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Trump invites Michigan Republican leaders to meet him at White House as he escalates attempts to overturn election results — DETROIT — President Trump has invited the leaders of Michigan's Republican-controlled state legislature to meet him in Washington on Friday, according to a person familiar …
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Reuters:
Trump's election power play: Persuade Republican legislators to do what U.S. voters did not — DETROIT (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's strategy for retaining power despite losing the U.S. election is focused increasingly on persuading Republican legislators to intervene on his behalf …
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New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: Trump Invites State Lawmakers to White House in Bid to Subvert Election — Two Republican election officials in Wayne County, Mich., home to Detroit, tried to decertify the results there but cannot legally do so. The Trump campaign's assault on voting …
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Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Top GOP state lawmakers set to visit White House amid election fight — Lansing — The top two leaders in the Republican-controlled Michigan Legislature are expected to visit the White House Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the plans. — The visits by Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey …
Associated Press:
Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden
Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden
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Associated Press:
Trump summons Michigan GOP leaders for extraordinary meeting
Trump summons Michigan GOP leaders for extraordinary meeting
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Associated Press:
GOP canvassers again oppose certifying Detroit-area votes
GOP canvassers again oppose certifying Detroit-area votes
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Edward Foley / Washington Post:
If the losing party won't accept defeat, democracy is dead
If the losing party won't accept defeat, democracy is dead
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Taking Giuliani's Insane, Un-American Press Conference Seriously — Trump's election-theft conspiracy theory exists in an uncanny valley. — My desire to check out from the Trump administration's madness following his decisive electoral defeat was so deep that it emanated from the stem cells in my bone marrow.
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CNN:
Inside Rudy Giuliani's attempt to sow chaos on behalf of Trump and steal the election
Inside Rudy Giuliani's attempt to sow chaos on behalf of Trump and steal the election
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Tyler Van Dyke / Washington Examiner:
Trump legal team's wild presser features hair-dye malfunction, attacks on press, and serious allegations
Trump legal team's wild presser features hair-dye malfunction, attacks on press, and serious allegations
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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
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Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Trump attorneys charge ‘massive’ electoral fraud in presidential race
Trump attorneys charge ‘massive’ electoral fraud in presidential race
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Moore: It's ‘Depressing’ Biden Won, Time for Trump To Focus on Final Months in Office
Stephen Moore: It's ‘Depressing’ Biden Won, Time for Trump To Focus on Final Months in Office
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Matt Johnson / WSB-TV:
State election audit found ‘not a thimble full of difference’ in vote count, Secretary of State says — ATLANTA — Georgia's election audit and hand re-count is done and the Secretary of State says there is almost no difference between the results of the state's hand count audit and the original machine count.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Georgia manual recount confirms Biden victory — By Mark Niesse - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jennifer Peebles - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution David Wickert - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — A manual recount of nearly 5 million ballots cast in Georgia showed Thursday …
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CNN:
Judges toss Republican lawsuits in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia — (CNN)State judges in Arizona and Pennsylvania and a federal judge in Georgia rejected election-related lawsuits Thursday from Republicans and the Trump campaign. — The hat trick of losses were the latest round …
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Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Holds Lead in Georgia After Hand Recount
Joe Biden Holds Lead in Georgia After Hand Recount
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Chuck Goudie / ABC7:
Disturbing new details in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer — CHICAGO (WLS) — There is new and disturbing information in the alleged militia plot against the governor of Michigan. — The 14 men charged had far more violent plans than just a kidnapping, according to federal and state authorities.
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Wall Street Journal:
Mnuchin Declines to Extend Several Fed Emergency Lending Programs — Fed's corporate credit, municipal lending and Main Street Lending programs won't be renewed — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declined to extend several emergency loan programs established jointly with the Federal Reserve that are set to expire on Dec. 31.
