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ABC News reports: Donald Trump is claiming credit for how secure the election was, while simultaneously pushing baseless claims of massive fraud in the race. A group of federal, state and local election officials said in a statement released yesterday that last week’s election was “the most secure in American history.” So Trump is simultaneously requesting praise for the integrity …

The New York Times reports: Dominion Voting Systems, which makes software that local governments around the nation use to help run their elections, is now at the center of baseless claims that “software glitches” led to mistakes in vote tallies in Michigan and Georgia last week. The Dominion software was used in only two of the five counties that had …

Reuters reports: Videos showing workers picking up mail-in ballots from ballot drop boxes in Los Angeles “after Election Day” have been shared thousands of times on social media. Some users referring to the videos allege the scene is proof of “election fraud”. This is false. L.A. County officials told Reuters that these ballots were collected on Nov. 4 but were …

The Washington Post reports: As president, Donald Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and to impress or intimidate foreign governments, in some cases jeopardizing U.S. intelligence capabilities. As an ex-president, there’s every reason to worry he will do the same, thus posing a unique national security dilemma for the Biden administration, current and …

Axios reports: President Trump has already told advisers he’s thinking about running for president again in 2024, two sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios. Why it matters: This is the clearest indication yet that Trump understands he has lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden — even as the president continues to falsely insist that he is the true …

Axios reports: President Trump plans to brandish obituaries of people who supposedly voted but are dead — plus hold campaign-style rallies — in an effort to prolong his fight against apparent insurmountable election results, four Trump advisers told me during a conference call this afternoon. Obits for those who cast ballots are part of the “specific pieces of evidence” aimed …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Friday warned Democratic nominee Joe Biden against “wrongfully” claiming to be president elect, as the former vice president appeared on the cusp of winning the race for the White House. “Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the President. I could make that claim also. Legal proceedings are just now beginning!” Trump …

The Associated Press reports: President Trump has taken to Twitter again Thursday morning, commenting on the recent states Joe Biden has won. Elections are run by individual state, county and local governments. Trump’s public comments have no impact on the tallying of votes across the country. So far, the vote count across the country has been conducted efficiently and without …

The Washington Post reports: As officials in key battleground states continued to tally legally cast ballots, Trump on Thursday tweeted “STOP THE COUNT!” Several states also showed movement in vote totals in Biden’s direction during tabulation of more mail-in ballots. Trump’s message seemed to be at odds with that of his senior campaign officials, who told reporters in a phone …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump claimed Wednesday that “surprise ballot dumps” were killing his chances of winning reelection as Joe Biden edged ahead in key states. After prematurely claiming victory after midnight, Trump angrily accused Democrats of engineering a massive turnaround while he slept. Biden took the lead early Wednesday in states that would give him 270 …

CBS News reports: In a press conference early Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump falsely declared victory in several battleground states and called on the Supreme Court to stop legal mail-in ballots from being counted. The Associated Press has not declared a winner in Pennsylvania and other battleground states, which will continue counting ballots over the next several days. Trump appeared …

The Independent reports: Moments after showing the crowd a compilation of Joe Biden’s gaffes at his Michigan rally, Donald Trump called the rapper Lil Pump “Little Pimp” as he invited him on to the stage. In his last rally for the 2020 elections at Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Monday night Mr Trump called the rapper on stage in front of …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump’s closing argument in his bid for presidential reelection appears to be a two-plus minute montage of dancing to The Village People’s YMCA. That’s it. That’s the tweet. Trump added his own message of “VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!” to a video credited to the self-described “Digital Graffiti” artist and Twitter user Som3thingwicked. Future historians will almost certainly …

Reuters reports: Twitter and Facebook late on Monday both flagged posts by President Donald Trump that claimed a U.S. Supreme Court decision on mail-in voting in Pennsylvania would lead to “rampant” fraud and was “very dangerous.” Twitter hid the president’s tweet, sent the day before the U.S. presidential election, behind a label which said the content was “disputed” and “might …

The Daily Beast reports: As this dreadful election cycle hurtles toward its sorry climax, we have reached a point that was perhaps always inevitable—the incumbent president threatening to kick his Democratic rival’s ass. At a Sunday night rally in Florida, the recently hospitalized president, who famously believes that doing exercise makes people die young because humans have a finite amount …

Axios reports: President Trump has told confidants he’ll declare victory on Tuesday night if it looks like he’s “ahead,” according to three sources familiar with his private comments. That’s even if the Electoral College outcome still hinges on large numbers of uncounted votes in key states like Pennsylvania. Behind the scenes: Trump has privately talked through this scenario in some …

“There will be no heating in the winter, no air conditioning in the summer, and no electricity. Whatever the hell you wanted. Right now you have it made. You are so lucky. You are so lucky that I’m your president. And your team is doing a good job, right? They’re doing a good job. Right? They’re doing a good job.” …

The Guardian reports: Fox News carried Barack Obama’s speech in Orlando live, and one of its viewers, the president, is not happy about it. Repeating an odd claim he made during the final presidential debate, Trump claim, “Also, I PREPAID many Millions of Dollars in Taxes.” The New York Times found that Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes …

The Washington Post reports: Trump on Tuesday urged those who have already cast ballots for Biden to change their votes, something not allowed in most states. His exhortation came in a tweet shortly after a Fox News segment aired about searches for “Can I change my vote” trending on Google. While a handful of states allow voters to make such …

Talking Points Memo reports: President Donald Trump argued on Monday morning that it ought to be against the law for the news media to cover the pandemic ahead of the elections as the COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. surpasses 225,000. Amid his failure to address the pandemic, Trump has publicly griped several times about the media reporting on COVID-19, …