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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 …
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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 …
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The Hill, Associated Press, CNN, SiouxlandProud, The Western Journal, Law & Crime, Political IQ, Geller Report News and Breitbart
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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Forbes, RedState, Outside the Beltway, Bloomberg and No More Mister Nice Blog
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.
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, The Western Journal, TheBlaze, Talking Points Memo, Politico, BillMoyers.com and Breitbart
Washington Post:
‘The last wall’: How dozens of judges across the political spectrum rejected Trump's efforts to overturn the election
‘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
Twitter briefly limits users interacting with Trump's tweets about ‘stolen’ election
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Forbes, TheBlaze, HuffPost, Fox News, Occupy Democrats, Mother Jones, Business Insider, The Verge, Variety and The Carpentariat
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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RedState, CBS News, Raw Story, Washington Times, Washington Free Beacon and Deadline
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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Reuters, KTAR.com, Business Insider and New York Times
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.
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The Hill, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Wrap and TMZ.com
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 …
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The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump absent while Congress works around the clock
POLITICO Playbook: Trump absent while Congress works around the clock
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USA Today, Law & Crime, TheBlaze, alicublog, The Irish Times, The American Independent, National Memo, Washington Post, Reason, NPR, Occupy Democrats, CNN, Politics News and KTLA
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Email to Hunter Biden raises fresh questions about his tax dealings
Email to Hunter Biden raises fresh questions about his tax dealings
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TheBlaze, New York Post, RedState, Breitbart, Big League Politics, Townhall and Washington Examiner
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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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, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, POLITICUSUSA, Crooks and Liars and Occupy Democrats
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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Washington Examiner, VFW and Daily Kos
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Pelosi calls on Wilkie to resign from VA after watchdog report findings
Pelosi calls on Wilkie to resign from VA after watchdog report findings
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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 …
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Vanity Fair, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Times and US Food and Drug …
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.
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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 …
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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.
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The Week, The US Sun and emptywheel
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