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Election 2020

'Well That Was Weird as Sh*t': As More States Certify His Defeat, Trump Holds 60-Second Briefing to Brag About Stock Market

Donald 'I Concede NOTHING!' Trump Retweets Utterly Unhinged Randy Quaid

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Randy Quaid

In one tweet thanking the actor, the president says he's "working hard to clean up the stench of the 2020 Election Hoax!"

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'Closest Thing to a Concession' Trump Could Muster: GSA Approves Biden Transition After Weeks of Delay

Jake Johnson, staff writer

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy arrives to testify during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

"It should not have taken the ire of Congress and the American public to...

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'The People of Michigan Have Spoken': Trump Defeat More Official Than Ever After Board Certifies Election Results

Common Dreams staff

An activist holds a sign that says "Count Every Vote" outside of the Detroit Department of Elections Central Counting Board of Voting absentee ballot counting center at TCF Center on Wednesday, November 4, 2020.

A Democratic county clerk warned that a vote against certifying the results of...

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As Biden Taps Blinken as Secretary of State, Critics Denounce Support for Invasions of Iraq and Libya

Sidney Powell speaks during a press conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. on November 19, 2020.

'Elite Strike Force'? Trump Team Throws Right-Wing Attorney Sidney Powell Under the Bus as Coup Attempt Flails

U.S. President Donald Trump golfs at Trump National Golf Club on November 21, 2020 in Sterling, Virginia. The president declined to attend a meeting during the virtual G20 summit regarding the coronavirus pandemic, which is surging across the U.S., and went golfing instead. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump Skips G20 Pandemic Preparedness Meeting as Covid-19 Cases Surpass 12 Million in US

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) questions witnesses during a U.S. House Foreign Affairs' Committee's Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill May 16, 2019. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

'Looks Like the Crazy Lady Has Logged On': Rep. Ilhan Omar Welcomes QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene to Congress

Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives Lee Chatfield speaks during a campaign rally on November 2, 2020 in Traverse City, Michigan. Chatfield, along with Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, are meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday, November 20, 2020, in the midst of the GOP's efforts to undermine the results of the presidential election, which President-elect Joe Biden won decisively. (Photo: Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

'Certify the Results!': GOP Michigan Lawmakers Blasted for 'Legitimizing a Fascist Coup Attempt' by Meeting With Trump

President-elect Joe Biden listens to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris make a statement at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on November 16, 2020. (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

New 'No Corporate Cabinet' Campaign Pushes Biden to Pick People Who Will Advance Public Good

A Make America Great Again hat engulfed in flames burns on the ground after counter-protesters lit it on fire in front of a barricade at Copley Square in Boston on October 18, 2020. (Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

As Trump Pursues Strategy of Chaos and Confusion, Biden Urged to 'Go Big and Fast' to Fix 'Broken' Government

A view of the White House in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2020 after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Alarmed by 'Rapidly Worsening' Pandemic, Top Health Experts Urge GSA Administrator to Immediately Begin Presidential Transition

Climate justice protesters march in San Francisco on September 8, 2018 (Photo: Sunshine Velasco./Survival Media Agency)

Indigenous and Progressive Activists and Lawmakers Plan Rally at DNC to Push Biden in Greener Direction

Demanding 'Passionate Fighter for Human Rights,' Progressives Rally Around Ro Khanna for Harris' Senate Seat

Convention chair Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) delivers remarks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia. (Photo: Paul Morigi/WireImage)

We Want Fudge! Rejecting Corporate Stooge Heitkamp, Progressives Back Ohio Congresswoman for USDA Chief

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) presides over a hearing about the influence of social media companies on the 2020 election on November 17, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

'Lindsey Graham Must Resign': Outrage Grows Over GOP Senator's Alleged Assault on Election Integrity

Newswire

Oil Change U.S.

Opposition to Ernie Moniz and Fossil Fuel Appointments Intensifies

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Wayne County’s Board of Canvassers Deadlock on Certification of County Election Results

The Elders

The Elders Express Deep Concern at Failure to Respect US Democratic Transition of Power

Common Cause

Statement of Aunna Dennis, Executive Director of Common Cause Georgia

Amnesty International - USA

Violence and Incitement Trends Are Particularly Worrying Following the US Election

Public Citizen

It’s Time To Re-Enter Reality And Formally Begin Biden’s Transition Process

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Miles Mogulescu

Is Trump's No Concession Endgame a "Stab-in-the-Back" Gambit Which Helped Bring the Nazis to Power?

Chris Hedges

Here's the Truth: The Oligarchy Loves This Democratic Decay and Politics of Lies

Peter Bohmer

The 2020 Election and What We Should Do Now

Tracey L. Rogers

Black Voters Saved Our Democracy

Jeffrey C. Isaac

Smart Commentators Must Stop Minimizing Trump's Ongoing Threat To This Election

Ted Snider

When Coups Come Home

Riva Enteen

Don't [Mourn] Celebrate, Organize!

Ralph Nader

Trump's Massive, Lawless, and Immoral Legacy to Our Country Will Continue Unless...

Christopher Brauchli

Marjorie Cohn

On the Current Status of Trump's Coup Attempt—and Its Future