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9:20 PM ET, December 26, 2020

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CBS News:
Person of interest identified in connection to Nashville bombing  —  A law enforcement source told CBS News a person of interest has been identified in connection to the Christmas morning explosion in Nashville.  The person is connected to the RV that exploded.
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Associated Press:
Downtown Nashville explosion knocks communications offline
Transition / President-Elect Joe Biden:
Statement by President-elect Joe Biden on the Need to Sign the COVID-19 Economic Relief Bill  —  It is the day after Christmas, and millions of families don't know if they'll be able to make ends meet because of President Donald Trump's refusal to sign an economic relief bill approved by Congress …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Jobless Benefits Are Set to Expire as Trump Resists Signing Relief Bill  —  Millions of Americans were set to lose crucial jobless aid, as the president continued to criticize the bill that would keep the programs from lapsing.  —  WASHINGTON — Two critical federal unemployment programs …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Until Biden's win is certified, the U.S. remains vulnerable  —  Not to be alarmist, but we should recognize that the United States will be in the danger zone until the formal certification of Joe Biden's election victory on Jan. 6, because potential domestic and foreign turmoil could give President Trump an excuse to cling to power.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Biden pushes Trump to sign COVID-19 bill: ‘It needs to be signed into law now’
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Mnuchin's loyalty to Trump could end with painful setback as president shreds stimulus deal  —  Democrats and Republicans had thought Mnuchin was speaking for the president in negotiating the $908 billion pact, but Trump quickly called it a “disgrace.”  —  President Trump on Saturday continued …
Discussion: Mercury News and Raw Story
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii  —  ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.
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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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: Twitchy and Althouse
Laurence Tribe / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's pardons must not obstruct justice  —  Abuses of constitutional clemency power should be investigated and prosecuted  —  The writer is a Harvard professor of constitutional law  —  If, as Alexander Pope reflected in 1711, “to err is human, to forgive, divine,” …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Garry Kasparov / Kasparov:
A Short Tribute to My Mother  —  My mother died in Moscow on December 25, at the age of 83.  She meant everything to me, of course, but she was a remarkable woman in her own right, and I wanted to share a little about her and her life.  —  Klara Shagenovna Kasparova was born in Baku …
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 …
Discussion: Power Line
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:   NYT Wonders: Do Dem Setbacks In California Portend Disaster In 2022?
Eric Webb / Austin American-Statesman:
John Cornyn's Christmas Eve brisket confuses the internet  —  Well, it definitely appears to be meat of some sort.  —  U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas on Thursday tweeted a photo of his family's holiday meal with the caption, “Brisket family tradition.”  —  As Cornyn is the senior senator from Texas …
The Irish Times:
Fintan O'Toole: Trump has unfinished business.  A republic he wants to destroy still stands  —  2020 in review: Donald Trump will continue to unleash racism, nativism and a fear of government  —  “In my beginning”, wrote TS Eliot in Four Quartets, “is my end.”
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Georgia Republicans run more misleading attack ads against Warnock and Ossoff  —  PAC money pours into Georgia Senate runoff races  —  Washington (CNN)In early December, we fact-checked misleading attack ads from both Democrats and Republicans in the two Georgia runoff elections …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Amazon hires lobbyist brother of Biden White House counselor  — Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of Biden's White House counselor Steve Ricchetti, recently secured a lobbying contract with Amazon Web Services.  — The report shows Ricchetti registered to lobby for Amazon Web Services on Nov. 13 …
Discussion: New York Post
Tim Arango / New York Times:
Southern California's Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, and It May Get Worse  —  Each day in California brings a mind-numbing new accounting of the tragedy underway.  This week, the state became the first to reach two million virus cases.  —  LOS ANGELES — If this were any other year …
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Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County hospitals running dangerously low on oxygen, supplies as ER units are overwhelmed
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
 
 
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Chilton Williamson Jr / Wall Street Journal:
The Woke See No Evil—and Nothing but Evil
David Willman / Washington Post:
The CDC's failed race against covid-19: A threat underestimated and a test overcomplicated
Discussion: Raw Story
Katherine J. Wu / New York Times:
Boston Doctor Reports Serious Allergic Reaction After Getting Moderna's Covid Vaccine
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
New House Will Start With Narrow Margins and Big To-Do List
Discussion: The Hill
Steven Overly / Politico:
Anti-Facebook agitators see their moment under Biden
Igor Derysh / Salon:
Did we defund the police? No, but “big changes are happening” even after protests die down
 Earlier Items: 
Anthony Powell / The New Criterion:
The “Dr.” will see you now  —  On Joseph Epstein and the “big gun” of identity politics.
Discussion: Power Line
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers
New York Sun:
A Merry Brexit Christmas
Sune Engel Rasmussen / Wall Street Journal:
U.S.-Trained Afghan Fighter Pilot Is in Hiding After Being Denied Safe Passage
Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times:
Families are turning obituaries into final pleas to avoid COVID-19
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
As Virus Resurges in Africa, Doctors Fear the Worst Is Yet to Come
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
 

 
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New York Times:
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner says China-linked Salt Typhoon group listened to phone calls and read texts by hacking US telecom networks

Christine Lemmer-Webber / Dustycloud Brainstorms:
ActivityPub co-author on Bluesky and ATProto being neither decentralized nor federated, and how Bluesky is building a good X replacement with a “credible exit”

Financial Times:
Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5

 
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