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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Officials increasingly alarmed about Trump's power grab — Senior Trump administration officials are increasingly alarmed that President Trump might unleash — and abuse — the power of government in an effort to overturn the clear result of the election. — Why it matters …
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Business Insider, The Hill, Alternet.org, Pirate's Cove, The Daily Beast, Forbes, Digby's Hullabaloo, Task & Purpose, Gothamist, Slate, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Spies on Flynn-Trump Coup Talk — ‘Horrifying..embarrassing.’ It's ‘white knuckle’ time, says one former top CIA officer — Reports that disgraced former Army General Michael Flynn urged President Trump to declare martial law and “re-run” the election drew harsh reactions Saturday …
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New York Times:
Trump Discussed Naming Campaign Lawyer as Special Counsel on Election Fraud — In a meeting at the White House on Friday, the president weighed appointing Sidney Powell, who promoted conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, to probe voter fraud. — President Trump on Friday …
CNN:
Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of special counsel, martial law as Trump advisers clash — (CNN)President Donald Trump convened a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, including lawyer Sidney Powell and her client, former national security adviser Michael Flynn …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Floats Coup Plan That's So Wild Even Rudy Giuliani Is Terrified — At the White House on Friday, President Trump held what may have been his most deranged meeting yet. In it, the president raged at his loyalists for betraying him, and discussed taking extra-legal measures to overturn the election.
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Hackwhackers and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
The inside story of how Trump's denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic's dark winter — National reporter focusing on health policy — Reporter covering the White House White House Bureau Chief — As the number of coronavirus cases ticked upward in mid-November …
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Business Insider, littlegreenfootballs.com, Mediaite and Political Wire
Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Poll finds that Americans accept Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election — except for the Fox News viewers — The network has avidly promoted debunked allegations and conspiracy theories about the election result — A new Daily Kos/Civiqs poll confirms that a large majority of Americans accept …
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Wall Street Journal:
McConnell Calls on Congress to Finish Virus Relief Deal Saturday — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says both the House and Senate could vote Sunday on $900 billion bill — WASHINGTON—Senators reached an agreement on the Federal Reserve's emergency lending powers late Saturday …
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New York Times, Associated Press, One America News Network, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, New York Post, WISC-TV, Reuters and Bloomberg
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Reuters:
‘Powerful tradecraft’: how foreign cyber-spies compromised America — (Reuters) - Speaking at a private dinner for tech security executives at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco in late February, America's cyber defense chief boasted how well his organizations protect the country from spies.
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Pranshu Verma / New York Times:
Trump Appointee Seeks to Cut Off Funding for Global Internet Access Group — Michael Pack, the head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, is moving to stop federal funding of the Open Technology Fund, which develops tools that allow people to get around controls on internet access.
Anand Giridharadas / The.Ink:
EXCLUSIVE: The Sacklers' group chat of pain — The Ink reviewed the WhatsApp text thread of a family behind the opioid crisis, as they faced — and refused to face — the walls closing in — For years, as an opioid crisis ravaged America, the Sackler family, which founded Purdue Pharma …
CNN:
Crushing the pandemic could pave the way for Biden's bold agenda — How the vaccine gets from the lab to your arm — Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich …
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Washington Examiner and USA Today
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Ana Lucia Murillo / The Daily Beast:
White House Blocks a Statement Acknowledging Russia's Role in Cyberattack
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Bloomberg, CNBC, The Intellectualist, Washington Monthly and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Defense Officials Push Proposal to Separate NSA, Cyber Command — Proposal to split control of the two agencies before end of Trump administration faces resistance from lawmakers — WASHINGTON—Some senior Defense Department officials are pressing to formally separate the leadership …
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Politico and Defense One, more at Techmeme »
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Associated Press:
Overdose deaths far outpace COVID-19 deaths in San Francisco — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far.
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Townhall
New York Times:
A President Who Can't Put Aside Grudges, Even for Good News — The past week served as a preview of Mr. Trump's post-presidency: no leadership on debates within his party, but keen attention to waging personal vendettas and cultivating his supporters. — It was among the most consequential weeks …
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CNN, New York Magazine, Digby's Hullabaloo, CBS News, Conservative News Today, NBC News, Business Insider and Los Angeles Times
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Lou Dobbs debunks his own claims of election fraud — after a legal demand from Smartmatic — A fact-check segment that aired on his Fox Business show Friday will be rebroadcast on two other Fox programs this weekend — Something surprising happened Friday night on Lou Dobbs's top-rated show on the Fox Business Network.
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CNN, Alternet.org and Slate, more at Mediagazer »
Joanna Weiss / Politico:
What Happened to the Democrats Who Never Accepted Bush's Election — Steven Freeman felt, in his bones, that something was wrong with the election. It was November 2, 2004, and the exit polls had predicted an overwhelming victory for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.
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