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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine found to be nearly 95 percent effective in a preliminary analysis — The United States could have two coronavirus vaccines available on a limited basis by year's end — Biotechnology firm Moderna announced Monday that a preliminary analysis shows …
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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 …
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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)
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ABC News:
GSA official blocking Biden's transition appears to privately plan post-Trump career — Emily Murphy has the power to decide when a transfer of power begins. — Obama sounds alarm in new interview as Trump digs in — The president still has not conceded defeat despite Joe Biden winning …
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Biden and Harris to Address Economic Recovery
Biden and Harris to Address Economic Recovery
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Trump-Biden transition live updates: Biden to address economic recovery amid pandemic
Trump-Biden transition live updates: Biden to address economic recovery amid pandemic
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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 …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Georgia's GOP Secretary of State Unloads on Trump's Election Lies — The GOP in-fighting over the election results and recount have gotten really nasty. — Georgia's Republican secretary of state has had enough of President Trump's lies about voting integrity.
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Georgia Republicans Worry Trump Feud Could Hurt Key Senate Runoffs
Georgia Republicans Worry Trump Feud Could Hurt Key Senate Runoffs
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Georgia's GOP secretary of state goes on Facebook fact-checking spree over Trump's misinformation
Georgia's GOP secretary of state goes on Facebook fact-checking spree over Trump's misinformation
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Gabe Friedman / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Madison Cawthorn has tried to convert Jews to Christianity — (JTA) — Madison Cawthorn, the newly elected congressman from North Carolina who was criticized for selfies he took at Hitler's vacation retreat in Germany, is a zealous Christian. And the 25-year-old firebrand conservative …
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Madison Cawthorn arrives in Washington … Madison Cawthorn was in a jubilant mood on election night, and for good reason. The 25-year-old Republican upstart had defeated his Democratic opponent, retired Air Force Colonel Moe Davis, in the race to represent a district in western North Carolina.
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 …
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
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Washington Post:
Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania's election results
Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania's election results
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Fauci says Biden transition is key to quick distribution of Covid vaccine
Fauci says Biden transition is key to quick distribution of Covid vaccine
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Trump Campaign Pushes Back on Media Reports of Changed Pennsylvania Case
Trump Campaign Pushes Back on Media Reports of Changed Pennsylvania Case
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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 …
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Jonathan V. Last / New Republic:
The Republican Party Is Dead. It's the Trump Cult Now. — Donald Trump is the past, present, and future of the Republican Party. And that is because the GOP is no longer a traditional political party designed to win elections so that it can enact a policy agenda. It is a personality cult built around grievance.
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Judges appear increasingly frustrated with Trump's legal claims about 2020 election
Judges appear increasingly frustrated with Trump's legal claims about 2020 election
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Seth Masket / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: What broke the Republican Party?
Op-Ed: What broke the Republican Party?
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Ned Oliver / Virginia Mercury:
Northam: ‘We are going to move forward with legalizing marijuana in Virginia’ — Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday he plans to introduce legislation legalizing marijuana when the General Assembly convenes in January, setting the state on a path to become the first in the South to allow recreational use of the drug.
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Virginia Governor / Virginia Governor Ralph Northam:
Governor Northam Announces Support for Legalizing Adult-Use Marijuana in Virginia
Governor Northam Announces Support for Legalizing Adult-Use Marijuana in Virginia
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
US military anticipates Trump will issue order to plan for further troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq — (CNN)US military commanders are anticipating that a formal order will be given by President Donald Trump as soon as this week to begin a further withdrawal of US troops …
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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 …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says it looks like Biden has won
Trump National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says it looks like Biden has won
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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).
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.
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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 …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Karl Rove to helm massive GOP fundraising drive for Georgia runoffs
Karl Rove to helm massive GOP fundraising drive for Georgia runoffs
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Pro-Trump Wisconsin Lawyers Spike Election Lawsuit on Morning of Court Hearing — When filing their federal lawsuit in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Republican lawyers hoping to block certification of the vote in a state that outgoing President Donald Trump lost wrote in their complaint that “evidence will be shortly forthcoming.”
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 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …