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3:30 PM ET, December 6, 2020

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Beverly Gage / Washington Post:
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 …
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Devil Went Down to Georgia  —  The president of the United States asks his supporters to overturn a free and fair election through extralegal means.  What could possibly go wrong?  —  When the defeated president of the United States holds a maskless, anti-democracy disinformation rally straight …
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump plays a new role: Campaigner in chief
Maeve Reston / CNN:
Trump rants about his election grievances in Georgia, even though it may hurt the GOP
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
At Georgia rally, Trump tells GOP to vote in ‘rigged’ election
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
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?
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Possible 2024 Bid Leaves Other GOP Candidates in a Bind  —  Republican hopefuls will need to lay the groundwork for potential campaigns of their own without alienating the president and his supporters  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's public and private musings about running again …
Discussion: CBS News
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Biden's already more popular than Trump's ever been  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating.  —  The same poll gives President Donald Trump a 42% favorable rating and a 57% unfavorable rating.
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
Discussion: Axios
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Chris Wallace corrects HHS secretary for not calling Biden the president-elect  —  Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace made it clear to a top Trump administration official that Joe Biden is indeed the president-elect, following his declared victory in November.
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully  —  Kamala Harris began her political career in 2003 with an audacious gambit, running against and unseating her former boss, San Francisco Dist.  Atty. Terence Hallinan, just a few years after he'd promoted her to be a top assistant.
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
After 2020 Losses, Some Democrats Question Party's Health-Care Focus  —  Some former candidates and strategists say Democrats should have focused more on people who were losing their jobs and struggling to pay rent  —  After suffering losses in congressional races across the country …
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 …
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
How does Michigan's Legislature come back from last week's conspiracyfest?  —  As millions tuned into “Saturday Night Live's” parody of Rudy Giuliani and slurring star witness Mellissa Carone last night, they were laughing at Michigan, not with Michigan.  —  And we deserved it.
Associated Press:
Saudi Prince Blasts Israel at Bahrain Summit, Says Normalization Must Help Palestinians  —  Prince Turki al-Faisal, who served as Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and U.K., says Israel is a ‘Western colonizing power’ incarcerating Palestinians in ‘concentration camps’
Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Sheriff: Defiant NYC bar owner struck deputy with his car  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The co-owner of a New York City bar that authorities said has been defying coronavirus restrictions was taken into custody early Sunday after running over a deputy with a car, authorities said.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CBS New York
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:
In 2020, Disinformation Broke The US  —  Disinformation and its fallout have defined 2020, the year of the infodemic.  Month after month, self-serving social media companies have let corrosive manipulators out for dollars, votes, and clicks vie for attention, no matter the damage.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is leaving press freedom in tatters.  Biden can take these bold steps to repair the damage.  —  When Donald Trump first started accusing the mainstream media of dealing in “fake news,” it was impossible to know the long-term effects of this rhetoric.  It seemed like just another of his trademark insults.
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Patrick Basham explains why Biden victory ‘not statistically impossible, but ... statistically implausible’  —  Key ‘non-polling metrics’ indicated that Trump would win second term, Democracy Institute founding director tells ‘Life, Liberty & Levin’  —  Patrick Basham: ‘Bizarre anomalies’ abound in 2020 election trends
Alex Yablon / Business Insider:
Wall Street has always been progressives' ‘Big Bad.’ But a new generation in the finance industry is starting to sound more like allies than enemies. … - After decades of cheerleading for deficit reduction and lower government spending, Wall Street may be changing its tune.
Washington Post:
Pentagon spy agencies to meet with Biden transition team  —  Pentagon officials said Saturday that leaders of the military's intelligence services will begin meeting with members of President-elect Joe Biden's transition team Monday, ending what some current and former officials said was an impasse …
Discussion: KVIA-TV
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Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Unnamed Pentagon officials blast use of anonymous sources
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
After leaving GOP, David Jolly weighs his political future in Florida as an independent
EJ Dionne Jr / Social Europe:
The Biden victory and the future of the centre-left
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
BBC:
Covid: Argentina passes tax on wealthy to pay for virus measures
Discussion: UPI
Cass R. Sunstein / Bloomberg:
Biden Has the Right to Name His Own Cabinet
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column: How to detrumpify America
New York Times:
‘Existential Peril’: Mass Transit Faces Huge Service Cuts Across U.S.
 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Inauguration planners rethink how to party in age of virus
Oona Hathaway / Washington Post:
Fewer troops won't end wars. Most U.S. combat involves airstrikes.
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
History rhymes, even on crime: Of NYC, fear and mayoral leadership
Washington Examiner:
Government officials' coronavirus hypocrisy has created another public crisis
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why Do So Many Americans Think the Election Was Stolen?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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