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Thomas P. Bossert / New York Times:
I Was the Homeland Security Adviser to Trump.  We're Being Hacked.  —  The magnitude of this national security breach is hard to overstate.  —  Mr. Bossert was the homeland security adviser to President Trump and deputy homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush.
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CISA:
Joint Statement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)  —  Over the course of the past several days, the FBI, CISA, and ODNI have become aware of a significant and ongoing cybersecurity campaign.
Discussion: The Sun
Politico:
How suspected Russian hackers outed their massive cyberattack
Discussion: Slate, more at Techmeme »
CNN:
'It's turned crazy': Inside the scramble for Trump pardons  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump may not be willing to accept his term is ending, but as the clock ticks down on his time in office, hundreds of his allies — including some of his closest business associates …
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Axios:
O'Malley Dillon's line that GOP are “f-ckers” worries some Biden aides  —  Some advisers close to President-elect Joe Biden are frustrated over a Glamour magazine interview in which incoming White House deputy chief of staff Jen O'Malley Dillon referred to Republicans on Capitol Hill as “f*ckers.”
Kyle Smith / National Review:
Jill Biden's Doctorate Is Garbage Because Her Dissertation Is Garbage  —  Her dissertation is not an addition to the sum total of human knowledge.  —  You can tell someone is smarting from an inferiority complex when he insists on being addressed as “Dr.” on the basis of holding an academic doctorate rather than being a physician.
Discussion: Arizona Mirror
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Obsessed Tucker Carlson Calls Jill Biden ‘Illiterate’ and ‘Our National Shame’  —  This was the third straight night that Carlson devoted to insulting the soon-to-be first lady over her use of the “Dr.” title because she has a doctorate in education.  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson obsessed …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Wrap
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
We've finally identified the source of fraud in the 2020 election.  It's Ron Johnson.  —  Finally, significant fraud has been identified in the 2020 election.  It is being perpetrated by Sen. Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin.  —  President Trump lost the election.  He lost the recounts.
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
FDA says Pfizer vaccine vials hold extra doses, expanding supply  —  Pharmacists have found a way to squeeze extra doses out of vials of Pfizer's vaccine, potentially expanding the nation's scarce supply by up to 40 percent.  —  The Food and Drug Administration said late Wednesday …
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Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
FDA says Pfizer coronavirus vaccine contains extra doses, expanding nation's supply
Discussion: WTOP and UPI
Katie Thomas / New York Times:   Hospitals Discover a Surprise in Their Vaccine Deliveries: Extra Doses
Dan Diamond / Politico:
‘We want them infected’: Trump appointee demanded ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails reveal  —  A top Trump appointee repeatedly urged top health officials to adopt a “herd immunity” approach to Covid-19 and allow millions of Americans to be infected by the virus, according to internal emails obtained …
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CNN:
Biden's search for an attorney general complicated by ‘competing questions’  —  Washington (CNN)The deliberations among President-elect Joe Biden's tight circle of advisers about whom he should nominate as attorney general have emerged as some of the more complicated of the transition …
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Bloomberg:
Georgia Senate Runoffs Fueled Mostly by Out-of-State Donors
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Interior Secretary Bernhardt tests positive for covid-19  —  Two other top Interior officials contracted the virus last month  —  Interior Department Secretary David Bernhardt, 51, tested positive for covid-19 Wednesday, the department spokesman confirmed after an inquiry from The Post.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Glitch in Trump's Plan to Live at Mar-a-Lago: A Pact He Signed Says He Can't  —  Neighbors of the president say he has violated the 1993 agreement he made with Palm Beach that allowed him to convert a private residence into a moneymaking club.  —  President Trump's neighbors in Florida …
Emily McCullar / Texas Monthly:
Texas Wedding Photographers Have Seen Some $#!  +  —  They know what you did this summer.  —  NOTES  —  The wedding photographer had already spent an hour or two inside with the unmasked wedding party when one of the bridesmaids approached her.  The woman thanked her for still showing up …
Sheila Kaplan / New York Times:
How Effective Is the Mask You're Wearing?  You May Know Soon  —  A C.D.C. division is working with an industry standards group to develop filtration standards — and products that meet them will be able to carry labels saying so.  —  More than 100,000 varieties of face masks are currently for sale.
