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Their anxiety has intensified amid the drumbeat of picks for critical Cabinet posts.

There's already a drumbeat of Republicans calling for the removal of all cases, citing Trump's sweeping election victory as a popular rejection of prosecuting him.

Trump, meanwhile, has continued his drumbeat of attacks on his Democratic counterpart.

Which made Trump’s familiar day-after drumbeat — the moderators were biased, the debate rigged — feel less infuriating than embarrassing.

Given the drumbeat of bad news on a changing climate, it might even be considered a matter of survival.