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6:20 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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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Another Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects Another of the President's Meritless Post-Election Lawsuits  —  Soon-to-be-former President Donald Trump has time and again touted his stacking of the judiciary with hundreds of lifetime appointments, but those judges have resoundingly rejected meritless …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Mother Jones and UPI
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 …
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.”
Washington Post:
In challenging election defeat, Trump cements his control over the Republican Party  —  President Trump's push to overturn his election loss has been repeatedly defeated and rebuffed by the courts, culminating in a terse dismissal late Friday by the Supreme Court.
Washington Post:
‘The last wall’: How dozens of judges across the political spectrum rejected Trump's efforts to overturn the election
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
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'
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.
Associated Press:
Hunter Biden subpoena seeks info on Burisma, other entities  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A subpoena seeking documents from Hunter Biden asked for information related to more than two dozen entities, including Ukraine gas company Burisma, according to a person familiar with a Justice Department tax investigation …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump absent while Congress works around the clock
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 …
Axios:
In photos: Maskless Trump supporters descend on D.C. to protest election results  —  Thousands of protesters, including many not wearing face masks despite a citywide mandate, rallied in Washington, D.C., Saturday, refusing to accept President Trump lost the 2020 election.
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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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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Pelosi calls on Wilkie to resign from VA after watchdog report findings
Discussion: Washington Post, UPI and Task & Purpose
Cam Edwards / Bearing Arms:
Lil Wayne Deserves A Pardon From President Trump  —  When rapper Lil Wayne was arrested a few weeks ago and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, his attorney went out of his way to bring up Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and her opinion in Kanter vs. Barr …
Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record Time: Crazy Deadlines, a Pushy CEO  —  Albert Bourla and his team overcame unproven science and manufacturing bottlenecks; 'you're asking for too much'  —  Pfizer Inc. was months from proving its Covid-19 vaccine would even work …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump raised firing Barr in White House meeting on Friday  —  Source: Attorney General Bill Barr is considering stepping down  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump raised the prospect of firing Attorney General William Barr in a meeting on Friday, but it's unclear whether he'll choose to dismiss Barr before the end of his term next month.
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.
Discussion: Des Moines Register and The Hill
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 …
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Trevor Hughes / USA Today:
Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying  —  QUINTER, Kansas — Sitting in the front seat of a red pickup as wind-whipped sorghum husks fly down Main Street like snowflakes, Ivy Charles fingers the white surgical mask slipped down beneath her chin.
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.
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.
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
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Utah's Lee blocks museums honoring Latinos, women
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Democrats call civil war cease-fire during Georgia Senate runoffs
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo throwing virtual birthday party to raise campaign cash
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Gen. Lloyd Austin is the right man for the Defense Secretary job
Discussion: GZERO
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump made big in-roads in Hispanic areas across the nation
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran executes exiled journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
David Gilbert / VICE:
Even QAnon Is Abandoning Parler, the Far-Right's Answer to Twitter
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
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
Manu Raju / CNN:
Ron Johnson to bring Ken Starr to testify at controversial hearing on 2020 elections
New York Times:
Biden's Iowa Bus Tour Is Headed for a D.C. Reunion
Conrad Black / The Hill:
Trump's political future depends on whether he can change
Discussion: USA Today and globalnews.ca
Liz Peek / The Hill:
Red flag: Paul Krugman is optimistic about the economy
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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