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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: West Wing fears COVID spread after Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis attends WH party  —  President Trump's lawyer Jenna Ellis has informed associates she has coronavirus, multiple sources tell Axios, stirring West Wing fears after she attended a senior staff Christmas party on Friday.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump plots mass pardons, even to people not asking  —  President Trump isn't just accepting pardon requests but blindly discussing them “like Christmas gifts” to people who haven't even asked, sources with direct knowledge of the conversations told Axios.
Emma Platoff / The Texas Tribune:
In new lawsuit, Texas contests election results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the battleground states from casting “unlawful and constitutionally tainted votes” in the Electoral College.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
In Bonkers SCOTUS Bid, Texas Tries To Sue To Overturn WI, PA, GA and MI Election Results  —  Everything is bigger in Texas, including the lengths its top attorney will go to to do the anti-democratic bidding of President Trump.  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a request …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Texas Sues Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin at Supreme Court over Election Rules
Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
Ted Cruz Wants to Toss Out 7 Million People's Votes. Appalling.
New York Times:
Pfizer's Vaccine Offers Strong Protection After First Dose  —  The Food and Drug Administration's first analysis of the clinical trial data also found that the coronavirus vaccine worked well regardless of a volunteer's race, weight or age.  —  WASHINGTON — The coronavirus vaccine …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
'I literally don't know': Operation Warp Speed scientist can't explain Trump's vaccine order  —  The chief scientist of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed was unable to explain President Donald Trump's latest executive order Tuesday, which aims to prioritize shipment …
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Gottlieb confirms U.S. government turned down Pfizer offer for more vaccine doses
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey calls Trump's campaign to overturn Pennsylvania election ‘completely unacceptable’  —  Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that it's “completely unacceptable” for President Donald Trump to pressure state lawmakers to overturn Pennsylvania's election result …
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CNN:
GOP leadership rejects resolution acknowledging Biden as President-elect  —  Georgia Lt. Gov says Biden won: ‘This is still America’  —  Washington (CNN)Congressional Republican leaders rejected a resolution that asserted that Joe Biden is president-elect, the latest effort by the Hill GOP …
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: ‘Safe Harbor’ Day Arrives, the Deadline to Resolve State Election Challenges  —  Today is the deadline for all state-level election challenges to be completed.  President-elect Joe Biden will tap a retired four-star Army general to be the first Black secretary of defense.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“The caller was inside the house”: Former election security chief unloads on Trump “threat”
Discussion: Business Insider
Politico:
Trump's options dwindle as safe harbor deadline looms
Jim Golby / New York Times:
Sorry, Gen. Lloyd Austin.  A Recently Retired General Should Not Be Secretary of Defense.  —  After a tumultuous four years, we need civilian leadership and a return to normalcy.  —  Mr. Golby has been a special adviser to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Mike Pence.
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Washington Post:
Michael Flynn judge says pardon doesn't mean ex-national security adviser is innocent  —  A federal judge dismissed Michael Flynn's prosecution Tuesday after President Trump's pardon, but said the act of clemency does not mean the former national security adviser is innocent of lying to FBI agents …
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David Siders / Politico:
Trump blows a hole in the GOP on his way out  —  Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the presidential election have met with defeat in every swing state and in nearly every court where his cases have been heard.  But Trump's campaign to pressure GOP elected officials to support his baseless claims …
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Maria Polletta / Arizona Republic:
Arizona GOP asks followers if they're willing to die in effort to overturn election results
Washington Post:
Christopher Krebs sues Trump campaign, lawyer Joe diGenova for defamation  —  The former top U.S. cybersecurity official responsible for securing November's presidential election sued the Trump campaign and one of its lawyers for defamation Tuesday, asserting that they conspired to falsely claim …
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Exclusive: Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians  —  A suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman, in what U.S. officials believe was a political intelligence operation run …
