Wayne County Republicans ask to ‘rescind’ their votes certifying election results  —  DETROIT — After three hours of tense deadlock on Tuesday, the two Republicans on an election board in Michigan's most populous county reversed course and voted to certify the results of the Nov. 3 election …

Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory  —  President-elect Joe Biden's winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records.  —  Biden has already set a record for the highest number …

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,” …

Lawsuit: Tyson managers bet money on how many workers would contract COVID-19  —  A wrongful death lawsuit tied to COVID-19 infections in a Waterloo pork processing plant alleges that during the initial stages the pandemic, Tyson Foods ordered employees to report for work …

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.

Pompeo becomes first secretary of state to visit Israeli settlement  —  America's top diplomat Mike Pompeo made history Thursday becoming the first secretary of state and highest ranking U.S. official to visit an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Jewish Group Denounces White House Pick for Preservation Commission  —  Darren Beattie was fired as a speechwriter in 2018 for attending a conference with white nationalists.  This week, he was appointed to a commission that helps preserve sites related to the Holocaust.

For Your Own Good, Read Widely  —  If your media consumption is a steady diet of one-sided partisan news, you may start inventing catastrophes where there are none.  —  11 hr ago  —  Hi,  —  Here's a small life hack: If you're a right-winger, you should read more left-wing stuff …

Trump's legal adviser Jenna Ellis in 2016 called him an ‘idiot’ and said his supporters didn't care about ‘facts or logic’  —  (CNN)Jenna Ellis has been one of President Donald Trump's most ardent defenders since joining his campaign as a legal adviser and surrogate a year ago …

Sen. Perdue Helped Defense Contractor—and Sold Off Its Stock  —  SUB-OPTIMAL … Sen. David Perdue had never invested in the Navy supplier BWX Technologies until right before he assumed control of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower.  —  Right before he was put in charge …

‘Traitors to the president’: Conservatives fear public preparation for Biden term  —  The conservative movement has become handicapped.  —  Organizations can't sound the alarm about President-elect Joe Biden's agenda.  Conservative reporters won't take pitches about Biden's rumored Cabinet contenders …

Tucker Carlson And Media Elites Cozy Up To Private Equity Moguls  —  The Fox News host holds himself out as a populist while speaking at ritzy private equity conferences, according to documents obtained by The Daily Poster.  —  1 hr ago  —  Tucker Carlson slammed former President Barack Obama …

Senate 2022: An Early Look  —  Dear Readers: Our 22nd annual American Democracy Conference is now available on our YouTube channel, UVACFP, and at this direct link.  It features New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie, CNN commentator Tara Setmayer, and Democratic strategist John Lapp discussing …

The Problem With Coronavirus School Closures  —  Children have suffered because many mayors and governors were too willing to close public schools.  —  Some things are true even though President Trump says them.  —  Trump has been demanding for months that schools reopen, and on that he seems to have been largely right.

White House Sought Suit Against Omarosa Manigault Newman After News of Her Memoir  —  A day after the 2018 announcement that she had written a negative book about President Trump, the White House escalated an unrelated dispute by referring it to the Justice Department.

What's wrong with the media  —  The young/urban/educated bubble in an era of growing polarization  —  Welcome to Thursday!  —  I've been reading some interesting policy reports about everything from maternal mortality to how to target student loan forgiveness but at the moment there is a lot …

Republicans seek to stymie Biden with final Trump nominees  —  Two months before Joe Biden assumes the presidency, Senate Republicans are racing to install a series of conservative nominees that will outlast Donald Trump.  —  While Trump still refuses to concede the election …

U.S. Unemployment Claims Rise Amid Coronavirus Surge  —  Initial claims for unemployment benefits increased to 742,000 last week as pandemic weighs on labor market  —  The number of applications for unemployment benefits rose sharply last week, indicating continued challenges …

Why Trump views his loss as “psychological annihilation” … An expert on authoritarians says this is the “most dangerous time.” … As Donald Trump rages on with vengeful firings by tweet, fizzling court battles and useless recounts two weeks after a presidential election he clearly lost to Joe Biden …

Biden's top unification task: Expose Trump team wrongdoing, restore trust in government  —  Biden needs a government-wide audit to find every ounce of Trump administration mismanagement and corruption.  Unity hinges on transparency and trust.  —  For four years, the institutions meant …

Self-interest nudged me to join Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine trial.  Here's how it's going  —  I volunteered to take part in a Covid-19 vaccine trial.  I wish I could say I did it to help hasten the defeat the coronavirus or to further science.  But I really just wanted a chance to get a vaccine as soon as possible.

Trump campaign revises Pennsylvania suit, again  —  The latest version of the lawsuit asks the court to declare Trump the winner in Pennsylvania.  —  Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia on Nov. 7, 2020.

Barack Obama Memoir Sells More Than 887,000 Copies on First Day  —  ‘A Promised Land’ logs highest opening-day sales of any Penguin Random House title  —  Former President Barack Obama's memoir sold more than 887,000 copies on Tuesday, a sizzling debut that publisher Penguin Random House …

A US Navy destroyer just shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile target for the first time … - The US Navy destroyer USS John Finn intercepted a mock intercontinental ballistic missile early Tuesday, the Missile Defense Agency announced.  — In the first-of-its-kind test …

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 …

‘If you make China the enemy, China will be the enemy’: Beijing's fresh threat to Australia  —  Beijing has issued an extraordinary attack on the Australian government, accusing it of “poisoning bilateral relations” in a deliberately leaked document that threatens to escalate tensions between the two countries.

‘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.

With Senate Control Hanging in Balance, ‘Crazytown’ Cash Floods Georgia  —  After the state went blue in the presidential race, more than $135 million in TV ads have been booked in two Senate runoff elections.  —  The two Georgia runoff elections that will determine control of the Senate …