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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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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 …
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 …
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
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The corrupt bargain between Trump and Republicans is about to unravel
Discussion: CNN
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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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 …
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
Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Orders Hand Recount in Presidential Race
Discussion: WPRI-TV and Political Wire
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  —  A U.S. Postal Service employee in Erie, who made claims last week that his superiors were back-dating ballots that were sent after Election Day, recanted his statements in interviews with investigators, according to reports.
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% …
Discussion: National Review
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NBC News:
Pompeo calls for respecting elections abroad while ignoring Biden victory  —  WASHINGTON — After years of preaching that world leaders must swiftly abide the verdicts of voters, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has settled on the opposite message at home.  —  Pompeo has called for a peaceful transition …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Alarm grows over Trump's ‘dictator moves’ as he denies election defeat
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.
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 …
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Washington Post:
The life-threatening costs of a delayed transition
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
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
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 …
Discussion: MSNBC, VICE, CNN, Bloomberg and Fox News
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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Politico:
Tlaib lashes out at centrist Dems over election debacle: 'I can't be silent'  —  Rashida Tlaib isn't apologizing for wanting to yank money away from bad police departments.  She has no second thoughts about her embrace of the Black Lives Matter movement, or for wanting to aggressively fight climate change.
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Politico:   Pelosi floats above Democrats' civil war
Associated Press:
The Latest: Boris Johnson calls Trump ‘previous president’  —  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called Donald Trump the “previous president” of the United States and said it was “refreshing” to talk to President-elect Joe Biden.  —  Johnson has had a warm relationship with Trump.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
GOP's Sullivan defeats Gross in Alaska Senate race  —  Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan won reelection in Alaska, brushing aside a challenge from independent Al Gross, who was backed by Democrats.  —  The state has long been a Republican stronghold, though many voters in Alaska don't belong to a party.
Discussion: National Review
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
GOP incumbent Dan Sullivan defeats Democrat Al Gross in Alaska Senate race, NBC projects
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
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.
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 …
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
Washington Post:
As states press forward with vote counts, Trump advisers privately express pessimism about heading off Biden's win  —  Please note: The Washington Post is providing this important election information free to all readers.  Get election results and other major news delivered to your inbox by signing up for breaking news email alerts.
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 …
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: Politico and Washington Post
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Sioux Falls mayor votes down mask mandate as South Dakota's covid-19 numbers rise  —  By 10 p.m. on Tuesday, the city council in Sioux Falls, S.D., had heard from more than a dozen residents passionately arguing over a mask mandate in the largest city of a state where novel coronavirus infections have been rising at a devastating rate.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Facebook extends political ad ban as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up  —  Facebook alerted political strategists on Wednesday that the company planned to extend its ban on political ads for another month, upending digital ad preparations for two Georgia Senate runoffs that will decide control of Congress.
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: Law & Crime
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘A political animal’: Atlas attacks Fauci, escalating feud between Trump's pandemic advisers  —  Dr. Scott Atlas, one of President Donald Trump's chief coronavirus advisers, publicly attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday — accusing the nation's top infectious disease expert of being a …
Discussion: HotAir
 
 
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Andrew Van Dam / Washington Post:
Job growth will slow during a Biden presidency: The easy gains are almost gone
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Biden won with the weakest coattails in 60 years. That could make him dependent on GOP senators.
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Dems clinch House control, but majority likely to shrink
Ben Sales / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Officials predicted violence due to the election. It hasn't happened — yet.
 Earlier Items: 
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J.K. Dineen / San Francisco Chronicle:
No more natural gas in new San Francisco buildings starting next year
Discussion: Breitbart
Chris DeVille / Stereogum:
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