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Politico:
Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught — The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, have evidence that hackers accessed their networks as part of an extensive espionage operation that has affected …
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Wall Street Journal:
Hack Suggests New Scope, Sophistication for Cyberattacks
Hack Suggests New Scope, Sophistication for Cyberattacks
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Reuters and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
us-cert.cisa.gov:
Alert (AA20-352A) — Advanced Persistent Threat Compromise of Government Agencies …
Alert (AA20-352A) — Advanced Persistent Threat Compromise of Government Agencies …
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Axios, New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, The Week, UPI, Meduza.io, Washington Examiner and CBS News, more at Techmeme »
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Biden and lawmakers raise alarms over cybersecurity breach amid Trump's silence
Biden and lawmakers raise alarms over cybersecurity breach amid Trump's silence
New York Times:
More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of ‘Grave Risk’ to U.S. Government
More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of ‘Grave Risk’ to U.S. Government
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IJR, American Military News and The Week
CNN:
US cybersecurity agency warns suspected Russian hacking campaign broader than previously believed
Brad Smith / Microsoft On the Issues:
A moment of reckoning: the need for a strong and global cybersecurity response
A moment of reckoning: the need for a strong and global cybersecurity response
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CNN, Axios, The Verge and GeekWire, more at Techmeme »
Transition / President-Elect Joe Biden:
Statement by President-elect Joe Biden on Cybersecurity
Statement by President-elect Joe Biden on Cybersecurity
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Defense One, The Daily Caller and Politico
Bill Chappell / NPR:
U.S. Cyber Agency: Computer Hack Poses ‘Grave Risk’
U.S. Cyber Agency: Computer Hack Poses ‘Grave Risk’
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Washington Examiner, Forbes, The Intercept, Roll Call and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Politico:
Top Biden aide walks back expletive description of Republicans — Jen O'Malley Dillon, President-elect Joe Biden's campaign manager and incoming White House deputy chief of staff, walked back comments she made in a recent interview suggesting that congressional Republicans were “a bunch of f—ers.”
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Joe Biden Wears a ‘Kick Me’ Sign — President-elect Joe Biden went on a rampage early this morning, lashing out at critics within his own party who say his appointments so far lack ideological and demographic diversity and hinting that lawmakers who cross him can expect retribution once he moves into the White House on Jan. 20.
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Brittany De Lea / Fox News:
How Biden just gave House Republicans a major boost
How Biden just gave House Republicans a major boost
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USA Today, Politico, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Patterico's Pontifications, Axios, New Republic and Crooks and Liars
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House aides talked Trump out of last-minute demand for stimulus checks as big as $2,000 — Chaotic chain of events at White House illustrates why stimulus bill remains in flux — White House aides intervened Thursday to prevent President Trump from issuing a statement calling …
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Business Insider, The Sun and New York Magazine
Washington Post:
Biden picks Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be first Native American interior secretary — Tribal and progressive activists lobbied hard to put an indigenous leader in charge of a department that helps oversee Indian County — President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Biden Will Pick Deb Haaland to Lead Interior Department
Biden Will Pick Deb Haaland to Lead Interior Department
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New Republic and CBS News
The Daily Beast:
Trump Bows to Reality, Asks Confidants: Should I Do ‘The Apprentice’ Again? — And the show's creator Mark Burnett is intrigued by the money-making potential of a post-presidency reboot, too. … As he begins his final weeks in office, amid a winter surge in coronavirus deaths …
Washington Post:
States report confusion as feds reduce vaccine shipments, even as Pfizer says it has ‘millions’ of unclaimed doses — Officials in multiple states said they were alerted late Wednesday that their second shipments of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine next week had been reduced, sparking widespread confusion …
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Talking Points Memo, Mercury News, Colorado Pols and East Bay Times
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Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis says Florida shipments of vaccines are ‘on hold.’ Pfizer disagrees.
DeSantis says Florida shipments of vaccines are ‘on hold.’ Pfizer disagrees.
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Raw Story, Iowa Capital Dispatch and The Hill
Abbie Bennett / Listen to Free Radio:
Veterans Affairs reverses plans to waste extra coronavirus vaccine doses
Veterans Affairs reverses plans to waste extra coronavirus vaccine doses
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NBC4 Washington and NBC Boston
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
An outraged Kemp blasts pro-Trump conspiracy theorists harassing his family — Gov. Brian Kemp is fed up with the unrelenting attacks from conspiracy theorists calling on him to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Georgia. But he's even more enraged that some of those peddlers …
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Axios, Forbes, Lawyers, Guns & Money, HotAir and Political Wire
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Biden transition team laying groundwork for bipartisan infrastructure deal — President Trump's now infamous “infrastructure week” may finally get a shovel in the ground ... during the Biden administration. — Why it matters: If Majority Leader Mitch McConnell keeps control of the Senate …
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, One America News Network and HotAir
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Ben Carson makes plans for his post-Trump life
Scoop: Ben Carson makes plans for his post-Trump life
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CNN and Alternet.org
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump and his party are threatening our constitutional order
Luke Money / Los Angeles Times:
ICU availability in Southern California at 0%, and it's going to get worse, officials warn — The availability of intensive care unit beds throughout Southern California reached critical mass Thursday with 0% open, and officials warned that conditions in hospitals are expected to erode further COVID-19 continues to spread unchecked.
