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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: In Total Loss for Trump Campaign in Its Most Major Remaining Election Case, Federal Court in Pennsylvania Dismisses Case and Denies Motion to File Amended Complaint [link to opinion] — [This post is in progress] — In a total loss the the Trump campaign, a federal district court …
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Audrey McNamara / CBS News:
Trump campaign again seeks to stop certification of Pennsylvania's election results — The Trump campaign on Saturday filed a new brief in one of their numerous federal court cases in Pennsylvania. The brief rehashes claims that the campaign appeared to abandon earlier this week.
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Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
In scathing opinion, federal judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania — A lawsuit brought by President Trump's campaign that sought to block the certification of Pennsylvania's election results was dismissed by a federal judge on Saturday evening.
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Forbes, One America News Network and Law & Crime
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
After Horror Show Hearing, Judge Throws Out Giuliani and Trump's Bid to ‘Disenfranchise Almost Seven Million’ Pa. Voters — The Trump campaign cannot block certification of Pennsylvania's election results, which made Joe Biden President-elect of the United States, based on nothing more than …
Detroit Free Press:
Trump tweets undermine Michigan leaders; images show Chatfield drinking at Trump hotel — Dave Boucher Clara HendricksonDetroit Free Press — Public skepticism that Michigan's Republican legislative leaders focused on COVID-19 assistance during a Friday meeting with President Donald …
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The Hill, The Western Journal, Mediaite, National Review, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Times, Lucianne RSS Syndicate and CNN
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Beth LeBlanc / Detroit News:
Michigan, national GOP seek to delay certification of election results — The state and national Republican parties have asked the Board of State Canvassers to delay certification of the state's election results in a bid to investigate “anomalies and irregularities” alleged to have occurred in Michigan's Nov. 3 election.
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New York Post, The Mahablog and Politico
Washington Post:
Republican leaders ask Michigan election board to delay certification of results, in latest GOP effort to cast doubt on the vote — The heads of the Republican National Committee and Michigan Republican Party issued a joint statement Saturday calling for Michigan's state canvassing board …
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MIGOP, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, Mediaite and Conservative News Today
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Black Detroit voters sue Trump campaign over effort to invalidate election results
Black Detroit voters sue Trump campaign over effort to invalidate election results
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Fox News, Slate, Mother Jones and The Root
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: Trump Returns to Golf Course as World Leaders Discuss Pandemic — President Trump briefly met with the Group of 20 on Saturday after facing two setbacks in his attempt to undo election results in Michigan and Georgia. The Trump administration has scheduled …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Using Last Days to Lock In Policies and Make Biden's Task More Difficult — At a wide range of departments and agencies, Mr. Trump's political appointees are going to extraordinary lengths to try to prevent Mr. Biden from rolling back the president's legacy.
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Mashable, Vanity Fair, Associated Press and The Guardian
Susan Edelman / New York Post:
Secret plans helped Brooklyn synagogue pull off massive, maskless wedding — A Hasidic synagogue in Brooklyn planned the wedding of a chief rabbi's grandson with such secrecy it was able to host thousands of maskless celebrants without the city catching on.
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Balloon Juice
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump privately plots his next act — including a potential 2024 run — President Trump would have the world falsely believe that he won the election and is preparing for a second term. — In private huddles and phone conversations, however, Trump has been discussing an entirely different next act: another presidential run in 2024.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Trump tries to drum out GOP election officials who won't play his games — President Donald Trump has driven senators into retirement and tweeted wayward Republicans into primary defeat during four years leading the GOP. Now, as a lame duck, he's launched a new campaign against GOP election officials who won't bend to his will.
