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12:55 AM ET, December 21, 2020

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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House secures ‘three martini lunch’ tax deduction in draft of coronavirus relief package  —  President Trump has long seized on the tax break as a way to revive the restaurant industry.  But economists have panned it as ineffective and largely benefitting the wealthy.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Washington Post:
Here's what's in the new $900 billion stimulus package  —  Jobless benefits, aid to small businesses, stimulus checks and money for vaccine distribution are in.  New aid for local governments and corporate liability shields are out.  —  Congressional leaders brokered a deal …
Discussion: CNN, BuzzFeed News and The Hill
Washington Post:
Details emerge on $600 stimulus checks, jobless benefits as Congress rushes to finalize deal
Stephanie Clifford / Elle:
The Journalist and the Pharma Bro  —  Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?  —  Almost every weekday for six years, Christie Smythe took the F train from Park Slope downtown to her desk at Brooklyn's federal court …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media  —  Voting machine companies threaten “highly dangerous” cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams.  —  Antonio Mugica was in Boca Raton when an American presidential election really melted down in 2000 …
Erica Newland / New York Times:
'I'm Haunted by What I Did' as a Lawyer in the Trump Justice Department  —  No matter our intentions, lawyers like me were complicit.  We owe the country our honesty about what we saw — and should do in the future.  —  Ms. Newland worked in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department from 2016-18.
Donald J. Trump for President:
Trump Campaign taking Constitutional fight to Supreme Court  —  President Trump's campaign today issued the following statement:  —  “Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., President Trump's campaign committee, today filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the US.
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Trump campaign takes fight over Penn. election, ballot laws to Supreme Court  —  President Trump still refuses to concede the outcome and continues to promote allegations that there was massive voter fraud.  —  Trump still rips ‘stolen’ election  —  President Trump's campaign team …
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Trump campaign independently filing with Supreme Court over election results  —  The Trump campaign issued its first independent filing with the Supreme Court on Sunday, in hopes of reversing actions taken by Pennsylvania's high court.  —  The campaign aims to reverse three Pennsylvania Supreme Court cases …
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Losing His Mind  —  Donald Trump's descent into madness continues.  —  The latest manifestation of this is a report in The New York Times that the president is weighing appointing the conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell, who for a time worked on his legal team, to be special counsel …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
How voters rank Trump a historically bad president
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Birx travels, family visits highlight pandemic safety perils  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — As COVID-19 cases skyrocketed before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, warned Americans to “be vigilant” and limit celebrations to “your immediate household.”
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Arya Hodjat / The Daily Beast:   Dr. Birx Took Family Trip to Delaware After Thanksgiving, Despite Her Own COVID Advice
The Citizen Lab:
Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage ‘Zero-Click’ Exploit  —  Summary & Key Findings  — In July and August 2020, government operatives used NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera.
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Lara Jakes / New York Times:   Trump Incentives for Signing Peace Accords With Israel Could Be at Risk
The Guardian:
Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists allegedly hacked using Israeli firm's spyware
Washington Post:
Ex-cop hits truck thinking it held 750,000 fraudulent ballots, police say.  It held air conditioning parts.  —  David Lopez-Zuniga, an air-conditioner installer, had just left his mobile home for his typical predawn commute when he noticed an SUV's headlights closely trailing his small cargo truck.
Discussion: Buttermilk Sky
Washington Post:
A frustrated Trump redoubles efforts to challenge election result  —  President Trump has intensified efforts to overturn the election, raising a series of radical measures in recent days, including military intervention, seizing voting machines and a 13th-hour appeal to the Supreme Court.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The Coronavirus Is Mutating.  What Does That Mean for Us?  —  Officials in Britain and South Africa claim new variants are more easily transmitted.  There's a lot more to the story, scientists say.  —  Just as vaccines begin to offer hope for a path out of the pandemic …
Discussion: Twitchy, Gothamist and HotAir
Reuters:
Canada halts passenger flights from UK for 72 hours due to new virus strain  —  TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada is halting passenger flights from the United Kingdom for 72 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday, joining a growing list of countries barring British travelers to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus strain from the country.
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Michael Lee / Washington Examiner:
NYC restaurants band together to ban Andrew Cuomo from dining in their establishments  —  A group of New York City restaurants has joined together to ban Gov. Andrew Cuomo from dining at their establishments in reaction to his lockdown policies.  —  “He can eat at some sh—
BBC:
US cyber-attack: Around 50 firms ‘genuinely impacted’ by massive breach  —  The cyber-security firm that identified the large-scale hacking of US government agencies says it “genuinely impacted” around 50 organisations.  —  Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, said that while some 18,000 organisations …
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Shirley Abrahamson, longest-serving member of Wisconsin Supreme Court, dies at 87  —  MADISON - Shirley Abrahamson crashed through barriers for women, but her son was only dimly aware of it as he was growing up.  —  Daniel Abrahamson was about 12 when his mother became the first woman to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1976.
Denver Post:
What happened to the Colorado Republican Party?  —  Out of power in a changing state, the GOP is in soul-searching mode  —  The Jefferson County GOP began its annual assemblies in the 1990s by asking all elected Republicans in attendance to say a few words.
Juleanna Glover / USA Today:
Don't cut in line for the COVID vaccine.  Elites who do will be named and shamed.  —  The optics of the privileged jumping the COVID vaccine line ahead of essential workers will be terrible and should be damaging.  —  Concierge medical practices are fielding inquiries from their wealthy patients wondering …
Discussion: HotAir
 
 
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How Trump drove the lie that the election was stolen, undermining voter trust in the outcome
Michael Lee / Washington Examiner:
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Washington Post:
Major U.S. companies are lobbying in a scrum for early vaccine
Raphael Satter / Yahoo:
Biden chief of staff says hack response will go beyond ‘just sanctions’
Discussion: Reuters
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump likely won't announce 2024 run before Jan. 20
David French / The Dispatch:
Why Do They Hate Us?  —  Race, Christian Nationalism, and White Evangelical Alienation from America
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Politico:
GOP winning the Georgia ad war as Dems shift money to ground game
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill