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10:40 AM ET, November 6, 2020

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6abc:
Philly police investigating alleged plot to attack Pennsylvania Convention Center  —  PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police are investigating an alleged plot to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on Thursday night.  —  Action News has learned that police got a tip about a group …
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The Daily Beast:
Local GOP Pushes Trump Voters to Cast Ballots After Election  —  An email obtained by The Daily Beast shows Republicans in Wisconsin urging volunteers to contact Pennsylvania Trumpers to get them to turn in ballots days after the election … Hours before President Donald Trump went …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Is Trump campaign urging Pennsylvania supporters to mail late ballots?  —  President Donald Trump's campaign in Wisconsin has desperately sought volunteers to call Pennsylvanians and urge them to mail in absentee ballots by Friday — even as the president himself rails against late votes and the ongoing vote count.
Axios:
Trump's stalling legal strategy  —  The Trump campaign legal team is throwing everything at the wall in battleground states — a last-ditch effort to use the courts to freeze time in states where President Trump was ahead (but keep counting in key places where he appeared behind).
Discussion: ABC News, Sputnik News and The Week
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Newt Gingrich: Bill Barr Should Arrest Poll Workers  —  “Any precinct, any precinct that we were not able to observe, strip those votes out.  Do not count them.  Because they are by definition corrupt,” Newt exclaimed at one point.  —  Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich seemingly demanded …
New York Times:
In Torrent of Falsehoods, Trump Claims Election Is Being Stolen  —  Most television networks cut away from the statement President Trump gave Thursday night from the White House briefing room on the grounds that what he was saying was not true.  —  WASHINGTON — Even for President Trump …
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election, saying Trump's comments undermine the U.S. political process …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Chris Christie tells Trump to stop inflaming and show the evidence  —  One of President Trump's top allies publicly rebuked him on Thursday night for failing to produce evidence to support his unfounded claims that Democrats were stealing the election from him.
Discussion: The Hill, The Week and Mediaite
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How this can get even more turbulent  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JOE BIDEN is continuing his steady march toward the White House.  We don't quite know when the race will be called — or even how — but he's now ahead by 917 votes in Georgia.  He's also up in Arizona and Nevada.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
USPS rushes to deliver another 2,000 ballots in Pennsylvania, North Carolina before deadline  —  Postal workers found more than 1,000 ballots in Philadelphia facilities Thursday and 300 in Pittsburgh, as the Postal Service races to deliver uncounted votes to election officials …
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Barbara Burns / Justice News:
Postal Worker Arrested And Charged With Failing To Deliver Over 800 Pieces Of Mail Which Included Three Absentee Ballots
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
Wall Street Journal:   The 2020 Election Meltdown That Didn't Happen, Even Amid the Covid Pandemic
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trumpworld rages behind the scenes  —  Senior White House and Trump campaign officials are complaining bitterly about poor internal communication, blaming colleagues, pondering what jobs they might try to get next year, and lashing out at their new enemy: Fox News.
Washington Post:
Trump turns angry and despondent as possible defeat looms  —  By Thursday morning, President Trump was angry and defiant.  —  The polls had closed more than a full 24 hours before, and as several key states continued to update their ballot counts, the election increasingly felt …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump prepares to launch a second term early, even without winning  —  President Donald Trump has struggled to convince the country he already won the election.  So he's just going to do the next best thing: Act like he's starting his second term early.  —  Trump and his aides have settled …
NBC News:
Long at odds with Trump, Defense Secretary Esper has prepared a resignation letter, say officials
Politico:
Georgia preps for war with Senate majority on the line  —  Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for an unprecedented two-month battle for control of the Senate that centers on just one state: Georgia.  —  Democrats failed to deliver in Senate battlegrounds this week, but both parties are still short of a majority in the chamber.
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Examiner
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USA Today:
Donald Trump's attack on election integrity cries for Republican come-to-Goldwater moment  —  Our View: It's time for GOP elders to truly put America first and stand up for the nation's democratic processes. … Americans have been blessed with steady leadership at critical moments …
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Donald Trump's most historic and dishonest press conference
Discussion: Althouse
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania  —  A close margin and a large number of outstanding votes are what's making the Pennsylvania contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden too early to call.  —  The Democrat opened a lead of about 6,000 votes Friday morning over Trump …
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Axios:
Trump's last stand against the truth  —  President Trump is pinning his hopes — and presidency — on a wild, relentless war against reality and truth, falsely claiming several states are stealing the election by adhering to their laws, rules, and long precedents.
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David Marcus / The Federalist:
The U.S. Supreme Court Should Act On Pennsylvania's Vote Count
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Heart of John Lewis' district deals blow to Trump  —  It wasn't absentee ballots in populous Fulton or DeKalb counties that pushed Joe Biden beyond President Donald Trump in Georgia, nor was it one of the newly-minted Democratic northern suburbs.It was Clayton, the south metro county that's …
Discussion: The Hill and Vox
Associated Press:
Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump  —  U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a surprising twist: In places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Election 2020 live updates: Biden takes lead in count in Pennsylvania and Georgia  —  Joe Biden overtook President Trump in the count in Pennsylvania just before 9 a.m. as the state's Democratic-leaning counties reported additional vote count totals.  The count is ongoing.
 
 
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Discussion: Business Insider
Arizona Republic:
Trump draws closer to Biden in Arizona ballot count, but falls off pace needed to win state
Discussion: Slate and Political Wire
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New York Times:
Election 2020 Live Updates: Protests and Legal Skirmishes as Counting Continues in Final Six States
 

 
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
After Trump won, US journalists question what a “red wave” election says about the information environment and the media's credibility, influence, and audience

Amanda Gerut / Fortune:
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
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