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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
About 90,000 absentee ballots still need to be counted in Georgia — By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Emily Merwin DiRico - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jennifer Peebles - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Isaac Sabetai - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Biden Appears to Hold Edge in the Key Votes Left to Be Counted — The tabulations continue in the states too close to call, but some things are becoming clearer. — Joe Biden looks to be on the cusp of winning the election. Here's a look at where the vote count stands in the key states.
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump's lead shrinks in Georgia as officials race to finish counts — Ossoff nears runoff territory — Joe Biden pulled within about 18,000 votes of President Donald Trump in Georgia early Thursday as election workers counted tens of thousands of absentee ballots.
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NPR:
Where Presidential Election Votes Are Still Being Counted … Loading... With both President Trump and Joe Biden still short of the 270 electoral votes needed to claim victory, anxious Americans are left with little to do but be patient and wait as election officials in key swing states furiously work …
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John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
Yes, Democrats Are Trying To Steal The Election In Michigan, Wisconsin, And Pennsylvania — In the three Midwest battleground states, vote counting irregularities persist in an election that will be decided on razor-thin margins. — As of this writing, it appears that Democratic Party machines …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Biden may steal an election for the elitists, but Democrats will regret it — Let's be real. Goliath was never going to let David breeze through the rematch. — The provinces, for whom President Trump is an instrument, not an end in himself, were never going to have an easy time winning …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Almost everything Trump has said after Election Day is wrong
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Election 2020 legal battles take shape as Trump campaign files lawsuits in key battleground states
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John Solomon / Just The News:
Trump assembling all-star legal team to mount election challenges in close states
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Axios:
GOP Senate wins wreak havoc on Biden transition plans — Republicans' likely hold on the Senate is forcing Joe Biden's transition team to consider limiting its prospective Cabinet nominees to those who Mitch McConnell can live with, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Exit Polls Point to the Power of White Patriarchy — Some people who have historically been oppressed will stand with their oppressors. — It is obscene that the presidential race is too close to call at the time this column is published: Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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William Saletan / Slate:
A Warning Sign for Democrats — What the heck just happened? It's been a crazy election, and ballots are still being counted, but we can get a few ideas from the exit polls. The poll numbers that have been posted so far—which include people who voted by mail or voted early in person …
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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 …
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Emily Dreyfuss / New York Times:
Trump's Tweeting Isn't Crazy. It's Strategic, Typos and All. — A network of right-wing operatives and activists — and the president himself — spread disinformation about Joe Biden with one simple hashtag. — Ms. Dreyfuss is a journalist at the Harvard Shorenstein Center's Technology and Social Change project.
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Armed Agents Are Allowed in Ballot-Counting Venues, Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors — Former officials expressed fears that the department's legal interpretation would allow federal investigators to intimidate vote counters or interfere with their work. — WASHINGTON — The Justice …
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Election 2020: The Votes Are In. Now Comes the Wait. … Senate tally includes 65 seats not up for election. — Georgia secretary of state says vote count should be complete by midday. — ATLANTA — President Trump's lead in Georgia shrank to 18,540 votes as of Thursday morning …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
If Biden wins, he'll inherit a mission impossible — For Joe Biden, winning might turn out to be the easy part. — Of course, it doesn't feel that way, with the former vice president not yet certain to secure 270 electoral votes as of Wednesday evening. Of course, preventing President …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Democrats' down-ballot misery continues with state legislative battles — They were hoping to pick up a half-dozen chambers across the nation and may end up with none. — Instead, it's possible Democrats end up with no new chambers, and it will be Republicans who leave 2020 with wins.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Mulvaney: ‘You can absolutely guarantee a peaceful transition of power’ if Trump loses — Mick Mulvaney, the former acting White House chief of staff, predicted Thursday that President Donald Trump would “absolutely” help facilitate a peaceful transition of power if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden …
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Associated Press:
Election observer says no evidence for Trump's fraud claims — BERLIN (AP) — The head of an international delegation monitoring the U.S. election says his team has no evidence to support President Donald Trump's claims about alleged fraud involving mail-in absentee ballots.
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Ali Gostanian / NBC News:
Viral ‘ballot’ burning video shared by Eric Trump is fake — A viral video claiming to show ballots for President Trump being burned is fake, Virginia Beach officials said on Tuesday. — The video shows an unidentified person putting what appear to be paper ballots in a plastic bag …
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Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
Israeli forces leave 41 children homeless after razing Palestinian village, UN says — Demolitions used as a ‘key means’ to ‘coerce Palestinians to leave their homes’ — Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have razed a Palestinian village, leaving 73 people - including 41 children …
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WXYZ-TV:
Video falsely claims possible voter fraud in Detroit. It actually shows a WXYZ photographer loading camera gear. — (WXYZ) — A video making the rounds on social media and other platforms that claims to show voter fraud and a wagon being loaded outside of the TCF Center in Detroit …
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Brandon Waltens / Texas Scorecard:
VIDEO: Wagons, Suitcases, and Coolers Roll Into Detroit Voting Center at 4 AM
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W.J. Hennigan / TIME:
‘Calm Before The Storm.’ No Widespread Violence on Election Day, But Anxiety Mounts — Despite months of warnings, threats and fears over possible civil unrest, Election Day 2020 came and went in the United States without major incident. It's a welcome development for an anxiety-ridden nation …
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
35,000 ballots remain in Allegheny County, but most won't be counted until Friday — Most of the 35,000 mail ballots left to be counted in Allegheny County won't be counted until tomorrow, according to Amie Downs, county spokesperson. — There will be no canvassing done at the warehouse today …
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Ali Breland / Mother Jones:
A Massive “Stop the Count” Facebook Group Has Ties to Republican Operatives — For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. — A rapidly growing Facebook group falsely accusing Democrats of “scheming” …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
A Muslim millennial was elected the country's first out nonbinary lawmaker — in Oklahoma — At first, Mauree Turner tried to recruit other Oklahoma City activists to run for state office, insisting that it was important to send underrepresented candidates — queer, or working-class, or people of color — to the state capitol.
Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
Late-night TV hosts express shock at close election: ‘I feel like I overestimated the American people’ — Most of the late-night TV hosts had a critical caveat when they delivered their monologues Wednesday night. — “There's never been a more important time to mention that we tape this show …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Three Reasons Biden Flipped the Midwest — Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania giveth, and Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taketh away. — Joe Biden has not yet been declared the winner in his campaign against President Donald Trump. Although the former vice president is …
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