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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump's Attempts to Overturn the Election Are Unparalleled in U.S. History — The president's push to prevent states from certifying electors and get legislators to override voters' will eclipses even the bitter 1876 election as an audacious use of brute political force.
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The Week, Cyprus Mail, Politico, ABC13 and Washington Times
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Washington Post:
Trump uses power of presidency to try to overturn the election and stay in office — President Trump is using the power of his office to try to reverse the results of the election, orchestrating a far-reaching pressure campaign to persuade Republican officials in Michigan …
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Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, ABC News, Mother Jones and The Hill
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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New York Daily News, Bulwark+, Washington Examiner, IJR, Gothamist, HotAir and CNN
Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani's post-election meltdown starts to become literal — It's very simple, according to Rudolph W. Giuliani and the rest of President Trump's legal posse, but also very vast. China is in on it. Cuba is in on it. Antifa and George Soros are in on it.
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New York Times, Breitbart and Law & Crime
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency
Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency
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Washington Examiner, The Dispatch, FactCheck.org and The Daily Signal
Anthony Leonardi / Washington Examiner:
Sidney Powell says Trump legal team will sue officials ‘to invalidate’ election results
Sidney Powell says Trump legal team will sue officials ‘to invalidate’ election results
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Power Line, The American Spectator, Lead Stories and The Daily Beast
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.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Ivanka Trump calls legal inquiries into Trump business political ‘harassment’ — Ivanka Trump on Thursday called New York state investigations into her father's business dealings “harassment,” seeming to confirm that the probes now include tax write-offs that appear to involve her.
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Raw Story
Richard Primus / Politico:
Why Michigan's Top Legislators Should Cancel that Meeting with Trump — In his continuing quest to remain president despite having lost this month's election, President Donald Trump has been trying to wrest electoral votes away from Joe Biden in states that Biden won.
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Detroit News, ABC News, New York Times, CNN, Michigan Advance, The Week and Election Law Blog
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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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The Week, Associated Press, Forbes, Daily Kos, Law & Crime, Detroit News, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Politico and justoneminute.typepad.com
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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The Week, Political Wire and Reuters
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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
State election audit found ‘not a thimble full of difference’ in vote count, Secretary of State says
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National Review, One America News Network, IJR, Forbes and New York Post
CNN:
Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread fraud after statewide audit
Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread fraud after statewide audit
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The Week, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Washington Post, CBS News, Deadline, WINK NEWS, Mediaite, The Hill, Bloomberg and TASS
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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Twin Cities, Bangor Daily News, Slate and Forbes
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Georgia's Recount Confirms Biden's Lead; AP Declares Him State's Winner
Georgia's Recount Confirms Biden's Lead; AP Declares Him State's Winner
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NBC News, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, Axios and Townhall
CNN:
Trump told ally he's trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election — (CNN)President Donald Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt about the election results in order …
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Business Insider, Mock Paper Scissors and Reuters
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Pentagon's Tata Tests Positive for Covid After Lithuanian Visit — Lithuanian minister met top Pentagon officials Nov. 13, 16 — Acting Secretary Miller traveled Wednesday to see troops — A top Pentagon official, retired Brigadier General Anthony Tata, has tested positive for coronavirus …
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Senior Pentagon official tests positive for Covid — A senior civilian Pentagon official has tested positive for Covid-19 after meeting with the Lithuanian defense minister last week, who also tested positive for the virus, the Pentagon announced Thursday. — The Pentagon official …
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Washington Examiner, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, One America News Network, NPR and Washington Times
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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Fortune, Washington Examiner and Politico
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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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Axios, CNBC, Raw Story, National Review and Bloomberg, more at Mediagazer »
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Bogus Dispute Is Doing Real Damage — Conspiracy theories are damaging the country today and will hurt Republicans tomorrow. — No hard evidence of widespread fraud, no success in the courts or prospect of it. You can have a theory that a bad thing was done, but only facts will establish it.
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Raw Story
CNN:
Inside Rudy Giuliani's attempt to sow chaos on behalf of Trump and steal the election — Giuliani spouts baseless claims at press conference — (CNN)One day before the Trump campaign's legal team needed to convince a federal judge that Joe Biden shouldn't have won Pennsylvania, Rudy Giuliani didn't like what he was hearing.
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Vanity Fair, TheBlaze, The Hill, CNBC, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Mercury News and New York Times
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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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Raw Story
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
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Daily Kos, Business Insider, Washington Examiner and Washington Post
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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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Pence returns to the campaign trail, where he'll begin to chart his own political future — ATLANTA — Vice President Mike Pence returns Friday to the campaign trail, hitting the stump after two weeks of ducking the spotlight and largely staying silent while President Donald Trump rages about their election loss.
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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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The Guardian, Politico, The Hill, TheBlaze, Townhall, The Week, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republican Senate signals it will confirm Biden Cabinet — Senate Republicans are signaling they will confirm most of President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet picks in January — a rare bright spot for a White House that may clash with a GOP majority for years to come.
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Blunt 2020 lessons for media, America — All of us — and the media, in particular — need some clear-eyed, humble self-reflection as the dust settles on the 2020 election results. — Here are a few preliminary Axios learnings. — The media remains fairly clueless about the America …
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Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
Republicans Truly Don't Care That Trump Is Undermining Democracy — For some Republicans, it's a performance. For others, Trump's false claims of election fraud are Gospel. — WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump refuses to concede, his legal team continues to challenge the legitimacy …
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Honest Graft, USA Today, Informed Comment and Alternet.org
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign's Jenna Ellis Mocked Election Law Expert for Being Right. Then the Trump Campaign Proved Him Right. — Another day went by and so the dead-end Trump 2020 campaign's legal team suffered yet another self-induced legal mishap. — On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani submitted …
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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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USA Today:
'That's his first love': Biden has more foreign policy experience than his 4 predecessors — Deirdre Shesgreen Kim HjelmgaardUSA TODAY — WASHINGTON - In June 2001, President George W. Bush was trying to size up Russian President Vladimir Putin during their first face-to-face meeting at a summit in Slovenia.
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