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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect — In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments. Other breaches are under investigation.
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Business Insider, CANNONFIRE, NPR, New York Magazine, The Week and Scripting News
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian government spies are behind a broad hacking campaign that has breached U.S. agencies and a top cyber firm — The Russian government hackers who breached a top cybersecurity firm are behind a much broader espionage campaign that also compromised the Treasury and Commerce departments …
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Raw Story, Foreign Policy, The Week, Politico, CNBC, CNN and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Glen Johnson / Axios:
Scoop: O'Brien takes wife on COVID-era tour of Europe — National security adviser Robert O'Brien is taking his wife on a holiday tour of the romantic Mediterranean and European capitals, including seeking a private tour of the Louvre despite it being closed because of coronavirus restrictions, people familiar with the trip tell Axios.
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The Week, Politico and The White House
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government - sources
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Wall Street Journal Opinion Editor Defends Item on Dr. Jill Biden — “There's nothing like playing the race or gender card to stifle criticism,” Paul A. Gigot said as he accused Democrats of orchestrating a coordinated response to an op-ed piece. — The editorial page editor …
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Snopes.com, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, Variety, Slate, The Guardian, New York Post and National Review, more at Mediagazer »
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Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
The Biden Team Strikes Back — Its strategists promote an identity politics campaign against an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of ‘Dr.’ — Joe Biden says it is “time to heal” America's divisions after the Trump presidency, and The Wall Street Journal has praised him for saying so.
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Washington Times, thedailychrenk.com, The Daily Wire, Power Line, Twitchy, RedState, NPR, Revolving Door Project, HotAir, New York Post and TheBlaze, more at Mediagazer »
Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
Biden orders ‘exorcism’ of Trump from White House: Team in hazmat suits will spray the entire residence with disinfectant after Donald leaves
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RedState, IJR, TheBlaze, New York Post, Washington Times, WTOP and HotAir
Monica Hesse / Washington Post:
The Wall Street Journal column about Jill Biden is worse than you thought
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Raw Story, Poynter, The Atlantic, CNN, RedState, thedailychrenk.com, The College Fix and Townhall
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Stunning Passage from the Latest Court Rejection of Team Trump — What a Wisconsin federal court's order turning back another campaign lawsuit tells us about the election-rigging case. — he most telling aspect of the Wisconsin federal district court's rejection of another Trump campaign lawsuit …
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PRESS RUN, Mediaite, The Week, Election Law Blog, Vanity Fair, Business Insider and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president — WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. — Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Electoral College.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
What's Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen?
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Business Insider, Fox News, The Bulwark and RedState
New York Times:
White House staff members will be among the first to be vaccinated. — White House staff members who work in close quarters with President Trump have been told they are scheduled to receive injections of the coronavirus vaccine soon, at a time when the first doses of the vaccine are being distributed …
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Delays Plan to Hasten Vaccines for White House Staff — Shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine left a facility in Michigan early Sunday, the initial step in the most ambitious vaccination plan in U.S. history. The F.D.A. chief says the vaccine …
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Business Insider, Washington Post, Poynter, The Hill, Axios, New York Post, Politico, WTOP, NBC Los Angeles and Mother Jones
New York Times:
Cleveland's Baseball Team Will Drop Its Indians Team Name — The decision comes amid a wider push for sports teams to stop using Native American names and imagery as team names and mascots. — Following years of protests from fans and Native American groups, the Cleveland Indians have decided …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Apple TV Was Making a Show About Gawker. Then Tim Cook Found Out. — Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told. The message is clear: Be careful who you offend. — The show was called “Scraper,” but it was clearly about Gawker Media, the network of aggressive …
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MacRumors, Mediaite, AppleInsider and New York Post, more at Mediagazer »
CISA:
CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Mitigate the Compromise of Solarwinds Orion Network Management Products — WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) tonight issued Emergency Directive 21-01, in response to a known compromise involving SolarWinds Orion products …
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Forbes
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Is Dead at 89 — Graham Greene called “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” featuring the plump, ill-dressed George Smiley, the greatest spy story he had ever read. — LONDON — John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced …
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The Guardian, The Week, The Wrap and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Jesse Wegman / New York Times:
The Electoral College Shouldn't Matter More Than the Majority's Votes — Majority rule shapes our lives — except when it comes to electing the president. — Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board. — As the 538 members of the Electoral College gather on Monday to carry …
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Politico:
Bipartisan group to offer 2-part coronavirus relief package
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Business Insider, Reuters, Common Dreams, Bloomberg, New York Times, Fox News and UPI
Maria Carrasco / Politico:
Bill Cassidy warns GOP 'can't stand if we are divided'
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, The Hill, RedState, Boston Herald, IJR, AFP, The National Interest, Slate, CNN, Bloomberg, Outside the Beltway and Mediaite
bellingcat:
FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning — We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article. You can read it here. — In a previous series of investigations, Bellingcat uncovered evidence …
Christine Jordan Sexton / Florida Politics:
Gov. DeSantis suggests one dose of Pfizer vaccine may be enough — Gov. Ron DeSantis just a few days ago said that Americans need to unify behind the science that has led to the rapid development of vaccines. So it was a bit strange that DeSantis on Friday said that perhaps the number …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
‘A dark, empty place:’ Public officials face personal threats as tensions flare — State and local officials of both parties have warned that President Trump's increasingly desperate tweets about election fraud are fueling the potential for violence as well as another ominous trend of 2020 …
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Axios
CNN:
Pete Buttigieg emerging as leading contender for Transportation secretary — (CNN)Pete Buttigieg is emerging as a leading contender to be Joe Biden's Transportation secretary, multiple sources familiar with the transition's deliberations tell CNN. — The possible nomination would vault …
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The Hill and Chicago Sun-Times
Washington Post:
Pro-Trump rally descends into chaos as Proud Boys roam D.C. looking to fight — Nearly three dozen people were arrested during a night of unrest in downtown Washington that began Saturday with rallies supporting President Trump and descended into chaos and violence as a group with ties …
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Daily Kos
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Loeffler disavows photo taken with longtime white supremacist — Sen. Kelly Loeffler's campaign strongly condemned a photo circulating on social media of her posing with a longtime white supremacist taken at an event in Dawsonville on Friday.The photo shows Loeffler smiling from beneath …
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