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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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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, The Western Journal, CNN, Law & Crime, Political IQ, Geller Report News, SiouxlandProud 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:
‘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
Washington Post:
In challenging election defeat, Trump cements his control over the Republican Party
In challenging election defeat, Trump cements his control over the Republican Party
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New York Times, Washington Examiner, Talking Points Memo, Politico, BillMoyers.com, The Western Journal, TheBlaze and Breitbart
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, Occupy Democrats, Mother Jones, Business Insider, The Verge, Fox News, 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, Washington Times, Raw Story, 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.
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, Mediaite, Mother Jones and UPI
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Federal Judge in Wisconsin Deals Trump Another Court Defeat — A Trump appointee in Milwaukee, Judge Brett H. Ludwig, dismissed a suit contesting the election with a withering rebuke. — A federal judge in Milwaukee on Saturday tossed out President Trump's latest effort to overturn …
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Fox News, Election Law Blog and Law & Crime
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 Conservative News Today
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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, alicublog, The Irish Times, The American Independent, National Memo, Washington Post, Reason, Occupy Democrats, NPR, Politics News, KTLA and CNN
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, Breitbart, RedState, 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 …
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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Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Politico and Associated Press
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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
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
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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WCCO | CBS Minnesota, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Crooks and Liars and Occupy Democrats
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.
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
The Guardian:
Israel establishes ‘formal diplomatic relations’ with Bhutan — Himalayan kingdom is latest country to recognise the Jewish state in a normalisation deal — Israel established diplomatic relations with the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan on Saturday, the Israeli foreign ministry said …
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Hamodia, One America News Network and UPI
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.
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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 …
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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New York Times, Des Moines Register and The Hill
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.
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 and New York Times
New York Times:
In Trying for a Diverse Administration, Biden Finds One Group's Gain is Another's Loss — The pressure on the Democratic president-elect is intense, even as his efforts to ensure ethnic and gender diversity already go far beyond those of President Trump. And it's coming from all sides.
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Vox and Washington Examiner
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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Occupy Democrats