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7:35 AM ET, November 13, 2020

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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.
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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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.
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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NBC News:
Beloved businesses are going bankrupt waiting for federal help.  It will get worse  —  Last Friday, as Americans waited to learn who their next president would be, Debbe Andrews-Lewis of Lincoln, Nebraska, knew her life was about to change either way.  At the end of the day, she would lose her boutique, The Funky Sister.
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 …
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: Axios, New Republic and Politico
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Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Justice Alito warns of dangers to free speech, religious liberty in Federalist Society address
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Sam Alito Delivers Grievance-Laden, Ultra-Partisan Speech to the Federalist Society
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:
China congratulates Biden, but few US policy changes seen  —  BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to make few changes to U.S. policy in conflicts with Beijing over trade, technology and security.
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John Sundholm / Comic Sands:   Resurfaced Letter Joe Biden Sent To His Staff As Vice President Has Twitter Feeling All The Emotions
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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Crystal Hill / Yahoo News:
A closer look at the Trump campaign's election lawsuits — and why they've mostly failed  —  As President Trump continues to deny his Election Day loss to President-elect Joe Biden and falsely claim that  —  widespread fraud occurred in battleground states, his campaign and its Republican allies have unleashed a
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pennsylvania court: Secretary of state lacked authority to change deadline 2 days before Election Day
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.
Karen Kaplan / Los Angeles Times:
Super-spreading wedding party demonstrates COVID-19 risk posed by holiday gatherings  —  If you want to know why public health officials are so nervous about how much worse the COVID-19 pandemic will get as the holiday season unfolds, consider what happened after a single …
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Cdcmmwr / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Multiple COVID-19 Outbreaks Linked to a Wedding Reception in Rural Maine — August 7-September 14, 2020
Discussion: CNN
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
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 …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Elissa Slotkin Braces for a Democratic Civil War  —  Victorious but chastened, the moderate from Michigan thinks her party has something to learn from—yes—Donald Trump.  —  HOLLY, Michigan—  With victory at hand, Elissa Slotkin could not shake the feeling of imminent defeat.
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Politico:   Inside the House Democrats' post-election reckoning
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 …
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 …
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
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
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: ABC News and Fox News
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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+
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 …
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.
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 …
Washington Post:
They served alongside U.S. soldiers.  Now they fear that Iran's allies in Iraq will strike back.  —  BAGHDAD — Iraqis who have worked closely with the U.S. military in their country have grown increasingly alarmed that they could be targeted for attack, fearing their personal identifying information …
Discussion: The New Arab and Defense One
Yereth Rosen / Reuters:
Alaska congressman who ridiculed coronavirus now says he has COVID-19  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus, calling it the “beer virus,” said on Thursday he is now infected with it.
Discussion: Associated Press and UPI
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Montana Free Press
 
 
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Kyle Smith / National Review:
The Chump Effect  —  James B. Meigs, the former editor of Popular Mechanics who lately …
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
Antonio Garcia-Martinez / The Pull Request:
LatinX-plaining the election
Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Lawsuit on behalf of Trump seeks to exclude votes from Milwaukee, Dane and Menominee counties
 Earlier Items: 
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Judge dismisses Trump campaign's lawsuit against CNN
John and Cindy McCain:
Cindy McCain Statement on the 2020 Election
Danielle Allen / Washington Post:
Me, Tucker Carlson and the danger to democracy posed by false allegations
Religion News Service:
Biden pledges to raise refugee ceiling to 125,000 in address to Jesuit group
Discussion: americamagazine.org
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Why Polling on The 2020 Presidential Election Missed the Mark
Discussion: HotAir
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
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