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Axios:
The Electoral College play — As the weaknesses of President Trump's legal cases to overturn Joe Biden's win become clearer, Republicans are talking more about the Electoral College — hinting at an extreme last-chance way for Trump to cling to power. — What we're watching …
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Associated Press, Althouse, HotAir, Alternet.org, Politico, Real Clear Politics, CBS News, The Intellectualist and Political Wire
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Richard L. Hasen / The Atlantic:
Trump Needs Three Consecutive Hail Mary Passes — Despite the clear math showing that Joe Biden has won the election, President Donald Trump has refused to concede. He has directed his legal team to keep on fighting to try to overturn the results of the election, including in a new 105-page federal-court filing in Pennsylvania.
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The Guardian, electionlawblog.org, Los Angeles Times and Arizona Republic
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
The endless election: Why both sides keep punching back — Howard Kurtz: No TV network has power to call election for Joe Biden — We are mired in the politics of perpetual payback. — It used to be that presidential elections settled things for awhile, even when power changed hands …
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Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Nation, alicublog, ABC News, The Guardian, Conservative News Today, Mediaite, Raw Story, Townhall, USA Today and The Wrap
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The corrupt bargain between Trump and Republicans is about to unravel — President Trump needs Republicans to help him validate his big lie that the votes of millions of Americans are illegitimate and that the election is being stolen from him. Meanwhile, Republicans need Trump to keep …
WISN:
GOP lawmaker suggests Wisconsin electors choose presidential winner — State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, of New Berlin, said he doesn't trust the election process or the outcome of results. — COPY LINK — COPY — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — Local and national elections & political news, delivered to your inbox
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Vox, The Intellectualist, Wisconsin Examiner and The Daily Poster
New York Times:
The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud — The president and his allies have baselessly claimed that rampant voter fraud stole victory from him. Officials contacted by The Times said that there were no irregularities that affected the outcome.
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Georgia will recount all votes in presidential race by hand, Secretary of State says
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, CNN and CBS News
Timothy Snyder / The Boston Globe:
Trump's big election lie pushes America toward autocracy
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HotAir
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Georgia will recount presidential election ballots by hand as Biden's lead over Trump grows
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HotAir, Washington Post, Raw Story, Associated Press, WPRI-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Townhall
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Another Official Dismissed at the Pentagon as Trump Continues Unusual Shake-Up … The sweeping dismissal of Pentagon officials, an overhaul that began on Monday with President Donald Trump's sudden firing of Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, has continued. The Intercept has learned that Mark Tomb …
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Raw Story, Defense One, ABC News, Washington Post and Foreign Policy
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Divisive Pentagon hire may rush troop withdrawals before Trump's exit — President Trump's newly installed acting Pentagon chief is bringing on a senior adviser in a sign the administration wants to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East before the end …
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CNN, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, Washington Post and Mediaite
NBC News:
Trump may accept results but never concede he lost, aides say — WASHINGTON — There is a growing expectation among President Donald Trump's advisers that he will never concede that he lost re-election, even after votes are certified in battleground states over the coming weeks …
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Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo and Political Wire
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump's public schedules show little interest in work as he protests Biden's legitimate election — (CNN)The President of the United States is absent without leave. President Donald Trump is set to make his first public appearance in six days Wednesday when he visits Arlington National Cemetery …
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Los Angeles Times, Newsmax, The Unz Review and Raw Story
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas' Robert Jeffress, leading pro-Trump evangelical conservative: ‘Biden is president-elect’ — Trump ally concedes that's a ‘bitter pill’ but says ‘Christians are not hypocrites’ and must accept Biden's victory — WASHINGTON — One of President Donald Trump's top evangelical Christian allies …
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Washington Examiner, The American Independent, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Intellectualist
John R. Bolton / Washington Post:
Time is running out for Trump — and Republicans who coddle him — John R. Bolton served as national security adviser under President Trump and is the author of “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” — As of this writing, the Republican Party has not suffered permanent damage …
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The Hill, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN, Tennessee Lookout, New York Post and Fox News
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Lawyers Litigating for Trump Suddenly Remember Their Licenses Are on the Line If They Lie to a Judge — There's a big difference between a) waving around a stack of affidavits in a safe space and b) bringing your claims before a judge. We saw that difference on Tuesday in the Trump campaign's case in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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The Atlantic and ABA Journal
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims
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The Intellectualist
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Where the Post-Election Lawsuits Stand
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Gingrich 360, New York Post and Voter Protection Program
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
How much does the GOP buy Trump's ‘election fraud’ claims? — Saturday's wild cheers for President-elect Joe Biden quickly segued into nervous laughter from Democrats on Monday. By Tuesday morning, one week after the election, it was becoming clear that most leading Republicans …
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, VICE and Forbes
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
There Is No Return to Normalcy — In defeat, Donald Trump has perfected the grievance-fueled …
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Law & Crime, Lawfare, The Guardian, Denver Post, DCReport.org, Digby's Hullabaloo, Bloomberg, CBS Pittsburgh, Telegraph, Alternet.org and NBC 6 South Florida
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Undermine Democracy
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CNN, Las Vegas Review-Journal and Digby's Hullabaloo
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
An early poll of Georgia's twin Senate runoffs shows tight races — A poll from a Republican-leaning national firm shows neither political party with a clear advantage in the twin January runoffs that are likely to decide control of the U.S. Senate. — The poll showed Kelly Loeffler at 49% …
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The Hill, FiveThirtyEight, HotAir and National Review
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: As U.S. Breaks Hospitalization and Case Records, Even N.Y., N.J. and Connecticut Are Worried — For the first time, new daily cases in the U.S. passed 139,000 and hospitalizations exceeded 61,000. The C.D.C. said masks protect the wearer, too.
