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Washington Post:
20 days of fantasy and failure: Inside Trump's quest to overturn the election — The facts were indisputable: President Trump had lost. — But Trump refused to see it that way. Sequestered in the White House and brooding out of public view after his election defeat …
American Greatness:
Reality and the Narrative — Despite the blandishments of the narrative, which seek to seduce you into acquiescence with rumors of inevitability, we really do not know how this story, which seems so familiar, will end. — Oscar Wilde was such a card. Sitting for his viva voce examination in Greek …
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Pa. Supreme Court Dismisses Request From Mike Kelly And Sean Parnell To Declare Mail-In Voting Unconstitutional In State, Deny Results From 2020 Election Mail-In Ballots — HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed the lawsuit from Congressman Mike Kelly …
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Media Matters for America
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit against mail ballots with prejudice in another defeat for Trump — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed with prejudice a Republican lawsuit seeking to invalidate more than 2.5 million votes cast by mail in the general election …
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Crooks and Liars, The Root, ABC News, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, UPI, The Hill, Washington Examiner, RedState, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, Raw Story and The Week
Bryan Pietsch / New York Times:
Utah Monolith Mysteriously Disappears From Desert — The metal structure has been removed, Utah officials said on Saturday, adding that they had not taken it down. — As mysteriously as it arrived, a metal monolith that was discovered last week by Utah public safety workers is now gone, officials said on Saturday.
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Washington Examiner, Las Vegas Review-Journal, INSIDER, New York Post and Althouse
Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media feud erupts over Trump lawyer Sidney Powell's bonkers election conspiracy theories — When it turns out Alex Jones is the peacemaker here, you're in trouble. — Right-wing media now have to grapple with a strange new internal conflict: whether to endorse the set …
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
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John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America:
After praising the Trump campaign's unhinged press conference last week, Rush Limbaugh now says it was a failure — Limbaugh said on Thursday that Sidney Powell had an “impeccable reputation.” Now he says: “They promised blockbuster stuff, and then nothing happened. ... It's not good.”
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Joanna Weiss / Politico:
‘Time For My Flag to Go Up’: How Anti-Trumpers Are Reclaiming the American Flag — About a month before the election, Curtis Woodall logged onto Amazon and ordered an American flag. The 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran and retired infantry soldier had taken his old flag down about a year into the Trump administration.
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Raw Story, Boston Herald and The Nevada Independent
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio is already suiting up for the politics of destruction — Let's say you're a Republican senator who claims to support democracy and U.S. leadership in the world. — Let's imagine, too, that you've spent four years excusing and supporting a president who fawned …
The Guardian:
A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story — Reports in state media signal an intensifying propaganda effort to place the birth of the virus in other countries — Nearly a year after doctors identified the first cases of a worrying new disease in the Chinese city of Wuhan …
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
New York City Will Reopen Elementary Schools and Phase Out Hybrid Learning — Mayor Bill de Blasio had faced criticism that in responding to the pandemic, he was prioritizing activities like indoor dining over the well-being of the city's children. — Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday …
Barbara Slavin / New York Times:
A Scorched Earth Strategy on Iran — The assassination of a top nuclear scientist isn't about stopping a bomb — it's about preventing diplomacy. Joe Biden doesn't have to let it work. — Ms. Slavin directs the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Assassination in Iran Threatens Fate of Nuclear Deal
Assassination in Iran Threatens Fate of Nuclear Deal
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Breitbart, Conservative News Today, Washington Post, Slate, Daily Kos, The Week, NPR, New York Post, The Guardian and Twitchy
Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:
Was scientist's killing the opening shot of a Trump-led war on Iran?
Was scientist's killing the opening shot of a Trump-led war on Iran?
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AFP, Bloomberg, New York Times, Spectator USA, One America News Network, Slate and HotAir
ABC News:
Americans need to understand importance of not furthering spread of COVID-19: Fauci — Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on ABC's “This Week” Sunday. — Hospitals struggle with growing number of COVID-19 cases — The U.S. has surpassed 13 million confirmed coronavirus cases, adding more than a million cases in just six days.
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Politico and New York Post
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What counts for Brad Raffensperger — Faith, family and the loss of a child prepared him for the Trump storm — President Donald Trump lashed out at Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thanksgiving night as “an enemy of the people,” furious that he had certified the 2020 election in Georgia for President-elect Joe Biden.
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Business Insider and Mediaite
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel's Pick to Head Holocaust Memorial Stirs International Uproar — Critics are protesting the nomination of Effie Eitam, a retired general and far-right politician, to lead Yad Vashem, a hallowed Israeli institution. — JERUSALEM — For years, his name was synonymous with intolerance and right-wing extremism.
Natalie Colarossi / Newsweek:
Trump Calls Fox News ‘Virtually Unwatchable,’ Points Followers to OANN and Newsmax — President Donald Trump called Fox News “virtually unwatchable” on Saturday, and pointed his followers to instead watch conservative media outlets One America News Network (OANN) and Newsmax.
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Mock Paper Scissors and Business Insider
New York Times:
Let's Talk About Higher Wages — The nation, and the Democratic Party, desperately needs a replacement for the tired story that tax cuts drive economic growth. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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CNN:
Biden's cabinet picks send a clear message — Keilar calls out Rubio for attacking Biden's Cabinet over their education — Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House …
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NBC News, USA Today, The Atlantic, Alternet.org and Washington Post
New York Times:
A Rush to Expand the Border Wall That Many Fear Is Here to Stay — Despite the president-elect's vow to halt the project, the Trump administration is expanding the wall at a breakneck pace. — DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Four years ago, President Trump took office with a pledge to build a towering wall …
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Defense One
Quad City Times:
Miller-Meeks' lead shrinks to six votes after Clinton County recount — Clinton County completed its recount of the 2nd Congressional District race Saturday, narrowing the tightest contest in the country. — Rita Hart gained a net of two votes in her home county after a recount of close to 6,000 votes …
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Business Insider
Parker Molloy / Media Matters for America:
Conservatives' complaints about media calling presidential elections are desperate nonsense — The same people chiding news networks for calling the race were fine with it in 2016 — On Saturday, after days of uncertainty, CNN became the first major news network to call the presidential race for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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CBS News, CNN, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Fox News
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Biden's Day 1 challenges: The immigration reset — President-elect Biden has an aggressive Day One immigration agenda that relies heavily on executive actions to undo President Trump's crackdown. — Why it matters: It's not that easy. Trump issued more than 400 executive actions on immigration.
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Washington Examiner:
Voters punished the Pelosi Democrats — Joe Biden won, but it was a lonely victory. House Democrats lost about a dozen seats, clinging to their majority by the skin of their teeth. If it hadn't been for some friendly court-ordered redistricting, they'd have done even worse.