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12:25 AM ET, November 7, 2020

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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Final Gasp of Donald Trump's Presidency  —  Donald Trump going out with a limp seems like an oxymoron," a senior adviser to the president told me.  In width and in word, in soaring skyscrapers and Brioni suits and arena rallies and various euphemisms for great (yuge, bigly), the man has been defined by and obsessed with largeness.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Infected With Coronavirus  — Campaign aide Nick Trainer, several others also contract virus  — Meadows is latest in series of cases linked to White House  —  President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has told associates he has coronavirus …
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
It Sure Sounds Like Trump May Barricade Himself in the Oval Office and Refuse to Come Out If Biden Wins  —  The president has reportedly told allies he'll never concede.  —  By now you've likely heard that after pulling ahead in Georgia and, most crucially, Pennsylvania …
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and two aides test positive for coronavirus  —  President Trump's chief of staff has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to reports, along with at least four other White House aides.  —  Mark Meadows, 61, told people that he has tested positive …
New York Times:
Biden's Team Steps Up Transition Plans, Mapping Out a White House  —  With Joe Biden leading in several important battleground states, his advisers and allies have moved rapidly to discuss hiring in critical roles, especially those overseeing the coronavirus response.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Thoughts On Where We Stand Now [with question from Paul]  —  The presidential election seems to be going South and a Joe Biden administration may be in the offing.  It is a bitter pill to swallow and I am profoundly depressed.  Nevertheless, here are a few mostly-optimistic observations on the current scene.
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.
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Senate Majority in Balance as Perdue Re-election Race Goes to Runoff in Georgia  —  Mr. Perdue, a first-term Republican, narrowly failed to clear 50 percent of the vote, sending the race to a January runoff that, along with another runoff contest, will probably determine which party controls the Senate.
CNN:
White House chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus
Discussion: ABC News and BuzzFeed News
CNN:
Trump has told people he has no plans to concede even if his path to victory is blocked
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
David Axelrod not on board with ‘aggressive’ Biden team statement about escorting Trump out of White House
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Townhall and Defense One
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.
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.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trumpworld rages behind the scenes
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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
Discussion: The Intellectualist
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.
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 …
Associated Press:
Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide  —  BOSTON (AP) — A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump's top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday …
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Washington Post:
Trump-associated firm tied to unmarked texts urging vote protests in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Two men outside Philly vote count in Hummer with QAnon stickers face weapons charges, police say
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 …
Discussion: Bridge Magazine, Vox and ABC News
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Bronson Stocking / Townhall:
SCOTUS Orders Pennsylvania to Separate Ballots Arriving After Election Day  —  A few hours after the Trump campaign filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court over late-arriving ballots in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court ordered Pennsylvania election officials to separate ballots arriving …
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CBS News:
Watch live: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to deliver remarks  —  Joe Biden is expected to address the public on Friday evening in Delaware, as the Democratic nominee has pulled ahead of President Trump in the critical battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania.
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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 …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Election That Broke the Republican Party  —  By lashing themselves to the president's desperate conspiracies of fraud, GOP officials have undermined their own legitimacy.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan stands with dozens of people calling for stopping the vote count in Pennsylvania due to alleged fraud against President Donald Trump.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and KRDO
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 …
Discussion: hotair.com and Washington Post
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 …
Appleton Post-Crescent:
Sen. Ron Johnson says half of country won't accept a Biden win  —  MADISON - Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Friday that half the country will not accept the outcome of the presidential election if Democrat Joe Biden wins.  —  Johnson, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump …
Discussion: CNN
Jack Fink / CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
For First Time In 20 Years, US Senate Candidate Wins More Votes Than Presidential Candidate In Texas  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - When U.S. Senator John Cornyn won his fourth term this week, he not only defeated Democratic challenger MJ Hegar by ten percentage points, he also won more votes in Texas than President Donald Trump.
 
 
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Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Trump's Election Lawyers Are a Very Swampy Crew
Sarah Lazare / In These Times:
Joe Biden Said He's Against the Yemen War. He Needs To End It on Day One.
Scott Jennings / Courier-Journal:
Face it pundits, Mitch McConnell is Kentucky's most popular politician in modern history
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
So You Want to Go to War With Philadelphia?  —  Donald Trump's loyalists are fixated on Philadelphia …
Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Set to Tap Gary Gensler as Adviser on Wall Street Oversight
 Earlier Items: 
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
How Claims of Dead Michigan Voters Spread Faster Than the Facts
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Twin Cities
Bill Laitner / Detroit Free Press:
Fixed computer glitch turns losing Republican into a winner in Oakland County
Discussion: Breitbart and The Federalist
David Priess / The Bulwark:
An Embarrassing Presidential Display That Will Live in Infamy
Bryn Stole / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Here's how Louisiana lawmakers are reacting to Trump claims of massive voter fraud
Discussion: Raw Story
Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
America's Next Authoritarian Will Be Much More Competent
Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story, Insight and Reason
Kevin Draper / New York Times:
Election 2020 Live Updates: Biden Inches Closer to the Presidency With Lead in Pennsylvania
 

 
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