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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Charles Koch Says His Partisanship Was a Mistake  —  At 85, the libertarian tycoon who spent decades funding conservative causes says he wants a final act building bridges across political divides  —  Four days before this year's presidential election, Charles Koch—the voluble Kansas billionaire …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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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Quint Forgey / Politico:
'There's damage to this': Obama slams GOP for lining up behind Trump's fraud claims  —  Former President Barack Obama said in a new interview that it “has been disappointing” to see congressional Republicans remain supportive of President Donald Trump's baseless claims of widespread voter fraud …
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Law Firm Stops Representing Trump Campaign in Pennsylvania Suit  —  Porter Wright said in a court filing that it would no longer represent the campaign in a federal lawsuit alleging widespread voter irregularities.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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Another law firm bails out on Trump campaign  —  Another law firm has moved to drop its representation of President Donald Trump's campaign in its flurry of lawsuits challenging the results of last week's presidential election.  —  Late Thursday night, Columbus-based firm Porter Wright …
Discussion: Fortune
David Thomas / Reuters:
Law firm Porter Wright withdraws from Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania
Discussion: CNN and The Guardian
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 …
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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Washington Post:
‘Catastrophic’ lack of hospital beds in Upper Midwest as coronavirus cases surge
Discussion: The Guardian and KCLO-TV
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's legacy will be defined largely by his attempt to look away from the coronavirus pandemic
Discussion: UPI and HealthData.gov
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”
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
David Shor's Postmortem of the 2020 Election  —  For the Democratic Party, the 2020 election was a devastating victory.  Joe Biden won a larger share of the popular vote than any presidential challenger since 1932.  The Rust Belt shed some red, while the Sun Belt trended blue.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Welcome to Slow Boring  —  In spite of all!  —  1 hr  —  Today is my last day as a senior correspondent at Vox.com (still hosting The Weeds though!).  I love Vox, but there was an inherent tension between my status as a co-founder of the site and my desire to be a fiercely independent and at times contentious voice.
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Crain's Detroit Business:
Commentary: Stop the ‘investigation’ and finalize Michigan's vote for Biden
Discussion: The Week, Politico and Axios
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.
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden's incoming chief of staff Ron Klain opposed COVID-19 lockdowns early in pandemic  —  Dr. Michael Osterholm, a Biden adviser, earlier suggested a weekslong ‘lockdown’  —  President-elect Joe Biden's incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, once slammed the use of the word “lockdown” …
Discussion: ABC News, Yahoo Finance and CBS News
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Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Joe Biden's agenda is meant for America's unhappy rich ladies and no one else
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
Discussion: CNN
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Yuichiro Kakutani / Washington Free Beacon:
Potential Biden Cabinet Pick a Frequent Guest on Chinese Propaganda Outlets  —  Jeffrey Sachs, an economist and potential progressive pick for a cabinet position under a Joe Biden administration, appeared on Chinese propaganda outlets throughout the 2020 campaign to blast U.S. foreign policy as an “unholy crusade against China.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
Mari Cohen / Jewish Currents:
Democrats Can't Win Without the Left  —  Responsa is an editorial column written by members of the Jewish Currents staff and reflects a collective discussion.  —  ON NOVEMBER 4TH, Democrats in the US House of Representatives assembled for a conference call after a disappointing Election Day.
Discussion: Vox, Washington Post and TheBlaze
Natalia Abrahams / NBC News:
Trump supporters demonstrate near White House … 44m ago / 5:33 PM UTC  —  Lankford says Biden should receive presidential briefings, working with GSA  —  Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., continued to voice support on Friday for President-elect Joe Biden to begin receiving presidential-level …
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 …
Discussion: American Prospect
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Business Insider and GEN
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.”
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘The president is humiliated’ and doesn't want to be seen in public: CNN's John Harwood  —  CNN White House correspondent John Harwood on Friday said that President Donald Trump has not spoken in public for the past eight days because he's simply too embarrassed about his defeat at the hands of President-elect Joe Biden.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Biden's Education Department Will Move Fast to Reverse Betsy DeVos's Policies  —  President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has presented an education agenda that is starkly different from the Trump era, beginning with a far more cautious approach to school reopenings.
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
‘I Looked Into it’: Steve Doocy Debunks Trump's Dominion Software Voter Fraud Conspiracy  —  Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy effectively shot down the notion that a software glitch of a voting machine company changed thousands of votes from President Donald Trump to President-elect Joe Biden.
 
 
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
GOP clamors for Trump in Georgia, but he's MIA
Skyler Swisher / Sun-Sentinel:
Florida's top GOP leaders mobilize behind Trump's long-shot bid to overturn the election. What's driving them, and what does it mean for Florida?
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
This is a massive failure of character among Republicans — with evangelicals out in front
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Trump's Crazy and Confoundingly Successful Conspiracy Theory
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 Earlier Items: 
Jacqueline Thomsen / LAW.com:
Ted Olson, Who Argued Bush v. Gore, Says the 2020 Election ‘Is Over’
Discussion: The Hill and Progressive Eruptions
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators say Warren nomination would divide Republicans
Discussion: Political Wire
NBC News:
Beloved businesses are going bankrupt waiting for federal help. It will get worse
Dan Merica / CNN:
Biden carries Arizona, flipping a longtime Republican stronghold
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Zuckerberg says Bannon has not violated enough policies for suspension: recording