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The Daily Beast:
An OAN Host Has Been Helping Rudy With Trump's Legal Efforts — Cable-news host Christina Bobb, a lawyer by trade, is actively working with Trump's counsel as it seeks to overturn the 2020 election. … As it seeks to overturn the election results and keep President-elect Joe Biden from assuming power …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump fears Giuliani, other lawyers in Biden vote challenge are ‘fools that are making him look bad’ — President Donald Trump is worried his campaign's legal team, led by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, is composed of “fools that are making him look bad,” NBC News reported.
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CNN:
Trump's bizarro-world ‘elite strike force’ legal challenge is about to implode
Trump's bizarro-world ‘elite strike force’ legal challenge is about to implode
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Rush Limbaugh Slams Trump Legal Team: ‘They Promised Blockbuster Stuff and Then Nothing Happened’
Rush Limbaugh Slams Trump Legal Team: ‘They Promised Blockbuster Stuff and Then Nothing Happened’
New York Post:
David Dinkins, NYC's first black mayor, dead at 93 — David Dinkins, who was elected New York City's first black mayor in 1989 and famously referred to the nation's largest metropolis as a “gorgeous mosaic,” died Monday night at his home, sources told The Post. — He was 93 years old.
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
David N. Dinkins, New York's First Black Mayor, Dies at 93 — Mr. Dinkins, who served in the early 1990s, was seen as a compromise selection for voters weary of racial unrest, crime and fiscal turmoil, and proved to be an able caretaker rather than a bold innovator.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Approves Start of Formal Transition to Biden — A key official designated President-elect Joe Biden as the apparent winner after Michigan certified his victory there and President Trump lost another court decision in Pennsylvania. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's government …
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CNN:
First on CNN: Key government agency acknowledges Biden's win and begins formal transition — (CNN)The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter …
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump administration officially authorizes Biden transition
Trump administration officially authorizes Biden transition
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats reject GSA offer to delay briefing on transition
Democrats reject GSA offer to delay briefing on transition
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
‘People are pissed’: Tensions rise amid scramble for Biden jobs — In late 2008, during the transition from George W. Bush to Barack Obama, there was a mantra that took hold among Washington insiders: Obama won the election but Hillary won the transition. — The most loyal denizens …
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Politico:
Biden's choice for secretary of Defense still in flux — President-elect Joe Biden's transition team unveiled his picks for top national security positions on Monday. But one post was notably absent from the list: secretary of Defense. — Biden-watchers and national security veterans saw …
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Foreign Policy:
Biden's Likely Defense Secretary Pick Flournoy Faces Progressive Pushback — From concerns about ties to defense contractors to worries about forever wars, at least one of the president-elect's potential nominees is raising hackles. — the Biden transition
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Politico, Political Wire and Common Dreams
Wall Street Journal:
Janet Yellen Is Biden's Pick for Treasury Secretary — If confirmed by Senate, former Fed chief would be first woman to hold job — President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, an economist at the forefront of policy-making for three decades …
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Yun Li / CNBC:
Dow futures rise 200 points as Trump administration begins transition process
Dow futures rise 200 points as Trump administration begins transition process
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New York Times:
Biden Will Nominate First Women to Lead Treasury and Intelligence, and First Latino to Run Homeland Security
Biden Will Nominate First Women to Lead Treasury and Intelligence, and First Latino to Run Homeland Security
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Politico:
Dianne Feinstein to step down as top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary panel — Sen. Dianne Feinstein plans to step down as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress, after facing blowback from progressives for her handling of Amy Coney Barrett's contentious Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein won't seek top Judiciary Committee spot following complaints from progressives
Feinstein won't seek top Judiciary Committee spot following complaints from progressives
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Dr. Scott Atlas / The Stanford Review:
Dr. Scott Atlas Responds to the Stanford Faculty Senate Resolution — I was disappointed to learn that the Faculty Senate of Stanford University on November 19, 2020 adopted a resolution criticizing my work for the United States government. We all wish to guide our nation through this pandemic …
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
DOD Statement on Transition Activities — The Department has received notice that pursuant to the Presidential Transition Act, the GSA Administrator is making certain post-election resources and services available to the Biden-Harris Transition Team. This evening, DOD has been contacted …
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Washington Examiner
ABC News:
Secret Service members asked about protecting soon-to-be-former president Trump full time in Florida: Sources — Agents in Trump's detail have been asked about relocating to West Palm Beach. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tells Trump to concede — As Michigan state officials decide …
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USA Today:
‘Almost impossible’: As education divide deepens, Democrats fear a demographic problem for future power — WASHINGTON - Joe Biden described the presidential race as “Scranton versus Park Avenue.” He slammed tax cuts for billionaires. He touted that he would be a state school graduate, not another Ivy Leaguer, in the Oval Office.
