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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris deliver victory speeches after the race is called, two-time popular vote loser and soon-to-be one-term President Donald Trump refuses to concede, and Democrats debate how to govern and win in a divided Washington. Then Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown talks to Jon Lovett about the power of organizing and the Georgia Senate runoffs.

Show Notes

President-elect Joe Biden 

• NYT: Tension, Then Some Tears, as TV News Narrates a Moment for History
• WaPo: Biden’s victory seemed clear for more than a day. So why did the media hold off on calling it?
• FiveThirtyEight: Biden Won — Pretty Convincingly In The End
• NYT: Read Kamala Harris’s Vice President-Elect Acceptance Speech
• The Guardian: ‘I won’t be the last’: Kamala Harris, first woman elected US vice-president, accepts place in history
• NYT: Harris thanks the women who shaped her, and inspires more than a few herself.
• CNN: Kamala Harris, as first woman elected VP, says she ‘won’t be the last’
• NYT: Read Joe Biden’s President-Elect Acceptance Speech: Full Transcript
• WaPo: Joe Biden’s victory speech, annotated
• NYT: Five Takeaways From President-Elect Biden’s Victory Speech
• NYT: The hymn Biden quoted during his speech was a nod to his faith and his son Beau.
• CNN: President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech
• Vox: Joe Biden in victory speech: “Let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end”
• NPR: From Jubilation To Dismay, A Divided Nation Reacts To Biden’s Victory
• LA Times: Across the nation, jubilation, relief, defiance
• WaPo: Celebrations erupt across the country as Biden declared winner of presidency
• WTTW: Biden Win Sparks Smattering of Protests; Most Stay Peaceful
• WaPo: ‘Welcome back’: America’s allies celebrate Biden win, hope for a U.S. return to global cooperation
• WaPo: The world’s populists are losing their White House ally, but global Trumpism is far from over
• NYT: Biden Victory Brings Sighs of Relief Overseas
• NPR: World Leaders Congratulate Biden On Win, And Some Celebrate Trump’s Defeat
• NYT: Chinese State Media Reacts to Biden Victory With Cautious Optimism
• Politico: ‘Despite defeat, Trumpism lives on’: Europe’s papers on Joe Biden’s victory 
• CNBC: ‘Mission impossible’, ‘huge relief’ and a ‘bittersweet victory’: World media reacts to Biden win

The Biggest Loser 

• AP: Trump, who never admits defeat, mulls how to keep up fight
• NYT: Denial, and Resignation, From Trump and a Handful of Aides
• WSJ: Trump Says He Will Keep Fighting as Aides Doubt Path Forward
• Politico: Trump’s concession: Undermining Biden, attacking elections
• NYT: Denial, and Resignation, From Trump and a Handful of Aides
• WaPo: Trump’s bid to discredit election raises fear that he will undermine a smooth transfer of power
• Axios: Trump’s stalling legal strategy
• WaPo: Trump, a president obsessed with winning, spends the day refusing to admit his loss to Biden
• NYT: Where the Election Fight Is Playing Out in the Courts
• ABC News: Lawyers from both parties puzzled by Donald Trump’s election legal strategy
• New Yorker: Trump’s Legal Strategy for Challenging the Election Is One More Trumpist Fantasy
• Politico: Trump’s refusal to concede amps up pressure on GOP
• NYT: Top Republicans Are Silent on Biden Victory as Trump Refuses to Concede
• WaPo: The Daily 202: With GOP at crossroads, Trump team employs fear tactics in bid to keep Republican lawmakers in line
• CNN: Top Republicans defend Trump on baseless voter fraud claims as concerns grow in the ranks
• WaPo: GOP splits over Trump’s false election claims, unfounded fraud allegations
• NPR: The Next 2020 Election Fight? Convincing Trump’s Supporters That He Lost
• WaPo: As Biden wins presidency, Trump supporters insist election isn’t over as they protest his loss
• Politico: Trump-linked figures have boosted #StopTheSteal movement
• USA Today: Trump says the election is not over as ‘Stop the Steal’ and ‘voter fraud’ disinformation go viral on Facebook and Twitter
• NYT: The Disinformation Is Coming From Inside the White House
• Yahoo News: Donald Trump’s Adult Sons Spreading Election Disinformation To Discredit Vote
• Slate: Trump Team Holds News Conference Outside Drab Landscaping Firm, Next to Adult Book Store
• Daily Beast: The End of the Line for Trumpland Is a Poorly Rated Sex Shop in North Philly

What’s next

• NYT: Biden Could Roll Back Trump Agenda With Blitz of Executive Actions
• WaPo: Biden plans immediate flurry of executive orders to reverse Trump policies
• NYT: Treasury Secretary Warren? Progressives Line Up to Press Their Agenda on Biden
• Vox: Biden plans on swiftly rolling back Trump policies with a set of executive orders
• WSJ: Biden Charts Course for New Administration
• NYT: Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Major Policies?
• NYT: Why the Biden Economy Could Be the Same Long Slog as the Obama Economy
• The Atlantic: The Crisis of American Democracy Is Not Over
• The Atlantic:  Winning Was the Easy Part
• New Yorker: The Biden Era Begins
• Politico: How Life-Sized Joe Biden Could Be a Larger-Than-Life President
• Reuters:  Trump-to-Biden presidential transition could be rockier than most
• WaPo: Lame-duck Congress and lame-duck president face huge challenges in coming weeks
• Politico: Meet the contenders for Biden’s Cabinet
• Politico: Californians eye Biden jobs after years of Trump attacks
• CNN: Joe Biden won a race another Democrat may have lost
• NYT: How the Suburbs Moved Away From Trump
• WaPo: Democrats won the White House and lost a myth about turnout
• NYT: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Biden’s Win, House Losses, and What’s Next for the Left
• NYT: Conor Lamb, House Moderate, on Biden’s Win, ‘the Squad’ and the Future of the Democratic Party
• Slate:  AOC Slams Democratic Establishment, Says It Lacks “Core Competencies” to Win Elections
• The Atlantic:  The Most Important Divide in American Politics Isn’t Race
• Vox: Joe Biden has won. Here’s what comes next.
• Vox: We need to talk about the white people who voted for Donald Trump
• The Atlantic:  Joe Biden Won’t Fix America’s Relationships
• Politico: The Biden Agenda: Obstacles and Opportunities
• New Yorker:  The First Question for Democrats to Answer About the Election: What Happened?
• The Cut: It’s Time to Look Ahead Today is a victory, but the fight is far from over.
• NY Mag:  Police Reform Is Probably Dead Under Biden
• NY Mag:  Biden’s Lame Duck Presidency
• WaPo: What Andrew Yang misunderstands about working-class voters and the Democratic Party
• WaPo: What’s the mandate for the next president? It’s harder than it’s ever been to answer that.
• The Intercept:  BIDEN WINS, BUT NOW THE HARD PART BEGINS