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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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Crooks and Liars, Alternet.org, The American Independent, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Guardian and The Gateway Pundit
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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.
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Tantrum Over Loss Could Smash Georgia GOP — ROTTEN PEACH — Trump's anger at Gov. Brian Kemp is making it nearly impossible for the GOP to unify ahead of two runoff elections in the state that will decide control of the U.S. Senate. — ATLANTA—Two years after he made Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp …
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ABC News, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Alternet.org and Vox
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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Raw Story and Washington Post
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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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Washington Post, NPR and No More Mister Nice Blog, more at Mediagazer »
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
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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HuffPost, Vanity Fair, Washington Post and Breitbart, more at Mediagazer »
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Fox News Anchor Maria Bartiromo's Farcical Interview With Trump Marks the End of Her Days as a Journalist
Fox News Anchor Maria Bartiromo's Farcical Interview With Trump Marks the End of Her Days as a Journalist
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Washington Post, HotAir and The American Independent
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
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
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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Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, NBC4 Washington, Daily Kos, Fox News and Mother Jones
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NBC News:
Biden's transition challenges grow by the day
Biden's transition challenges grow by the day
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Fox News, Vanity Fair, Conservative News Today, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times and The Guardian
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
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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CBS News, Moderna, Inc., Observer, USA Today, The Verge, Townhall, NPR, Raw Story and Science Media Centre
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
The Health 202: Obese Americans could be prioritized for coronavirus vaccine
The Health 202: Obese Americans could be prioritized for coronavirus vaccine
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National Review
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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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Slate, HotAir, TheBlaze, Politico and New York Post
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Moderna says new data shows Covid vaccine is more than 94% effective, plans to ask FDA for emergency clearance later Monday
Moderna says new data shows Covid vaccine is more than 94% effective, plans to ask FDA for emergency clearance later Monday
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CNN, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch, Forbes, STAT, National Review, The Week, UPI and NBC Los Angeles
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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American Prospect, Defense One, Al Jazeera, The Nation, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Axios and Raw Story
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The lame-duck checklist
POLITICO Playbook: The lame-duck checklist
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Reuters, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, CNN, New York Post, Bloomberg, Washington Post and Florida Politics
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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CBS News, Financial Times, The Dispatch, Bloomberg and JNS.org
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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The Daily Caller, Business Insider, USA Today, National Review, CNN, Wall Street Journal, HotAir, Mediaite and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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 …
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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TechCrunch, Common Dreams and Deadline, more at Techmeme »
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
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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Fortune, IJR and National Review
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Biden's Favorability Rises to 55%, Trump's Dips to 42%
Biden's Favorability Rises to 55%, Trump's Dips to 42%
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The American Independent and The Hill
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.
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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Alternet.org
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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The Guardian, Crazy Eddie's Motie News, Reason, The Week, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Post, Mediaite, Business Insider, Raw Story and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Chuck Grassley cleared by doctors to return to work following COVID-19 diagnosis — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley returned to work at his Washington office Monday after completing a quarantine period caused by a positive coronavirus test earlier this month. — Grassley, 87, tested positive for coronavirus on Nov. 17.
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, Blue Virginia, Twitchy and Juanita Jean's
Wall Street Journal:
Labor Department Published ‘Flawed Estimates’ of Weekly Jobless Claims, Watchdog Says — Government Accountability Office says jobless benefits program underpaid some workers amid Covid-19 pandemic — WASHINGTON—The nation's system for providing unemployment benefits to jobless workers …
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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Washington Times and Twitchy
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.
Discussion:
Axios and The American Independent
John Poulos / Wall Street Journal:
Fake Claims About Dominion Voting Systems Do Real Damage — Our machines have no secret ‘vote flipping’ algorithm. We have no ties to dictator Hugo Chávez. — Accurate, transparent and accessible elections—this is the objective that motivated me to create Dominion Voting Systems 18 years ago in Canada.