(Recorded December 17, 2020) This Week: (1) the elections is over; (2) COVID; and (3) the news round-up.

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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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