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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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Reuters:
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official tells associates he expects to be fired: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired by the White House, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Gizmodo, CyberScoop, The Hill, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, The Verge and HotAir, more at Techmeme »
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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 …
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Shawna Chen / Axios:
Department of Homeland Security calls election “the most secure in American history”
Department of Homeland Security calls election “the most secure in American history”
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NBC News, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Biden Wins Arizona, Further Cementing His Presidential Victory
Biden Wins Arizona, Further Cementing His Presidential Victory
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Bloomberg, The Hill, Associated Press, Political Flare, The Unz Review, TheBlaze, The Western Journal, Washington Times and The Guardian
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult
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Bloomberg, Politico, Mediaite, Forbes, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, CyberScoop and Gizmodo
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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Crystal Hill / Yahoo News:
A closer look at the Trump campaign's election lawsuits — and why they've mostly failed
A closer look at the Trump campaign's election lawsuits — and why they've mostly failed
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ABC News, Voter Protection Program and Daily Kos
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
BUSTED: Voter fraud ‘witness’ admits in court that his business partner is the Trump campaign's lawyer
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Washington Examiner
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign Lawyer Admits to Judge: Our Search for Evidence of Fraud Produced Obvious Lies and ‘Spam’
Trump Campaign Lawyer Admits to Judge: Our Search for Evidence of Fraud Produced Obvious Lies and ‘Spam’
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Arizona Republic and Mediaite
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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The Hill, CNBC, KTOO, NewsHounds blog, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Mother Jones and UPI
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Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Public Media:
Alaska Rep. Don Young, 87, says he's been diagnosed with COVID-19
Alaska Rep. Don Young, 87, says he's been diagnosed with COVID-19
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The Hill, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and Axios
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Alaska GOP Rep. Don Young, dean of the House, tests positive for coronavirus
Alaska GOP Rep. Don Young, dean of the House, tests positive for coronavirus
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Associated Press and Washington Times
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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The New Arab and Deseret News, more at Mediagazer »
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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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USA Today, The Hill, National Review, Fox News, NBC News, New York Times, HotAir and Breitbart
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Joe Biden considering Hillary Clinton for ambassador to the United Nations: report
Joe Biden considering Hillary Clinton for ambassador to the United Nations: report
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electionlawblog.org and Washington Post
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.
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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Talking Points Memo and The American Independent
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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Politico, The Moderate Voice, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
RNC chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19
RNC chief of staff tests positive for Covid-19
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The Hill, Reuters, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, MSNBC and TheBlaze
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Zuckerberg says Bannon has not violated enough policies for suspension: recording — PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook FB.O Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the company's policies …
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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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Washington Times and Breitbart
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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.
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Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Stacey Abrams Will Run for Governor Again, Allies Say
Stacey Abrams Will Run for Governor Again, Allies Say
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HotAir, Fox News, Washington Examiner and Newsbusters
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.
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Raw Story
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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 …
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Raw Story
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.
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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 …
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Politico, Sputnik News, The Hill, NBC News, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Times, Deadline and Breitbart
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.
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National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Examiner, Townhall, HotAir and Breitbart
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)
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Los Angeles Times and CNN
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.
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Buffalo News and Slate
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.
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 …
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Daniel Nichanian / The Appeal:
ICE Suffered Blows in the South in Last Week's Elections — Voters in populous Georgia and South Carolina counties elected sheriffs who ran on ending contracts with ICE. — Republicans lost sheriff's elections last week in populous Southern counties that have been close ICE allies.
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.
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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HuffPost:
Democrats Question Decision To Give Up Canvassing During Election — It may have been the right decision during the pandemic, but it also likely had political consequences. — A number of Democratic elected officials, candidates and campaign operatives believe that the national party's decision …
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Washington Post and Montana Free Press
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.