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bellingcat:
“If it Hadn't Been for the Prompt Work of the Medics”: FSB Officer Inadvertently Confesses Murder Plot to Navalny — Bellingcat and its partners reported that Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) was implicated in the near-fatal nerve-agent poisoning of Alexey Navalny on 20 August 2020.
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The Daily Beast and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
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CNN:
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned — Watch Clarissa Ward and the latest on the revelations about Navalny's poisoning and its aftermath, on Anderson Cooper 360˚ tonight on CNN at 8 ET. — Moscow (CNN)A Russian agent sent …
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, HotAir and Alternet.org
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media — Voting machine companies threaten “highly dangerous” cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams. — Antonio Mugica was in Boca Raton when an American presidential election really melted down in 2000 …
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Business Insider, The Bulwark, Alternet.org, Twitchy and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Stephanie Clifford / Elle:
The Journalist and the Pharma Bro — Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world? — Almost every weekday for six years, Christie Smythe took the F train from Park Slope downtown to her desk at Brooklyn's federal court …
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The Wrap, The Guardian, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Jezebel, Law & Crime, New York Post and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
Virginia Governor / Virginia Governor Ralph Northam:
Virginia Removes Confederate Statue from U.S. Capitol — Commission recently selected civil rights icon Barbara Johns to represent the Commonwealth with new statue — WASHINGTON, D.C.—Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Virginia's statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Robert E. Lee statue removed from Capitol — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee inside the U.S. Capitol was removed from the building's crypt Monday morning and will be relocated to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture. — The removal was conducted by staff from the Architect …
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Fox News and Washington Examiner
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Robert E. Lee statue removed from US Capitol
Robert E. Lee statue removed from US Capitol
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Blue Virginia
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House secures ‘three martini lunch’ tax deduction in draft of coronavirus relief package — President Trump has long seized on the tax break as a way to revive the restaurant industry. But economists have panned it as ineffective and largely benefitting the wealthy.
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Business Insider, Reason, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mother Jones
Erica Newland / New York Times:
'I'm Haunted by What I Did' as a Lawyer in the Trump Justice Department — No matter our intentions, lawyers like me were complicit. We owe the country our honesty about what we saw — and should do in the future. — Ms. Newland worked in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department from 2016-18.
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Alternet.org
Associated Press:
Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results — WASHINGTON (AP) — Undeterred by dismissals and admonitions from judges, President Donald Trump's campaign continued with its unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the Nov 3. election Sunday, saying it had filed a new petition with the Supreme Court.
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American Greatness, HotAir, Business Insider, Washington Times, Bloomberg and Reuters
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump campaign takes fight over Penn. election, ballot laws to Supreme Court
Trump campaign takes fight over Penn. election, ballot laws to Supreme Court
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National Review, Israpundit, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Election Law Blog and Political Wire
Donald J. Trump for President:
Trump Campaign taking Constitutional fight to Supreme Court
Trump Campaign taking Constitutional fight to Supreme Court
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UPI and Just The News
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Shirley Abrahamson, longest-serving member of Wisconsin Supreme Court, dies at 87
Shirley Abrahamson, longest-serving member of Wisconsin Supreme Court, dies at 87
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Wisconsin Right Now
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Trump campaign independently filing with Supreme Court over election results
Trump campaign independently filing with Supreme Court over election results
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Townhall, New York Post, Law & Crime and Forbes
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Trump plots martial law from White House — the press shrugs — The Normalizing Olympics … In a West Wing meeting that would seem more fitting for a nation with a long history of authoritarian rule, Trump recently met with deranged, conspiracy-peddling advisers and discussed the possibility …
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The American Independent, CNN and Alternet.org
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Already Wondering What Airport Will Bear His Name — The president has been asking aides and advisers what the process is for getting an airport named after him—another sign his mind is drifting to a post-presidency. — In the dying days of his presidency, Donald Trump has taken …
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Alternet.org, CNN, Washington Post, Byline Times, Business Insider and Washington Examiner
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Congress Strikes Long-Sought Stimulus Deal to Provide $900 Billion in Aid — Democrats and Republicans said they had an agreement on another round of pandemic aid, including direct payments to Americans, jobless benefits and funds for businesses and vaccine distribution.
