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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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Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Trump Lawyer Says Krebs Should Be ‘Taken Out at Dawn and Shot’ for Defending Election
Trump Lawyer Says Krebs Should Be ‘Taken Out at Dawn and Shot’ for Defending Election
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump campaign lawyer says former cybersecurity chief should be ‘shot’
Trump campaign lawyer says former cybersecurity chief should be ‘shot’
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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.
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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.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump's making a list, checking it twice — DRIVING THE DAY — HAPPY DECEMBER! ... 10 DAYS until the government runs out of funding. — THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION in the White House of excluding the following Hill Republicans from the W.H. Christmas party this year …
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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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Scott Atlas resigns as Trump's coronavirus adviser
Scott Atlas resigns as Trump's coronavirus adviser
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Washington Post:
Trump's latest Fox News rant was one of his most dangerous. Republicans can't ignore it.
Trump's latest Fox News rant was one of his most dangerous. Republicans can't ignore it.
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Washington Post:
Scott Atlas resigns as Trump's coronavirus adviser after months of feuding with administration health officials
Scott Atlas resigns as Trump's coronavirus adviser after months of feuding with administration health officials
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Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
Everything we needed to know about Melania Trump is in those bewildering Christmas decorations
Everything we needed to know about Melania Trump is in those bewildering Christmas decorations
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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 …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP senators' strategy on Trump's election fraud claims: Keep quiet and carry on — GOP senator hopes Trump will attend inauguration — (CNN)A wide range of Republican senators are shrugging off President Donald Trump's evidence-free claims that mass voter fraud cost him the election …
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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 …
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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.
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Bill Melugin / FOX 11 Los Angeles:
LA County Supervisor dines at restaurant hours after voting to ban outdoor dining — (Photo by Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Pres — SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Just hours after Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl voted to ban outdoor dining at L.A. County's 31,000 restaurants …
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Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Ohio GOP lawmakers are trying to impeach Gov. Mike DeWine over his covid-19 rules. He says it's a ‘fantasy.’ — 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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Tricia Ennis / WTVG:
Articles of Impeachment officially filed against Gov. DeWine
Articles of Impeachment officially filed against Gov. DeWine
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Washington Post:
Biden's pick to lead White House budget office emerges as lightning rod for GOP — Neera Tanden, who served in both the Clinton and Obama administrations, would face Senate confirmation early next year — President-Elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the powerful White House budget office …
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The Daily Beast:
Neera Tanden Mean-Tweeted GOP Lawmakers—Until She Needed Their Votes
Neera Tanden Mean-Tweeted GOP Lawmakers—Until She Needed Their Votes
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernieworld seethes over Tanden as OMB nominee
Bernieworld seethes over Tanden as OMB nominee
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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.
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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 …
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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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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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.
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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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 …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump campaign to file Wisconsin lawsuit, claiming ‘abuse’ of absentee voting affected 220K ballots — Campaign alleges tens of thousands of votes were cast ‘well outside of the bounds of Wisconsin law’ — Trump slams judges' election decisions — EXCLUSIVE: The Trump campaign is filing …
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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 …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Josh Hawley's Populist Shtick Is Undermined By One Glaring Weakness — Josh Hawley has had a pretty good year. The Republican senator from Missouri has carved out a national profile with his smooth blend of theocratic quasi-authoritarianism combined with populist-inflected rhetoric that's …
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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’
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.
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
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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.
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