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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Floats Improbable Survival Scenarios as He Ponders His Future  —  There is no grand strategy.  President Trump is simply trying to survive from one news cycle to the next.  —  At a meeting on Wednesday at the White House, President Trump had something he wanted to discuss with his advisers …
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Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Trump ready to plot way out of White House as he ponders defeat  —  Aides and advisers to President Trump believe he has accepted that he is unlikely to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's election victory and will begin to plot life after the White House, including a 2024 run, once his campaign had exhausted all its lawsuits.
John Sundholm / Comic Sands:   Resurfaced Letter Joe Biden Sent To His Staff As Vice President Has Twitter Feeling All The Emotions
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CISA:
Joint Statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees  —  WASHINGTON - The members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee - Cybersecurity …
Shawna Chen / Axios:
Department of Homeland Security calls election “the most secure in American history”
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pennsylvania court: Secretary of state lacked authority to change deadline 2 days before Election Day  —  Judge ruled ballots that were previously set aside should not be counted  —  Pennsylvania Supreme Court change to state election law challenged  —  A Pennsylvania judge ruled in favor …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Trump campaign wins case on voter ID deadline
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
As Trump stews over election, he mostly ignores the public duties of the presidency  —  On Thursday, six American service members were killed in a helicopter crash during a peacekeeping mission in Egypt.  Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in North Florida, contributing to severe flooding.
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Washington Post:
Biden finds support among Republicans as Trump scrambles to salvage his strategy to contest the election  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden began seeing more support, if indirectly, from Republicans on Thursday as senior GOP lawmakers called for him to receive classified briefings …
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Associated Press:
Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus surges  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has publicly disengaged from the battle against the coronavirus at a moment when the disease is tearing across the United States at an alarming pace.  —  Trump, fresh off his reelection loss …
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Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign Lawyer Caught Using His Business Partner as Witness in ‘Sharpiegate’ Case  —  A campaign attorney for President Donald Trump was caught calling his own business partner as a witness during a Thursday hearing on alleged electoral irregularities in Arizona.
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
BUSTED: Voter fraud ‘witness’ admits in court that his business partner is the Trump campaign's lawyer
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign Lawyer Admits to Judge: Our Search for Evidence of Fraud Produced Obvious Lies and ‘Spam’
Discussion: Arizona Republic and Mediaite
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Yereth Rosen / Reuters:
Alaska congressman who ridiculed coronavirus now says he has COVID-19
Discussion: Associated Press
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is This a Coup, or Just Another Trump Con?  —  A post-election report from Minsk-on-the-Potomac.  —  Ever since Saturday morning, when Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential election, Donald Trump has been hunkered down in the White House, refusing to concede defeat …
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CNN:
Trump's eldest children split on his path forward  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has long sought advice from different perspectives throughout his career, but at a pivotal moment in defining his legacy as President, he is receiving conflicting advice from his closest and most trusted advisers …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Biden carries Arizona, flipping a longtime Republican stronghold  —  Biden's lead grows more decisive as vote count continues  —  (CNN)For just the second time in more than seven decades, a Democrat will carry Arizona in a presidential election, a monumental shift for a state that was once a Republican stronghold.
Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Far-Right Extremists Heading to Washington Amid Talk of Trump “Coup”  —  A cluster of far-right extremists including neo-fascists, white nationalists and militia members are expected to descend on Washington D.C. Saturday, amidst President Trump's refusal to accept his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
Militia leader Stewart Rhodes says he has men stationed outside of D.C. ready to engage in violence on Trump's order
Discussion: The Hill, WTOP and DCist
Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
Outgoing Syria Envoy Admits Hiding US Troop Numbers; Praises Trump's Mideast Record  —  ‘We were always playing shell games,’ says Amb. Jim Jeffrey, who also gives advice to President-elect Biden.  —  Four years after signing the now-infamous “Never Trump” letter condemning …
Discussion: Raw Story
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Joe Biden's Likely Pick to Lead His Party  —  First, Joe Biden has to pick his Cabinet and his White House staff.  But after that, there's only one name on leading Democrats' list for Democratic National Committee chair: Jaime Harrison, who lost a race for U.S. Senate in South Carolina last week.
Discussion: Fox News
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Justice Samuel Alito rips Supreme Court for not considering church coronavirus lawsuits  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday criticized his colleagues' decision not to consider two lawsuits in which churches fought state coronavirus worship restrictions.
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Leta Powell Drake on Her Viral Twitter Clip, Interviewing Celebrities, and Johnny Carson  —  Leta Powell Drake has been a celebrity to the residents of Lincoln, Nebraska, for more than 40 years, thanks to her decades of work as a beloved local TV personality.
Discussion: Bulwark+
Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request:
LatinX-plaining the election  —  Or, WTF Miami?  Texas?  —  7 hr … I've lived and traveled in many parts of the world, but the biggest culture shock of my life was moving to the United States for college from my hometown of Miami.  That's right, Miami wasn't then, and certainly isn't now …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Chad Wolf planning Latin America trip amid staff concerns about coronavirus
Discussion: Breitbart
CBS News:
Obama says Trump's baseless election fraud claims put democracy on a “dangerous path”  —  The former president says he's troubled by Republicans going along with President Trump's claims.  See the interview, Sunday on 60 Minutes.  —  In a new interview with 60 Minutes …
Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Multiple COVID-19 Outbreaks Linked to a Wedding Reception in Rural Maine — August 7-September 14, 2020  —  Parag Mahale, MBBS, PhD1,2; Craig Rothfuss, MPA, MPH1,3; Sarah Bly1,3; Megan Kelley1,3; Siiri Bennett, MD1; Sara L. Huston, PhD1,3; Sara Robinson, MPH1 (View author affiliations)
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and CNN
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Republicans raise Warnock's 2002 arrest as Senate runoffs heat up  —  Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock's arrest 18 years ago on charges of obstructing a police investigation have become a focus of Republican attacks in the pivotal Jan. 5 runoffs that could decide control of the U.S. Senate.
Todd Stacy / In the Weeds with Alabama Daily News:
In the Weeds w/ Tommy Tuberville, Alabama's next senator  —  Today I spoke with Tommy Tuberville, who last week defeated incumbent Democrat Doug Jones to win election to the United States Senate.  Do we call him Senator-elect?  I don't know, people are awfully sensitive about the office-holder-elect thing right now.
Margaret White / The Hill:
Why Susan Collins won  —  According to the pundits, Sen. Susan Collin (R-Maine) had no business running for reelection this year, let alone winning the race.  In a country as polarized as ours, moderates seemed sure to go the way of the dinosaurs.  Collins was the last Republican …
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
At dinner parties and game nights, casual American life is fueling the coronavirus surge  —  A record-breaking surge in U.S. coronavirus cases is being driven to a significant degree by casual occasions that may feel deceptively safe, officials and scientists warn — dinner parties, game nights, sleepovers and carpools.
Discussion: Buffalo News and Slate
 
 
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
‘Are We Getting Invaded?’ U.S. Boats Faced Russian Aggression Near Alaska
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HuffPost:
Democrats Question Decision To Give Up Canvassing During Election
Discussion: Montana Free Press
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Lawsuit on behalf of Trump seeks to exclude votes from Milwaukee, Dane and Menominee counties
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Judge dismisses Trump campaign's lawsuit against CNN
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Religion News Service:
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Discussion: americamagazine.org
Stuti Mishra / The Independent:
Biden win in Arizona ‘confirmed’ as analyst says there is now no way back for Trump
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