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American Prospect, Morning Consult and POLITICUSUSA
Jillian Scheinfeld / The Dandy:
Highly Qualified: What Does Liberalism Even Mean Anymore? — We recently listened to The Genuinely Interested podcast you spoke on. You guys speak about the “woke” narrative and how it is posed as empathizing with minorities, but data shows that despite Trump's racist comments, minority votes for Trump in this election increased.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Small Gatherings Spread the Virus, but Are They Causing the Surge? — Yes, the coronavirus can be transmitted over cocktails and dinners. But these get-togethers may not account for the huge rise in cases. — As states struggle to contain the resurgent coronavirus …
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Axios
Ashish Jha / New York Times:
Why Is Congress Still Discussing Hydroxychloroquine? — There is no evidence that hydroxychloroquine helps Covid-19 patients. So why is Congress still holding hearings on it? — Dr. Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, testified at a Senate hearing last week about hydroxychloroquine.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The revenge of the careerists — DRIVING THE DAY — SEC. OF STATE NOMINEE ANTONY BLINKEN: Harvard, Columbia Law, NSC, State Department, Senate Foreign Relations, VP's office. — TREASURY NOMINEE JANET YELLEN: Brown, Yale, Fed, White House CEA chair.
New York Times:
What Donald Trump Liked About Being President — He preferred the parts of the job that combined pomp, splendor and a world amenable to his decisions. In other words, he always seemed to genuinely enjoy pardoning turkeys. — In November 2018, after a vote that did not matter enough …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Low interest rates are a curse — we need massive fiscal imprudence — Only madness can bring back sanity — So far in its lifespan, Slow Boring has featured a decent amount of culture war provocation. But my true policy love is nerdy economics stuff. One big benefit of independence …
The Daily Beast:
A Fox News Host Got COVID, and Staffers Say They Were Never Told — COVID-CARELESS … The ‘Fox & Friends First’ co-host's coronavirus case demonstrates the network's cavalier attitude towards the virus, staffers said. — Fox News' apparent split personality—a more polite term here than …
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Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Biden's Cabinet: The Return of the Blob — Stubborn Facts Facing Biden on Iran — Memo to Raphael Warnock: Hundreds of U.S. Chaplains Have Been Killed in the Line of Duty — Bring Our Troops Home — the Right Way — Biden wants Antony Blinken — an establishment favorite who has been wrong …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Controversial gun advocate hired by Justice Department last month — The Justice Department has hired an economist known for provocative research claiming that communities can reduce crime by allowing widespread gun ownership and implementing policies making it easier to carry a gun in public.
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
General: COVID-19 vaccines will be ready for delivery 24 hours after FDA authorization — Operation Warp Speed has a delivery plan in place. — How were Pfizer and Moderna able to develop a COVID-19 vaccine so quickly? — Dr. Jen Ashton answers viewers' coronavirus questions.
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Washington Examiner
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
'We're in the foxhole together': House Democrats reckon with a diminished majority — House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, during his two decades as a senior Democratic vote-counter, has often preached to his fractious caucus about what he calls the “psychology of consensus.”
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Power Line
USA Today:
'He's irreplaceable': 21-year-old leader of Breonna Taylor protests killed in shooting, family says — Bailey Loosemore Hayes Gardner Lucas AulbachLouisville Courier Journal — LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A young protest leader known for his energy and optimism amid Louisville's movement …
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TheGrio
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
White House still planning holiday parties, despite warnings — WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health officials are sounding alarms and urging Americans not to travel and limit gatherings this holiday season amid a new surge in coronavirus cases. — But that isn't stopping the White House …
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