oh but-lol!-apparently their storytelling skills are not proving good enough for him:

more same, Trump vote surprisingly strong:

‘My sense is that we lost’: Trump campaign aides grapple with dwindling odds

Only a small number of those in the president’s inner circle have adamantly encouraged Trump not to concede.

By Gabby Orr & Meredith McGraw @ Politico.com, Nov. 6, 6:51pm EST

Inside the Trump campaign’s headquarters Friday morning, a painful reality began to sink in.

As senior campaign officials huddled with attorneys to discuss President Donald Trump’s legal options with his opponent closing in on 270 electoral votes, others in the Virginia office building polished off their resumes and wondered when, if ever, their candidate might concede. The president, who currently sits at 214 Electoral College votes, has refused to accept a potential election loss and unleashed a legal offensive not seen in a presidential cycle since 2000.

But across the office, acceptance was starting to take hold.

“Barring any major cases of voter fraud or something drastic, this is over, and it’s been over for a day. Most people are aware. Some folks are taking a bit longer to accept it,” said a senior Trump campaign official. “There are a lot of people just sitting and staring at their desks."

“My sense is that we lost,” added a former Trump aide, who on election night and the days after thought the president would win. The former aide said he shared Trump's belief that pandemic-driven voting rule changes had negatively impacted his bid for reelection, but said the president no longer has a viable path to victory.

“It’s an uphill battle," this person said.

Trump's dwindling circle of believers comes at a critical moment for the president’s legacy, which his allies fear could be permanently tarnished if he presses too long with a court battle that plunges the nation into political crisis [....]

Supreme Court orders separate count of late-arriving Pa. ballots

By John Kruzel @ TheHill.com - 11/06/20 08:03 PM EST

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Pennsylvania election boards to separately count mail ballots that arrived after Election Day, while rejecting a GOP request to stop counting those votes.

The order, signed by conservative Justice Samuel Alito, left open the possibility that the justices could exclude the late-arriving ballots in a subsequent ruling, a move which Alito and at least two other conservative justices have previously signaled they may be inclined to take.

The number of affected ballots is believed to be between 3,000 and 4,000. Election law experts said that even if the justices were to later invalidate them, the only way this would impact the outcome of the race between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is if the election were decided by Pennsylvania and the pair were separated in the state by a very slim margin.

Friday’s order was the first time the Supreme Court has gotten involved in a state count after this year's election [....]

It's both Mark Meadows & campaign aide Nick Trainer that tested positive--many campaign staffers do not wear masks...

Good clip and since I don't watch much tv I'm glad you posted it. But Chapman's claim that it's amazing is ridiculous. I'm pretty sure you know it. FOX  has always had a small news division that leans conservative led by Chris Wallace and Baier that does good and factual news reporting.

AP as well

Remember when I said NY State sent me an absentee labeled on the front of the ballot "Official Absentee Military Ballot"? Hope nobody tells Drumpf about that trick that other states may have used as well.