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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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CNN:
Trump attorney issues call for violence against truth-telling former election cybersecurity official
Trump attorney issues call for violence against truth-telling former election cybersecurity official
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CNN:
Trump sees ‘the writing on the wall’ despite what he maintains publicly about the election, advisers say
Trump sees ‘the writing on the wall’ despite what he maintains publicly about the election, advisers say
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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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Joe Walsh / Forbes:
Trump Campaign Lawyer Suggested Executing Ex-DHS Staffer Chris Krebs
Trump Campaign Lawyer Suggested Executing Ex-DHS Staffer Chris Krebs
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Axios
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 …
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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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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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Washington Post:
Trump's latest Fox News rant was one of his most dangerous. Republicans can't ignore it. — PRESIDENT TRUMP'S Sunday Fox News rant ranks as one of the most dangerous of his presidency, and that is saying something. Mr. Trump issued claim after incoherent claim about vote rigging …
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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:
How Trump's Hill allies could take one last shot to overturn the election — President Donald Trump's arsenal for overturning the election will soon be down to one final, desperate maneuver: pressing his Republican allies on Capitol Hill to step in and derail Joe Biden's presidency.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP senators' strategy on Trump's election fraud claims: Keep quiet and carry on
GOP senators' strategy on Trump's election fraud claims: Keep quiet and carry on
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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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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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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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Tricia Ennis / WTVG:
Articles of Impeachment officially filed against Gov. DeWine
Articles of Impeachment officially filed against Gov. DeWine
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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.
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.
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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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernieworld seethes over Tanden as OMB nominee
Bernieworld seethes over Tanden as OMB nominee
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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 …
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Jonathan Guyer / American Prospect:
The Lucrative Afterlife of a Trump Official — Trump's former appointees are profiting from their time in the White House—H.R. McMaster most of all. — When Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides” of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, many started turning away from the president.
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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Oversight Board:
Announcing the Oversight Board's first cases and appointment of trustees — Today, the Oversight Board is announcing the first cases it will be deliberating and the opening of the public comment process. — The Board is also announcing the appointment of five new trustees.
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 …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Supreme Court weighs child-slavery case against Nestlé USA, Cargill — Despite years of promises by the chocolate industry, child labor remains widespread on cocoa farms — An effort to hold U.S. chocolate companies responsible for child labor on farms supplying their cocoa goes …
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
White House planning a packed season of holiday parties — The White House began the annual holiday party season on Monday afternoon, officials said, kicking off a spate of indoor holiday parties that commemorate various religious traditions over the season.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: A New York Times embarrassment — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — A NEW YORK TIMES EMBARRASSMENT. On Monday evening, the Times' Paul Krugman posted a column declaring …
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Mask Guv's Grandmother Died in Nursing Home Ravaged by COVID — 'IT'S EVERYWHERE' … And yet Kristi Noem 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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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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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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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 …
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. capital may end weekend subway service in 2021 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021, including ending weekend services, closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance.
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’
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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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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