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New York Times:
Steve Bannon Loses Lawyer After Suggesting Beheading of Fauci — Mr. Bannon, the former adviser to President Trump, said the heads of the F.B.I. director and Dr. Anthony Fauci should be put on pikes, leading Twitter to ban one of his accounts. — Stephen K. Bannon, the former adviser …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Steve Bannon's Lawyers Are Running for the Hills After Client's Insane Call for Dr. Fauci's Head — The day after Steve Bannon mused about beheading FBI Director Christopher Wray and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Trump loyalist's powerhouse lawyers asked a federal judge on Friday to postpone …
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
It Sure Sounds Like Trump May Barricade Himself in the Oval Office and Refuse to Come Out If Biden Wins
It Sure Sounds Like Trump May Barricade Himself in the Oval Office and Refuse to Come Out If Biden Wins
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Will Keep Fighting as Aides Doubt Path Forward — President's advisers point fingers over campaign's legal strategy — WASHINGTON—President Trump said Friday he would continue to fight election results that showed him on the cusp of losing to former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Washington Post:
Advisers urge Trump to prepare for defeat — but maybe without a concession speech — President Trump vowed on Friday to continue to fight the election results, privately urging allies and advisers to defend him publicly and insisting that he still had a path to victory over former vice president Joe Biden.
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Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Fundraising for Legal Challenges Would Also Pay Down Debt — President Trump is racing to raise money for an “official election defense fund.” But the fine print on the solicitations tells a different story: Half — or more — of any contribution will be used to retire debt from his re-election campaign.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Post Shifts Tone on Trump as a Top Editor Plans His Own Exit — Rupert Murdoch's tabloid has turned critical as the president seems headed to defeat. Col Allan, a wizard there, says he plans to retire next year. — Last month The New York Post called President Trump …
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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.
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Reuters:
Which states could tip U.S. election and when will they report results?
Which states could tip U.S. election and when will they report results?
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Axios:
Trump's stalling legal strategy
Trump's stalling legal strategy
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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.
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Politico:
‘My sense is that we lost’: Trump campaign aides grapple with dwindling odds — Only a small number of those in the president's inner circle have adamantly encouraged Trump not to concede. — President Donald Trump walks off after delivering a statement Thursday in the White House briefing room.
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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 Philadelphia Inquirer:
Two men outside Philly vote count in Hummer with QAnon stickers face weapons charges, police say
Two men outside Philly vote count in Hummer with QAnon stickers face weapons charges, police say
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Washington Post:
Trump-associated firm tied to unmarked texts urging vote protests in Philadelphia
Trump-associated firm tied to unmarked texts urging vote protests in Philadelphia
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Philadelphia mayor says Trump needs to ‘put his big boy pants on’ and accept defeat
Philadelphia mayor says Trump needs to ‘put his big boy pants on’ and accept defeat
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Kevin Draper / New York Times:
Election 2020 Live Updates: Biden Inches Closer to the Presidency With Lead in Pennsylvania … Senate tally includes 65 seats not up for election. — More than 4,000 votes are left to be counted in Georgia, as well as an unknown number of overseas and military ballots that are still arriving, an elections official said.
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania
EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump's odds of winning through a recount are nearly impossible
Trump's odds of winning through a recount are nearly impossible
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Ronna McDaniel asks for ‘time’ to produce specific claims of alleged voter fraud — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel did not present concrete examples of alleged voter fraud in her home state of Michigan and elsewhere when pressed by Fox News anchors on Friday …
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Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Limbaugh walks back comments referring to Biden as the winner
Limbaugh walks back comments referring to Biden as the winner
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Axios:
Biden's nearly insurmountable math — Joe Biden has nearly insurmountable math on his side, as the stunningly close count continued all day. — The state of play: Network morning shows stayed live as long as 1 p.m. ET, with the nation's news machinery poised to resolve Election week.
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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
How Claims of Dead Michigan Voters Spread Faster Than the Facts — Run-of-the-mill clerical errors have been used as false evidence of voter fraud in Michigan. — The tweets began to arrive Wednesday night, carrying explosive claims that people in Michigan were voting under the names of dead people.
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Brian Greer / Lawfare:
How to Ensure That Trump Preserves Official Documents — Vice President Joe Biden is the presumptive winner of the presidential election. There are surely many things on Biden's to-do list, but it's not at all implausible that the Biden administration—and a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives …
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CNN:
Second-highest-ranking official at USAID ousted — Washington (CNN)The second highest-ranking official at the US Agency for International Development was ousted Friday, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN. — Bonnie Glick, the deputy administrator of the agency …
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Cade Metz / New York Times:
Study Considers a Link Between QAnon and Polling Errors — Polls in several key states underestimated the breadth of support for President Trump before the Nov. 3 election, just as they did in 2016. — But why? — Early results from a study by researchers at the University …
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Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
So You Want to Go to War With Philadelphia? — Donald Trump's loyalists are fixated on Philadelphia, and its affection for Joe Biden, as the president's reelection prospects fizzle. Ted Cruz called Philadelphia “lawless” and “the worst in the country.” Another pro-Trump pundit tweeted, “I'm going to Philly tomorrow.
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The Intercept
David Priess / The Bulwark:
An Embarrassing Presidential Display That Will Live in Infamy — Other presidents' worst moments didn't involve tantrums about valid vote counting. — Last night, from a podium in the White House—the People's House, provided to the president, at public expense, as living and working quarters …
Anand Giridharadas / New York Times:
Joe Biden's Magic — He has the power to make real, transformational progress look like common sense. Will he use it, given the chance? — Mr. Giridharadas is the author of “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World.” — Let's never do that again.
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Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
David Axelrod not on board with ‘aggressive’ Biden team statement about escorting Trump out of White House — Former Obama adviser David Axelrod questioned the Biden campaign's rhetoric regarding the possibility that President Trump refuses to leave the White House even if Joe Biden defeats him in the election.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw to Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘Start acting’ like a member of Congress — Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn't even made it to Capitol Hill yet, and she's already being told to behave by a fellow Republican. — The controversial Trump-supporting, QAnon-spreading House candidate …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Sidelined After ‘Close Contact’ Tests Positive for Coronavirus … Rachel Maddow, the most-watched anchor in the MSNBC lineup, will come off the air for a period of time after a close contact tested positive for coronavirus. — “I've tested negative thus far …
Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
America's Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent — Now that Joe Biden appears to be winning the presidency, we can expect debates over whether Donald Trump was an aberration ("not who we are!") or another instantiation of America's pathologies and sins.
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Photo: Naked Cowboy exchanges words with Biden supporter in N.Y.C.'s Times Square — GOP Sen. Perdue's campaign is preparing for ‘coming runoff’ in Georgia — NBC News has yet to make a projection in their race, but Sen. David Perdue's campaign said Friday that it's preparing for a runoff election …
Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Set to Tap Gary Gensler as Adviser on Wall Street Oversight — Joe Biden is expected to tap Gary Gensler to advise on plans for Wall Street oversight in a prospective administration, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that likely would please Democrats who cheered …
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Scott Jennings / Courier-Journal:
Face it pundits, Mitch McConnell is Kentucky's most popular politician in modern history — We gather to bury a familiar trope, an old chestnut that hung around for years but finally succumbed to the facts last Tuesday night. It never should have lasted this long, frankly …