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12:35 PM ET, November 6, 2020

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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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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.
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 …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Newt Gingrich: Bill Barr Should Arrest Poll Workers  —  “Any precinct, any precinct that we were not able to observe, strip those votes out.  Do not count them.  Because they are by definition corrupt,” Newt exclaimed at one point.  —  Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich seemingly demanded …
Axios:
Trump's stalling legal strategy  —  The Trump campaign legal team is throwing everything at the wall in battleground states — a last-ditch effort to use the courts to freeze time in states where President Trump was ahead (but keep counting in key places where he appeared behind).
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania  —  A close margin and a large number of outstanding votes are what's making the Pennsylvania contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden too early to call.  —  The Democrat opened a lead of about 6,000 votes Friday morning over Trump …
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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Donald Trump doesn't need to concede  —  (CNN)Conceding a lost election is the classy thing to do and it has usually been a part of the country coming together after a divisive campaign.  —  But it's a custom, not a law.  —  AMERICA VOTES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
CNN:
A distressed Trump has told people he has no plans to concede even if his path to victory is blocked  —  (CNN)Facing a disappearing pathway to victory, President Donald Trump offered little indication on Friday he was prepared to concede defeat, leading those around him to wonder who might …
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.
Washington Post:
Trump turns angry and despondent as possible defeat looms
Associated Press:
Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
What's Trump's Endgame if the Race Is Called for Biden?
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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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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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
Discussion: Politico, IJR and Sputnik News
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump, the Pathetic Loser
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
USPS rushes to deliver another 2,000 ballots in Pennsylvania, North Carolina before deadline  —  Postal workers found more than 1,000 ballots in Philadelphia facilities Thursday and 300 in Pittsburgh, as the Postal Service races to deliver uncounted votes to election officials …
Discussion: NBC News
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Wall Street Journal:   The 2020 Election Meltdown That Didn't Happen, Even Amid the Covid Pandemic
Barbara Burns / Justice News:
Postal Worker Arrested And Charged With Failing To Deliver Over 800 Pieces Of Mail Which Included Three Absentee Ballots
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
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: Washington Examiner
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Politico:
Pelosi formally seeks another 2 years as speaker
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
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: Washington Post, The Hill and Vox
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Donald Trump's most historic and dishonest press conference
Discussion: Althouse
Jake Lahut / Business Insider:
Why Decision Desk HQ and Insider called the election for Joe Biden … - Insider and our partners at Decision Desk HQ called the 2020 election for Joe Biden on Friday morning, while many other outlets had not.  — Different media outlets and wire services use various criteria for declaring a winner in elections.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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
Washington Post:
Trump-associated firm helped send unmarked texts urging vote protests in Philadelphia  —  A Republican firm run by a top aide to President Trump's 2020 campaign appears to have helped send unmarked text messages on Thursday that urged supporters in Philadelphia to converge outside a building where local election officials counted votes.
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Glenn H. Reynolds / New York Post:
The left is again showing that it can't stand anyone who disagrees
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TODAY.com:
Al Roker reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
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Raphael Warnock signed letter likening West Bank to apartheid South Africa
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