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11:45 AM ET, December 12, 2020

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New York Times:
‘An Indelible Stain’: How the G.O.P. Tried to Topple a Pillar of Democracy  —  The Supreme Court repudiation of President Trump was also a blunt rebuke to Republican leaders who had put their interests ahead of the country's.  —  The Supreme Court repudiation of President Trump's desperate bid …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's spin on his big Supreme Court failure is as bad as his legal case  —  The Supreme Court on Friday night delivered its widely expected-but-still-significant rebuke of President Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election.  In a brief statement, the court dismissed the case Trump had called “the Big One.”
Discussion: Bloomberg
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Twitter briefly limits users interacting with Trump's tweets about ‘stolen’ election  —  Twitter on Saturday prevented users from liking and replying to a series of tweets from President Trump in which he repeated false claims that he won the election and that the race was “stolen” from him, though the company later reversed the move.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election  —  The suit, filed directly in the Supreme Court, sought to bar Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin from casting their electoral votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected …
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Rejecting GOP Election Sabotage Lawsuit  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to reject the sham GOP lawsuit demanding that Electoral College votes in four states be overturned and awarded to Donald Trump:
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Analysis: The election is over; Trump's attacks will linger  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2020 presidential election is over.  But President Donald Trump's baseless efforts to undermine it, and the consequences of those undemocratic actions, will linger in America for far longer.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo Special Edition: Time for Trump to stop  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  TIME FOR TRUMP TO STOP.  President Trump's defenders have pointed out many times, correctly …
New York Times:
Republicans Faced Trump's Loss by Embracing Nihilism
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court dismisses bid led by Texas attorney general to overturn the presidential election results, blocking Trump's legal path to a reversal of his loss
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
These Republicans may not be capable of shame, but you should know who they are
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Shuts Door On Texas Suit Seeking To Overturn Election
CNN:
Supreme Court rejects Texas' and Trump's bid to overturn election
The Guardian:
Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans join baseless effort to overturn election
Politico:
Supreme Court rejects Texas-led effort to overturn Biden's victory
Patricia Murphy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Mike Pence cheers Texas suit against Georgia: ‘God bless Texas!’
Caitlin McFall / Fox News:
Wisconsin Supreme Court takes up Trump case after circuit court judge dismissed
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pursues Appointing Special Counsel to Probe Election, Hunter Biden  —  President has expressed frustration with Attorney General William Barr as efforts to overturn election have failed  —  President Trump has expressed interest in pursuing the appointment of a special counsel …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump absent while Congress works around the clock  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THIS PRESIDENCY has been filled with hard-to-believe split screens, but we're seeing perhaps the starkest display of dissonance yet.  CONGRESS has been working around the clock to cut a series …
New York Times:
F.D.A. Clears Pfizer Vaccine, and Millions of Doses Will Be Shipped Right Away  —  An initial shipment of about 2.9 million doses of the vaccine will be sent around the United States over the next week.  —  The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer, BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine Is Authorized in the U.S.
Washington Post:
FDA authorizes the first coronavirus vaccine, a rare moment of hope in the deadly pandemic
Washington Post:
Sidney Powell's secret witness ‘Spyder’ is an IT consultant.  He told The Post he never worked in military intelligence.  —  The witness is code-named “Spyder.”  Or sometimes “Spider.”  His identity is so closely guarded that lawyer Sidney Powell has sought to keep it even from opposing counsel.
Joseph Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Is There a Doctor in the White House?  Not if You Need an M.D.  —  Jill Biden should think about dropping the honorific, which feels fraudulent, even comic.  —  Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo: a bit of advice on what may seem like a small but I think is a not unimportant matter.
Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
Veterans Groups Call for VA Secretary's Dismissal  —  Top veterans advocacy groups and some Democratic lawmakers call for Robert Wilkie's removal after investigation found he mishandled sexual-assault investigation  —  A majority of the nation's top veterans advocacy groups called …
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Major veterans groups call for VA secretary's ouster following damning report
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Conrad Black / The Hill:
Trump's political future depends on whether he can change  —  Barring a miracle from the Supreme Court, the Trump era appears to be ending, at least for now.  And at this point it seems — again, depending on the high court — to be ending in about as undignified a manner as President Trump's millions of critics would have predicted.
Discussion: globalnews.ca
 
 
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Amanda Bennett / Washington Post:
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