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Tom Jones / Poynter:
President Trump's interview is an embarrassing low mark for him, Fox News and, especially, interviewer Maria Bartiromo — Once a respected journalist and top business reporter, Bartiromo has seemingly sold her journalistic soul to become a sycophant for President Trump.
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Glenn Greenwald:
Biden Appointee Neera Tanden Spread the Conspiracy That Russian Hackers Changed Hillary's 2016 Votes to Trump — How can Democrats and allied media outlets credibly oppose unhinged conspiracy theories and attacks on U.S. election legitimacy while empowering its worst purveyors? — 1 hr ago
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Alexis Benveniste / CNN:
Fox News' Maria Bartiromo gave Trump his first TV interview since the election. It was filled with lies
Fox News' Maria Bartiromo gave Trump his first TV interview since the election. It was filled with lies
NBC News:
Biden to receive his first presidential daily briefing
Biden to receive his first presidential daily briefing
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The Daily Caller and MSNBC
Brian Stelter / CNN:
‘Firehose of falsehood:’ How Trump is trying to confuse the public about the election outcome
‘Firehose of falsehood:’ How Trump is trying to confuse the public about the election outcome
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Raw Story
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The GOP Is a Propaganda Party — Media parasites have taken control of the host. — Cymothoa exigua is a terrifying creature. — The parasite enters a fish through its gills, attaches to its tongue, consumes the tongue, and then becomes a sort of new tongue.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
The King of Trump TV Thinks You're Dumb Enough to Buy It — Chris Ruddy, the C.E.O. of Newsmax, has found a business opportunity in feeding Trump supporters the fantasy that the president could still win the election. — In 2004, Hillary Clinton was in the Senate and Christopher Ruddy had some making up to do.
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National Review:
Trump's Disgraceful Endgame — The Supreme Court Got Church Restrictions Right — Biden's Cabinet: What a Hillary Clinton Administration Would Have Looked Like — You Have a National Adoption Month Date on Monday Morning — President Trump said the other day that he'd leave office …
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The Week, HotAir and Alternet.org
Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Obese Americans could be prioritized for coronavirus vaccine — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers will meet tomorrow to discuss who should get coronavirus vaccines first. — One population they may consider prioritizing: Americans who are obese …
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National Review
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Jon Cohen / Science:
‘Absolutely remarkable’: No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe COVID-19 — Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. — Continuing the spate of stunning news about COVID-19 vaccines, the biotech company Moderna announced …
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Observer, USA Today, Townhall, Science Media Centre and Raw Story
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Covid-19: Moderna submits vaccine for FDA regulatory approval
Covid-19: Moderna submits vaccine for FDA regulatory approval
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Moderna, Inc.:
Moderna Announces Primary Efficacy Analysis in Phase 3 COVE Study for Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate and Filing Today with U.S. FDA for Emergency Use Authorization
Moderna Announces Primary Efficacy Analysis in Phase 3 COVE Study for Its COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate and Filing Today with U.S. FDA for Emergency Use Authorization
Zachary Brennan / Politico:
Moderna to seek emergency FDA authorization for coronavirus vaccine
Moderna to seek emergency FDA authorization for coronavirus vaccine
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. aides launch super PAC as Georgia worries mount — Advisers to Donald Trump Jr. are launching a super PAC to prod the president's supporters to vote in the upcoming Georgia Senate runoffs, as Republicans grow concerned that Trump's backers will boycott the elections.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp to Trump: Georgia law blocks him from ‘interfering’ with elections — Gov. Brian Kemp's office responded Monday to President Donald Trump's demands to help him overturn Georgia's election results with a reminder that state law “prohibits the governor from interfering in the election.”
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Mastermind Behind Biden's No-Drama Approach to Trump — When Julián Castro wasn't given a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention in August, he complained that Joe Biden's campaign wasn't showing proper respect to Latino voters. The real explanation for the snub is much simpler …
Reuters:
Kushner heading to Saudi Arabia and Qatar amid tensions over Iranian scientist killing — Senior White House adviser and his team to travel this week for talks with Saudi crown prince and emir of Qatar — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The lame-duck checklist
POLITICO Playbook: The lame-duck checklist
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Dear Joe, It's Not About Iran's Nukes Anymore
Dear Joe, It's Not About Iran's Nukes Anymore
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Live updates: Biden names inauguration planning committee, is receiving first intelligence briefing — The Washington Post is providing this important election information free to all readers. Get election results and other major news delivered to your inbox by signing up for breaking news email alerts.
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ABC News:
The Note: Deadlines and dead ends pile up losses for Trump
The Note: Deadlines and dead ends pile up losses for Trump
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Talking Points Memo and PinkNews, more at Techmeme »
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Behind Trump's final push to limit immigration
Behind Trump's final push to limit immigration
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Washington Post, The Hill and National Review
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The Electoral College is only getting worse — The Electoral College is a political abomination. As I have written before, rather than protecting the influence of small states, it grants overwhelming power to a handful of states that randomly happen to have a close partisan balance, which are mostly fairly large.
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Fired director of U.S. cyber agency Chris Krebs explains why President Trump's claims of election interference are false — Chris Krebs, a lifelong Republican, was put in charge of the agency handling election security by President Trump two years ago. When Krebs said the election …
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Mike Dunford / The Bulwark:
The ‘Kraken’ Lawsuit Was Released And It's Way Dumber Than You Realize — Every time you think you have a grasp of how preposterous the Trump team's election lawsuits are, another one comes out, dumber and more conspiracy-filled than the last. — The Pennsylvania monstrosity that was submitted …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Hannah Knowles and By Hannah Knowles — National reporter covering law enforcement and criminal justice — Samuel Little guided his car to a stop in a secluded area off Route 27 near Miami and cut the engine. Before long, Mary Brosley had straddled his lap. He started playing with her necklace.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Bipartisan Senate group revives coronavirus relief talks — A bipartisan group of senators is trying to jump-start stalled coronavirus stimulus talks during the lame duck, with congressional leaders still at odds over providing more relief as cases and deaths spike ahead of the coming winter.
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Axios and The American Independent
Jochen Bittner / New York Times:
1918 Germany Has a Warning for America — Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” campaign recalls one of the most disastrous political lies of the 20th century. — HAMBURG, Germany — It may well be that Germans have a special inclination to panic at specters from the past, and I admit that this alarmism annoys me at times.
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Raw Story, Twitchy, Blue Virginia and Juanita Jean's
Politico:
Trump administration leaves states to grapple with how to distribute scarce vaccines — The Trump administration is shunting to the states hard decisions about which Americans will get the limited early supplies of coronavirus vaccines — setting up a confusing patchwork of distribution plans …
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Wall Street Journal, American Prospect, Alternet.org, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Juanita Jean's
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Liberal Hyperbole About Trump's Authoritarianism Was Never the Problem — As Donald Trump started shambling toward the exit of the U.S. presidency last week, the U.S. left confronted the pivotal question hanging over our newfound interregnum: Who gets to say, I told you so?
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Power Line
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
American High Schools Go Woke — Consultants cash in on radical changes to curricula nationwide — In July, the leadership of Los Angeles's elite Harvard-Westlake School issued a 20-page confessional about the school's role in perpetuating “racism and injustice” and promised changes.
Gov. Larry Hogan / Washington Examiner:
Vote Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue to uphold moderation and compromise in the US Senate — As a Republican governor in a deep-blue state, I know firsthand how one-party monopoly can wreak terrible consequences. In 2014, I ran for governor because I was fed up with career politicians …
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Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20 — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will step down from his post on January 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, he announced Monday. — The announcement means that the FCC could reach …
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