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8:35 AM ET, November 12, 2020

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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 …
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Intercept
Politico:
Trump aides privately plot a flurry of moves in their final 10 weeks
Discussion: HotAir, CNBC and NBC News
NBC News:
Biden picks longtime aide Ron Klain as chief of staff
Discussion: CBS News
Politico:   Ron Klain's possible resurrection
President-Elect Joe Biden:
President-elect Joe Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff
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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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 …
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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Jon Ward / Yahoo News:   Detroit lawyers say fraud allegations based on ‘extraordinary failure to understand how elections function’
Leon Wolf / TheBlaze:   The Trump campaign has released 234 pages of affidavits regarding alleged voting regularities in Michigan. Here's what they say.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: NPR
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New York Times:
Biden speaks with more world leaders and agrees to meet South Korea's president.
Discussion: The National Interest
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 …
Discussion: ABC News, Fox News and NBC News
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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New York Times:
How N.Y.C.'s Conservative Bastion Became a Virus Hot Spot
Discussion: National Review
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.
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Mahablog
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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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
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.
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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CNN:
Trump puts his bottom line before the country. And the GOP is helping him do it.
Jamie BallardData Journalist / YouGov:
Black Americans believe activism is uniting the country, but white Americans don't agree
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
No, Dominion voting machines did not cause widespread voting problems.
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Biden Grants Waivers to Lobbyists to Serve On Transition
CNN:
To my family who chose Trump over me: Was it worth it?
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