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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
This Election Result Won't Be Overturned — Recounts occasionally change margins in the hundreds, never in the tens of thousands. — It has been an eventful, unsettling year: A deadly virus struck without warning and claimed almost a quarter-million American lives; a lockdown demolished personal routines …
New York Times:
Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff — Mr. Klain, a lawyer and veteran Democratic operative who first worked for the president-elect in 1989 when he was a senator, has been a sharp critic of President Trump's handling of the coronavirus. — WILMINGTON, Del. …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Biden's choice of Ron Klain to run White House signals rejection of Trump-era chaos — President-elect Joe Biden has chosen longtime Washington operative Ronald A. Klain as White House chief of staff, sending an early signal that he intends to rely heavily on experience …
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President-Elect Joe Biden:
President-elect Joe Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff
President-elect Joe Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff
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Kylie Atwood / CNN:
State Department is preventing Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders — Washington (CNN)A stack of messages from foreign leaders to President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump administration is preventing him from accessing them …
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The Hill, Raw Story, New York Post and Informed Comment
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Russell Mills / 102.3 KRMG:
Lankford guarantees “peaceful transition,” talks about COVID vaccine prospects — The Oklahoma Senator says Friday becomes the next important date, as the GSA can then start certifying the states' results — TULSA — Twin crises continue to create confusion for people across the country …
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CNN:
Republican senator says he will step in if Biden doesn't have access to intelligence briefings by Friday — 9/11 commission says Trump transition refusal makes US vulnerable — (CNN)Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford said Wednesday that he will intervene if the Trump administration …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's National Security Adviser Tells Staff: Don't Even Mention Biden's Name — No one around Trump is willing to tell him he lost the election. Into the “fucking clown show” stepped Robert O'Brien. — President Donald Trump continues to refuse to cede the election.
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Raw Story, SpyTalk and Defense One
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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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Washington Post:
In poll watcher affidavits, Trump campaign offers no evidence of fraud in Detroit ballot-counting — Inside Detroit's absentee-ballot-counting center, one Republican poll watcher complained that workers were wearing Black Lives Matter gear. She thought one of them — a “man of intimidating size” — had followed her too closely.
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Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
AG Nessel: Trump's baseless elections lawsuits essentially say ‘Black people are corrupt’
AG Nessel: Trump's baseless elections lawsuits essentially say ‘Black people are corrupt’
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Law & Crime, The Hill, Twitchy and Mother Jones
Leon Wolf / TheBlaze:
The Trump campaign has released 234 pages of affidavits regarding alleged voting regularities in Michigan. Here's what they say.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
‘Karen Was Upset’: Trump Suit Cites Mostly Trivial Complaints By GOP Poll-Watchers
‘Karen Was Upset’: Trump Suit Cites Mostly Trivial Complaints By GOP Poll-Watchers
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Washington Monthly, Fox News, Washington Post, New York Sun and Daily Maverick
David Thomas / Reuters:
Snell & Wilmer withdraws from election lawsuit as Trump contests Arizona results — The largest law firm representing the Trump campaign or its allies in post-election litigation challenging votes in key states has withdrawn from an election lawsuit in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
No, the ‘Hail Mary’ plan for Trump isn't going to work — By now, it has become overwhelmingly obvious that President Trump will lose most or all his court battles over the phantom voter fraud he's alleging. But there's still a scenario for Trump that is rattling around the Internet, one that's widely called a “Hail Mary.”
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Newsmax, The Guardian, Orlando Sentinel, HotAir and The Atlantic
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Of course Republicans are doing this. It's who they are.
Of course Republicans are doing this. It's who they are.
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Raw Story
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
How Hard Is It to Overturn an American Election?
How Hard Is It to Overturn an American Election?
