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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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CNN:
US cybersecurity agency warns suspected Russian hacking campaign broader than previously believed
Discussion: New York Post and Axios
David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘New York Times’ Retracts Hit Podcast Series ‘Caliphate’ On ISIS Executioner  —  Toggle more options  —  The New York Times has retracted the core of its hit 2018 podcast series Caliphate after an internal review found the paper failed to heed red flags indicating that the man it relied upon …
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New York Times:
New York Times Says ‘Caliphate’ Podcast Fell Short of Standards  —  The Times cited an institutional failure and determined the “Caliphate” team gave too much credence to the claims of a supposed former terrorist.  —  After an internal review that took more than two months …
New York Times:
A Riveting ISIS Story, Told in a Times Podcast, Falls Apart  —  A Canadian's gruesome account as an Islamic State executioner in Syria, which was the subject of the “Caliphate” podcast by The New York Times, was fabricated, officials say.  A Times review found no corroboration of his claim to have committed atrocities.
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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Politico:
Democrats in Georgia: ‘Trump is helping our case.’  —  President Donald Trump has been waging war on Georgia Republicans the past month, spreading disinformation and conspiracy theories about the Senate runoffs — and Democrats are praying he keeps on talking.
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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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Garcetti won't serve in Biden administration
Discussion: MyNorthwest.com
Politico:
Top Biden aide walks back expletive description of Republicans
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Bloomberg:
Pfizer, U.S. Wrangle Over Vaccine Pace While Working Toward Pact
Discussion: The Week
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Axios:
Democrats fret about Garland for attorney general  —  If Joe Biden picks Merrick Garland to be his attorney general, he could cost his party control of one of the most important judicial appointments in America — and many Democrats do not want the president-elect to take that chance.
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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 …
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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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Dear Republicans in Congress: Please don't become Barbara Boxer or Maxine Waters
Discussion: The Bulwark
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Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Garcetti plans to remain in office and says his daughter, 9, has coronavirus
Discussion: Washington Examiner and TheBlaze
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Economist, Raw Story and Politico
Detroit Free Press:
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon dies of complications from COVID-19  —  Darcie Moran Omar Abdel-Baqui John WiselyDetroit Free Press  —  Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon, a man who dedicated decades to public service and became a household name to metro Detroiters …
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.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Top 10 Worst Trump-Enabling Takes of 2020  —  As we bid a not-so-fond farewell to 2020, here's a look back at some of the political lowlights.  —  As we close out the year, it's tempting but futile to compile a list of President Trump's worst lies.  But reprinting all of his tweets …
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 …
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
MAGA leaders call for the troops to keep Trump in office  —  An 1807 law invoked only in the most violent circumstances is now a rallying cry for the MAGA-ites most committed to the fantasy that Donald Trump will never leave office.  —  The law, the Insurrection Act, allows the president …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
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% …
Discussion: PRESS RUN, Forbes and Axios
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. to blacklist dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC, sources say  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is set to add dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker SMIC, to a trade blacklist on Friday, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
Mark Ferbrache / The Hill:
Not the FBI I remember: William Barnett's troubling interview  —  So, where is John Durham and what has become of his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe?  After serving nearly 28 years in the FBI, I'd like to know just how bad things are for the FBI — or not.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and The Hill
 
 
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Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
‘Kind of Foul Play’: Joe Biden Dismisses Allegations Against Hunter as Politically Motivated, Has ‘Great Confidence’ in His Son
Discussion: New York Post
MSNBC:
Former NH GOP chair announces she's leaving the GOP
Dave Gilson / Mother Jones:
Trump Has Sent 729 Tweets Since the Election. Not a Single One Was About the COVID Death Toll.
Jason Rantz / MyNorthwest.com:
Seattle radicals occupy park, yellow house in new ‘autonomous zone’
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
This California Representative Survived Jonestown and Says Trumpers Have Definitely Drunk the Kool Aid
Discussion: Raw Story
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How Saudi Arabia Terrorizes Women
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David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canada floats idea of North American ban on new gasoline-powered cars
Abbie Bennett / Listen to Free Radio:
Veterans Affairs reverses plans to waste extra coronavirus vaccine doses
Washington Post:
John Roberts's self-defeating attempt to make the court appear nonpolitical
Discussion: Reason
Detroit Free Press:
Antrim County hand tally affirms certified election results
Washington Post:
With historic picks, Biden puts environmental justice front and center