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Scoop: Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman says Trump lost — It's over. That's what Blackstone chairman, CEO and co-founder Steve Schwarzman — one of President Trump's most loyal allies — and other top Republicans are signaling to the defeated president, 16 days after Joe Biden clinched the win.
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Trump legal team shuns Sidney Powell as insiders and national security officials see no evidence supporting her voting machine claims — With Trump-allied insiders distancing themselves from massive and unproven election fraud allegations being made by Sidney Powell, the president's legal team announced …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: What next for Trump legal team? — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — WHAT NEXT FOR TRUMP LEGAL TEAM? The Trump campaign's top lawyers — Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump campaign cuts Sidney Powell from president's legal team
Trump campaign cuts Sidney Powell from president's legal team
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Election 2020's Endgame
Election 2020's Endgame
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New York Times:
Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State — The president-elect is also expected to name Jake Sullivan, another close aide of his, as national security adviser, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a 35-year Foreign Service veteran, as his ambassador to the U.N.
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Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.N. ambassador — Jake Sullivan, another top Biden adviser, is also expected to be named as national security adviser — President-elect Joe Biden is planning to announce that he has selected Antony Blinken …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Democrats expect Biden to name Linda Thomas-Greenfield UN ambassador — Democrats close to President-elect Biden expect him to name Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the United Nations, looking to a Black woman and respected diplomat to restore morale.
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Bloomberg:
Biden to Name Longtime Aide Blinken as Secretary of State — Jake Sullivan likely pick for national security adviser — President-elect begins building government before concession — President-elect Joe Biden intends to name his longtime adviser Antony Blinken as secretary of State …
NBC News:
With nearly all votes counted, the 2020 presidential election wasn't that close — WASHINGTON — What's gotten lost in all of the focus on President Trump's lawsuits, his baseless accusations of voter fraud and his administration's unwillingness so far to begin the transition is a simple fact.
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Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
Trump's Legal Farce Is Having Tragic Results — There is nothing funny about the Republican Party's multipronged attack on voting rights. — Mr. Hasen is the author of “Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust and the Threat to American Democracy.” — Even as the campaign lawsuits brought …
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James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Trump attorney Lin Wood tells Republican supporters NOT to back GOP candidates in the Georgia runoff election because they've ‘failed’ to help the President's fight to overturn the election — Trump Attorney Lin Wood has suggested voters should not back Republican candidates David Perdue (R-GA) and Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)
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NBC News:
Trump set on veto of defense bill over renaming bases honoring Confederates — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is threatening to veto legislation to fund the military as one of his final acts in office unless a widely supported, bipartisan provision to rename military bases honoring …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Why Won't Emily Murphy Just Do Her Job? — I don't know for certain that Emily Murphy gets up in the morning, looks in the mirror and says to herself, “You are a good person.” But I am willing to bet that she does. Most people in her position—most people who are undermining the rules of their group …
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Netanyahu Held Secret Meeting with Saudi Crown Prince, Israeli Media Reports — The reported visit on Sunday night would be the first known meeting between high-level Israeli and Saudi leaders. — BEIRUT, Lebanon — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel flew to Saudi Arabia …
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Israel's Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Hold First Known Meeting
Israel's Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Hold First Known Meeting
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia for meeting with Pompeo and crown prince
Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia for meeting with Pompeo and crown prince
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Politico:
Republicans dash to defend perilous 2022 Senate map — Sen. Chuck Grassley will be 89 when the 2022 midterm campaign rolls around. Republicans are counting on him to run for an eighth term. — “I hope Chuck Grassley comes back. He's very healthy and I hope he comes back really strong.
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Associated Press:
3rd major COVID-19 vaccine shown to be effective and cheaper — LONDON (AP) — Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Get Me Meacham! Biden Brings Back the Media's Good Old Days — The next president promises to do for old-line newspaper columnists what Donald Trump did for cable. What a time to be George Will! — One afternoon in the spring of 2009, Jon Meacham sat in front of the freighted wooden bookshelf …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Republican Party has split in two. Let's keep it that way. — The Republican Party has split in two. The dividing line is not ideological. To the contrary, if anything, the collapse of a once great party during the Trump era demonstrates that ideology is secondary in politics; values, norms and character are primary.
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Ryan Streeter / The Dispatch:
Trumpism Is More About Culture Than Economics — And it's not a reason for the GOP to embrace protectionism and populism. — 2 hr ago — The question of whether Trumpism will survive a Trump presidency was answered affirmatively after the November 3 election by a number of commentators and politicians …
John Ellis / Medium:
Trump 2024. — Losing a presidential election is a crushing experience. In 2004, shortly before midnight on the day of the election, it became clear that President Bush would win Ohio and thus win re-election. The networks, out of an abundance of caution, didn't call it until later the next day.
Charles Fain Lehman / Washington Free Beacon:
Antiracism Icon Robin DiAngelo Paid More Than Black Woman for Same Job — The prominent diversity consultant Robin DiAngelo raked in $12,750 for a speaking gig last month at the University of Wisconsin—70 percent more than the other keynote speaker, black female author Austin Channing Brown.
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: In Federal Case in Pennsylvania, Trump Campaign Seeks Very Limited Emergency Remedy in Third Circuit, and Does Not Ask for a Delay in Certification — In a new filing in the Third Circuit (that should appear on the docket tomorrow), the Trump campaign did not ask for the appeals court …
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Republicans: Calculating, not Cowards — The sense that the GOP only puts up with Trump out of fear masks the much scarier reality of who they are and what they are capable of doing. — 1 hr ago — First, let's get a few things straight: — Joe Biden is going to be the next President.
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