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Associated Press:
Birx travels, family visits highlight pandemic safety perils — WASHINGTON (AP) — As COVID-19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, warned Americans to “be vigilant” and limit celebrations to “your immediate household.”
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Arya Hodjat / The Daily Beast:
Dr. Birx Took Family Trip to Delaware After Thanksgiving, Despite Her Own COVID Advice — DO AS I SAY — Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, traveled to a family vacation home in Delaware the day after Thanksgiving …
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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Washington Post, CNN, The Guardian and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Jesse Naranjo / Politico:
Romney: GOP ‘has strayed’ from what he once knew
Romney: GOP ‘has strayed’ from what he once knew
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Washington Examiner
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Us? — Officials in Britain and South Africa claim new variants are more easily transmitted. There's a lot more to the story, scientists say. — Just as vaccines begin to offer hope for a path out of the pandemic …
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HotAir
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Top Trump aides pushed back on Sidney Powell during a chaotic West Wing meeting — There were “raised voice levels and animated conversation” during a chaotic Friday night meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office, a source familiar with the meeting tells Axios.
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Business Insider, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Spies on Flynn-Trump Coup Talk
Spies on Flynn-Trump Coup Talk
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Tom Porter / Business Insider:
Trump raised the idea of imposing martial law to overturn the election in a White House meeting, according to reports
Trump raised the idea of imposing martial law to overturn the election in a White House meeting, according to reports
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Washington Examiner, IJR, Fox News and Pirate's Cove
New York Times:
Trump Discussed Naming Campaign Lawyer as Special Counsel on Election Fraud
Trump Discussed Naming Campaign Lawyer as Special Counsel on Election Fraud
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Raphael Satter / Yahoo:
Biden chief of staff says hack response will go beyond ‘just sanctions’ — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming White House chief of staff said on Sunday that President-elect Joe Biden's response to the massive hacking campaign uncovered last week would go beyond sanctions.
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Romney: Trump has a ‘blind spot’ when it comes to Russia
Romney: Trump has a ‘blind spot’ when it comes to Russia
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Forbes, Hackwhackers, Alternet.org and The Daily Beast
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
McConnell expects coronavirus relief package to be finalized ‘in a matter of hours’ — Government funding runs out Sunday night — Fox News Flash top headlines for December 20 — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expects lawmakers to have a final agreement …
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Washington Examiner
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New York Times:
Lawmakers Resolve Fed Dispute as They Race to Close Stimulus Deal
Lawmakers Resolve Fed Dispute as They Race to Close Stimulus Deal
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Politico, Colorado Newsline, Vox, WISC-TV, Lawyers, Guns & Money, HotAir and New York Post
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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Harry Enten / CNN:
How voters rank Trump a historically bad president
Washington Post:
Details emerge on $600 stimulus checks, jobless benefits as Congress rushes to finalize deal — House leadership tells lawmakers to prepare to be ready to vote as early as Sunday, but there are still details that need to be worked out, according to people familiar with the conversations.
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Business Insider, Roll Call, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Hill
Denver Post:
What happened to the Colorado Republican Party? — Out of power in a changing state, the GOP is in soul-searching mode — The Jefferson County GOP began its annual assemblies in the 1990s by asking all elected Republicans in attendance to say a few words.
David French / The Dispatch:
Why Do They Hate Us? — Race, Christian Nationalism, and White Evangelical Alienation from America — If there is any good to come from last weekend's Christian-nationalist “Jericho March,” and other bizarre, angry, and sometimes-violent right-wing attacks on the 2020 presidential election …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
As end approaches, Trump gets doses of flattery, finality — NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is ending how it began, with over-the-top declarations of praise for the chief executive. — But now the flattery is mixed with a sense of finality as key people …
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HotAir, The National Interest and Breitbart
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles — Regulators are relying on insiders like Dina Srinivasan, who left her digital ad job after concluding that “Facebook and Google were going to win and everybody else is going to lose.” — OAKLAND, Calif. — Three years ago …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump likely won't announce 2024 run before Jan. 20 — President Trump's closest confidants no longer expect him to imminently announce he's running in 2024, three sources who've recently discussed the matter with the president tell Axios. — Driving the news: Trump doesn't want to announce …
Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal:
Jack Ma Makes Ant Offer to Placate Chinese Regulators — Trying to salvage his relationship with regulators in a Nov. 2 meeting, the Chinese billionaire said he was ready to do what the country needed — As Jack Ma was trying to salvage his relationship with Beijing in early November …
Washington Post:
Major U.S. companies are lobbying in a scrum for early vaccine — Danger of haves and have-nots looms as states decide how to dole out limited supply — Companies across America — from Amazon and Uber to railroads and meatpacking plants — are lobbying states and the federal government …
Politico:
GOP winning the Georgia ad war as Dems shift money to ground game — Democrats are getting out-advertised in the Georgia Senate runoffs thanks to a megadonor-funded blitz from GOP super PACs in the races that will decide control of the Senate. — Republicans hold an overall advertising advantage across …
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New York Times
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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Washington Examiner and Townhall