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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A GOP senator reveals just how deranged many in his party have become  —  Sen. Patrick J. Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania, has done something truly extraordinary.  He has now stated in unequivocal terms that it's unacceptable for his fellow Republicans to try to subvert the will of American voters …
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CNN:
George Conway: This is the most insane thing yet  —  Attorney George Conway reacts to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking to block election results by asking the Supreme Court to take up a lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin arguing that the battleground states exploited …
Discussion: The Hill
Christian Vanderbrouk / The Bulwark:
Enemies of Democracy  —  Remember.  Their.  Names.  —  Three days before Christmas in 2001, Richard Reid took off from Paris on a flight to Miami.  He did not intend on arriving.  Instead, he attempted to ignite explosives packed into one of his shoes to destroy the plane, killing everyone aboard for the cause of violent jihad.
New York Times:
As Trump Rails Against Loss, His Supporters Become More Threatening  —  The president's baseless claims of voting fraud have prompted outrage among his loyalists and led to behavior that Democrats and even some Republicans say has become dangerous.  —  With a key deadline passing Tuesday …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Romney: ‘Madness’ for Republicans to challenge Electoral College vote  —  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) dismissed a push from fellow Republicans in the House who are mulling the idea of challenging the Electoral College vote in an effort to keep President Trump in office another four years.
Discussion: JSOnline, IJR and Crooks and Liars
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Even in Defeat, Trump Tightens Grip on State G.O.P. Lawmakers  —  In Pennsylvania, the president's false claims of a rigged vote may inflame the party base for years to come.  One lawmaker said that refusing to back up his assertions would “get my house bombed.”
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The marketplace for fantasy is reshaping conservative media, just like it reshaped conservative politics  —  With the clarity of retrospect, one can see how Fox News got into its current predicament.  For the duration of President Trump's time in office — and, of course, well before that …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Newsmax TV scores a ratings win over Fox News for the first time ever  —  New York (CNN Business)Newsmax TV has notched a ratings win over Fox News Channel for the very first time.  —  The win, fueled by conservative viewers who are disappointed by the election results, happened Monday evening.
David Bauder / Hosted:
Competitive CNN Shows Post-Election Surge In Viewership  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Since the presidential election, CNN has been on one of its best competitive rolls in almost two decades, enough that it is taking out newspaper ads touting its success.  —  Between Nov. 4 and Sunday …
Discussion: CBS News, Associated Press and Fox News
Sara Fischer / Axios:
President Trump's election loss has upended America's news landscape, cementing a parallel universe on the right where even Fox News isn't Trumpy enough for millions of his diehards.
Discussion: Power Line
Lucas Kunce / American Prospect:
The China Hack and How to Reverse It  —  What will it require to take China seriously as an economic challenge?  —  In the 1990s, satellite communications were taking off.  Demand for space launches was high, but supply of vehicles was low.  The U.S. satellite industry was on the prowl for cheap rocket rides into space.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Townhall
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:   Congress shines light on Georgetown's CCP-linked foreign funding
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Ossoff's Father Met With Chinese ‘Dignitaries’ While Touring His China-Built Yacht
Discussion: Townhall
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Challenges to Election Results Face End of the Legal Road  —  Courts across the U.S. have rejected the president and his supporters, citing lack of proof and other shortcomings  —  A sweeping multistate legal effort by President Trump and his supporters to override President-elect Joe Biden's victory …
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Aakriti Bhalla / Reuters:
Nevada's top court rejects Trump campaign's appeal to overturn election results
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
27 GOP reps ask for special counsel to investigate election irregularities
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
An Idaho official left a meeting in tears as anti-maskers swarmed her home  —  Minutes into a public health district's virtual meeting to vote on a local mask mandate in Idaho on Tuesday evening, Ada County Commissioner Diana Lachiondo tearfully excused herself after getting a phone call …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Cabinet Selection Process Is Veering Off Course  —  What was supposed to be a return to seriousness and expertise has been a hodge-podge of favor-trading and ill-considered decisions.  —  It does a disservice to Marcia Fudge as a public official to pressure her into a position she was not seeking.
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Politico:
Biden to tap Marcia Fudge to lead housing agency
Matthias Gafni / San Francisco Chronicle:
Report: Suspected Chinese spy targeted Bay Area politicians, then disappeared  —  The Cal State East Bay student and Chinese national hobnobbed with some of the Bay Area's leading politicians, even fundraising for some.  She attended student events, fundraisers, campaign rallies …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Rep. Swalwell says Trump criticism behind spy story
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: 'It's tight'
Julia Marcus / The Atlantic:
The Danger of Assuming That Family Time Is Dispensable  —  Pandemic shaming, a national pastime since the spring, intensified in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving.  Thousands waited in line, some for many hours, for a preholiday coronavirus test, only to be rebuked as careless, selfish violators of public-health rules.
