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2:40 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
David Wickert / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Supreme Court rejects Trump appeal  —  The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of a lawsuit by President Donald Trump that seeks to overturn the state's election results.  —  The president filed the lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court Dec. 4.
Discussion: Associated Press and POLITICUSUSA
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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 Atlantic and The Daily Caller
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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Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service:
‘Proud Boys’ burn Black Lives Matter signs at churches in Washington  —  Flip  —  WASHINGTON (RNS) — People reportedly affiliated with the hate group Proud Boys tore down Black Lives Matter signs belonging to churches in Washington Saturday night (Dec 12), setting at least one aflame.
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.
Lauren Koenig / CNN:
Several people were stabbed and 23 arrested as ‘Stop the Steal’ protesters and counter-protesters clash in Washington, DC
Discussion: The Week
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
4 stabbed in skirmishes at DC protests, while 1 person shot at clashes in Washington state
Discussion: Washington Examiner and NBC News
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
Tyler Van Dyke / Washington Examiner:
NIH director asks public to ‘hit the reset button’ on vaccine skepticism  —  The director of the National Institutes of Health is urging the public to set aside skepticism regarding the coronavirus vaccine.  —  Dr. Francis Collins said the rate at which a vaccine was developed for the novel coronavirus was …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNBC
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Trump: Coronavirus vaccine would have taken ‘five years’ if I wasn't president
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
U.S. begins shipping Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine
Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccines Begin Shipping
Discussion: CNN
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 …
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
CNN:
Biden's Catholic faith will be on full display as the first churchgoing president in decades  —  (CNN)Joe Biden rarely misses Sunday Mass. So it was notable when the President-elect didn't attend church on November 29, the first Sunday of Advent and the beginning of the season when Roman Catholics like Biden prepare for Christmas.
Sky News Australia:
Major leak ‘exposes’ members and ‘lifts the lid’ on the Chinese Communist Party  —  A major leak containing a register with the details of nearly two million CCP members has occurred - exposing members who are now working all over the world, while also lifting the lid on how the party operates under Xi Jinping, says Sharri Markson.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Flynn: Feds should have been looking into Swalwell instead of him and Trump  —  Recent report linked Swalwell to a suspected Chinese spy  —  Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn told Fox News' “Sunday Morning Futures” that counterintelligence officials should not have been devoting …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
 
 
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