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    Today was brutal.

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  2. Inbox: President-elect Joe Biden took part in separate congratulatory calls today with the leaders of the European Commission, European Council, Jordan, and NATO.

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  3. House Democrats rejected a proposal by the GSA to have its deputy administrator brief lawmakers next week on the transition delay. “We cannot wait yet another week to obtain basic information about your refusal to make the ascertainment determination."

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  4. A group of more than 100 leading GOP national security experts — including former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge — urged congressional Republicans to demand Trump concede the election and immediately begin the transition to the incoming Biden administration.

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  5. WSJ: Biden plans to nominate former Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen, an economist at the forefront of policy-making for three decades, to become the next Treasury secretary. If confirmed, Yellen would become the first woman to hold the job.

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  6. Politico Playbook: Biden does not want Democrats to pare back their demands in order to reach a Covid relief deal with Republicans in the lame duck. Andrew Bates sent this statement: "The President-elect fully supports the Speaker and Leader in their negotiations."

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  7. Biden pool report: "Asked if he expects Republicans to put up any road blocks to his nominations, he responded 'are you kidding me?' Asked why he went with national security first, he said 'because it's national security.'"

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  8. Detroit had more vote errors in 2016 when Trump won Michigan by a narrow margin. He didn’t object then.

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  9. The Georgia State Election Board passed two new rules ahead of the Senate runoff: The first extends the use of secure, monitored, drop boxes available 24/7. The second requires counties to begin processing absentee ballots 8 days before Election Day.

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  10. Sen. Gary Peters: "They're basically asking the members of the Board of Canvassers to break the law. So, that's where the Republican Party is right now, in an attempt to what I think is a very dangerous activity, one that undermines our core democracy."

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  11. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has waded into policy debates about social media, facial recognition and other hot-button tech issues, is angling for a spot on the tech- and telecom-focused House Energy and Commerce Committee.

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  12. Harris: "Biden and I know that the moment we walk into the WH, we will inherit a series of unprecedented challenges. These crisis-tested national security and foreign policy leaders have the knowledge and expertise to keep our country safe ... They represent the best of America."

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  13. Biden: "We have no time to lose when it comes to our national security and foreign policy. I need a team ready on Day One to help me reclaim America's seat at the head of the table, rally the world to meet the biggest challenges we face ... This is the crux of that team."

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  14. Breaking: Biden announces foreign policy & national security team: Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS Sec'y; Avril Haines, DNI;  Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.N. ambassador; Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor; and John Kerry, Special Envoy for Climate.

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  15. NYT: Joe Biden plans to name several top national security picks on Tuesday including the first Latino to lead the Department of Homeland Security, the first woman to head the intelligence community and John Kerry to be his climate czar.

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  16. Jon Ossoff on CNN. "I'm urging, urging not just for their own sake, for the sake of the public to slow the spread of this virus, Senators Perdue and Loeffler need to begin requiring masks at their events and complying with CDC guidelines, it's long past time they take this step."

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  17. Republican Sen. Rob Portman: No proof of mass fraud that would change election result.

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  18. "I'm a contact tracer in North Dakota. The virus is so rampant that we gave up."

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  19. Republican Sen. Pat Toomey on CNBC: "The idea that a sitting president would try to pressure, cajole, persuade state legislators to dismiss the will of their voters ... is completely inconsistent with any kind of truly democratic society."

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  20. Georgia elections official Gabriel Sterling on CNN: "We keep on going through these machinations and showing that there's nothing here." He confirms that the recount Trump just requested will be done at taxpayer expense.

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  21. Trump's team has failed to produce any meaningful legal wins, and, in fact, has been repeatedly rebuffed by federal judges who have excoriated the Trump lawyers for demanding draconian measures without presenting evidence to justify it.

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