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Arizona Republic:
Hand count in audit affirms Biden beat Trump, as Maricopa County said in November — Jen Fifield Robert AnglenArizona Republic — A monthslong hand recount of Maricopa County's 2020 vote confirmed that President Joe Biden won and the election was not “stolen” from former President Donald Trump …
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New York Times:
Republican Review of Arizona Vote Fails to Show Stolen Election — The much criticized review showed much the same results as in November, with 99 more Biden votes and 261 fewer Trump ones. — PHOENIX — After months of delays and blistering criticism, a review of the 2020 election …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump blames media after Arizona audit finds Biden won — Former President Trump on Friday laid into the news media after a draft report of the 2020 election audit in Arizona reaffirmed President Biden's victory in the state's largest county and showed Trump with fewer votes than previously counted.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Arizona ‘audit’ just destroyed a big GOP lie — in more ways than one — The news that the sham Arizona “audit” has “confirmed” President Biden's victory is being widely cast as a huge setback for purveyors of former president Donald Trump's “big lie” about the 2020 election.
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Neelam Bohra / The Texas Tribune:
Texas secretary of state's office auditing four counties' 2020 elections months after an official called the statewide process “smooth and secure”
Texas secretary of state's office auditing four counties' 2020 elections months after an official called the statewide process “smooth and secure”
Natassia Paloma / KTSM-TV:
Photographer behind controversial photos speaks exclusively to KTSM — EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - The photographer behind images depicting Border Patrol agents on horseback told KTSM things are not exactly what they seem when it comes to the photos. — The photographs, which were taken Sunday …
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Fox News:
Border Patrol stunned as Biden goes to war with his own agents over false ‘whipping’ allegations — Border Patrol agents who spoke to Fox News were stunned and outraged by Biden's comments — Biden says Border Patrol agents charging migrants ‘will pay’ — EXCLUSIVE: President Biden …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Biden: Those mounted Border Patrol agents will pay for, er, doing their job
Biden: Those mounted Border Patrol agents will pay for, er, doing their job
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Shelley Ross / New York Times:
Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me. I Hope He'll Use His Power to Make Change. — Ms. Ross is a veteran television journalist and former executive producer at ABC and CBS. — I was Chris Cuomo's boss at ABC News nearly two decades ago, and I am a regular viewer of CNN today …
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Emily Crane / New York Post:
Chris Cuomo accused of sexually harassing ex-boss Shelley Ross at 2005 party
Chris Cuomo accused of sexually harassing ex-boss Shelley Ross at 2005 party
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Jan. 6 Plotters Had a Mob. They Also Had a Plan. — You can understand a revolution as a time when the unthinkable becomes, suddenly, thinkable. It is a time when the rules that ordinarily govern political life lose their force and conflict takes the place of consensus …
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C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Meet the Trump lawyer who wanted Pence to overturn the 2020 election
Meet the Trump lawyer who wanted Pence to overturn the 2020 election
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Politico:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas 4 from Trump's inner circle
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas 4 from Trump's inner circle
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Fox to Rudy: You're banned — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT: The Arizona Republic scooped the results of the Maricopa County “audit” paid for by “Stop the Steal” and DONALD TRUMP allies: It found that Trump lost the key county by a wider margin than the official election results.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Rudy Giuliani Whines About Fox News Ban to Steve Bannon: 'It's Outrageous' — Rudy is apparently “very hurt” over getting booted from a network who's facing a $1.6 billion lawsuit because of the former mayor's remarks — Rudy Giuliani was reportedly “really hurt” that Fox News banned him from appearing on the network.
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
‘Vigilante treatments’: Anti-vaccine groups push people to leave ICUs — Anti-vaccine Facebook groups have a new message for their community members: Don't go to the emergency room, and get your loved ones out of intensive care units. — Consumed by conspiracy theories claiming that doctors …
New York Times:
C.D.C. Chief Overrules Agency Panel and Recommends Pfizer-BioNTech Boosters for Workers at Risk — In a highly unusual decision, the C.D.C. director, Rochelle Walensky, reversed a move by agency advisers and endorsed additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for health care workers, teachers and other workers at risk.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
White House wants millions of government contractors vaccinated by Dec. 8 — The White House said on Friday that millions of federal contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8 and that the administration will add clauses to future government contracts mandating inoculations.
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden: Negotiations over economic agenda at a ‘stalemate’
Biden: Negotiations over economic agenda at a ‘stalemate’
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The White House might give up the goods on what Trump did Jan. 6. What would that mean?
The White House might give up the goods on what Trump did Jan. 6. What would that mean?
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Raw Story
Marc Caputo / Politico:
DeSantis pulls ahead of 2024 GOP pack as Florida's Covid cases fall — Florida's coronavirus caseloads are dropping fast. And Gov. Ron DeSantis is again rising above other possible 2024 GOP presidential candidates in a new poll. — In a theoretical primary without Donald Trump on the ballot …
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Washington Examiner
Daniel D'Addario / Variety:
‘The View’ Pulls Two Hosts Mid-Show for Positive COVID Tests Before Kamala Harris Interview … A planned interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on “The View” was derailed Friday when two of the show's co-hosts were asked to exit mid-broadcast because they tested positive for COVID.
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump Organization Warned by Judge to Obey N.Y. Subpoenas — Former President Donald Trump's company will have to hire an outside firm to search its documents if it doesn't soon fully comply with subpoenas issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a judge warned.
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Some Profitable Companies Would Still Pay No Taxes Under Democrats' Plan — Party proposals don't affect main reasons why profitable companies sometimes report no current U.S. tax costs — WASHINGTON—President Biden's talking points on corporate taxes often revolve around a list …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden could owe as much as $500K in back taxes, government report indicates
Biden could owe as much as $500K in back taxes, government report indicates
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Paper of un-Record: NYT stealth edits out blaming “influential lobbyists and rabbis” for AOC's vote switch on Iron Dome — A funny thing happened on the way to the accountability forum for the New York Times. In attempting to explain why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broke out in tears …
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Khaled Elgindy / Middle East Institute:
No, Iron Dome doesn't save Palestinian lives
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell warms to Herschel Walker as primary war with Trump fizzles — Republicans are hand-wringing over former President Donald Trump's hand-picked candidate Herschel Walker entering a critical Senate race. Surprisingly, Mitch McConnell isn't one of them.
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CREW:
Corporations have given $10 million to the Sedition Caucus … On January 6, a violent mob stormed the Capitol to try and stop the certification of the results of a fair presidential election won by Joe Biden. In the months prior to the attack, political leaders aligned with President Trump …
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Kerry Breen / TODAY.com:
NBC News correspondent Monica Alba announces she is pregnant with her 1st child — NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba is expecting her first child. — The mom-to-be, who is married to CNN national political reporter Dan Merica, told TODAY Parents that the couple is expecting a boy, due on Feb. 2, 2022 (or 2/2/22!).
Politico:
'You've disgraced this country': Judge rips Capitol riot defendant — A federal judge tore into a low-level defendant in the Capitol Riot Friday, moments after the man entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the Jan. 6 unrest. — “You've disgraced this country in the eyes …
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BBC:
Huawei's Meng Wanzhou ‘to be freed’ in US deal — A Chinese technology executive held in Canada on US fraud charges could be freed as early as Friday after the US government said it would submit a “resolution” to the case against her. — Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei …
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