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Axios:
Scoop: Trump tells confidants he plans to pardon Michael Flynn  —  President Trump has told confidants he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions tell Axios.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Plan Pardon of Flynn  —  Michael T. Flynn, the president's former national security adviser, twice pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I.  —  President Trump has told aides that he plans to issue a pardon to his former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
CNN:
Pardon for Michael Flynn under discussion at the White House  —  (CNN)The White House has discussed a possible pardon for Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, and others, three sources told CNN on Tuesday.  —  However, those sources cautioned that Trump …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Political Wire
Manisha Krishnan / VICE:
Penguin Random House Staff Confront Publisher About New Jordan Peterson Book  —  During a tense town hall, staff cried and expressed dismay with the publishing giant's decision to publish ‘Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life.’  —  Several Penguin Random House Canada employees confronted management …
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Wall Street Journal:
Penguin Random House Parent Near Deal to Buy Simon & Schuster From ViacomCBS
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:   Obama sold record-breaking 1.7 million copies of memoir in first week
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Inside Story of Michigan's Fake Voter Fraud Scandal  —  After five years spent bullying the Republican Party into submission, President Donald Trump finally met his match in Aaron Van Langevelde.  —  Who?  —  That's right.  In the end, it wasn't a senator or a judge or a general who stood up to the leader of the free world.
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
As Their D.C. Days Dwindle, Ivanka and Jared Look for a New Beginning  —  The end of President Trump's time in office leaves his daughter Ivanka Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, looking for a new home — but they appear to have plans in New Jersey.  —  WASHINGTON — Town officials …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: NEW: What Paul Ryan is saying about Biden and Trump  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP appeared in the briefing room for a minute or so around 12:30 p.m. to congratulate the American people on the stock market breaking 30,000.  He did not take a single question.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
McConnell still mum on Biden's win as Trump administration begins transition
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Fox paid seven figures to settle lawsuit over bogus Seth Rich conspiracy story  —  WASHINGTON — Just as star anchor Sean Hannity and other high-profile Fox News figures were due to be deposed about their promotion of a bogus conspiracy theory about the death of former Democratic National …
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Kelly Hooper / Politico:
‘Fantasy world’: Pompeo knocks Biden administration picks as out of touch on foreign policy  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday criticized members of President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration, saying they've lived in a “fantasy world” and “led from behind.”
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Trump Stress-Tested the Election System, and the Cracks Showed  —  Even in the absence of a questionable outcome or any evidence of fraud, President Trump managed to freeze the passage of power for most of a month.  —  As President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election have steadily disintegrated …
Saleha Mohsin / Bloomberg:
Mnuchin Plans to Put $455 Billion Beyond Yellen's Easy Reach  — Biden Treasury pick Yellen left with smaller lending backstop  — Mnuchin urged Congress to use unspent money to help economy  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will put $455 billion in unspent Cares Act funding …
Ashley Gold / Axios:
YouTube temporarily suspends, demonetizes OANN  —  YouTube has barred One America News Network from posting new videos for a week and stripped it of its ability to make money off existing content after the Trump-friendly channel uploaded a video promoting a phony cure for COVID-19, YouTube spokesperson Ivy Choi tells Axios.
Washington Times:
Joe Biden's Obama retreads  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  Are furbished product is seldom as desirable as a brand-new one.  Joe Biden must be assuming Americans can't tell the difference.  Even as President Trump battles uphill to overturn the results of the recent presidential election …
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Cassandra Fairbanks / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Ballot Count Upload Error in Arizona — Over 6,000 False Biden Votes Discovered  —  Joe Biden's lead in Arizona dropped from 10,377 votes to 4,202 after a machine error was discovered on Tuesday.  —  The error was from a faulty upload from Greenlee County, which showed 22,110 votes — but should have been 3,723.
Discussion: Townhall
John Moritz / Arkansas Online:
Arkansas Supreme Court invalidates Democratic candidate, GOP declares victory  —  The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Democrat Jimmie Wilson is ineligible to serve in the state Legislature due to decades-old misdemeanor convictions in federal court, wiping out Wilson's victory …
Discussion: Raw Story
Francesca Paris / The Berkshire Eagle:
Williams prof disavows own finding of mishandled GOP ballots  —  Don't miss the big stories.  Like us on Facebook.  —  A Williams College professor has apologized for a “lack of clarity and due diligence” after his statistical analysis of Pennsylvania mail-in votes was used by conservative lawmakers …
Discussion: CNBC, RedState and TheBlaze
Travis Fossing / KCLO-TV:
Krabbenhoft, Sanford part ways, health organization says  —  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Kelby Krabbenhoft and Sanford Health have agreed to part ways, Sanford announced in a news release at about 5:45 p.m. today.  —  Bill Gassen will replace Krabbenhoft as the president and chief executive officer of Sanford effective immediately.
