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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump lawyers to avoid Michigan lawmaker meeting after COVID exposure  —  Rudy Giuliani and other key members of President Trump's outside legal team won't be attending today's meeting with two Michigan lawmakers because they've been exposed to the coronavirus, two sources familiar with the internal discussions tell Axios.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Do Trump's Lawyers Know What They Are Doing?  —  Today several of President Trump's lawyers, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, held a press conference in which they alleged that they have convincing if not conclusive evidence that the presidential election was rigged …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Americans Deserve the Truth, Even If It's Unpleasant  —  On the menu today: a blunt message about who is conning whom in the aftermath of the 2020 elections.  —  You Are Being Conned  —  Rudy Giuliani, yesterday: … Sidney Powell, yesterday, in the same press conference:
National Review:
Trump's Disgraceful Gambit  —  Americans Deserve the Truth, Even If It's Unpleasant  —  Trump's Election Disinformation: Three 'Don't's  —  Georgia Recount Confirms Biden Win in State  —  Memo to Raphael Warnock: Hundreds of U.S. Chaplains Have Been Killed in the Line of Duty
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Georgia Certifies Biden's Victory, Hours After Premature Announcement  —  The Biden-Harris transition team is moving “full speed ahead,” a spokeswoman told reporters on Friday, even as its concern grows that the delayed presidential transition might have a harmful effect on the nation.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Trump campaign's much-hyped affidavit features a big, glaring error  —  In its wild news conference Thursday, President Trump's legal team promoted a very simple-sounding theory that seems likely to be central to its voter fraud allegations: that many precincts in the key states had more votes …
Axios:
Trump is on an island  —  Most of President Trump's closest advisers have completely distanced themselves from his legal effort and are avoiding his lawyers to avoid being swept into their courtroom dramas.  —  Why it matters: Some of the president's advisers act like they think he can still overturn …
New York Times:
Here's What We Know About Trump's Meeting With Michigan Lawmakers
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Georgia certifies Biden's win after accidental early rollout
Politico:
Michigan GOP descends on D.C. as Trump scrambles to undo election
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Rudy Giuliani's son tests positive for coronavirus
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Time for Sidney Powell to show us her evidence
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: What Pelosi said about Trump behind the scenes
New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Pfizer Asks the F.D.A. for Emergency Approval of Its Vaccine
Discussion: HotAir
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Sidney Powell fires back: Tucker Carlson was ‘insulting, demanding, and rude’
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Ezra Klein and Lauren Williams are leaving Vox  —  Ezra Klein, co-founder and editor-at-large of Vox.com, the political news website owned by Vox Media, and Lauren Williams, editor-in-chief and senior vice president of Vox.com, are leaving the company, executives tell Axios.
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The New York Times Company:
Ezra Klein Joins Times Opinion as Columnist and Podcast Host  —  Ezra, in his columns and on his podcast, will be able to help our readers and listeners navigate the political future as Washington moves into a new era.  Read more in this note from Kathleen Kingsbury and Paula Szuchman.
Yashar Ali / Yashar's Newsletter:
Scoop: Ezra Klein Is Leaving Vox  —  Ezra Klein, the co-founder of Vox who currently serves as editor-at-large, is leaving the publication per three sources familiar with his plans.  —  Three sources familiar with his plans tell me he is likely to join the New York Times under their opinion section.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:   Ezra Klein Leaving Vox for The New York Times
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
GOP Senate candidate John James asks Board of State Canvassers to delay certification  —  LANSING — John James, the Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate in the Nov. 3 election, asked the Board of State Canvassers Friday to delay its certification of Michigan's statewide election results.
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Steve Neavling / News & Views, Detroit Metro Times:
Republican Senate candidate John James urges state canvassers to delay certification
Reuters:
Why Republican voters say there's ‘no way in hell’ Trump lost  —  SUNDOWN, Texas (Reuters) - Brett Fryar is like many mainstream Republicans.  A 50-year-old chiropractor in this west Texas town, he owns a small business.  He has two undergraduate degrees and a master's degree, in organic chemistry.
