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9:25 PM ET, November 11, 2020

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New York Times:
Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff  —  Mr. Klain, a lawyer and veteran Democratic operative who first worked for the president-elect in 1989 when he was a senator, has been a sharp critic of President Trump's handling of the coronavirus.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Biden's choice of Ron Klain to run White House signals rejection of Trump-era chaos  —  President-elect Joe Biden has chosen longtime Washington operative Ronald A. Klain as White House chief of staff, sending an early signal that he intends to rely heavily on experience …
President-Elect Joe Biden:
President-elect Joe Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff  —  WASHINGTON - Today, President-elect Joe Biden announced the appointment of Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President.  A longtime aide to the president-elect, Klain will oversee …
Politico:   Ron Klain's possible resurrection
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
This Election Result Won't Be Overturned  —  Recounts occasionally change margins in the hundreds, never in the tens of thousands.  —  It has been an eventful, unsettling year: A deadly virus struck without warning and claimed almost a quarter-million American lives; a lockdown demolished personal routines …
Axios:
The Electoral College play  —  As the weaknesses of President Trump's legal cases to overturn Joe Biden's win become clearer, Republicans are talking more about the Electoral College — hinting at an extreme last-chance way for Trump to cling to power.  —  What we're watching …
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
The endless election: Why both sides keep punching back
David Thomas / Reuters:
Snell & Wilmer withdraws from election lawsuit as Trump contests Arizona results  —  The largest law firm representing the Trump campaign or its allies in post-election litigation challenging votes in key states has withdrawn from an election lawsuit in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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Washington Post:
In poll watcher affidavits, Trump campaign offers no evidence of fraud in Detroit ballot-counting  —  Inside Detroit's absentee-ballot-counting center, one Republican poll watcher complained that workers were wearing Black Lives Matter gear.  She thought one of them — a “man of intimidating size” — had followed her too closely.
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Leon Wolf / TheBlaze:   The Trump campaign has released 234 pages of affidavits regarding alleged voting regularities in Michigan. Here's what they say.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
‘Karen Was Upset’: Trump Suit Cites Mostly Trivial Complaints By GOP Poll-Watchers
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Kylie Atwood / CNN:
State Department is preventing Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders  —  Washington (CNN)A stack of messages from foreign leaders to President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump administration is preventing him from accessing them …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Civil war brewing inside Proud Boys as top leader says he's done pretending he isn't a Nazi  —  The far-right Proud Boys gang has long denied that it is a white nationalist organization and has instead claimed that it only exists to defend “Western Civilization.”
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:   Proud Boys Infighting Sees Leading Member Form Breakaway Group to Fight ‘White Genocide’
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Covid-19 Live Updates: As U.S. Breaks Hospitalization Records, N.Y. and Other States Add Restrictions  —  Starting Friday, New York will limit private gatherings to 10 people and require bars and restaurants to close nightly at 10 p.m. School officials in Philadelphia, San Diego …
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Bloomberg:
Two White House Aides, Guest of Giuliani Test Positive for Virus
Discussion: CNBC and Talking Points Memo
Peter Alexander / NBC News:   Another Trump ally who attended Election Night party tests positive for Covid
NBC News:
Trump may accept results but never concede he lost, aides say  —  WASHINGTON — There is a growing expectation among President Donald Trump's advisers that he will never concede that he lost re-election, even after votes are certified in battleground states over the coming weeks …
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John R. Bolton / Washington Post:
Time is running out for Trump — and Republicans who coddle him  —  John R. Bolton served as national security adviser under President Trump and is the author of “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.”  —  As of this writing, the Republican Party has not suffered permanent damage …
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Of course Republicans are doing this. It's who they are.
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Lawyers Litigating for Trump Suddenly Remember Their Licenses Are on the Line If They Lie to a Judge  —  There's a big difference between a) waving around a stack of affidavits in a safe space and b) bringing your claims before a judge.  We saw that difference on Tuesday in the Trump campaign's case in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Intellectualist
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims
Discussion: HotAir
Bradley P. Moss / The Atlantic:
No Self-Respecting Lawyer Should Touch Trump's Election-Fraud Claims
Discussion: Associated Press and Salon
The Daily Beast:
The New Yorker to Jeffrey Toobin: Beat It!  —  The top writer had been suspended last month after exposing himself during a video call with colleagues.  —  The New Yorker has fired staff writer Jeffrey Toobin after a weeks-long investigation into an incident in which he exposed himself during a video call with colleagues last month.
