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6:05 PM ET, December 3, 2020

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Associated Press:
Trump aide banned from Justice after trying to get case info  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The official serving as President Donald Trump's eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive information about election fraud …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Farah resigns as White House communications director in tacit nod to Trump's loss  —  White House communications director Alyssa Farah resigned from her post Thursday after three-and-a-half years in the Trump administration.  —  Farah, 31, began her White House tenure as press secretary …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump and Barr had ‘contentious’ White House meeting this week, source says
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump hits Barr over voter fraud remarks: 'He hasn't looked'
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:   Trump Rewards His Cronies and Bundlers With Plum Posts on His Way Out the Door
New York Times:
How Is Trump's Lawyer Jenna Ellis ‘Elite Strike Force’ Material?  —  She bills herself as a “constitutional law attorney.”  Her experience doesn't align with the sort of lawyer she plays on TV.  —  Jenna Ellis broke into the legal profession in 2012 as a deputy district attorney in Weld County …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office  —  Biden will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days  —  (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday that he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days after he takes office.
Jeffrey Young / HuffPost:
A Day In The Life Of Dr. Anthony Fauci
Discussion: Listen to Free Radio
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Fauci: U.K. ‘really rushed through that approval’ of Pfizer vaccine
Washington Post:
Trump roils Georgia GOP as party waits to see if presidential visit helps — or hurts — in crucial Senate runoffs  —  President Trump's planned trip to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for two Senate candidates embroiled in tight runoff races has put some Republicans on edge that he could do more harm …
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The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Declares War on ‘Fool’ Trumpist Lawyer Lin Wood
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump's Georgia rally sparks GOP anxiety
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
SCOOP: Don Jr. eyes a run for NRA chief.  It's one more way the Trump family is making big plays to cement itself in GOP conservative politics for the next four years. … - President Trump and his family are looking to cement their hold on the Republican Party with a series of moves aimed …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Plotting the future: Trump kids even look to profit from their father's fallen legacy  —  (CNN)It was Thanksgiving, but instead of being seated at an elaborate table dressed with gold silverware, expensive china and a buffet of chilled seafood, turkey and beef tenderloin, waited on by household staff …
John Ratcliffe / Wall Street Journal:
China Is National Security Threat No. 1  —  Resisting Beijing's attempt to reshape and dominate the world is the challenge of our generation.  —  As Director of National Intelligence, I am entrusted with access to more intelligence than any member of the U.S. government other than the president.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Raimondo: I will not be Biden's HHS secretary  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Gov. Gina Raimondo on Thursday ruled out leaving her job to become President-elect Joe Biden's health and human services secretary, seeking to put the idea to rest after a flurry of reports that she was a finalist for the job.
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line  —  A vaccine may be around the corner, but how long will it be until you get the shot?  Health officials are considering vaccine timelines that give some Americans priority over others.  If you're a healthy American, you may wait many months for your turn.
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Trump campaign's star witness in Michigan was deemed ‘not credible.’ Then, her loud testimony went viral.  —  Weeks after Melissa Carone was tapped by the Trump campaign as a star witness in Michigan, little appeared to be going as planned with the contract IT worker's testimony …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jonathan Capehart, Tiffany Cross Take Over ‘A.M. Joy’ Weekend Slots on MSNBC … Jonathan Capehart and Tiffany Cross were supposed to throw glasses at each other, not toast one another with them.  —  And yet the duo took to Zoom earlier this week to share a cocktail.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
MSNBC gives weekend shows to Tiffany Cross and Jonathan Capehart
Discussion: The Root
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Angry parents won't let officials slide over closed playgrounds, packed malls  —  Sydney Beckman ran beneath the yellow caution tape surrounding the empty playground equipment and flopped her tiny body over a swing.  —  The 2-year-old had tried opening a gate blocking the big green slide …
Matt Negrin / Washington Post:
A political litmus test for Republicans: Fail it, lose your TV slot  —  Time for a rapid test for the voter fraud delusion  —  Almost a month has passed since Joe Biden won the election, and the Republican Party still refuses to acknowledge him as president-elect.
