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11:35 PM ET, December 8, 2020

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Republican Challenge to Pennsylvania Vote  —  In a one-sentence order, the court refused to overturn election results that had already been certified and submitted.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to overturn the state's election results.
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Emma Platoff / The Texas Tribune:
In new lawsuit, Texas contests election results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block the battleground states from casting “unlawful and constitutionally tainted votes” in the Electoral College.
New York Times:
As Trump Rails Against Loss, His Supporters Become More Threatening  —  The president's baseless claims of voting fraud have prompted outrage among his loyalists and led to behavior that Democrats and even some Republicans say has become dangerous.  —  With a key deadline passing Tuesday …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
In Bonkers SCOTUS Bid, Texas Tries To Sue To Overturn WI, PA, GA and MI Election Results
David Baker / KASW-TV:   Arizona Supreme Court upholds Biden win in Arizona
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Courts jettison more Georgia election challenges
Discussion: The Hill and Georgia Recorder
Washington Post:
White House pushes Senate GOP to include $600 stimulus payment in relief package  —  Inclusion of these checks could grow the size of the bipartisan $900 billion package unless other elements are removed  —  White House officials are asking Senate Republican leadership to include stimulus checks worth $600 …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
McCarthy says GOP leaders agree to $600 cash stimulus  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tells Axios that both he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told the White House they would support including $600 stimulus checks in a coronavirus relief deal being negotiated in Congress.
Joe Biden / The Atlantic:
Why I Chose Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense  —  In late August of 2010, I traveled to Iraq for the fifth time as vice president.  While there, I participated in the change-of-command ceremony for United States Forces-Iraq.  President Barack Obama had charged me with overseeing the end …
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Politico:
Biden to tap Marcia Fudge to lead housing agency  —  President-elect Joe Biden has selected Rep. Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.  —  The offer to lead the roughly $50 billion housing agency comes …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden to pick Vilsack for agriculture secretary, Fudge for HUD  —  President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his agriculture secretary and Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Politico:
Bernie co-chair Nina Turner eyes Fudge seat
CNN:
Biden expected to nominate Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary later this week
Discussion: Business Insider and NPR
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden eyeing Buttigieg for China ambassador  —  Letting him deepen his foreign policy chops could boost Buttigieg's future.
Discussion: Mediaite and Political Wire
Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey calls Trump's campaign to overturn Pennsylvania election ‘completely unacceptable’  —  Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that it's “completely unacceptable” for President Donald Trump to pressure state lawmakers to overturn Pennsylvania's election result …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court denies Trump allies' bid to overturn Pennsylvania election results
New York Times:
Biden Picks Marcia Fudge to Lead Housing and Tom Vilsack to Head U.S.D.A.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Newsmax TV scores a ratings win over Fox News for the first time ever  —  New York (CNN Business)Newsmax TV has notched a ratings win over Fox News Channel for the very first time.  —  The win, fueled by conservative viewers who are disappointed by the election results, happened Monday evening.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: West Wing fears COVID spread after Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis attends WH party  —  President Trump's lawyer Jenna Ellis has informed associates she has coronavirus, multiple sources tell Axios, stirring West Wing fears after she attended a senior staff Christmas party on Friday.
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Axios:
Biden's West Wing to start with small staff to curb COVID-19
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State  —  The Silicon Valley company said hackers — almost certainly Russian — made off with tools that could be used to mount new attacks around the world.  —  WASHINGTON — For years, the cybersecurity firm FireEye …
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Yang calling NYC elected officials to gauge mayoral run  —  NEW YORK — Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is calling elected officials to gauge support for a possible bid to become New York City's next mayor, according to several people involved in the talks.
Discussion: New York Post, POLITICUSUSA and WTVM-TV
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Nolan Hicks / New York Post:
Stringer weak, Yang could be 2021 NYC mayoral contender, poll shows
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Rep. Swalwell says Trump criticism behind spy story  —  Following a report that linked him to an alleged Chinese spy, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell suggested the information was leaked to hurt him because of his frequent and loud criticism of President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Fox News
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
After entanglement with Chinese spy, Eric Swalwell warned of ‘influx of Russians’ in US politics under Trump
