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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Justice Department investigating potential presidential pardon bribery scheme, court records reveal — (CNN)The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House or related political committee in exchange for a presidential pardon …
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New York Times:
Trump Has Discussed With Advisers Pardons for His 3 Eldest Children and Giuliani — Rudolph W. Giuliani, who is promoting baseless claims of widespread election fraud, talked about a pardon with President Trump as recently as last week. — President Trump has discussed with advisers whether …
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Jennifer Rodgers / The Daily Beast:
Here's How Rudy Giuliani's Push for a Preemptive Pardon Could Backfire — Imagine what the old Rudy Giuliani, United States Attorney, crime-buster and thorn in the side of organized crime, would think of the current iteration. — BEAST INSIDE … This is the last gasp of Donald Trump's administration …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
US probing potential bribery, lobbying scheme for pardon
US probing potential bribery, lobbying scheme for pardon
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Investigating Potential Bribery Scheme for Trump Pardon
Justice Dept. Investigating Potential Bribery Scheme for Trump Pardon
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. investigated potential ‘bribery-for-pardon’ scheme involving White House
Justice Dept. investigated potential ‘bribery-for-pardon’ scheme involving White House
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
William Barr breaks with Trump's election fantasy
William Barr breaks with Trump's election fantasy
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Mark Becker / The Bulwark:
My Call With Ron Johnson: He Knows Biden Won But Won't Admit It — The Wisconsin senator says it would be “political suicide.” — November 14, 8:37 a.m. my phone rings. I do a double take on my caller ID and realize who is calling. I take a deep breath and answer the phone.
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NBC News:
Release of PPP loan recipients data reveals troubling patterns — Following months of litigation between the Small Business Administration and news organizations seeking data about who benefited from pandemic relief programs, the agency on Tuesday night released a sweeping dataset …
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Washington Post:
More than half of emergency small-business funds went to larger businesses, new data shows — The Trump administration has emphasized PPP loans to small firms, but data released Tuesday shows that most of the $522 billion went to about 600 larger companies and chains
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Biden: 'We're Going to Fight Like Hell by Investing in America First' — My talk with Joe Biden on his first few months, and his next four years. — President-elect Joe Biden was in a good mood as we talked on the phone Tuesday evening for an hour — he in Delaware and me in Bethesda, Md. He apologized, though, for being late.
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Axios:
Trump likely to announce 2024 bid, but GOP rivals say power will fade post-White House — President Trump is likely to announce he'll run again in 2024, perhaps before this term even ends, sources tell Axios. — Why it matters: Trump has already set in motion two important strategies …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Election-Fraud Business Is Booming
Trump's Election-Fraud Business Is Booming
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Associated Press:
Trump teases 2024 run at White House Christmas party
Trump teases 2024 run at White House Christmas party
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Jim Galloway / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Kelly Loeffler, Raphael Warnock runoff crosses a line — One of Kelly Loeffler's first public appearances as a U.S. senator came last January at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. — “I am so humbled to be here with you today in this sacred place …
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Michelle Roberts / BBC:
Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine judged safe for use in UK from next week — The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination. — Britain's medicines regulator, the MHRA, says the jab …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
MAGA-ite in Manhattan?: Ivanka Trump's political ambitions seek new home after the White House — Friends and former associates say they expect the first daughter to think about running for office, or at least get involved in some way in Republican politics.
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
The GOP's electoral mischief — MO PROBLEMS — Scooplet: Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) has been telling colleagues and allies that he plans to challenge the Electoral College votes when Congress officially certifies Joe Biden's victory on Jan. 6, as long as a Senate Republican joins him in the long-shot effort, sources tell your Huddle host.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Confessions of a Clintonworld Exile — Doug Band worked alongside Bill Clinton every day for nearly two decades, first as a body man and then as one of the primary architects of his lucrative and often-fraught post-presidency. Then came a seismic falling out with accusations of self-dealing and soap-opera-level psychodrama.
