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12:05 PM ET, December 26, 2020

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Ashley Fetters / Politico:
Washington's Secret to the Perfect Zoom Bookshelf?  Buy It Wholesale.  —  In a place like Washington—small, interconnected, erudite, gossipy—being well-read can create certain advantages.  So, too, can seeming well-read.  The “Washington bookshelf” is almost a phenomenon in itself …
Discussion: Althouse
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Unemployment Aid Set to Lapse Saturday as Trump's Plans for Relief Bill Remain Unclear  —  At least a temporary lapse in expanded unemployment benefits for millions of Americans is now inevitable because of President Trump's delay in signing a $900 billion pandemic relief bill.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump again calls for $2,000 checks as Covid aid bill remains in flux  —  President Donald Trump on Friday continued to push raising the amount of direct payments the massive Covid stimulus package should provide to Americans, but gave no indication on whether he would sign or veto the existing bill.
Associated Press:
AP sources: Human remains found near Nashville explosion  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two law enforcement officials tell The Associated Press that authorities have found human remains in the vicinity of the explosion that rocked downtown Nashville early Christmas morning.
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ABC News:
Human remains found at site of Nashville RV explosion described as apparent ‘intentional act’: Sources
Adam Tamburin / The Tennessean:
Exclusive: Nashville explosion witness remembers chilling warning from the RV: ‘A bomb is in this vehicle’
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump's Presidency Is Over.  His Judges Will Be Here For Decades.  —  Thanks to Mitch McConnell, Trump has put more than 230 people into lifetime federal court seats.  Most are white, male, right-wing ideologues.  —  Donald Trump's presidency is ending in a few weeks.
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Trump rebukes FBI, DOJ, Congress, and Supreme Court in morning Twitter tantrum  —  President Trump spent part of his Saturday morning rebuking federal officials who have not helped him win a second term since losing the election and Congress for stimulus negotiations.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers  —  With theaters and concert halls shuttered, unemployment in the arts has cut deeper than in restaurants and other hard-hit industries.  —  In the top echelons of classical music, the violinist Jennifer Koh is by any measure a star.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A Stinging Setback in California Is a Warning for Democrats in 2022  —  Democrats lost four swing House districts in the state, suggesting that their hold on a number of formerly Republican seats is tenuous at best.  —  LOS ANGELES — Two years ago, Democrats celebrated a sweep …
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Families are turning obituaries into final pleas to avoid COVID-19  —  When Pamela Caddell died of COVID-19 last month, there was no funeral — her family knew that, as a former nurse, she wouldn't want anyone else to be exposed to the disease.  —  But there was still something her husband …
Associated Press:
Despite smooth election, GOP leaders seek vote restrictions  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Changes to the way millions of Americans voted this year contributed to record turnout, but that's no guarantee the measures making it easier to cast ballots will stick around for future elections.
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
Igor Derysh / Salon:
Did we defund the police?  No, but “big changes are happening” even after protests die down  —  Despite intense criticism coming from across the political spectrum, new city budgets show the protests worked  —  After weeks of nationwide protests over the police killings of unarmed Black people this summer …
Anthony Powell / The New Criterion:
The “Dr.” will see you now  —  On Joseph Epstein and the “big gun” of identity politics.  —  Trelawney was always changing his style—even his name, too, I believe, which is, of course, no more Trelawney than my own is.  Nor does anyone know why he should be addressed as Doctor.
Discussion: Power Line
Steven Overly / Politico:
Anti-Facebook agitators see their moment under Biden  —  Facebook endured a deluge of political scrutiny in Donald Trump's Washington.  It's poised to face even worse in the Joe Biden era.  —  From lawmakers on Capitol Hill to antitrust enforcers at the Federal Trade Commission …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Sune Engel Rasmussen / Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-Trained Afghan Fighter Pilot Is in Hiding After Being Denied Safe Passage  —  The case of a top Afghanistan pilot facing death threats from the Taliban has drawn ire from inside U.S. military ranks  —  Maj. Naiem Asadi, an Afghan pilot trained by the U.S. military …
 
 
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
New House Will Start With Narrow Margins and Big To-Do List
Discussion: The Hill
Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County hospitals running dangerously low on oxygen, supplies as ER units are overwhelmed
New York Sun:
A Merry Brexit Christmas
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
As Virus Resurges in Africa, Doctors Fear the Worst Is Yet to Come
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Judy Maltz / Reuters:
Netanyahu Speaks With Morocco's King Mohammed, Invites Him to Israel
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
CNN:
It's time to treat Putin's Russia like the rogue regime it is
Discussion: KTVZ-TV
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
One Vaccine Side Effect: Global Economic Inequality
Discussion: Business Insider
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Schools Rethink Covid Rules. 'We're Over-Quarantining Kids Like Crazy.'
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
How real is the threat of prosecution for Donald Trump post-presidency?
Discussion: Alternet.org
Ana Lucia Murillo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wants to Know: Where Are Melania's Cover Shoots?
Discussion: New York Post
 

 
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages
 
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