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Dan Boyd / Albuquerque Journal:
Gov. Lujan Grisham not leaving NM for Biden administration  —  SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will not be leaving New Mexico for a Cabinet position in President-elect Joe Biden's administration, the Biden transition team and the governor herself said Sunday.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, Trump says.  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and President Trump's personal and campaign lawyer, has tested positive for the coronavirus, Mr. Trump announced on Twitter on Sunday.  —  “@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor …
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Washington Post:
Giuliani, Trump's personal attorney, tests positive for coronavirus, president says  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney and point man in his bid to overturn the results of the November election, has contracted the coronavirus, the president said Sunday in a tweet.
CNN:
Doctor: Giuliani potentially exposed hundreds to virus  —  Responding to President Donald Trump's tweet that Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus, Dr. Megan Ranney says that Giuliani could have potentially exposed “hundreds and hundreds” of people to the virus during a recent trip to Atlanta.
CNN:
Rudy Giuliani tests positive for coronavirus, Trump says  —  (CNN)Rudy Giuliani, the personal attorney to President Donald Trump, has tested positive for Covid-19, Trump announced.  —  “Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!”  Trump wrote Sunday on Twitter.  —  Giuliani has not announced his diagnosis.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus, Trump says
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Trump Says
Discussion: Michigan Advance
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Rudy Giuliani Tests Positive for Covid-19, Trump Says
New York Times:
Barr Is Said to Be Weighing Whether to Leave Before Trump's Term Ends  —  The attorney general's future came into doubt after he acknowledged that the Justice Department had not found evidence of widespread voter fraud in the president's election loss.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump burned to the ground by GOP advisor for throwing 'world's biggest hissy fit' at Georgia rally  —  A Republican Party consultant leveled Donald Trump on Sunday morning for his performance before a rally crowd in Georgia on Saturday night that she labeled the “world's biggest hissy fit.”
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Allie Bice / Politico:
Special session over Georgia election would ‘nullify the will of the people,’ secretary of State says
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?
Discussion: Business Insider
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
The Republican Plan for the Next Four Years Isn't Normal
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Possible 2024 Bid Leaves Other GOP Candidates in a Bind
Discussion: CBS News, Common Dreams and The Root
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump mulls dramatic flight to Florida rally on Biden's Inauguration Day  —  President Trump is considering a made-for-TV grand finale: a White House departure on Marine One and final Air Force One flight to Florida for a political rally opposite Joe Biden's inauguration, sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios.
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 …
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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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.
Discussion: Fox News
Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Black Michigan lawmaker posts voicemails saying she should be lynched  —  One caller told state Rep. Cynthia A. Johnson, D-Detroit, that she should be “swinging from a ... rope.”  —  That echoed another call received by Johnson, who is Black, that predicted the lawmaker would be lynched …
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Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
How does Michigan's Legislature come back from last week's conspiracyfest?
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Biden weighs taking an inaugural Amtrak ride from Delaware to D.C.  —  There's talk within Bidenworld of the president-elect ditching the typical flourish of arriving in Washington on an Air Force plane, pulling in instead on the same Amtrak train he rode to and from Delaware for 30 years as a senator.
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 …
Associated Press:
Saudi Prince Blasts Israel at Bahrain Summit, Says Normalization Must Help Palestinians  —  Prince Turki al-Faisal, who served as Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and U.K., says Israel is a ‘Western colonizing power’ incarcerating Palestinians in ‘concentration camps’
American Greatness:
The Burden of Proof  —  The faith in fairness has been shattered beyond recovery, and the assumption of anything like a shared consensus seems more and more like a naïve pretense when it isn't just a cynical hustings gambit.  —  Many people, including some good friends …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Unemployment, sick leave and housing aid are set to expire in weeks, threatening Americans with sudden financial ruin  —  The looming deadlines have added new urgency to congressional talks over a new $908 billion stimulus package  —  More than two dozen federal stimulus programs crafted …
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Chris Wallace corrects HHS secretary for not calling Biden the president-elect  —  Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace made it clear to a top Trump administration official that Joe Biden is indeed the president-elect, following his declared victory in November.
Wall Street Journal:
Pompeo to Head Home to Kansas With Plenty of Alternatives  —  After championing Trump's worldview, secretary of state is described by supporters as being well positioned for domestic political pursuits  —  WASHINGTON—Mike Pompeo, who spent four years overseeing the Trump administration's …
 
 
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
After leaving GOP, David Jolly weighs his political future in Florida as an independent
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Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Sheriff: Defiant NYC bar owner struck deputy with his car
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After 2020 Losses, Some Democrats Question Party's Health-Care Focus
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Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News:
In 2020, Disinformation Broke The US
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‘Existential Peril’: Mass Transit Faces Huge Service Cuts Across U.S.
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris is on the cusp of power but has to tread carefully
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Politico:
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Trump's Operation Warp Speed promised a flood of covid vaccines. Instead, states are expecting a trickle.
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