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Biden says he's made Treasury selection, but keeps name under wraps
Biden says he's made Treasury selection, but keeps name under wraps
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Mnuchin to End Some Fed Emergency Programs, Limiting Biden
Mnuchin to End Some Fed Emergency Programs, Limiting Biden
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
‘The Dumbest Coup’ — Noah Rothman's excellent piece in Commentary, “The Dumbest of Coups,” deserves to be widely read. — I've been writing about conspiracy theories for a while now — QAnon, the Flat-Earth gang, etc. — and one of the things you quickly learn about conspiracy theories …
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Gilad Edelman / Wired:
This GOP Lawmaker Denounced QAnon—and Fears for His Party
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Will Lara Trump Be the Next Trump on a Ballot? — The president's daughter-in-law is said to be considering a Senate run in her native state of North Carolina. — WASHINGTON — Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law who emerged during the 2020 presidential campaign as a defender …
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Reuters:
Trump's vaccine team will not brief Biden administration: U.S senator — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials from President Donald Trump's vaccine distribution effort have not briefed anyone on President-elect Joe Biden's transition team, and have no plans to do so, a Democratic U.S. senator said after a White House call Thursday.
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
All the president's ‘Guys’ — Remember Rob Goldstone? He was the portly British publicist who took selfies wearing wacky hats, and who sent Donald Trump Jr. an email offering documents from the Russians that would “incriminate” Hillary Clinton. — “If it's what you say I love it,” …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency — “What we are really dealing with here and uncovering more by the day is the massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, Cuba and likely China and the interference with our elections here in the United States.”
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New York Times:
Trump Tax Write-Offs Are Ensnared in 2 New York Fraud Investigations — Inquiries into the president and his businesses, one criminal and one civil, are now looking at tax deductions taken on consulting fees. Some of the payments appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump.
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects Lin Wood's ‘Creative’ Election Lawsuit in Georgia — A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump rejected what he called a “creative” lawsuit on Thursday. It was a suit that Georgia's assistant attorney general warned would cause the Peach State's …
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Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
How Many Americans Are About to Die? — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — The United States has made huge advances in fighting the coronavirus. The astonishingly high death rates the country saw during …
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Erin Brockovich / The Guardian:
Dear Joe Biden: are you kidding me? … For years, I've been trying to impart a simple concept that Superman is not coming. — Dare I say, I had hopes that this new administration would usher in the dawning of a new day. As picks for President-elect Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency …
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The Hill
Wajahat Ali / New York Times:
‘Reach Out to Trump Supporters,’ They Said. I Tried. — I give up. — 73 million Americans voted for Donald Trump. He doubled down on all his worst vices, and he was rewarded for it with 10 million more votes than he received in 2016. — The majority of people of color rejected his cruelty and vulgarity.
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
David Perdue profited from a Navy contractor's stock while overseeing the Naval fleet. — Senator David Perdue, one of two Republican senators from Georgia facing runoff elections in January, began making large and ultimately profitable purchases of shares in a Navy contractor in 2018 …
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Talia Lavin / The Cut:
The Future of the GOP Madison Cawthorn is 25, far-right, and already faces accusations of racism and sexual misconduct. And he's headed to Congress. — When Madison Cawthorn was elected to represent North Carolina in the House of Representatives last week, he made history.
Washington Post:
Kenosha: How two men's paths crossed in an encounter that has divided the nation — Kyle Rittenhouse, in a jailhouse interview, said he used stimulus money to get a gun. The first man he shot had just left a psychiatric hospital. — In a summer roiled by protests for racial justice …
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Brooke Zauner / WAGA-TV:
Floyd County terminates election director after state audit uncovers uncounted votes — ROME, Ga. - Floyd County's Board of Elections voted Thursday to fire its executive director after elections officials discovered hundreds of ballots were left uncounted before the county's initial certification.
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New York Times:
Census Officials Say They Can't Meet Trump's Deadline for Population Count — Officials have concluded the Census Bureau won't have data on time to carry out the administration's goal of stripping unauthorized immigrants from population totals for apportionment.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's E.P.A. Chief Plans 2 Foreign Trips Before Leaving Office — WASHINGTON — Andrew Wheeler, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, plans to squeeze in two taxpayer-funded trips abroad — to Taiwan next month and to four Latin American countries in January …
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