As a new week dawns, we hereby present a snapshot of all that happened over the weekend:
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Monday, November 16, 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Notations From the Grid (Weekly Edition): On Elections in the United States (II)
We hereby present some additional thoughts on the Election Season in the United States:
Trump 2016 margin of victory
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Pa: 44,292 votes
Wisconsin: 22,748 votes
Michigan: 10,704 votes
Biden’s current lead over Trump
Pa: 45,616 votes
Wisconsin: 20,539 votes
Michigan: 148,645 votes
Notations From the Grid (Weekly Edition): On Elections in the United States
As we went to press, Donald Trump is refusing to concede and is raising money to pay down campaign debt while mounting legal challenges throughout the United States. World leaders have been congratulating President-Elect Biden with two notable exceptions: China and Mexico.
The Secretary of Defense was fired yesterday and a number of other key officials also either resigned or were dismissed and loyalists were put in their place. This is as the Trump Administration is refusing to cooperate on the Transition including the GSA Administrator, Emily Murphy, who has refused to sign a formal letter authorizing funds and office space. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has also refused to provide the President's Daily Brief to the President-Elect.
We hereby present a snapshot of the discourse over the past 24 hours :