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2:27 PM ET, December 3, 2020

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Washington Post:
Trump roils Georgia GOP as party waits to see if presidential visit helps — or hurts — in crucial Senate runoffs  —  President Trump's planned trip to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for two Senate candidates embroiled in tight runoff races has put some Republicans on edge that he could do more harm …
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Donesha Aldridge / WXIA-TV:
Poll results show tight races between candidates in U.S. Senate runoffs  —  With the Jan. 5 runoff races just a little more than a month away, a SurveyUSA Poll commissioned exclusively by 11Alive shows the candidates in competitive races.  —  ATLANTA — Voters will head to the polls again next month …
The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Declares War on ‘Fool’ Trumpist Lawyer Lin Wood  —  After Wood encouraged a boycott of the GA runoff, the president's campaign suggested he was a Democratic plant.  —  On Wednesday evening, what was left of Donald Trump's reelection campaign began insinuating that an attorney striving …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Records: Lin Wood Has for Decades Voted for, Donated to Democrats Including Barack Obama and David Perdue's 2014 Opponent  —  Georgia-based attorney Lin Wood is getting lots of attention for urging supporters of President Donald Trump to break with the president and not vote for GOP Sens. David Perdue …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WTH?  Breitbart Wages War Against Attorney Lin Wood — Who Is Defending President Trump Against Evil Marxist Horde — Lin Wood Responds  —  What the hell was this?  —  Breitbart went on a jihad on Wednesday night against Attorney Lin Wood.  —  Lin Wood is one of the top attorneys in the country and a man of God.
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Conspiracy Theory That Could Hand Joe Biden the Senate
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump's Georgia rally sparks GOP anxiety
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump and Barr had ‘contentious’ White House meeting this week, source says  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr had a “contentious,” lengthy meeting inside the West Wing this week after Barr told The Associated Press in an interview that the Justice Department …
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Washington Post:
Trump is said to be livid at Barr, with one official suggesting termination possible
Washington Post:
Trump administration sets wave of executions for days leading up to Biden inauguration
Discussion: Washingtonian
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
So liberals trust William Barr now?
Jonathan Turley / USA Today:
Making John Durham a special counsel will cause problems for Biden
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Advisers Are Begging ‘Livid’ Trump Not to Fire Bill Barr, Says Report
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Raimondo: I will not be Biden's HHS secretary  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Gov. Gina Raimondo on Thursday ruled out leaving her job to become President-elect Joe Biden's health and human services secretary, seeking to put the idea to rest after a flurry of reports that she was a finalist for the job.
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
SCOOP: Don Jr. eyes a run for NRA chief.  It's one more way the Trump family is making big plays to cement itself in GOP conservative politics for the next four years. … - President Trump and his family are looking to cement their hold on the Republican Party with a series of moves aimed …
Nicole Carr / WSB-TV:
Florida attorney under investigation for registering to vote in Georgia, encouraging others to do the same  —  PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A Florida attorney is at the center of a new state investigation after elections officials say he recently attempted to register to vote in Georgia and instructed …
New York Times:
How Is Trump's Lawyer Jenna Ellis ‘Elite Strike Force’ Material?  —  She bills herself as a “constitutional law attorney.”  Her experience doesn't align with the sort of lawyer she plays on TV.  —  Jenna Ellis broke into the legal profession in 2012 as a deputy district attorney in Weld County …
Discussion: Alternet.org, Gothamist and Raw Story
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jonathan Capehart, Tiffany Cross Take Over ‘A.M. Joy’ Weekend Slots on MSNBC … Jonathan Capehart and Tiffany Cross were supposed to throw glasses at each other, not toast one another with them.  —  And yet the duo took to Zoom earlier this week to share a cocktail.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
MSNBC gives weekend shows to Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart
Discussion: The Root
Matt Negrin / Washington Post:
A political litmus test for Republicans: Fail it, lose your TV slot  —  Time for a rapid test for the voter fraud delusion  —  Almost a month has passed since Joe Biden won the election, and the Republican Party still refuses to acknowledge him as president-elect.