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The Hill, Business Insider, CNN, Conservative News Today, Raw Story, Mediaite, Fox News, The Daily Caller and NBC Chicago
Maria Polletta / Arizona Republic:
Judge rejects Trump team's request for secret evidence in lawsuit over Maricopa County votes — An attorney representing President Donald Trump's reelection team, in a lawsuit alleging poll workers “incorrectly rejected” Election Day votes, asked a Maricopa County Superior Court judge …
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POLITICUSUSA
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A furious behind-the-scenes battle to counter Trump's threat to national security — President Trump's senior military and intelligence officials have been warning him strongly against declassifying information about Russia that his advisers say would compromise sensitive collection methods and anger key allies.
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Business Insider, The Nation, New York Times, emptywheel, Talking Points Memo and CNN
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Fears Leaving the White House — Losing the presidency leaves him vulnerable to financial and legal danger. — Donald Trump is the luckiest man alive. Unlike almost, well, everyone, he's been protected from the consequences of his own mistakes his entire life.
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Washington Post
New York Times:
He Sidestepped Pompeo and Got Slapped Down. Now He's the New Pentagon Chief. — President Trump's new acting secretary of defense began a since-aborted diplomatic gambit last month to negotiate with a Somali terrorist group — drawing the ire of the secretary of state.
The Daily Beast:
Biden World Fears Trump Will Bring ‘Weird Shit’ to Their Inauguration — Biden events in the COVID era have been sparse and distant by design. But if his supporters do not to come to the inauguration, planners worry Trump fans will fill the void. — President-elect Joe Biden's team …
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Politico, Washington Post, HotAir, The Daily Caller, Twitchy, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Raw Story and The Root
Washington Post:
How Biden aims to amp up the government's fight against climate change — A new administration would enlist departments like Transportation, Agriculture and Treasury to advance its climate goals — President-elect Joe Biden is poised to embed action on climate change across the breadth …
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Bloomberg and Board of Governors …
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Mississippi Republican calls for his state to ‘succeed from the union’ after Biden victory — As the dust settles from the 2020 presidential election, one disappointed Mississippi lawmaker has a proposition for the Magnolia State. Instead of being governed by President-elect Joe Biden …
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Business Insider and The Hill
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Civil war brewing inside Proud Boys as top leader says he's done pretending he isn't a Nazi — The far-right Proud Boys gang has long denied that it is a white nationalist organization and has instead claimed that it only exists to defend “Western Civilization.”
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The Daily Beast
Politico:
Pelosi floats above Democrats' civil war — Shortly before Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team faced a gauntlet of angry Democrats disappointed by the election, they held a private call to strategize. — The message, Pelosi and others agreed, was clear: If they didn't rein in the far left …
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Outside the Beltway
Detroit Free Press:
Trump lawsuit affidavits allege Michigan election misconduct, don't show widespread fraud — Dave Boucher Paul EganDetroit Free Press — Signed and sworn statements from more than 100 people included in a new lawsuit filed in a Michigan federal court by the campaign of President Donald …
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The Daily Beast, Reuters, Israpundit, Digby's Hullabaloo and Statistical Modeling …
Washington Post:
With coronavirus cases spiking nationwide, all signs point to a harrowing autumn — This is the dismal reality America faces as the coronavirus continues its unchecked surge around the country: In North Dakota, health-care workers with asymptomatic cases of the coronavirus will be allowed …
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CNN, American Prospect, The Atlantic, HotAir and Grand Forks Herald
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Barr's Decision on Voter Fraud Inflames Existing Tensions With Anticorruption Prosecutors — The department's handling of President Trump's dealings with Ukraine and a potential case against the former interior secretary exacerbated tensions with career prosecutors.
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The Daily Beast, Alternet.org and Digby's Hullabaloo
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump is acting like a bigger sore loser than Al Gore — Back in 2000, like many on the right, I became exasperated as Al Gore dragged the nation through weeks of recounts and court cases because he refused to acknowledge that he had lost. — I recently found this going through some old things …
Gabby Orr / Politico:
How Biden swung the religious vote — It wasn't until Election Day, when returns showed counties across Michigan, Georgia and the industrial Midwest leaning toward Joe Biden due to a groundswell of religious support, that the Trump campaign realized it had a problem.
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Alternet.org, Raw Story and National Review
Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, poised to break stereotypes — When it comes to political marriages, we've reached a new moment. — Doug Emhoff, the 56-year-old husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, will leave his private law practice by Inauguration Day to focus on his role at the White House, a spokesperson said Tuesday.
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Axios, Washington Examiner and The Guardian
New York Times:
Who Are Contenders for Biden's Cabinet? — As Joseph R. Biden Jr. begins his presidential transition, here are some of the names that have emerged for top jobs in his administration. — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has signaled his intention to draw from a diverse cross section of America in building his cabinet.
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Politico, Guido Fawkes, NBC News, Fox News, ABC News, National Review, Washington Examiner, Digby's Hullabaloo and Associated Press
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