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1:20 PM ET, December 13, 2020

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New York Times:
Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence  —  Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress's tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump.  The attempt will put Republicans in a pinch.  —  President Trump lost key swing states by clear margins.
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David Siders / Politico:
Trump unleashes an army of sore losers  —  It's been five weeks since the election, and he still hasn't conceded.  Alleging massive voter fraud, he's demanded an audit of votes in populous Democratic strongholds.  On Thursday, he sued the secretary of state.
Discussion: Raw Story, NBC News and National Review
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump tells ‘Fox & Friends’ election challenges ‘not over’ ahead of Electoral College vote  —  Trump would not say if he would attend Biden's inauguration  —  Trump: Election fight not over ahead of Electoral College vote  —  President Trump vowed that he and his campaign …
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Most feel election is “settled” but Trump voters disagree  —  With the Electoral College poised to elect Joe Biden on Monday, a sizable 62% majority of the nation's voters feel the election is “over and settled” and it's “time to move on.”  Large majorities feel their own votes …
Jordan Williams / The Hill:
Dershowitz: Supreme Court ruling shows 'you can't count on the judiciary' if you're team Trump  —  Attorney Alan Dershowitz said the Supreme Court turning down Texas's election lawsuit sent a message that President Trump and his allies 'can't count on the judiciary' to help overturn the results of the election.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Atlantic
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Supreme Court rejects Trump appeal
Discussion: Associated Press
Sean Colarossi / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump Has Full-Blown Meltdown And Hints That He'll Fire Bill Barr And ‘Declassify Everything’
Discussion: HotAir, The Daily Beast and CNN
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.
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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.
Lauren Koenig / CNN:
Several people were stabbed and 23 arrested as ‘Stop the Steal’ protesters and counter-protesters clash in Washington, DC  —  (CNN)At least four people were stabbed Saturday night amid post-election protests in Washington, according to the DC Metropolitan Police Department's public affairs office.
Discussion: The Week
Martin Farrer / The Guardian:
Violence flares in Washington as far-right Trump supporters clash with counter-protesters
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Reuters
David French / The Dispatch:
The Dangerous Idolatry of Christian Trumpism  —  We can pray peace will prevail, but we'd be fools to presume it will.  —  4 hr ago  —  This is a grievous and dangerous time for American Christianity.  The frenzy and the fury of the post-election period has laid bare the sheer idolatry and fanaticism of Christian Trumpism.
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Rod Dreher:
What I Saw At The Jericho March  —  For my sins, I guess, I watched all six hours of the Jericho March proceedings from Washington today, on the march webcast.  I say for my sins, but in truth, I decided to watch it because I am interested in what the activist Christian Right is saying …
Discussion: Religion News Service
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
She Stalked Her Daughter's Killers Across Mexico, One by One  —  Armed with a handgun, a fake ID card and disguises, Miriam Rodríguez was a one-woman detective squad, defying a system where criminal impunity often prevails.  —  SAN FERNANDO, Mexico — Miriam Rodríguez clutched …
Kimberly Wehle / Politico:
There's a Way to Halt Trump's Baseless Election Fraud Cases  —  The dozens of postelection lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign and his Republican supporters are hard to keep track of, but the scorecard is as clear as it is grim for the president's side: one modest victory versus 55 losses—and counting.
Discussion: Raw Story
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Compared with today's GOP, the 1860 secessionists were softies  —  At least the Confederate secessionists acknowledged that Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election.  —  The 18 Republican state attorneys general and 126 Republican House members who asked the Supreme Court to throw out the results …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Will Parker / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Poised for Wave of Evictions in January as Federal Ban Expires  —  Between 2.4 million and 5 million American households are at risk in January alone  —  More American renters could be evicted from their homes in January than in any month ever, as protections put in place during …
CNN:
First batch of coronavirus vaccine ships out from Pfizer plant for all 50 states  —  (CNN)Freight trucks carrying about 184,275 vials of coronavirus vaccine departed a Pfizer plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Sunday, and the combined 189 boxes of vaccine vials are expected to arrive in all 50 states on Monday.
Discussion: Politico, TheBlaze and HotAir
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Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccines Begin Shipping
Discussion: Anchorage Daily News
 
 
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Washington Post:
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Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

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