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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump turns on Pence, McConnell and White House counsel Cipollone in desperate final days — President Trump, in his final days, is turning bitterly on virtually every person around him, griping about anyone who refuses to indulge conspiracy theories or hopeless bids to overturn the election, several top officials tell Axios.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
“Sadly, Mitch forgot”: Trump trashes McConnell in astonishing email to GOP senators — President Trump lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night for acknowledging Joe Biden won the election, sending a slide to Republican lawmakers taking credit for saving McConnell's career with a tweet and robocall.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump threatens 30-day reign of destruction on the way out of office — (CNN)Joe Biden will be president in 30 days. Until then, the question is how much damage can be done by a vengeful, delusional soon-to-be ex-President swilling conspiracy theories, whose wild anti-democratic instincts …
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Washington Post:
Trump assembles a ragtag crew of conspiracy-minded allies in flailing bid to reverse election loss — With his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and GOP leaders, President Trump has turned to a ragtag group of conspiracy theorists, media-hungry lawyers …
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CNN:
House conservatives strategize with Trump and Pence in push to challenge Biden's win — ‘Appalling’: Bolton reacts to Flynn's pitch for martial law — (CNN)Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks and fellow House conservatives met privately on Monday with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Gingrich: Trump should attend Biden inauguration — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said early Tuesday that he believes President Trump should “probably” attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration in January. — “I think that we've only had a couple of presidents in history who didn't” …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
House Republicans meet with Trump to discuss overturning election results — President Donald Trump huddled with a group of congressional Republicans at the White House on Monday, where they strategized over a last-ditch effort to overturn the election results next month, according to several members who attended the meeting.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Senate to return Dec. 29 for potential Trump veto override vote — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced early Tuesday morning that the Senate will return to Washington on Dec. 29 in order to respond to a potential veto from President Trump of a mammoth defense bill.
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Politico:
Iowa Democrat challenges defeat with the House — A Democratic congressional candidate who fell six votes short of winning an open Iowa seat formally contested her loss with the U.S. House on Tuesday, setting the state for a partisan showdown in Congress next month.
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Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Iowa Democrat Rita Hart contests nail-biter House race loss
Iowa Democrat Rita Hart contests nail-biter House race loss
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National Review
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Iowa Democrat asks House to review 6-vote race, cites errors
Iowa Democrat asks House to review 6-vote race, cites errors
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Iowa Capital Dispatch
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
The Military Would Not Participate in a Coup. Trump Can't Understand Why. — Politicians from both parties have called on the armed forces to enforce election outcomes. The generals know better. — The president of the United States considered using the military to overturn an election, according to press reports.
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Pentagon anxiety rises as officers wait for Trump's next unpredictable move
Pentagon anxiety rises as officers wait for Trump's next unpredictable move
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Raw Story
NBC News:
Feds have discussed making a legal request for Giuliani's electronic communications, say two sources — WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have discussed making a legal request for Rudy Giuliani's electronic communications, two sources familiar with the probe tell NBC News …
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted — NEW YORK (AP) — This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time — due mainly to the coronavirus pandemic. — Final mortality data for this year will not be available for months.
