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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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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 — ‘Shockingly disappointing:’ Tapper rebukes Trump's chilling speech — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump spent much of the year laying the groundwork for the strategy of concerted dishonesty he has deployed in the hours after Election Day.
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Vanity Fair, The Post Millennial, New York Times, Mashable, Forbes, The American Independent, hotair.com and Big League Politics
Politico:
Biden campaign gears up for legal warfare as he nears 270
Biden campaign gears up for legal warfare as he nears 270
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, Political Wire, CNN, KRDO, Boston Herald, WFXRtv and CBS Philly
John Solomon / Just The News:
Trump assembling all-star legal team to mount election challenges in close states
Trump assembling all-star legal team to mount election challenges in close states
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Ian MacDougall / ProPublica:
If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here's What Happens
If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here's What Happens
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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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No More Mister Nice Blog, redstate.com and CNN
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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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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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Election 2020: The Votes Are In. Now Comes the Wait.
Election 2020: The Votes Are In. Now Comes the Wait.
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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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Washington Post:
Election reveals deeper divides between red and blue America — When Donald Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 to clinch the presidency, he carried 23 counties that had previously voted for President Barack Obama. But when Joe Biden was projected on Wednesday to put Wisconsin …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
If Biden wins, he'll inherit a mission impossible
If Biden wins, he'll inherit a mission impossible
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The Guardian, Investor's Business Daily and Raw Story
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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The Conversation, 6abc and Associated Press
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Arizona's Maricopa County has 605,000 uncounted ballots, some results released tonight
Arizona's Maricopa County has 605,000 uncounted ballots, some results released tonight
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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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Business Insider, The Sun, Common Dreams, Raw Story, Newsy, The Hill and Mediaite
Damon Linker / The Week:
The left just got crushed — When every legally cast vote has been counted, Joe Biden will probably have prevailed in enough states to claim victory in the presidential race, perhaps even ending up with a few more Electoral Votes than Donald Trump managed to earn four years ago.
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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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Jay Heflin / Washington Examiner:
Jobless claims drop to 751,000, marking tenth straight week below a million — The number of new applications for unemployment benefits last week was 751,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday, marking the tenth straight week that jobless claims were below a million.
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Wall Street Journal, CBS News and The Daily Caller
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 …
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
A Dreadful New Peak for the American Pandemic — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — The United States reported 103,087 cases of COVID-19 today, the highest single-day total on record, according to the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic.
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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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Business Insider, VBgov.com, WAVY-TV and Gizmodo
Sherin Shibu / PCMag:
Most Americans Think Social Media Has a Negative Effect on the US — The Pew Research Center looked at public attitudes towards big tech as government scrutiny intensifies. — Americans aren't too confident in technology companies ensuring there is no misuse of their platforms …
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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middleeastmonitor.com, Foreign Policy, One America News Network and NPR
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.
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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Daily Kos and Common Dreams
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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.
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Juwan J. Holmes / LGBTQ Nation:
The sheriff fired her because she's a lesbian so she ran against him. She'll be the new sheriff now. — Charmaine McGuffey is the new sheriff in town, defeating both her former boss and a Republican challenger. — Charmaine McGuffey is going to be the new sheriff for Hamilton County, Ohio.
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:
Management company owned by Jared Kushner files to evict hundreds of families as moratoriums expire — White House adviser's company, Westminster Management, and other landlords prepare to remove tenants behind on rent during the pandemic. — Westminster Management, an apartment company owned …
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Political Wire and Raw Story
The American Mind:
The Fight is Now — A Statement from The American Mind. — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, breaking every rule that Democrats have screamed for months that President Trump was going to break, have all but declared themselves the winners of the 2020 election before the votes are counted.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Democrat incumbent Gary Peters is projected to win Michigan Senate race — Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan is projected to win reelection, according to NBC News. — The tight race between Peters, the first-term incumbent, and his Republican challenger John James …
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Arab American News, Fox News, redstate.com and New York Post
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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Washington Post, The Nation, Washington Times, Politico and KTAR.com
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats frustrated, GOP jubilant in Senate fight — Senate Democrats are feeling frustrated and disappointed as their effort to retake the majority appears to have fallen short once again. — The likelihood of being relegated to the minority for the next couple years hit home Wednesday …
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Daily Kos, Bloomberg, American Prospect and Vox