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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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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.
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 …
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.
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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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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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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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:   Rudy Giuliani ‘Really Hurt’ After Learning He's Banned From Fox News, Says Report
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
C. Ryan Barber / Insider:
Meet the Trump lawyer who wanted Pence to overturn the 2020 election  — John Eastman authored a memo to convince Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election.  — Known as an unorthodox legal scholar, he retired amid scrutiny of his role in Trump election fights.
Discussion: Reason, Angry Bear and New Republic
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
The Bannon Subpoena Is Just the Beginning. Congress's Jan. 6 Investigation Is Going Big
CNN:
White House moving to release information on Trump to congressional investigators
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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
CDC Statement on ACIP Booster Recommendations
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Axios:
1 big thing: Biden's big bet backfires  —  President Biden bit off too much, too fast in trying to ram through what would be the largest social expansion in American history, top Democrats privately say.  —  Why it matters: At the time Biden proposed it, he had his mind set …
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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The Daily Beast:
Prosecutors Pit Trump Org Dynasties Against Each Other
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Crisis of Trust in the Media”: Inside A.G. Sulzberger's Top Times Project  —  On a mission for 10 million paying customers, the paper has formed a new team to help ensure confidence in its journalism and broaden its reach beyond coastal hubs and across political lines.  The goal, says one source, is to “win people over.”
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal:
Police Officers Resist Getting Vaccinated for Covid-19, Now Their No. 1 Killer  —  The disease is the leading cause of death among police, surpassing gunfire, but resistance persists  —  Police departments around the country are trying to persuade officers to get vaccinated against Covid-19 …
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
Chris Hayes / New Yorker:
On the Internet, We're Always Famous  —  What happens when the experience of celebrity becomes universal?  —  The fennec fox is the smallest fox on earth and cute as a button.  It has mischievous dark eyes, a small black nose, and impish six-inch ears—each several times larger than its head.
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 …
The Times of Israel:
Over 300 prominent Iraqis publicly call for full peace with Israel  —  Unprecedented event in Erbil features Sunni and Shiite leaders and activists demanding that Baghdad join Abraham Accords; Lapid: Event in Iraq is a ‘source of hope and optimism’  —  Hundreds of Iraqi leaders …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene starts screaming match with Democrats over abortion rights bill  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., instigated a shouting match with a group of House Democrats who were holding an event outside the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden: Negotiations over economic agenda at a ‘stalemate’  —  President Biden on Friday acknowledged it is going to take time to pass his economic agenda following meetings with key Democratic lawmakers this week to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure package and the Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
White House wants millions of government contractors vaccinated by Dec. 8
Discussion: Insider and Breitbart
BBJ:
Budapest to host CPAC in 2022  —  Budapest will host the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a gathering of conservative activists and elected officials from the United States and beyond, in 2022, the Budapest-based Center for Fundamental Rights said, according to a report by state news wire MTI.
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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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Think tank: Trump faces ‘substantial’ legal risk in Georgia case
Discussion: HillReporter.com and myfox8.com
Politico:
FBI agents question Afghan rescue groups
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Senate GOP pushes DOJ to roll back Trump oversight rule
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Insider
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Some Profitable Companies Would Still Pay No Taxes Under Democrats' Plan
Shari Biediger / San Antonio Report:
San Antonio Report names new editor-in-chief
Insider:
Doctors Without Borders saves lives every day.  Some insiders say it is also a racist workplace where non-white workers get worse pay, less security, and inferior medical care.
Kerry Breen / TODAY.com:
NBC News correspondent Monica Alba announces she is pregnant with her 1st child
Devi Ruia / Data For Progress:
A Supermajority of Voters Support the Freedom to Vote Act
 Earlier Items: 
CREW:
Corporations have given $10 million to the Sedition Caucus
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
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Discussion: Althouse
Washington Post:
Rep. Karen Bass plans to announce run for mayor of Los Angeles
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Republican US Sen. Chuck Grassley will run for reelection in 2022 Senate race