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Alayna Treene / Axios:
McConnell urges Republicans not to contest Biden win on Jan. 6 — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team urged fellow Republicans on a conference call today not to participate in any efforts to object to certifying Joe Biden's presidential election win in the Jan. 6 joint session …
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Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson calls election legitimate and acknowledges Biden victory but still plans hearing on alleged ‘irregularities’ — One day after the Electoral College affirmed Democrat Joe Biden's presidential victory, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, said in an interview that he acknowledged Biden …
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AFP, The Hill, Slate, The Rush Limbaugh Show and Political Wire
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
McConnell sets up a clash with Trump over who's in charge in the GOP — Two things can be true at the same time. One is that Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election has been evident for several weeks, with no legitimate reason to doubt it (despite plenty of digging).
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Politico, The Hill, CNN, Colorado Pols, The Mahablog, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair, Reuters, The Daily Caller, NBC4 Washington, IJR, Cyprus Mail and The American Independent
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Biden admits to a ‘bit of a cold’ after Electoral College victory speech — With a slightly hoarse voice thanks the nation after crossing the 270-vote threshold — Joe Biden formally selected as 46th US president by Electoral College — President-elect Joe Biden confirmed that he is battling …
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Washington Examiner, New York Post, Crooks and Liars, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and Breitbart
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
After weeks of declining to recognize Biden's win, Mitch McConnell congratulates him for being the president-elect.
After weeks of declining to recognize Biden's win, Mitch McConnell congratulates him for being the president-elect.
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Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Mo Brooks: ‘Trump Won the Electoral College’ — I Can Be a Part of the ‘Surrender Caucus’ or I Can Fight for Our Country
Mo Brooks: ‘Trump Won the Electoral College’ — I Can Be a Part of the ‘Surrender Caucus’ or I Can Fight for Our Country
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The Hill, Forbes, Reason, Des Moines Register, Mediaite, Common Dreams and Conservative News Today
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's frenetic, fanciful, bitter final plea
Scoop: Trump's frenetic, fanciful, bitter final plea
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HotAir, American Prospect, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Raw Story, BuzzFeed News, Washington Post, Crooks and Liars, Washington Examiner and CBS News
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Newsmax says it will refer to Biden as president-elect
Newsmax says it will refer to Biden as president-elect
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Political Wire, Crooks and Liars, Media Matters for America, Mediaite and TVNewser
Dan Merica / CNN:
Joe Biden picks Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary — (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, elevating the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to a top post in the federal government.
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Washington Post:
Biden to name Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary — President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be his secretary of transportation, elevating the onetime rival to a key role in the incoming administration's push to rebuild American infrastructure and the economy …
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CNBC, WXYZ-TV, Associated Press, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, Revolving Door Project, New York Post and Political Wire
Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden taps former rival Buttigieg for U.S. Transportation secretary -sources — WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Pete Buttigieg, his former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, to lead the U.S. Transportation Department, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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New York Times, Business Insider, Breitbart, RedState, The 19th, KTLA, Townhall and The Week
Politico:
Biden to nominate Buttigieg as transportation secretary
Biden to nominate Buttigieg as transportation secretary
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Fox News, Associated Press and The Root
Brian Naylor / NPR:
Biden Expected To Name Former Rival Buttigieg As Transportation Secretary
Biden Expected To Name Former Rival Buttigieg As Transportation Secretary
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Outside the Beltway
