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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 …
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Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Politico, ABC News 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.
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 — “What we are really dealing with here and uncovering more by the day is the massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, Cuba and likely China and the interference with our elections here in the United States.”
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Washington Examiner, Lead Stories, FactCheck.org and The Daily Signal
New York Times:
Trump Targets Michigan in His Ploy to Subvert the Election — In a brazen step, the president invited Republican state leaders in Michigan to the White House as he and his allies try to prevent the state from certifying Joe Biden's clear victory there. — President Trump on Thursday accelerated …
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, Politico, The American Spectator 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
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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Forbes, Daily Kos, The Week, Law & Crime, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Politico, justoneminute.typepad.com and Election Law Blog
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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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Michigan Advance, Election Law Blog, Political Wire, Talking Points Memo and Forbes
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Top GOP state lawmakers set to visit White House amid election fight
Top GOP state lawmakers set to visit White House amid election fight
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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, Forbes, IJR and New York Post
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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Bangor Daily News, Twin Cities, Slate and Forbes
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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Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Washington Post, Mediaite, Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Hill, CBS News, Deadline, WINK NEWS and TASS
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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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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Wall Street Journal and CNN
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Senior Pentagon official tests positive for Covid
Senior Pentagon official tests positive for Covid
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NPR, Associated Press, Washington Times and One America News Network
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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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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Politico and Washington Examiner
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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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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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Raw Story, CNBC, Vanity Fair, The Hill, Mercury News, Media Matters for America and New York Times
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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 The American Independent
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.
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
USA Today:
Donald Trump whiffs on what's left of his presidency as COVID-19 deaths pass 250,000 — Our View: As the coronavirus war hunts down Americans waiting for vaccines, the commander in chief settles scores and denies Joe Biden a presidential transition. — The Editorial BoardUSA TODAY
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NPR, Cagle Post, Al Jazeera and KLAS
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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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Digby's Hullabaloo, TheBlaze and The Week
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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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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USA Today, Honest Graft, Informed Comment, Alternet.org and Associated Press
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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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects Lin Wood's ‘Creative’ Election Lawsuit in Georgia — A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump rejected what he called a “creative” lawsuit on Thursday. It was a suit that Georgia's assistant attorney general warned would cause the Peach State's …
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Senate Republicans, Stop Trump's Vote Antics Now — It's no longer enough just to acknowledge the obvious fact that Biden won. — President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the election get more dangerous by the day, even as they remain doomed to failure. The latest development was well-summarized by this tweet:
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CNN, Associated Press, Alternet.org and New York Times
Washington Post:
Ga. hand recount confirms Biden's lead; president-elect speaks virtually with governors — After a hand recount of roughly 5 million votes cast in the presidential election, Georgia election officials confirmed President-elect Joe Biden received more votes than President Trump in the state.
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