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8:55 AM ET, November 12, 2020

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New York Times:
Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff  —  Mr. Klain, who first worked for President-elect Joe Biden in 1989, has been a sharp critic of President Trump's handling of the coronavirus.  —  Biden's Policy Agenda Rests Heavily on Senate Outcome  —  Which party controls the Senate …
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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 …
New York Times:
Trump Stacks the Pentagon and Intel Agencies With Loyalists.  To What End?  —  So far, there is no evidence the appointees harbor a secret agenda or arrived with an action plan.  But their sudden appearance amounts to a purge of the Pentagon's top civilian hierarchy without recent precedent.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Intercept
NBC News:
Biden picks longtime aide Ron Klain as chief of staff
Discussion: CBS News
Politico:   Ron Klain's possible resurrection
President-Elect Joe Biden:
President-elect Joe Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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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Jon Ward / Yahoo News:   Detroit lawyers say fraud allegations based on ‘extraordinary failure to understand how elections function’
Leon Wolf / TheBlaze:   The Trump campaign has released 234 pages of affidavits regarding alleged voting regularities in Michigan. Here's what they say.
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.
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Trump's Post-Election Tactics Put Him in Unsavory Company  —  Denying defeat, claiming fraud and using government machinery to reverse election results are the time-honored tools of dictators.  —  MOSCOW — When the strongman ruler of Belarus declared an implausible landslide victory …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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New York Times:
For Pence, the Future Is Tied to Trump as Much as the Present Is  —  If President Trump announces he will run again in 2024, his vice president's plans could be derailed.  —  WASHINGTON — For four years, Vice President Mike Pence has walked the Trump tight rope more successfully than anyone else …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Glenna Milberg / WPLG-TV:
Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money  —  MIAMI - Why would candidates for Florida Senate seats do no campaigning, no fundraising, have no issue platforms, nor make any effort to get votes?  —  Local 10 News has found evidence to suggest three …
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 …
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump endorses McDaniel to remain RNC chair, ponders 2024 run  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel to stay on in her position, in what one source said could be a prelude to Trump's announcing plans to run for president in 2024.
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 …
President-Elect Joe Biden:
Readout of the President-elect's Foreign Leader Calls  —  President-elect Joe Biden took part in separate congratulatory calls this evening with the leaders of Australia, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.  —  The President-elect spoke with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia.
Discussion: NPR
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New York Times:
Biden speaks with more world leaders and agrees to meet South Korea's president.
Discussion: The National Interest
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: ABC News, Fox News and NBC News
CNN:
Obama memoir confronts role his presidency played in Republican obstructionism and Trump's rise  —  Photos:  —  Barack Obama's presidency  —  U.S. President Barack Obama attends the Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague, Netherlands, in March 2014.  As Obama's second term nears its close …
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Barack Obama / The Atlantic:   I'm Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Politico:
Trump's new Pentagon sets up clash over Afghanistan pullout  —  President Donald Trump's decapitation strike on the Pentagon this week is raising fears that the U.S. will accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, putting newly installed leaders on a collision course with top generals …
Discussion: The Mahablog
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Completely Insane Electoral College Strategy  —  Why limit yourself to the far-fetched when the utterly fantastical is an option?  —  President Donald Trump is challenging the outcome of the Nov. 3 presidential election in several razor-thin battleground states, pushing for recounts …
People.com:
Passenger Aboard First Cruise Ship to Return to Sailing in Caribbean Tests Positive for COVID-19  —  Passengers and non-essential crew are now isolating in their cabins as the ship heads back toward its departure point in Barbados  —  The first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean since …
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.
Washington Post:
As coronavirus soars, hospitals hope to avoid an agonizing choice: Who gets care and who goes home  —  New cases and hospitalizations break records  —  The coronavirus pandemic is rolling across America like a great crimson wave.  —  In Illinois, the rate of new infections is so high …
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
Will we ever see a Freedom Caucus of the left?  —  LIGHT IT UP LIKE DYNAMITE — Tensions inside the Democratic party are boiling over and spilling out into public view.  The latest shots came from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y), who responded to a report from Heather and Sarah that fellow …
Robyn Dixon / Washington Post:
Azerbaijan's drones owned the battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh — and showed future of warfare  —  MOSCOW — The drone's-eye view over Nagorno-Karabakh defined much of the six-week war in the mountainous enclave within Azerbaijan: The video first showed soldiers below in trenches, then came blasts and smoke, then nothing.
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 …
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Trump among long-shots to replace Alex Trebek as ‘Jeopardy!’ host … Let's meet today's contestants ...  Bookmakers are offering bets on who will be Alex Trebek's replacement as the host of “Jeopardy!”  — including longshot candidates such as President Trump.
New York Times:
New York City Must Hit Pause on Indoor Dining  —  City and state officials, with an eye toward keeping schools open, should not wait to impose additional lifesaving restrictions.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
 
 
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Washington Post:
A fall coronavirus disaster is already here. We can't wait until Inauguration Day to act.
Politico:
'We're not going to stop': Lawmakers press ahead with Trump-era investigations
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
How One Firm Drove Influence Campaigns Nationwide for Big Oil
CNN:
Trump puts his bottom line before the country. And the GOP is helping him do it.
Jamie BallardData Journalist / YouGov:
Black Americans believe activism is uniting the country, but white Americans don't agree
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
No, Dominion voting machines did not cause widespread voting problems.
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Grants Waivers to Lobbyists to Serve On Transition
CNN:
To my family who chose Trump over me: Was it worth it?
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Amid White House COVID-19 outbreak, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner pulled their 3 kids from a DC Jewish school