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Jenna Ellis, President Trump's lawyer, was fired from Weld County DA's office for “mistakes,” records show — Jenna Ellis, the attorney from Colorado representing President Donald Trump in his bid to overturn his 2020 election loss, was fired from her job as a Weld County prosecutor in 2013 …
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The Hill, Law & Crime, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Intellectualist, Raw Story, Colorado Newsline and Political Wire
Jill Tucker / San Francisco Chronicle:
Abraham Lincoln was once a hero. In some S.F. education circles, he's now a bad guy — Abraham Lincoln, an iconic American hero, could soon be an outcast in San Francisco, his legacy called into question and his name ripped off a high school. — Lincoln is one of dozens of historical figures who …
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Rachel Sharp / Daily Mail:
San Francisco to rename Abraham Lincoln High School because former president did not demonstrate that ‘black lives mattered to him’ - as woke renaming committee also takes aim at Democrat senator Dianne Feinstein and Teddy Roosevelt — San Francisco Unified School District's renaming …
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Townhall
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Everyone Trump Touches Dies: The List — He revealed people for what they really were. — Bill Barr? He gone. — Barr began the Year of Our Lord 2016 as a well respected member of the conservative legal establishment. He concludes 2020 with his reputation destroyed …
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New York Times
CBS Chicago:
‘You Have the Wrong Place:’ Body Camera Video Shows Moments Police Handcuff Innocent, Naked Woman During Wrong Raid — CHICAGO (CBS) — For the first time, police body camera video reveals what an innocent woman said happened to her nearly two years ago: police officers wrongly entered …
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Reason, Law & Crime, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
So Jeffrey Toobin Had a Zoom Incident. What Now? — How a leading man of legal journalism lost his sweetest gig. — Until Jeffrey Toobin's fateful appointment with Zoom on Oct. 15, his quarantine was going better than most people's. — In August, his eighth book, “True Crimes and Misdemeanors …
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Balloon Juice, Forbes, Althouse and Twitchy
David Agren / The Guardian:
Brazil and Mexico presidents recognize Biden's victory after facing criticism — Jair Bolsonaro and Andrés Manuel López Obrador both acknowledged Democrat's win after six-week hesitation — The populist leaders of Brazil and Mexico have both finally recognized Joe Biden's election victory …
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Associated Press and CNN
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President of Russia:
Congratulations to Joseph R. Biden on winning US presidential election
Congratulations to Joseph R. Biden on winning US presidential election
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New York Times, Snopes.com, The Hill, The Wrap, Defense One, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Vox, CBS News, NPR, CNBC, Associated Press and Daily Kos
Mary Ilyushina / CNN:
Putin finally congratulates Biden on US election victory
Putin finally congratulates Biden on US election victory
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New York Times:
Moderna Vaccine Is Highly Protective and Prevents Severe Covid-19, Data Show — The positive review likely ensures that the F.D.A. will approve a second coronavirus vaccine this week for millions of Americans. — WASHINGTON — The coronavirus vaccine made by Moderna is highly protective …
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Moderna's vaccine is highly effective, FDA says, clearing way for second vaccine
Moderna's vaccine is highly effective, FDA says, clearing way for second vaccine
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Reason, Townhall, HotAir, Mother Jones, NBC4 Washington and KTLA
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Trump claims new fraud evidence as Michigan officials push back on disputed report — President Trump on Tuesday argued that voting machines in Michigan had substantial errors, citing a statistic from a report released Monday that has since been disputed by top state election officials.
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Washington Examiner, Dominion Voting Systems, RedState, The American Independent and The Daily Caller
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Brian Trusdell / Newsmax:
Audit Finds Mich. County's Dominion Voting Was Rigged to Create Fraud
Audit Finds Mich. County's Dominion Voting Was Rigged to Create Fraud
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Detroit Free Press, TheBlaze and HotAir
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump antagonizes Republicans with Georgia fundraising ploy — President Donald Trump couldn't make it any clearer: He needs his supporters to fork over cash for the all-important Georgia Senate runoff elections. — “We MUST defend Georgia from the Dems!” he wrote in one recent text message.
