(Recorded December 17, 2020) This Week: (1) the elections is over; (2) COVID; and (3) the news round-up.
This Week’s Links:
Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting.
The Election is Over!
- Electoral College Vote Officially Affirms Biden’s Victory – The New York Times
- No, there aren’t ‘alternate electors’ who can vote for President Trump. – The New York Times
- Defying Trump, McConnell Seeks to Squelch Bid to Overturn the Election – The New York Times
- What’s Next for Trump Voters Who Believe the Election Was Stolen? – The New York Times
- Hillary Clinton Calls for Abolishing Electoral College after Casting Electoral Vote for Biden
- Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, and other Senate Republicans finally acknowledge that Joe Biden won the election – Vox
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-mitchell-michigan-congressman-quits-republican-party-efforts-overturn-bidens-win/
- ERROR
- Donald Trump’s Legacy of Lies – The Atlantic
- ERROR
- Ron Johnson’s election fraud Senate hearing did not go well – Vox
- Supreme Court: Why Republican judges rejected Trump’s election theft – Vox
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Was Close to Flipping State to Trump
- Joe Biden speech affirms win: ‘The rule of law, our Constitution and the will of the people prevailed’ – CNNPolitics
COVID
- $900 Billion Pandemic Relief Deal Takes Shape – The New York Times
- Covid stimulus: Even if Congress makes a deal, unemployed workers are in trouble – Vox
- Coronavirus vaccine: Distribution money at stake in Covid relief talks
- ‘Like a Hand Grasping’: Trump Appointees Describe the Crushing of the C.D.C. – The New York Times
- ‘We want them infected’: Trump appointee demanded ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails reveal – POLITICO
- Ivanka Trump Faces Off With Father to See How Many People They Can Kill With COVID-19 | Vanity Fair
- Trump Administration Plans a Rushed Effort to Encourage Americans to Be Vaccinated – The New York Times
- Trump Rescinds Plan for White House Staff to Be Quickly Vaccinated – The New York Times
- Health Care Worker Had Serious Allergic Reaction After Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine – The New York Times
- Trump Covid vaccine czar says U.S. should be able to immunize nearly third of population by end of February
- Covid-19 vaccine: Should the US pay people to get it with a stimulus check? – Vox
News Round-up
- William Barr Is Out as Attorney General – The New York Times
- Barr Plans to Finish Term Despite Wanting to Leave Early – The New York Times
- William Barr Was Donald Trump, But With a Brain
- Bill Barr was a historically bad attorney general. His resignation shouldn’t rehabilitate him.
- Bloomberg – Are you a robot?
- Joe Biden’s Cabinet and Advisers: His Picks So Far – The New York Times
- Smooth-talking Buttigieg to be Biden’s infrastructure salesman in chief – POLITICO
- Mayorkas is a historic pick who may first have to confront his past at DHS – CNNPolitics
- Biden to Pick Jennifer Granholm, Former Michigan Governor, for Energy Secretary – The New York Times
- Biden to Name Gina McCarthy, Former E.P.A. Chief, as White House Climate Coordinator – The New York Times
- Scope of Russian Hack Becomes Clear: Multiple U.S. Agencies Were Hit – The New York Times
- Billions Spent on U.S. Defenses Failed to Detect Giant Russian Hack – The New York Times
- Russia reportedly hacked the US Treasury and other federal government agencies – Vox
- Error
- AOC Is Right About Pelosi and Schumer
- Latest Polls Of The Georgia Senate Runoff Elections | FiveThirtyEight
- Biden Campaigns in Georgia, Presses for the Senate Majority He Will Need – The New York Times
- ERROR
- Georgia Senate runoffs were complicated by a Facebook ad ban. Now the company is backtracking. – Vox
- The Republican attacks against Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock, explained – Vox
- Raphael Warnock’s Dog Ads Cut Against White Voters’ Stereotypes Of Black People | FiveThirtyEight
- Warnock And Ossoff Are Testing A New Strategy For Democrats In The South | FiveThirtyEight
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