Washington Post:
Live updates: Georgia secretary of state certifies results, including Biden as the winner of presidential vote  —  The Washington Post is providing this important election information free to all readers.  Get election results and other major news delivered to your inbox by signing up for breaking news email alerts.
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Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Raffensperger: Georgia Certified Election Because 'Numbers Don't Lie'
Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
Trump unveils plan linking drug payments to cheaper overseas prices  —  President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled a plan to link government payments for medicines to lower prices paid abroad and another to eliminate rebates, in a last-ditch effort to deliver on a 2016 campaign promise to slash drug prices.
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Trump makes late-term bid to lower prescription drug costs
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Florida Politics
Washington Post:
As Democrats fume, the Trump appointee who can start the Biden transition is in no hurry  —  Heads of state are congratulating Joe Biden.  President Trump's national security adviser has promised the Democrat a “very professional transition.”  The Georgia recount has kept the state in Biden's column …
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Merrick Garland Among Biden Candidates For Attorney General, Sources Say  —  Federal appeals court Judge Merrick Garland is under consideration to serve as attorney general in the administration of President-elect Joe Biden, NPR has learned from two people closely following the process.
International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO TO RECEIVE 2020 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOUNDERS AWARD  —  International Academy to Recognize his Effective Use of Television During the Pandemic  —  New York, November 20, 2020 - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York will receive this year's International …
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
I Traced My Covid-19 Bubble and It's Enormous  —  And if you have kids, yours probably is, too.  —  Experts and officials are unequivocal: Stay home for the holidays.  Getting together with family for Thanksgiving without quarantining beforehand is like “bringing a loaded pistol for Grandma's head …
Discussion: Mediaite
Tyler Whetstone / USA Today:
Sen. Lamar Alexander says no evidence of voter fraud, Biden should receive briefings  —  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander isn't ready to say former Vice President Joe Biden is president-elect, but he's close.  In the meantime, he said, Biden should have been getting presidential briefings for weeks.
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JR Radcliffe / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin recount live: Dane County election officials reject initial attempts to throw out ballots  —  President Donald Trump is pursuing an election recount in Wisconsin's two largest counties, Milwaukee and Dane, in a process that gets under way Friday.  —  Trump could see a long-shot chance …
Jennifer Shutt / Roll Call:
Hoyer: Earmarks are likely coming back next year  —  House Democratic leaders are proceeding with plans to bring back earmarks for the 117th Congress, according to Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer.  —  Hoyer, D-Md., said in an interview Friday that sometime after the Appropriations Committee's …
Wall Street Journal:
Airbnb Executive Resigned Last Year Over Chinese Request for More Data Sharing  —  Company says it declined to disclose more details with China and is transparent with users; former FBI official was told by co-founder, 'We're not here to promote American values'
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.
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
The Insanity Oath  —  Conservatives sense that social progressives have achieved a critical level of consolidation in key institutions: the Democratic Party, the university, and the prestige media.  The occasional purges of old-school liberals from these institutions testify to that fact.
Discussion: The Stream, HotAir and Raw Story
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Trump tweet further complicates Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's path to re-election in 2022  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio - In a single tweet, President Donald Trump put a jolt into Ohio Republican circles recently when he said the state's upcoming governor's race will be “hotly contested.”
Robert Faturechi / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Georgia Senator David Perdue Privately Pushed For Tax Break For Rich Sports Team Owners  — Robert Faturechi and - Justin Elliott  —  It's unclear why Senator Perdue was interested in tax regulation that would impact only a tiny set of the richest Americans.
 
 
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Cameron Pickford / Michigan Freedom Fund:
Election's Over - Now Fix the Problems
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Kelly Loeffler's disclosures appear to omit the holding company that operates her private jet
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Illinois Democrats threaten Michael Madigan's decadeslong hold on power
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“They Do Not Want to See Him Go”: After Remaking CNN and Antagonizing Trump, Jeff Zucker Eyes the Exits
Roxane Gay / New York Times:
Is This Where We Are, America?  —  Some people oppose students loan forgiveness because they want others to suffer.
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Yellen (seems) headed to Treasury
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