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10:10 PM ET, December 10, 2020

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Wall Street Journal:
Barr Worked to Keep Hunter Biden Probes from Public View During Election  —  The attorney general knew for months about investigations into Biden's business and financial dealings  —  Attorney General William Barr has known about a disparate set of investigations involving Hunter Biden's business …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The GOP Abandons Democracy  —  When Donald Trump was granted a coat of arms for his Scottish golf courses in 2012 (after a lengthy court battle, of course), he chose as its motto “Numquam concedere”: Never concede.  He has not, even as it has become clear that he lost the presidential election by a wide margin.
George Conway / Washington Post:
Trump's last-ditch effort to steal the election is the biggest farce of all  —  “We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case.  This is the big one.  Our Country needs a victory!” tweeted the soon-to-be-ex-president of the United States.  A filing at the Supreme Court soon followed.
CNN:
Battleground states issue blistering rebukes to Texas' lawsuit to invalidate millions of votes  —  Washington (CNN)Each of the four battleground states targeted by a Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn President Donald Trump's election defeat issued blistering briefs at the Supreme Court on Thursday …
Associated Press:
Texas-led election lawsuit becomes conservative litmus test  —  HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden's victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, with many Republicans signing onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.
Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
FBI agents seek Texas attorney general records in Paxton probe  —  Federal agents served at least one subpoena Wednesday on the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in an ongoing investigation into allegations that Paxton abused his authority by helping a friend and campaign donor.
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Republicans Are Going Down a Dangerous Road  —  Republicans' tolerance, if not active support, for President Donald Trump's ongoing bid to overturn the 2020 election has crystallized a stark question: Does the GOP still qualify as a small-d democratic party—or is it morphing into something very different?
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
It's Not Just Trump's War on Democracy Anymore  —  Republicans have gone far beyond merely humoring their losing leader.  —  The streets are still quiet in Washington, nine months into a pandemic that is reaching yet another deadly peak.  Most of the offices remain closed …
Discussion: Arizona Mirror and Reason
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Meet The 106 House Republican Traitors Who Betrayed America For Trump  —  106 House Republicans have thrown democracy out the window and filed a brief supporting the Supreme Court overturning the election.  —  The conclusion of the brief:  —  Now 106 members of Congress filed a brief …
Washington Post:
With time running out, Trump and GOP allies turn up pressure on Supreme Court in election assault  —  With his legal options dwindling and time running out before a key electoral college deadline, President Trump on Thursday ramped up pressure on the Supreme Court to help overturn Joe Biden's victory …
Politico:
‘Seditious abuse of the judicial process’: States reject Texas effort to overturn Biden's election
Kaylee McGhee White / Washington Examiner:
Texas's election lawsuit is a pointless public relations stunt that is doomed to fail
Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:
About the Texas Lawsuit  —  Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, is under …
Holly Ramer / Boston.com:
N.H. House Speaker Dick Hinch died from COVID-19, medical examiner finds  —  New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch died from COVID-19, a medical examiner ruled Thursday following his unexpected death.  —  Hinch, who was only sworn in as leader of the state's newly Republican-led Legislature a week ago, died Wednesday.
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Tyler Pager / Politico:
Biden taps Susan Rice for top White House domestic policy job  —  President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Barack Obama's former national security adviser Susan Rice to run the White House Domestic Policy Council, according to people familiar with the decision.  —  Rice, who also served …
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Politico:
Biden to tap Denis McDonough for Veterans Affairs
Politico:
‘Get off our damn asses’: Stimulus debacle exposes broken Washington  —  Congressional leaders are barely talking.  Renegade centrists are trying to cut a deal that Republicans don't like.  And the president is predominantly focused on overturning an election that he lost.
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Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
McConnell is Getting Away with Murder
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Raw Story
New York Times:
F.D.A. Advisory Panel Gives Green Light to Pfizer Vaccine  —  The blessing of these experts means that the agency will OK the vaccine's use, paving the way for health care workers to begin getting shots next week.  —  Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine passed a critical milestone on Thursday …
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Newsweek:
Rep. Dan Crenshaw Linked to Smear Campaign of Female Vet Led by VA Secretary, Watchdog Says  —  An investigation from the government watchdog that oversees the Department of Veterans Affairs concluded Thursday that a Republican member of Congress was involved in an orchestrated campaign by V …
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
In leaked recording, Biden says GOP used defund the police to ‘beat the living hell’ out of Democrats  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden appeared to blame the “Defund the Police” movement for contributing to surprising Democratic downballot losses in the November election …
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Inside Biden's Meeting With Civil Rights Leaders
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Chuck Schumer ‘forced to have serious and painful talks’ with Dianne Feinstein over apparent cognitive decline  —  ‘Her staff have to defend her and make her seem normal’  —  Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has reportedly been forced to have several “serious and painful talks” …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Mike Lee blocks legislation to create Smithsonian museums for Latinos and women  —  “The last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation within an array of separate but equal museums of hyphenated identity groups,” he said.  —  Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) speaks during …
Discussion: CNN and Axios
Dan Diamond / Politico:
CDC's Redfield told staff to delete email, official tells House watchdog  —  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield instructed staff to delete an email from a Trump political appointee seeking control over the agency's scientific reports on the pandemic …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Georgia on My Mind  —  Which is better for America?  Divided government or a repudiation of illiberalism?  —  Georgia, oh Georgia  —  No, no, no, no, no peace I find  —  Just an old sweet song  —  Keeps Georgia on my mind.  —Hoagy Carmichael, 1930  —  PODCAST
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Secession?  Rush Limbaugh floats a startling notion — then quickly backs off.  —  Rush Limbaugh isn't saying he wants the country to split into red and blue factions as a result of conservative fury over the election results.  As he attempted to make clear Thursday, he's just saying that other people are saying it.
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
‘Numb’ and ‘Heartbroken,’ the U.S. Confronts Record Virus Deaths  —  For the first time, the United States reported more than 3,000 coronavirus deaths in a day.  But with cases still rising, experts warn “the worst is yet to come.”  —  DALLAS — Lillian Blancas was a fighter …
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
Reuters:
Website targeting U.S. election officials draws attention of intelligence agencies  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The harassment campaign against U.S. election officials following President Donald Trump's defeat took an ominous turn on Thursday after a website surfaced that accused them of …
Politico:
Shutdown a possibility as Rand holds up defense bill  —  Rand Paul is at it again.  And his moves could force another brief government shutdown.  —  The Kentucky Republican is objecting to swift passage of the annual defense policy bill, effectively forcing senators to remain in Washington …
John Hudson / Washington Post:
After coming under fire from Pompeo, State Department watchdog to leave, citing vacancies act  —  The State Department's acting inspector general is leaving his job Friday following an attack on his office by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's spokesperson concerning a report about official trips Pompeo took …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Nearly 90 percent of Black women voters in Georgia say they're likely to vote in runoffs: survey  —  Nearly 90 percent of Black women voters in Georgia said in a new survey that they are likely to vote in the Senate runoff elections taking place in the state next month, which will determine which party controls the upper chamber.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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Ronald Krotoszynski / Politico:
The Conservative Idea That Would Let Biden Seize Control of Washington
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Jonathan H. Adler / Reason:
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin Defend Their Authority to Select Presidential Electors
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Linda Chavez / The Bulwark:
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John F. Harris / Politico:
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