RSN: Nate Silver | Biden Wins - Pretty Convincingly in the End

09 November 20 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News CAN ANYONE DONATE A THOUSAND? - We are getting a decent response from very small donors but the small donations are not moving the progress bar much. Is there someone who can match the smaller donations with one of a $1,000. Thank you sincerely in advance. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Nate Silver | Biden Wins - Pretty Convincingly in the End Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight Silver writes: "Even if you knew in advance about the 'blue shift' that would occur in states like Pennsylvania - and we did know in advance about it! - it's been hard to make enough of a mental adjustment for it this week." READ MORE Medical syringes are seen with Pfizer company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 12, 2020. (photo: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images) Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine 90% Effective Against Virus Alice Park, TIME Park writes: "Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced that its COVID-19 vaccine successfully prevented 90% of infections compared to a placebo, a more positive result than experts expected." READ MORE Emily Murphy. (photo: ABC News) A Little-Known Trump Appointee Is in Charge of Handing Transition Resources to Biden - and She Isn't Budging Lisa Rein, Jonathan O'Connell and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post Excerpt: "A Trump administration appointee is refusing to sign a letter allowing President-elect Joe Biden's transition team to formally begin its work this week, in another sign the incumbent president has not acknowledged Biden's victory and could disrupt the transfer of power." READ MORE Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump Will Lose Special Twitter Protections in January Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters Culliford writes: "U.S. President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter Inc rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, the social media company confirmed this week." READ MORE George McGovern in 1972. (photo: Wally McNamee/Corbis/Getty Images) William J. Astore | Reclaiming American Idealism: We Could Use a Leader Like George McGovern Again William J. Astore, TomDispatch Astore writes: "As I lived through the nightmare of the election campaign just past, I often found myself dreaming of another American world entirely. Anything but this one." READ MORE People wanting to be election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit. (photo: Carlos Osorio/AP) Amid Vote Drama, Africans Keen to Help US With 'Electoral Reform' Samira Sawlani, Al Jazeera Sawlani writes: "Social media users from different African countries reacted with mix of 'schadenfreude and horror' at recent events in the US." READ MORE President elect Joe Biden. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP) Biden Won the Election. Now Can He Save the Planet? Shannon Osaka, Grist Osaka writes: "Will the former vice president - who made climate change a centerpiece of his campaign - be able to push the country onto a safer, and cooler, path?" READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation