2020 election
Where Things Stand: The Coming Dissolution Of Trumpworld Prime Badge
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12.11.20 | 1:14 pm

Much of Trump’s 2020 infrastructure, established solely around the cause-célèbre of President Trump and his reelection, has not made the jump to the President’s post-election crusade to overturn his loss. Instead, that space is being filled by the President himself and a rag-tag band of allies.

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President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dan Gable in the Oval Office, Monday, Dec, 7, 2020.   ( Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times) President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dan Gable in the Oval Office, Monday, Dec, 7, 2020.   ( Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times)
UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 22: Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward attends the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, Md., on February 22, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 22: Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward attends the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort in Oxon Hill, Md., on February 22, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 19: Christopher Krebs, acting Homeland Security Undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on cyber-attack defense on October 19, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 19: Christopher Krebs, acting Homeland Security Undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on cyber-attack defense on October 19, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
President Donald Trump speaks during a White House Conference on American History at the National Archives Museum on Thursday, September 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/For The New York Times) President Donald Trump speaks during a White House Conference on American History at the National Archives Museum on Thursday, September 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/For The New York Times)
Where Things Stand: Fox News Punished After Lack Of Enthusiasm For Trump’s Delusion Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.
12.09.20 | 12:55 pm

Don’t give the cable news outlet too much credit. It’s done little besides the most basic function of a major news outlet during a presidential election — which is, declare a winner when there’s a winner. 

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