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New York Times:
As Trump Rails Against Loss, His Supporters Become More Threatening — The president's baseless claims of voting fraud have prompted outrage among his loyalists and led to behavior that Democrats and even some Republicans say has become dangerous. — With a key deadline passing Tuesday …
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Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
The Texas Attorney General's Shameful and Stupid Attempt to Crash the Election — Laughable statistics, unsubstantiated facts, and weak lawyering in the service of Donald Trump. — Here we go again. Another insane lawsuit. Another assault on the legitimacy of the only remaining branch …
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Israpundit, Reason, Politics News, Los Angeles Times, The Texas Tribune and UPI
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Republican Challenge to Pennsylvania Vote — In a one-sentence order, the court refused to overturn election results that had already been certified and submitted. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to overturn the state's election results.
David Baker / KASW-TV:
Arizona Supreme Court upholds Biden win in Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court upholds Biden win in Arizona
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Arizona Republic and The Week
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court refuses to hear Trump allies' challenge to Pennsylvania election
Supreme Court refuses to hear Trump allies' challenge to Pennsylvania election
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Erie Daily Times-Morning News, Reason, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and UPI
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Courts jettison more Georgia election challenges
Courts jettison more Georgia election challenges
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The Hill
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden eyeing Buttigieg for China ambassador — Letting him deepen his foreign policy chops could boost Buttigieg's future.
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Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Political Wire
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 …
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Common Dreams, Politico, The Hill, ABC News, Mother Jones, Washington Examiner, Fortune, The Week, Business Insider, Slate, National Review and Political Wire
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
McCarthy says GOP leaders agree to $600 cash stimulus — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tells Axios that both he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told the White House they would support including $600 stimulus checks in a coronavirus relief deal being negotiated in Congress.
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Joe Biden should lead a COVID-19 relief movement
Joe Biden should lead a COVID-19 relief movement
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Washington Examiner, NBC News, New York Times and Florida Politics
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Newsmax TV scores a ratings win over Fox News for the first time ever — New York (CNN Business)Newsmax TV has notched a ratings win over Fox News Channel for the very first time. — The win, fueled by conservative viewers who are disappointed by the election results, happened Monday evening.
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Axios, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Wrap, The Week and Todd Starnes
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David Bauder / Hosted:
Competitive CNN Shows Post-Election Surge In Viewership — NEW YORK (AP) — Since the presidential election, CNN has been on one of its best competitive rolls in almost two decades, enough that it is taking out newspaper ads touting its success. — Between Nov. 4 and Sunday …
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CBS News, Associated Press and Fox News
Politico:
Biden to tap Marcia Fudge to lead housing agency — President-elect Joe Biden has selected Rep. Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. — The offer to lead the roughly $50 billion housing agency comes …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden to pick Vilsack for agriculture secretary, Fudge for HUD — President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his agriculture secretary and Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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The Hill, Politico, Associated Press, The 19th, The US Sun, USA Today, The Week and Washington Examiner
Joe Biden / The Atlantic:
Why I Chose Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense — In late August of 2010, I traveled to Iraq for the fifth time as vice president. While there, I participated in the change-of-command ceremony for United States Forces-Iraq. President Barack Obama had charged me with overseeing the end …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Michèle Flournoy Again Finds Her Shot at the Top Pentagon Job Elusive
Michèle Flournoy Again Finds Her Shot at the Top Pentagon Job Elusive
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner and Vanity Fair
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Yang calling NYC elected officials to gauge mayoral run — NEW YORK — Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is calling elected officials to gauge support for a possible bid to become New York City's next mayor, according to several people involved in the talks.
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New York Post and POLITICUSUSA
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Nolan Hicks / New York Post:
Stringer weak, Yang could be 2021 NYC mayoral contender, poll shows
Stringer weak, Yang could be 2021 NYC mayoral contender, poll shows
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The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State — The Silicon Valley company said hackers — almost certainly Russian — made off with tools that could be used to mount new attacks around the world. — WASHINGTON — For years, the cybersecurity firm FireEye …
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
After Trump's Loss in Arizona, State Republicans Hurl Insults at One Another — A top Republican told the governor to “shut the hell up.” Another official described a lawmaker as a resident of “Crazytown.” All this in a state where the party recently reigned supreme.
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Arizona Republic, The Week, IJR, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Rep. Swalwell says Trump criticism behind spy story — Following a report that linked him to an alleged Chinese spy, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suggested the information was leaked to hurt him because of his frequent and loud criticism of President Donald Trump.
