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Washington Post:
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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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 …
Associated Press:
Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting nowhere in the courts, President Donald Trump's scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certify the vote as Trump and his allies seek …
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 …
Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press:
Donald Trump called Monica Palmer after Wayne County Board of Canvassers meeting
Associated Press:
President Trump invites Michigan GOP leaders to White House
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.
Discussion: The Week
USA Today:
Donald Trump whiffs on what's left of his presidency as COVID-19 deaths pass 250,000  —  Our View: As the coronavirus war hunts down Americans waiting for vaccines, the commander in chief settles scores and denies Joe Biden a presidential transition.  —  The Editorial BoardUSA TODAY
Discussion: KOIN-TV, Al Jazeera and WRIC-TV
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
The Latest: Pelosi, Schumer going to Delaware to see Biden
Discussion: Reuters
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Watch Live: Coronavirus task force briefs reporters for the first time in months
Discussion: Townhall and Washington Examiner
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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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Moore: It's ‘Depressing’ Biden Won, Time for Trump To Focus on Final Months in Office
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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 …
Discussion: HotAir
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Gilad Edelman / Wired:   This GOP Lawmaker Denounced QAnon—and Fears for His Party
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,” …
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 …
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors  —  When President Donald Trump sends lawyers to court, it seems he's not sending his best.  —  Fighting to challenge an election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits across the country.
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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.
Discussion: Political Wire
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Biden says he's made Treasury selection, but keeps name under wraps  —  President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday he has settled on his choice for Treasury secretary and that he will announce that selection sometime this month.  —  “You'll soon hear my choice for Treasury,” Biden told reporters at a news conference in Delaware.
Discussion: Reuters, IJR and The Week
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Bloomberg:
Biden to Host First Meeting with Pelosi, Schumer Since Election
Discussion: Axios, Politico and The Daily Caller
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.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
New Delays In Final Stage Of Census Could Foil Trump's Plan To Rig It
Discussion: CNN and electionlawblog.org
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Biden mounts lobbying blitz to crack GOP resistance to his transition  —  Joe Biden's transition team has tried to project calm as President Donald Trump refuses to concede and many Republicans — and even one key part of the federal government — continue to have his back.
Discussion: Business Insider, IJR, HotAir and CNN
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Maria Polletta / Arizona Republic:
Judge to decide whether to toss out Arizona GOP lawsuit requesting new Maricopa County vote audit  —  A Maricopa County Superior Court judge will rule Thursday on whether to toss out the Arizona Republican Party's attempt to force a new audit of Maricopa County ballots.
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.
Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld arrested on federal corruption charges  —  Sharon Coolidge Dan HornCincinnati Enquirer  —  FBI agents arrested Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld Thursday morning on federal charges accusing him of accepting bribes in exchange for favorable votes …
Discussion: WXIX-TV and Washington Free Beacon
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Eschaton
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media  —  New-media companies have been exploring mergers as they try to jump-start growth  —  BuzzFeed Inc. has agreed to acquire Verizon Media's HuffPost in a stock deal, the companies said Thursday, uniting two of the larger players …
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Democrats And Media Are Reaping Fruit Of 4 Years Of Anti-Trump Conspiracy Theories  —  If taking claims to court undermines democracy, how to defend Democrats' vociferous and repeated claims that Donald Trump stole the election in 2016 with the help of Russia?
Mike Allen / Axios:
Tom Donohue — CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and longtime confidant of Republican presidents — tells Axios that Joe Biden is president-elect, and President Trump “should not delay the transition a moment longer.”  —  What he's saying: “President-elect Biden and the team around …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Mitt Romney says consequences of lame duck period are ‘potentially more severe’ than delayed transition  —  What's at risk when the President doesn't concede  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is warning that the consequences of actions taken by President Donald Trump during …
Glen Johnson / Axios:
Trump's election challenges are revealing how obvious and unassailable his loss was  —  President Trump's frantic post-election challenges are having the opposite effect of what he intended: He's documenting his demise through a series of court fights and recounts showing Joe Biden's victory to be all the more obvious and unassailable.
 
 
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