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US Food and Drug Administration:
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Antigen Test as First Over-the-Counter Fully At-Home Diagnostic Test for COVID-19 — Test is authorized for individuals two years of age or older, including those not showing symptoms — For Immediate Release:
Sarah Schiff / About Facebook:
An Update on the Georgia Runoff Elections — We are maintaining our temporary pause for ads about social issues, elections or politics in the US. However, in recent weeks we've heard feedback from experts and advertisers across the political spectrum about the importance of expressing voice …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Exclusive: Facebook lifts political ad ban for Georgia runoffs
Exclusive: Facebook lifts political ad ban for Georgia runoffs
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The Hill and One America News Network, more at Techmeme »
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard Indicted on Sex-Trafficking Charges — Mr. Nygard was arrested in Canada at the request of the U.S. attorney's office in New York City, which accused him of recruiting dozens of women for sex. — Peter Nygard, the Canadian fashion retailer …
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The Hill and Justice News
Reuters:
Hackers at center of sprawling spy campaign turned SolarWinds' dominance against it — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On an earnings call two months ago, SolarWinds Chief Executive Kevin Thompson touted how far the company had gone during his 11 years at the helm. — There was not a database …
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Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Trump Retweets Threat to Jail Georgia's Governor and Secretary of State — Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. — It's a strange day for democracy when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Inside the Right-Wing Media Bubble, Where the Myth of a Trump Win Lives On — The Electoral College has affirmed Biden's victory. That doesn't mean that Trump-friendly news outlets have accepted it. — President Trump's media criticism is usually binary — there are “good stories,” favorable to him, and then the other category.
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The Nation, Los Angeles Times, Common Dreams, Washington Examiner, Right Wing Watch, Raw Story, The Week, Washington Post and Politico
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Big-name House Republicans sign letter demanding Pelosi remove Swalwell from intelligence committee — A group of House Republicans, led by some of the most high-profile members of the caucus, called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence …
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CNN, Sara A. Carter, The Daily Caller, National Review, Fox News and Breitbart
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Representative Mike Johnson Thinks That the Election Isn't Over — Last week, the Republican attorney general of Texas, with support from Republican attorneys general in eighteen other states, filed briefs urging the Supreme Court to overturn the results of the election in four swing states that favored Joe Biden.
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Mercury News, Raw Story, Michigan Advance and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden and Harris will take oaths on Capitol stage, inauguration committee confirms — President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris will be sworn in to office on the steps of the Capitol next month, but those who are planning his inauguration are urging Americans to stay …
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Politico, CNBC, Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Axios, CBS News, The American Independent, Forbes, HotAir, The Week, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
Axios:
Manchin: GOP leadership will use bipartisan bill as framework for stimulus deal — The bipartisan group of senators working on an economic stimulus deal have received assurances from Senate GOP leadership that their $748 billion proposal will be used as the framework for a relief package …
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Forbes, Vox, Political Wire, Jacobin and The Daily Poster
Brad Bannon / The Hill:
Biden's cabinet is built for comfort, not speed — The late great Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) could have been talking about Donald Trump and Joe Biden when he said, “Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.”
Reuters:
Exclusive: New Mexico's Deb Haaland emerges as Biden's top choice to lead U.S. Interior -sources — WILMINGTON, Del./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico has emerged as President-elect Joe Biden's leading choice to head the Interior Department …
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Political Wire and One America News Network
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Melania Trump breaks children's hospital rules by taking her mask off to read to patients — (CNN)First lady Melania Trump broke stated mask policy at Children's National Hospital Tuesday when she removed her mask to read a holiday book to children. — Trump, who has visited children …
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The Hill
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine — The Doomsday Machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that went like this: Imagine a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life. Now suppose that machine is buried deep underground …
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court rules for Colorado church in coronavirus restrictions dispute — The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction to a Colorado church seeking relief from Gov. Jared Polis's gathering restrictions. — The court in a 6-3 decision referred both parties to a November New York case …
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Fox News and National Review
Mayank Aggarwal / The Independent:
Twitter confirms Trump can be banned from inauguration day onwards — Donald Trump is the second most-followed politician on Twitter after Barack Obama — Donald Trump, who currently enjoys certain exemptions from Twitter's policies due to his status as a world leader …
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TheBlaze and The Intellectualist