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Robert Langreth / Bloomberg:
Moderna Vaccine Found Highly Effective at Preventing Covid  — Vaccine has 94.5% efficacy in an analysis of late-stage trial  — Interim results suggest vaccine may also block severe cases  —  Moderna Inc. said its Covid-19 vaccine was 94.5% effective in a preliminary analysis …
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective, according to company data  —  (CNN)The Moderna vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus, according to early data released Monday by the company, making it the second vaccine in the United States to have a stunningly high success rate.
Moderna, Inc.:
Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Meets its Primary Efficacy Endpoint in the First Interim Analysis of the Phase 3 COVE Study
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show
Discussion: BBC
Reuters:
We can stop COVID-19: Moderna vaccine success gives world more hope
Discussion: News Agency UNIAN and IJR
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy  —  Barack Obama was describing to me the manner in which the Mongol emperor and war-crimes innovator Genghis Khan would besiege a town.  “They gave you two choices,” he said.  “'If you open the gates, we'll just kill you quickly and take your women and enslave …
Washington Post:
Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania's election results  —  President Trump's campaign on Sunday scrapped a major part of its federal lawsuit challenging the election results in Pennsylvania.  —  Trump's attorneys filed a revised version of the lawsuit …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump lawyer complains of harassing call from attorney at opposing firm
Discussion: Raw Story
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:   Trump Campaign Pushes Back on Media Reports of Changed Pennsylvania Case
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump campaign pares back federal suit over Pennsylvania election results
Discussion: Reason and Reuters
Michael Powell / New York Times:
Liberals Envisioned a Multiracial Coalition.  Voters of Color Had Other Ideas.  —  Democrats may need to rethink their strategy as the class complexities and competing desires of Latino and Asian-American demographic groups become clear.  —  The proposition seemed tailor-made for one of the nation's most diverse and liberal states.
Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Republicans Worry Trump Feud Could Hurt Key Senate Runoffs  —  Trump's Twitter attacks on state GOP leaders over recount of presidential race risks eroding party unity  —  ATLANTA—The Georgia Republican Party is beset with infighting, as leading Republicans in the state come under public attack …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Trump aide promises ‘very professional transition’ to Biden  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser promised a “very professional transition” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden in an interview broadcast Monday …
Discussion: The Hill
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
The President vs. the American Media  —  After terrorist attacks, France's leader accuses the English-language media of “legitimizing this violence.”  —  The president has some bones to pick with the American media: about our “bias,” our obsession with racism, our views on terrorism …
ABC News:
Judges appear increasingly frustrated with Trump's legal claims about 2020 election  —  “Come on now,” one judge said after hearing a Trump team claim.  —  Trump speaks publicly for 1st time in days as Biden eyes transition  —  President-elect Joe Biden is projected to win in Georgia …
Brian Faler / Politico:
Biden's IRS could finally give Trump's tax returns to Democrats  —  President Donald Trump's defeat will make it a lot easier for Democrats to finally get his tax returns, and some prominent lawmakers plan to keep the heat on the incoming Biden administration and House leaders to deliver.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Washington Post
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Was It Worth It, Jared and Ivanka?  —  The glossiest grifters become Vuitton vagabonds.  —  Just five short years ago Jared and Ivanka were dinner-party royalty here in Manhattan.  It's that kind of place.  They had money, they had youth, they had celebrity.  They were thin.
Discussion: Mediaite and Alternet.org
Federico Finchelstein / Washington Post:
What the history of coups tells us about Trump's refusal to concede  —  Democracies are fragile and only vigilance from citizens can protect them  —  Historically across Latin America, when constitutionally elected leaders were denied their legitimate mandate, there was just one word for it: coup.
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Trump coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas urges Michigan to ‘rise up’ against new Covid-19 measures  —  Washington (CNN)White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas criticized Michigan's new Covid-19 restrictions in a tweet shortly after they were announced Sunday evening …
Kris Alexander / The Daily Beast:
I Was a Military COVID Planner.  The Vaccine Rollout Is Going to Be a Nightmare.  —  Our long winter with COVID could turn into a slog through the spring and summer, even with an effective vaccine. … No matter how you feel about Joe Biden's victory in the presidential race and his touted plans …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly was supposed to turn out huge for Biden.  It didn't.  What happened?  —  As the 2020 election unfolded across Pennsylvania, voters came out in record-breaking numbers for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden.  —  But for Biden, there was a surprising exception: Philadelphia.
James Arkin / Politico:
Ossoff, Warnock start Georgia runoffs behind the eight ball  —  CUMMING, Ga. — Joe Biden turned Georgia blue.  Compared to what they're up against now, that was the easy part for Democrats.  —  To repeat Biden's feat in a pair of Senate runoffs on Jan. 5, with control of the Senate on the line …
John Eligon / New York Times:
How a Minneapolis Suburb Turned Blue, Despite Trump's Law-and-Order Pitch  —  President Trump comfortably carried Chaska, Minn., in 2016.  This time, he lost by nine percentage points — a dramatic shift that similarly played out in suburban counties across the country.
Discussion: Raw Story
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Fox News Anchor Thoroughly Debunks Trump's Election Fraud Claims  —  Eric Shawn delivered the fact check just hours after Fox News host Maria Bartiromo gave airtime to Trump lawyers pushing those claims.  —  Fox News anchor Eric Shawn on Sunday debunked claims of widespread electoral fraud pushed …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Mediaite
Jill Lepore / New Yorker:
Will Trump Burn the Evidence?  —  How the President could endanger the official records of one of the most consequential periods in American history.  —  Donald Trump is not much of a note-taker, and he does not like his staff to take notes.  He has a habit of tearing up documents at the close of meetings.
Discussion: CBS News
Washington Post:
As Trump era ends, massive new Asian trade deal leaves U.S. on the sidelines  —  TAIPEI, Taiwan — After President Trump in 2017 scrapped a Trans-Pacific trade deal assembled by the Obama administration and 11 other governments, countries from Vietnam to Australia paused to ponder whether …
 
 
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Giuliani's fantasy parade of false voter-fraud claims
Discussion: Lead Stories and American Thinker
Tommy Vietor / Crooked Media:
Why Joe Biden Must Sideline Fox
Clio Chang / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Substackerati  —  Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one?
NPR:
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Former President Barack Obama
Discussion: Washington Times
Mike Pence / Fox News:
VP Pence: SpaceX Crew-1 launch proves NASA is back, President Trump has secured America's leadership in space
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Wall Street Journal:
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Washington Post:
Iran's oil exports, uranium stockpile surge as Trump administration's ‘maximum pressure’ policy hits a wall
Discussion: The National Interest
Ronna McDaniel / Washington Examiner:
The RNC's fight for election integrity
Geopolitics:
The Macron Doctrine  —  A Conversation with the French President
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
New York Post:
House leaders urge Democrats not to join team Biden to maintain majority
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Barack Obama on his book, President Trump, George Floyd, the divisions in the country, and more
Axios:
Scoop: Trump plans last-minute China crackdown
Discussion: New York Times, RedState and Raw Story