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1:55 AM ET, December 13, 2020

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Washington Post:
Multiple people stabbed after thousands gather for pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington  —  Thousands of maskless rallygoers who refuse to accept the results of the election turned downtown Washington into a falsehood-filled spectacle Saturday, two days before the electoral college will make the president's loss official.
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New York Times:
4 Stabbed and One Shot as Trump Supporters and Opponents Clash  —  Supporters of the president in several cities said they were still convinced that the election was stolen, no matter what the courts say.  Some confrontations with counterprotesters turned violent.
Discussion: The US Sun, Breitbart and Raw Story
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.
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 …
Discussion: Israpundit, Law & Crime, Forbes and Fox News
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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, Mediaite and UPI
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.
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.
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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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump raised firing Barr in White House meeting on Friday
Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:
Ivanka Trump Has Been Grifting Her Way Through Her Father's Presidency.  But It's Hunter Biden We Want to Investigate?  —  The Republican party is obsessed with Hunter Biden, his laptop, his other laptop, his photos, his taxes, his divorce.  Entire conservative news cycles have been crafted completely …
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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.
James Crowley / Newsweek:
Joe Biden ‘Will Be Removed One Way or Another,’ Alex Jones Tells Pro-Trump March  —  Conspiracy theorist and internet personality Alex Jones told a crowd of pro-Trump protesters in Washington, D.C. on Saturday that President-elect Joe Biden “will be removed one way or another,” while addressing the protesters from a stage.
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 …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Acting US defense secretary's chief of staff Kash Patel files $50M defamation lawsuit against CNN  —  Suit claims CNN engaged in ‘pattern of retaliation and discrimination against Kash’  —  Kash Patel reacts to Fiona Hill allegation of Ukraine back channel
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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
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Ryan Heath / Politico:
Inside the global fight to save capitalism  —  Pressure is on for markets to work better.  While critics of today's capitalism are unlikely to be satisfied with the rate and scale of change, politicians and executives on every continent have seen the writing on the wall.
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. …
Discussion: NPR
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
 
 
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Neda Toloui-Semnani / VICE:
Women Say They Were Abused and Deported by ICE. Now They Fear Being Silenced.
New York Times:
In Trying for a Diverse Administration, Biden Finds One Group's Gain is Another's Loss
Discussion: Power Line, Vox and Washington Examiner
The Guardian:
Israel establishes ‘formal diplomatic relations’ with Bhutan
Cam Edwards / Bearing Arms:
Lil Wayne Deserves A Pardon From President Trump
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo throwing virtual birthday party to raise campaign cash
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
Washington Post:
Huawei worked on several surveillance systems promoted to identify ethnicity, documents show
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Corn / Mother Jones:
A Pro-Trump Voting “Expert” Was Questioned About His Data. It Did Not Go Well for Him.
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

 
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