Top of the Fold

• In latest batch, Trump gets share of votes he would need to reclaim Arizona. But next rounds of ballots present new challenges. (Arizona Republic)

Snippet: As Maricopa County released the results from 140,000 more ballots on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, President Donald Trump received almost the exact share he would need to charge back to win Arizona’s 11 electoral votes and potentially reelection. Trump won the batches of ballots from Maricopa County counted Wednesday and early Thursday by a roughly 57-40 margin over former Vice President Joe Biden. … But the problem for Trump is that he needs to replicate that performance across all of the remaining 470,000 votes left to count in the state. And he needs to do it across all Arizona’s 15 diverse counties, which include areas that are very blue: Pima, Coconino and Santa Cruz counties.

• Trump sues in three states, laying ground for contesting outcome (Washington Examiner)

For the Record

• Sleepy Joe dubiously surpasses 70 million votes, breaking Obama’s record (Politico)

• GOP women dominate on Election Day (Townhall) | Number of pro-life women in the House doubles in blow to Nancy Pelosi (PJ Media)

• Trump won highest share of non-white vote of any Republican since 1960 (National Review) | Trump performed historically well with Jewish voters (Free Beacon)

• GOP holds the line in state legislatures, shocking Democrats (The Hill)

• Frank Luntz: Election results are “devastating” for polling industry (Disrn)

Elsewhere in Politics

• Pelosi silent on House losses in Biden victory memo to fellow Democrats (Washington Examiner)

• Mitch McConnell calls for coronavirus package before end of the year (Politico)

• Michael Bloomberg’s plan to help Biden win swing states was $100 million bust (NY Post)

Around the Nation

• Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro — who stated “Trump is going to lose” — directed voters who need assistance to the Democrat help line (Not the Bee)

• National Guard called into Portland amid widespread violence after election (NY Post)

• Portland votes to create community-run police oversight board (The Hill)

• Kim Foxx, Cook County’s crooked State’s Attorney, fends off Republican challenger (Chicago Tribune)

• Illinois voters reject governor’s push to hike taxes on rich (Fox Business)

Around the World

• ISIS says it executed Vienna rampage (Washington Times)

• French military kills 50 jihadist fighters, detains 4 in Mali strike (Disrn)

• Saudi Arabia to remove key restrictions on migrant laborers (AP)

• Why defending Taiwan is an American political consensus (AEI)

The Latest on COVID-19

• U.S. passes 100,000 single-day case count (USA Today)

• A new item on your medical bill: The “COVID” fee (NY Times)

Stranger Than Fiction

• Democrat revenge pornographer heads to Kansas State House (Free Beacon)

• Kentucky town elects French bulldog as mayor (Daily Mail)

Snippet: Wilbur Beast declared a landslide victory over other candidates, tallying 13,143 out of 22,985 total votes cast, making him the most popular dog in the history of the town of Rabbit Hash. Incumbent mayor, a rescued pit bull called Brynneth Pawltro — who held the position since 2017 — only received 292 votes.   

• Man in “BBQ, BEER, FREEDOM” shirt disrupts Nevada presser, rants about Biden family (NY Post)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Either Trump or Biden will win. But our deepest problems will remain. (AEI)

Snippet: We tend to look at forms of breakdown in our society in terms of what they produce: anger, cynicism, a rejection of tradition. But we would be wise to also consider what they implicitly demand and yearn for: responsibility, integrity and, above all, solidarity. Our national politics needs these, too. But they will come from below — from local and state government, where it’s harder to avoid dealing with concrete problems, and from civil society, where we encounter one another on a personal level. We cannot stand with our arms folded and hope we’ve finally elected the people who will deliver them. They must begin with us, where we are.

• Policy: In Defense of the Electoral College (City Journal)

• Humor: BREAKING: Wisconsin officials find 170,000 Biden ballots on Chinese shipping container (Genesius Times)

• Related humor: Pennsylvania election results delayed until 2022 due to use of Common Core math to tally votes (Genesius Times)

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