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Denise Grady / New York Times:
Early Data Show Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine Is 94.5% Effective  —  Moderna is the second company to report preliminary results from a large trial testing a vaccine.  But there are still months to go before it will be widely available to the public.  —  The drugmaker Moderna announced …
Moderna, Inc.:
Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Meets its Primary Efficacy Endpoint in the First Interim Analysis of the Phase 3 COVE Study  —  First interim analysis included 95 participants with confirmed cases of COVID-19  —  Phase 3 study met statistical criteria with a vaccine efficacy of 94.5% (p <0.0001)
Ian Sample / The Guardian:
Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show
Discussion: BBC
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 …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump lawyer complains of harassing call from attorney at opposing firm  —  A lawyer spearheading the efforts by President Donald Trump's campaign to dispute the election results in Pennsylvania complained to a federal court Sunday that she received an abusive telephone message from an attorney …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Law & Crime and Raw Story
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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 …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fauci says Biden transition is key to quick distribution of Covid vaccine
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Political Wire
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:   Trump Campaign Pushes Back on Media Reports of Changed Pennsylvania Case
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 …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Karl Rove to helm massive GOP fundraising drive for Georgia runoffs  —  Rove is serving as national finance chair for a joint fundraising effort between the NRSC and Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.  —  An array of high-profile Republicans are joining Karl Rove in the fundraising effort.
Discussion: Political Wire
James Arkin / Politico:
Ossoff, Warnock start Georgia runoffs behind the eight ball
Discussion: Fox News
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Georgia's GOP secretary of state goes on Facebook fact-checking spree over Trump's misinformation
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, HotAir and Political Wire
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says it looks like Biden has won … WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's National Security Council is preparing for “a very professional transition,” because it looks like Joe Biden has won the election, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said in comments that aired Monday.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Lawsuits that tried to disrupt Biden's wins in four states are withdrawn  —  (CNN)Voters in four states who had brought longshot lawsuits to disrupt President-elect Joe Biden's win and went nowhere in court have dropped their cases Monday morning.  —  The cases were short-lived in Georgia …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Trump officials rush to auction off rights to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before Biden can block it  —  Officials aim to sell drilling rights to the pristine wilderness's coastal plain before Joe Biden takes office  —  The Trump administration has called for oil and gas firms …
Tommy Vietor / Crooked Media:
Why Joe Biden Must Sideline Fox  —  In January of 2007, I had an out-of-body experience.  No, it wasn't during an ayahuasca retreat with a kindly shaman.  Instead, I was floating above my cubicle in the Hart Senate Office building where I worked as a spokesman for then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL).
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 …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Top Trump coronavirus adviser tells Michigan to “rise up” against new restrictions
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.
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.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump, Trying to Cling to Power, Fans Unrest and Conspiracy Theories  —  The president's refusal to concede has entered a more dangerous phase as he blocks his successor's transition, withholding intelligence briefings, pandemic information and access to the government.
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Barack Obama on his book, President Trump, George Floyd, the divisions in the country, and more  —  The former president shares the advice he would give President Trump, his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, and what's behind the divisions in Washington and across the U.S.
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NPR:
Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Former President Barack Obama
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Times
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
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 …
Joseph Cox / VICE:
How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps  —  A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military.  —  Joseph Cox
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Giuliani's fantasy parade of false voter-fraud claims  —  In interviews with sympathetic Fox News hosts, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani has made several wild claims alleging that election fraud and malfeasance was responsible for Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election.
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?  —  The first week of March, Patrice Peck, a freelance journalist living in New York, started sanitizing everything.  She went to Nitehawk, a dine-in movie theater …
 
 
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John Eligon / New York Times:
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Discussion: Raw Story
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philly was supposed to turn out huge for Biden. It didn't. What happened?
Kris Alexander / The Daily Beast:
I Was a Military COVID Planner. The Vaccine Rollout Is Going to Be a Nightmare.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jill Lepore / New Yorker:
Will Trump Burn the Evidence?
Discussion: CBS News