Elizabeth Warren / Washington Post:
What a Biden-Harris administration should prioritize on its first day  —  Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.  —  As Democrats celebrate the election of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris, we need to have an important conversation …
Discussion: NBC News
Russell Mills / 102.3 KRMG:
Lankford guarantees “peaceful transition,” talks about COVID vaccine prospects  —  The Oklahoma Senator says Friday becomes the next important date, as the GSA can then start certifying the states' results  —  TULSA — Twin crises continue to create confusion for people across the country …
Wall Street Journal:
What Is Trump's Legal Strategy?  Try to Block Certification of Biden Victory in States.  —  Effort to get state Republicans to appoint pro-Trump Electoral College votes is a long shot, president's advisers and election-law experts say  —  President Trump's campaign is pursuing a patchwork …
Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
Detroit lawyers say fraud allegations based on ‘extraordinary failure to understand how elections function’  —  The city of Detroit has rejected claims of cheating brought by Trump supporters, stating in  —  a court filing that the allegations made by a handful of election observers …
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Will Feuer / CNBC:
Biden Covid advisor says U.S. lockdown of 4 to 6 weeks could control pandemic and revive economy  — Dr. Michael Osterholm, a coronavirus advisor to President-elect Joe Biden, said a nationwide lockdown would help bring the virus under control in the U.S.  — He said the government …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's National Security Adviser Tells Staff: Don't Even Mention Biden's Name  —  No one around Trump is willing to tell him he lost the election.  Into the “fucking clown show” stepped Robert O'Brien.  —  President Donald Trump continues to refuse to cede the election.
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New York Times:
Christopher Miller Named Acting Defense Secretary
Discussion: The Intercept
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas' Robert Jeffress, leading pro-Trump evangelical conservative: ‘Biden is president-elect’  —  Trump ally concedes that's a ‘bitter pill’ but says ‘Christians are not hypocrites’ and must accept Biden's victory  —  WASHINGTON — One of President Donald Trump's top evangelical Christian allies …
Reuters:
Donations under $8K to Trump ‘election defense’ instead go to president, RNC  —  (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump seeks to discredit last week's election with baseless claims of voter fraud, his team has bombarded his supporters with requests for money to help pay for legal challenges to the results …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Divisive Pentagon hire may rush troop withdrawals before Trump's exit  —  President Trump's newly installed acting Pentagon chief is bringing on a senior adviser in a sign the administration wants to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East before the end …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Grants Waivers to Lobbyists to Serve On Transition  —  At least 40 people serving on President-elect Joe Biden's transition team are or were once registered lobbyists, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal.  —  The Biden transition team has sought to limit the influence …
CNN:
To my family who chose Trump over me: Was it worth it?  —  Richard L. Eldredge is a contributing editor at Atlanta magazine and the founder and editor in chief of the digital arts magazine, Eldredge ATL.  The views expressed here are his own.  Read more opinion on CNN.  —  (CNN)"Was it worth it?"
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Rubio says the GOP needs to reset after 2020  —  After the 2020 election, Republicans need to rebrand their party as the champions of working-class voters and steer away from its traditional embrace of big business, Sen. Marco Rubio said in an interview with Axios.
 
 
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Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money
Washington Post:
Live updates: In one week new daily coronavirus cases in U.S. go from 104,000 to 145,000, latest all-time high
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
How N.Y.C.'s Conservative Bastion Became a Virus Hot Spot
Discussion: New York Post
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Fox's Contempt for Trump Supporters Exposed in Off-Air Video
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 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Top Republican says an investigation of Wisconsin's election is unlikely to take away Biden's win in the state
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
There Is No Return to Normalcy  —  In defeat, Donald Trump has perfected the grievance-fueled …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Why Trump Fears Leaving the White House
Discussion: Washington Post
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