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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Maggie's Trump book, and some Biden world moves — DRIVING THE DAY — NEW ... NYT'S MAGGIE HABERMAN is writing a book about President DONALD TRUMP. — WHAT ELSE do we need to say about this? You know this is going to be awesome. MAGGIE has been a singular force …
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New York Times:
Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff — Mr. Klain, who first worked for President-elect Joe Biden in 1989, has been a sharp critic of President Trump's handling of the coronavirus. — Biden's Policy Agenda Rests Heavily on Senate Outcome — Which party controls the Senate …
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New York Times:
Trump Stacks the Pentagon and Intel Agencies With Loyalists. To What End?
Trump Stacks the Pentagon and Intel Agencies With Loyalists. To What End?
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Politico, Bloomberg and The Intercept
Harry Enten / CNN:
Joe Biden's win grows more decisive each day as votes are counted
Joe Biden's win grows more decisive each day as votes are counted
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Vox, The Nation, Spectator USA, The Hill, Raw Story, AOL.com, Los Angeles Times and Al Jazeera
CNN:
Republican senator says he will step in if Biden doesn't have access to intelligence briefings by Friday
Republican senator says he will step in if Biden doesn't have access to intelligence briefings by Friday
The Daily Beast:
Trump's National Security Adviser Tells Staff: Don't Even Mention Biden's Name
Trump's National Security Adviser Tells Staff: Don't Even Mention Biden's Name
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Jessie Balmert / Cincinnati.com:
Ohio's GOP Gov. Mike DeWine: ‘Joe Biden is the president-elect’
Ohio's GOP Gov. Mike DeWine: ‘Joe Biden is the president-elect’
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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 …
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CNN:
Why Trump is filing so many flimsy lawsuits in battleground states — Analyst says Trump cases are getting dismissed at ‘record speed’ — (CNN)The Trump campaign is moving from state to state to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win, in a series of increasingly wild legal maneuvers …
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / New York Times:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama's ‘A Promised Land’ — A PROMISED LAND — Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come. It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir, but that it is nearly always pleasurable to read …
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Barack Obama / The Atlantic:
I'm Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America — The Atlantic is pleased to offer, below, an adapted and updated excerpt from former President Barack Obama's new memoir, A Promised Land, which will be published on Tuesday by Crown. Yesterday, The Atlantic's editor in chief …
CNN:
Obama memoir confronts role his presidency played in Republican obstructionism and Trump's rise — Photos: — Barack Obama's presidency — U.S. President Barack Obama attends the Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague, Netherlands, in March 2014. As Obama's second term nears its close …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump eyes digital media empire to take on Fox News — President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios. — The state of play: Some Trump advisers think Fox News …
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 …
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Raw Story
Paul Seamus Ryan / USA Today:
Trump wants to make money off the fake ‘stolen election’ crisis he created. Don't let him. — Republican donors beware! Trump says he needs your money for legal challenges to the election, but the fine print says it won't be used that way. — For days, President Donald Trump has been blasting …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump's election challenge looks like a scam to line his pockets
Trump's election challenge looks like a scam to line his pockets
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Politico:
Trump aides privately plot a flurry of moves in their final 10 weeks — On Monday, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows gathered senior aides on a call. — One of his goals: to plot the conservative policy moves they could push through in their final 10 weeks on immigration, trade, health care, China and school choice.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden Can Pass His Agenda If He Gives Republicans What They Want Most — The Democrats won the presidency, but they don't have what a parliamentary system would call a “government.” Even if they win both Georgia Senate seats in the runoffs, they'll have just 50 Senate seats and will need …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Careful Voter-Fraud Review — On the menu today: a careful review of recent voter-fraud cases, and how this dispels the trite, inaccurate claims that “voter fraud doesn't exist”; perspective on what recent voter-fraud cases have proven and the scale of the problem; and something …
Politico:
'We're not going to stop': Lawmakers press ahead with Trump-era investigations — Donald Trump will be a private citizen in January. But Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are poised to carry on the investigations and legal battles that helped define his presidency.
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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 and Crooks and Liars
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
How to cover a coup — or whatever it is Trump is attempting — President Trump lost. The nation knows it. The world knows it. And, although he won't admit it, he certainly knows it, too. — But because he is claiming otherwise — with his Republican enablers joining the chorus …
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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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Andrew Wolfson / Courier-Journal:
Louisville police, county attorney's office hide 738,000 records in Explorer sex abuse case — Louisville Metro Police concealed at least 738,000 records documenting the sexual abuse of Explorer Scouts by two officers — then lied to keep the files from the public, records show.
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 …
People.com:
Passenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests Positive for COVID-19 — Passengers and non-essential crew are now isolating in their cabins as the ship heads back toward its departure point in Barbados — The first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean since …
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The Points Guy and Orlando Sentinel
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Stop wasting time on Trump's lawsuits. More nefarious behavior is afoot. — The post-election news environment — like all political horse-race coverage — prioritizes tension and conflict over boring reality. This is normally a ratings gambit, but in the present election environment …
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Mother Jones, The Guardian and Vox
Jonah Meadows / Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, IL Patch:
Trump Megadonors Contract Coronavirus, Joining Fellow Billionaire — “I thought we'd never get it,” Liz Uihlein, an outspoken critic of COVID-19 restrictions, told Uline employees. “Well, Trump got it.” — LAKE FOREST, IL — Lake Forest billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein have contracted the coronavirus …
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Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Barr isn't just humoring Trump. He's weaponizing law enforcement. — A new Justice Department memo could lead to bogus investigations — Attorney General William P. Barr issued a new policy Monday addressing opening investigations of the election. Despite its conspicuous timing …
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Raw Story, New York Times and The Daily Beast
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 …
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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Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Yes, dead people voted in this election and Democrats helped make it happen — Many Trump voters believe this election was unfair. They're right. — Tucker: How Democrats guaranteed dead people voted in election — It's been more than a week since the final votes were cast …
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Trump among long-shots to replace Alex Trebek as ‘Jeopardy!’ host … Let's meet today's contestants ... Bookmakers are offering bets on who will be Alex Trebek's replacement as the host of “Jeopardy!” — including longshot candidates such as President Trump.
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of the 2020 Election — Dear Readers: Check out our YouTube channel, UVACFP, later today for our latest Crystal Ball webinar. It will feature the 22nd annual American Democracy Conference: We'll be hearing from New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie; CNN commentator Tara Setmayer …
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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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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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Ben Jordan / TMJ4:
51 of 72 Wisconsin counties complete canvasses resulting in minor vote shift — More than two thirds of the counties in Wisconsin have submitted official election results after completing their canvasses. — The largest counties in the state including Milwaukee, Dane and Waukesha are still …
Tim Loh / Bloomberg:
Fauci Says Covid Won't Be a Pandemic Much Longer, Thanks to Vaccines — Coronavirus could remain endemic in populations, though: Fauci — Virus mutation in Danish mink probably no vaccine threat — Covid won't be a pandemic for “a lot longer” thanks to rapid progress in vaccine development …
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Breitbart
Jonathan Guyer / American Prospect:
Biden Cabinet Hopefuls' Unusual Lease: Break in Case of Appointment — The next president's foreign-policy team was confident they'd be back in the White House. — WestExec founder Tony Blinken is likely to hold an influential position in the Biden administration.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Go On the Offensive In Georgia — The battle over this bullSchiff presidential election has had the fringe benefit of exposing exactly what the scams, grifts, and cons the Dems will use to try to steal the January 5, 2021 Georgia Senate run-off elections. What the GOP needs to do is to keep …
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