KTLA:
Residents in city of Los Angeles to ‘remain in their homes’ amid COVID-19 surge, mayor's office says  —  All residents within the city of Los Angeles should continue to remain in their homes and follow the city's “safer-at-home” order, which mirrors guidance from L.A. County, according to the mayor's office.
Jeffery Martin / Newsweek:
Roger Stone Says North Korean Boats Delivered Ballots Through Maine Harbor As Trump Boosts Fraud Claims  —  Former Trump adviser Roger Stone claimed on Wednesday that North Korea had interfered in the U.S. presidential election.  Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continued to assert …
Nicole Carr / WSB-TV:
Florida attorney under investigation for registering to vote in Georgia, encouraging others to do the same  —  PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A Florida attorney is at the center of a new state investigation after elections officials say he recently attempted to register to vote in Georgia and instructed …
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Tenants Sue Trump Over Scheme That Drove Up Their Rents  —  The latest legal front against the outbound president involves a maneuver that earned him and his siblings millions while lowering their taxes.  —  President Trump will face a raft of potential legal challenges when he leaves office …
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court sides with church challenging California's COVID restrictions  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a California church challenging Governor Gavin Newsom's restrictions on indoor worship services amid the spike in coronavirus infections …
Discussion: CNN, Mercury News, The Daily Caller and UPI
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court sides with churches against California on coronavirus restrictions
Discussion: Washington Post
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Prominent Democratic strategist and Newsom adviser facing domestic violence charges  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Prominent California Democratic strategist Nathan Ballard — a longtime friend and adviser to Gov. Gavin Newsom — was arrested and jailed on two felony domestic violence charges in Napa …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Facebook for Discriminating Against U.S. Workers  —  Lawsuit Alleges Facebook Favors H-1B Visa Workers and Other Temporary Visa Holders over U.S. Workers  —  The Department of Justice announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. for discriminating against U.S. workers.
Politico:
Wikipedia page for Biden's new Covid czar scrubbed of politically damaging material  —  A Democratic consulting firm made numerous changes to Jeff Zients' page as he became a more important figure on Biden's team this summer and fall.  —  Jeff Zients speaks at the White House on Feb. 9, 2016.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The President Is Acting Crazy, so Why Are We Shrugging It Off?  —  The dangerous “yeah, whatever” phase of Trump's lame-duck Presidency.  —  On Wednesday, more than three thousand Americans died because of the coronavirus, the nation's deadliest day yet during the pandemic.
Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News:
Inside A Xinjiang Detention Camp  —  This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center, the Open Technology Fund, and the Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism.  —  Nestled in the mountains along the border between China and Kazakhstan, a remote rural county conceals an appalling secret …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Ex-FBI lawyer who altered Russia probe email seeks probation  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering an email during the Donald Trump-Russia investigation “made a grievous mistake” but should be spared prison time and given probation instead, his attorneys said in a sentencing memorandum Thursday.
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, saying the case must first wind its way through lower courts.
 
 
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The White House:
Memorandum on Extension of Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19 and to Facilitate Economic Recovery
Discussion: Politico
Samir Ferdowsi / VICE:
Mysterious Monolith Update: Racists Destroy California Monolith, Proclaim Christ Superior to Space Aliens
Doug Richards / WXIA-TV:
Perdue stock nets thousands early in opioid crisis
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Trump's live tweets show he is increasingly watching Fox's fringe-right competitors
Sun-Sentinel:
Secrecy and spin: How Florida's governor misled the public on the COVID-19 pandemic
Discussion: Forbes and Raw Story
New York Times:
New U.S. Citizenship Test Is Longer and More Difficult
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Sen. Durbin willing to give up subcommittee post as peace offering amid Democrats' post-election infighting
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Iowa Is What Happens When Government Does Nothing
Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed News:
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Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
Florida Masseuse Ordered to Pay $31,573 After ‘Soliciting’ Robert Kraft To ‘Commit Prostitution’
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
The Epicenter  —  Source: NYC Open Data By Scott Reinhard  —  She wears a red wig and a black dress she sewed herself.