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New York Times:
Trump's Pardon of Flynn Signals Prospect of a Wave in His Final Weeks in Office — Political allies and associates are starting to press for clemency as the president also considers extending his criminal justice overhaul by commuting lengthy sentences for other offenders.
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The Daily Beast, Pew Research Center, The Mahablog, Slate, Mediaite and Political Wire
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Politico:
Trump pardons former national security adviser Flynn — Outgoing President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday for lying to FBI agents investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. — “It is my Great Honor to announce …
Washington Post:
Trump wages war on our country and the rule of law one last time — In a move no less appalling for it being no surprise, President Trump has pardoned Michael Flynn, his disgraced former national security adviser. Add him to the rogue's gallery — among them Joe Arpaio, Dinesh D'Souza …
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American Interregnum, NBC Los Angeles and Reuters
Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI
Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI
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Matthew Brown / USA Today:
Biden says he won't order an investigation of Trump, president's legal troubles remain
Biden says he won't order an investigation of Trump, president's legal troubles remain
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CNN, Newsbusters, LGBTQ Nation and The Nation
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Pardons Michael Flynn, Ending Case His Justice Dept. Sought to Shut Down
Trump Pardons Michael Flynn, Ending Case His Justice Dept. Sought to Shut Down
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Washington Examiner, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Axios, Bloomberg, HotAir, Common Dreams, WITF and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
Stock Trades by Senator Perdue Said to Have Prompted Justice Dept. Inquiry — Investigators focused on a sale of at least $1 million of stock in Cardlytics, a financial firm whose board the senator once sat on. They closed the case this summer without charges.
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Associated Press:
With US in COVID-19 panic, Sen. Perdue saw stock opportunity — WASHINGTON (AP) — As the ravages of the novel coronavirus forced millions of people out of work, shuttered businesses and shrank the value of retirement accounts, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged to a three-year low.
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Mediaite and The Intellectualist
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Sen. Perdue Insisted He Had No Input At All On Stock Buys. New Evidence Shows He Did.
Sen. Perdue Insisted He Had No Input At All On Stock Buys. New Evidence Shows He Did.
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Raw Story and Mother Jones
Brad Raffensperger / USA Today:
Georgia secretary of state: My family voted for Trump. He threw us under the bus anyway. — I have fought to uphold the integrity of elections in Georgia. It doesn't matter if the attacks come from the guy I voted for or not. — The past few weeks have been difficult for the voters of the Peach State.
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CNBC:
Trump lawyer details far-fetched strategy to reverse Pennsylvania win for Biden — A lawyer for President Donald Trump's campaign revealed that the campaign could be relying on pulling off a complicated — and possibly unprecedented — legal and legislative trick shot to undo President …
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Kim Wehle / The Bulwark:
Trump's Embarrassingly Bad Legal Case in Pennsylvania
Trump's Embarrassingly Bad Legal Case in Pennsylvania
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Bulwark+, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post
Ivan Pentchoukov / theepochtimes.com:
Judge Blocks Certification of Pennsylvania Election Results
Judge Blocks Certification of Pennsylvania Election Results
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David Harris Jr., Breitbart, Big League Politics, The Gateway Pundit, LifeNews.com and TheBlaze
KUSA-TV:
After warnings to avoid travel, Denver Mayor Hancock flies to visit family for Thanksgiving — Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has told people to avoid travel in order to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, which is at record levels in the city. — DENVER — Denver Mayor Michael Hancock boarded …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / ProPublica:
Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute Policies, Before Jan. 20 — The Trump administration is rushing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes. Among them: The Justice Department is fast-tracking a rule that could reintroduce firing squads …
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Bloomberg, Raw Story, NBC News, The Moderate Voice, Business Insider, The Intellectualist and NPR
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Alana Satlin / NBC News:
Trump calls into Pennsylvania hearing, rambles about voter fraud on speakerphone … President Donald Trump on Wednesday phoned into a Pennsylvania state Senate hearing where his legal team was appearing as part of their shriveling legal battle against the election results.
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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
State Senate committee to hold election hearing as Trump campaign touts ‘review’
State Senate committee to hold election hearing as Trump campaign touts ‘review’
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Politico, New Republic and No More Mister Nice Blog
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump invites Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers to White House after calling in to baseless voter fraud event
Trump invites Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers to White House after calling in to baseless voter fraud event
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Washington Post, ABC News, The Daily Beast, CBS Philly, Daily Kos, Axios, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, CBS News, The Week, The Hill, Bloomberg and Business Insider
Washington Post:
NRA reports alleged misspending by current and former executives to IRS — After years of denying allegations of lax financial oversight, the National Rifle Association has made a stunning declaration in a new tax filing: Current and former executives used the nonprofit group's money for personal benefit and enrichment.
