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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump warns Georgia AG not to rally other Republicans against Texas lawsuit  —  The phone call came shortly before Loeffler, Perdue endorsed improbable election challenge  —  President Donald Trump warned Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr not to rally other Republican officials …
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Washington Post:
Trump pressures congressional Republicans to help in his fight to overturn the election  —  President Trump is shifting his focus to Congress after the courts roundly rejected his bid to overturn the results of the election, pressuring congressional Republicans into taking a final stand to keep him in power.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Texas's Frivolous Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn Election in Four Other States  —  NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he first thing to notice about Texas's desperation lawsuit, which seeks to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election, is what does not appear on the front page: the name of the state's solicitor general, Kyle Hawkins.
Lisa Marshall Manheim / Washington Post:
Texas can't block votes cast in other states. Absurdly, it's trying.
Steve Vladeck / NBC News:
17 states and Trump join Texas' lawsuit. It's still a doomed Supreme Court stunt.
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Dianne Feinstein's Missteps Raise a Painful Age Question Among Senate Democrats  —  In a hearing on November 17th, Dianne Feinstein, the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who, at eighty-seven, is the oldest member of the Senate, grilled a witness.
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Amy Coney Barrett Wasn't a Trump Rubber Stamp After All
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump and Friends Got Coronavirus Care Many Others Couldn't  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani became the latest in President Trump's inner circle to boast about the treatment he received for Covid-19, as hospitals across the country ration care.  —  WASHINGTON — Ben Carson, Chris Christie …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Justice Department's interest in Hunter Biden covered more than taxes  —  The federal investigation into President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter has been more extensive than a statement from Hunter Biden indicates, according to a person with firsthand knowledge of the investigation.
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New York Times:
Biden taps Katherine Tai as trade representative.  —  The Justice Department is investigating the tax affairs of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s son Hunter, he disclosed in a statement on Wednesday.  —  The investigation is being led by the U.S. attorney's office in Delaware.
CNN:
Federal criminal investigation into Hunter Biden focuses on his business dealings in China
John F. Harris / Politico:
Relax, A Trump Comeback In 2024 Is Not Going To Happen  —  Donald Trump lost the presidency, but his opponents so far have not achieved the victory they want most: A fatal puncturing of the Trump movement, a repudiation so complete that it severs his astonishing grip on supporters and leaves …
Bridge Magazine:
‘I am certainly not dead!’  Living voters contradict Michigan GOP fraud claims  —  LANSING — When conservative activist Meshawn Maddock obtained a list of allegedly dead Michigan voters, she didn't report it to law enforcement.  —  She posted the list on Facebook this week …
Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP senators ready to acknowledge Biden won but struggle with Trump's refusal to concede  —  (CNN)A growing number of Senate Republicans are ready to publicly acknowledge what's been widely known for weeks but what they've refused to say: Joe Biden won the presidency and will be sworn in on January 20.
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Alex Kotch / EXPOSEDbyCMD:
Who Funds the Federalist?  Finally, We Know.  —  For years, the funding behind the right-wing, pro-Trump publication The Federalist has been a total mystery.  Many Twitter users have asked the website's leaders, repeatedly, “Who funds The Federalist?” only to be blocked by the likes …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Biden to campaign in Atlanta on Tuesday for Ossoff, Warnock  —  President-elect Joe Biden will campaign in Atlanta on Tuesday for Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to rally Democrats ahead of Jan. 5 runoffs to determine control of the U.S. Senate.
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Michael Ruiz / Fox News:   Warnock compared Netanyahu to segregationist George Wallace in 2016 sermon denouncing Israeli prime minister
Ryan Grim / Bad News:
Inside Biden's meeting with civil rights leaders  —  Here's the audio  —  Democrats in the House, Senate, and around the country have been urging President-elect Joe Biden to use the maximum amount of executive authority available to him in order to grow the economy, expand civil rights …
Washington Post:
VA watchdog told prosecutors his probe of Secretary Wilkie's effort to discredit House staffer turned up possible criminal conduct  —  The Veterans Affairs inspector general informed federal prosecutors this fall of possible criminal conduct by Secretary Robert Wilkie stemming from an investigation …
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
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Task & Purpose:   It's time for a post-9/11 veteran to lead the VA
Media Matters for America:
Rush Limbaugh: “There cannot be a peaceful coexistence” between liberals and conservatives  —  Sean Hannity calls for a special prosecutor to investigate bogus claims of election fraud  —  Steve Bannon: “It's still a big possibility to have a contingent election”
Politico:
How Biden aims to Covid-proof his administration  —  Small and infrequent public events.  Repeated testing of staff, reporters and the president-elect.  Aides debating policies and Cabinet picks without ever meeting face-to-face.  Preparations for a pared-down, mostly virtual inauguration.
Steve Israel / The Hill:
Democrats need a post-Trump message  —  The 2020 election is over (unless you think like President Trump).  The 2022 election cycle begins, and with it the biannual Democratic debate over the party's message.  It is a tortured soul search for who we are, what we stand for and how we should say it.
Washington Examiner:
School board's renunciation of Jefferson and Mason is politically correct claptrap  —  The Falls Church City Public Schools board in Virginia beclowned itself Tuesday by voting unanimously to remove the names of founders Thomas Jefferson and George Mason from an elementary school and a high school, respectively.
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
“He's Radioactive”: Inside Johnny Depp's Self-Made Implosion  —  It wasn't just erratic and violent behavior that wrecked one of the world's most bankable stars.  It was his unquenchable thirst for revenge.  —  In the face of mounting bad publicity, Johnny Depp could still count …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and The Daily Caller
Tim Wu / New York Times:
What Really Saved the Republic From Trump?  —  It wasn't our constitutional system of checks and balances.  —  Mr. Wu is a law professor at Columbia University.  —  Americans are taught that the main function of the U.S. Constitution is the control of executive power: curtailing presidents who might seek to become tyrants.
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Minneapolis cuts police funding by $8M amid crime surge following summer riots  —  Budget does not cut authorized number of officers after veto threat from mayor  —  Police cuts OK'd as Minneapolis City Council approves budget plan  —  The Minneapolis City Council, the city …
Jim Mustian / Associated Press:
‘Under the rug:’ Sexual misconduct shakes FBI's senior ranks  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — An assistant FBI director retired after he was accused of drunkenly groping a female subordinate in a stairwell.  Another senior FBI official left after he was found to have sexually harassed eight employees.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lindsey Graham Says Stacey Abrams Tricked Republicans Into Helping Biden Win  —  The GOP senator knows he's spreading dangerous lies about voter fraud.  But he's staying in Trump's good graces, so it's worth it.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that President-elect Joe Biden won …
Discussion: NBC News
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Bitter clingers of America, unite!  —  A yard sign near my house captures two huge areas of cultural conflict in which conservative forces are starting to push back against the Left.  Ordinary people once retreated before the advance of big government, but now, they've had enough.
Washington Post:
Biden team explores Sen. Doug Jones for attorney general nominee as the candidate list narrows to four names  —  President-elect Joe Biden's top advisers have asked at least one outside advocacy group for input about Sen. Doug Jones as a potential attorney general, one indication that his team …
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Affordable Care Act Approval Tied for High
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Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
How Kelly Loeffler's Firm Facilitated an Enron-Like Scandal
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