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Beverly Gage / Washington Post:
McCarthyism was never defeated. Trumpism won't be either. — Censure brought down a crusading anti-communist senator but fired up his followers. — A month after the presidential election, most Republican lawmakers have refused to acknowledge the obvious: Despite President Trump's fondest hopes …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Trump floats a Doug Collins run against Kemp for Georgia governor — President Trump, while speaking at a campaign rally to gin up support for Georgia Republican senators on Saturday, floated a potential 2022 gubernatorial run by Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) to challenge Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.
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Business Insider, Common Dreams, HotAir, Raw Story, The Daily Caller and New York Post
Allie Bice / Politico:
Special session over Georgia election would ‘nullify the will of the people,’ secretary of State says
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Fox News, Baltimore Sun, NBC News and Breitbart
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
At Georgia rally, Trump tells GOP to vote in ‘rigged’ election
At Georgia rally, Trump tells GOP to vote in ‘rigged’ election
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TheGrio, Business Insider, Washington Free Beacon, Forbes, Breitbart, Boston Herald, The Hill and Axios
New York Times:
At Rally for Georgia Senators, Trump Focuses on His Own Grievances
At Rally for Georgia Senators, Trump Focuses on His Own Grievances
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Al Jazeera, Slate, NPR, The Guardian, Morning Consult and CNN
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Long a Holdout From Covid-19 Restrictions, Sweden Ends Its Pandemic Experiment — Government imposes mandatory measures after failing to contain new surge in infections — Sweden's Covid-19 experiment is over. — After a late autumn surge in infections led to rising hospitalizations and deaths …
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Two cheers for the Never Trump conservatives — The shameful complicity of Republican leaders in President Trump's torrent of deceit about our election tells us there is little hope for a more reasonable post-Trump GOP. But what about conservatism as a philosophy? Is it equally discredited?
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Zandar Versus The Stupid, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Election Law Blog
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
The Republican Plan for the Next Four Years Isn't Normal — A national party whose leaders won a civil war in the 19th century and a cold war in the 20th looks to be little more than a promotional tool for Donald Trump at this point in the 21st. — Trump will lose his titular role as head …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
How Joe Biden's Digital Team Tamed the MAGA Internet — The campaign's empathetic digital strategy held up surprisingly well against President Trump's passionate digital following. — Last April, when Rob Flaherty, the digital director for Joe Biden's presidential campaign …
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Business Insider, NPR, Washington Examiner, NBC News, unz.com, Defense One, The Guardian and Greensburg Tribune-Review
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Biden's already more popular than Trump's ever been — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Gallup poll finds that President-elect Joe Biden has a 55% favorable rating and a 41% unfavorable rating. — The same poll gives President Donald Trump a 42% favorable rating and a 57% unfavorable rating.
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Washington Post:
Trump's Operation Warp Speed promised a flood of covid vaccines. Instead, states are expecting a trickle. — The administration pledged several hundred million doses in 2020. Companies will actually ship about 10 percent of that. — Federal officials have slashed the amount …
Politico:
‘Every Day Was Like a Veep Episode’: The Veepiest Moments of the Trump Era — When House of Cards debuted on Netflix in 2013, Americans were shocked and a little thrilled to imagine that its sharp, murderous plotlines might reflect the real Washington D.C.—a sinister place where calculating …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why Do So Many Americans Think the Election Was Stolen? — Looking for the reasons behind a seemingly unreasonable belief. — There have been few surprises this past month in how Donald Trump has dealt with the reality of his electoral defeat. — Anyone familiar with his career …
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Washington Monthly
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
President of Soros' Open Society Foundations resigns, clearing way for potential Biden Cabinet position — Patrick Gaspard had previously served in the Obama administration. — The president of George Soros' Open Society Foundations, Patrick Gaspard, will resign, opening …
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Washington Examiner, Open Society Foundations and The National Pulse
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ABC News:
If advisory committee meetings go well, FDA could authorize coronavirus vaccine ‘within days’: HHS secretary — Azar also said he'd make sure it follows the FDA gold-standard processes. — 1-on-1 with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is interviewed on “This Week.”
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Crooks and Liars and Politico
Alex Yablon / Business Insider:
Wall Street has always been progressives' ‘Big Bad.’ But a new generation in the finance industry is starting to sound more like allies than enemies. … - After decades of cheerleading for deficit reduction and lower government spending, Wall Street may be changing its tune.
Meg Cunningham / ABC News:
Braun says legal process must play out so doubts about election don't linger — Braun, R-Ind., is following in Trump's footsteps, disputing election results. — 1-on-1 with Sen. Mike Braun — Republican Indiana Sen. Mike Braun is interviewed on “This Week.” — Getty Images, FILE
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The Hill and Political Wire
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
How does Michigan's Legislature come back from last week's conspiracyfest? — As millions tuned into “Saturday Night Live's” parody of Rudy Giuliani and slurring star witness Mellissa Carone last night, they were laughing at Michigan, not with Michigan. — And we deserved it.
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Inauguration planners rethink how to party in age of virus — WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health guidance to avoid big parties in the age of coronavirus is about to collide with what is typically one of America's biggest celebrations of all: the swearing-in of a new president.
Paul Szoldra / Task & Purpose:
Unnamed Pentagon officials blast use of anonymous sources — Senior defense officials on Saturday declined to go on the record yet sharply criticized the use of anonymous sources in reports that the Pentagon was slow-rolling Biden-Harris transition efforts.
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner and Politico
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully — Kamala Harris began her political career in 2003 with an audacious gambit, running against and unseating her former boss, San Francisco Dist. Atty. Terence Hallinan, just a few years after he'd promoted her to be a top assistant.
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
History rhymes, even on crime: Of NYC, fear and mayoral leadership — The last time the city had an apparently uncontrollable problem with gun violence, a massive budget hole deficit and a mayor who endlessly pleaded for help that wasn't coming from Republicans in Washington while holding off …
Harriet Sherwood / The Guardian:
Roald Dahl's family apologises for his antisemitism — Statement on the author's official website says his views caused ‘lasting and understandable hurt’ — The family of Roald Dahl has apologised for his antisemitism in a statement buried deep in the author's official website.
