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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Joe Biden on cusp of clinching victory — Joe Biden has pulled closer to President Donald Trump in Georgia and Pennsylvania, slowly expanding his pathways to victory as the campaigns brace for the release of results Thursday that could put the contest out of reach for the president.
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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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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Trump campaign presses legal challenges as count continues in swing states … President Donald Trump's campaign continued its legal blitz across key battleground states Thursday, homing in on Pennsylvania with state judges denying or dismissing lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan.
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New York Times:
Election 2020 Live Updates: Protests and Legal Skirmishes as Counting Continues in Final Six States … Senate tally includes 65 seats not up for election. — Nevada has about 190,000 ballots still to be counted, the secretary of state said. Ninety percent of them are from Clark County …
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Trump campaign wins legal battle in Pennsylvania to oversee vote counting
Trump campaign wins legal battle in Pennsylvania to oversee vote counting
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden's campaign insists former VP ‘will be the next president’
Biden's campaign insists former VP ‘will be the next president’
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
35,000 ballots remain in Allegheny County, but most won't be counted until Friday
35,000 ballots remain in Allegheny County, but most won't be counted until Friday
Associated Press:
Biden pushes closer to victory as Trump presses legal moves
Biden pushes closer to victory as Trump presses legal moves
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump campaign's longshot legal challenges unlikely to swing election, analysts say
Trump campaign's longshot legal challenges unlikely to swing election, analysts say
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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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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The 2020 Election Has Brought Progressives to the Brink of Catastrophe — This week, the American left clambered out of hell, only to find itself condemned to political purgatory. — Barring an act of malign intervention, Donald Trump will be a one-term president.
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Politico:
Dem leaders warn liberal rhetoric could blow Georgia races — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants had a stark warning for Democrats Thursday: swing too far left and they're all but certain to blow their chances in the Georgia runoff that will determine which party controls the Senate.
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Alexander Sammon / American Prospect:
It's Time for an Overhaul of House Democratic Leadership
It's Time for an Overhaul of House Democratic Leadership
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter
Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter
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New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Anti-Harassment Official Accused of Racist Rants — The official was relieved of his command after City Council investigators amassed evidence that he posted vitriolic messages online under the name “Clouseau.” — For more than 20 years, an online chat board called the Rant …
WSB-TV:
LIVE UPDATES: Judge dismisses President Trump's lawsuit in Georgia — ATLANTA — The country is watching Georgia as it remains one of the key battleground states that has not been called in the presidential election. — Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina, Arizona and Alaska races have not been called by ABC News.
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump's lead shrinks in Georgia as officials race to finish counts
Trump's lead shrinks in Georgia as officials race to finish counts
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Jordan Davidson / The Federalist:
Presidential And Senate Races Tighten In Georgia As Key County Ballots Pour In
Presidential And Senate Races Tighten In Georgia As Key County Ballots Pour In
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Tim Fitzsimons / NBC News:
French bulldog named Wilbur elected mayor of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
French bulldog named Wilbur elected mayor of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
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NBC News:
Long at odds with Trump, Defense Secretary Esper has prepared a resignation letter, say officials — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper has prepared a letter of resignation, according to three current defense officials. — It's not uncommon for Cabinet secretaries to prepare undated letters …
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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Biden slightly expands lead over Trump as Nevada releases first results in 24 hours — Joe Biden slightly expanded his narrow lead over President Donald Trump in Nevada on Thursday, though the number of outstanding ballots in urban Clark County suggests that the race in the Silver State is still the former vice president's to lose.
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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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Associated Press:
Judges dismiss Trump claims in Georgia, Michigan
Judges dismiss Trump claims in Georgia, Michigan
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Eric Trump Is An Election Disinformation Superspreader
Eric Trump Is An Election Disinformation Superspreader
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Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Trump ‘turning up the heat’ with rhetoric does not help his legal case over ballots, says Andrew McCarthy — ‘Turning up the heat politically does not help persuade the judges,’ McCarthy argues — Fox News Go — President Trump's “provocative” comments could dissuade the Supreme Court …
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Arizona Republic:
In latest batch, Trump gets share of votes he would need to reclaim Arizona. But next rounds of ballots present new challenges — As Maricopa County released the results from 140,000 more ballots on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, President Donald Trump received almost the exact share …
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Julia Musto / Fox News:
Arizona voters sue Maricopa County over ‘Sharpiegate’
Arizona voters sue Maricopa County over ‘Sharpiegate’
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Simon Carswell Public Affairs / The Irish Times:
Trump will run for presidency again if he loses, says former chief of staff — President could mount challenge again in 2024 or 2028, says Northern Ireland envoy — Donald Trump would “absolutely” run for the US presidency again if he loses this election to Joe Biden …
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Nicole Via y Rada / NBC News:
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says Trump could run in 2024 if he loses
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says Trump could run in 2024 if he loses
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
The Repudiation — The 2020 election, it appears, was a staggering repudiation of Donald Trump. Of him. Personally. — You're not hearing this right now because the right is in denial about the results as it works through the stages of Kubler-Ross grief.
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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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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The final implosion of Trump's Fox News propagandists — With President Trump mounting a frantic, last-ditch effort to stop the counting of votes that could doom his reelection, his Fox News propagandists are wheeling into action: One after another, they are raging that the election …
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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 …
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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” …
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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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Omaha World-Herald:
Thousands of Omaha-area voters backed Democrat Biden, Republican Bacon — Jay C. Jackson describes himself as a pro-life Republican whose Papillion yard sported campaign signs this cycle for Rep. Don Bacon and Sen. Ben Sasse. — Next to that pair of Nebraska Republicans, however …
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