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12:15 PM ET, December 15, 2020

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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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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
After weeks of declining to recognize Biden's win, Mitch McConnell congratulates him for being the president-elect.  —  Breaking with President Trump's drive to overturn his election loss, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader and the most powerful Republican in Congress …
Politico:
‘Time for everybody to move on’: Senate GOP accepts Biden's win  —  Senate Republicans are finally starting to recognize Joe Biden as the next president of the United States — even if they waited until the very last minute.  —  When asked on Monday afternoon whether Biden was the president-elect …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
‘This is the reality’: Newsmax and One America grapple uneasily with Biden's electoral college victory  —  For the past six weeks, two upstart cable news channels — Newsmax and One America News — have tried to outflank Fox News from the right by embracing President Trump's strategy of election denialism.
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Trump Retweets Threat to Jail Georgia's Governor and Secretary of State
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
‘Electoral College Has Spoken’: McConnell Belatedly Congratulates Biden On Win
Wall Street Journal:
More Republicans Now Say Joe Biden Is President-Elect
Thomas Barrabi / Fox News:
Biden admits to a ‘bit of a cold’ after Electoral College victory speech
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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Will Feuer / CNBC:
Pfizer's CEO hasn't gotten his Covid vaccine yet, saying he doesn't want to cut in line
Discussion: NECN
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Barr failed at his job.  His bootlicking resignation letter made that clear.  —  William P. Barr told friends, when he was tapped for attorney general two years ago, that he was returning to the position to help save the Justice Department.  Barr failed spectacularly at that task and ruined his reputation in the process.
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Wall Street Journal:
Thank You, Bill Barr  —  The Attorney General was the right man for the job in hyper-partisan times.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  William Barr resigned as Attorney General on Monday, effective Dec. 23, and he's certainly earned the right to leave early.
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: Forbes and Twitchy
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Georgia's Supreme Court Rejected Trump's Suit Over the Weekend.  His Proxy Appealed Another Case and Lost Immediately on Monday.  —  Not long after rejecting outgoing President Donald Trump's election gripes, the Supreme Court of Georgia received and shredded an appeal by the lame duck's proxy on Monday.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Just How Dangerous Was Donald Trump?
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.
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Jenna Ellis, President Trump's lawyer, was fired from Weld County DA's office for “mistakes,” records show  —  Documents obtained by The Colorado Sun through an open records request appear to contradict what Ellis told The Wall Street Journal about her termination
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 …
Discussion: Axios
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
Asking All Georgians: Are You Seventeen and a Half?  —  There are twenty-three thousand teen-agers in the state who weren't old enough to vote in November, but who will be old enough to vote in the Senate runoffs, in January.  These volunteers tried to find them.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's frenetic, fanciful, bitter final plea  —  Right up to Monday's Electoral College vote, President Trump held the false hope that Republican-controlled state legislatures would replace electors with allies who'd overturn Joe Biden's win, two people who discussed the matter with him told Axios.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, HotAir and Raw Story
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 …
Brian Trusdell / Newsmax:
Audit Finds Mich. County's Dominion Voting Was Rigged to Create Fraud  —  A forensic audit of the presidential vote tally by Dominion Voting Systems software used in Antrim County, Michigan, showed a more than 68% error rate, with auditors claiming the system intentionally creates the errors …
Discussion: The Hill, Detroit Free Press and HotAir
dagbladet.no:
Dagbladet can reveal that Norwegian authorities intervened when Saudi Arabia deployed a mysterious ten-man security team to Norway.  —  The Norwegian Police Security Service has informed a Norway-based critic of the Saudi regime about the case.  —  He fears for his safety.  —  Line Fransson
Associated Press:
Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders  —  Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone.  —  As the public health administrator, she's struggled every day of the coronavirus pandemic to keep her rural county along the Missouri border safe.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Times of Israel:
US-Israeli delegation to take 1st direct flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat next week  —  Trump official says team headed by Kushner and Berkowitz will land in Israel Monday, jet off the next day for Morocco to advance recently announced normalization deal  —  A joint US-Israeli delegation is set …
Robert Downen / Houston Chronicle:
Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church got $4.4 million in federal PPP loans  —  Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church is among the large local congregations that received multi-million dollar loans as part of the federal government's COVID-19 stimulus package.  —  Lakewood received a $4.4 million loan through …
Parker Molloy / Media Matters for America:
Never let Trump's accomplices live down their attacks on democracy  —  Defending democracy is part of a journalist's job  —  In a lawsuit filed last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed that last month's elections in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Pompeo to meet Biden's secretary of state nominee this week  —  Washington (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden's pick for secretary of state is expected to visit the State Department and meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday for the first time since Biden's victory, according to three sources familiar with the planning.
 
 
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Boko Haram claims kidnapping of over 300 boys in Nigeria, marking an alarming move west
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The moral hypocrisy of conservative leaders is stunning
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Plea to the Press: Don't Make Trump 2021's Shadow President
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
With First Dibs on Vaccines, Rich Countries Have ‘Cleared the Shelves’
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
No Labels, Planning Centrist Push in New Congress, Taps Larry Hogan
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New York Times:
Scope of Russian Hack Becomes Clear: Multiple U.S. Agencies Were Hit
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP warns Biden against picking Sally Yates as attorney general
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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