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New York Times:
A President Unhappy, Unleashed and Unpredictable  —  President Trump remains the most powerful man in the world, but powerless to achieve what he most wants: to avoid leaving office as a loser.  —  With four weeks left in President Trump's term, he is at perhaps his most unleashed — and …
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Voting machine company executive sues Trump allies for defamation  —  Dominion CEO debunks ‘bizarre allegations’ pushed by Trump team  —  Washington (CNN)An executive for a voting machine company that has been the target of conspiracy theories in the aftermath of Donald Trump's 2020 election loss …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump detonates a truth bomb in the Georgia Senate races  —  President Trump might not realize it, but he just handed Democrats a big weapon to wield against the two Republican senators running in the Georgia runoffs.  —  By abruptly calling for $2,000 stimulus checks on Tuesday night …
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Washington Post:
Trump calls on Congress to approve $2,000 stimulus checks, hinting that he might not sign economic relief bill into law without changes  —  The president has still not signed the measure even though it passed Monday night.  He called the measure “a disgrace.”
Axios:
Trump unleashes signature chaos with stimulus threat and wave of controversial pardons
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Stop lying about the relief bill
Discussion: TIME
Roman Chiarello / Fox News:
Rep. Jody Hice slams ‘inexcusable’ coronavirus relief bill, calls for reopening of economy
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
What happened to Maria Bartiromo?  The Trump election fraud story has the TV news biz asking  —  When a public company makes news, a chief executive can expect a text or call from Maria Bartiromo.  —  The veteran business journalist, now an anchor at Fox News, made her bones by getting sit-downs …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News management failures invited legal threat from Smartmatic
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: No one knows how this ends  —  SO HOW DOES THIS END?  That's a damn good question.  —  NO ONE KNOWS.  Some say President DONALD TRUMP is in burn-it-down mode and is more than willing to veto the Covid relief/funding package, ending his presidency in a lengthy shutdown, with bluster and crisis.
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Kadia Goba / Axios:
Scoop: Pistol-packing freshmen prompt Congress gun review  —  Several incoming House freshmen have inquired about carrying guns into the Capitol, leading a board overseeing congressional security to rethink a regulation banning members from packing heat under the dome, a House aide with direct knowledge of the board review told Axios.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Business Insider:
EXCLUSIVE: A deputy to Eric Trump helped build a campaign shell company to protect the president from grift.  But the secretive operation morphed into a mystery — even for top Trump campaign staffers. … - One of Eric Trump's top deputies played an important role overseeing …
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Business Insider:
Democratic lawmaker says Trump campaign shell company was a campaign committee, likely broke law by not reporting or filing with the FEC … - Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan is asking the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission to investigate the Trump campaign's shell company.
Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Jared Kushner signed off on secret payments to top campaign officials, source says
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Washington Post:
In Iraq, Trump's Blackwater pardons meet with cynicism, fatigue  —  BAGHDAD — The 2007 unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors is remembered here as one of the most emblematic chapters of America's ruinous invasion.  —  Yet the news Wednesday that President Trump …
Discussion: Roll Call
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New York Times:
Trump Pardons Two Russia Inquiry Figures and Blackwater Guards
Ali Harb in / Middle East Eye:   ‘No humanity’: Trump pardons Blackwater war criminals who massacred Iraqis
The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency
Tom Knowles / The Times:
Octopuses are ocean thugs that punch fish  —  Despite its extraordinary intelligence, the life of an octopus is a solitary one.  So perhaps it is no wonder that the mighty brained cephalopod engages in a little thuggery to relieve the boredom.  —  Scientists have discovered that, on occasions …
Politico:
Trump White House staffers receive conflicting messages about their departure  —  Conflicting internal memos created confusion inside the White House on Wednesday about when staffers in the Executive Office of the President should begin preparing to leave work ahead of the transition next month.
Zach Abolverdi / USA Today:
Florida's Keyontae Johnson diagnosed with heart inflammation that has been associated with COVID-19  —  GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida forward Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed on the court during a game Dec. 12 at Florida State, has been diagnosed with a heart inflammation that may be related to an earlier infection for COVID-19.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Marc Ambinder / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Secret Service Has No Plan if Trump Refuses to Go  —  But they do have procedures for handling trespassers.  —  If there are any checklists or plans, procedures or guidelines for the Secret Service to follow in the event of an autogolpe—a Latin American-style crisis …
Patrick Lohmann / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Brindisi-Tenney race narrows even more: 3 to 5 votes separate candidates  —  OSWEGO, N.Y. — The incredibly close race for the 22nd Congressional District got even closer Tuesday, as about 90 new votes from a bundle of about 2,500 affidavit ballots from Oneida County were counted.
