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7:40 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: Business Insider and 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 and BuzzFeed News
Washington Post:
Details emerge on $600 stimulus checks, jobless benefits as Congress rushes to finalize deal
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
McConnell expects coronavirus relief package to be finalized ‘in a matter of hours’
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.
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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.
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Shirley Abrahamson, longest-serving member of Wisconsin Supreme Court, dies at 87
Discussion: Wisconsin Right Now
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
Trump Incentives for Signing Peace Accords With Israel Could Be at Risk  —  Diplomatic sweeteners for joining the Abraham Accords that were offered to Morocco, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates could be rejected by Congress or reversed by the incoming Biden administration.
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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
Discussion: Instapundit
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.
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
Politico:
‘An emergency’ like 'we've never seen': Inside Biden's Cabinet confirmation drive  —  The president-elect's transition team has already launched an all-hands-on-deck push to assure smooth confirmation of its picks.  —  Biden has tapped a vast network of current and former elected officials …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:   A Biden Style of Government Is Emerging: Lowest Drama Possible
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Pollsters disappear in Georgia with Senate on the line  —  The public polls that drove so much news about the November election are mostly sidelined in Georgia after some high-profile misses.  —  Early voters stand in line at the State Farm Arena on Dec. 14 in Atlanta.  Megan Varner/Getty Images
Discussion: CNN and NPR
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.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement on Coronavirus Relief & Omnibus Agreement  —  Washington, D.C. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued the following statement after reaching agreement on coronavirus relief and omnibus package:
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 …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
How voters rank Trump a historically bad president  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Fox News poll finds that 42% of voters say history will remember President Donald Trump as one of the worst presidents ever.  —  An additional 8% say he will be remembered as below average …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Most Republicans say President Trump was robbed
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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BBC:
Germany and Finland bring home women from Islamic State camps
Dan Diamond / Politico:
‘A shining moment’: Congress agrees to restore Medicaid for Pacific Islanders
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
F.D.A. Wants to Stop Regulating French Dressing
Discussion: New York Post
Juleanna Glover / USA Today:
Don't cut in line for the COVID vaccine. Elites who do will be named and shamed.
Discussion: HotAir
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
A Conservative Justice in Wisconsin Says He Followed the Law, Not the Politics
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
How Trump drove the lie that the election was stolen, undermining voter trust in the outcome
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Lee / Washington Examiner:
Seattle City Council member who supports defunding police calls officers to her home to report a crime
Discussion: RedState
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
How Biden can make us hate each other a little bit less
Cathy Park Hong / New York Times:
How Fake News Is Hatching in Immigrant Communities
Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles
Denver Post:
What happened to the Colorado Republican Party?
Discussion: PRESS RUN
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Us?
Discussion: Twitchy, Gothamist and HotAir
 

 
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Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify plans to pay incentives to video creators who hit certain viewing thresholds and, in January, to let Premium subscribers view podcast videos without ads

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

 
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