Top Items:
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.
Discussion:
Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
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.
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 …
Discussion:
Business Insider, RedState, New York Magazine, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, The Week, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, National Review, Washington Post, Politico, HotAir and Political Wire
RELATED:
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.”
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Trump names Rudy Giuliani's son and 2 other aides to Holocaust Museum Council
Discussion:
New York Times and Forbes
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
RELATED:
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
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 …
Discussion:
Marginal REVOLUTION, The Sun, NPR, New York Post, New York Magazine, Axios, Washington Examiner, The Week and Forbes
RELATED:
New York Times:
Alaska Health Worker Had a Serious Allergic Reaction After Pfizer's Vaccine
Discussion:
CBS News, Washington Post, Meduza.io, Breitbart, The Western Journal, The Daily Caller, The Sun, New York Post and Townhall
Katie Thomas / New York Times:
Hospitals Discover a Surprise in Their Vaccine Deliveries: Extra Doses
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 …
Discussion:
New York Times, Issues & Insights, The Gateway Pundit and HotAir
RELATED:
CNN:
Biden expected to get coronavirus vaccination early next week
Discussion:
Politico, The Hill, TheBlaze, USA Today, Axios, POLITICUSUSA, MyNorthwest.com, UPI and New York Post
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Vice President Pence to receive televised vaccine shot
Discussion:
Politico, Business Insider, BuzzFeed News, Washington Examiner, HotAir and Political Wire
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell gives away the game: ‘Kelly and David are getting hammered’ — Pressure works. That's what we're learning from the news that congressional negotiators are moving toward a deal on an economic rescue package that includes stimulus checks for individuals.
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Business Insider, The Sun and Reuters
RELATED:
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Staring Down Deadline, Congress Nears $900 Billion Stimulus Deal
Discussion:
Michigan Advance and The Dispatch
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.
Discussion:
CNN, NBC News, NBC4 Washington, USA Today, The Hill, NBC New York, The Week, Associated Press, Axios and New York Post
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.
RELATED:
Douglas Braff / Sara A. Carter:
Rand Paul: ‘The fraud happened. The election in many ways was stolen’
Discussion:
The Week, Talking Points Memo, Conservative News Today, The Hill, Mediaite and Bloomberg
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 …
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week, Outside the Beltway, Bloomberg, Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, House Select Subcommittee …, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Axios, Crooks and Liars, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Forbes, The Intellectualist and Eschaton
RELATED:
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 …
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.
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.
RELATED:
Karen Zraick / New York Times:
Coronavirus Updates: U.S. Sets Records for Deaths and Daily Cases
Discussion:
Vox
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 …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, CNN and Political Wire
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Facebook reverses postelection algorithm changes that boosted news from authoritative sources. — Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets over hyperpartisan sources after November's election, signaling a return to normalcy for the social network.
Discussion:
Media Matters for America and Reuters
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 …
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.
Discussion:
Boing Boing, American Military News and Political Wire
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
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.
Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
Mike Pence's Mission Is Slavish Devotion Every Day Til Jan. 20 — On Jan. 6, Pence will preside over the final, official verification of Trump's, and his own, defeat. He has no power to prevent it. But he'll know the boss is watching. — BEAST INSIDE … I know you think it's over.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
House Republicans urge Trump to veto omnibus spending bill, call it example of ‘swamp politics’ — Lawmakers note that Trump promised in 2018 not to sign another such bill — Fox News Flash top headlines for December 16 — EXCLUSIVE: A group of House Republicans on Wednesday urged President Trump …
Discussion:
Fox Business and The Daily Caller
Norman Ornstein / Washington Post:
Democrats' House majority is razor-thin. Any glitch could spell disaster. — The biggest surprise in November's elections was the Democrats' loss of seats in the House of Representatives. Indeed, there were two surprises: that the party suffered losses at all, and that there were so many — at least 12.
Discussion:
Associated Press
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 …
Discussion:
WTVR-TV, The Hill, WRIC-TV and Washington Times
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 …
Discussion:
Mediaite, Discourse Blog and Patterico's Pontifications
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
