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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump's Attempts to Overturn the Election Are Unparalleled in U.S. History  —  The president's push to prevent states from certifying electors and get legislators to override voters' will eclipses even the bitter 1876 election as an audacious use of brute political force.
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Axios:
Trump is on an island  —  Most of President Trump's closest advisers have completely distanced themselves from his legal effort and are avoiding his lawyers to avoid being swept into their courtroom dramas.  —  Why it matters: Some of the president's advisers act like they think he can still overturn …
CNN:
Trump told ally he's trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt about the election results in order …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Growing concern about Trump legal fight  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  GROWING CONCERN ABOUT TRUMP LEGAL FIGHT: Thursday's news conference by Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani …
Washington Post:
Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in office  —  President Trump is using the power of his office to try to reverse the results of the election, orchestrating a far-reaching pressure campaign to persuade Republican officials in Michigan …
New York Times:
Trump Targets Michigan in His Ploy to Subvert the Election
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Do Trump's Lawyers Know What They Are Doing?  —  Today several of President Trump's lawyers, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, held a press conference in which they alleged that they have convincing if not conclusive evidence that the presidential election was rigged …
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Sidney Powell fires back: Tucker Carlson was ‘insulting, demanding, and rude’  —  Sidney Powell, an attorney on President Trump's election legal team, shot back at Fox News host Tucker Carlson the morning after he said she “got angry” and refused to provide evidence on his show for her claims of voting software flipping votes.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Americans Deserve the Truth, Even If It's Unpleasant  —  On the menu today: a blunt message about who is conning whom in the aftermath of the 2020 elections.  —  You Are Being Conned  —  Rudy Giuliani, yesterday: … Sidney Powell, yesterday, in the same press conference:
New York Times:
Trump Tax Write-Offs Are Ensnared in 2 New York Fraud Investigations  —  Inquiries into the president and his businesses, one criminal and one civil, are now looking at tax deductions taken on consulting fees.  Some of the payments appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump.
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Washington Post:
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin cuts off several Federal Reserve emergency aid programs, sparking unusual rebuke from Fed
Discussion: Bloomberg and HotAir
Wall Street Journal:
Mnuchin Declines to Extend Several Fed Emergency Lending Programs
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Blunt 2020 lessons for media, America  —  All of us — and the media, in particular — need some clear-eyed, humble self-reflection as the dust settles on the 2020 election results.  — Here are a few preliminary Axios learnings.  —  The media remains fairly clueless about the America …
Discussion: New York Times
Chuck Goudie / ABC7:
Disturbing new details in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer  —  CHICAGO (WLS) — There is new and disturbing information in the alleged militia plot against the governor of Michigan.  —  The 14 men charged had far more violent plans than just a kidnapping, according to federal and state authorities.
Pfizer:
Pfizer and BioNTech to Submit Emergency Use Authorization Request Today to the U.S. FDA for COVID-19 Vaccine  — In addition to today's submission to the FDA, the companies have already initiated rolling submissions across the globe including in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the U.K. …
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Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer to Seek Authorization of Covid-19 Vaccine Friday
Discussion: IJR and One America News Network
Robert Faturechi / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Georgia Senator David Perdue Privately Pushed For Tax Break For Rich Sports Team Owners  — Robert Faturechi and - Justin Elliott  —  It's unclear why Senator Perdue was interested in tax regulation that would impact only a tiny set of the richest Americans.
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Pence returns to the campaign trail, where he'll begin to chart his own political future
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Georgia manual recount confirms Biden victory  —  By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jennifer Peebles - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution David Wickert - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  A manual recount of nearly 5 million ballots cast in Georgia showed Thursday …
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Detroit News:
It's time to stand behind election results and move on  —  The two of us, Republican and Democrat, disagree on many issues.  But we agree — and we think most Americans agree — on a bedrock principle of democracy: that in our system, the will of the people prevails.
Discussion: The Stream and CNN
NBC News:
Trump is trying to overturn an election he didn't win.  We didn't get here by accident  —  WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Georgia officials confirmed through a hand count that Joe Biden had won the state in the presidential election.  —  Today, on Friday, President Trump meets with top GOP lawmakers …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Bogus Dispute Is Doing Real Damage  —  Conspiracy theories are damaging the country today and will hurt Republicans tomorrow.  —  No hard evidence of widespread fraud, no success in the courts or prospect of it.  You can have a theory that a bad thing was done, but only facts will establish it.
