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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Newsmax Supports Trump's False Voter-Fraud Claims — Even as Fox News acknowledges that Joe Biden is the President-elect, Newsmax Media—a conservative multimedia company that includes a Web site and a television channel—has supported Donald Trump's claims of voter fraud …
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New York Times:
Roiled by Election, Facebook Struggles to Balance Civility and Growth — Employees and executives are battling over how to reduce misinformation and hate speech without hurting the company's bottom line. — SAN FRANCISCO — In the tense days after the presidential election …
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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:
POLITICO Playbook: The revenge of the careerists
POLITICO Playbook: The revenge of the careerists
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Joe Biden's Team of Careerists
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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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Not Hugging It Out: Schumer Boots Feinstein From Judiciary Leadership — So much for comity, eh? Progressives put a target on Dianne Feinstein's back from the moment she embraced Lindsey Graham at the end of Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing.
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Zoë Richards / Talking Points Memo:
Graham Warns Of ‘Trifecta From Hell’ If Dems Win Georgia Runoffs
Graham Warns Of ‘Trifecta From Hell’ If Dems Win Georgia Runoffs
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Politico:
Dianne Feinstein to step down as top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary panel
Dianne Feinstein to step down as top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary panel
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The Daily Beast:
Roger Stone-Tied Group Threatens GOP: If Trump Goes Down, So Does Your Senate Majority — BURN IT DOWN — The group becomes the latest in a growing list of Trump backers who are encouraging people to either not vote in the runoffs or write in the president's name.
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Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
A ‘trend of more failing’: Online school has sent F's spiking by 83 percent in Virginia's largest school system — Online learning is causing a serious drop in academic achievement in Virginia's largest school system, according to a Fairfax County Public Schools study, and the most vulnerable students …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Charles Koch: I “screwed up” — In his first on-camera interview in four years, Charles Koch told “Axios on HBO” that he “screwed up by being partisan,” rather than approaching his network's big-spending political action in a more nonpartisan way. — Why it matters: Koch …
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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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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Polling Shows Why Trump Will Retain His Bully Pulpit With the GOP Base Even After He Leaves Office — GOP voters see the president — not his allies in Congress — as their champion, and most would back him in 2024 — 68% of Republicans say Trump is more in touch with the party's rank and file than congressional Republicans.
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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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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Jaime Harrison: “We have to transform the Democratic Party” — Jaime Harrison, who lost his bid to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C) after raising record-breaking amounts of money, told CNN on Tuesday that he is open to working with the Biden administration in any capacity, including chairing the Democratic National Committee.
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
After senate run, Harrison launching PAC to boost Democrats
After senate run, Harrison launching PAC to boost Democrats
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Invited His Mother for Thanksgiving. New Yorkers Noticed. — The governor was accused of hypocrisy after he said his mother and two daughters were traveling to Albany for the holiday. He withdrew the invitation. — ALBANY, N.Y. — For days, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has been preaching …
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
This Thanksgiving, don't be dumb or hypocritical like Andrew Cuomo
This Thanksgiving, don't be dumb or hypocritical like Andrew Cuomo
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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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Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Obama the pretender — As a socialist, I have a confession to make: Back in 2008, I was a campaign volunteer for Barack Obama. I supported him over Hillary Clinton in that year's Democratic primary for the obvious reason — she had supported the Iraq War, and he had not …
Penny Starr / Breitbart:
Poll: 79% of Trump Voters Believe ‘Election Was Stolen Through Illegal Voting and Fraud’ — Politico conducted its 2020 Voter Priorities Survey and results show that a vast majority of Trump voters believe the election results are not valid and that illegal voting and fraud took place during the election.
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New York Times:
Since Election Day, a Lot of Tweeting and Not Much Else for Trump — In the three weeks since Election Day, President Trump's most visible presence has been on Twitter. Since Nov. 3, he has posted some 550 tweets — about three-quarters of which attempted to undermine the integrity of the 2020 election results.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump's national security adviser floats a 2024 bid with friends — No national security adviser has ever run for president. Few people outside of Washington policy circles even know who the White House's national security adviser is at any given moment. — Yet Robert O'Brien …
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New York Post
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.
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Want to understand Biden voters? Here's your reading list. — Who are they and what drove them to vote in such huge numbers, even during a pandemic? What makes them tick? Is it culture? Tribalism? Race? How did they come to their worldview, and why do they cling to it so passionately?
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NPR
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
A new model projects Covid-19 cases in the US will nearly double over the next two months — (CNN)Covid-19 is running unabated across almost every American community, and one model projects it will take the country just under two months to reach a staggering 20 million cases.
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
‘Beyond an embarrassment,’ legal experts say of Trump and Giuliani's floundering efforts in court — Rudy Giuliani was brought in to lead an “elite strike force” of lawyers to guide President Donald Trump's legal challenges to the 2020 election, but their efforts have been “dysfunctional” …
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Philip Allen Lacovara / Washington Post:
Yes, the Biden administration should hold Trump accountable — Philip Allen Lacovara, a former president of the D.C. Bar, served as counsel to the Watergate special prosecutor. — After the final tumultuous months of the Nixon presidency, Gerald R. Ford decided to end the “long national nightmare” …
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CNN:
San Francisco officer is charged with on-duty homicide. The DA says it's a first — (CNN)A former San Francisco Police officer was charged with homicide Monday in connection with a 2017 on-duty shooting. The city's district attorney's office said in a news release that it believes …
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Federation Of American Scientists:
2020 Declassification Deadline Remains in Force — Classified records that turn 25 years old this year will be automatically declassified on December 31 — despite requests from agencies to extend the deadline due to the pandemic — unless the records are reviewed and specifically found to be subject to an authorized exemption.
Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Congressman seeks to have Rudolph Giuliani disbarred over attempts to overturn election — In the three weeks since Election Day, Rudolph W. Giuliani has waged a prodigiously unsuccessful legal fight on behalf of President Trump's campaign to overturn the election results.
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Political Wire and TheBlaze
John Murawski / RealClearInvestigations:
Post-George Floyd, a Wave of ‘Anti-Racist’ Teaching Sweeps K-12 Schools Targeting ‘Whiteness’ — The notices to parents began arriving fast and furious in the weeks after the death of George Floyd in late May. — In dramatic, urgent language, K-12 schools across the country …
Associated Press:
Newly elected Rep. Boebert asks about carrying a gun on Capitol grounds — WASHINGTON — A firearms-toting congresswoman-elect who owns a gun-themed restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, has already asked Capitol Police about carrying her weapon on Capitol grounds, her office has acknowledged.
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