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Another Official Dismissed at the Pentagon as Trump Continues Unusual Shake-Up

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“The president is taking back control of DOD. It’s a rebirth of foreign policy. This is Trump foreign policy,” said an official briefed on the effort.

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Georgia Senator Dismisses Climate Change While Enjoying Protected Beachfront Mansion

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Facing runoff, Sen. David Perdue says climate change is a hoax, but his beach community is sure worried about rising sea levels.

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Split Screen: Fox News Swings From Refuting to Hyping Trump’s Voter Fraud Nonsense

Robert Mackey

When the sun is up, Fox News calls Biden the president-elect. After dark, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson humor Trump’s conspiracy theories.

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Democratic Officials Lied About Role in Alex Morse Smear, Internal Report Finds

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A Democratic attorney urged students to leak vague allegations against Morse to Politico, the students told an internal party investigator.

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Biden EPA Transition Team Member Helped DuPont Dodge Responsibility for PFOA

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Michael McCabe, a former EPA official and aide to Joe Biden, led DuPont’s defense of the toxic PFAS chemical PFOA.

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The Election Is Exposing the Cracks Within Georgia’s Republican Party

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Georgia Republicans find themselves choosing sides between the administrators of a government that they control and a president they do not.

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Now We Have to Fight Trump’s Tin-Pot Coup — and Biden’s Worst Instincts

Naomi Klein

Republicans keep finding new ways to tell us that they don’t believe in democracy, and we should believe them.

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The Battle to Count Every Vote in Philadelphia

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Trump targeted the city, knowing its voters could swing the election. And they did.

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Trump Destroyed Any Hope of Israeli-Palestinian Peace — and Biden Can’t Rebuild It

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U.S. foreign policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is unlikely to ever be the same. What comes next is an open question.

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U.S. Military Responsible for Widespread PFAS Pollution in Japan

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A new book by Jon Mitchell exposes “countless” releases of PFAS chemicals by the U.S. military in Japan.

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Tantrum and Theater: Trump’s Desperation After Election Loss Isn’t Yet a Coup

Nick Turse

Experts say Trump’s lies on election fraud, and personnel shifts at the Pentagon, don’t amount to a coup but there’s danger ahead.

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Deconstructed: What Went Wrong in the House?

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