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Hospitals Know What's Coming  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  Perhaps no hospital in the United States was better-prepared for a pandemic than the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republican Senate signals it will confirm Biden Cabinet  —  Senate Republicans are signaling they will confirm most of President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet picks in January — a rare bright spot for a White House that may clash with a GOP majority for years to come.
New York Times:
How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation  —  Increasingly allied, the American far right and members of the Chinese diaspora tapped into social media to give a Hong Kong researcher a vast audience for peddling unsubstantiated pandemic claims.
Derek Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Trump fans, Fox News is not the problem  —  I'm all for competition, especially on the battlefield of ideas.  It makes all involved better.  Without competition, no records would be broken, no championships would be won — life would be boring.  That's why I support the idea of a competitor …
Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News:
COVID-19 rules appear ignored at birthday party featuring Brooklyn political players  —  Adherence to COVID regulations was checked at the door at a recent birthday party featuring a number of Kings County powerhouses.  —  Photos of a celebration for Carlo Scissura, head …
Matt Towery / Real Clear Politics:
A Realistic Primer on Georgia's Senate Runoffs  —  COMMENTARY  —  In the classic movie “The Godfather,” Michael Corleone travels to a small restaurant in the Bronx to meet with a rival Mafia boss.  At the table the boss tells a corrupt policeman who is there to serve as a third-party witness …
Discussion: Power Line
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
Your Political Leaders Hate You And Think You're Stupid  —  Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.  —  One thing should be abundantly clear by now, after ten months of this pandemic: our political leaders hate us and they think we're stupid.  Nothing else can explain the blatant hypocrisy we've seen …
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Axios
Issues & Insights:
Biden's COVID Plan: Close The Economy, Open The Border  —  As coronavirus cases spike, Joe Biden is getting increasingly aggressive about containment.  He's pushing all governors to impose statewide mask mandates and other restrictions.  His advisers are openly talking about a national lockdown to slow the spread.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
‘The Dumbest Coup’  —  Noah Rothman's excellent piece in Commentary, “The Dumbest of Coups,” deserves to be widely read.  —  I've been writing about conspiracy theories for a while now — QAnon, the Flat-Earth gang, etc. — and one of the things you quickly learn about conspiracy theories …
New York Times:
100 Notable Books of 2020  —  The year's notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review … The Aosawa Murders  —  BY RIKU ONDA.  Translated by Alison Watts.  $14.95.  Paperback.  Bitter Lemon.  —  Onda's strange, engrossing novel …
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
 
 
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Helen Raleigh / The Federalist:
Insider Tells What It's Really Like In The Trump White House: Cordial And Efficient
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
The Certification of the 2020 US Election Results is on Schedule. Here's a Timeline.
Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast:
Hairstylists Say Rudy Giuliani's TV Disaster Should Be a Lesson to Us All
Discussion: Alternet.org
David Lynch / Washington Post:
Trump could be a no-show at virtual G-20 as coronavirus ravages the globe
Alex Nester / Washington Free Beacon:
Berkeley Prof Compares Trump Supporters to Germans Under Nazi Rule
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Trump Has Appointed 2 White Nationalists To Government Roles Since Losing The Election
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Hear It for Yourself: Rudy Giuliani Flubs Law and Facts in Federal Court as Pa. Counties Skewer ‘Disgraceful’ Performance
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Times
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Newsweek:
Former VA Official Claims Refusal to Discredit Female Veteran Who Complained of Sexual Assault Led to Firing
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
President Trump should say 'you're fired' — to himself
John F. Harris / Politico:
Could Obama Have Been Great?  —  Barack Obama came into his presidency as a good guy …
Richard Primus / Politico:
Why Michigan's Top Legislators Should Cancel that Meeting with Trump
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Pentagon's Tata Tests Positive for Covid After Lithuanian Visit
Discussion: CNN, Wall Street Journal, WTOP and NPR
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals
 
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