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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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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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Reuters, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Foreign Policy and TheBlaze
New York Times:
Trump Stacks the Pentagon and Intel Agencies With Loyalists. To What End? — So far, there is no evidence the appointees harbor a secret agenda or arrived with an action plan. But their sudden appearance amounts to a purge of the Pentagon's top civilian hierarchy without recent precedent.
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Bloomberg and The Intercept
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Maggie's Trump book, and some Biden world moves
POLITICO Playbook: Maggie's Trump book, and some Biden world moves
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Washington Post, National Review and CBS Boston
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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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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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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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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Washington Post:
How Biden's transition team will work around Trump's blockade of the government
How Biden's transition team will work around Trump's blockade of the government
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Bloomberg, The Savage Nation, The Hill and The Guardian
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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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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The Hill, The American Mind, Lawfare, Twitchy, Law & Crime and Mother Jones
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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Crooks and Liars and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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New York Times:
For Pence, the Future Is Tied to Trump as Much as the Present Is — If President Trump announces he will run again in 2024, his vice president's plans could be derailed. — WASHINGTON — For four years, Vice President Mike Pence has walked the Trump tight rope more successfully than anyone else …
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Alternet.org
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 …
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 …
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The Hill, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
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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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 …
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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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 …
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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Barack Obama / The Atlantic:
I'm Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America
New York Times:
New York City Must Hit Pause on Indoor Dining — City and state officials, with an eye toward keeping schools open, should not wait to impose additional lifesaving restrictions. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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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 and Defense One
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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Politico:
Trump's new Pentagon sets up clash over Afghanistan pullout — President Donald Trump's decapitation strike on the Pentagon this week is raising fears that the U.S. will accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, putting newly installed leaders on a collision course with top generals …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Divisive Pentagon hire may rush troop withdrawals before Trump's exit
Scoop: Divisive Pentagon hire may rush troop withdrawals before Trump's exit
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Completely Insane Electoral College Strategy — Why limit yourself to the far-fetched when the utterly fantastical is an option? — President Donald Trump is challenging the outcome of the Nov. 3 presidential election in several razor-thin battleground states, pushing for recounts …
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Raw Story, Althouse, The Intellectualist and Axios
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
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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Washington Post:
As coronavirus soars, hospitals hope to avoid an agonizing choice: Who gets care and who goes home — New cases and hospitalizations break records — The coronavirus pandemic is rolling across America like a great crimson wave. — In Illinois, the rate of new infections is so high …
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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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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.