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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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Forbes, The Daily Beast, Task & Purpose, Gothamist, Slate and The Gateway Pundit
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump campaign told to preserve all documents related to Sidney Powell and Dominion Voting Systems — (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign legal team sent a memo to dozens of staffers Saturday instructing them to preserve all documents related to Dominion Voting Systems and Sidney Powell …
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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littlegreenfootballs.com and Mediaite
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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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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Washington Post:
Lawmakers hit major roadblock over GOP plan to limit Federal Reserve, imperiling weekend deal for emergency relief package — Both Democrats and Republicans say an issue over the Federal Reserve's authority remains a significant hurdle. — Senior congressional lawmakers attempting to complete …
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Business Insider, New York Times, New York Post and Reuters
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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 …
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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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Defense One and Politico, more at Techmeme »
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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.
Frank Pallotta / CNN:
Jim Carrey will no longer play Joe Biden on ‘SNL’ — New York (CNN Business)Jim Carrey's short stint as Joe Biden has come to an end. — Carrey will no longer play the president-elect on “Saturday Night Live,” the comedian announced on Twitter Saturday. — “Though my term was only meant …
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Variety, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Axios, Deadline, Althouse and UPI
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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JONATHAN TURLEY
Ana Lucia Murillo / The Daily Beast:
White House Blocks a Statement Acknowledging Russia's Role in Cyberattack — PATHETIC — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday night that Russia was “pretty clearly” behind a huge cyberattack on U.S. agencies that compromised sensitive information.
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Washington Monthly, The Intellectualist, Wall Street Journal, Alternet.org and CNN, more at Techmeme »
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Ron Lieber / New York Times:
An Oral History of the World's Biggest Coupon — Bed Bath & Beyond's plus-size mailer, known as Big Blue, has made it to TV, eBay, even a mobster's kitchen drawer. “The poor mailmen,” the company's former marketing V.P. said, “what we did to them.” — The F.B.I. found one in the junk drawer …