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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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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.
Washington Post:
Authorities identify Anthony Warner as Nashville bomber, say his remains were found in the wreckage  —  Neighbors describe Warner as a “recluse” with an interest in home security.  —  Anthony Quinn Warner was responsible for the Christmas morning explosion that rocked downtown Nashville …
Discussion: UPI, CNN, WHNT-TV and Tennessee Star
CBS News:
Transcript: Mayor John Cooper on “Face the Nation,” December 27, 2020
Discussion: UPI and Washington Examiner
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 …
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.
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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Natalie Colarossi / Newsweek:
Pro-Trump Lawyer Calls for Georgia Runoffs Boycott, Hints at Arresting Loeffler, Perdue  —  Lin Wood, a pro-Trump lawyer who has been aggressively promoting unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, tweeted a plan to boycott Georgia's critical Senate runoff race Friday and hinted at arresting GOP Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
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Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Warnock and Loeffler work to consolidate voters for runoff
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.
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
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 …
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 …
Meghan Cox Gurdon / Wall Street Journal:
Even Homer Gets Mobbed  —  A Massachusetts school has banned ‘The Odyssey.’  —  A sustained effort is under way to deny children access to literature.  Under the slogan #DisruptTexts, critical-theory ideologues, schoolteachers and Twitter agitators are purging and propagandizing against classic texts …
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, IJR and The Hill
Hannah Dreier / Washington Post:
To stay or to go?  —  Kevin Euceda believed he was in imminent danger.  —  Down the hall in the immigration detention center where he was being held, a man whose psychiatric visits had been suspended because of the pandemic was hallucinating and screaming.  Others were shivering and sweating, scared they were going to die.
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Americans' acceptance of Trump's behavior will be his vilest legacy  —  Trump has brought impunity to the highest office in the land, wielding a wrecking ball to American democracy  —  Most of the 74,222,957 Americans who voted to re-elect Donald Trump - 46.8%of the votes cast …
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
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Trump's Donors Funnel $10.5 Million Into His Businesses During His Presidency
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Amber Mohmand / Des Moines Register:
Steve King files ethics complaint against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
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