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Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Garcetti plans to remain in office and says his daughter, 9, has coronavirus
Garcetti plans to remain in office and says his daughter, 9, has coronavirus
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Washington Examiner and TheBlaze
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Where Is the President of the United States? — Donald Trump is AWOL. And his disgrace is hiding in plain sight. — Before we start: Tonight we're doing a livestream that I'm hoping will go down in legend as The Bulwark version of the Star Wars Holiday Special. The first 12 minutes will be entirely in Wookie.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses ‘grave risk’ to government
Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses ‘grave risk’ to government
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BuzzFeed News, The American Independent, Forbes and TheGrio
Politico:
Congress to receive first batch of Covid-19 vaccines but uncertainty lingers — Top congressional leaders will receive the coronavirus vaccine in the coming days with dozens of lawmakers planning to quickly follow suit — an effort designed to maintain a continuity of government while also instilling public confidence in the shot.
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Wall Street Journal, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, The Hill, Business Insider and CNN
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
McConnell, Pelosi say they'll get Covid vaccine soon
McConnell, Pelosi say they'll get Covid vaccine soon
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Breitbart, Washington Post and MyNorthwest.com
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump's New Brand Is Loser — His post-election tantrum is forcing conservatives to affirm, again and again, that he lost the election fair and square. — In the six weeks since the Presidential election, various theories—many of them persuasive—have been advanced to explain President Trump's refusal to accept Joe Biden's victory.
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Axios, Alternet.org, Mercury News, The American Spectator, DCReport.org, IJR, The Constitutionalist, Mediaite and Reason
James Baker / Washington Post:
Trump's recognition of Western Sahara is a serious blow to diplomacy and international law — James Baker served as the 61st U.S. secretary of state from 1989 to 1992 and as the U.N. secretary-general's personal envoy for Western Sahara from 1997 to 2004. — President Trump's recent …
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Politico, The Economist and Raw Story
Politico:
Kathleen Rice beats out AOC for spot on coveted House committee — Rep. Kathleen Rice has captured a prized seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee after a contentious showdown with fellow New Yorker, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. — Rice and Ocasio-Cortez have been battling behind …
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NBC News, The Hill and Political Wire
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Kelly Loeffler Keeps Posing For Photos With White Supremacists And Other Extremists — The senator recently disavowed a photo of her with a former KKK leader, but she's repeatedly aligned herself with racists and far-right supporters. — Earlier this week a photo of Georgia GOP …
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
HHS secretary tells staff: My wife is sick with Covid — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday night informed staff that his wife, Jennifer, tested positive for Covid-19, according to an email shared by HHS. — “Today, my family learned that my wife Jennifer …
Alex Kirshner / Slate:
How Offshore Oddsmakers Made a Killing off Gullible Trump Supporters — On Dec. 9, Donald Trump tweeted something incorrect but at least closer to the ballpark of the truth than most of what he's posted since losing his reelection campaign. — “At 10 p.m. on Election Evening, we were at 97% …
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Forbes
Detroit Free Press:
Antrim County hand tally affirms certified election results — Clara Hendrickson Paul EganDetroit Free Press — An audit conducted Thursday of the votes cast in the November presidential election in Antrim County, the heart of a conspiracy theory about Dominion Voting Systems leveling false allegations …
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Forbes, Detroit News, Associated Press and @politifact
Washington Post:
Biden picks top North Carolina environmental official to run EPA — Michael Regan has forged a multibillion-dollar clean up of coal ash and worked with the state's GOP legislature — President-elect Joe Biden will choose to nominate Michael S. Regan, who heads the North Carolina Department …
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Brandy Zadrozny / Nieman Lab:
Misinformation fatigue sets in — “Misinformation isn't going away, but it seems inevitable that people will stop caring.” — I expect 2021 will be the year misinformation fatigue sets in — a condition from which I will undeniably suffer and for which I will be partly to blame.
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canada floats idea of North American ban on new gasoline-powered cars — OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada wants deeper environmental ties with the United States and one result could be a North American ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks, a senior cabinet member said on Thursday.
Washington Post:
John Roberts's self-defeating attempt to make the court appear nonpolitical — His obviously strategic opinions have infuriated the right — and emboldened the left. — “The highest art is artlessness,” observed Francis Alexander Durivage, a now largely forgotten 19th-century American author …
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Reason
Politico:
O Rahm, where art thou? — Welcome to POLITICO's 2020 Transition Playbook, your guide to one of the most consequential transfers of power in American history. — RAHM EMANUEL had never lost a political campaign. Until this week. — Over the past few weeks, the former Chicago mayor …
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Raw Story
Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
Hang On for Three More Months — Hunkering down to wait out the coronavirus isn't easy. The costs of isolation are steep. Quarantine fatigue is real. The chance to gather with extended family and friends this holiday season is particularly alluring to those of us battling loneliness.
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Insight
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court rejects Kentucky religious school's appeal against coronavirus restrictions — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Kentucky religious school challenging Gov. Andy Beshear's coronavirus restrictions. — The high court wrote in an unsigned opinion on Thursday …
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Fox News and Washington Post
Glenn H. Reynolds / New York Post:
It's time for the ‘Deplorables’ to become the Unconquerables — Democrats won the election, but they don't seem very happy about it. And with reason: The election failed in its main purpose, which was to shut down the Deplorables. — The Deplorables, in Hillary Clinton's infamous term …