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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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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 …
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.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency
CNN:   Judges toss Republican lawsuits in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia
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.
Discussion: 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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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 …
Detroit Free Press:
GOP legislative leaders to meet with Trump at White House amid election fight
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 …
Discussion: The Week, Political Wire and Reuters
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CNN:
Georgia confirms Biden victory and finds no widespread fraud after statewide audit
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Holds Lead in Georgia After Hand Recount
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Georgia's Recount Confirms Biden's Lead; AP Declares Him State's Winner
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNN, WTOP and Wall Street Journal
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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 …
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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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.
Discussion: 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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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Moore: It's ‘Depressing’ Biden Won, Time for Trump to Focus on Final Months in Office
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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 …
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.
Discussion: CNN, Bloomberg, The Hill, NBC News and IJR
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite
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
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.
Discussion: National Review
 
 
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
The sniper rifles flowing to Mexican cartels show a decade of U.S. failure
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Senate Republicans, Stop Trump's Vote Antics Now
Jeff E. Schapiro / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Tyler Whitley, veteran politics reporter for News Leader and Times-Dispatch, dies at 83
The COVID Tracking Project:
One Million Cases in Seven Days: This Week in COVID-19 Data, Nov 19
Discussion: Defense One
NBC News:
McConnell warns Republican senators to stay healthy or risk their lame-duck agenda
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Joe Biden wins Georgia, AP projects
Jess Kelly / BBC:
Egypt arrests human rights group's staff in ‘chilling escalation’
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Washington Post:
Ga. hand recount confirms Biden's lead; president-elect speaks virtually with governors
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects Lin Wood's ‘Creative’ Election Lawsuit in Georgia
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Rahm Emanuel under consideration to become Biden's transportation secretary
USA Today:
Donald Trump whiffs on what's left of his presidency as COVID-19 deaths pass 250,000
Discussion: Reuters, Cagle Post, NPR and Al Jazeera
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Democrats And Media Are Reaping Fruit Of 4 Years Of Anti-Trump Conspiracy Theories
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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