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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.”
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RedState, Bloomberg and No More Mister Nice Blog
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Supreme Court right to refuse to block Biden election — rejects absurd legal theory — It remains mystifying why Republican officials supported this pro-Trump effort — Does Trump have any options after Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit? — The U.S. Supreme Court denied Texas's motion Friday …
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The Hill, Associated Press, CNN, Law & Crime, The Western Journal, Geller Report News, Political IQ, Spectator USA and Breitbart
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 …
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USA Today, Washington Post, Raw Story, Reason, The Irish Times, The American Independent, Associated Press, National Memo, Occupy Democrats, CNN, Politics News and KTLA
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 …
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Trump supporters to rally in DC after Supreme Court delivers president another defeat
Trump supporters to rally in DC after Supreme Court delivers president another defeat
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The Hill, Washington Post, UPI, Crooks and Liars, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, POLITICUSUSA and Occupy Democrats
Washington Post:
Sidney Powell's secret witness ‘Spyder’ is an IT consultant. He told The Post he never worked in military intelligence.
Sidney Powell's secret witness ‘Spyder’ is an IT consultant. He told The Post he never worked in military intelligence.
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Law & Crime, Washington Examiner and Business Insider
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Analysis: The election is over; Trump's attacks will linger
Analysis: The election is over; Trump's attacks will linger
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Washington Post, Reuters, NBC News, KTAR.com and New York Times
Celine Castronuovo / The Hill:
Twitter briefly limits users interacting with Trump's tweets about ‘stolen’ election
Twitter briefly limits users interacting with Trump's tweets about ‘stolen’ election
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Washington Post, Forbes, Fox News, Business Insider, Variety, The Carpentariat, Occupy Democrats, Mother Jones and The Verge
Republican Party of Texas:
Chairman Allen West's Response to SCOTUS Decision
Chairman Allen West's Response to SCOTUS Decision
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ABC13, Breitbart, Forbes, Slate, Law & Crime, Townhall, The US Sun, Business Insider, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Political Wire and The Texas Tribune
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'
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'
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Conservative News Today
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo Special Edition: Time for Trump to stop
Byron York's Daily Memo Special Edition: Time for Trump to stop
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Raw Story, Washington Times, Washington Free Beacon, CBS News and Deadline
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pursues Appointing Special Counsel to Probe Election, Hunter Biden
Trump Pursues Appointing Special Counsel to Probe Election, Hunter Biden
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Washington Examiner, Slate, HotAir, Politico, Mediaite, The US Sun, The Week, Raw Story, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Breitbart and New York Times
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election
Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election
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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.
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, CNN, Common Dreams, Mediaite, Louisiana Illuminator, Townhall, Geller Report News, The US Sun, The Western Journal, Conservative News Today, Michigan Advance, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Root, US Food and Drug …, Balloon Juice, IJR, The Daily Beast, The Hill, USA Today, Washington Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Verge, The Daily Caller, The Lens, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Mic, WV MetroNews, WTOP, Colorado Newsline, Fox News, OutKick, Poynter, americamagazine.org, Alpha News, Political Wire, globalnews.ca, New York Post and Raw Story
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Politico:
Biden starts countering Trump's messaging on vaccine
Biden starts countering Trump's messaging on vaccine
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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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Politico, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Associated Press
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Ben Kesling / Wall Street Journal:
Veterans Groups Call for VA Secretary's Dismissal
Veterans Groups Call for VA Secretary's Dismissal
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Daily Kos
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Major veterans groups call for VA secretary's ouster following damning report
Major veterans groups call for VA secretary's ouster following damning report
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Task & Purpose
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.
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The Hill
Washington Post:
Biden's attorney general search narrows — President-elect Joe Biden's search for the next attorney general is increasingly focused on Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and former deputy attorney general Sally Q. Yates, according to people familiar with the discussions, who said that appeals court …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP source: Cuomo among contenders for attorney general pick
AP source: Cuomo among contenders for attorney general pick
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Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Forbes, HotAir, The Daily Caller, abc7NY, The Western Journal, The Hill and Political Wire
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.
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis refused to disclose White House coronavirus report that contradicts him — State officials should take urgent action to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the report said. DeSantis has declined to so. — TALLAHASSEE — A White House Coronavirus Task Force report about the state …
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Orlando Sentinel
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.
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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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CBS San Francisco, CBS Dallas / Fort Worth, KTAR.com and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »
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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.
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Raw Story
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate's octogenarians face the age question and whether it's time to exit — A few years ago, Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) established unusual benchmarks for deciding whether to run for reelection in 2022, potential six-year terms that would end with Grassley in his mid-90s and Leahy in his late 80s.
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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RedState, Breitbart, Big League Politics, Townhall and Washington Examiner
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