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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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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Trump seeks to stop ‘all voting,’ but only counting remains — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt …
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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 …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Almost everything Trump has said after Election Day is wrong
Fact check: Almost everything Trump has said after Election Day is wrong
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Cannot Just “Go” To The Supreme Court To Fight Election Results. Here's What Would Need To Happen To End Up There.
Trump Cannot Just “Go” To The Supreme Court To Fight Election Results. Here's What Would Need To Happen To End Up There.
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Edward Foley / Washington Post:
Trump wants the courts to stop the counting. He's going to be disappointed.
Trump wants the courts to stop the counting. He's going to be disappointed.
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Legal experts cast doubt on Trump's bid to involve Supreme Court in election results
Legal experts cast doubt on Trump's bid to involve Supreme Court in election results
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Legal Experts Warn Trump's False Victory Claims Will Only Hurt Him
Fox News Legal Experts Warn Trump's False Victory Claims Will Only Hurt Him
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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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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath — 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? — I am certainly relieved. A Biden victory would be an infinitely better result than a Trump win.
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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 …
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.
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Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Arizona attorney general says office received hundreds of voter complaints regarding Sharpies at polling stations
Arizona attorney general says office received hundreds of voter complaints regarding Sharpies at polling stations
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden looks screwed even if he wins
Biden looks screwed even if he wins
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2020 Latest: McConnell says it'll take while to count votes
2020 Latest: McConnell says it'll take while to count votes
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Facebook anti-lockdown group mobilizes to drive people to vote-counting location in Detroit
Facebook anti-lockdown group mobilizes to drive people to vote-counting location in Detroit
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Biden is Winning, Act Like It
Biden is Winning, Act Like It
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Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
If he wins White House, Biden's ambitions likely blocked by Republican Senate
If he wins White House, Biden's ambitions likely blocked by Republican Senate
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Republicans on track to dash Democratic hopes of U.S. Senate majority
Republicans on track to dash Democratic hopes of U.S. Senate majority
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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 …
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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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.
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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:
The Remaining Vote in Pennsylvania Appears to Be Overwhelmingly for Biden
The Remaining Vote in Pennsylvania Appears to Be Overwhelmingly for Biden
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Brigitte S. / Senator Jake Corman:
Senate Republican Leaders Call for PA Secretary of State to Resign Immediately — (HARRISBURG) - In light of Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar's numerous actions to undermine public confidence in Pennsylvania's elections, Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-25) and Majority Leader Jake Corman …
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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 …
KLAS:
Nevada Deputy Sec. of State for Elections confirms there will be no additional results today — LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — No additional Nevada General Election results will be released today. The Nevada Deputy Secretary of State for Elections, Wayne Thorley, told 8 News Now's Vanessa Murphy earlier …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Three Reasons Biden Flipped the Midwest — Trump gave away his gains with key groups from four years ago and Biden reclaimed lost Democratic ground. — Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania giveth, and Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taketh away. — Joe Biden has not yet been declared …
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David Chanen / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Hundreds protest in Minneapolis, head onto freeway — Opposition to Trump's presidency, racism, police violence among protesters' concerns. — TEXT SIZE — MORE — Several hundred people marched in Minneapolis, including onto Interstate 94, Wednesday evening to protest President …
Frank Rich / New York Magazine:
The Republicans Will Learn Nothing From a Trump Defeat — Romantic illusions die hard in America. So many fell on Election Night 2020 that it will be months, maybe years, before we compile a full inventory. We can start by acknowledging a paramount reality that contradicts …
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NBC News:
Sen. Gary Peters wins in Michigan, NBC News projects — Democratic incumbent Sen. Gary Peters defeats Republican John James in Michigan Senate race, NBC News projects. — Rebuffing Republican efforts to take a seat from Democrats in the Senate, incumber Sen. Gary Peters …
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New York Times:
Win or Lose, Trump Will Remain a Powerful and Disruptive Force — Even if he is defeated, he has made clear that he would not shrink from the scene. — WASHINGTON — If President Trump loses his bid for re-election, as looked increasingly likely on Wednesday, it would be the first defeat of an incumbent president in 28 years.
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Media Matters for America:
Lou Dobbs demands Republicans “surround” Philadelphia and exert a “demanding presence” — THE LATEST — Even though votes are still being counted, One America News claims Trump won the election and Democrats are delaying results “to create confusion” — Sean Hannity: It's …
Rebecca Heilweil / Vox:
No, Joe Biden did not mysteriously gain 130,000 Michigan votes all at once — False claims, retweeted by the president, about the Michigan vote tabulation exploited a counting error that's been resolved. — SHARE All sharing options — While votes are still being counted in Michigan …
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Error in Arizona: 86 percent of vote in, not 98 percent
Error in Arizona: 86 percent of vote in, not 98 percent
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