Tim Stelloh / NBC News:
Los Angeles' new district attorney announces sweeping reforms on first day  —  On his first day leading the country's largest district attorney's office, the top prosecutor in Los Angeles County announced a series of sweeping criminal justice reforms aimed at “permanently” changing the course of California's criminal justice system.
Discussion: Reason and Common Dreams
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Voice of America interim director pushed out by Trump-appointed overseer in final flurry of actions to assert control  —  The head of the agency that oversees Voice of America removed the international broadcasting service's interim director on Tuesday, in a move apparently aimed …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Trump appointee who oversees Voice of America refuses to cooperate with Biden transition team
Discussion: NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Michael Flynn judge says pardon doesn't mean ex-national security adviser is innocent  —  A federal judge dismissed Michael Flynn's prosecution Tuesday after President Trump's pardon, but said the act of clemency does not mean the former national security adviser is innocent of lying to FBI agents …
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Judge Sullivan Finally Dismissed the Michael Flynn Case, But Not Without Taking Some Parting Shots
Discussion: Fox News and TheBlaze
Simon Romero / New York Times:
After Trump's Loss in Arizona, State Republicans Hurl Insults at One Another  —  A top Republican told the governor to “shut the hell up.”  Another official described a lawmaker as a resident of “Crazytown.”  All this in a state where the party recently reigned supreme.
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Maria Polletta / Arizona Republic:
Arizona GOP asks followers if they're willing to die in effort to overturn election results
Molly Redden / HuffPost:
Sen. Kelly Loeffler's Husband Bought Stock In Sectors Set To Benefit From Then-Secret Bill  —  While Republicans privately drafted the CARES Act, Loeffler's husband was buying shares in corporations that would reap millions, a HuffPost investigation found.  —  In mid-March, with the American economy …
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
How the F— Am I the Sane One?  —  Just over a decade ago I was tweeting bad things about David Souter.  I had readers from RedState send so much rock salt to Olympia Snowe for siding with the Democrats in a committee vote on Obamacare that it made the Wall Street Journal.  I sent balls to Mitch McConnell.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Washington Post:
Christopher Krebs sues Trump campaign, lawyer Joe diGenova for defamation  —  The former top U.S. cybersecurity official responsible for securing November's presidential election sued the Trump campaign and one of its lawyers for defamation Tuesday, asserting that they conspired to falsely claim …
Washington Post:
Giuliani witness whose testimony went viral says she isn't self-quarantining despite his covid-19 diagnosis  —  A witness who attracted national attention after testifying at the side of Rudolph W. Giuliani about alleged voter fraud in Michigan says she is not self-quarantining and has not been tested …
Donald J. Trump for President:
Trump Legal Team Statement on “Safe Harbor Deadline”  —  “The ‘Safe Harbor Deadline’ is a statutory timeline that generally denotes the last day for states to certify election results.  However, it is not unprecedented for election contests to last well beyond December 8.
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Frederick M. Hess / The Hill:
Civic education vs. Constitutional education
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
White House works to rally support for UAE arms sale
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Berenson / Wall Street Journal:
Covid and the New Age of Censorship
Discussion: Fox News
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Kim Kardashian Squares Off With Bill Barr for Trump's Ear and the Life of a Man on Death Row
Discussion: The Root
Zachary Evans / National Review:
Joe Scarborough Regrets Hosting Trump So Often ahead of 2016 Election: 'I Wish It Hadn't Happened'
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Exclusive-Former U.S. homeland chief Johnson says he will not join Biden administration
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Newsom chief of staff to leave California governor's office
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Rae Yost / KCLO-TV:
Noem appears to acknowledge the Biden presidency
 Earlier Items: 
Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19, Remote Work Make Austin a Magnet for New Jobs
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
COVID-19 outbreaks found among execution staff as Trump administration rushes death penalties
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
State, federal authorities expected to file antitrust lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday
New York Times:
McKinsey Issues a Rare Apology for Its Role in OxyContin Sales
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Terry McAuliffe to seek a second term as Virginia governor
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Associated Press
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Bipartisan fix for ‘surprise’ medical bills hits roadblock with powerful chairman
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
He Pretended to Be Trump's Family. Then Trump Fell for It.
New York Times:
Pfizer's Vaccine Offers Strong Protection After First Dose
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

April Rubin / Axios:
Trump's campaign files an FEC complaint claiming WaPo illegally contributed to Harris by running digital ads promoting its critical news coverage of Trump

CNBC:
Sources: Greek media company Antenna Group is in early talks to acquire Time from Marc Benioff, who bought the magazine in 2018 for $180M

 
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