Here is the story I broke tonight on @BBCNewsnight about how Dominic Cummings will leave Downing Street before Christmas https://t.co/L1EBnsHLuZ
— Nicholas Watt (@nicholaswatt) November 12, 2020
The Farage Effect: "They say Kent’s main roads and laybys are already littered with bottles of urine and bags of excrement and the problem could become much worse after 31 December." https://t.co/xDHsebijur
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) November 12, 2020
Dominic Cummings is at "the beginning of the end" of his time in Downing Street after he and a close ally lost a bitter power struggle within Number 10 https://t.co/TYVqkMqCT1
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 12, 2020
💥 Dominic Cummings OFF from No 10 by the end of the year 💥 https://t.co/gtXqLifKCn
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) November 12, 2020
"Boris Johnson’s decision to break the stranglehold of pro-Brexit campaigners on Downing Street is set to trigger a new year exodus of advisers – including his most senior aide Dominic Cummings – according to senior officials."https://t.co/VBkxBLR6Rh
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) November 12, 2020
Don't get too excited about the ructions in No 10. By the end of the year, when Cain (and possibly Cummings) will leave, their job will be done. Brexit transition will be over, probably without a deal. The UK will be committed to the deregulatory dystopia they've long sought.
— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) November 12, 2020
A tattered copy of the Bannon playbook, chaos and thousands dead is what he'll leave. https://t.co/4TL9XsWftb
— Christine Best (@tinajaneb33) November 13, 2020
Nailed it. I think there's a far grubbier story to tell here which should come out one day.
— stefanstern (@stefanstern) November 12, 2020
@CNN reports that the PM has mismanaged Covid, Brexit and the economy, and now his inner circle is falling out.
— Dr Joe Pajak CSci NHS FT Governor (@JoePajak) November 12, 2020
50,928 reasons [reported cumulative number of deaths] to question what’s going on, we’re in the middle of a pandemic for goodness sake. https://t.co/u529AoD8iu
Boris Johnson’s Brexit has a Joe Biden problem https://t.co/ZfeJI7RUHB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 12, 2020
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THE ALTERNATE REALITY THAT IS TRUMPWORLD
NEW: This week revealed a contradiction at the heart of Trump’s assault on the election system: He is leveraging the power of his office in a long-shot bid to stay in the job while ignoring many of the public duties that come with it. https://t.co/kNMDELUwxE
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 13, 2020
Important to note that the “Survival Scenarios” detailed in here, however improbable they may be, are coup scenarios that, if successful, would end American democracy. https://t.co/sFHxNRS4ks pic.twitter.com/ao5gR3nk5k
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 13, 2020
Good media analysis from @Sulliview https://t.co/JnjVUZ61Rk
— Victor Pickard (@VWPickard) November 13, 2020
Trump is raging at Fox News for not calling him the winner https://t.co/Z5NazzPiJj
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) November 12, 2020
The DOJ could very easily avoid statute of limitations problems if it chose to investigate the soon-to-be ex-president. https://t.co/L1IM0jUDMZ
— Slate (@Slate) November 12, 2020
Senate GOP calls grow to give Biden access to intelligence briefings https://t.co/3MsV2qgBoM pic.twitter.com/GHMA8gmSLM
— The Hill (@thehill) November 12, 2020
Shorter McCarthy: When people show you who they are, don't believe them. https://t.co/xyVm4YlRVa
— Don "Big Chooch" Moynihan (@donmoyn) November 12, 2020
America's only been a stable, real democracy since the 1960s, with the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts. The roots are shallow.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 11, 2020
The idea that its survival is assured, that the political forces that fought democracy for so long are gone, was fanciful.
NEW: Statement on election security from DHS:
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 12, 2020
“The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. … There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.” pic.twitter.com/aZ12bUaHKj
If you believe only your voters represent the "real America" then by definition you can only lose to illegitimate votes. Many Rs continue to secede from shared notions of democracy; as during impeachment, they disqualify any measure of Dem power as inherently illegitimate. https://t.co/WSPVCxKJ91
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 10, 2020
Reported Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations in the United States are reaching record rates. These charts show how serious the fall coronavirus surge is in the US. https://t.co/zJpveAwNoh
— CNN (@CNN) November 12, 2020
I was on #NPR @hereandnow show this morning.
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) November 12, 2020
Yeah, I said it: "The gates of Hades have opened" in the #COVID19 crisis in America.
And #Trump can do a lot more epidemic damage in two months.https://t.co/DLCmxkiiSx
There have been more Trump aides who’ve tested positive for coronavirus since the election than documented cases of voter fraud
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 12, 2020
NEW: The Trump campaign is downsizing and letting most of its staff go this weekend, with the exception of aides helping with election litigation efforts.
— Francesca Chambers (@fran_chambers) November 12, 2020
For many Sunday will be their last day. Some were told Nov 30. Others weren't given an end date. https://t.co/DSqHg3OKbn
Ted Olson, Who Argued Bush v. Gore, Says the 2020 Election 'Is Over' https://t.co/TsZASLH1fc from @jacq_thomsen
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) November 13, 2020
A Trump campaign attorney conceded in court in Arizona that he tried to enter hundreds of dodgy form-filed affidavits into evidence, even though their own investigation found that a subset of the sworn statements were filled with lies and "spam." https://t.co/swQ8R3HdKD
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 12, 2020
maybe this will help straighten things out… 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/Qvs2N5ifNn
— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) November 12, 2020
This thread…
For people asking why Dems are so gloomy, here's the baseline scenario for the next eight years of American government. It's a nightmare:
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) November 12, 2020
Obama: "It was as if my very presence in the White House had triggered a deep-seated panic, a sense that the natural order had been disrupted… exactly what Trump understood when he started peddling assertions that I had not been born in the US"https://t.co/OG9ZcBYXJ0
— Hardeep Matharu (@Hardeep_Matharu) November 12, 2020
More than anyone else, I wrote my book for young people—as an invitation to once again remake the world, and to bring about, through hard work, determination, and a big dose of imagination, an America that finally aligns with all that is best in us. https://t.co/1yZrYWuckX
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 12, 2020
The Overnight Note 