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Fox News, The Daily Caller, Power Line, New York Post and Axios
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Exclusive-Former U.S. homeland chief Johnson says he will not join Biden administration — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who was widely viewed as a strong contender for several Cabinet positions under incoming President Joe Biden …
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Washington Examiner and The Week
Axios:
Biden's West Wing to start with small staff to curb COVID-19 — President-elect Joe Biden will likely start with a “skeleton staff” in the West Wing to keep him healthy after the Trump administration's cavalier approach to the coronavirus, a White House support staffer familiar with the transition plans told Axios.
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Washington Post and The National Interest
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: West Wing fears COVID spread after Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis attends WH party
Scoop: West Wing fears COVID spread after Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis attends WH party
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Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Los Angeles' new district attorney announces sweeping reforms on first day — On his first day leading the country's largest district attorney's office, the top prosecutor in Los Angeles County announced a series of sweeping criminal justice reforms aimed at “permanently” changing the course of California's criminal justice system.
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Reason and Common Dreams
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
He Pretended to Be Trump's Family. Then Trump Fell for It. — For months, a 21-year-old Trump supporter impersonated Trump family members on Twitter, spreading conspiracy theories, asking for money and eventually drawing the attention of the president. — Last month, between tweets disputing …
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Business Insider and The Irish Times
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 …
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
How Biden Should Investigate Trump — I. A Crimes Commission? — As he prepares to occupy the White House, President-elect Joe Biden faces a decision rare in American history: what to do about the man who has just left office, whose personal corruption, disdain for the Constitution …
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NBC News, Los Angeles Times and New Republic
Politico:
Republicans plot their first and last Trump rebellion — Sen. Jim Inhofe is among Donald Trump's most loyal supporters. But with Inhofe and legions of other Republicans preparing to defy the president on a major defense bill, Trump decided to make one last push.
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Axios, Associated Press, Business Insider and KTAR.com
Washington Post:
Giuliani witness whose testimony went viral says she isn't self-quarantining despite his covid-19 diagnosis — A witness who attracted national attention after testifying at the side of Rudolph W. Giuliani about alleged voter fraud in Michigan says she is not self-quarantining and has not been tested …
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The Daily Beast
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Voice of America interim director pushed out by Trump-appointed overseer in final flurry of actions to assert control — The head of the agency that oversees Voice of America removed the international broadcasting service's interim director on Tuesday, in a move apparently aimed …
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Resentment That Never Sleeps — Rising anxiety over declining social status tells us a lot about how we got here and where we're going. — Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality. — More and more, politics determine …
Rae Yost / KCLO-TV:
Noem appears to acknowledge the Biden presidency — PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) said today that she “expects the road could be a little bit rough under the Biden administration with some of the policies that they've embraced.” — Noem's comments came during her fiscal year 2022 budget presentation in Pierre.
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CNN:
Protesters spent nearly an hour outside my home chanting about conspiracy theories. Here's what I learned — Jocelyn Benson is the Secretary of State of Michigan and author of “State Secretaries of State, Guardians of the Democratic Process.” The views in this commentary belong to the author.
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Washington Post and The American Independent
Mary Ellen Klas / Tampa Bay Times:
GOP lawyer resigns over treatment of Florida data analyst — Ron Filipkowski, a lifelong Republican who was appointed to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission by DeSantis, resigned Tuesday morning after reviewing the search warrant affidavit the state used to seize computers and phones from Rebekah Jones.
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and Florida Politics
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
How the F— Am I the Sane One? — Just over a decade ago I was tweeting bad things about David Souter. I had readers from RedState send so much rock salt to Olympia Snowe for siding with the Democrats in a committee vote on Obamacare that it made the Wall Street Journal. I sent balls to Mitch McConnell.
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Frederick M. Hess / The Hill:
Civic education vs. Constitutional education — The day after Donald Trump eked out his win in the 2016 presidential election, American education was swept by a renewed enthusiasm for civic education. Skeptics could have been forgiven for wondering whether this enthusiasm …
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Fox News and Defense One
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Newsom chief of staff to leave California governor's office — OAKLAND — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's chief of staff, Ann O'Leary, is leaving her post and has landed on the short list for jobs in the Biden administration, sources close to the governor told POLITICO.
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Washington Examiner
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Biden's Latest Nominee Proves He Comes Not To Bring Peace, But A Sword To The Culture War — What sort of culture war calming is this? Well, it isn't any at all, and none should ever been expected by serious people. So why did anyone?
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Two Presidents, Two Messages, One Killer Virus — In split-screen assessments of the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump focused on the “medical miracle” of vaccines and President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. warned of a “very dark winter.” — WASHINGTON — One president all but declared victory …
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