2,596 Trades in One Term: Inside Senator Perdue’s Stock Portfolio

The Georgia Republican’s stock trades have far outpaced those of his Senate colleagues and have included a range of companies within his Senate committees’ oversight, an analysis shows.

— New York Times

BREAKING from CNN:  
“The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to a court record unsealed on Tuesday by the chief judge of the DC District Court.”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 1, 2020

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BREAKING: U.S. Justice Dept. is conducting an investigation into allegations of a bribery scheme for a presidential pardon, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/uiXs89M5eq

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 1, 2020

It’s all about the grift. Always and forever. https://t.co/jTjadQrWpo

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) December 1, 2020

“The surge of donations is largely from small-dollar donors, campaign officials say, tapping into the president’s base of loyal and fervent donors who tend to contribute the most when they feel the president is under siege or facing unfair political attacks. The campaign has sent about 500 post-election fundraising pitches to donors, often with hyperbolic language about voter fraud and the like.”

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“The donations are purportedly being solicited for the Official Election Defense Fund, which is blazed in all red across the Trump campaign’s website, with an ominous picture of the president outside the White House. There is no such account, however. The fundraising requests are being made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, a joint fundraising committee that raises money for the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee. As of Nov. 18, that committee also shares its funds with Save America, a new leadership PAC that Trump set up in early November and which he can use to fund his post-presidency activities.”

WSJ Exclusive: Biden will nominate Neera Tanden, the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, to serve as OMB director.

He will nominate Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton University labor economist, to be chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Biden announces all-female communications team:

• Kate Bedingfield, communications director

• Pili Tobar, dep comms dir

• Jen Psaki, press secretary

• Karine Jean Pierre, principal deputy press secretary

• Symone Sanders, VP adviser/spox

• Ashley Etienne, VP comms dir.

“This is not just breaking the glass ceiling. This shattering it.” – – Robert Reich (CNN)