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8:25 PM ET, December 15, 2020

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Politico:
McConnell warns Senate Republicans against challenging election results  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Republican senators Tuesday during a private caucus call not to object to the election results on Jan. 6, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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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 …
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).
Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Ron Johnson calls election legitimate and acknowledges Biden victory but still plans hearing on alleged ‘irregularities’
The Hill:
Georgia GOP senators dig in on refusal to recognize Biden win
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
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
They Bet Big on Trump. Now They Claim Fraud.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Biden to tap former Michigan Gov. Granholm to lead Energy Department  —  President-elect Joe Biden will pick former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to run the Energy Department, the agency that would play a key role in helping develop the technologies needed fulfill his pledge to move the country off fossil fuels.
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Tap Jennifer Granholm for Energy Secretary
Discussion: Reuters
Michael Stratford / Politico:   DeVos urges career staff to ‘be the resistance’ as Biden takes over
Politico:
Why Biden thinks the GOP fever could break (really)  —  Welcome to POLITICO's 2020 Transition Playbook, your guide to one of the most consequential transfers of power in American history.  —  JOE BIDEN thinks he'll succeed where President BARACK OBAMA failed — at least when it comes to Republicans in Congress.
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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.
Washington Post:
Biden to name Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary
Bloomberg:
MacKenzie Scott Gives Away $4.2 Billion in Four Months  — World's 18th-richest person announced contributions on Medium  — Scott's total gifts this year are close to $6 billion  —  MacKenzie Scott is giving away her fortune at an unprecedented pace, donating more than $4 billion …
Discussion: Gothamist
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MacKenzie Scott / Medium:
384 Ways to Help  —  Emily Dickinson lived much of her life isolated in a single room …
ABC13:
Alleged crusade to stop voter fraud lands former HPD captain in handcuffs  —  HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A former Houston Police Department Captain was arrested and charged for running a man off the road and pointing a gun at his head in an attempt to prove claims of a massive voter fraud scheme …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump Organization Must Cough Up Docs on Seven Springs Engineer to New York Attorney General, Manhattan Judge Rules  —  Advancing an investigation likely to trail the outgoing Commander-in-Chief long into his post-presidency, a Manhattan judge ordered the Trump Organization and its attorney …
Discussion: The Intellectualist
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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Organization Ordered to Turn Over Documents to New York Attorney General
Sonia Moghe / CNN:
Trump Organization must turn over documents to NY attorney general, judge rules
Discussion: WPHM and Raw Story
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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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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
Condé Nast Puts Anna Wintour in Charge of Magazines Worldwide
Joyce Vance / MSNBC:
Barr's escape hatch isn't enough to shake Trump's stigma  —  Recently-resigned Attorney General William Barr left the Justice Department just like he came in — with a lie.  His lack of honesty and steadfast refusal to understand his duty to serve justice and the people …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:   Bill Barr's Resignation Letter Perfectly Reflects His Entire Career
Washington Post:
Biden picks former EPA chief Gina McCarthy as White House climate czar  —  McCarthy heads the Natural Resources Defense Council, which has sued the Trump administration more than 100 times.  —  President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Gina McCarthy, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency …
Discussion: The Hill, NPR, Axios, New York Times and The Week
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 …
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 …
Washington Post:
Mar-a-Lago neighbors to Trump: Spend your post-presidency elsewhere  —  Next-door neighbors of Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's private club in Palm Beach, Fla., that he has called his Winter White House, have a message for the outgoing commander in chief: We don't want you to be our neighbor.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: Justice News, The Hill and The Week
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden close to naming Michael Regan as EPA administrator  —  Michael Regan, the top environmental regulator in North Carolina, has emerged as a leading candidate to head the Environmental Protection Agency, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Why it matters: If nominated and confirmed …
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 …
Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:
Well-Employed in Pandemic Times: Landscaping Goats  —  The animals are hired to clear land because of their insatiable hunger for weeds.  And they don't have to honor lockdowns.  —  TEXT  —  43 RESPONSES  —  Candace Thompson, manager of the Stuyvesant Cove Park in lower Manhattan …
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.
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Republican contender for Va. governor says Trump should declare martial law  —  RICHMOND — State Sen. Amanda F. Chase, a brash Republican gubernatorial contender who bills herself as “Trump in heels,” called on President Trump on Tuesday to declare martial law to prevent his removal from office.
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:
The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road ‘Kingpin’  —  Two sources tell The Daily Beast that the president has expressed sympathy for the situation of Ross Ulbricht, who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. … In his final weeks in office before Joe Biden's inauguration …
 
 
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USA Today:
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Financial Times:
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Security Adviser Cuts Trip Short for Talks on Russia Hack
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