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8:00 PM ET, November 4, 2020

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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden looks screwed even if he wins  —  This is not the outcome Democrats expected.  —  Despite many bold predictions of a rout in which Democrats gained (or re-gained) Trumpian red territory of 2016, as of early Wednesday only one state — Arizona — had flipped from red to blue.
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Associated Press:
2020 Latest: McConnell says it'll take while to count votes  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is discounting President Donald Trump's early claim that he'd already won the election, saying it's going to take a while for states to conduct their vote counts.
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Arizona's Maricopa County has 605,000 uncounted ballots, some results released tonight  —  Data from Arizona's Maricopa County shows that there are still about 605,000 uncounted ballots, and results for a bulk of them are expected to come out in two batches starting around 9 p.m. ET, which is 7 p.m. local time.
Discussion: Reuters and The Daily Caller
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Trump seeks to stop voting, but only counting remains  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he'll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it's unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Election Day, and states largely set the rules for when the count has to end.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Is on Track to Win the Electoral College  —  Joe Biden has taken the lead in the Electoral College and is on track to win the 2020 election.  President Trump no longer has any incentive to stop counting the votes, because Biden is currently ahead in enough states to make him president.
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
If he wins White House, Biden's ambitions likely blocked by Republican Senate
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
USA Today:
Presidential race between Trump, Biden remains close as battleground states count remaining ballots
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump's premature victory claim prompts quick rebukes
Politico:
‘Dumpster fire’: House Democrats trade blame after Tuesday's damage  —  House Democrats are asking themselves one question after Tuesday's election stunner: What the hell happened?  —  In the House, bleary-eyed Democrats were still sorting out the wreckage when they awoke Wednesday with dozens …
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
House of cards? Pelosi to have a hard time becoming speaker as results trickle in, officials say
Discussion: Townhall
The Hill:
Centrist Democrats talk leadership changes after negative election results
Discussion: Breitbart and Sean Hannity
New York Times:
Fox's Arizona Call for Biden Flipped the Mood at Trump Headquarters  —  The Fox News decision left the president fuming, and his team complaining.  Then he began casting aspersions on other states' vote counts.  —  WASHINGTON — With Florida looking red early on Tuesday night …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Orders Advisers to ‘Go Down Fighting’  —  Seeing his chances of reelection slipping away, the president wants his armada of lawyers to give Democrats a court fight that 'they'll never forget'  —  As Election Day turned into election week early Wednesday morning, Donald Trump had a simple message …
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Trump campaign was livid when Fox News called Arizona for Biden — and tensions boiled over on-air
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and TheGrio
Ian MacDougall / ProPublica:
If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here's What Happens  —  It's easy enough for the Trump campaign to file a lawsuit claiming improprieties, but a lot harder to provide evidence of wrongdoing or a convincing legal argument.  Here's what you need to know as the election lawsuits start to mount.
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Edward Foley / Washington Post:
Trump wants the courts to stop the counting. He's going to be disappointed.
Greg Haas / KLAS:
More election results expected to be released by Nevada Secretary of State today  —  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — State officials are set to release more election results Wednesday despite conflicting information throughout the day.  —  By Wednesday afternoon, according to Clark County and Washoe County registrars …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Remaining Vote in Pennsylvania Appears to Be Overwhelmingly for Biden  —  The president leads by nearly 700,000 votes, but there are 1.4 million absentee votes outstanding.  —  Joe Biden has won absentee ballots counted in Pennsylvania by an overwhelming margin so far, according to data from the Secretary of State early Wednesday.
Detroit Free Press:
Chaos erupts at TCF Center as Republican vote challengers cry foul in Detroit … A chaotic scene erupted outside the vote tally room at TCF Center in Detroit as election officials informed dozens of challengers that they could not reenter the room due to it being over-capacity.
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Detroit News:
New poll challengers barred by police at Detroit vote counting center
CBS News:
2020 Election Live Updates: Pivotal states too close to call as race hangs in the balance
New York Times:
National Exit Polls: How Different Groups Voted  —  The numbers on this page are preliminary estimates from exit polls conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Pool.  These surveys interviewed voters outside of polling places or early voting sites, or by phone.
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath  —  America will have to contend with that fact.  —  Author of The Death of Expertise  —  The moment every Donald Trump opponent has been waiting for is at hand: Joe Biden seems to be taking the lead.  So why am I not happy?
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
House Republicans Defy the Polls, Narrow Democrats' Majority  —  District-level polling has rarely led us — or the parties and groups investing in House races — so astray.  Prior to Tuesday, most Republican strategists were privately resigned to the prospect of a double-digit loss of seats.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Examiner and USA Today
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Stephanie Akin / Roll Call:
House losses all have come on Democratic side so far
Discussion: Associated Press
George Packer / The Atlantic:
Face the Bitter Truth  —  We don't yet know the outcome of the election, but its meaning is already clear.  We are two countries, and neither of them is going to be conquered or disappear anytime soon.  The outcome of the 2016 election was not a historical fluke or result of foreign subversion …
Washington Post:
Coronavirus updates: United States tops 100,000 new coronavirus cases in a day for first time  —  BREAKING NEWS: The United States has for the first time surpassed 100,000 new coronavirus infections in a single day, as a steadily rising number of hospitalizations threatens to again overwhelm some health systems.
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Arizona attorney general says office received hundreds of voter complaints regarding Sharpies at polling stations  —  Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said his office has received hundreds of complaints by voters who said Sharpies were provided to them to fill in their ballot in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix.
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Arizona Republic:
About 600K ballots left to count in Arizona, The Republic estimates as of 11 a.m. Wednesday
Sophia Waterfield / Newsweek:
Nate Silver Faces Wrath of Twitter After Election Results Once Again Go Against His Predictions  —  Americans called for FiveThirtyEight founder and editor-in-chief Nate Silver to retire after President Donald Trump won states that were predicted to instead go to Joe Biden.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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New York Times:
False News Targeting Latinos Trails the Election  —  Rampant falsehoods evolved online on Wednesday, intended to make Spanish speakers question the unfolding election results and believe that President Trump was being robbed of victory.  —  MIAMI — The posts proliferated on election night …
Discussion: Associated Press
CBS News:
Watch Live: Trump campaign hosts press conference in Philadelphia  —  The Trump campaign is hosting a press conference in Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon with Eric Trump, Trump 2020 senior advisor Lara Trump, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, and campaign senior advisor Corey Lewandowski.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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wusa9.com:
MPD: 3 people stabbed near White House late on Election Night  —  The incident came after a mostly peaceful night of protest activity around D.C. … Three people were stabbed early Wednesday morning in Northwest by three suspects, according to D.C. Police.
Shawna Chen / Axios:
GOP retains Senate seats despite record-breaking Democratic fundraising  —  Congressional races saw record-shattering fundraising numbers this year, with Democrats pouring money into candidates challenging Republican incumbents.  —  Why it matters: Democrats heavily invested in these contenders with the hope of flipping the Senate.
Discussion: Breitbart
 
 
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