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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that he has come under increasing pressure in recent days from fellow Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) …
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Washington Post:
Republicans sound alarm on Georgia Senate runoffs as they privately weigh Trump's influence — Republican leaders are increasingly alarmed about the party's ability to stave off Democratic challengers in Georgia's two Senate runoff elections — and they privately described President …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
We need an investigation into Lindsey Graham's intervention in Georgia — The Post reports on an interview with Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who said he spoke on Friday to Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.):
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia recount uncovers 2,600 new votes in presidential race — A recount in Georgia's presidential race found more than 2,600 ballots in Floyd County that hadn't originally been tallied, likely helping President Donald Trump reduce his 14,000-vote deficit to Joe Biden.
Politico:
Republicans start to relent: ‘It looks like it will be President Biden’
Republicans start to relent: ‘It looks like it will be President Biden’
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Linnaea Honl-Stuenkel / CREW:
CREW statement on Lindsey Graham suggesting election interference
CREW statement on Lindsey Graham suggesting election interference
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New York Times:
Trump Sought Options for Attacking Iran to Stop Its Growing Nuclear Program — The president was dissuaded from moving ahead with a strike by advisers who warned that it could escalate into a broader conflict in his last weeks in office. — WASHINGTON — President Trump asked senior advisers …
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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo's legacy of incompetence peaked with his failed Iran policy
Mike Pompeo's legacy of incompetence peaked with his failed Iran policy
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A Popular Political Site Made a Sharp Right Turn. What Steered It? — Real Clear Politics has been catering to campaign obsessives since 2000. It pitches itself as a “trusted, go-to source” for unbiased polling. The Trump era changed its tone, and funding sources.
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NBC News:
President-elect Biden wary of Trump-focused investigations, sources say — WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has privately told advisers that he doesn't want his presidency to be consumed by investigations of his predecessor, according to five people familiar with the discussions …
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National Review:
No to Shelton — There are two reasons senators should vote down Judy Shelton's nomination to the Federal Reserve. The first is her long record, and the second is her recent sprint away from it. — For many years, Shelton advocated tirelessly for a gold-backed dollar, zero percent inflation, and higher interest rates.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Republicans are trying to jam through Judy Shelton. She has no business working at the Fed.
Republicans are trying to jam through Judy Shelton. She has no business working at the Fed.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Another shake-up on Trump campaign legal team — The game of musical chairs among lawyers pursuing President Donald Trump's court challenges to the election results continued on Monday evening, as the campaign tried to replace the entire team handling the campaign's federal lawsuit seeking …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Where the Trump campaign and Republican election-related lawsuits stand
Where the Trump campaign and Republican election-related lawsuits stand
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Donna Lovell / Stanford News:
Statement regarding Scott Atlas — The university has been asked to comment on recent statements made by Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution who is on leave of absence from that position. — Stanford's position on managing the pandemic in our community is clear.
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New York Times:
Detailed Turnout Data Shows How Georgia Turned Blue — Democrats have long dreamed of turning Georgia blue, with young voters and nonwhite voters leading a progressive charge. Now, a blue Georgia is a reality, but with a winning coalition that might have stunned the party not that long ago.
JONATHAN TURLEY:
“All Speech Is Not Equal”: Biden Taps Anti-Free Speech Figure For Transition Lead On Media Agency — For those of us who have been critical of the growing anti-free speech movement in the Democratic Party, the Biden transition team just took an ominous turn.
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Katy Murphy / Politico:
California lawmakers head to Maui with lobbyists despite pandemic, travel warnings — SACRAMENTO — The pandemic may have “canceled” 2020, but it did not derail an annual gathering of lobbyists and lawmakers on the shores of Maui that brought people from across the country to a luxury resort this week.