Riley Vetterkind / madison.com:
Trump files second lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's election results, this time in federal court  —  President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed his second lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's election results, this time in federal court.  —  Trump's lawsuit, filed in Wisconsin's Eastern District federal court …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit
Discussion: National Review, Raw Story and Twitchy
blm.gov:
Notice of Sale to be Issued for Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Dec. 7  —  Major step in carrying out mandate from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act supporting energy security, job creation and economic growth for future generations  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Today …
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:   Trump to Sell Arctic Oil Rights Days Before Biden Sworn In
Tegan Hanlon / NPR:
Trump Rushes To Lock In Oil Drilling In Arctic Wildlife Refuge Before Biden's Term
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffery Martin / Newsweek:
Roger Stone Says North Korean Boats Delivered Ballots Through Maine Harbor As Trump Boosts Fraud Claims  —  Former Trump adviser Roger Stone claimed on Wednesday that North Korea had interfered in the U.S. presidential election.  Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continued to assert …
Discussion: Newsmax and Mock Paper Scissors
Politico:
Zients, Murthy tapped to head up Biden's Covid-19 response  —  President-elect Joe Biden has tapped two close allies to oversee his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people familiar with the decision.  —  Transition co-chair and former Obama administration …
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and GovExec.com
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KTLA:
Residents in city of Los Angeles to ‘remain in their homes’ amid COVID-19 surge, mayor's office says  —  All residents within the city of Los Angeles should continue to remain in their homes and follow the city's “safer-at-home” order, which mirrors guidance from L.A. County, according to the mayor's office.
Listen to Free Radio:
Fauci to stay with NIH; criticizes UK for ‘rushed’ coronavirus vaccine approval  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, and a social media target of President Donald Trump, says he will stay in his role at the National Institutes of Health and continue …
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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line  —  A vaccine may be around the corner, but how long will it be until you get the shot?  Health officials are considering vaccine timelines that give some Americans priority over others.  If you're a healthy American, you may wait many months for your turn.
Politico:
Pro-Trump legal crusade peppered with bizarre blunders  —  Sidney Powell released the Kraken.  And it turns out the mythological sea beast can't spell, is terrible at geography and keeps mislabeling plaintiffs in court.  —  A congressional candidate Powell claimed to represent in one lawsuit said that …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
John Ratcliffe / Wall Street Journal:
China Is National Security Threat No. 1  —  Resisting Beijing's attempt to reshape and dominate the world is the challenge of our generation.  —  As Director of National Intelligence, I am entrusted with access to more intelligence than any member of the U.S. government other than the president.
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Diplomat and CNBC
New York Times:
The Epicenter  —  Source: NYC Open Data By Scott Reinhard  —  She wears a red wig and a black dress she sewed herself.  It hugs her body as she moves about the stage, lip-syncing love songs in Spanish to a room filled mostly with absence.  —  It is late on March 9, and Yimel Alvarado …
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News:
Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp  —  This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center, the Open Technology Fund, and the Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism.  —  Nestled in the mountains along the border between China and Kazakhstan, a remote rural county conceals an appalling secret …
Transition / President-Elect Joe Biden:
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announces Members of White House Senior Staff  —  WASHINGTON - Today, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced new members of her White House senior staff.  These public servants reflect the very best of our nation, embody the president …
Jeff Wise / New York Magazine:
Michael Cohen on How ‘Monster’ Trump Will Undermine Biden  —  Back in February 2019, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen declared at a House Oversight Committee hearing that if Trump were to lose the 2020 election, “there will never be a peaceful transition of power.”
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Angry parents won't let officials slide over closed playgrounds, packed malls  —  Sydney Beckman ran beneath the yellow caution tape surrounding the empty playground equipment and flopped her tiny body over a swing.  —  The 2-year-old had tried opening a gate blocking the big green slide …
Washington Post:
Sen. Durbin willing to give up subcommittee post as peace offering amid Democrats' post-election infighting  —  The second-ranking Senate Democrat threw his support behind a proposal that would force him to give up a powerful subcommittee post overseeing the Pentagon budget …
Discussion: Political Wire
Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed News:
I'm 33 Years Old.  I Got COVID-19 Eight Months Ago.  I'm Still Sick.  —  I'm just one of the thousands of Americans who have long-term post-COVID symptoms.  This crisis won't end with a vaccine.  —  Copy  —  Eight months out from the first frightening peak of coronavirus cases in the US …
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Goldman Sachs Log Exposes David Perdue's Stock Trading Claim as a Lie … Georgia Sen. David Perdue initiated the well-timed sale of more than $1 million worth of stock in the tech-banking firm Cardlytics, according to a report from the New York Times, despite previous claims made by Perdue that an outside adviser makes his trades.
 
 
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David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ex-U.S. attorney asks Georgia to investigate Sen. Lindsey Graham
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CNN:
Former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton volunteer to get coronavirus vaccine publicly to prove it's safe
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump escalates baseless attacks on election with 46-minute video rant