JNS.org:
Incoming senior Biden staffer justified suicide bombers during Second Intifada  —  In 2002, Reema Dodin, then a student at the University of California, Berkeley, spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying that “suicide bombers were the last resort of a desperate people.”
CNN:
Here's how Trump's transition blockade finally ended  —  (CNN)Two weeks after Joe Biden was projected to win the presidential election, General Services Administrator Emily Murphy was finally prepared to stop stalling the transition.  —  It was Friday, November 20.
Discussion: Politico and Liberty Unyielding
Karl Baker / USA Today:
Computer repairman who claimed he gave Hunter Biden data to Giuliani closes shop as laptop saga gets stranger  —  Weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election, the world's political intrigue turned to a Wilmington computer repair shop after the New York Post revealed that its owner gave …
Wall Street Journal:
After Setbacks, Trump Looks Beyond Legal Fight  —  Publicly, president says he will ‘never concede.’ Privately, he is focused on his political future as Biden transition moves forward.  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has publicly vowed to keep up the fight to overturn the election.
Jon Miltimore / Foundation for Economic Education:
Lockdowns Not Linked With Lower COVID Death Rates, New Study Finds  —  The researchers found that the criteria most associated with a high death rate was life expectancy, though higher COVID death rates were also observed in certain geographic regions.  —  Many US states and countries around …
Liam Stack / New York Times:
$15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests  —  “This was amazingly irresponsible,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said of the event in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  —  Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered to celebrate a wedding inside a cavernous hall in Brooklyn's Williamsburg …
Discussion: The Hill
Edward Foley / Washington Post:
This unnerving election does not bode well for the next one  —  Next time could be worse.  —  This year's presidential election came dangerously close to being stolen.  The only reason it didn't happen was because, in the end, there were too many states for President Trump to try to steal …
Meghan / New York Times:
The Losses We Share  —  Perhaps the path to healing begins with three simple words: Are you OK?  —  The writer is a mother, feminist and advocate.  —  It was a July morning that began as ordinarily as any other day: Make breakfast.  Feed the dogs.  Take vitamins.  Find that missing sock.
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Conservative insiders say Republican politicians aren't scared of Trump now — they're scared of his supporters  —  'It's hard for them to put this back in the bottle — it's like they have fully opened Pandora's box'  —  Days before her unceremonious Sunday evening defenestration from Donald Trump's …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
AOC and Ilhan Omar want to block Biden's former chief of staff  —  Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar are boosting a petition against Joe Biden nominating his former chief of staff to a new role in his administration, calling Bruce Reed a “deficit hawk.”
Discussion: TheGrio, Fox News and NBC News
Vinny Vella / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Former Chester County sheriff and her boyfriend charged with stealing funds from K-9 unit  —  Former Chester County Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh was charged with theft early Tuesday for allowing employees to improperly divert donated money to pay for personal expenses and collect comp …
Allison Dikanovic / THE CITY:
First Tenant Evicted in NYC since the Pandemic Started.  Here's What It Means  —  THE CITY's Open Newsroom team breaks down some of the latest info about renting in NYC.  Sign up for our tenants' newsletter for the latest updates.  —  SHARE All sharing options
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol:
Republicans are flooding the Georgia runoffs with millions of dollars in digital dark ads  —  Facebook and Google are still banning political ads on their platforms, but that hasn't stopped Republican super PACs from spending millions of dollars on other platforms, including Hulu, to reelect Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
Shannon McMahon / Washington Post:
TSA records its busiest travel weekend since March  —  Over 3 million people traveled in the past three days, despite CDC guidance to stay home for Thanksgiving.  —  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recorded its highest number of weekend passengers since the coronavirus pandemic began …
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
A 70-year-old came out of retirement to teach nursing.  She died of complications from covid-19 after a student exposed her.  —  At 70 years old, Iris Meda knew that returning to work in the middle of the pandemic was risky.  She had retired as a nurse in January, but when the coronavirus arrived …
 
 
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Jessica Seaman / Denver Post:
Denver Health retaliated against those who spoke out about systemic racism and COVID-19, whistleblower complaint alleges
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Biden to deliver Thanksgiving address
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You don't have a ‘right’ to a lawyer when you're trying to steal an election
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David Rothkopf / USA Today:
Biden's National Security team reveals he has learned from the mistakes of past presidents
Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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