Discussion: The Nation and New York Times
Washington Post:
Giuliani witness whose testimony went viral says she isn't self-quarantining despite his covid-19 diagnosis  —  A witness who attracted national attention after testifying at the side of Rudolph W. Giuliani about alleged voter fraud in Michigan says she is not self-quarantining and has not been tested …
Mary Ellen Klas / Tampa Bay Times:
GOP lawyer resigns over treatment of Florida data analyst  —  Ron Filipkowski, a lifelong Republican who was appointed to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission by DeSantis, resigned Tuesday morning after reviewing the search warrant affidavit the state used to seize computers and phones from Rebekah Jones.
NBC News:
Historian: After Trump, public and press should hold Biden to a high standard  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans certainly had their complaints about Barack Obama's presidency.  —  They argued he was too politically inexperienced, spent too much, wasn't transparent enough, issued too many executive orders …
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David Kocieniewski / Bloomberg:
Musk, Bezos Space Race Gets a Boost From Anti-Poverty Tax Break  —  Rocket projects aren't the only thing the world's two richest people have in common.  Their facilities are in areas designated as opportunity zones, giving them a path to low-tax expansion.
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blog.youtube:
Supporting the 2020 U.S. election … Over the past weeks and months, we've seen people coming to YouTube to learn more about where and how to vote or learning more about a candidate or an issue.  We've seen news organizations grow their audience.  And we've seen people turn to YouTube …
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
‘Corruption In Real Time’: Rep. Katie Porter Shreds McConnell For Stymying Stimulus Bill  —  “This must be exposed,” the California Democrat wrote as Congress tries to negotiate a COVID-19 stimulus deal.  —  Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) lambasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
How Biden Should Investigate Trump  —  I. A Crimes Commission?  —  As he prepares to occupy the White House, President-elect Joe Biden faces a decision rare in American history: what to do about the man who has just left office, whose personal corruption, disdain for the Constitution …
Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Senate Runoff Elections Trigger Panicked Door Knocking by Both Parties  —  Republicans worry Trump supporters might stay home, while Democrats fear some backers will think mission already is complete  —  CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga.—Republicans and Democrats have concluded that the outcome …
Politico:
Republicans plot their first and last Trump rebellion  —  Sen. Jim Inhofe is among Donald Trump's most loyal supporters.  But with Inhofe and legions of other Republicans preparing to defy the president on a major defense bill, Trump decided to make one last push.
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
America has an authoritarian voter problem  —  For the past four years, American democracy has been in firefighting mode.  Our institutions, our norms and our democratic values were being torched by the president himself.  Thankfully, voters doused those flames on Nov. 3 by rejecting four more years of Trumpism.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pelosi, Schumer blast $916B White House coronavirus relief proposal  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer late Tuesday rejected a Trump-backed $916 billion coronavirus relief proposal that was offered by Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin.
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Resentment That Never Sleeps  —  Rising anxiety over declining social status tells us a lot about how we got here and where we're going.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  More and more, politics determine …
New York Times:
Intensive Care Beds Are Nearing Capacity Across the Country, New Data Shows  —  Source: New York Times analysis of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data.  ·Note: Shows 7-day average patient count by hospital service area.  —  In El Paso, hospitals reported that just 13 …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Supplies of Covid-19 PPE Fall Short of Targets  —  Shortages of gear persist as cases surge; ‘we just have the regular masks you can buy at Walmart’  —  The federal government has fallen well short of its goal to shore up an emergency stockpile of respirator masks and some other personal …
Armond White / National Review:
The Plot Against the President Bridges the Conservative Generation Gap  —  The daughter of a legendary right-wing Hollywood filmmaker calmly documents an all-American cliffhanger.  —  John Milius made the conservative action-movie favorite Red Dawn.  Released in 1984, it's famous …
Simon Romero / New York Times:
After Trump's Loss in Arizona, State Republicans Hurl Insults at One Another  —  A top Republican told the governor to “shut the hell up.”  Another official described a lawmaker as a resident of “Crazytown.”  All this in a state where the party recently reigned supreme.
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russian Media Wants Moscow to Grant Asylum to Trump  —  Russian media and lawmakers are concerned about the future of the Kremlin's favorite U.S. president.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Russian state media—a reliable barometer of the mood at the Kremlin—remains fixated on election-related events in America.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
 
 
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