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Reuters:
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official tells associates he expects to be fired: sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs has told associates he expects to be fired by the White House, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Senior U.S. cybersecurity official asked to resign amid Trump transition tumult  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. cybersecurity official is leaving government after being asked to resign, an official familiar with the matter said Thursday, part of a wider thinning of President Donald …
CNN:
Trump's eldest children split on his path forward  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has long sought advice from different perspectives throughout his career, but at a pivotal moment in defining his legacy as President, he is receiving conflicting advice from his closest and most trusted advisers …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump eyes digital media empire to take on Fox News  —  President Trump has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to clobber Fox News and undermine the conservative-friendly network, sources tell Axios.  —  The state of play: Some Trump advisers think Fox News …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Parts Ways With John Solomon, Architect of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracies
Wall Street Journal:
As Trump Focuses on 2024, Aides Mull Agenda for Final Days  —  The president's attention has been on his legal fight and a possible comeback bid, not a policy to-do list for the next two months  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump in recent days has expressed increasing interest in running for president again in 2024.
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Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Trump ready to plot way out of White House as he ponders defeat
Discussion: Associated Press
Danielle Allen / Washington Post:
Me, Tucker Carlson and the danger to democracy posed by false allegations
Discussion: CNN
Barack Obama / The Atlantic:
I'm Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America  —  The Atlantic is pleased to offer, below, an adapted and updated excerpt from former President Barack Obama's new memoir, A Promised Land, which will be published on Tuesday by Crown.  Yesterday, The Atlantic's editor in chief …
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie / New York Times:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama's ‘A Promised Land’
Discussion: Foreign Policy and Twitchy
CNN:
Obama memoir confronts role his presidency played in Republican obstructionism and Trump's rise
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Pennsylvania court: Secretary of state lacked authority to change deadline 2 days before Election Day  —  Judge ruled ballots that were previously set aside should not be counted  —  Pennsylvania Supreme Court change to state election law challenged  —  A Pennsylvania judge ruled in favor …
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Associated Press:
Trump, stewing over election loss, silent as virus surges  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has publicly disengaged from the battle against the coronavirus at a moment when the disease is tearing across the United States at an alarming pace.  —  Trump, fresh off his reelection loss …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Katie Paul / Reuters:
Zuckerberg says Bannon has not violated enough policies for suspension: recording  —  PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Facebook FB.O Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the company's policies …
Discussion: Business Insider, Forbes and Raw Story
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BuzzFeed News:
As Election Misinformation Spreads On Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg Told Employees That Biden Won
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CNN:
As Trump wrestles with defeat, pardons loom for allies — and himself
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:   Transition marks precarious period for Russia and Hunter Biden probes
Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Public Media:
Alaska Rep. Don Young, 87, says he's been diagnosed with COVID-19  —  U.S. Rep. Don Young, 87, has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced in a tweet Thursday. … In the tweet, Young said he is “feeling strong,” working from home and “following proper protocols.”
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Alaska GOP Rep. Don Young, dean of the House, tests positive for coronavirus
CBS News:
Obama says Trump's baseless election fraud claims put democracy on a “dangerous path”  —  The former president says he's troubled by Republicans going along with President Trump's claims.  See the interview, Sunday on 60 Minutes.  —  In a new interview with 60 Minutes …
Discussion: Washington Times and Deadline
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The crisis isn't too much polarization.  It's too little democracy.  —  Thousands gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House to celebrate Joe Biden's projected win in the presidential election on November 7.  Samuel Corum/Getty Images  —  If Republicans couldn't win …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Republicans raise Warnock's 2002 arrest as Senate runoffs heat up  —  Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock's arrest 18 years ago on charges of obstructing a police investigation have become a focus of Republican attacks in the pivotal Jan. 5 runoffs that could decide control of the U.S. Senate.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Notes on the State of the 2020 Election  —  Dear Readers: Check out our YouTube channel, UVACFP, later today for our latest Crystal Ball webinar.  It will feature the 22nd annual American Democracy Conference: We'll be hearing from New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie; CNN commentator Tara Setmayer …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Trump Campaign Lawyer Admits to Judge: Our Search for Evidence of Fraud Produced Obvious Lies and ‘Spam’  —  A Trump campaign attorney conceded in court on Thursday morning that he tried to enter hundreds of dodgy form-filed affidavits into evidence, even though their own investigation found …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Georgia set to start historic hand recount and audit in presidential race  —  Georgia counties on Friday will start a rare hand count of the state's roughly 5 million presidential votes in part of a labor-intensive process that represents uncharted territory in the Peach State.
