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4:40 PM ET, December 27, 2020

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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 …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, The Hill and HotAir
Chris Strohm / Washington Post:
Benefits Lapse for Millions as Trump Fails to Approve Bill
Discussion: 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.
CBS News:
Transcript: Mayor John Cooper on “Face the Nation,” December 27, 2020
Discussion: UPI and Washington Examiner
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 …
Discussion: 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.’
Discussion: Raw Story
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Until Biden's win is certified, the U.S. remains vulnerable
Discussion: 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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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.]
Discussion: Big League Politics
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 …
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.
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 …
 
 
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Hannah Dreier / Washington Post:
To stay or to go?  —  Kevin Euceda believed he was in imminent danger.
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Americans' acceptance of Trump's behavior will be his vilest legacy
The Daily Beast:
In His Final Month in Office, Trump Works Overtime to Drag the GOP Down With Him
Discussion: Raw Story
HuffPost:
Trump's Donors Funnel $10.5 Million Into His Businesses During His Presidency
David Cohen / Politico:
Sen. Toomey: Trump going too far with pardons
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
People's Daily Slams Hong Kong Court for Releasing Lai on Bail
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
December is the deadliest month in the US since the coronavirus pandemic began — and projections for January are ‘nightmarish,’ expert says
Discussion: New York Post
Amber Mohmand / Des Moines Register:
Steve King files ethics complaint against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
Megan Eaves / South China Morning Post:
How I became mayor of Danzhai, a small Chinese village
Washington Examiner:
The Arab world has moved on from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The rest of the world should join them
Robert Cherry / The Hill:
Understanding Black Americans: Don't ask liberals
ABC News:
Trump rushes to dole out plum appointments to allies on way out the door
Discussion: Defense One
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court rejects OpenAI's effort to toss a lawsuit by The Intercept, which argued that the DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline

 
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