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11:30 AM ET, November 30, 2020

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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The GOP Is a Propaganda Party  —  Media parasites have taken control of the host.  —  Cymothoa exigua is a terrifying creature.  —  The parasite enters a fish through its gills, attaches to its tongue, consumes the tongue, and then becomes a sort of new tongue.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
President Trump's interview is an embarrassing low mark for him, Fox News and, especially, interviewer Maria Bartiromo  —  Once a respected journalist and top business reporter, Bartiromo has seemingly sold her journalistic soul to become a sycophant for President Trump.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The King of Trump TV Thinks You're Dumb Enough to Buy It  —  Chris Ruddy, the C.E.O. of Newsmax, has found a business opportunity in feeding Trump supporters the fantasy that the president could still win the election.  —  In 2004, Hillary Clinton was in the Senate and Christopher Ruddy had some making up to do.
Washington Post:
Biden hires all-female senior communications team, names Neera Tanden director of OMB
Brian Stelter / CNN:   ‘Firehose of falsehood:’ How Trump is trying to confuse the public about the election outcome
Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Fills Out His Economic Team  —  President-elect's picks include Neera Tanden to head the Office of Management and Budget and Cecilia Rouse to chair the Council of Economic Advisers  —  WASHINGTON—President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate a team of liberal and centrist economic advisers …
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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
Biden taps Yellen for Treasury, announces other members of economic team
Discussion: New York Post
Ben White / Politico:
Deese to be Biden's top White House economic adviser
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and New York Times
National Review:
Trump's Disgraceful Endgame  —  The Supreme Court Got Church Restrictions Right  —  Biden's Cabinet: What a Hillary Clinton Administration Would Have Looked Like  —  You Have a National Adoption Month Date on Monday Morning  —  President Trump said the other day that he'd leave office …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Reuters:
Kushner heading to Saudi Arabia and Qatar amid tensions over Iranian scientist killing  —  Senior White House adviser and his team to travel this week for talks with Saudi crown prince and emir of Qatar  —  White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Dear Joe, It's Not About Iran's Nukes Anymore
Washington Examiner:   Biden's security picks a worrisome sign for Iran policy
Jon Cohen / Science:
‘Absolutely remarkable’: No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe COVID-19  —  Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.  —  Continuing the spate of stunning news about COVID-19 vaccines, the biotech company Moderna announced …
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NBC News:
Biden's transition challenges grow by the day  —  WASHINGTON — For President-elect Joe Biden, the easy part was defeating an incumbent president nearly four weeks ago.  —  The hard part is his transition into office during a pandemic that's only getting worse, amid destabilizing events overseas …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Hannah Knowles and By Hannah Knowles  —  National reporter covering law enforcement and criminal justice  —  Samuel Little guided his car to a stop in a secluded area off Route 27 near Miami and cut the engine.  Before long, Mary Brosley had straddled his lap.  He started playing with her necklace.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Mastermind Behind Biden's No-Drama Approach to Trump  —  When Julián Castro wasn't given a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention in August, he complained that Joe Biden's campaign wasn't showing proper respect to Latino voters.  The real explanation for the snub is much simpler …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. aides launch super PAC as Georgia worries mount  —  Advisers to Donald Trump Jr. are launching a super PAC to prod the president's supporters to vote in the upcoming Georgia Senate runoffs, as Republicans grow concerned that Trump's backers will boycott the elections.
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Fired director of U.S. cyber agency Chris Krebs explains why President Trump's claims of election interference are false  —  Chris Krebs, a lifelong Republican, was put in charge of the agency handling election security by President Trump two years ago.  When Krebs said the election …
Mike Dunford / The Bulwark:
The ‘Kraken’ Lawsuit Was Released And It's Way Dumber Than You Realize  —  Readingitisguaranteedtogiveyouaheadache .  —  Every time you think you have a grasp of how preposterous the Trump team's election lawsuits are, another one comes out, dumber and more conspiracy-filled than the last.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The Electoral College is only getting worse  —  The Electoral College is a political abomination.  As I have written before, rather than protecting the influence of small states, it grants overwhelming power to a handful of states that randomly happen to have a close partisan balance, which are mostly fairly large.
Discussion: IJR and National Review
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Biden's Favorability Rises to 55%, Trump's Dips to 42%
Discussion: The Hill
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Andrew Yang, said to be considering mayoral bid, tested in new online poll  —  NEW YORK — Former presidential hopeful Andrew Yang, who advocated for a “universal basic income” during the Democratic primary, is now the subject of a poll that tests New York City voters' appetites for a third-party candidate in the upcoming mayoral race.
Jochen Bittner / New York Times:
1918 Germany Has a Warning for America  —  Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” campaign recalls one of the most disastrous political lies of the 20th century.  —  HAMBURG, Germany — It may well be that Germans have a special inclination to panic at specters from the past, and I admit that this alarmism annoys me at times.
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
We Won't Forget and We Won't Forgive What Trumpists Did to America  —  It's not enough to merely enjoy their agony and humiliation.  It's not enough to hope they'll be shamed and correct their behavior.  Have you not met these people?  —  BEAST INSIDE … The dark is rising for Trump's sycophants, toadies and enablers.
Discussion: Raw Story and TheBlaze
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
American High Schools Go Woke  —  Consultants cash in on radical changes to curricula nationwide  —  In July, the leadership of Los Angeles's elite Harvard-Westlake School issued a 20-page confessional about the school's role in perpetuating “racism and injustice” and promised changes.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The House members already facing the redistricting chopping block  —  The 2020 elections were ugly.  The redistricting battles of the next two years will be even more brutal.  —  The decennial process will produce hundreds of new congressional districts, turning safe seats …
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
Janet Yellen / President-Elect Joe Biden:
Economy Nominees and Appointees  —  The Biden-Harris administration will help lift America out of our current economic downturn and build back better—creating an economy that gives every single American a fair shot and an equal chance to get ahead.  —  SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY  —  Read full bio
Discussion: NPR
CNN:
Biden weighs history-making picks for defense secretary  —  (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden is entering the month of December weighing several barrier-breaking candidates to be his Secretary of Defense.  —  Three candidates are in final contention to lead the department …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Gov. Larry Hogan / Washington Examiner:
Vote Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue to uphold moderation and compromise in the US Senate
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Zaid Jilani / Wall Street Journal:
Canceling Student Debt Would Be a ‘Brahmin Bailout’
Emily Badger / New York Times:
Most Republicans Say They Doubt the Election. How Many Really Mean It?
David Dayen / American Prospect:
A Bright Spot Amid Biden's Middle-of-the-Road Approach
Campbell MacDiarmid / Telegraph:
Exclusive: Syrian general accused of war crimes ‘given new life in Europe by Mossad’
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
Anita Kumar / Politico:
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
'They'll freeze them out': Democrats fear Senate Republicans will block Biden's judges
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Daily Kos