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Washington Post:
20 days of fantasy and failure: Inside Trump's quest to overturn the election — The facts were indisputable: President Trump had lost. — But Trump refused to see it that way. Sequestered in the White House and brooding out of public view after his election defeat …
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New York Daily News, Fox News, Raw Story, TheGrio, Salon, CANNONFIRE, Political Wire, WayneDupree.com, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money and HotAir
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Washington Post:
For Trump advocate Sidney Powell, a playbook steeped in conspiracy theories — She zipped through classes at the University of North Carolina, earning her diploma in less than two years. She added a law degree and in her early 20s became, she has often said, the youngest federal prosecutor in the country.
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Mock Paper Scissors
Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit against mail ballots with prejudice in another defeat for Trump — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismissed with prejudice a Republican lawsuit seeking to invalidate more than 2.5 million votes cast by mail in the general election …
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Politico, CBS News, Associated Press, ABC News, RedState, The Daily Caller, UPI, NBC10 Philadelphia, Mercury News and Raw Story
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Jeremy Roebuck / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court tosses GOP congressman's suit seeking to throw out all ballots cast by mail — The final remaining legal challenge to Pennsylvania's election results was tossed Saturday by the state's highest court, which balked at a request from one of President Donald Trump's top boosters …
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CNN, The Hill, USA Today, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What counts for Brad Raffensperger — Faith, family and the loss of a child prepared him for the Trump storm — President Donald Trump lashed out at Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thanksgiving night as “an enemy of the people,” furious that he had certified the 2020 election in Georgia for President-elect Joe Biden.
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Mediaite and The Intellectualist
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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Business Insider, Raw Story and PennLive
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, TheGrio and Talking Points Memo
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Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Donald Trump Sets Fox News Interview For Sunday As He Backtracks On White House Exit Comments
Donald Trump Sets Fox News Interview For Sunday As He Backtracks On White House Exit Comments
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CNBC, Daily Kos and Lucianne RSS Syndicate
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, TheGrio, Daily Kos and Common Dreams
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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Common Dreams
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David Sirota / The Daily Poster:
Potential Biden Officials' Firm Is Promising Big Profits Off Those Connections
Potential Biden Officials' Firm Is Promising Big Profits Off Those Connections
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TheGrio and Outside the Beltway
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell suspends in-person GOP lunches — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will temporarily suspend in-person lunches for the GOP caucus, amid a nationwide spike in coronavirus cases. — McConnell's decision comes as the Senate's seen a recent uptick in members contracting the disease.
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Trump supporter who gave $2.5m to fight election fraud wants money back — Businessman Fredric Eshelman sues pro-Trump ‘election ethics’ group citing ‘disappointing results’ of effort to expose cheating — A Donald Trump supporter who donated $2.5m to help expose and prosecute claims …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
As Georgia Republicans aim to unite, Trump's ‘rigged’ claims drive a wedge — At a gun range in north Georgia, Republicans roared in applause Saturday as once-bitter rivals Doug Collins and Kelly Loeffler shook hands and then embraced over shared determination to keep the U.S. Senate …
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Election Law Blog
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Julius Young / Fox News:
Eric Clapton slammed after past racially insensitive remarks surface amid release of anti-lockdown song — The new single will be released on December 4th — Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for November 27 — Eric Clapton is in hot water after it was announced on Friday …
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HotAir, RedState, Page Six, Washington Times and Breitbart
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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The Independent, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Business Insider, Townhall and New York Post
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
More than 150 arrested in London during anti-lockdown protest — More than 150 people were arrested on Saturday during an anti-lockdown protest in London, the Metropolitan Police announced. — The Met said that arrests were made for breaching coronavirus regulations, assaulting a police officer and possessing of drugs.
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UPI
Washington Post:
This state is shutting bars and gyms as the coronavirus surges — but not schools — Bars in Rhode Island must close for two weeks starting Monday. Gyms, casinos, movie theaters and bowling alleys will also go dark. — But not Scituate High School — or most other public schools in the state …
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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California Globe, Forbes, NPR, KTLA, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, HotAir, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Associated Press and CBS News
New York Times:
Top Contenders for Biden's Cabinet Draw Fire From All Sides — Lists of names of those the president-elect is said to be considering are flying across Washington, prompting lawmakers and interest groups to raise questions about some top contenders. — WASHINGTON — There are leading candidates and dark horses.
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Washington Examiner and Washington Post
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Associated Press:
Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights — As vice president in 2012, Joe Biden endeared himself to many LGBTQ Americans by endorsing same-sex marriage even before his boss, President Obama. — Now, as president-elect, Biden is making sweeping promises to LGBTQ activists …
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, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, UPI, WayneDupree.com, LifeNews.com, Israpundit and CBS Pittsburgh
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Republicans ready to become deficit hawks again under a President Biden — Republicans are preparing to reembrace their inner deficit hawks after greenlighting big spending bills under President Trump. — GOP senators say they expect to refocus on curbing the nation's debt …
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The American Spectator
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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Bloomberg, Washington Post, Vox, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Outside the Beltway, Reuters and Small Dead Animals
Marcus Gee / Globe and Mail:
Adamson BBQ's owner Adam Skelly has the right to protest - but not break - COVID-19 rules — Adam Skelly said he was acting in the name of liberty when he defied the rules and opened his Toronto barbecue joint this week. He claimed the government trampled on his rights when it imposed a 28 …