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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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New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: Wisconsin and Arizona Certify Biden's Victory — President-elect Joe Biden formally announced his economic team and received his first full presidential daily briefing. — RIGHT NOW Iowa officials certify a Republican's House victory by six votes.
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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Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Georgia ordered to file brief in voting machine rigging lawsuit — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and the state's elections chief were ordered in a late-night Sunday ruling to explain why they were opposed to the Trump campaign's request to inspect voting machines the president has claimed “switched” votes in favor of Joe Biden.
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Iowa board certifies 6-vote Republican win in US House race
Iowa board certifies 6-vote Republican win in US House race
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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 — Do you believe in magic? — Maria Bartiromo seems to. During her interview with President Donald Trump on Sunday, the Fox News and Fox Business anchor promoted a Federalist article titled …
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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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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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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Fox News needs to reinvent itself for the post-Trump era. Here's one radical idea.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Newsmax Rises On Wave Of Resentment Toward Media — Especially Fox News
Newsmax Rises On Wave Of Resentment Toward Media — Especially Fox News
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National Review:
Trump's Disgraceful Endgame — President Trump said the other day that he'd leave office if he loses the vote of the Electoral College on December 14. This is not the kind of assurance presidents of the United States typically need to make, but it was noteworthy given Trump's disgraceful …
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Everything we needed to know about Melania Trump is in those bewildering Christmas decorations — It's our final Christmas with Melania Trump, and we shall celebrate in the usual way: by accompanying FLOTUS on an annual tour of her White House decor, a one-minute video that also appears …
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The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump Unveils the 2020 White House Christmas Décor
First Lady Melania Trump Unveils the 2020 White House Christmas Décor
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump Lawyer: DHS Whistleblower Should Be Executed — During Newsmax call-in Joe diGenova said Chris Krebs should be put to death. — On Monday President Trump's campaign lawyer and former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova said that fired Trump cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs should be executed …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Biden's win over Trump in Wisconsin set to be certified — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Joe Biden's victory in battleground Wisconsin is scheduled to be certified Monday following a partial recount that only added to his 20,600-vote margin over President Donald Trump.
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Wisconsin, Arizona certify Biden's victories
Wisconsin, Arizona certify Biden's victories
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
Vaccines Are Coming, but Pandemic Experts Expect a ‘Horrible’ Winter — With vaccines and a new administration, the pandemic will be tamed. But experts say the coming months “are going to be just horrible.” — Each week, good news about vaccines or antibody treatments surfaces, offering hope that an end to the pandemic is at hand.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
'We've Harmed the Senate Enough': Why Joe Manchin Won't Budge on the Filibuster — The moderate senator from West Virginia has a message for his fellow Democrats on muscling through sweeping change. — WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, the most conservative member …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
For Manchin, a Divided Senate Is a ‘Golden Opportunity’ for Action
For Manchin, a Divided Senate Is a ‘Golden Opportunity’ for Action
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Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
The Wuhan files — London — A group of frontline medical workers, likely exhausted, stand huddled together on a video-conference call as China's most powerful man raises his hand in greeting. It is February 10 in Beijing and President Xi Jinping, who for weeks has been absent from public view …
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.
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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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 …
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Federal Judge Advances Lawsuit Accusing Felix Sater of Laundering Loot Through Trump Properties — A federal judge on Monday partially advanced a lawsuit accusing Russian mafia-tied businessman Felix Sater of laundering millions stolen from Kazakhstan's BTA Bank through Trump Organization properties.
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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.
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
Julia Azari / FiveThirtyEight:
What Makes A One-Term President? — Donald Trump is officially a one-term president, the first to fail a reelection bid in nearly 30 years. But history shows his loss isn't surprising, given the circumstances. — One-term presidents used to be a lot more common.
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
How to protect our democracy from a future Donald Trump — American democracy has spent the past four years under attack — from the White House itself. President Trump's authoritarian populism has damaged the foundations of the republic. — Yet Trump's efforts to undermine the system have an unintended benefit.
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ABC News:
Navy decides to scrap USS Bonhomme Richard after major fire — One of the two masts collapsed and the fire consumed large areas of the interior — Helicopters, boats, sailors battle raging Navy ship inferno — Four hundred sailors have rotated on and off the USS Bonhomme Richard every 15 minutes …
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Angele Delevoye / Washington Post:
The WNBA influenced the Georgia Senate race, new research finds — After Kelly Loeffler attacked Black Lives Matter, the WNBA backed one of her opponents — who pushed her into a January runoff — On June 24, Kelly Loeffler, an incumbent Republican senator and WNBA team owner …
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
Divisions emerge among U.S. officials over when first Covid-19 vaccine doses will be available — and for whom — Divisions are emerging among top U.S. officials over when the country's first Covid-19 vaccine will be authorized — and who should be at the front of the line to get vaccinated.
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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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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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Rosa Brooks / New York Times:
It's Time for a Woman to Run the Defense Department — National security leaders long argued that there just weren't enough qualified female candidates to fill senior positions. That excuse rings hollow today. — Ms. Brooks is a co-founder of the Leadership Council for Women …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court skeptical of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census — The U.S. Supreme Court seemed wary on Monday of approving President Donald Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census figures that are used to calculate each state's representation …
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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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden's personnel picks engender no legitimate GOP gripes — President-elect Joe Biden has selected a flock of experienced, center-right nominees for top positions — progressive enough to reassure most Democrats and reasonable enough to impress conservative policy wonks.
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