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Trey Grayson / New York Times:
Republicans Should Be Defending Georgia's Election Process
Katie Bo Williams / Defense One:
Outgoing Syria Envoy Admits Hiding US Troop Numbers; Praises Trump's Mideast Record  —  ‘We were always playing shell games,’ says Amb. Jim Jeffrey, who also gives advice to President-elect Biden.  —  Four years after signing the now-infamous “Never Trump” letter condemning …
Religion News Service:
Biden pledges to raise refugee ceiling to 125,000 in address to Jesuit group  —  President-elect Joe Biden addresses a virtual event celebrating the 40th anniversary of Jesuit Refugee Service on Nov. 12, 2020.  Screen grab via Jesuit Refugee Service  —  Flip
John Sundholm / Comic Sands:
Resurfaced Letter Joe Biden Sent To His Staff As Vice President Has Twitter Feeling All The Emotions  —  There's been no shortage of outpourings of love for President-Elect Joe Biden over the past week, as many in the country adjust to the prospect of a change in leadership for the country.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
How to cover a coup — or whatever it is Trump is attempting  —  President Trump lost.  The nation knows it.  The world knows it.  And, although he won't admit it, he certainly knows it, too.  —  But because he is claiming otherwise — with his Republican enablers joining the chorus …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Pompeo to make unprecedented visit to West Bank settlement  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to visit the Golan Heights and an Israeli settlement in the West Bank next week, both firsts for a U.S. secretary of state.  —  Why it matters: Since 1967, all previous U.S. administrations …
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Stacey Abrams Will Run for Governor Again, Allies Say  —  Stacey Abrams is credited with making President-elect Joe Biden's mission of flipping Georgia blue possible. … Stacey Abrams' political future is the subject of intense speculation after she helped turn Georgia blue for President-elect Joe Biden.
CNN:
Senior Republican senators say Biden should have access to classified briefings  —  GOP senator says he will ‘step in’ if Biden doesn't get intelligence briefing  —  (CNN)Two top GOP senators told CNN on Thursday that Joe Biden should have access to classified briefings …
Timothy Johnson / Media Matters for America:
Militia leader Stewart Rhodes says he has men stationed outside of D.C. ready to engage in violence on Trump's order  —  Rhodes: “We'll also be on the outside of D.C., armed, prepared to go in, if the president calls us up” … Oath Keepers militia leader Stewart Rhodes said that he has armed men …
Discussion: The Hill, DCist, WTOP and Politico
Stuti Mishra / The Independent:
Biden win in Arizona ‘confirmed’ as analyst says there is now no way back for Trump  —  Joe Biden has managed to turn Arizona blue after 24 years  —  President-elect Joe Biden has finally been announced as the winner in Arizona by one of the last remaining analysts to call the state …
 
 
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Politico:
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New York Times:
Progressives Press Biden to Limit Corporate Influence in Administration
Kori Schake / The Atlantic:
Trump's Pettiness Is the Simplest Explanation
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Why Polling on The 2020 Presidential Election Missed the Mark
Discussion: WHYY
Will Carless / USA Today:
Police response to Washington, D.C., stabbing another sign law enforcement favors Proud Boys
 Earlier Items: 
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Can Trump still win? No. He's already lost.
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County GOP chair resigns after skipping election equipment verification test
Discussion: KNXV and Washington Examiner
CNN:
Top US general stands firm amid Pentagon turmoil
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Democrats' 2024 Problem Is Already Clear
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and Breitbart
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Buffalo News and Slate
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Appeals court rules in favor of Harvard in affirmative action case, paving way for Supreme Court challenge