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7:55 AM ET, December 14, 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.
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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 …
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 Week, Politico and The White House
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government - sources
CBS News:
Trump scraps plan to have top White House personnel among first vaccinated against COVID-19
Discussion: WGN-TV and NPR
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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.
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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New York Times:
White House staff members will be among the first to be vaccinated.  —  White House staff members who work in close quarters with President Trump have been told they are scheduled to receive injections of the coronavirus vaccine soon, at a time when the first doses of the vaccine are being distributed …
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Delays Plan to Hasten Vaccines for White House Staff  —  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 …
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 …
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 …
CISA:
CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Mitigate the Compromise of Solarwinds Orion Network Management Products  —  WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) tonight issued Emergency Directive 21-01, in response to a known compromise involving SolarWinds Orion products …
Discussion: Forbes
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Kevin Mandia / FireEye:
Global Intrusion Campaign Leverages Software Supply Chain Compromise
Discussion: Bloomberg
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: UPI and Variety
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
Maria Carrasco / Politico:
Bill Cassidy warns GOP 'can't stand if we are divided'
bellingcat:
FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning  —  We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article.  You can read it here.  — In a previous series of investigations, Bellingcat uncovered evidence …
Christine Jordan Sexton / Florida Politics:
Gov. DeSantis suggests one dose of Pfizer vaccine may be enough  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis just a few days ago said that Americans need to unify behind the science that has led to the rapid development of vaccines.  So it was a bit strange that DeSantis on Friday said that perhaps the number …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
‘A dark, empty place:’ Public officials face personal threats as tensions flare  —  State and local officials of both parties have warned that President Trump's increasingly desperate tweets about election fraud are fueling the potential for violence as well as another ominous trend of 2020 …
Discussion: Axios
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
Washington Post:
Pro-Trump rally descends into chaos as Proud Boys roam D.C. looking to fight  —  Nearly three dozen people were arrested during a night of unrest in downtown Washington that began Saturday with rallies supporting President Trump and descended into chaos and violence as a group with ties …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
Historic D.C. Black churches attacked during pro-Trump rallies Saturday
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 …
 
 
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Rep. Tom McClintock / Washington Examiner:
Provide relief from lockdowns — by ending them
Maggie Severns / Politico:
In final years at Liberty, Falwell spent millions on pro-Trump causes
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
With U.S. Senate Runoffs Near, Georgia's Not Prosecuting Its Unprecedented Number of Double Voters
Sophia Yan / Telegraph:
China's tiny Jewish community in fear as Beijing erases its history
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Michigan House, Senate close offices due to threats ahead of electors' meeting
The Daily Beast:
Trump Says He'll Fight On. His Campaign HQ Is Literally Taking Down His Name.
Discussion: Raw Story
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
As Biden Prepares to Take Office, a New Rush at the Border
 Earlier Items: 
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Americans willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine but divided on timing: POLL
Discussion: Bloomberg
Mark Hay / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Neo-Nazi Scheme to Exploit Anti-Vaxxer Panic and Spark Chaos
Discussion: Raw Story
John Nichols / madison.com:
Tom Tiffany chooses Trump over Wisconsin
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden weighs Sam Power for USAID
John Harwood / CNN:
Trump will leave office with a historically bad economic record
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix will host NFL Christmas games, including Beyonce's Halftime show, for only three hours after streaming them live; replays will be available on NFL+

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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