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US President Donald Trump arrives for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on November 11, 2020. The visit was Trump's first official post-election appearance Wednesday for what should be a moment of national unity to mark Veteran's Day, now marred by his refusal to acknowledge Joe Biden's win. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The fact that he is a major loser does not sit well with this egomaniacal president. But his feelings can't change the facts."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Historians and other experts on Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's attempts to remain in power despite his loss in the 2020 election is growing increasingly dangerous as Republican leaders back the president's refusal to accept the election results. 



Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) are urging President-elect Joe Biden to pick a Pentagon chief who doesn't have defense contractor connections. (Photo: The Laura Flanders Show/CC)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The American people deserve a defense secretary that puts the American people's safety above corporate profits."



Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about climate crisis and the wildfires on the West Coast at the Delaware Museum of Natural History on September 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The climate crisis is the biggest threat to financial stability, as well as the broader economy. Financial regulators who ignore it are simply failing at their missions."



Climate activists staged a protest outside the European Central Bank headquarters demanding that the ECB stop fueling the climate crisis by supporting fossil fuel companies on October 21, 2020 in Frankfurt, Germany.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"There is no excuse for the continued funding of billions of dollars in coal, gas, or oil projects," said one angered campaigner.



Fox News host Sean Hannity interviews President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Las Vegas on September 20, 2018. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"He plans to wreck Fox , no doubt about it," a source familiar with the president's plans told Axios .



Dr. Michael Osterholm (L), director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and a member of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisory board, has advocated for implementing a four to six week national lockdown and paying people for lost wages, a pandemic containment strategy that he says will limit the spread of Covid-19 while minimizing economic hardship. (Photo: Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The government "could pay for a package right now" to cover economic losses—making it possible to curb Covid-19 transmission without increasing the financial suffering associated with shutting down commerce, said epidemiologist Michael Osterholm.



Former Irish President Mary Robinson (L) with former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirfleaf—both members of The Elders—at U.N. Headquarters in New York on June 19, 2019. (Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Calling on American president to "accept the verdict" of voters, group warns of "far-reaching consequences" beyond U.S. borders.




by Julia Conley, staff writer
"A generous way of stating it is that a lot of these Republican challengers seemed pretty uncomfortable around Black people."



Medical staff members treat a patient suffering from Covid-19 in the intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on October 31, 2020 in Houston. (Photo: Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We're in an unbelievably dangerous moment with coronavirus where the full weight of government at all levels needs to be focused on saving lives, and instead Donald Trump is trying a ham-fisted theft of the election."


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A Biden-Harris administration can begin to rebuild trust in government by issuing the strongest ethics and anti-corruption standards for executive branch personnel ever.

by Elizabeth Warren
What a Biden-Harris administration should prioritize on its first day.



A supporter of President Trump unfurled an American flag while demonstrating Tuesday outside of a building where votes were being counted in Philadelphia (Photo: MARK MAKELA/GETTY)

by Timothy Snyder
Clinging to power by claiming you are the victim of internal enemies is a very dangerous tactic.



Former Vice President and presidential nominee Joe Biden addresses reporters on November 5, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Robert C. Koehler
Biden and the Democrats should put principles first and rally the nation around a serious vision: an agenda not simply to "restore the soul of America" but to expand that soul, make this country a true global leader as Planet Earth faces its treacherous future.



The Trump loss, specifically his phony claim that he was robbed, will infuriate these fringe figures. (Photo: Getty)

by Albert Hunt
Trump's deceitful charge undermines confidence in our Democratic system, but it could also threaten to unleash a dangerous wave of violence.



Donald Trump and those who promote his lies and his refusal to yield to the voters are traitors to our Constitution. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Mitchell Zimmerman
Trump’s insidious rhetoric on the election won’t stop Biden from taking office, but it’s not harmless either.


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