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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 …
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Vox, The Hill, HotAir, Mediaite, POLITICUSUSA and National Review
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 …
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CBS News, The Hill and Talking Points Memo
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.
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Breitbart, RedState, Washington Examiner and Conservative News Today
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Records: Lin Wood Has for Decades Voted for, Donated to Democrats Including Barack Obama and David Perdue's 2014 Opponent
Records: Lin Wood Has for Decades Voted for, Donated to Democrats Including Barack Obama and David Perdue's 2014 Opponent
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
Trump is said to be livid at Barr, with one official suggesting termination possible
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump hits Barr over voter fraud remarks: 'He hasn't looked'
Trump hits Barr over voter fraud remarks: 'He hasn't looked'
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ABC News:
Barr had ‘intense’ meeting with Trump after AG's interview undercutting voter fraud claims: Sources
Barr had ‘intense’ meeting with Trump after AG's interview undercutting voter fraud claims: Sources
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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
So liberals trust William Barr now?
So liberals trust William Barr now?
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The Moderate Voice and Los Angeles Times
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.
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Political Wire and American Prospect
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 …
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Law & Crime, Alternet.org, Gothamist and Raw Story
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 …
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The Intellectualist and New York Times
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 …
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
MSNBC gives weekend shows to Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart
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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.
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 …
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Newsmax and Mock Paper Scissors
Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump to Sell Arctic Oil Rights Days Before Biden Sworn In — Accelerated timeline complicates Biden's vow to protect refuge — Oil companies can vie for tracts in ANWR during Jan. 6 auction — The Trump administration is racing to sell oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge …
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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.
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the case must first wind its way through lower courts.
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Riley Vetterkind / madison.com:
Trump files second lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's election results, this time in federal court
Trump files second lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's election results, this time in federal court
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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.
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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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Grace Segers / CBS News:
Fauci to have first “substantive discussions” with Biden transition officials
Fauci to have first “substantive discussions” with Biden transition officials
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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 …
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 …
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Raw Story and Washington Times
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 …
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CNN, Reuters and GovExec.com
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.
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Bloomberg, The Diplomat and CNBC
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 …
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 …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Trump campaign's star witness in Michigan was deemed ‘not credible.’ Then, her loud testimony went viral. — Weeks after Melissa Carone was tapped by the Trump campaign as a star witness in Michigan, little appeared to be going as planned with the contract IT worker's testimony …
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Michigan Advance, The Root, Crooks and Liars, Detroit News, Jezebel, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Claims Facebook Improperly Reserved Jobs for H1-B Workers — Lawsuit by Justice Department's civil-rights division says social-media company didn't sufficiently advertise open positions, overlooked U.S. residents — The Trump administration has sued Facebook Inc. …
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 …
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Politico, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors — A disclosure sheds new light on a high-profile national security law as lawmakers prepare to revive a debate over it in the Biden administration. — WASHINGTON — The government has interpreted a high-profile provision …
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.”
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 …
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Political Wire
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
The one where Bill was clueless! President Clinton was so out of touch after leaving office, he had to have close adviser Doug Band explain the hit TV show Friends to him — Bill Clinton's former adviser Doug Band has spoken out in an extraordinary tell-all interview about the Clintons to Vanity Fair
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Fox News, New York Post and Big League Politics
Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Florida Masseuse Ordered to Pay $31,573 After ‘Soliciting’ Robert Kraft To ‘Commit Prostitution’ — Three women arrested last year as part of a high-profile “human trafficking” sting in Florida were sentenced recently as part of plea agreements with Palm Beach County prosecutors.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …