …
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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Trump tries to use his waning power to influence the RNC's upcoming vote to pick a new chair. Party stalwarts would prefer the lame duck butt out. … - President Trump's endorsement Wednesday of Ronna McDaniel as chair of the Republican National Committee represents another big test of his post-2020 power inside the GOP.
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