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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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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 …
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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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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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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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 …
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Time for Sidney Powell to show us her evidence
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Georgia to certify Biden's win after accidental early rollout — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Friday that his office is set to certify election results that would formally declare President-elect Joe Biden as the winner in the state, reversing course …
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CNN:
Trump told ally he's trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Georgia secretary of state issues correction, saying certification of its general election results is still under way
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
More GOP Senators Have COVID Than Have Acknowledged That Joe Biden Won — The deadly virus has taken hold more than reality. — Here's a guessing game that perfectly suits the sad state of affairs in the U.S. Senate: How long until the number of Republicans who accept Joe Biden …
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Tyler Whetstone / USA Today:
Sen. Lamar Alexander says no evidence of voter fraud, Biden should receive briefings
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: What Pelosi said about Trump behind the scenes — NEW ... SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI said on a House Democratic leadership call Thursday night that President DONALD TRUMP is a “psychopathic nut,” according to several sources. The remark wasn't referring to anything specific …
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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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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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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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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Rudy Giuliani's son tests positive for coronavirus
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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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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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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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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'
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
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.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump's lawsuits challenging the election have turned into a clown show
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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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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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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“They Do Not Want to See Him Go”: After Remaking CNN and Antagonizing Trump, Jeff Zucker Eyes the Exits — The CNN boss is expected to depart early next year, after his former Apprentice star—we think—leaves the White House. There's been friction with WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar, who …
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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