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Alexei Koseff / San Francisco Chronicle:
Lawmakers, lobbyists mingle on Maui at annual getaway, pandemic or no pandemic
Lawmakers, lobbyists mingle on Maui at annual getaway, pandemic or no pandemic
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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Head of govt agency under pressure to let transition proceed — WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of an obscure federal agency that is holding up the presidential transition knew well before Election Day that she might soon have a messy situation on her hands. — Before Nov. 3, Emily Murphy …
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Shane Shifflett / Wall Street Journal:
Hundreds of Companies That Got Stimulus Aid Have Failed — Recipients of PPP loans have filed for bankruptcy after the money ran out — About 300 companies that received as much as half a billion dollars in pandemic-related government loans have filed for bankruptcy …
Rich Lowry / National Review:
The Failure of Black Lives Matter — BLM's anti-police rallying cry was the dumbest, most self-destructive slogan in American politics in a very long time. — Black Lives Matter came up with the single most effective political slogan of the year. — While no one was likely …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
What Keith Richards Can Teach Us About Beating Our Donald Trump Addiction — The election was two weeks ago, and the key state projections that made it clear that Joe Biden is president-elect are now 10 days old. But Donald Trump is still coursing through your veins, isn't he?
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
4 more years: Trump freezes 2024 presidential field — Kevin Cramer called Donald Trump last week to convey his support for the president's efforts to contest the election results when Trump dropped a casual aside that snapped the North Dakota senator to attention.
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CNN:
Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon to get a top White House job — (CNN)Jen O'Malley Dillon will join President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration as a deputy chief of staff, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. — The expected move, first reported by NBC News …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Fewer opportunities and a changed political environment in the U.S. may have curbed Moscow's election interference this year, analysts say — Russia failed to mount any major hacking or disinformation operations to interfere in the presidential election, and the Kremlin's hackers …
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Pence faces a new test after 4 years of fealty to Trump — For four years, Vice President Mike Pence has faced one sweeping loyalty test after another. This time, allies are questioning whether there should be a limit to his fealty. — As President Donald Trump pushes to overturn …
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
After Big Thanksgiving Dinners, Plan Small Christmas Funerals, Health Experts Warn — Mississippians should plan “to have very small Thanksgiving gatherings” with only nuclear family members this year to stay safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs …
The Daily Beast:
This Is the Most Pathetic Trump Fundraising Email Yet — The president is counting on YOUR $5 (sorry, I meant $55) to save the republic. Spoiler alert: That's not what your money is going toward, and that's not what's going to happen. — BEAST INSIDE
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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
The Left's post-election spite — It's fascinating to see how spiteful liberals can be, even when they win. — Since the election, Democrats and journalists have spent the days not so much rejoicing in their victory but in a sustained bitterness over all things related to President Trump …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Fight Is on To Stop Trump Loyalist From Burrowing Into NSA — Michael Ellis was picked to run the surveillance giant's legal shop in the final days of Trump's presidency. But there's maneuvering to stop him before he gets to Ft. Meade. … The top Democrats on the Senate intelligence …
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Steven Teles / New York Times:
Our Political System Is Unfair. Liberals Need to Just Deal With It. — There are few if any pathways to changing either the Electoral College or the structure of the Senate in the near-term. — Mr. Teles is a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University and a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center.
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American Greatness:
The Obama-Trump Transition Was More Like Sedition — Barack Obama and Joe Biden may have given a public impression of the peaceful transfer of power, but they were working behind the scenes to sabotage the incoming president. — Bipartisan calls for President Trump to concede the election …
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Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Newly Elected GOP Congressman Madison Cawthorn Has Tried to Convert Jews to Christianity — OH... Madison Cawthorn, the North Carolina Republican who will become the youngest member of Congress in history, has admitted he tried to convert Jews and Muslims to Christianity.
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Gentlewoman from QAnon Is Out of Her Everloving Tree — That tweet. That workout video. But she's the inevitable result of a decadent political culture that is both dumbed down and performative. — BEAST INSIDE … If Donald Trump and Michele Bachmann had a love child …
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Claudia Grisales / NPR:
Sen. Rubio Joins Small Group Of Republican Senators Calling Biden ‘President-Elect’ — Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday evening joined a small group of GOP senators referring to Joe Biden as president-elect after the presidential race was called for him more than a week ago.
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