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Karen Zraick / New York Times:
Coronavirus Updates: U.S. Sets Records for Deaths and Daily Cases
Discussion: Vox
New York Times:
People Thought Covid-19 Was Relatively Harmless for Younger Adults.  They Were Wrong.  —  New research shows that July may have been the deadliest month for young adults in modern American history.  —  Dr. Faust is a doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine.
Washington Post:
Biden order to halt border wall project would save U.S. $2.6 billion, Pentagon estimates show  —  The U.S. government would save about $2.6 billion if President-elect Joe Biden halts construction on the border wall project on his first day in office, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates reviewed by The Washington Post.
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden Was Due To Receive ‘Significant’ Payments From Chinese Private Equity Firm Starting In 2019, Emails Show  — Hunter Biden was repeatedly told by his business partner in emails that he was set to receive payments from the Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners starting in 2019 and for years to come.
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
An Interview With the Cartoonist Behind the Only Meme Worthy of Our Current Train Wreck  —  At some point in the past four years, the deranged nature of our current reality probably broke a little piece of you, to the point that you started taking a perverse pleasure in certain events.
Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
New Supreme Court filing includes blatantly wrong information about Michigan  —  A long-shot legal effort relying on conspiracy theories and inaccurate analyses to argue President Donald Trump actually won Michigan included additional blatantly false information in a new filing with the U.S. Supreme Court this week.
Discussion: Law & Crime and Business Insider
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House intends to continue pursuing McGahn testimony in 2021  —  House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler intends to reissue a subpoena for former White House Counsel Don McGahn's testimony next year, the House told a federal appeals court Wednesday, confirming that Democrats intend …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Emmy winner Andrew Cuomo's no good, horrible, very bad month  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is arguably the biggest star in the Democratic Party.  And for several months at the beginning of the pandemic, he received kudos far and wide from the left and right and everyone in between …
Discussion: abc7NY
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Most American Religion  —  Image above: The Oquirrh Mountain Temple sits about 20 miles south of Temple Square in Salt Lake City, where the Church is based.  —  This article was published online on December 16, 2020.  —  To meet with the prophet during a plague, certain protocols must be followed.
Andrew Cain / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
State panel recommends Barbara Johns statue to replace Lee at U.S. Capitol  —  A state panel on Wednesday recommended that a statue of teenage civil rights heroine Barbara Rose Johns replace Virginia's Robert E. Lee statue at the U.S. Capitol.  —  The Commission For Historical Statues …
Alex Ward / Vox:
Dutch prosecutors say Trump's Twitter account was hacked by guessing his password: maga2020!  —  This is not a joke.  Trump's old Twitter password was “maga2020!”  —  The first rule of securing yourself on the internet is to ensure your password isn't easily guessable.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Vice President Pence to receive televised vaccine shot  —  Vice President Mike Pence plans to receive his coronavirus vaccine shot on camera Friday morning at the White House to build “vaccine confidence” among the American people, according to an administration official with direct knowledge of the plans.
 
 
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
House Republicans urge Trump to veto omnibus spending bill, call it example of ‘swamp politics’
Discussion: Fox Business and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
He was the party planner of Baghdad. Then armed men took him away.
Discussion: Human Rights Watch
WTTG-TV:
Judge blocks executive order that bans indoor dining in Anne Arundel County
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Facebook reverses postelection algorithm changes that boosted news from authoritative sources.
New York Post:
NY GOP asks Trump to force Cuomo to reveal number of COVID nursing home deaths
Discussion: Byrne4NY and Washington Examiner
Michael Safi / The Guardian:
‘He ruined us’: 10 years on, Tunisians curse man who sparked Arab spring
Meg Cunningham / ABC News:
Dr. Birx on her relationship with Trump: ‘Respectful in public but very clear in private’
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Rules eased for water from showerheads, a Trump pet peeve
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
Saudi prosecutor seeks maximum jail sentence for women's rights activist
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Fake GOP Leaders Are Selling CBD Oil On Parler
Discussion: The Hill
U.S. Department of Justice:
Kenyan National Indicted for Conspiring to Hijack Aircraft on Behalf of the Al Qaeda-Affiliated Terrorist Organization Al Shabaab
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Hunter Biden in 2017 sent ‘best wishes’ from ‘entire Biden family’ to China firm chairman, requested $10M wire