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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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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 — 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 …
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Associated Press:
GOP canvassers again oppose certifying Detroit-area votes — DETROIT (AP) — Two Michigan Republicans who initially blocked certification of election results for the county that includes Detroit despite no evidence of fraud before approving them now say they want to rescind their certification.
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John Solomon / Just The News:
In dramatic reversal, Wayne County election board Republicans rescind votes certifying results
In dramatic reversal, Wayne County election board Republicans rescind votes certifying results
Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press:
Donald Trump called Monica Palmer after Wayne County Board of Canvassers meeting
Donald Trump called Monica Palmer after Wayne County Board of Canvassers meeting
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Ashley Nerbovig / Detroit Free Press:
Wayne County canvassers doxxed and threatened over votes
Wayne County canvassers doxxed and threatened over votes
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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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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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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
New Delays In Final Stage Of Census Could Foil Trump's Plan To Rig It
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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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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 …
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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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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.
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Watch Live: Coronavirus task force briefs reporters for the first time in months — The White House's Coronavirus Task Force is briefing reporters for the first time in months as cases and deaths continue to climb throughout the country in record numbers. The country just passed …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Abdicated in the Face of Disaster
Trump Has Abdicated in the Face of Disaster
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Disarray and defeats mark post-election period as Trump struggles to govern and fails to change vote results
Disarray and defeats mark post-election period as Trump struggles to govern and fails to change vote results
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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 …
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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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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pompeo calls for new labeling of products from West Bank, directs action to combat boycotts of Israel — Pompeo called for products made in Israeli-controlled territory to be labeled ‘Made in Israel’ — Trump: More nations to normalize relations with Israel in upcoming weeks, months
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
US to label goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank as ‘Made in Israel’
US to label goods from Israeli settlements in West Bank as ‘Made in Israel’
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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.
Rasmussen Reports:
61% Think Trump Should Concede to Biden — Most voters now believe President Trump should admit that he lost the election, although they're less certain their friends and neighbors would agree. They're more closely divided, however, over whether the Democrats stole the election as Trump contends.
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David Zweig / Wired:
Are Covid Patients Gasping 'It Isn't Real' As They Die? — An ER nurse's anecdote of deranged denialism went viral. But when the media caught wind of the story, reporters didn't do their jobs. — A DESPERATE, OUTRAGED Twitter thread from a South Dakota emergency room nurse went viral last weekend …
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
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 …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
In the waning days of Trump's presidency, White House press pool reports are getting snarkier — The pool reports shared by White House correspondents can be as mundane as a grocery list and about as informative — the who, what and when of the president's daily comings and goings …
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 …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The GOP's Big Self-Own — Congressional Republicans may be engaged in the political equivalent of a murder-suicide by abetting Donald Trump's claims that the election was stolen from him. — By reinforcing Trump's baseless narrative that he actually won the vote, Republicans …
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Jessica Bennett / New York Times:
What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In? — Prof. Loretta J. Ross is combating cancel culture with a popular class at Smith College. — Nyla Conaway, 19, remembers being “called out” for changing her profile picture on Instagram in solidarity for ... something.
Gilad Edelman / Wired:
This GOP Lawmaker Denounced QAnon—and Fears for His Party — “There's a lot larger percentage in the Republican Party who believe there's a deep state coup or cabal than people might think.” — ELECTED OFFICIALS LOVE to say they aren't typical politicians.
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
Democrats' bloodletting is just getting started — Democrats won the presidency and held the House by margins so slim they'd make Weight Watchers proud. And the betting is they'll fail to capture the Senate from Republicans. — Why did they fall so far short of the landslide they expected?
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Broadens His Efforts to Overturn Election Outcome — As key states prepare to certify their results, the president is pressuring Republicans to back his fraud claims and refusal to concede — WASHINGTON—President Trump has broadened his push to overturn the election outcome …
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Will Biden Name a Deficit Hawk to Head OMB? — There is a big risk that he will—at a time when we need massive public investment. — Bruce Reed, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, in 2011 — Yesterday, I reported that Bruce Reed, one of Biden's top campaign advisers and his most conservative …
Clark Kauffman / Iowa Capital Dispatch:
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 …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
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.
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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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