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CNN, Twin Cities, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Hannah Bleau / Breitbart:
Watch: Hundreds of Activists Gather for ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally in Georgia
Watch: Hundreds of Activists Gather for ‘Stop the Steal’ Rally in Georgia
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Pennsylvania Capital-Star and The Published Reporter
Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Georgia governor calls for audit after state certifies election results
Georgia governor calls for audit after state certifies election results
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USA Today, The Hill, Townhall, Fox News, Israpundit and The Western Journal
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker patience runs thin with Trump tactics — Republican lawmakers are running out of patience with President Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the election, which have failed to gain traction in court or the media. — Trump's legal team has yet to back up its claims …
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Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
Wisconsin officials: Trump observers obstructing recount — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Election officials in Wisconsin's largest county accused observers for President Donald Trump on Saturday of seeking to obstruct a recount of the presidential results, in some instances by objecting to every ballot tabulators pulled to count.
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, RedState, WisconsinWatch.org, Urban Milwaukee, Washington Examiner and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Culture wars fuel Trump's blue-collar Latino gains — Donald Trump lost the presidency, but showed Republicans a way to win the culture wars with working-class Hispanics. — Despite four years of being defined as a racist for his rhetoric and harsh immigration policies …
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
How Hispanic Voters Swung Miami Right
The Guardian:
Trump tells G20 leaders he wants to work with them ‘for a long time’ — US president delivers boasts and falsehoods while other members focus on dealing with the pandemic — Donald Trump has taken his campaign to deny the results of the US presidential election global …
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Slate, Mother Jones and Reason
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Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Certifies: Donald Trump Lost — A recount changed little, as the evidence of ballot fraud fails to appear. — By The Editorial Board — The recount in Georgia is finished, after workers examined five million ballots by hand, but President Trump still lags Joe Biden by 12,000 votes.
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The Western Journal, Law & Crime, HotAir, Raw Story, National Review, The Hill and The Daily Beast
Democracy Docket:
Pennsylvania VBM Certification Challenge — Several Republican candidates and voters filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania, the General Assembly, the governor, and Secretary of State. The lawsuit seeks to block the state from certifying the election results and asks the court to exclude mail …
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Law & Crime, The Week, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Stephanie Beasley / Politico:
Liz Cheney: Trump should respect ‘the sanctity of our electoral process’ — Liz Cheney on Saturday urged President Donald Trump to respect “the sanctity of our electoral process” if he cannot prove his voter fraud claims. — “America is governed by the rule of law,” the chair of the House Republican Conference said in a statement.
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Some Republicans Call for Trump to Back Up Claims of Fraud
Some Republicans Call for Trump to Back Up Claims of Fraud
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Washington Examiner, TheBlaze, ABC News, WTOP, Forbes and The Guardian
New York Times:
Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You? — There are now businesses that sell fake people. On the website Generated.Photos, you can buy a “unique, worry-free” fake person for $2.99, or 1,000 people for $1,000. If you just need a couple of fake people — for characters in a video game …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Trump Appointee Unconstitutionally Interfered With VOA, Judge Rules — Toggle more options — The chief executive over the Voice of America and its sister networks has acted unconstitutionally in investigating what he claimed was a deep-seated bias against President Trump by his own journalists, a federal judge has ruled.
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Christina Maxouris / CNN:
US coronavirus cases top 12 million. An expert says spread is now ‘faster’ and ‘broader’ than ever — (CNN)The number of US coronavirus cases surpassed 12 million Saturday — an increase of more than 1 million cases in less than a week. — At least 12,019,960 cases have been confirmed …
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NPR, BuzzFeed News, The Week, TheGrio, Mercury News and New York Times
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Stacey Abrams' group finances grassroots efforts to win Senate runoffs — The voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams is pumping $2.7 million to boost the work of a network of grassroots organizations ahead of the Jan. 5 runoffs - not to finance more TV ads but to strengthen their get-out-the-vote apparatus.
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Breitbart, Political Wire and The Hill
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Biden Considering Lisa Monaco, Sally Yates For Attorney General — President-elect has goal of having women at highest levels — Yates gained notoriety when she defied Trump and was fired — The Biden transition team is weighing attorney general contenders led by Lisa Monaco …
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. meets Trump, Giuliani vote-fraud claims with silent skepticism — The Justice Department has met President Trump's fantastical claims of widespread voter fraud with two weeks of skeptical silence, not taking any overt moves to investigate what Trump's lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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Election Law Blog and Raw Story