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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.
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Raw Story, NBC News and National Review
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Karl Rove: Trump Is ‘On the Edge of Looking Like a Sore Loser’ — Karl Rove said on Fox News Sunday that President Donald Trump is starting to look like a “sore loser.” — The president keeps refusing to accept that he lost and Joe Biden won, and has been pushing all sorts of baseless claims …
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Law & Crime
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
Chris Christie Blasts Trump's Legal Strategy: An ‘Absurdity’
Chris Christie Blasts Trump's Legal Strategy: An ‘Absurdity’
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Talking Points Memo, IJR and Washington Times
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.
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Associated Press and POLITICUSUSA
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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.
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Business Insider, The Daily Caller and The Atlantic
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 …
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Compared with today's GOP, the 1860 secessionists were softies
Compared with today's GOP, the 1860 secessionists were softies
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The Moderate Voice
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.
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Raw Story, NewsOne, WTOP, Conservative News Today, Business Insider and New York Post
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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
4 Stabbed and One Shot as Trump Supporters and Opponents Clash
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Lauren Koenig / CNN:
Several people were stabbed and 23 arrested as ‘Stop the Steal’ protesters and counter-protesters clash in Washington, DC
Several people were stabbed and 23 arrested as ‘Stop the Steal’ protesters and counter-protesters clash in Washington, DC
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The Week
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
4 stabbed in skirmishes at DC protests, while 1 person shot at clashes in Washington state
4 stabbed in skirmishes at DC protests, while 1 person shot at clashes in Washington state
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NBC News, Washington Examiner and The Hill
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 …
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Bloomberg, Politico, Breitbart, Forbes, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Florida Politics, Mediaite and The Carpentariat
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David Cohen / Politico:
Lamar Alexander: Trump needs to ‘put the country first’ and accept election results
Lamar Alexander: Trump needs to ‘put the country first’ and accept election results
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The Boston Globe, Axios, IJR, The Hill, USA Today, The Daily Caller, Crooks and Liars and Breitbart
Harry Enten / CNN:
Al Gore conceded on this date. Trump still hasn't
Al Gore conceded on this date. Trump still hasn't
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Business Insider, New York Times, Slate and Florida Politics
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
The G.O.P. Can No Longer Be Relied On to Protect Democracy
The G.O.P. Can No Longer Be Relied On to Protect Democracy
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Conservative News Today, Yahoo News, Daily Kos and ABC News
Associated Press:
COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort — PORTAGE, Michigan (AP) — The first of many freezer-packed COVID-19 vaccine vials made their way to distribution sites across the United States on Sunday, as the nation's pandemic deaths approached the horrifying new milestone of 300,000.
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Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Mother Jones and The Week
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Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
U.S. expects to have immunized 100 million against COVID-19 by end of March -Slaoui
U.S. expects to have immunized 100 million against COVID-19 by end of March -Slaoui
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The Hill
Tyler Van Dyke / Washington Examiner:
NIH director asks public to ‘hit the reset button’ on vaccine skepticism
NIH director asks public to ‘hit the reset button’ on vaccine skepticism
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Talking Points Memo
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Trump: Coronavirus vaccine would have taken ‘five years’ if I wasn't president
Trump: Coronavirus vaccine would have taken ‘five years’ if I wasn't president
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Business Insider and Washington Examiner
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
U.S. begins shipping Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine
U.S. begins shipping Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine
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National Review, Raw Story and New York Magazine
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 …
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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 …
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.
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The Gateway Pundit
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Accused of Sexual Harassment by Former Adviser — Lindsey Boylan, a Democratic candidate for Manhattan Borough president, accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, of sexual harassment during the time she worked as an adviser to him.
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New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze and Mediaite
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
WSJ op-ed on ‘Dr.’ Jill Biden gets writer ‘canceled’ by Northwestern University — The author wrote that Jill Biden's use of “Dr.” before her name “sounds and feels fraudulent, not to say a touch comic” — Jill Biden reportedly pushing for debt-free college as incoming first lady
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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.