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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.
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
Washington Post:
Pfizer tells U.S. officials it cannot supply substantial additional vaccine until late June or July
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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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Texas Sues Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin at Supreme Court over Election Rules  —  The State of Texas filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court shortly before midnight on Monday challenging the election procedures in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania …
Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
Ted Cruz Wants to Toss Out 7 Million People's Votes. Appalling.
Texas Attorney General:
AG Pax­ton Sues Bat­tle­ground States for Uncon­sti­tu­tion­ al Changes to 2020 Elec­tion Laws
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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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
GOP congressman wants to condemn colleagues who call on Trump to concede  —  A Republican congressman wants to condemn GOP colleagues who refuse to back President Trump's efforts to challenge the results of the November election and who pressure him “to concede prematurely,” …
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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Washington Post:
Trump asks Pennsylvania House speaker for help overturning election results, personally intervening in a third state  —  President Trump called the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives twice during the past week to make the extraordinary request for help reversing his loss in the state …
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:
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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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 …
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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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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Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:   EXCLUSIVE: 'She's got some of us quaking in our boots.' Kellyanne Conway has sealed multi-million dollar deal to write ‘unvarnished, eye-popping’ memoir …
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
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“The caller was inside the house”: Former election security chief unloads on Trump “threat”  —  Christopher Krebs, the nation's former top election security official, tells “Axios on HBO” that President Trump is spreading disinformation, which he described as a form of domestic “threat” …
Discussion: Business Insider
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Washington Post:
Senate stimulus negotiations at risk of collapsing over whether companies can be sued for outbreaks  —  Democrats want protection for workers but Republicans warn of lawsuit frenzy, and debate is weighing on negotiations  —  The economic relief package attracting bipartisan interest in Congress …
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John Nichols / The Nation:   Mitch McConnell's Ghoulish Plan to Exploit Covid Desperation to Shield Corporate Crime
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 …
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 …
CNN:
Florida police raid home of former state Covid-19 data scientist  —  (CNN)Florida police raided the home of a former state coronavirus data scientist on Monday, escalating a feud between the state government and a data expert who has accused officials of trying to cover up the extent of the pandemic.
HuffPost:
The Marines And The Racist Porn Actor Who Tried To Start A ‘Modern Day SS’  —  Four neo-Nazis arrested on gun charges wanted to spark a race war, prosecutors said, and their potential targets included Black Lives Matter protesters.  —  In 2016, Liam Collins, then just a teenager living in New Jersey …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Next Attorney General Must Lead ‘Salvage Operation’ At Justice, Insiders Say  —  Veterans of the Justice Department are waiting with anticipation for President-elect Joe Biden to unveil his choice to serve as attorney general, a decision that has weighty consequences for civil rights and public confidence in the troubled department.
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Neal Katyal and the Depravity of Big Law  —  The United States has a political class that mistakes its professional norms for ethics.  Mainstream political journalists mindlessly grant anonymity to professional liars.  Elected officials put collegiality and institutional procedure over the needs and interests of their constituents.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
The Silence of Pope Francis  —  Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai goes to jail—and his shepherd is missing in action.  —  Jimmy Lai has embraced his destiny.  Last Wednesday the founder of one of Hong Kong's most popular newspapers, Apple Daily, was arrested on ginned-up fraud charges.
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 and Common Dreams
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Panel blasts Fort Hood leaders, Army after disappearance, death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen; 14 fired or suspended  —  WASHINGTON - An independent investigation into tragedies at Fort Hood, including the bludgeoning murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, found that leadership at the Army's largest base created a …
 
 
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Financial Times:
China curtails overseas lending in face of geopolitical backlash
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The false comparison of the Russia investigation with Trump's ‘fraud’ claims
Discussion: GovExec.com
Whet Moser / The Atlantic:
The Pandemic's Final Surge Will Be Brutal
Emily Jacobs / New York Post:
Top Chinese professor boasts of operatives in top of US ‘core inner circle’
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
Susannah George / Washington Post:
Behind the Taliban's ties to al-Qaeda: A shared ideology and decades of battlefield support
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Huawei tested AI software that could recognize Uighur minorities and alert police, report says
Kristi Noem / Wall Street Journal:
South Dakota's Balanced Covid Response
Discussion: Washington Post
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Howard Stern: Trump's COVID-19 handling is ‘treasonous’
Washington Examiner:
Biden's pick for healthcare boss is an unacceptable extremist
Discussion: Bloomberg
 

 
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