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Arya Hodjat / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway Signs Multi-Million Deal for White House Memoir: Report  —  CASHING OUT  —  Former Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway has signed a multi-million dollar deal to write a book about her time in the White House, the Daily Mail reports.  The exact price tag is unknown …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
White House pushes Senate GOP to include $600 stimulus payment in relief package  —  Inclusion of these checks could grow the size of the bipartisan $900 billion package unless other elements are removed  —  White House officials are asking Senate Republican leadership to include stimulus checks worth $600 …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Trump appointee who oversees Voice of America refuses to cooperate with Biden transition team  —  A Trump appointee with a short but controversial record of overseeing Voice of America and other federally funded news agencies has declined to cooperate with president-elect Joe Biden's representatives …
Politico:
Fudge emerges as frontrunner to lead housing agency  —  The Ohio congresswoman had previously been lobbying for the position of Agriculture secretary.  —  Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and Rep. Marcia Fudge wave to attendees of a campaign event in Cleveland.  David Dermer/AP Photo
Discussion: ABC News, Common Dreams and Axios
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Politico:
Bernie co-chair Nina Turner eyes Fudge seat
Discussion: The Hill
Molly Redden / HuffPost:
Sen. Kelly Loeffler's Husband Bought Stock In Sectors Set To Benefit From Then-Secret Bill  —  While Republicans privately drafted the CARES Act, Loeffler's husband was buying shares in corporations that would reap millions, a HuffPost investigation found.  —  In mid-March, with the American economy …
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Incognito Cops Roamed the Streets Amid Summer Protests.  The Defense Bill Will Put a Stop to It.  —  If the annual defense bill triumphs over President Trump's veto threat, one of its measures will enshrine a direct rejection of his response to this summer's mass protests for Black liberation.
Discussion: CNN and National Review
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Christopher Nolan Rips HBO Max as “Worst Streaming Service,” Denounces Warner Bros.' Plan  —  To many insiders, WarnerMedia's blindsiding of talent and their reps with news that it would send 17 films directly to HBO Max in 2021 felt like an insult.  —  For many in the movie business …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The $124 billion Supreme Court case that could throw the housing market into turmoil, explained  —  Collins v. Mnuchin is an early test of just how much chaos the Supreme Court's new majority is willing to impose on the government.  —  SHARE All sharing options
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Don't allow ‘vaccine politics’ to delay saving lives  —  With nearly 3,000 people a day dying of COVID-19, our country faces a renewed, full-blown medical emergency.  And yet, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fallen behind the United Kingdom in approving distribution …
New York Times:
AstraZeneca Missteps Undermined U.S. Faith in Coronavirus Vaccine  —  The Oxford-AstraZeneca effort held great promise to help arrest the pandemic.  But a series of miscues caused it to fall behind in the U.S.  —  On the afternoon of Sept. 8, AstraZeneca officials had a conference call with the Food and Drug Administration.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Guardian
 
 
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
He Pretended to Be Trump's Family. Then Trump Fell for It.
Washington Post:
The Washington Post names Siobhán O'Grady its Cairo bureau chief
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Hispanic caucus backs former teacher's union chief for Education secretary
Discussion: The Hill
Bobby Lewis / Media Matters for America:
Sean Hannity's gross hypocrisy on a Staten Island bar and Black Lives Matter
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Next Attorney General Must Lead ‘Salvage Operation’ At Justice, Insiders Say
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The false comparison of the Russia investigation with Trump's ‘fraud’ claims
Discussion: GovExec.com
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Panel blasts Fort Hood leaders, Army after disappearance, death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen; 14 fired or suspended
Emily Jacobs / New York Post:
Top Chinese professor boasts of operatives in top of US ‘core inner circle’
 Earlier Items: 
Ben Makuch / VICE:
A Proud Boys Lawyer Wanted to Be a Nazi Terrorist
Discussion: Raw Story
Audrey Conklin / Fox News:
Bernie Sanders concedes Democrats held up coronavirus relief: 'That's right'
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Neal Katyal and the Depravity of Big Law
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
The Silence of Pope Francis
CNN:
Florida police raid home of former state Covid-19 data scientist
HuffPost:
The Marines And The Racist Porn Actor Who Tried To Start A ‘Modern Day SS’
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

 
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