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Wall Street Journal:
Barr Worked to Keep Hunter Biden Probes from Public View During Election  —  The attorney general knew for months about investigations into Biden's business and financial dealings  —  Attorney General William Barr has known about a disparate set of investigations involving Hunter Biden's business …
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New York Times:
Manhattan D.A. Intensifies Investigation of Trump  —  Prosecutors have recently interviewed employees of President Trump's lender and insurance brokerage, in the latest indication that he still faces the potential threat of criminal charges once he leaves office.
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Paralyzed  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE 116TH CONGRESS started with a government shutdown, and it's ending with the institution completely paralyzed by its efforts to put in place policies to help Americans rebound from the coronavirus.  The same set of policies …
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Examiner
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Investigation of His Son Is Likely to Hang Over Biden as He Takes Office  —  Unless the Trump Justice Department clears Hunter Biden, the new president will confront the prospect of his own administration handling an inquiry that could expose his son to criminal prosecution.
Time:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Are TIME's 2020 Person of the Year  —  Together, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris offered restoration and renewal in a single ticket.  And America bought what they were selling
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Politico:
Biden's Cabinet picks give Kamala an edge in 2024  —  Biden has opted for seasoned technocrats over ambitious pols for key jobs, denying potential political rivals to Harris a political springboard.  —  President-elect Joe Biden listens as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris addresses the media on November 10, 2020.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
TIME:
Who Will Be TIME's Person of the Year for 2020?
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
It's Not Just Trump's War on Democracy Anymore  —  Republicans have gone far beyond merely humoring their losing leader.  —  The streets are still quiet in Washington, nine months into a pandemic that is reaching yet another deadly peak.  Most of the offices remain closed …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The GOP Abandons Democracy  —  When Donald Trump was granted a coat of arms for his Scottish golf courses in 2012 (after a lengthy court battle, of course), he chose as its motto “Numquam concedere”: Never concede.  He has not, even as it has become clear that he lost the presidential election by a wide margin.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The ‘Trump Won’ Farce Isn't Funny Anymore  —  Republicans are now seriously arguing that elections are legitimate only when their side wins.  —  To tell a joke to a crowd is to learn a little something about the people who laugh  —  For our purposes, the “joke” is President Trump's ongoing fight …
New York Times:
Four State A.G.s Ask Supreme Court to Reject Texas Election Lawsuit
Washington Post:
With time running out, Trump and GOP allies turn up pressure on Supreme Court in election assault
George Conway / Washington Post:
Trump's last-ditch effort to steal the election is the biggest farce of all
CNN:
Battleground states issue blistering rebukes to Texas' lawsuit to invalidate millions of votes
Tony Plohetski / KVUE-TV:
FBI subpoenas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton amid whistleblower allegations  —  The investigation started after top aides alleged they believe Paxton may be committing crimes that include abuse of office and bribery.  —  AUSTIN, Texas — FBI agents have issued at least one federal subpoena …
Discussion: The Hill, Newsweek and KXAN-TV
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Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
Trump Administration Executes Brandon Bernard After Jurors Plead For His Life  —  Bernard was an accomplice to a crime at age 18.  He is the ninth person to be executed as part of the Trump administration's end-of-office killing spree.  —  The Trump administration executed 40-year-old Brandon Bernard …
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New York Times:
F.D.A. Advisory Panel Gives Green Light to Pfizer Vaccine  —  The blessing of these experts means that the agency will OK the vaccine's use, paving the way for health care workers to begin getting shots next week.  —  Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine passed a critical milestone on Thursday …
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Washington Examiner:
Biden is not the coronavirus messiah  —  With the help of his media allies, President-elect Joe Biden is trying to present himself as a messiah figure who will be able to lead America out of the darkest days of the pandemic within his first 100 days in office.
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James Walker / Newsweek:   White House Will Be Thoroughly Disinfected in the Hours After Trump's Exit
New York Times:
Pentagon Weighs Sharp Drawback in Support for C.I.A.  —  A broad review of the military's support for the agency is underway, including pulling back personnel and rethinking support for C.I.A. operations around the world.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering whether …
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Terry Gross / NPR:
‘It Is Roiling Him’: Reporter Maggie Haberman Unpacks Trump's Refusal To Admit He Lost  —  With only a few weeks until President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, President Trump still won't admit defeat.  White House correspondent Maggie Haberman, who has reported on Trump over the past 20 years, sheds light on his refusal to concede.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Sohrab Ahmari / New York Post:
Media disgraceful in trying to suppress Post's Hunter Biden reporting  —  In high-school journalism classes, teenaged would-be reporters are taught to value curiosity and independent thinking above all.  Question powerful people, they're told, and don't trust anything anyone says, even if it's Mom telling you she loves you.
Discussion: Power Line and Fox News
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New York Post:
Surprised by Hunter Biden criminal probe? Blame media collusion
Bloomberg:
China Authorities Detain Bloomberg News Beijing Staff Member  —  Chinese authorities have detained Haze Fan, who works for the Bloomberg News bureau in Beijing, on suspicion of endangering national security.  —  Fan was last in contact with one of her editors around 11:30 a.m. local time on Monday.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden is picking a Cabinet built for comfort.  What he needs is vision.  —  The “comfort-level” Cabinet that President-elect Joe Biden is assembling has some obvious benefits, especially after four years of the petulance and backbiting that turned the White House into what one Trump chief of staff reportedly called “Crazytown.”
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Secession?  Rush Limbaugh floats a startling notion — then quickly backs off.  —  Rush Limbaugh isn't saying he wants the country to split into red and blue factions as a result of conservative fury over the election results.  As he attempted to make clear Thursday, he's just saying that other people are saying it.
Dave Levinthal / Business Insider:
Donald Trump's campaign finally paid this Wisconsin city's police bill.  But others — from El Paso, Texas, to Erie, Pennsylvania — are still getting stiffed. … - The city of La Crosse, Wisconsin got something many others are still waiting for.  The Trump campaign finally paid some of the money …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
How Trump Won One of America's Most Diverse Counties — By a Lot  —  PROSPECT, N.C.—  Jarrod Lowery, a former Marine, a current member of the Lumbee Tribal Council and an up-and-coming local Republican activist and operator in this age-old Democratic stronghold, steered …
Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story
New York Times:
Covid-19 caused the sudden death of a top state lawmaker in New Hampshire.  —  The New Hampshire State Legislature was already fiercely divided over the coronavirus when the new Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Richard Hinch, died suddenly on Wednesday.
James Bovard / The American Conservative:
Why We Question the Election Results  —  Doubt over the election is widely dismissed as crankery, but skepticism of the media elite narrative is hardly unwarranted.  —  Americans' trust in government and the media has collapsed.  Two months before the presidential election …
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Is Andrew Yang Running for Mayor?  All Signs Point to Yes  —  The former Democratic presidential candidate is meeting with New York City power brokers and telling them he intends to enter the race to succeed Bill de Blasio.  —  Andrew Yang, the former tech executive who gained a national following …
Discussion: The Hill
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The real history of race and the New Deal  —  Material benefits trumped FDR's terrible civil rights records  —  It's the end of the free period!  What more can I say?  You should subscribe!  And thank you if you already have subscribed.  —  A quick preliminary: People sometimes ask …
Discussion: Brookings
 
 
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EU leaders agree to reduce emissions after all-night talks
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John Solomon / Just The News:
Email provided to FBI alleges Hunter Biden hadn't paid taxes on some Burisma payments
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Rob Crisell / The American Spectator:
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Politico:
Pelosi looks to lock down speaker's vote in shadow of coronavirus
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Pentagon pick may need GOP rescue
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