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Several Trump immigration restrictions will remain in place, Biden advisers say, urging patience — Top advisers to president-elect Joe Biden said Monday they will not immediately roll back asylum restrictions at the Mexico border and other restrictive Trump administration policies …
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CNN:
Biden poised to nominate Connecticut education chief Miguel Cardona as education secretary — (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden is poised to nominate Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary, two people familiar with the matter say, a decision …
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Tom Benning / Dallas Morning News:
Retiring Texas Republican, Rep. Mac Thornberry, chides GOP for ‘mindless sort of obedience’ to Trump — The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said Congress ‘was created to be and meant to be a separate independent branch of government.’ — WASHINGTON — Clarendon …
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CBS News:
Watch Live: Dr. Anthony Fauci to get the coronavirus vaccine — Dr. Anthony Fauci, who for many became the face of the federal government's COVID-19 pandemic response, will receive a dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine Tuesday. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert …
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Fauci receives vaccine, says he's ‘extremely confident’ it's safe, effective
Fauci receives vaccine, says he's ‘extremely confident’ it's safe, effective
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Townhall, New York Post and The Guardian
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Left's Most Naïve Cynics Have Turned on AOC — Jimmy Dore is undeniably good at swearing. A left-wing comedian turned pundit, Dore has earned himself a considerable YouTube following by giving expletive-laden expression to the rage that many American progressives feel when contemplating …
Washington Post:
Washington Football Team settled sexual misconduct claim against Daniel Snyder for $1.6 million — The Washington Football Team paid a female former employee $1.6 million as part of a confidential settlement in 2009, according to a copy of the agreement reviewed by The Washington Post.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Joe Biden finally announces White House spot for longtime aide Bruce Reed — Joe Biden's transition team today named six new White House hires, including Bruce Reed, the president-elect's long-time confidant, to serve as deputy chief of staff. — Why it matters: Biden has found …
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Harry Reid made Nevada a presidential battleground. Now he wants more — When Harry Reid met Joe Biden it was 1987. Reid was new to the Senate and had a favor to ask the Judiciary Committee chairman. — “There was a Nevada person that had been nominated to be a federal judge …
Stephanie Clifford / Elle:
Christie Smythe, 24 Hours Later — Stephanie Clifford follows up with the subject of the wildly viral — story, The Journalist and the Pharma Bro. — On Sunday night, Christie Smythe transformed from journalist to subject, when ELLE's — story — about Smythe's romance with “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli went live.
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Newt Gingrich / Washington Times:
Why I will not accept Joe Biden as president — Unwillingness to accept election result grows out of a level of outrage unlike anything previously experienced — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — A smart friend of mine who is a moderate liberal asked why I was not recognizing Joe Biden's victory.
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Mitch Daniels / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans could restore a bit of civility by confirming Neera Tanden — On a wall somewhere, I have a historical artifact. It's only two decades old, but it might as well be on papyrus in Aramaic. It's the Senate tally sheet from Jan. 23, 2001, recording my unanimous confirmation …
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The National Interest
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
President Trump's Post-Election Conduct and ‘Threats’ Violated the Ku Klux Klan Act, Civil Rights Groups Allege — Outgoing President Donald Trump's post-election campaign of “intimidation and coercion of election officials and volunteers” targets Black voters in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Misinformation Amplifiers Target Georgia Senate Races — The conservative social media personalities that spread baseless rumors of election fraud are starting to focus on the races that will decide control of the Senate. — Two weeks ago, the conservative media personalities Diamond …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Full(est Possible) Story of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press Conference — On the afternoon of November 13, Mike Siravo was standing outside his family's landscaping business in Northeast Philadelphia, dressed in khakis and a company polo shirt, watching as strangers pulled up in nice cars …
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Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
How Amazon Wins: By Steamrolling Rivals and Partners — CEO Jeff Bezos still runs the e-commerce giant with the drive of a startup trying to survive, and that strand of its corporate DNA is becoming a liability — Jeff Bezos built Amazon.com Inc. from his garage with an underdog's ambition to take on the establishment.
Drew Johnson / Washington Examiner:
The North Face is the new king of environmental hypocrisy — Environmental hypocrisy is nothing new when it comes to politicians and celebrities. Green extremist Al Gore is a hypocritical fraud who famously refuses to practice what he preaches. The former vice president's Nashville-area …
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Vinny Vella / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A Delaware County man charged with registering dead relatives to vote in presidential election — In the weeks leading up to the presidential election, Elizabeth Bartman and Elizabeth Weihman registered to vote as Republicans in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County officials said Monday.
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Jop de Vrieze / Science:
Suspicions grow that nanoparticles in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine trigger rare allergic reactions — Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. — Severe allergy-like reactions in at least eight people who received the COVID-19 vaccine produced …
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Nicholas Fondacaro / Newsbusters:
Uncontested CNN Guest: ‘There Was a Little Cheating’ to Reelect McConnell — Text to Speech — Disconnected from reality didn't begin to describe what occurred on CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront on Monday night. Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson was his usual unhinged self when he proclaimed …
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
The enduring lessons of a New Deal writers project — In 1937, Sterling A. Brown, a poet and literature professor at Howard University, published a forthright essay charting the history of Black life in his hometown of Washington, DC—from the district's early status as the “very seat and center” …