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10:10 PM ET, November 15, 2020

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Ben Smith / New York Times:
The President vs. the American Media  —  After terrorist attacks, France's leader accuses the English-language media of “legitimizing this violence.”  —  The president has some bones to pick with the American media: about our “bias,” our obsession with racism, our views on terrorism …
Discussion: Persuasion and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Trump campaign jettisons major parts of its legal challenge against Pennsylvania's election results  —  President Trump's campaign on Sunday scrapped a major part of its federal lawsuit challenging the election results in Pennsylvania.  —  Trump's attorneys filed a revised version of the lawsuit …
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and Political Wire
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Newsmax CEO: ‘We Are Not Actively Selling,’ Have No Desire to Be ‘Trump TV’ … Newsmax may be focused on conservative audiences, but it has very liberal views of where its business can go in the future as an independent news operation.  —  The top executive of the news outlet …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Allies Explored Buyout of Newsmax TV as Fox News Alternative  —  Hicks Equity Partners, a firm with ties to a co-chair of the Republican National Committee, is pitching investors on a new conservative news channel  —  For nearly two years, allies of President Trump have been exploring ways …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump plans last-minute China crackdown  —  President Trump will enact a series of hardline policies during his final 10 weeks to cement his legacy on China, senior administration officials with direct knowledge of the plans tells Axios.  —  Why it matters: He'll try …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Barack Obama on his book, President Trump, George Floyd, the divisions in the country, and more  —  The former president shares the advice he would give President Trump, his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, and what's behind the divisions in Washington and across the U.S.
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Gov. Whitmer closing high schools, colleges, in-person dining, casinos, movie theaters  —  Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced wide-ranging new restrictions limiting gatherings at high schools, colleges and restaurants Sunday night to combat what she described as the “worst moment” yet in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Derick Hutchinson / WDIV-TV:
Here are 14 changes going into effect under Michigan's new COVID-19 restrictions
Discussion: SOM and Townhall
Arlette Saenz / CNN:
People of color make up nearly half of Biden transition team  —  (CNN)As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in January, nearly half of the transition team laying the groundwork for his administration is made up of people of color, and women are in the majority.
Discussion: Business Insider
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Associated Press:
Biden advisers to meet vaccine firms as Trump stalls handoff
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times
Allan Smith / NBC News:   Fauci says delayed transition is a public health issue as Covid-19 cases soar nationwide
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump, Trying to Cling to Power, Fans Unrest and Conspiracies  —  The president's refusal to concede has entered a more dangerous phase as he blocks his successor's transition, withholding intelligence briefings, pandemic information and access to the government.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
The ending of Trump's presidency echoes the beginning — with a lie  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  The Trump administration is ending as it began: with a lie about crowd size.  —  On Saturday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted …
New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: As More Republicans Break With Trump, He Refuses to Budge  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s team will deploy “people, money, resources” to Georgia, reflecting the high stakes of two Senate races.  Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has kept a low public profile since her acceptance speech last weekend.
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
‘He Won,’ Trump Tweets About the Election
Washington State Governor's Office:
Inslee announces statewide restrictions for four-weeks  —  The restrictions go into effect Monday, November 16 at 11:59 PM  —  Gov. Jay Inslee today announced a four-week statewide set of restrictions in response to the recent rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus in Washington and across the country.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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KING-TV:
WATCH LIVE: Inslee announces closures of indoor dining, in-store retail occupancy restrictions
Discussion: NBC New York
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
The Treehouse is Deplatformed...  Most CTH readers are likely aware of the term “deplatforming.”  Unfortunately, the big tech control mechanism to shut down speech & assembly has now arrived on our doorstep.  —  One week after the 2020 presidential election, The Conservative Treehouse received the following notification:
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A less-racist brand of Trump populism could bring a GOP dynasty unless Dems do something  —  When the first election returns started coming in from Texas' Zapata County — a hot, dusty corner of the Rio Grande Valley with oil rigs and a large Latine population — some online voting-fraud …
Glenn Greenwald:
The Ongoing Death of Free Speech: Prominent ACLU Lawyer Cheers Suppression of a New Book  —  Free speech has always been more than a Constitutional guarantee: it's also a crucial societal value.  And it's more imperiled than ever.  —  5 hr ago  —  In May of 2019, a source in Brazil provided …
Discussion: Instapundit
CNN:
Georgia Sen. David Perdue declines to debate opponent ahead of January 5 runoff  —  (CNN)Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue has declined an invitation to debate Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff ahead of the January runoff election for his seat, CNN has learned.
Discussion: Breitbart and Talking Points Memo
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Lack of influence means it's time to dismiss the Lincoln Project  —  The two entities that had the worst election night were a.) the pollsters and b.) the Lincoln Project.  —  Most pollsters forecast a Democratic landslide, including Joe Biden easily taking the White House …
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Tax filings reveal Biden cancer charity spent millions on salaries, zero on research  —  A cancer charity started by Joe Biden gave out no money to research, and spent most of its contributions on staff salaries, federal filings show.  —  The Biden Cancer Initiative was founded in 2017 …
Discussion: Townhall and Breitbart
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Gregory Simon / Daily Mail:
Joe Biden's cancer charity spent more than $3.7million on staff salaries but distributed ZERO towards research grants over two years, tax filings reveal
Discussion: RedState
Elaine Kurtenbach / Associated Press:
ASEAN, China, other partners sign world's biggest trade pact  —  China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world's largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic.
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CNBC:
Asia forms world's biggest trade bloc, a China-backed group excluding U.S.
Discussion: New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Covid Is Resurging, and This Time It's Everywhere  —  Pervasive spread in smaller communities fuels nationwide case record, though mortality rates are lower than in the spring  —  With a third surge of the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the U.S., many public-health authorities are warning …
Washington Post:
The federal government's chief information security officer is helping an outside effort to hunt for alleged voter fraud  —  The federal government's chief information security officer is participating in an effort backed by supporters of President Trump to hunt for evidence of voter fraud …
Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Cuomo threatens to sue Trump for equitable vaccine distribution  —  ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is promising to “mobilize an army” to ensure that Black and brown New Yorkers have equal access to any coronavirus vaccines, and threatened a lawsuit against the Trump administration if its distribution plan …
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Teri Weaver / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Cuomo threatens to sue Trump administration if vaccine plan burdens Black, Brown communities
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
Peter Aitken / Fox News:
Hispanic Democrat says far-left socialist message is ‘killing us’: report  —  Some Democrats believe that focusing on socialism and ‘defund the police’ weakened their support  —  How did President Trump perform among Latino voters?  —  Hispanic Democrats are grappling with a surprising shift …
Discussion: Axios, TheBlaze and HotAir
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
With pandemic raging, Republicans say election results validate their approach
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Post:
House leaders urge Democrats not to join team Biden to maintain majority
Discussion: Instapundit
Washington Examiner:
WATCH LIVE: SpaceX launches its first NASA crew mission to International Space Station
Discussion: CBS News and Orlando Sentinel
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
Un-Normalizing America's Third Wave
Theo Keith / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Minnesota Senate GOP held large, in-person dinner party just before COVID outbreak
New York Times:
A Watchdog Accused Officers of Serious Misconduct. Few Were Punished.
 Earlier Items: 
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Why Trump Carried Out His Pentagon Purge
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Trump is putting this country through something unprecedented. Here are three scenarios.
David Lynch / Washington Post:
Raging virus triggers new shutdown orders and economy braces for fresh wave of pain
Discussion: IJR
Washington Post:
Biden won places that are thriving. Trump won ones that are hurting.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Why Biden didn't do better in big cities