NEWS in tn's Transition Playbook
WH officials + Meadows telling people GSA won't certify Biden victory until Friday or later

Awenate Cobbina has joined the transition

Linda Darling-Hammond leading is heading up education for the transition

& more https://www.politico.com/newsletters/transition-playbook/2020/11/09/meadows-doesnt-expect-gsa-standoff-to-end-before-friday-791496

Written w/ the dream team of @theodoricmeyer @AliceOllstein @mmcassella @dlippman w/ items from @nahaltoosi @mstratford @GabbyOrr_ @kyledcheney @NatashaBertrand

Other bits:
The GSA stand-off continues w/ a spokesperson telling us: "There are no updates at this time and GSA’s position remains the same. An ascertainment has not yet been made."

Many congressional Dems are furious. Here's one letter today.

https://pascrell.house.gov/uploadedfiles/finalgsa.pdf

Most Republicans are sticking by the president.
But some believe the GSA should find a way to release the funds even as the legal battles continue. Rubio to @AndrewDesiderio tonight.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/09/mcconnell-backs-trump-election-435506

you can almost hearing the resumes being updated. Presidential Transition Center tells us that there's been a surge in downloads of their podcast episode on what it takes to get vetted for an administration job. It's now their 3rd most downloaded ep. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/transition-lab/id1495404153?i=1000478983313

There's been harassment of @GSAEmily as well w/ a lot of resistance twitter going after her, posting her # and contact info, etc.