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9:55 PM ET, December 12, 2020

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Sean Colarossi / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump Has Full-Blown Meltdown And Hints That He'll Fire Bill Barr And ‘Declassify Everything’  —  Donald Trump was in usual, unhinged form on Saturday morning, quickly taking to Twitter to unload after the Supreme Court handed him his latest, humiliating legal defeat on Friday.
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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 …
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.
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 …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump raised firing Barr in White House meeting on Friday
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Washington Post:
‘The last wall’: How dozens of judges across the political spectrum rejected Trump's efforts to overturn the election
Keisha Rowe / The Clarion-Ledger:
No ICU beds left in Mississippi as COVID-19 case levels continue to hit record highs  —  The surge of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi has left no intensive care unit beds available across the state and prompted the need for restrictions, State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Friday.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump absent while Congress works around the clock
Axios:
In photos: Maskless Trump supporters and counter-protesters face off after D.C. rally  —  There were tense scenes in Washington, D.C., Saturday night following a rally by thousands of protesters, many maskless despite a citywide mandate, who refuse to accept that President Trump lost the 2020 election.
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Washington Post:
Tensions flare in Washington as thousands gather for pro-Trump demonstrations
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:   Pelosi Statement Calling on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Pelosi calls on Wilkie to resign from VA after watchdog report findings
Discussion: Washington Post and UPI
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 …
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Charlie Baker / Jacobin:
No, Andrew Yang Should Not Be New York City's Mayor  —  Andrew Yang might be gearing up to run for New York City's mayor.  But he's more likely to be the pro-developer, pro-cop second coming of Mike Bloomberg than a real alternative.  —  Our new issue, “Failure Is an Option,” is out now.
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
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 …
Terence McArdle / Washington Post:
Charley Pride, first major Black star in country music, dies at 86 of covid-19  —  In the early 1960s, a young minor league baseball pitcher and aspiring country singer named Charley Pride had settled into a discouraging routine.  His days were spent toiling in Helena, Mont. …
Neda Toloui-Semnani / VICE:
Women Say They Were Abused and Deported by ICE.  Now They Fear Being Silenced.  —  Investigators haven't interviewed at least eight women who were deported after receiving questionable medical diagnoses and treatment at Irwin County Detention Center, VICE News has learned.  —  NT  —  CS  —  EG
 
 
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Acting US defense secretary's chief of staff Kash Patel files $50M defamation lawsuit against CNN
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
In Trying for a Diverse Administration, Biden Finds One Group's Gain is Another's Loss
Discussion: Vox and Washington Examiner
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo throwing virtual birthday party to raise campaign cash
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record Time: Crazy Deadlines, a Pushy CEO
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate's octogenarians face the age question and whether it's time to exit
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump made big in-roads in Hispanic areas across the nation
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
 Earlier Items: 
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran executes exiled journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New York Post
The Guardian:
‘The virus is moving in’: why California is losing the fight against Covid
David Gilbert / VICE:
Even QAnon Is Abandoning Parler, the Far-Right's Answer to Twitter
Discussion: Raw Story
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
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Liz Peek / The Hill:
Red flag: Paul Krugman is optimistic about the economy
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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