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5:45 PM ET, December 26, 2020

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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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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump's mind is elsewhere as unemployment benefits run out for millions of Americans  —  Washington (CNN)A day before unemployment benefits for millions of Americans were set to expire, President Donald Trump had a different insult in mind: his former-model wife has yet to appear on the cover of a fashion magazine as first lady.
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.
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.
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
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.
Discussion: Associated Press
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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.
Evan Semones / Politico:
Trump rails at Justice Dept., Supreme Court as stimulus bill deadline nears
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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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: NPR, Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
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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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.”
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 …
Discussion: HotAir
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 …
 
 
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Eric Webb / Austin American-Statesman:
John Cornyn's Christmas Eve brisket confuses the internet
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
Associated Press:
Despite smooth election, GOP leaders seek vote restrictions
Discussion: New York Times, Hackwhackers and Axios
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
Discussion: Washington Post and Mother Jones
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
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
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
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
 

 
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