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3:10 PM 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.”
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Trump supporters to rally in DC after Supreme Court delivers president another defeat  —  Two rallies planned near the White House Saturday  —  Backers of President Trump descended on Washington, D.C., Saturday in another sign of support for the president who has come up short in his efforts …
Republican Party of Texas:
Chairman Allen West's Response to SCOTUS Decision
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Analysis: The election is over; Trump's attacks will linger
Reed Richardson / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Who Backed TX Lawsuit Goes Off the Rails When Chris Cuomo Confronts Him on Voter Fraud Claims: 'I Don't Have Proof That Men Landed on the Moon'
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Twitter briefly limits users interacting with Trump's tweets about ‘stolen’ election
CNN:
The Supreme Court's clear message to President Trump: Stop
New York Times:
Republicans Faced Trump's Loss by Embracing Nihilism
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election
CNN:
Supreme Court rejects Texas' and Trump's bid to overturn election
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.
Discussion: TMZ.com
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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Politico:
Biden starts countering Trump's messaging on vaccine  —  President-elect Joe Biden's team is feverishly working to get a messaging plan in place to sell a skeptical public on the first FDA-backed coronavirus vaccine, believing the Trump administration has set the effort back significantly.
Discussion: The Week, The US Sun and emptywheel
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Veterans groups call for VA secretary's dismissal after watchdog audit  —  Four of the largest U.S. veterans groups on Friday called for the immediate dismissal of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie after a watchdog audit concluded he mishandled an investigation …
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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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Major veterans groups call for VA secretary's ouster following damning report
Discussion: Task & Purpose
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.
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pursues Appointing Special Counsel to Probe Election, Hunter Biden
Tyler Pager / Politico:
Iowa autopsy report: DNC meddling led to caucus debacle  —  Democratic National Committee meddling, combined with missteps by the state Democratic Party, were the primary drivers of the chaos that torpedoed the Iowa caucuses earlier this year, according to a new audit commissioned by the state party.
The Guardian:
‘The virus is moving in’: why California is losing the fight against Covid … Sam Levin in Los Angeles, Maanvi Singh in Oakland, and Vivian Ho and Gabrielle Canon in San Francisco  —  Early in the coronavirus pandemic, California was celebrated as a beacon of common sense in a country on the brink.
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump made big in-roads in Hispanic areas across the nation  —  (CNN)One of the most notable early results on Election Night came from Florida's heavily Hispanic Miami-Dade county.  President Donald Trump lost it to President-elect Joe Biden by just 7 points, after losing it by 29 points in 2016.
Discussion: Axios and Occupy Democrats
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas  — Oracle is the latest tech company to relocate out of California.  — The coronavirus pandemic has given a number of tech companies an excuse to exit Silicon Valley.  — HPE announced its move to Houston earlier this month.
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David Gilbert / VICE:
Even QAnon Is Abandoning Parler, the Far-Right's Answer to Twitter  —  For five days at the beginning of November, Parler was the most downloaded app in the U.S. But now, users are over it.  —  DG  —  For five days at the beginning of November, Parler was the most downloaded app in the U.S.
Discussion: Raw Story
Manu Raju / CNN:
Ron Johnson to bring Ken Starr to testify at controversial hearing on 2020 elections  —  Washington (CNN)Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has invited former independent counsel Ken Starr and attorneys in key battleground states …
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Email to Hunter Biden raises fresh questions about his tax dealings  —  Hunter Biden's former business partner sent him an email in 2017 saying he did not disclose on his tax returns $400,000 in income from the Ukrainian natural gas company where he sat on the board, according to a copy of the email obtained by NBC News.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate's octogenarians face the age question and whether it's time to exit
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran executes exiled journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
Washington Post:
Huawei worked on several surveillance systems promoted to identify ethnicity, documents show
David Gauthier-Villars / Wall Street Journal:
An Assertive Turkey Muscles Into Russia's Backyard
David Corn / Mother Jones:
A Pro-Trump Voting “Expert” Was Questioned About His Data. It Did Not Go Well for Him.
CNN:
Pentagon official who spread conspiracies, disparaged immigrants and refugees gets spot on influential West Point advisory board
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Biden's Iowa Bus Tour Is Headed for a D.C. Reunion
Liz Peek / The Hill:
Red flag: Paul Krugman is optimistic about the economy
Conrad Black / The Hill:
Trump's political future depends on whether he can change
Discussion: USA Today and globalnews.ca
Amanda Bennett / Washington Post:
I was Voice of America's director. Trump's latest pick to run the organization is dangerous.
Discussion: Daily Kos and NPR
William Saletan / Slate:
Trump Is Finishing Russia's Smear Campaign Against America
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times