Anand Giridharadas / The.Ink:
$600 checks are a “crime,” says the pope's favorite economist  —  A conversation with economist Mariana Mazzucato on the case against Scroogenomics … I watched “The Muppet Christmas Carol” with my family last night, and whenever Michael Caine's Ebenezer Scrooge character came onscreen …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
The case for a Chris Christie comeback  —  The former New Jersey governor has the perfect political résumé to bridge the party's divides in a post-Trump world.  —  Talk to enough mainstream Republican operatives , who are already brainstorming for the type of presidential nominee …
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Public Statement  —  Statement of SEC Chairman Jay Clayton  —  I recently submitted a letter to President Donald J. Trump informing him that today, December 23, 2020, will be my last day as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The text of the letter is included below.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
A Massive Purge Is Underway at Alex Jones' Infowars  —  Layoffs!  Dissent!  A Michael Flynn snub!  Things are not well in the house that brain pills built.  —  At a pro-Trump rally in Washington D.C. earlier this month, conspiracy theory magnate Alex Jones came face-to-face with a star …
David Tarrant / Dallas Morning News:
Fort Worth pastor who urged ‘faith over fear’ in the pandemic mourns parents who died of COVID complications  —  The pastor of 2nd Mile Church in north Fort Worth, where his parents were members, said he was surprised by the sudden surge in COVID cases in recent weeks in Tarrant County.
Maura Forrest / Politico:
How 2020 changed Justin Trudeau, and didn't  —  PROGRAMMING NOTE: Corridors will not publish from Thursday, Dec. 24 to Friday, Jan. 1.  We'll be back on our normal schedule on Wednesday, Jan. 6.  —  At the very beginning of this interminable year, Justin Trudeau grew a beard.
Discussion: Twitchy
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Israel tries to use Milley as conduit to Biden on Iran  —  Israel used the recent visit by Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to pass on several messages to the incoming Biden administration regarding Iran and other regional developments, senior Israeli officials tell me.
Cornel West / Jewish Currents:
The Radical Heschel  —  ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL, who died on this day 48 years ago, was the greatest exemplar of the prophetic legacy of Jerusalem in the most anti-Jewish century of recorded time.  He drew inspiration from the biblical prophets, whom he wrote about in great depth …
The Daily Beast:
White Supremacists Discussed Shooting Up Power Grids, Forming ‘Fascist Society’: FBI  —  Federal agents were tracking a group earlier this year that discussed a violent mission to “wreak havoc” if Trump lost the election, according to mistakenly unsealed court docs.
Discussion: The Sun and New York Post
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Clubhouse Makes Way for Influencers  —  Tech investors have warmed to the idea that being a content creator is a legitimate form of business.  —  Nearly every social media platform has turned its top users into stars: YouTubers, Viners, Dubsmashers, TikTokers, even LinkedIn influencers.
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Va. judge rules Black defendant can't get a fair trial in courtroom largely featuring portraits of White judges
Discussion: Reason
Politico:
Pressure for diversity weighs on Biden's Labor secretary decision
Discussion: CBS Boston
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
‘Good riddance,’ China says as Germany leaves U.N. Security Council
Danielle E. Gaines / Maryland Matters:
Miller, President Emeritus, Resigns After 45 Years in Md. Senate
Discussion: The Hill and Baltimore Sun
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Kelly Loeffler's Letter Helped Set Stage for Husband's $10 Billion Deal
Discussion: Raw Story
Gustavo Arellano / Los Angeles Times:
Column: The bittersweet victory of Alex Padilla, California's first Latino U.S. senator
Borzou Daragahi / The Independent:
Iran's Rouhani says ‘madman’ Trump will suffer similar grim fate as hanged Saddam Hussein
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Detroit News:
Sanctions sought against lawyers who pushed to overturn Michigan's election
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Biden's coronavirus health adviser is a prop
Barbara Moens / Politico:
Donald Trump gives green light to EU-US lobster deal
Discussion: The White House
Derek Robertson / Politico:
Flint Has Clean Water Now. Why Won't People Drink It?
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
U.S. reports more Covid deaths than ever before
Discussion: Balloon Juice, NPR and Axios
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Republicans plunge into open battle over attempts to overturn Trump's loss to Biden
 

 
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Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace approves lifting its ban on “certain widely used foreign platforms”, naming WhatsApp and Google Play as the first two apps

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