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3:00 PM ET, December 15, 2020

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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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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  —  Monday during an appearance on FBN's “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) vowed not to go down without a fight despite states having certified Electoral College results earlier …
President of Russia:
Congratulations to Joseph R. Biden on winning US presidential election
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
After weeks of declining to recognize Biden's win, Mitch McConnell congratulates him for being the president-elect.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
McConnell sets up a clash with Trump over who's in charge in the GOP
Mary Ilyushina / CNN:
Putin finally congratulates Biden on US election victory
Politico:
‘Time for everybody to move on’: Senate GOP accepts Biden's win
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
‘Electoral College Has Spoken’: McConnell Belatedly Congratulates Biden On Win
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 …
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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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.
Reuters:   Exclusive: Biden taps former rival Buttigieg for U.S. Transportation secretary -sources
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 …
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: Althouse, Balloon Juice, Forbes and Twitchy
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 …
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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David Hogberg / Washington Examiner:
FDA approves first over-the-counter at-home coronavirus test
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and NPR
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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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Biden's inaugural committee urges Americans to stay home for ceremony
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.
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 and The Hill
Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
Nina Turner announces bid to succeed Marcia Fudge in Congress  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Former state Sen. Nina Turner made her bid official for Rep. Marcia Fudge's congressional seat in Northeast Ohio, becoming the third candidate to jump in to what will likely be a crowded primary.
Discussion: The Hill
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Top liberals line up behind Nina Turner's House bid
Discussion: Business Insider
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
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 …
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Intellectualist
Southern Poverty Law Center:
White Nationalists Sought Resumes for Trump White House, Emails Show  —  Activists linked to the white nationalist hate group VDARE sought resumes to fill out White House administration jobs days after media outlets declared Donald J. Trump the winner of the 2016 election, leaked emails show.
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 …
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Chris Mathews / Houston Business Journal:
Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church took $4.4M PPP loan
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
It's Not About This Election, It's About the Next One  —  The Republican party wasn't prepared to help Trump steal this election—but they're being prepared for the next one.  —  When I first got my hair on fire about Donald Trump's plan to exploit the quirks of mail-in voting to overturn …
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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.
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
 
 
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Maria Polletta / USA Today:
Arizona judge scraps election fraud lawsuit in which plaintiff was not a registered voter
Discussion: Political Wire
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: China suspected of spying on Americans via Caribbean phone networks
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Representative Mike Johnson Thinks That the Election Isn't Over
Anand Giridharadas / The.Ink:
Justice and accountability after Trump
Reuters:
Exclusive: New Mexico's Deb Haaland emerges as Biden's top choice to lead U.S. Interior -sources
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court rules for Colorado church in coronavirus restrictions dispute
Discussion: Fox News and National Review
 Earlier Items: 
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Boko Haram claims kidnapping of over 300 boys in Nigeria, marking an alarming move west
Discussion: The Guardian, Al Jazeera and UPI
Associated Press:
Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders
Discussion: The Daily Caller
James Kirkup / Spectator:
The madness of the Covid Christmas amnesty
Jessica Tarlov / The Hill:
The Joe Biden model is a winner for all Democrats
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Dagbladet can reveal that Norwegian authorities intervened when Saudi Arabia deployed a mysterious ten-man security team to Norway.
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney said Disney+ Q4 ARPU in the US and Canada, down 1% QoQ to $7.70, was affected partly by new wholesale arrangements with some distributors

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google plans to stop showing political ads to users in the EU in 2025 due to uncertainties around new transparency rules coming into effect in October 2025
 
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