memeorandum: If advisory committee meetings go well, FDA could authorize coronavirus vaccine ‘within days’: HHS secretary (ABC News)

11:01 AM ET, December 6, 2020

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McCarthyism was never defeated. Trumpism won't be either. — Censure brought down a crusading anti-communist senator but fired up his followers. — A month after the presidential election, most Republican lawmakers have refused to acknowledge the obvious: Despite President Trump's fondest hopes …

Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

At Georgia rally, Trump tells GOP to vote in ‘rigged’ election — Valdosta - President Donald Trump spent Saturday morning trying to overturn the last election in Georgia. He spent Saturday night ripping elections in Georgia and telling his followers in Valdosta to vote …

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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Trump floats a Doug Collins run against Kemp for Georgia governor

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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump plays a new role: Campaigner in chief

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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Trump rants about his election grievances in Georgia, even though it may hurt the GOP

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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Defiant Trump insists election was ‘rigged’ at rally for Georgia Senate Republicans

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Washington Post:
Trump calls Georgia governor to pressure him for help overturning Biden's win in the state

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why Kemp won't attend Trump's Georgia rally on Saturday

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John Binder / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Georgia Sens. David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler Vow ‘Never’ to Support Amnesty for Illegal Aliens

Discussion: Big League Politics

Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kemp again refuses Trump's demand to overturn election

Discussion: The Daily Beast and The New Neo

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Faith shaken in system, Trump's Georgia supporters consider skipping U.S. Senate runoffs

Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story

Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:

Long a Holdout From Covid-19 Restrictions, Sweden Ends Its Pandemic Experiment — Government imposes mandatory measures after failing to contain new surge in infections — Sweden's Covid-19 experiment is over. — After a late autumn surge in infections led to rising hospitalizations and deaths …

E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:

Two cheers for the Never Trump conservatives — The shameful complicity of Republican leaders in President Trump's torrent of deceit about our election tells us there is little hope for a more reasonable post-Trump GOP. But what about conservatism as a philosophy? Is it equally discredited?

Discussion: Zandar Versus The Stupid, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner

Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:

The Republican Plan for the Next Four Years Isn't Normal — A national party whose leaders won a civil war in the 19th century and a cold war in the 20th looks to be little more than a promotional tool for Donald Trump at this point in the 21st. — Trump will lose his titular role as head …

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Kevin Roose / New York Times:

How Joe Biden's Digital Team Tamed the MAGA Internet — The campaign's empathetic digital strategy held up surprisingly well against President Trump's passionate digital following. — Last April, when Rob Flaherty, the digital director for Joe Biden's presidential campaign …

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Washington Post:
Biden and Trump vie to project authority, making for a tense transition

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Washington Post:

Trump's Operation Warp Speed promised a flood of covid vaccines. Instead, states are expecting a trickle. — The administration pledged several hundred million doses in 2020. Companies will actually ship about 10 percent of that. — Federal officials have slashed the amount …

Ross Douthat / New York Times:

Why Do So Many Americans Think the Election Was Stolen? — Looking for the reasons behind a seemingly unreasonable belief. — There have been few surprises this past month in how Donald Trump has dealt with the reality of his electoral defeat. — Anyone familiar with his career …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Politico:

‘Every Day Was Like a Veep Episode’: The Veepiest Moments of the Trump Era — When House of Cards debuted on Netflix in 2013, Americans were shocked and a little thrilled to imagine that its sharp, murderous plotlines might reflect the real Washington D.C.—a sinister place where calculating …

ABC News:

If advisory committee meetings go well, FDA could authorize coronavirus vaccine ‘within days’: HHS secretary — Azar also said he'd make sure it follows the FDA gold-standard processes. — 1-on-1 with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is interviewed on “This Week.”

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Politico

Adam Shaw / Fox News:

President of Soros' Open Society Foundations resigns, clearing way for potential Biden Cabinet position — Patrick Gaspard had previously served in the Obama administration. — The president of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, Patrick Gaspard, will resign, opening …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Open Society Foundations and The National Pulse

Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: Politico's Alex Thompson Peels Back Curtain on Trump-Biden Transition on The Interview

Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:

Unnamed Pentagon officials blast use of anonymous sources … Senior defense officials on Saturday declined to go on the record yet sharply criticized the use of anonymous sources in reports that the Pentagon was slow-rolling Biden-Harris transition efforts.

Discussion: Politico and Washington Examiner

Harriet Sherwood / The Guardian:

Roald Dahl's family apologises for his antisemitism — Statement on the author's official website says his views caused ‘lasting and understandable hurt’ — The family of Roald Dahl has apologised for his antisemitism in a statement buried deep in the author's official website.

Discussion: TMZ.com and INSIDER

Washington Examiner:

Government officials' coronavirus hypocrisy has created another public crisis — The United States is facing an alarming spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. This is a time for sober-minded leadership as we hope to get through the next few months with as low a death toll …

Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:

History rhymes, even on crime: Of NYC, fear and mayoral leadership — The last time the city had an apparently uncontrollable problem with gun violence, a massive budget hole deficit and a mayor who endlessly pleaded for help that wasn't coming from Republicans in Washington while holding off …

Oona Hathaway / Washington Post:

Fewer troops won't end wars. Most U.S. combat involves airstrikes. — The debate about troop levels in some ways misses the point. — “All wars must end.” That's what acting defense secretary Christopher Miller wrote in a memo last month defending drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan …

Discussion: The Left Coaster