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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.
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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 …
New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: Election Was Most Secure in U.S. History, Government Officials Say
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
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
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 …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
As Trump stews over election, he mostly ignores the public duties of the presidency
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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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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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
New U.S. Virus Cases Surpass 160,000 in a Day, Again Shattering Record  —  Dr. Fauci's remarks were made just hours before California reported its millionth case on Thursday, the second state to do so (Texas was first).  More cases are being recorded than ever before: The 142,000 reported …
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Yereth Rosen / Reuters:
Alaska congressman who ridiculed coronavirus now says he has COVID-19
Discussion: Associated Press
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
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Stacey Abrams Will Run for Governor Again, Allies Say  —  Stacey Abrams is credited with making President-elect Joe Biden's mission of flipping Georgia blue possible. … Stacey Abrams' political future is the subject of intense speculation after she helped turn Georgia blue for President-elect Joe Biden.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Joe Biden's Likely Pick to Lead His Party
Discussion: Fox News
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
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
New York Times:
Small Cracks Emerge in G.O.P. Support for Trump's Baseless Fraud Claims  —  President Trump retains a powerful hold on his party.  But a growing number of Republican elected officials and party leaders have signaled they will indulge his conspiracy theories for only so long.
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.
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Lawsuit on behalf of Trump seeks to exclude votes from Milwaukee, Dane and Menominee counties  —  MADISON - Three voters in northeast Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to throw out votes in three of the counties that delivered Wisconsin to President-elect Joe Biden: Milwaukee, Dane and Menominee.
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
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
How to cover a coup — or whatever it is Trump is attempting  —  President Trump lost.  The nation knows it.  The world knows it.  And, although he won't admit it, he certainly knows it, too.  —  But because he is claiming otherwise — with his Republican enablers joining the chorus …
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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.
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.
Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite and NBC News
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
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Pompeo to make unprecedented visit to West Bank settlement  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to visit the Golan Heights and an Israeli settlement in the West Bank next week, both firsts for a U.S. secretary of state.  —  Why it matters: Since 1967, all previous U.S. administrations …
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 …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Judge dismisses Trump campaign's lawsuit against CNN  —  New York (CNN Business)A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit President Donald Trump's campaign had filed against CNN for a 2019 opinion piece about former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling.
 
 
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Daniel Nichanian / The Appeal:
ICE Suffered Blows in the South in Last Week's Elections
Mike Baker / New York Times:
‘Are We Getting Invaded?’ U.S. Boats Faced Russian Aggression Near Alaska
Discussion: HotAir
HuffPost:
Democrats Question Decision To Give Up Canvassing During Election
David K. Li / NBC News:
New Jersey governor pleads with Covid-fatigued residents to choose inconvenience over death
Discussion: NBC New York
John and Cindy McCain:
Cindy McCain Statement on the 2020 Election
Esha Ray / Stars & Stripes:
Biden taps transgender veteran to join Department of Defense transition team
Discussion: Breitbart
Danielle Allen / Washington Post:
Me, Tucker Carlson and the danger to democracy posed by false allegations
Discussion: CNN
 Earlier Items: 
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
Commerce Department Announces Stay of TikTok Shutdown Order
John Sundholm / Comic Sands:
Resurfaced Letter Joe Biden Sent To His Staff As Vice President Has Twitter Feeling All The Emotions
Stuti Mishra / The Independent:
Biden win in Arizona ‘confirmed’ as analyst says there is now no way back for Trump
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Parts Ways With John Solomon, Architect of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracies
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The crisis isn't too much polarization. It's too little democracy.
Barack Obama / The Atlantic:
I'm Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America
 

 
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