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Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
Toomey: Trump Will Be Remembered For ‘Erratic Behavior’ If He Doesn't Sign COVID Relief Bill — Sen. Pat Roomey (R-GA) on Sunday sternly warned President Trump that his legacy is on the line after the sitting president turned on a COVID relief bill that passed Congress in the waning weeks of his presidency.
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Associated Press:
Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill that had been considered …
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Crooks and Liars, The Hill and HotAir
Associated Press:
Live politics updates: Biden bashes Trump's ‘abdication of responsibility’ on COVID relief bill
Live politics updates: Biden bashes Trump's ‘abdication of responsibility’ on COVID relief bill
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Chicago Sun-Times, USA Today, POLITICUSUSA and TheBlaze
Chris Strohm / Washington Post:
Benefits Lapse for Millions as Trump Fails to Approve Bill
Benefits Lapse for Millions as Trump Fails to Approve Bill
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CNBC, Crooks and Liars and Breitbart
The Tennessean:
Nashville explosion: MNPD confirms Anthony Q. Warner as a person of interest in bombing — Natalie Neysa Alund Yihyun JeongNashville Tennessean — Nashville Police Chief John Drake has confirmed Anthony Q. Warner, 63, as a person of interest in the Christmas day bombing investigation.
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Jeremy Finley / WSMV-TV:
FBI agents investigating if 5G paranoia was behind Nashville bombing — NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - News4 Investigates has confirmed FBI agents spent Saturday speaking with a top Nashville real estate agent, who contacted them after fearing the subcontractor who worked for him may be the same man whose home they were searching.
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HotAir, New York Post, TheBlaze, Tennessee Star, The Guardian, Conservative News Today, RedState, Daily Mail, CBS News and The Daily Beast
David Cohen / Politico:
Rep. Kinzinger calls efforts to overturn election ‘a scam’ — “This is a scam,” said Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of continued efforts by President Donald Trump and some House Republicans to overturn the election of President-elect Joe Biden. — Kinzinger, speaking Sunday morning on CNN's …
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Crooks and Liars and The Hill
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Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
QAnon Rep. Vows to Disrupt Electoral College Vote Count as Trump Tweets ‘See Everyone in D.C.’
QAnon Rep. Vows to Disrupt Electoral College Vote Count as Trump Tweets ‘See Everyone in D.C.’
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Raw Story
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
Republican congressman lashes out at Trump, GOP colleagues for challenging Joe Biden's win: ‘An utter scam’
Republican congressman lashes out at Trump, GOP colleagues for challenging Joe Biden's win: ‘An utter scam’
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HuffPost, IJR, The Daily Beast, RedState and Breitbart
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Until Biden's win is certified, the U.S. remains vulnerable
Until Biden's win is certified, the U.S. remains vulnerable
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emptywheel and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Texas Fracking Billionaires Drew Covid-19 Aid While Investing in Rivals — Sen. Ted Cruz helped rework program rules, enabling Wilks brothers and others in oil industry to get relief funding — WASHINGTON—As the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices walloped U.S. frackers this spring …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Edging closer to shutdown with Trump showing no signs of caving — DRIVING THE DAY — THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN TOMORROW NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. Unemployment benefits have already run out. But the president, comfortably enveloped at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Why these Fox News loyalists have changed the channel to Newsmax — On the morning after Election Day, Greg and Jenny Brethen, loyal viewers of Fox News who watched the channel religiously for almost 20 years, turned on their go-to morning show, “Fox & Friends,” and thought they saw something fishy.
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Warnock and Loeffler work to consolidate voters for runoff — ATLANTA (AP) — When Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock advanced to the Jan. 5 U.S. Senate runoff, they faced the immediate challenge of winning over the 2 million voters who chose one of the 18 other candidates in November's election.
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Wall Street Journal, Orange County Register, Al Jazeera and Breitbart
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Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Trump's inaction on stimulus bill leaves Georgia's GOP runoff candidates in awkward spot
Trump's inaction on stimulus bill leaves Georgia's GOP runoff candidates in awkward spot
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Washington Post and Jon Ossoff for U.S. Senate
Natalie Colarossi / Newsweek:
Pro-Trump Lawyer Calls for Georgia Runoffs Boycott, Hints at Arresting Loeffler, Perdue
Pro-Trump Lawyer Calls for Georgia Runoffs Boycott, Hints at Arresting Loeffler, Perdue
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HotAir, Mediaite, Business Insider and Raw Story
Dan Levin / New York Times:
A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning — A white high school student withdrew from her chosen college after a three-second video caused an uproar online. The classmate who shared it publicly has no regrets. — [To read more stories on race from The New York Times, sign up here for our Race/Related newsletter.]
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Big League Politics
Rockford Register Star:
Army special forces member, 37, charged in shooting at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford — Kevin Haas Chris GreenRockford Register Star — ROCKFORD — A 37-year-old military member has been charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder after police say he gunned down multiple people …
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Task & Purpose, Military Times, Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, New York Post, abc7NY and CBS Chicago
Washington Post:
Mass confusion over Trump's endgame as Washington barrels toward shutdown, economic crisis — White House officials have been mum on Trump's demands, leaving Democrats and Republicans to try and parse his tweets as Monday deadline looms — As President Trump rapidly approached a Monday deadline …
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Wall Street Journal, CBS News, Associated Press, Al Jazeera and Alabama Political Reporter
Jack Healy / New York Times:
The Treasured Diners and Hidden Haunts That Covid-19 Closed for Good — A Pittsburgh hot dog joint, a famous Cambridge dive bar and a vibrant Filipino restaurant in Los Angeles were among the casualties of 2020. — We gather today to mourn the 150-year-old restaurant that served up platters …
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
CNN's Tapper: ‘No Value’ to Interviewing People Like Kayleigh McEnany Who ‘Lie the Way Most People Breathe’ — CNN's Jake Tapper said he won't interview certain pro-Donald Trump people because they've established themselves as liars for the president with “no value” being aired on TV.
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Crooks and Liars, Townhall and The Daily Caller
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump's grievances leave Americans in need in limbo — Trump doubles down on Covid-19 relief bill opposition — (CNN)President Donald Trump's dark mood is worsening — and the country is suffering his wrath. — Furious at Senate Republican leaders for acknowledging he lost to President-elect Joe Biden …
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.:
Household Cash Balances during COVID-19: A Distributional Perspective — JPMorgan Chase Institute Take — Months after the declaration of national emergency on March 13, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the economy and household finances in dramatic and unprecedented ways.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Why 2020 really was the worst year ever — When 2020 passes into the history books, it will carry more superlatives than a high school yearbook — and none of them good. Most deadly, hottest, most stressful, worst. — It is not your imagination: By a host of measures …