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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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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
What's Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen? — Some are certain the election was fraudulent. Others aren't so sure. What becomes of their skepticism has important implications for American democracy. — WASHINGTON — Richard Everit walked with a heavy heart …
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CNN:
Track Electoral College votes, state by state — (CNN)The outcome of the presidential election has been clear for weeks, but on Monday it gets one step closer to being official as the Electoral College meets. — Across the US, 538 electors are gathering in their respective states to cast electoral votes for president.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Electoral College Day
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New York Times:
Live: Here Are the Electoral College Results, By State
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
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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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Emergency Directive 21-01 — Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise
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Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Suspected Russian hackers spied on U.S. Treasury emails - sources
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Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Michigan House, Senate close offices due to threats ahead of electors' meeting — Lansing — Citing “safety and security concerns,” the Michigan House and Senate will close their offices in downtown Lansing on Monday as presidential electors meet in the state Capitol.
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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan House punishes GOP Rep. Gary Eisen for hinting at Electoral College disruption — Michigan Republican legislative leaders pulled a GOP lawmaker from his committee assignments Monday after the lawmaker hinted he was part of a group that sought to disrupt or otherwise undermine t …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Michigan closes legislative buildings due to ‘credible threats of violence’ ahead of electoral college vote
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Washington Post:
‘A dark, empty place:’ Public officials face personal threats as tensions flare
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Legislative office buildings in Lansing closed Monday over security concerns
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Smartmatic.com:
Smartmatic Demands Justice for Defamation — Smartmatic announced today that it is issuing legal notices and retraction demand letters to Fox News, Newsmax and One America News Network for publishing false and defamatory statements. The demand letters identify dozens of factually inaccurate statements …
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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 …
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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.
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Kaylee McGhee White / Washington Examiner:
Talk of secession is madness — After the Supreme Court refused to hear Texas's attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election in four battleground states, the Texas GOP floated an idea more radical than the original lawsuit: secession. — “The Supreme Court …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Challenge Is Over — After losing at the Supreme Court, he has no legal alternatives and ought to concede. — By The Editorial Board — The Electoral College meets Monday to cast its votes for President, officially marking Joe Biden as the election winner.
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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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Glen Johnson / Axios:
Scoop: O'Brien takes wife on COVID-era tour of Europe
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump tells allies he will run in 2024, but hints he may back out — Donald Trump doesn't need to run for president again. He just needs everyone to think he is. — The president's recent discussions with those around him reveal that he sees his White House comeback deliberations …
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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 …
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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 …
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Associated Press:
U.S. blames Iran in abduction, death of ex-FBI agent Levinson — The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence officers believed responsible for his abduction.
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Inside the ‘nasty’ feud between Trump and the Republican governor he blames for losing Georgia — The first major fissure in the relationship between President Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp came a year ago, when Kemp paid Trump a clandestine visit in the White House residence.
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Wall Street Journal:
Barr Kept Biden Probes From Public to Avoid Election Politics — In preventing leaks, attorney general hewed to Justice Department practice and defied his critics' view of him — Attorney General William Barr, in the weeks before November's election, instructed prosecutors and senior colleagues …
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Google Dominates Thanks to an Unrivaled View of the Web — As regulators seek ways to curb the company's power, there is more focus on the vast index — hundreds of billion of web pages — behind its search engine. — OAKLAND, Calif. — In 2000, just two years after it was founded …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Americans willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine but divided on timing: POLL — The new ABC News/Ipsos poll comes as all 50 states receive the vaccine. — Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine? — Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics …
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Axis of Assholes Just Completed Its Hostile Takeover of the Republican Party — MITCH & THE SEDITIOUS SEVENTEEN … He lost the election, but his true believers, denying that defeat to the bitter end and already preparing to sabotage everything the Biden administration does, are the party now.
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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 …
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
In final years at Liberty, Falwell spent millions on pro-Trump causes — After shocking many in the evangelical movement by endorsing Donald Trump over other Republicans for the 2016 presidential nomination, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. pumped millions of the nonprofit …
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