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Rosalind Helderman / Washington Post:
Wisconsin recount confirms Biden's win over Trump, cementing the president's failure to change the election results — The recount of presidential ballots in Wisconsin's two largest counties finished Sunday, reconfirming that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Trump in the key swing state by more than 20,000 votes.
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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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Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Dane County recount will show Biden won Wisconsin, but Trump is planning a lawsuit — MADISON - Dane County will wrap up its recount Sunday, affirming Democrat Joe Biden's victory in Wisconsin as President Donald Trump prepares a lawsuit. — The completion of Dane County's recount comes …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'm ashamed that I endorsed' Kemp in Georgia — President Trump on Sunday said he regretted endorsing Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R), taking a swipe at the top Republicans in the state ahead of two critical Senate runoff elections. — The president decried the use of Dominion Voting Systems machines …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Lieutenant governor: Trump campaign would get its ‘clock cleaned’ if it appeals Pennsylvania ruling to Supreme Court — Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor said late Saturday that he is hopeful President Trump's campaign appeals lawsuits thrown out by judges in the state to the U.S. Supreme Court …
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Trump slams judges' election decisions: ‘What kind of a court system is this?’
Trump slams judges' election decisions: ‘What kind of a court system is this?’
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Pa. Supreme Court Dismisses Request From Mike Kelly And Sean Parnell To Declare Mail-In Voting Unconstitutional In State, Deny Results From 2020 Election Mail-In Ballots
Pa. Supreme Court Dismisses Request From Mike Kelly And Sean Parnell To Declare Mail-In Voting Unconstitutional In State, Deny Results From 2020 Election Mail-In Ballots
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NPR and Media Matters for America
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
With the vote count now over, here's how Pennsylvania broke for Joe Biden — It's now official: President-elect Joe Biden won Pennsylvania by 80,555 votes, significantly larger than the 44,292-vote margin that helped carry President Donald Trump to the White House in 2016.
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American Greatness:
Reality and the Narrative — Despite the blandishments of the narrative, which seek to seduce you into acquiescence with rumors of inevitability, we really do not know how this story, which seems so familiar, will end. — Oscar Wilde was such a card. Sitting for his viva voce examination in Greek …
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Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
New York City Will Reopen Elementary Schools and Phase Out Hybrid Learning — Mayor Bill de Blasio had faced criticism that in responding to the pandemic, he was prioritizing activities like indoor dining over the well-being of the city's children. — Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Forbes and Mediaite
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Trump Casually Suggests FBI, DOJ Could Be Involved in Imaginary Plot to Steal Election — President Donald Trump gave a wild interview on Sunday where he complained that federal law enforcement isn't doing anything to validate his unsubstantiated 2020 election claims, in addition to suggesting …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN Panel Blasts Fox's Bartiromo Over ‘Delusional’ Trump Interview: ‘Not Much Daylight Between Maria and Alex Jones’
CNN Panel Blasts Fox's Bartiromo Over ‘Delusional’ Trump Interview: ‘Not Much Daylight Between Maria and Alex Jones’
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Political Wire
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Ex-Trump campaign aide sues over Russia probe surveillance
Ex-Trump campaign aide sues over Russia probe surveillance
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The Daily Caller, The Hill, USA Today, Fox News and Axios
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
From Terre Haute to Tehran to your grandma, Trumpism is revealed as a death cult in the end — For a man who too often talked and occasionally governed more like a mob boss than like the 45th president of a democratic republic, it's sadly fitting that the final days of Donald Trump's White House …
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Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:
Was scientist's killing the opening shot of a Trump-led war on Iran?
Was scientist's killing the opening shot of a Trump-led war on Iran?
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Assassination in Iran Threatens Fate of Nuclear Deal
Assassination in Iran Threatens Fate of Nuclear Deal
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Bryan Pietsch / New York Times:
Utah Monolith Mysteriously Disappears From Desert — The metal structure has been removed, Utah officials said on Saturday, adding that they had not taken it down. — As mysteriously as it arrived, a metal monolith that was discovered last week by Utah public safety workers is now gone, officials said on Saturday.
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ABC News:
Americans need to understand importance of not furthering spread of COVID-19: Fauci — Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on ABC's “This Week” Sunday. — Hospitals struggle with growing number of COVID-19 cases — The U.S. has surpassed 13 million confirmed coronavirus cases, adding more than a million cases in just six days.
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Fauci: There will ‘almost certainly’ be an uptick in COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving travel
Fauci: There will ‘almost certainly’ be an uptick in COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving travel
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Alternet.org and New York Post
Joanna Weiss / Politico:
‘Time For My Flag to Go Up’: How Anti-Trumpers Are Reclaiming the American Flag — About a month before the election, Curtis Woodall logged onto Amazon and ordered an American flag. The 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran and retired infantry soldier had taken his old flag down about a year into the Trump administration.
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Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Right-wing media feud erupts over Trump lawyer Sidney Powell's bonkers election conspiracy theories — When it turns out Alex Jones is the peacemaker here, you're in trouble. — Right-wing media now have to grapple with a strange new internal conflict: whether to endorse the set …
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
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Max Stier / USA Today:
Make America incompetent again? Trump wants to ruin our merit-based federal jobs system. — Trump wants to bring back a corrupt system of political patronage. Congress and Joe Biden must undo this attack on the capability of our government. — Federal agencies across the government …
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio is already suiting up for the politics of destruction — Let's say you're a Republican senator who claims to support democracy and U.S. leadership in the world. — Let's imagine, too, that you've spent four years excusing and supporting a president who fawned …
Dante Chinni / NBC News:
Trump underperformed in most counties with large rallies — WASHINGTON — As the 2020 campaign wound down, President Donald Trump criss-crossed the country, holding rallies to fire up his supporters and get them out to vote. Many saw the rallies as a sign of big enthusiasm for Trump …
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Raw Story
The Guardian:
A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story — Reports in state media signal an intensifying propaganda effort to place the birth of the virus in other countries — Nearly a year after doctors identified the first cases of a worrying new disease in the Chinese city of Wuhan …