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Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money — MIAMI - Why would candidates for Florida Senate seats do no campaigning, no fundraising, have no issue platforms, nor make any effort to get votes? — Local 10 News has found evidence to suggest three …
Elizabeth Warren / Washington Post:
What a Biden-Harris administration should prioritize on its first day — Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. — As Democrats celebrate the election of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris, we need to have an important conversation …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump endorses McDaniel to remain RNC chair, ponders 2024 run — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel to stay on in her position, in what one source said could be a prelude to Trump's announcing plans to run for president in 2024.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump endorses Ronna McDaniel for RNC chair
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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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Daily Beast
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President-Elect Joe Biden:
Readout of the President-elect's Foreign Leader Calls — President-elect Joe Biden took part in separate congratulatory calls this evening with the leaders of Australia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. — The President-elect spoke with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia.
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Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Trump's Post-Election Tactics Put Him in Unsavory Company — Denying defeat, claiming fraud and using government machinery to reverse election results are the time-honored tools of dictators. — MOSCOW — When the strongman ruler of Belarus declared an implausible landslide victory …
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Wall Street Journal:
What Is Trump's Legal Strategy? Try to Block Certification of Biden Victory in States. — Effort to get state Republicans to appoint pro-Trump Electoral College votes is a long shot, president's advisers and election-law experts say — President Trump's campaign is pursuing a patchwork …
Will Feuer / CNBC:
Biden Covid advisor says U.S. lockdown of 4 to 6 weeks could control pandemic and revive economy — Dr. Michael Osterholm, a coronavirus advisor to President-elect Joe Biden, said a nationwide lockdown would help bring the virus under control in the U.S. — He said the government …
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The Daily Beast:
The New Yorker to Jeffrey Toobin: Beat It! — The top writer had been suspended last month after exposing himself during a video call with colleagues. — The New Yorker has fired staff writer Jeffrey Toobin after a weeks-long investigation into an incident in which he exposed himself during a video call with colleagues last month.
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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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New York Times:
How N.Y.C.'s Conservative Bastion Became a Virus Hot Spot — Staten Island has bristled at coronavirus restrictions, but now has the highest positive test rate in the city. — When supporters flocked to a rally for President Trump on Staten Island last month, many left their masks at home.
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: As U.S. Breaks Hospitalization Records, N.Y. and Other States Add Restrictions
Covid-19 Live Updates: As U.S. Breaks Hospitalization Records, N.Y. and Other States Add Restrictions
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Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Amid White House COVID-19 outbreak, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner pulled their 3 kids from a DC Jewish school — WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump pulled their children out of a Jewish day school in Washington, D.C., two weeks before Election Day and three weeks after an outbreak …
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Azerbaijan's drones owned the battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh — and showed future of warfare — MOSCOW — The drone's-eye view over Nagorno-Karabakh defined much of the six-week war in the mountainous enclave within Azerbaijan: The video first showed soldiers below in trenches, then came blasts and smoke, then nothing.
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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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KJZZ:
Arizona Secretary Of State Katie Hobbs: Calls For Election Investigations Amplify Baseless Conspiracies — Pro-Trump protesters have been rallying outside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center, repeating baseless claims of fraud and corruption as officials continue to count ballots like they would any other year.
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Maria Polletta / Arizona Republic:
Judge rejects Trump team's request for secret evidence in lawsuit over Maricopa County votes
Judge rejects Trump team's request for secret evidence in lawsuit over Maricopa County votes
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Axios, The Hill, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, National Review, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA, HotAir and 12news.com
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Grants Waivers to Lobbyists to Serve On Transition — At least 40 people serving on President-elect Joe Biden's transition team are or were once registered lobbyists, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal. — The Biden transition team has sought to limit the influence …
Reuters:
Donations under $8K to Trump ‘election defense’ instead go to president, RNC — (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump seeks to discredit last week's election with baseless claims of voter fraud, his team has bombarded his supporters with requests for money to help pay for legal challenges to the results …
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Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Misinformation by a thousand cuts: Varied rigged election claims circulate — For Trump supporters intent on finding it, proof of the president's claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” is everywhere. — For some, it's in the videos: the one in which a Colorado man claiming to be a poll worker …
CNN:
To my family who chose Trump over me: Was it worth it? — Richard L. Eldredge is a contributing editor at Atlanta magazine and the founder and editor in chief of the digital arts magazine, Eldredge ATL. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. — (CNN)"Was it worth it?"