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Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Georgia's GOP Secretary of State at Odds With GOP Senator Graham Over Counting Ballots — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested he throw out certain legal ballots during the recount of the presidential race, an allegation that Mr. Graham denied.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Georgia secretary of state had witnesses on call when Lindsey Graham plotted to ‘throw out’ ballots — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that at least two members of his staff witnessed Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) apparent effort to suppress the counting of legal votes in the state.
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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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Washington Post:
Republicans sound alarm on Georgia Senate runoffs as they privately weigh Trump's influence
Republicans sound alarm on Georgia Senate runoffs as they privately weigh Trump's influence
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia manual recount won't replace official election results
Georgia manual recount won't replace official election results
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Vox, WCMH-TV and Louder With Crowder
Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
Lindsey Graham Pressured Georgia Secretary of State to Toss Legal Ballots
Lindsey Graham Pressured Georgia Secretary of State to Toss Legal Ballots
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots
Ga. secretary of state says fellow Republicans are pressuring him to find ways to exclude ballots
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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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
What Obama gets right — and very wrong — about the media — Everybody's a media critic these days — and Barack Obama is an astute one. But for those who remember certain aspects of his presidency, he's got a bit of a credibility problem. — He's certainly right when he frets that America …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
House asks justices to put off case over Russia grand jury — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is asking the Supreme Court to put off upcoming arguments about whether Congress should have access to secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
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New York Times:
Giuliani Is Said to Seek $20,000 a Day Payment for Trump Legal Work — Last week, the president put the former New York mayor in charge of the court challenges to his loss in the election. Since then they have suffered nothing but setbacks. — Rudolph W. Giuliani, who has helped oversee …
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BuzzFeed News:
Joe Biden Is Moving On With The Presidential Transition With A Diverse White House Staff — President-elect Joe Biden's senior White House staff will include several close, longtime advisers and will be a first step toward his promises of a diverse administration.
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ABC News:
Biden announces slate of White House senior staffers
Biden announces slate of White House senior staffers
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump blocks Biden's incoming staff in unprecedented ways
Trump blocks Biden's incoming staff in unprecedented ways
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Foreign Policy
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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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, New Data Hint — Blood samples from recovered patients suggest a powerful, long-lasting immune response, researchers reported. — How long might immunity to the coronavirus last? Years, maybe even decades, according to a new study …
Mark Scolforo / Associated Press:
Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania vote heads to court — WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a judge quickly denied the campaign's new lawyer's request for a delay.
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Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Trump's new Pennsylvania lawyer once said that lawsuits ‘will not reverse this election’
Trump's new Pennsylvania lawyer once said that lawsuits ‘will not reverse this election’
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Trump campaign sees election lawsuits fizzle
Trump campaign sees election lawsuits fizzle
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Files to Appear for Trump Campaign in Pennsylvania Suit
Giuliani Files to Appear for Trump Campaign in Pennsylvania Suit
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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.
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Lysandra Ohrstrom / Vanity Fair:
Ivanka Trump Was My Best Friend. Now She's MAGA Royalty — We met at an all-girls' school on the Upper East Side and were inseparable for more than a decade. Gradually, though, our differences divided us—"Why would you tell me to read a book about fucking poor people?" she once asked …
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Reuters:
Fact check: The U.S. military has not seized election servers in Germany — Social media users have been sharing posts which allege that the U.S. military raided the offices of electronic voting company Scytl in Germany to seize their servers for evidence of manipulation in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Robin Bravender / Business Insider:
‘Uncharted territory’: 5 Secret Service experts say there's no playbook for dragging a defiant president from the White House if he doesn't concede by Inauguration Day … - The US Secret Service has never had to drag a president out of the White House. — But President Donald Trump's refusal …
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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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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, HotAir and The Nation
Laura Snapes / The Guardian:
Dolly Parton partly funded Moderna Covid vaccine research — The country music icon's $1m donation supported the latest breakthrough by Moderna and several research papers — It's truly the greatest gift of all: a $1m donation by Dolly Parton to coronavirus vaccine research supported …
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Michael Lee / Washington Examiner:
Dan Crenshaw calls on Arlington National Cemetery to reverse cancellation of event honoring veterans over virus concerns — Rep. Dan Crenshaw called on Arlington National Cemetery to change course after the federal burial ground canceled its annual Wreaths Across America at Arlington.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
They Are What They Say They Hate — Trump is a triggered loser who embodies every trait conservatives spent decades decrying. — Donald Trump is a snowflake who cares only about his feelings not the facts. — He's a pampered millennial child who can't handle losing and wants a participation trophy.
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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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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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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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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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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How Trump became all of America's Frank Rizzo | Will Bunch Newsletter — With a courtroom strategy for overturning his election loss that makes My Cousin Vinny look like Clarence Darrow, President Trump's time is getting shorter, much like the days of late autumn.
ABC News:
State officials say they're baffled, offended by false election claims — No state has validated President Trump's claims of “rigged” election. — Disinformation in 2020 — Fake news has spread among unsuspecting Americans on social media, potentially affecting the election. — Megan Varner/Getty Images
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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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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 …
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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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 …
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