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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 Daily Beast:
Local GOP Pushes Trump Voters to Cast Ballots After Election  —  An email obtained by The Daily Beast shows Republicans in Wisconsin urging volunteers to contact Pennsylvania Trumpers to get them to turn in ballots days after the election … Hours before President Donald Trump went …
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.
CBS Philly:
2 Heavily Armed Men Found Outside Pennsylvania Convention Center Taken Into Custody As Police Investigate Threat Of Attack  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Two heavily armed men found outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center were taken into police custody late Thursday night.
Discussion: Forbes and TheBlaze
David Marcus / The Federalist:
The U.S. Supreme Court Should Act On Pennsylvania's Vote Count
New York Times:
In Torrent of Falsehoods, Trump Claims Election Is Being Stolen  —  Most television networks cut away from the statement President Trump gave Thursday night from the White House briefing room on the grounds that what he was saying was not true.  —  WASHINGTON — Even for President Trump …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How this can get even more turbulent  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JOE BIDEN is continuing his steady march toward the White House.  We don't quite know when the race will be called — or even how — but he's now ahead by 917 votes in Georgia.  He's also up in Arizona and Nevada.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service plans to ramp up protection of Biden in anticipation of his possible win
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Declares Election Fraud, ‘If You Count the Legal Votes I Win’
Washington Post:
Trump turns angry and despondent as possible defeat looms  —  By Thursday morning, President Trump was angry and defiant.  —  The polls had closed more than a full 24 hours before, and as several key states continued to update their ballot counts, the election increasingly felt …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump prepares to launch a second term early, even without winning  —  President Donald Trump has struggled to convince the country he already won the election.  So he's just going to do the next best thing: Act like he's starting his second term early.  —  Trump and his aides have settled …
Politico:
Georgia preps for war with Senate majority on the line  —  Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for an unprecedented two-month battle for control of the Senate that centers on just one state: Georgia.  —  Democrats failed to deliver in Senate battlegrounds this week, but both parties are still short of a majority in the chamber.
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Examiner
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Politico:
Dem leaders warn liberal rhetoric could blow Georgia races
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Kelly Loeffler donates to Trump recount fund
Discussion: Financial Times
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Heart of John Lewis' district deals blow to Trump  —  It wasn't absentee ballots in populous Fulton or DeKalb counties that pushed Joe Biden beyond President Donald Trump in Georgia, nor was it one of the newly-minted Democratic northern suburbs.It was Clayton, the south metro county that's …
Discussion: Vox
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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.
David Ingram / NBC News:
Twitter bans Steve Bannon after call for beheadings; YouTube removes video  —  Twitter banned an account associated with Steve Bannon on Thursday and YouTube removed one of his videos after the former Trump adviser called for the beheadings of two federal officials.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:   USPS rushes to deliver another 2,000 ballots in Pennsylvania, North Carolina before deadline
USA Today:
Donald Trump's attack on election integrity cries for Republican come-to-Goldwater moment  —  Our View: It's time for GOP elders to truly put America first and stand up for the nation's democratic processes. … Americans have been blessed with steady leadership at critical moments …
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Donald Trump's most historic and dishonest press conference
Discussion: Althouse
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Election 2020 live updates: Biden takes lead in Georgia count; Pa. continues to tighten  —  Joe Biden overtook President Trump in Georgia early Friday as the state's Democratic-leaning counties reported more absentee ballots, giving Biden a small lead.  Trump must win Georgia to maintain …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Whines: Why Isn't Barr Coming to Save Me?  —  The desire within Trump and his senior staff for a DOJ rescue was palpable, as the vote count kept going more and more in Joe Biden's direction. … In the days since an inconclusive election night likely threw his presidency into the heap of one-termers …
Associated Press:
Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump  —  U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a surprising twist: In places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Chris Christie tells Trump to stop inflaming and show the evidence  —  One of President Trump's top allies publicly rebuked him on Thursday night for failing to produce evidence to support his unfounded claims that Democrats were stealing the election from him.
Discussion: The Hill, The Week and Mediaite
Adav Noti / Just Security:
No, State Legislatures Cannot Overrule the Popular Vote  —  One of the very last-ditch efforts Trump proponents have floated since Election Day has been that state legislatures should simply overrule the results of the presidential election in their states.  This proposition is so radically un-American …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Vox
The Daily Beast:
Trump National Security Officials Horrified by His Election Lies  —  Top national security officials are preparing for the president of the United States to refuse to listen to the election results, even when they are officially declared. … Even members of President Trump's own national security team …
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘Come on Now’: Michigan Judge Scoffs at and Tosses Trump Campaign Lawsuit Backed by ‘Hearsay’ Evidence  —  In President Donald Trump's second loss in court in a single day, a Michigan judge rejected the Trump campaign's bid to stop counting ballots without their inspectors present.
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Arizona Republic:
Trump draws closer to Biden in Arizona ballot count, but falls off pace needed to win state
Discussion: Slate and Political Wire
Elisha Maldonado / Washington Examiner:
Taiwan fears it will become the next Hong Kong
Discussion: Politico
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