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Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State — The president-elect is also expected to name Jake Sullivan, another close aide of his, as national security adviser, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a 35-year Foreign Service veteran, as his ambassador to the U.N.
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Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.N. ambassador — Jake Sullivan, another top Biden adviser, is also expected to be named as national security adviser — President-elect Joe Biden is planning to announce that he has selected Antony Blinken …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Democrats expect Biden to name Linda Thomas-Greenfield UN ambassador
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Axios:
Scoop: Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman says Trump lost — It's over. That's what Blackstone chairman, CEO and co-founder Steve Schwarzman — one of President Trump's most loyal allies — and other top Republicans are signaling to the defeated president, 16 days after Joe Biden clinched the win.
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Sound and Fury Will Signify Nothing — He's just a bully, after all. They get thumped in the end. — A classic episode of “The Twilight Zone” from 1961, “It's a Good Life,” features a telepathic, malicious 6-year-old brat named Anthony who holds an entire town hostage.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Election 2020's Endgame — Today on the menu: States are certifying their votes, and Trump's legal team is in turmoil. — The 2020 Election Starts to Wind Down — Michigan and Pennsylvania are set to certify their election results today, and Nevada is scheduled to do the same tomorrow.
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Trump legal team shuns Sidney Powell as insiders and national security officials see no evidence supporting her voting machine claims
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: What next for Trump legal team?
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New York Times:
Trump Team Disavows Lawyer Who Peddled Conspiracy Theories on Voting
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Detroit Free Press:
Refusing to certify legitimate votes is a felony — The people have spoken. They delivered Joe Biden a decisive electoral victory, including a 150,000-vote margin in Michigan. Yet Republican Party officials have asked the Michigan Board of State Canvassers to delay certification on Monday.
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NBC News:
With nearly all votes counted, the 2020 presidential election wasn't that close — WASHINGTON — What's gotten lost in all of the focus on President Trump's lawsuits, his baseless accusations of voter fraud and his administration's unwillingness so far to begin the transition is a simple fact.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans created an anti-democratic mob — CNN's Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” summed up the state of the Republican Party on Sunday: “State election officials and judges throughout the country are serving as protectors of our democracy at a time when, frankly, Republican leaders in Washington …
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Republican national security experts call on Trump to concede, begin transition — A group of leading GOP national security experts — including former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge — urged congressional Republicans on Monday to demand President Trump concede the election …
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Republicans: Calculating, not Cowards
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NBC News:
Trump set on veto of defense bill over renaming bases honoring Confederates — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is threatening to veto legislation to fund the military as one of his final acts in office unless a widely supported, bipartisan provision to rename military bases honoring …
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Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
Trump's Legal Farce Is Having Tragic Results — There is nothing funny about the Republican Party's multipronged attack on voting rights. — Mr. Hasen is the author of “Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust and the Threat to American Democracy.” — Even as the campaign lawsuits brought …
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David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia approves emergency rules for absentee ballots — The State Election Board Monday extended two temporary rules that will make it easier to process hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots expected for Georgia's Jan. 5 runoff election. — Some 762,000 people have already requested absentee ballots …
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Stephen Fowler / gpb.org:
Georgia Election Board Extends Emergency Rules For Absentee Voting
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Why Won't Emily Murphy Just Do Her Job? — I don't know for certain that Emily Murphy gets up in the morning, looks in the mirror and says to herself, “You are a good person.” But I am willing to bet that she does. Most people in her position—most people who are undermining the rules of their group …
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Trump attorney Lin Wood tells Republican supporters NOT to back GOP candidates in the Georgia runoff election because they've ‘failed’ to help the President's fight to overturn the election — Trump Attorney Lin Wood has suggested voters should not back Republican candidates David Perdue (R-GA) and Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Netanyahu Held Secret Meeting with Saudi Crown Prince, Israeli Media Reports — The reported visit on Sunday night would be the first known meeting between high-level Israeli and Saudi leaders. — BEIRUT, Lebanon — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel flew to Saudi Arabia …
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Noa Landau / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Secretly Flew to Saudi Arabia, Met MBS and Pompeo, Israeli Sources Say
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New York Times:
Business Leaders, Citing Damage to Country, Urge Trump to Begin Transition — At the urging of New York's attorney general, business leaders in New York push for the Trump administration to begin a transfer of power. — Concerned that President Trump's refusal to accept the election results …
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Rob Portman / Cincinnati.com:
No proof of mass fraud that would change election result — I have supported the Trump campaign's right to count every lawful vote, request state recounts and pursue lawsuits regarding election fraud or other irregularities. — Based on polling, a substantial majority of the nearly 74 million Americans …
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Associated Press:
3rd major COVID-19 vaccine shown to be effective and cheaper — LONDON (AP) — Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump and Fox News Are at War and Democrats Can't Decide What to Do About It — ‘INSANE WASTE OF TIME’ — The rift between Trump and his favorite cable network has Biden allies and former White House aides debating whether it's time for Democrats to engage Fox.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Get Me Meacham! Biden Brings Back the Media's Good Old Days — The next president promises to do for old-line newspaper columnists what Donald Trump did for cable. What a time to be George Will! — One afternoon in the spring of 2009, Jon Meacham sat in front of the freighted wooden bookshelf …
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Politico:
Republicans dash to defend perilous 2022 Senate map — Sen. Chuck Grassley will be 89 when the 2022 midterm campaign rolls around. Republicans are counting on him to run for an eighth term. — “I hope Chuck Grassley comes back. He's very healthy and I hope he comes back really strong.
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Brock Colyar / The Cut:
Sin City New York nightlife never stopped. It just moved underground. — It's 2 a.m., or, per the guy sitting next to me, “the hour where nothing is awkward,” on a Friday night less than two weeks before the presidential election and three weeks before COVID-19 positivity rates would creep …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Biden Can Echo Trump's Favorite Phrase: 'You're Fired' — The president-elect has the power to get rid of Trump loyalists in a number of agencies on day one. — A good number of appointees throughout the government serve at the pleasure of the president, and Biden should use that power.
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