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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 …
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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:
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Time for Sidney Powell to show us her evidence — We asked the Trump campaign attorney for proof of her bombshell claims. She gave us nothing — Tucker: If Trump campaign has voter fraud proof, we need to see it — On Thursday, Rudy Giuliani and a number of President Trump's …
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Sidney Powell fires back: Tucker Carlson was ‘insulting, demanding, and rude’
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: Growing concern about Trump legal fight
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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.
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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.
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.
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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Georgia certifies Biden's win after statewide audit
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Georgia certifies Biden's victory
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden Team Lacks Full U.S. Cybersecurity Support in Transition Fracas — The incoming administration is working remotely, operating on a standard, paid Google network — WASHINGTON—When it comes to protecting sensitive information from foreign hackers, President-elect Joe Biden's team is largely on its own.
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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.
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Top Georgia Election Official Certifies Biden's Win: 'Numbers Don't Lie' — The Biden-Harris transition team announced four more staff appointments on Thursday, continuing to plan for a Biden White House even as President Trump pursues groundless efforts to subvert the election results.
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Michigan GOP descends on D.C. as Trump scrambles to undo election
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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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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
President-elect Biden names four White House staffers, including directors for legislative affairs and personnel — President-elect Joe Biden named four more officials Friday to White House posts - including directors overseeing congressional lobbying and personnel - as he prepares to take office Jan. 20.
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Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Kayleigh McEnany: Michigan GOP visit to White House not a campaign meeting
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Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
Top House Democrats Demand Biden Transition Briefing From GSA Chief
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New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: Explosive Growth of Virus Is Recorded Across the U.S. — The country is close to recording 200,000 new cases a day and has set a hospitalization record. Deaths are rising steadily and hospitals are struggling to cope. The C.D.C. urged Americans to rethink Thanksgiving plans.
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Mnuchin to End Some Fed Emergency Programs, Limiting Biden
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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.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Sanders, Warren under scrutiny as Biden weighs Cabinet picks
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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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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 Towery / Real Clear Politics:
A Realistic Primer on Georgia's Senate Runoffs — COMMENTARY — In the classic movie “The Godfather,” Michael Corleone travels to a small restaurant in the Bronx to meet with a rival Mafia boss. At the table the boss tells a corrupt policeman who is there to serve as a third-party witness …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A GOP civil war rattles Georgia Republicans at inconvenient time
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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.
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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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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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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Hospitals Know What's Coming — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — Perhaps no hospital in the United States was better-prepared for a pandemic than the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Keith E. Whittington / Washington Post:
Trump's scheme for state legislatures to overturn the election won't work — It's a doomed idea, and a bad one — President Trump has refused to accept the obvious — that he lost his bid for reelection. His campaign has pursued increasingly desperate gambits in a bid to flip …
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