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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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New York Times:
Law Firm Stops Representing Trump Campaign in Pennsylvania Suit — Porter Wright said in a court filing that it would no longer represent the campaign in a federal lawsuit alleging widespread voter irregularities. — Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the law firm leading the Trump campaign's efforts …
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Washington Post:
More than 130 Secret Service officers are said to be infected with coronavirus or quarantining in wake of Trump's campaign travel — More than 130 Secret Service officers who help protect the White House and the president when he travels have recently been ordered to isolate or quarantine …
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Mock Paper Scissors, Alternet.org and New York Post
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVE: Trump talks post-election fight — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — NEWSLETTER EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP TALKS POST-ELECTION FIGHT.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Trump Talks: We're Gonna Win All These States In “Two Weeks, Three Weeks” — Or so Donald Trump told Byron York yesterday. In his Washington Examiner newsletter this morning, York reports on the conversation with the president about the prospects for victory in his election challenges.
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
‘No One Is Listening to Us’ — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — On Saturday morning, Megan Ranney was about to put on her scrubs when she heard that Joe Biden had won the presidential election.
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Gen. Milley's wife saved vet who collapsed at Veterans Day ceremony in Arlington — When a bystander collapsed at the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday, a nurse happened to be nearby and rushed to his aid. She wasn't just any nurse - she was the wife of the nation's top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley.
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Abby Phillip Is Next-Gen CNN — In an election dominated by fast-talking policy dudes, her deliberate commentary and context stood out. — “Black women did that,” said Abby Phillip, a CNN political correspondent. — It was Friday, Nov. 6, and Ms. Phillip, 31, was sitting screen-left of Jake Tapper …
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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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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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Bolton urges Republicans: ‘Acknowledge the reality that Biden is the president-elect’
Bolton urges Republicans: ‘Acknowledge the reality that Biden is the president-elect’
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USA Today, Bloomberg, AFP, Vox, Washington Post, Jacobin, POLITICUSUSA and NBC4 Washington
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Biden team reaching out to former Mattis officials for help with transition
Biden team reaching out to former Mattis officials for help with transition
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Washington Examiner
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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Washington Examiner, electionlawblog.org and Washington Post
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.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Sam Alito Delivers Grievance-Laden, Ultrapartisan Speech to the Federalist Society — On Thursday night, Justice Sam Alito delivered the keynote address at this year's all-virtual Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. The Federalist Society, a well-funded network of conservative attorneys …
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Crooks and Liars
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Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Justice Samuel Alito rips Supreme Court for not considering church coronavirus lawsuits
Justice Samuel Alito rips Supreme Court for not considering church coronavirus lawsuits
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Washington Post, Politico, Axios and New Republic
New York Times:
As Soon as Trump Leaves Office, He Faces Greater Risk of Prosecution — The president is more vulnerable than ever to an investigation into his business practices and taxes. — President Trump lost more than an election last week. When he leaves the White House in January …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Elissa Slotkin Braces for a Democratic Civil War — HOLLY, Michigan— With victory at hand, Elissa Slotkin could not shake the feeling of imminent defeat. — Two years to the day after winning her first race for Congress, Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who ran to represent Michigan's …
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Truthout, The Intercept, Jacobin, National Review, Florida Politics, The Guardian, The Federalist and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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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Centers for Disease Control …, The Federalist and CNN
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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Bloomberg, Political Flare, Breitbart and Washington Post
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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The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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.
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CNN:
Trump administration renews push to confirm Wolf amid concerns over legitimacy and agency purge — (CNN)There's a renewed push to get Chad Wolf confirmed as Homeland Security secretary — a position in which he's been serving in an acting capacity for a year — before Inauguration Day …
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American Prospect
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
A Coup Is a Coup … Depending on one's outlook, this week has felt either unsettlingly ominous or unbearably silly. It began with Attorney General Bill Barr stopping by Capitol Hill to chat with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Shortly afterward, McConnell announced …
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The Cook Political Report, New York Times, CNBC, Mercury News, Colorado Newsline and Washington Post
Jacqueline Thomsen / LAW.com:
Ted Olson, Who Argued Bush v. Gore, Says the 2020 Election ‘Is Over’ — “I do believe the election is over, we do have a new president,” Olson said during a panel hosted by the Federalist Society.
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The Hill
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.
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Pro-Biden Bug Also Suspected in Georgia's Vote-Counting Software — A curious thing happened as Fulton County, Ga., election officials counted mail-in ballots at Atlanta's State Farm Arena in the days after the election. In the early hours of Nov. 5, a surge of some 20,000 mail …
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Associated Press, Tennessee Star and Dominion Voting Systems
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.
American Greatness:
If All the Fraud Is Uncovered, Trump Will Win — How do we know? The people who tried to pull off this election heist are drawn from the same swamp as the conspirators in the Russia hoax. — “The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud.”
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Vox, Associated Press, GAB, The Unz Review and McSweeney's
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Trump's Crazy and Confoundingly Successful Conspiracy Theory — In fundraising emails and text messages as well as social media strafes, in the mornings and in the evenings and throughout the wee hours, President Trump is peddling a vague, vast conspiracy of “ILLEGAL VOTES” and “ILLEGAL BALLOTS” …
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Alternet.org and Raw Story
Politico:
Red state governors reject Biden on mask orders — President-elect Joe Biden says he'll personally call red state governors and persuade them to impose mask mandates to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. Their early response: Don't waste your time. — Almost all of the 16 Republican governors …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Cries Election Fraud. In Court, His Lawyers Don't. — Pressed by judges, some attorneys representing Trump back away from claims — President Trump has claimed widespread fraud was at play in the presidential election. Several of his lawyers have told judges in courtrooms across …
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
This is a massive failure of character among Republicans — with evangelicals out in front — One of the better speeches I helped produce for George W. Bush was never given. On election night 2000 — standing outside in the rain, at an Austin victory rally that never happened …
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Balloon Juice
Yuichiro Kakutani / Washington Free Beacon:
Potential Biden Cabinet Pick a Frequent Guest on Chinese Propaganda Outlets — Progressive darling Jeffrey Sachs previously consulted for Chinese regime — Jeffrey Sachs, an economist and potential progressive pick for a cabinet position under a Joe Biden administration …
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Foreign Affairs
American Greatness:
The Death of Fox News — Is Fox News dead? Time will tell, but one thing is for sure: it's dead to me. — On Election Night, I tuned into Fox News, just like millions of other Americans. I was elated to see everything breaking for President Trump, and—if I changed channels briefly to CNN or MSNBC …
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The Federalist, CBS News, NBC News, Poynter, Power Line and Vox
Crain's Detroit Business:
Commentary: Stop the ‘investigation’ and finalize Michigan's vote for Biden — Democracy in Michigan could be in peril. We don't say this to be hyperbolic. — Rather, we say it to be blunt about the very real prospect the Republicans who control the Senate and House in Lansing might nullify …
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Joe Biden's agenda is meant for America's unhappy rich ladies and no one else — What the media isn't telling you about the Biden transition — Tucker: Big Tech collecting its reward for getting Biden elected — We're told that Joe Biden is our president-elect and he will shuffle …
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Breitbart
Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
The media are already having a hard time getting over Trump — For all of his vices, the media have been infatuated with President Trump for the last four years. Now, he is becoming like the ex-boyfriend they can't refrain from stalking. — Trump, for all intents and purposes, is a media creation.