Stevenson’s army, December 20

WaPo has a long review of the administration’s mishandling of the pandemic.
What jumps out at me is how amateurish and crony-coddling Kushner’s efforts were and how Scott Atlas dominated and derailed the Task Force.
NYT has leaked Chinese emails [reprinted in Chinese with English translations] showing efforts to censor news about the coronavirus.
Trump disputes Pompeo on Russian role in cyber hacks.
WSJ says administration wants to split NSA and Cyber Command
RollCall analysts says GOP has moved farther right in recent decades than Democrats moved left.
Politico asks, Is Trump cracking?

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