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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Already Gaming Out a 2024 Run—Including an Event During Biden's Inauguration — He's not yet conceded 2020 but is already looking at keeping Republicans in line and making Biden's life miserable. — In the twilight of his presidency, Donald Trump is discussing different ways …
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Andrew Blake / Washington Times:
Michael Flynn: Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in a ‘massive landslide’ — Michael T. Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, denied the outcome of the recent White House race in a rare interview released Saturday billed as his first since being pardoned.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Aides' Ties to Firms Present Biden With Early Ethics Test — Some of the president-elect's choices for top posts have done work for undisclosed corporate clients and aided a fund that invests in government contractors. — WASHINGTON — One firm helps companies navigate global risks …
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David Sirota / The Daily Poster:
Potential Biden Officials' Firm Is Promising Big Profits Off Those Connections — Former government officials Tony Blinken, Michele Flournoy & Lloyd Austin may run Biden's national security agencies — their firm is telling investors it expects to profit off ties to those officials.
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TheGrio, Outside the Beltway and Axios
New York Times:
In Key States, Republicans Were Critical in Resisting Trump's Election Narrative — They refuted conspiracy theories, certified results, dismissed lawsuits and repudiated a president of their own party. — The telephone call would have been laugh-out-loud ridiculous if it had not been so serious.
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Arizona Republic, Common Dreams and Daily Kos
CNN:
Supreme Court's scientifically illiterate decision will cost lives — Jeffrey D. Sachs is a professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author; view more opinion on CNN.
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RedState, Infidel753 and The Signorile Report
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump loses again — DRIVING THE DAY — HAPPY SATURDAY MORNING. ICYMI ... THE HOUSE overhauled its schedule for the month of December. It will come into session Wednesday evening, and the last votes of the week will come Friday. Lawmakers are being asked to stay …
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Conservative News Today, Common Dreams and Washington Examiner
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Andrew Solender / Forbes:
'I'm Sick Of It': GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman Unloads On Republican Colleagues, Trump — Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) pulled no punches against President Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress in an interview with Forbes, accusing them of a “massive grift” in refusing to acknowledge …
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Associated Press, Raw Story and PennLive
Patrick Basham / Spectator USA:
Reasons why the 2020 presidential election is deeply puzzling — To say out-loud that you find the results of the 2020 presidential election odd is to invite derision. You must be a crank or a conspiracy theorist. Mark me down as a crank, then. I am a pollster and I find this election to be deeply puzzling.
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Jan Murphy / PennLive:
26 Pa. House Republicans call for withdrawing certification of presidential electors — Declaring the results of statewide electoral contests in the 2020 general election to be in dispute, a group of House Republican lawmakers have announced their intention to introduce a resolution calling …
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Washington Examiner, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Israpundit, WayneDupree.com, LifeNews.com and CBS Pittsburgh
Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Donald Trump Sets Fox News Interview For Sunday As He Backtracks On White House Exit Comments — A day after President Donald Trump said he would “certainly” leave the White House if the Electoral College casts its votes for President-elect Joe Biden, he offered a caveat on Twitter on Friday amid …
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Daily Kos and Lucianne RSS Syndicate
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden, Iran and the Bomb — Will he throw away Trump's Mideast gains to return to a bad nuclear deal? — By The Editorial Board — The Democratic establishment will soon be back in charge of U.S. foreign policy, and the question is how much they've learned in exile.
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Iran, The New Neo and Reuters
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publichealth.lacounty.gov:
Public Health to Add Additional Safety Modifications to Health Officer Order - Targeted Safer at Home Order Comes After 5-Day Average of New Cases is 4,751 — As new COVID-19 cases remain at alarming levels and the number of people hospitalized continue to increase, a temporary Los Angeles …
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Trump wants to throw out ballots from 238,000 Wisconsin voters — Molly Beck Bill Glauber Andrew Mollica Patrick MarleyMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — In an election decided in Wisconsin by about 20,000 votes, President Donald Trump wants to throw out more than 200,000 ballots.
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Mother Jones, NPR, Washington Examiner, The Western Journal and WCCO | CBS Minnesota
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Alison Dirr / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Milwaukee County presidential recount wraps up with Biden adding to his margin over Trump
Milwaukee County presidential recount wraps up with Biden adding to his margin over Trump
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Catherine Philp / The Times:
Joe Biden expected to name Cindy McCain ambassador to UK — She is the widow with a sting in her tail. Her renunciation of Donald Trump was a factor in helping to deliver the presidency to his rival, Joe Biden. — Now Cindy McCain, wife to the late senator John McCain, the senator for Arizona …
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Breitbart, Townhall, Business Insider, The Independent and The Hill
CNN:
With all eyes on Georgia, RNC chair tries to convince Republicans to vote in runoff elections — Georgia is now the center of the political universe — (CNN)At a Saturday campaign stop in Marietta, Georgia, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel attempted to persuade Republicans …
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Mother Jones, Mock Paper Scissors, The Week, Fox News and Political Wire
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Pennsylvania State Judge Upholds Halt To Certification, Finds Likelihood Mail-In Balloting Procedures Violate PA Constitution — Upholds injunction issued earlier in the week, finds “Petitioners appear to have a viable claim that the mail-in ballot procedures set forth in Act 77 contravene Pa. Const.
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The Right Scoop, TheBlaze, New York Post, HotAir, Lucianne RSS Syndicate and Power Line
David Siders / Politico:
GOP finds silver lining in Trump's landslide California loss — LOS ANGELES — Joe Biden trampled Donald Trump by nearly 30 percentage points in California. But down-ticket in this heavily Democratic state, the Republican Party found new life. — Republicans are poised to win as many as four …
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New York Post and The Guardian
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
How Democrats Suffered Crushing Down-Ballot Losses Across America — In statehouse races, suburban voters' disgust with President Trump failed to translate into a rebuke of other Republicans, ensuring the party's grip on partisan mapmaking. — WEXFORD, Pa. — Just a few seats shy of a majority …
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Boston Herald, CNN and Washington Post
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Carter Page sues James Comey, Andrew McCabe, the FBI, and others for $75M
Carter Page sues James Comey, Andrew McCabe, the FBI, and others for $75M
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Fox News, Conservative News Today and RedState