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9:00 PM ET, November 29, 2020

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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Name Rouse, Tanden to Economic Team  —  WASHINGTON—President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate a diverse group of economic advisers to serve alongside Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen as he prepares to confront the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, people familiar with the decision said Sunday.
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Washington Post:
Biden hires all-female senior communications team, names Neera Tanden director of OMB  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — Jennifer Psaki, a veteran Democratic spokeswoman, will be Joe Biden's White House press secretary, one of seven women who will fill the upper ranks of his administration's communications staff.
Transition / President-Elect Joe Biden:
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris Announce Members of White House Senior Communications Staff  —  WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris today announced new members of the White House staff who will serve in senior communications roles.
Discussion: CNBC, Talking Points Memo, IJR and UPI
Errin Haines / The 19th:
Women lead communications teams for Biden and Harris  —  Kate Bedingfield, Jen Psaki, Karine Jean-Pierre and Symone Sanders will be among those overseeing communications for the incoming administration.  —  Editor-at-large  —  Several veteran Democratic, women political strategists …
Politico:
Biden unveils diverse economic team as challenges to economy grow
Discussion: Axios
Bloomberg:   Biden to Name Tanden as Budget Chief, Likely Riling GOP
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:   Biden Expected to Name Top Economic Officials This Week
Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
Political lying as tribal signaling  —  It's like getting a tattoo to prove you're in a gang  —  Why have so many Republicans and right-wing media figures embraced Donald Trump's obviously made-up claims of voter fraud?  Rationally, they must know that all of the allegations are lies.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
‘My mind will not change in six months’: In first post-election TV interview, Trump renews baseless claims of voter fraud  —  In his first television interview since the Nov. 3 election, President Trump suggested Sunday that he will never accept his loss to Democrat Joe Biden and continued …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN Panel Blasts Fox's Bartiromo Over ‘Delusional’ Trump Interview: ‘Not Much Daylight Between Maria and Alex Jones’
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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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 …
Hailey Fuchs / New York Times:
Presidential Transition Live Updates: Recounts in Wisconsin Reaffirm Biden's Victory  —  President Trump again made groundless claims about the election, this time disparaging the F.B.I. and the Justice Department.  See who's still in the running for Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s cabinet.
Joanna Weiss / Politico:
‘Time For My Flag to Go Up’: How Anti-Trumpers Are Reclaiming the American Flag
Discussion: Balloon Juice, RedState and Raw Story
CNN:
Biden's doctor says he has hairline fractures in his foot after slipping while playing with his dog  —  Washington, DC (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden has hairline fractures in his “mid-foot” and will “likely require a walking boot for several weeks,” his doctor said in a statement Sunday …
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Mark Scolforo / Associated Press:
Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Discussion: The Hill, Twitchy and Law & Crime
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Fired director of U.S. cyber agency Chris Krebs explains why President Trump's claims of election interference are false  —  Chris Krebs, a lifelong Republican, was put in charge of the agency handling election security by President Trump two years ago.  When Krebs said the election …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Faith takes the forefront as Georgia Senate runoffs heat up  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Bishop Reginald Jackson stepped to the microphone at a drive-in rally outside a church in southwest Atlanta as his voice carried over a loudspeaker and the radio to people gathered in, around and on top of cars that filled the parking lot.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:   Ossoff warns McConnell would cause paralysis in federal government if GOP holds Senate
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Nike and Coca-Cola Lobby Against Xinjiang Forced Labor Bill  —  Business groups and major companies like Apple have been pressing Congress to alter legislation cracking down on imports of goods made with forced labor from persecuted Muslim minorities in China.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion: HotAir, Spectator USA and The Guardian
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?’
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Rahm Emanuel floated for Transportation secretary  —  President-elect Biden is strongly considering Rahm Emanuel to run the Department of Transportation, weighing the former Chicago mayor's experience on infrastructure spending against concerns from progressives over his policing record.
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
New York City Will Reopen Elementary Schools and Reduce Hybrid Learning  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an abrupt shift in managing schools during the pandemic.  Officials had faced criticism that they prioritized activities like indoor dining over the well-being of children.
 
 
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Biden Could Score Another First at CIA
Reuters:
France must review COVID-19 crowd limits on church attendance
Discussion: The Hill
Kristin Tate / The Hill:
San Francisco wealth tax will fuel next blue exodus for rich earners
Wall Street Journal:
Restaurant Holdouts Defy Covid-19 Shutdown Orders
Fox News:
Bobby Jindal & Wes Anderson: Hispanic support for Republicans growing as Democrats move leftward
USA Today:
To this Supreme Court, religious freedom trumps public health — even amid COVID-19 plague
Discussion: CNN
Mairead McArdle / National Review:
Biden's Cabinet: What a Hillary Clinton Administration Would Have Looked Like
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Kushner to visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar seeking deal to end crisis
 Earlier Items: 
Steve Inskeep / New York Times:
Trump Looms Large Now, but Maybe Not Forever
Discussion: Raw Story
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Trump floats appointing a ‘special prosecutor’ in addition to Durham to investigate Trump-Russia investigators
Discussion: Raw Story
Max Stier / USA Today:
Make America incompetent again? Trump wants to ruin our merit-based federal jobs system.
Discussion: CNN
Dante Chinni / NBC News:
Trump underperformed in most counties with large rallies
Discussion: Raw Story
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio is already suiting up for the politics of destruction
ABC News:
Americans need to understand importance of not furthering spread of COVID-19: Fauci
 

 
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