The Morning Dispatch: Checking in on the Trump Campaign Lawsuits

The Dispatch looks at 18 cases across six states.

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Happy Thursday! (Or so we’ve been told.)

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

  • West Virginia on Wednesday became the last of the 50 states (plus D.C.) to certify its presidential election results. Joe Biden is expected to win 306 electoral votes when the Electoral College meets on Monday, and Donald Trump is expected to win 232. Biden won 51.3 percent of the popular vote to Trump’s 46.8 percent—a margin of more than 7 million votes.

  • The House approved a stopgap spending bill on Wednesday in a 343-67 vote intended to avert government shutdown. If passed by the Senate, the continuing resolution extends the government shutdown deadline from this Friday to December 18, giving Congress more time to approve a spending bill and possibly negotiate a coronavirus relief package.

  • Hunter Biden announced yesterday he learned this week that the U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware is investigating his taxes. According to CNN, the investigation into Joe Biden’s son began in 2018 and examines whether he violated tax and money laundering laws amid foreign business dealings in China and elsewhere. 

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  1. Mary Schubert

    As far as person of the year,I would suggest Mitch Daniels. He hasn't made the biggest contribution but he has made significant contributions with his leadership at Purdue. He is brave, Independent and honorable.

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    Angie

    Well, it is ; Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
    Actually didn't see that one coming

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  3. Mary Stine

    Person of the year? I nominate Steve Karnacki, a charming statistician who manages to make any data fun and exciting while still just bringing us the facts, ma'am. Steve reports the facts in a nonpartisan but enthusiastic way, whether it be a political race or a sports event.

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  4. Gene

    Re T"he pandemic is raging out of control in pretty much every state”

    But as reported in each Dispatch the CFR is falling daily:
    196,196, 195,193,191,190,189,188.

    Some good news:
    “This 40,000-person study found that children under 15 were about half as likely as adults to be infected, and only half as likely as adults to transmit the virus to others. Almost all the coronavirus transmissions to children came from adults.”
    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/we-now-know-how-much-children-spread-coronavirus/

    Interesting:
    "Post-Thanksgiving mask charts: Still no evidence that masks work”
    https://rationalground.com/post-thanksgiving-mask-charts-still-no-evidence-that-masks-work/

    Also interesting:
    "COVID In Colorado: December Hospitalizations Continue To Decline”
    Dec 10, 2020
    https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/12/10/covid-colorado-december-hospitalizations-decline/






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  5. Gene

    Re A Dispatch Analysis of Trump and Friends’ Election Lawsuits

    Time to move on from (deserved) flagellation of Trump?

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    Jen

    106 House Republicans signed on to an amicus brief in support of the Texas suit. They want the Supreme Court to overturn the election in 4 states. And people like Commentary’s Noah Rothman are still claiming this is all just Twitter panic. Thankfully Ben Sasse still has his wits about him and called this for what it is - a PR stunt by someone hoping for a pardon. But honestly with actions like this it’s getting harder not to support blowing up the GOP and starting over.

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      Jen

      Btw, about a dozen GOP house members who signed on to this brief were elected in states they’re complaining about. Amazing how there was all this fraud but it only impacted Trump & Biden and not a single senator or congressman.

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      John D. Wright

      I love this post. You made my day. Tell your son he is a great guy. Respect!

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      Bada Bing

      Great. You do know that now, thanks to you, some folks will confuse the two?

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        Angie

        That would be amsuing

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    DougAz

    To: The Dispatch staff
    From: umm me
    Topic: what about running some polls? Does substack allow that?

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    david roberts

    I agree that shaming from high above does not work with certain groups. However, shaming from peers or from respected people in one's community or one's family can work.

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