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11:30 PM ET, December 13, 2020

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect  —  In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments.  Other breaches are under investigation.
Discussion: The Week and Scripting News
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian government spies are behind a broad hacking campaign that has breached U.S. agencies and a top cyber firm  —  The Russian government hackers who breached a top cybersecurity firm are behind a much broader espionage campaign that also compromised the Treasury and Commerce departments …
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers backed by a foreign government have been monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury Department and an agency that decides internet and telecommunications policy, according to people familiar with the matter.
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Agencies Hacked in Foreign Cyber Espionage Campaign
Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Team Strikes Back  —  Its strategists promote an identity politics campaign against an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of ‘Dr.’  —  Joe Biden says it is “time to heal” America's divisions after the Trump presidency, and The Wall Street Journal has praised him for saying so.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Wall Street Journal Opinion Editor Defends Item on Dr. Jill Biden  —  “There's nothing like playing the race or gender card to stifle criticism,” Paul A. Gigot said as he accused Democrats of orchestrating a coordinated response to an op-ed piece.  —  The editorial page editor …
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought  —  In one of my favorite episodes of “The West Wing,” Abigail Bartlet, a trained surgeon and the fictional first lady, speaks with a White House attorney about a looming scandal.  The lawyer addresses her as “Mrs. Bartlet …
Discussion: RedState, The College Fix, Slate and NPR
New York Times:
Cleveland's Baseball Team Will Drop Its Indians Team Name  —  The decision comes amid a wider push for sports teams to stop using Native American names and imagery as team names and mascots.  —  Following years of protests from fans and Native American groups, the Cleveland Indians have decided …
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Stunning Passage from the Latest Court Rejection of Team Trump  —  What a Wisconsin federal court's order turning back another campaign lawsuit tells us about the election-rigging case.  —  he most telling aspect of the Wisconsin federal district court's rejection of another Trump campaign lawsuit …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker.  Then Tim Cook Found Out.  —  Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told.  The message is clear: Be careful who you offend.  —  The show was called “Scraper,” but it was clearly about Gawker Media, the network of aggressive …
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: White House Staff Will Be Among the First to Get Vaccinated  —  Shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine left a facility in Michigan early Sunday, the initial step in the most ambitious vaccination plan in U.S. history.  The F.D.A. chief says the vaccine …
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Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
U.S. expects to have immunized 100 million against COVID-19 by end of March -Slaoui
Discussion: The Hill
Glen Johnson / Axios:
Scoop: O'Brien takes wife on COVID-era tour of Europe  —  National security adviser Robert O'Brien is taking his wife on a holiday tour of the romantic Mediterranean and European capitals, including seeking a private tour of the Louvre despite it being closed because of coronavirus restrictions, people familiar with the trip tell Axios.
Discussion: The White House
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CNN:
White House staffers to receive Covid-19 vaccine ahead of general public
Discussion: Associated Press
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump, Top Officials to Be Offered Covid Vaccine Within Days
Discussion: Axios and New York Post
Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
The Electoral College Shouldn't Matter More Than the Majority's Votes  —  Majority rule shapes our lives — except when it comes to electing the president.  —  Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board.  —  As the 538 members of the Electoral College gather on Monday to carry …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:   States prepare for pandemic-era Electoral College meeting
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Most feel election is “settled” but Trump voters disagree
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Is Dead at 89  —  Graham Greene called “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” featuring the plump, ill-dressed George Smiley, the greatest spy story he had ever read.  —  LONDON — John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced …
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ novelist John le Carre dies aged 89
Discussion: Variety
New York Times:
Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence  —  Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress's tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump.  The attempt will put Republicans in a pinch.  —  President Trump lost key swing states by clear margins.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Karl Rove: Trump Is ‘On the Edge of Looking Like a Sore Loser’
Discussion: Law & Crime
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Loeffler disavows photo taken with longtime white supremacist  —  Sen. Kelly Loeffler's campaign strongly condemned a photo circulating on social media of her posing with a longtime white supremacist taken at an event in Dawsonville on Friday.The photo shows Loeffler smiling from beneath …
CNN:
Pete Buttigieg emerging as leading contender for Transportation secretary  —  (CNN)Pete Buttigieg is emerging as a leading contender to be Joe Biden's Transportation secretary, multiple sources familiar with the transition's deliberations tell CNN.  —  The possible nomination would vault …
Discussion: The Hill and Chicago Sun-Times
John Harwood / CNN:
Trump will leave office with a historically bad economic record  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump still can't accept the numbers measuring his loss to Joe Biden: more than 7 million popular votes and 74 electoral votes.  —  But another set of numbers adds insult to his psychological injury.
Discussion: Raw Story
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John Nichols / madison.com:
Tom Tiffany chooses Trump over Wisconsin  —  Two hundred and fifty nine residents of the Town of Little Rice in Oneida County cast ballots in the Nov. 3 presidential election.  U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, who got his start in politics as a Little Rice town supervisor, signaled last week that he is prepared to disenfranchise all 259 of them.
 
 
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Washington Post:
‘A dark, empty place:’ Public officials face personal threats as tensions flare
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The High Stakes of Georgia's Loeffler-Warnock Senate Race
Discussion: Washington Times and Daily Kos
Christine Jordan Sexton / Florida Politics:
Gov. DeSantis suggests one dose of Pfizer vaccine may be enough
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden weighs Sam Power for USAID
Discussion: Foreign Affairs and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
In India, Facebook Fears Crackdown on Hate Groups Could Backfire on Its Staff
Washington Post:
Historic D.C. Black churches attacked during pro-Trump rallies Saturday
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Linda Sarsour, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib star in Raphael Warnock vote-a-thon event
Discussion: Townhall and CAIR
 Earlier Items: 
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
On Immigration, Activists' Demands May Exceed Biden Realities
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
U.S. border officials expelled dozens of migrant children in violation of court order
Wall Street Journal:
Getting Covid Vaccines to People Will Cost States Billions They Don't Have
Discussion: Axios
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
She Stalked Her Daughter's Killers Across Mexico, One by One
David French / The Dispatch:
The Dangerous Idolatry of Christian Trumpism
 

 
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Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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