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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Trump Lawyer: Former DHS Senior Official Should Be Executed  —  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 for saying that the election was the “most secure in United States history.”
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New York Times:
Trump Raises $170 Million as He Denies His Loss and Eyes the Future  —  The president's campaign has ratcheted up its appeals for cash, but the first 75 percent of every contribution is going to a new political action committee that could fund his next political move.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Washington Post:
Trump raises more than $150 million appealing to false election claims  —  President Trump's political operation has raised more than $150 million since Election Day, using a blizzard of misleading appeals about the election to shatter fundraising records set during the campaign, according to people with knowledge of the contributions.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's making a list, checking it twice
Washington Post:
Bipartisan group of Senators prepares $908 billion stimulus plan, aiming to break partisan logjam  —  Package comes amid signs economy is weakening but so far does not have buy in from White House, congressional leaders  —  A bipartisan group of senators is expected to unveil …
Discussion: CNBC and Mediaite
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dr. Scott Atlas resigns as special adviser to Trump on coronavirus  —  Atlas was considered a Special Government Employee (SGE) serving a 130-day detail, which expires this week  —  Dr. Scott Atlas slams Dr. Anthony Fauci over newfound COVID optimism  —  EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Scott Atlas …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:   White House planning a packed season of holiday parties
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Scott Atlas resigns as Trump's coronavirus adviser
New York Times:
As Trump Attacks Georgia Republicans, Party Worries About Senate Races  —  Some Republicans in the state fear that the doubt President Trump is sowing about the fairness of the election could depress turnout for the crucial Senate runoff races.  —  President Trump's sustained assault …
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Politico:
Republicans to Trump: Georgia fraud claims could cost us the Senate
Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Scoop: Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to Name Tina Flournoy as Chief of Staff  —  Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is set to name Tina Flournoy, who currently serves as chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton, as her chief of staff, according to two sources involved in transition planning.
Discussion: Axios
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Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Ivanka Trump ‘Not Wanted’ posters appear across New York City  —  Frontier-style placards appear weeks before president leaves White House  —  Ivanka Trump should not expect a warm welcome back in New York after a string of “Not Wanted” posters appeared across Manhattan.
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Ohio GOP lawmakers are trying to impeach Gov. Mike DeWine over his covid-19 rules.  He says they're ignoring reality.  —  While trying to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has faced throngs of armed protesters at the statehouse and crowds outside his own home.
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Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Likely in U.S. in Mid-December 2019, CDC Scientists Report  —  New analysis of blood donations finds virus was present on West Coast earlier than previously believed  —  The new coronavirus infected people in the U.S. in mid-December 2019, a few weeks before it was officially identified …
Discussion: Bloomberg and NPR
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: FDA chief called to West Wing  —  White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has summoned FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn to the West Wing for a 9:30am meeting Tuesday to explain why he hasn't moved faster to approve the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, two senior administration officials told Axios.
Discussion: CNN, Foreign Policy and Political Wire
Jordan Pascale / DCist:
WMATA Proposes Reducing Service, Cutting Weekend Trains In 2021  —  Facing the grimmest budget projections in its 50-year history, Metro is proposing the complete elimination of weekend service.  —  It is one of a series of staggering cuts the transit agency may need to make in the next fiscal year …
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Justin George / Washington Post:
Metro budget cuts weekend service, half of bus routes and closes 19 stations amid dire financial forecast
Discussion: HillFaith
The Daily Beast:
Neera Tanden Mean-Tweeted GOP Lawmakers—Until She Needed Their Votes  —  More than 1,000 tweets have disappeared from Biden OMB nominee Neera Tanden's Twitter feed in the last month - including many that were critical of Republican senators.  —  President-elect Joe Biden's choice for budget chief does not pull punches online.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
The MAGA Coalition Rallying Behind Trump's Post-Election Mischief Is Already Cracking  —  The Million MAGA March was supposed to be a sign of strength for the defeated president.  But leaders quickly began feuding over direction and credit.  —  BEAST INSIDE
Discussion: Raw Story
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
GOP silence on Trump's false election claims recalls McCarthy era  —  (CNN)The silence of congressional Republican leaders as President Donald Trump's unfounded claims of election fraud grow wilder and more venomous increasingly resembles the party's deference to Sen. Joe McCarthy during …
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Kristi Noem's Grandmother Died in Nursing Home Ravaged by COVID  —  'IT'S EVERYWHERE' … And yet the South Dakota governor continues to downplay the virus, refuse a mask mandate, and ignore the terrible price her state is paying.  —  On Monday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem buried her grandmother …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
A Question for Donald Trump: What Do You Call Someone Who Loses to ‘a Loser’?  —  The exiting POTUS has been engaged in some odd word play these last two weeks.  If Joe Biden is pathetic, what does that make him?  —  BEAST INSIDE … Riddle me this, Donald: What does losing to a loser make you?
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
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 …
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.
Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal:
Nasdaq Proposes Board-Diversity Rule for Listed Companies  —  Exchange operator seeks to require companies to have at least one female board member, plus one from an underrepresented minority  —  Nasdaq Inc. aims to require listed companies to include women and people of diverse racial identities …
Discussion: CNBC
David Armstrong / ProPublica:
States With Few Coronavirus Restrictions Are Spreading the Virus Beyond Their Borders  —  Lax states are attracting shoppers and students from stricter neighbors — and sending back COVID-19 cases.  The imbalance underscores the lack of a national policy.
Noa Shpigel / Haaretz:
'It's a Jewish City': Court Rejects Lawsuit by Arab Students, Citing Israel's Nation-state Law  —  Schoolkids asked to be reimbursed for travel outside of the city of Carmiel - because it has no Arabic-language schools; controversial 2018 law asserts self-determination in Israel is ‘unique to the Jewish people’
CNN:
Trump sees ‘the writing on the wall’ despite what he maintains publicly about the election, advisers say  —  (CNN)Despite what President Donald Trump is tweeting and saying publicly in the wake of Arizona and Wisconsin certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory Monday …
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
‘I Never Met Her’: Joe Manchin Slams Ocasio-Cortez After She Took A Jab At Him On Twitter  —  Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin criticized Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she recently took a shot at him for his position on defunding the police.
Discussion: HotAir, Townhall, IJR and New York Post
 
 
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Miles Taylor spoke out against Trump as ‘Anonymous.’ Now he's gone public and is hiding out.
Discussion: The Hill
Jonathan Guyer / American Prospect:
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
Sean Hannity Tells Sidney Powell Trump ‘Needs to Pardon His Whole Family and Himself’ Before Leaving Office in January
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
No game days. No bars. The pandemic is forcing some men to realize they need deeper friendships.
Jasper Scherer / Houston Chronicle:
Harris County GOP chair Keith Nielsen resigns after racist post, fundraising struggles
Discussion: Raw Story and The Texas Tribune
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Josh Hawley's Populist Shtick Is Undermined By One Glaring Weakness
Michelangelo Signorile / The Signorile Report:
Elite G0P senators try to emulate Trump in criticizing Biden's Cabinet—but fail miserably
Matt Egan / CNN:
Trump said the stock market would crash if Biden won. The Dow just had its best month since 1987.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, The Week and CNBC