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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.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump turns on Pence, Meadows and McConnell 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.
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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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 …
CNN:
Some White House advisers fear Trump's final days  —  Heated Oval Office meeting included talk of martial law  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has turned to a fringe group of advisers peddling increasingly dubious tactics to overturn the results of the election, creating a dire situation …
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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump lines up losses  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FOR A GUY WHO LIKES TO WIN, and puts so much stock in not looking like a loser, President DONALD TRUMP is throwing an awful lot of weight behind two efforts that, if you're charitable, you can say he is not certain to win …
Scott Jennings / Courier-Journal:
Will McConnell and Biden friendship mean a calmer, more functional Washington?  —  “Well, first of all, I am going to treat him a hell of a lot better than Chuck Schumer ever treated Donald Trump.”  —  My chat with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came last week …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The CT Mirror and Axios
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Washington Post:
Biden poised to pick Connecticut schools chief as education secretary
Discussion: The Week
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.
Michael R. Strain / Bloomberg:
The Bad and the Good in the New Payroll Protection Program  —  Some costly mistakes weren't fixed in the $284 billion plan.  But others were, so let's give it a shot.  —  LISTEN TO ARTICLE  —  5:26  —  Share  —  Tweet  —  Email  —  Congress extended the Paycheck Protection Program …
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Washington Post:
House approves huge spending package, rushing to send economic relief to pandemic-stricken country
Washington Post:   Stimulus deal includes raft of provisions to fight climate change
Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Aid Package Set for Final Votes in House, Senate
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.
Discussion: Forbes
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Jacob Shamsian / Business Insider:
Officials finally found a case of a dead person voting, accusing a Republican of pretending to be his dead mom to vote for Trump
Discussion: Your Content and Law & Crime
Statesman Journal:
Pepper spray and pepper balls used by protesters and police at Oregon Capitol  —  Claire Withycombe Virginia BarredaSalem Statesman Journal  —  Monday's special session at the Oregon Capitol was slightly disrupted as protestors - who appeared to oppose policies closing certain businesses …
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Washington Post:
Millions of Christmas presents may arrive late because of USPS package delays  —  Unprecedented package volume has paralyzed the agency, leading managers to divert vast shipments of mail across the country  —  Competing crises are slamming the U.S. Postal Service just days before Christmas …
Discussion: The Week
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” …
New York Times:
Treasury Department's Senior Leaders Were Targeted by Hacking  —  The disclosure was the first acknowledgment of a specific intrusion in the vast cyberattack.  At the White House, national security leaders met to assess how to deal with the situation.  —  WASHINGTON — The Russian hackers …
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
West Point catches more than 70 cadets cheating, worst academic scandal in 50 years  —  WASHINGTON - More than 70 cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point have been accused of cheating on a math exam, the worst academic scandal since the 1970s at the Army's premier training ground for officers, USA TODAY has learned.
Washington Post:
Why Americans are numb to the staggering coronavirus death toll  —  Death is everywhere and yet nowhere in America during the worst stretch of the pandemic  —  When Todd Klindt buried his dad, he was stunned.  Some of the mourners arrived not wearing masks — for the funeral of a man killed by the coronavirus.
New York Times:
The Mystery of the Disappearing Manuscripts  —  A phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry.  —  Earlier this month, the book industry website Publishers Marketplace announced that Little …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Felony  —  Congress looks to provide relief to U.S. citizens and small businesses, but the omnibus bill includes some legislative priorities for the entertainment industry as well.  —  Providing relief via direct assistance and loans …
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 …
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump administration weighing legal immunity for Saudi crown prince accused in assassination plot  —  The U.S. government is weighing a request to declare Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman immune from a federal lawsuit accusing him of targeting for assassination a former top intelligence officer …
Washington Post:
Young conservatives mingled maskless at Mar-a-Lago and partied with a money cannon  —  Conservative student group Turning Point USA held two large events in Florida this weekend, including one at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's private club, violating local coronavirus restrictions …
 
 
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Scott W. Atlas / Wall Street Journal:
A Pandemic of Misinformation  —  The media's politicization of Covid has proved deadly and puts Americans' freedoms at risk.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
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New York Times:
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Discussion: CNN
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
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Allison P. Davis / The Cut:
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Barr Sees ‘No Reason’ for Special Counsels for Hunter Biden or the Election
New York Times:
Where Immigrant Neighborhoods Swung Right in the Election
Discussion: HotAir, Lucianne and Mother Jones