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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Politico, HotAir, 6abc and Forbes
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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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 …
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 …
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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Timothy Snyder / The Boston Globe:
Trump's big election lie pushes America toward autocracy
Discussion: HotAir
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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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 …
Washington Post:
Postal worker admits fabricating allegations of ballot tampering, officials say  —  A Pennsylvania postal worker whose claims have been cited by top Republicans as potential evidence of widespread voting irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service investigators that he fabricated the allegations …
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Matthew Rink / Erie Daily Times-Morning News:
Only 2 ballots that arrived late and had Nov. 3 postmark came from Erie postal facility
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Alarm grows over Trump's ‘dictator moves’ as he denies election defeat
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Where the Post-Election Lawsuits Stand  —  This is Veterans Day; thank a veteran for all they've done to ensure we live in freedom.  On the menu today is a long review of the largely unsuccessful legal efforts of the Trump campaign regarding the ballot counting in Pennsylvania and Michigan …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Lawyers Litigating for Trump Suddenly Remember Their Licenses Are on the Line If They Lie to a Judge
Discussion: The Atlantic and ABA Journal
95.5 WSB:
Georgia will recount all votes in presidential race by hand, Secretary of State says  —  ATLANTA — Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the state will begin a full audit of election results in Georgia today.  It's the first time this has ever happened in our state.
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Georgia secretary of state announces hand recount of presidential race
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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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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.
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
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 …
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 …
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.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Undermine Democracy  —  In the late 1990s, I was sitting in an off-the-record lunch with a very high-ranking member of the Republican Party's congressional leadership.  The purpose of these meetings was to give journalists a chance to hear the candid views …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and Law & Crime
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Where Democrats will be locked out of power in redistricting battles next year  —  They'll still have a foothold in some swing states such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.  But less than they'd like.  —  Democrats failed to pick up any state legislative chambers this November …
 
 
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David Weissman / DemCast:
Calling On All Veterans … Yesterday at a press conference, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …
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Lucille Bridges, mother of activist Ruby Bridges, dies at 86
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Republican election official in Philadelphia says he's seen no evidence of widespread fraud
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Boris Johnson calls Trump ‘previous president’
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