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<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: A Q&amp;A With Barton Gellman

No matter the outcome, President Donald Trump will not concede the presidential race, our reporter posits.
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This election could be the one that breaks America, Barton Gellman warns in our November cover story. Given its magnitude, we published the piece early online; read it now.

Bart and I caught up over email to discuss the ways America’s election mechanisms

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