FiveThirtyEight:
There Wasn't That Much Split-Ticket Voting In 2020 — The narrative of the 2020 election is that Joe Biden did pretty well ... but down-ballot Democrats, not so much. And while this is true if you look simply at the results — Republicans defended most of their vulnerable Senate seats …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
In a Fox News interview, Parscale blames Trump's lack of coronavirus empathy for his election loss. — Brad Parscale, the former Trump campaign manager who was demoted in July, claimed in a Fox News interview on Tuesday night that President Trump would have handily won the election …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
United Nations commission votes to remove marijuana from list of most dangerous drugs — A United Nations panel has voted to remove medical cannabis from a list of dangerous drugs. — In the Wednesday vote, the Commission for Narcotic Drugs voted on several World Health Organization recommendations related to cannabis.
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Isabella Kwai / New York Times:
U.N. Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Drug
U.N. Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Drug
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Roger Stone, Who Had His Ass Saved by Barr, Turns on ‘Deep State’ Attorney General — SNAKE PIT — Remember in February when Attorney General Bill Barr trashed his department's reputation to override the recommended prison term for Roger Stone and push for a much shorter sentence?
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Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. Mayor London Breed had her own French Laundry party — the night after Gavin Newsom's — Gov. Gavin Newsom is in good company when it comes to politicians attending fancy birthday parties while encouraging others to avoid gathering. — It turns out San Francisco Mayor London Breed dined …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
GOP leader McDaniel to run for 3rd term with Trump's backing — Ronna McDaniel, the Republican National Committee chairwoman, is launching her bid for a third two-year term heading the GOP's governing organization after the party's stronger-than-anticipated showing in November's election, even though President Donald Trump lost.
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Robert Sanchez / 5280:
Why Did Palantir Technologies Move Its Headquarters From Silicon Valley to Denver? — The secretive and controversial data-mining firm moved its headquarters to LoDo earlier this year. And while some city and state government officials lobbied for the relocation, others are furious.
Politico:
Anticipating Senate bottlenecks, Biden races to fill agency jobs — Now that he's chosen a big chunk of his Cabinet nominees, President-elect Joe Biden's transition team is focusing increasingly on selecting candidates for government positions that do not require Senate confirmation.
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Associated Press:
Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation — WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has given extra protection to the prosecutor he appointed to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, giving him the authority of a special counsel to complete his work without being easily fired.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump pressures Barr to release so-called Durham report
Trump pressures Barr to release so-called Durham report
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Tyler O'Neil / pjmedia.com:
WHISTLEBLOWER: I Drove ‘Thousands of Ballots’ From New York to Pennsylvania — On Tuesday, a truck driver testified that he had driven thousands of ballots from Bethpage, N.Y., to Lancaster, Pa., two weeks before Election Day. Phill Kline, a former attorney general of Kansas and director …
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Gina Harkins / Military.com:
Army Hits Back Against False Claim that Soldiers Died in CIA Op to Nab Election Servers — A retired Air Force three-star general reignited baseless conspiratorial claims about U.S. troops' involvement in clandestine missions in the wake of the presidential election — claims an Army official said are 100% false.
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Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
Pro-Trump Attorney Lin Wood and Pardoned Michael Flynn Call for Trump to Declare Martial Law — Lin Wood, an Atlanta-based lawyer who says President Donald Trump asked him to join the effort to challenge Joe Biden's election victory, is promoting a right-wing group's call for Trump …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Trump threatens to veto major defense bill unless Congress repeals Section 230, a legal shield for tech giants — President Trump on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense bill authorizing nearly $1 trillion in military spending unless Congress opens the door for Facebook …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The “racial wealth gap” is a class gap — Rich people are very white, but most white people aren't rich — Good morning it's Wednesday! — And what a fine day to discuss an unfashionable leftist view of mine. The discussion “racial wealth gap” is a somewhat perverse way to think about the real issue …
Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
Our Democracy's Near-Death Experience — Now is no time for complacency. The next Congress must shore up our institutions. — Ms. Rice is a former national security adviser. — It appears that our democracy dodged a bullet — or, more precisely, multiple concerted efforts by the president …
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Homeland Security Watchdog to Probe Department's Use of Phone Location Data — Inspector general to investigate legality of tracking Americans without a warrant — WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog said it would open an investigation into the use …
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Obama chides Democrats for giving AOC short convention speaking slot — Former President Barack Obama advised Democrats to be more welcoming of new leadership if the party wants to appeal to young people. — “One thing I will say about the Democratic Party, promoting young people is really important.