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 …

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 …

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.

Georgia certifies Biden's victory  —  The state of Georgia certified its election results on Friday, officially declaring President-elect Joe Biden the winner.  —  Biden won the state by more than 12,000 votes.  President Donald Trump's campaign is still entitled to request a recount, because of the narrowness of the result.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Yellen (seems) headed to Treasury  —  PROGRAMMING NOTE: Morning Money will not publish on Thursday, Nov. 26 and Friday, Nov. 27.  We'll be back on our normal schedule on Monday, Nov. 30.  —  Editor's Note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services' morning newsletter …

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 …

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.

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 …

How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation  —  Increasingly allied, the American far right and members of the Chinese diaspora tapped into social media to give a Hong Kong researcher a vast audience for peddling unsubstantiated pandemic claims.

Trump's Clown Coup Crisis  —  On another terrible week for American democracy.  —  In a way, we are ending the week where we began it: Donald Trump still did not win the 2020 Presidential election, and he is still, on Friday as he was on Monday, holed up in the White House, challenging Joe Biden's victory.

The Trump Campaign's Lack of Evidence in the Pennsylvania Case Dooms It to Failure (On Top of Everything Else): What GOP Senators (And Everyone Else) Need to Know Today  —  Yesterday Jenna Ellis of the Trump campaign (who had comically attacked me for noting that one of campaign's proposed orders erred …

Why Police Back Gun Guys  —  Three years since Charlottesville, armed clashes at street protests over racial justice are still a defining feature of American politics, but the constellation of participants has changed.  The white supremacists who paraded in fascist sword-and-sandals kitsch …