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8:30 AM ET, December 20, 2020

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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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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 …
Discussion: CNN
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:   Trump campaign told to preserve all documents related to Sidney Powell and Dominion Voting Systems
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Giuliani asks DHS about seizing voting machines
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
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CNN:   Tucker Carlson's vaccine rant should be called out by every reputable news organization
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:   Rupert Murdoch Gets COVID-19 Shot While Profiting Off Vaccine Misinformation
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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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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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 …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Amid Vaccine Rollout and Historic Hack, Trump Remains Focused on Reversing Election
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 …
Discussion: COURIER
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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Christopher Bing / Reuters:   Congress, experts worry about potential spy agency reorganization amid hack response
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 …
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.
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
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 …
 
 
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Hannah Bleau / Breitbart:
Director James Gunn Throws Tantrum After Pence Announces Space Force Personnel Will Be Called ‘Guardians’: ‘Can We Sue This Dork?’
Discussion: NPR, CBS News and New York Times
Michael E. Mann / NBC News:
Trump's toilet obsession is a metaphor for years of flushing climate progress down the drain
UPI:
U.S. drug overdose deaths reach record highs
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Jean Graetz, White Supporter of Civil Rights in Alabama, Dies at 90
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Lebanese Officials Try to Limit Inquiry Into Deadly Beirut Blast
Mississippi Today:
William Winter, former Mississippi governor who ushered in education reform, dies at 97
Discussion: CNN, Associated Press, The Hill and UPI
Jason Chaffetz / Fox News:
Melania Trump has been an outstanding first lady — liberal media have treated her unfairly
 Earlier Items: 
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Once a Slogan of Unity, ‘Je Suis Charlie’ Now Divides France
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
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Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
They risk their lives cleaning hospitals. Now, they are getting vaccinated. ‘I want people to know that we exist’
Ashok Selvam / Eater Chicago:
Stephanie Izard Apologizes For a Poorly Received Representation of a Korean Dish
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Lance Bottoms rejected Biden's SBA offer
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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