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Raw Story, Law & Crime, The Trace, The Intellectualist and Political Wire
Alyssa Fowers / Washington Post:
A growing number of Americans are going hungry — Graphics reporter focusing on data visualization and analysis — It was 5 a.m., not a hint of sun in the Houston sky, as Randy Young and his mom pulled into the line for a free Thanksgiving meal. They were three hours early.
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Common Dreams, Forbes, The Week and The Hill
New York Times:
C.I.A. Officer Is Killed in Somalia — The officer's combat death came as President Trump considers pulling back on American operations in the region. — WASHINGTON — A veteran C.I.A. officer was killed in combat in Somalia in recent days, according to current and former U.S. officials …
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CNN and Foreign Affairs
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Huge court win lets Trump present ballot evidence, could overturn Nevada result — In its first court victory, a Nevada judge has agreed to let the Trump campaign present its evidence that fraud and illegalities plagued the state's election, enough to reverse Joe Biden's win and set an example for other state challenges.
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The Right Scoop, The Gateway Pundit, LifeNews.com and Townhall
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News staffers thought Newsmax was a joke. But they're not laughing anymore — New York (CNN Business)Fox News is taking action to stave off newfound competition from Newsmax TV. — Producers on some Fox programs have been told to monitor Newsmax's guest bookings and throw some sand …
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Business Insider and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Armin Rosen / Tablet Magazine:
Who Really Runs The Drudge Report? — The Drudge Report has become a conformist shadow of its formerly bratty, oppositional self. Why?
Glenn Rifkin / New York Times:
Honestie Hodges, Whose Handcuffing Changed Police Policy, Is Dead at 14 — Honestie's handcuffing by the police in Grand Rapids, Mich., caused a national uproar and led to a new law enforcement policy on dealing with youths. Honestie died of Covid-19.
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Politico:
Biden leans toward Tom Donilon as CIA chief — President-elect Joe Biden is leaning toward naming former Obama administration national security adviser Tom Donilon as his CIA director, two people familiar with the situation said. — The choice for the spymaster role is one of the toughest facing Biden …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israeli military prepares for possibility Trump will strike Iran — The Israel Defense Forces have in recent weeks been instructed to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. will conduct a military strike against Iran before President Trump leaves office, senior Israeli officials tell me.
Dan Avery / NBC News:
Starbucks barista says she was fired for refusing to wear Pride shirt — A New Jersey woman has filed suit against Starbucks, claiming she was wrongfully terminated for refusing to wear an official company Pride T-shirt that she says violated her religious beliefs.
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The Daily Caller and LGBTQ Nation
CNBC:
Joe Biden considers Roger Ferguson to lead National Economic Council, Gary Gensler for Deputy Treasury Secretary — President-elect Joe Biden is considering TIAA CEO Roger Ferguson to be his National Economic Council director. — Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Gary Gensler …
Amanda Mull / The Atlantic:
The Logic of Pandemic Restrictions Is Falling Apart — Two weeks ago, I staged a reluctant intervention via Instagram direct message. The subject was a longtime friend, Josh, who had been sharing photos of himself and his fiancé occasionally dining indoors at restaurants since New York City …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Fauci says he would ‘absolutely’ serve on a Biden coronavirus task force — Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said he would “absolutely” serve on President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 task force if asked. — “Of course, yes. The answer is absolutely,” …
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The Daily Caller
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“How Many of These People Are Just Batshit Crazy?”: CNN's Jake Tapper on Politics and Media in the Trump Era — The network's chief Washington correspondent sees a world in which Trump's power diminishes, but may not disappear completely. The real question, though, is how America contends …
New York Times:
Congress Pays $850,000 to Muslim Aides Targeted in Inquiry Stoked by Trump — The House resolved wrongful termination claims by five Pakistani-American technology workers whose case was twisted into a right-wing conspiracy theory pushed by President Trump. — The House of Representatives …
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(We) Are The News
Mark Davis / Townhall:
Transition Yes, Concession No — The wheels of transition are beginning to turn as the machinery of President Trump's election challenges are grinding to an eventual halt. So is a concession speech in the cards? Don't bet on it. And there are solid arguments against it.
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Bonnie Kristian / The Week:
Our parents warned us the internet would break our brains. It broke theirs instead. — My college dorm was the first place I had reliable home internet access, and that was in part because my mom shared all the late 1990s and early 2000s parenting fears about the internet breaking our brains.
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Emily Larsen / Washington Examiner:
Trump not inviting Biden to White House creates second-longest period after election without transition meeting — It has been 22 days and counting since the Nov. 3 election, and President Trump has neither conceded the election to President-elect Joe Biden nor offered to host him at the White House.
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Politico, ABC News and National Review
Henry Fountain / New York Times:
Permit Denied for Alaskan Mine Project — The Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine project, saying it was “contrary to the public interest.” — The Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday denied a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, likely dealing a death blow to the long-disputed project.
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