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New York Magazine, CNBC, AFP, The Signorile Report, New York Post, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Space.com, New York Daily News, KUSI-TV, Fox News, The Hill, Variety, Forbes, Vox and The Mahablog, more at Techmeme »
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Washington Post:
‘A real mess’: Trump is leaving behind crises and undermining Biden before he takes office — When President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office on Jan. 20, the list of crises he will face includes a massive cyber intrusion, a still-raging global pandemic, a slowing economic recovery …
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Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, RedState, New York Times, California Healthline, Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald and Hír TV - rovat
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Engaging With Trump's Die-Hard Supporters Isn't Productive — The loyalists who still cling to conspiracy theories should be deprived of the attention they seek. — Author of The Death of Expertise — President-elect Joe Biden made national unity a centerpiece of his campaign …
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Reuters, Alternet.org, Bulwark+, CBS Miami and Morning Consult
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Adds New Members to His White House Economic Team — President-elect hires David Kamin, a former Obama administration budget official, and Bharat Ramamurti, a longtime aide to Sen. Elizabeth Warren — WASHINGTON—President-elect Joe Biden is rounding out his economic team …
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Bloomberg
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Pollsters disappear in Georgia with Senate on the line — Something's missing from Georgia's high-stakes Senate runoffs: the polls. — After a disastrous November election for the polling industry, when the polls again underestimated President Donald Trump (who lost regardless) …
Fuzzy Slippers / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Tables Turned: Restaurants Organize To Ban Gov. Cuomo From ‘all New York City establishments’ — “He can dine at Gracie Mansion if he wants hospitality in Manhattan. He ain't getting it here!” — It probably goes without saying at this point that Democrat governors have overreached in their response to the Wuhan coronavirus.
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New York Post and RedState
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Gov. Cuomo: UK's COVID-19 mutation ‘is on a plane to JFK’ without testing — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday called it “reprehensible” and “grossly negligent” to allow UK travelers to fly into JFK Airport without being tested despite a contagious new mutation of the coronavirus shutting down London.
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Business Insider, Washington Times, Sky News, Twitchy, ABC News and Politico
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Politico:
Amid a crisis like 'we've never seen,' Biden drives to fill Cabinet — It was April of 2009 when then-Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius received a phone call from the Obama White House. A plane was on its way to bring her to Washington to be sworn in as the Health and Human Services secretary.
Washington Post:
Ex-cop hits truck thinking it held 750,000 fraudulent ballots, police say. It held air conditioning parts. — David Lopez-Zuniga, an air-conditioner installer, had just left his mobile home for his typical predawn commute when he noticed an SUV's headlights closely trailing his small cargo truck.
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Buttermilk Sky
Politico:
Inside Trump's pressure campaign to overturn the election — It started with a phone call. — In mid-November, President Donald Trump rang Monica Palmer, the Republican chair of an obscure board in Michigan that had just declared Joe Biden winner of the state's most populous county.
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Newsmax, CNN, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Roll Call, The Bulwark and Crooks and Liars
Washington Post:
Live updates: Biden to get coronavirus vaccine; Harris, Ivanka Trump to campaign in Georgia for Senate candidates — President-elect Joe Biden and future first lady Jill Biden will receive the coronavirus vaccine in public Monday in an effort to show the nation the safety of the vaccine.
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
She Called Police Over a Neo-Nazi Threat. But the Neo-Nazis Were Inside the Police. — Death threats linked to police computers and the discovery of far-right chat groups in police departments across Germany have fed concerns about far-right infiltration.
Washington Post:
More than 1.3 million Georgians have already voted in the Senate runoffs, rivaling general election turnout — ATLANTA — More than 1.3 million Georgians have already voted in two Senate runoffs taking place next month — a number that rivals the turnout at this point in the November election …
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Political IQ and HotAir