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10:15 PM ET, December 27, 2020

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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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CNN:
Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law after lengthy delay  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, according to multiple sources, averting a government shutdown …
Discussion: Mediaite
Axios:
Trump signs COVID relief bill, averting government shutdown  —  President Trump signed a bill to extend unemployment benefits and avert a government shutdown, the White House said in an emailed statement Sunday evening.  —  What to watch: While Trump signed the current bill providing …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid Lapses  —  After calling the measure a “disgrace,” President Trump abruptly signed it, extending expanded unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium, and averting a government shutdown.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump …
Discussion: Variety, Townhall, TheBlaze and Breitbart
Politico:
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package  —  President Donald Trump signed into law a major coronavirus stimulus package along with an annual spending bill, avoiding a government shutdown before a Monday night deadline.  —  Trump has railed against the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill …
HuffPost:
Trump Begrudgingly Signs COVID-19 Relief Bill, Government Spending, Averting Shutdown  —  After criticizing the government funding and emergency coronavirus relief as wasteful and inadequate, the president ended up signing it.  —  After throwing the bill into doubt earlier this week …
Discussion: The Hill and Rolling Stone
USA Today:
Trump reverses on coronavirus stimulus deal, signs package he called a ‘disgrace’
John Bowden / The Hill:
Bipartisan lawmakers urge Trump to either sign or immediately veto coronavirus relief bill
Discussion: CBS Philly
Washington Post:
Countdown to shutdown: Here's what happens if Trump doesn't enact the stimulus law by midnight Monday
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
New York Times:
‘This just has to get done’: Lawmakers push Trump to sign the relief bill.
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 …
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Grant Hodgson / The US Sun:
LONELY XMAS Nashville bomb: Anthony Quinn Warner told woman he gave homes to he ‘intended to spend Christmas in woods with his dogs’  —  NASHVILLE suspected suicide bomber Anthony Quinn Warner told the woman he gifted his two homes to that he “intended to travel on Christmas Eve to spend …
Wall Street Journal:
Nashville Bombing Suspect Died in Explosion, Police Say  —  AT&T building may have been targeted in Christmas morning blast downtown  —  Federal authorities on Sunday identified Anthony Warner as the man responsible for the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, saying that they believe …
Discussion: New York Times
Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:   Nashville Blast Suspect Died In Explosion, Officials Say
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Heather Cox Richardson Offers a Break From the Media Maelstrom.  It's Working.  —  She is the breakout star of the newsletter platform Substack, doing the opposite of most media as she calmly situates the news of the day in the long sweep of American history.
New York Post:
The Post says: Give it up, Mr. President — for your sake and the nation's  —  Mr. President, it's time to end this dark charade.  —  We're one week away from an enormously important moment for the next four years of our country.  —  On Jan. 5, two runoff races in Georgia will determine …
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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 …
Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Reginald Foster, Vatican Latinist Who Tweeted in the Language, Dies at 81  —  One of the world's foremost experts on Latin, Father Foster was a monk who looked like a stevedore, dressed like a janitor and swore like a sailor.  —  Reginald Foster, a former plumber's apprentice from Wisconsin who …
New York Times:
1 of every 17 people in the U.S. has been infected, and 1 in 1,000 has died.  Yet the worst may lie ahead.  —  With bubble-enclosed Santas and Zoom-enhanced family gatherings, much of the United States played it safe over Christmas while the coronavirus rampaged across the country.
Discussion: Axios
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.
The Times of Israel:
Israel said planning to advance settlement building before Biden enters office  —  Defense Ministry panel reportedly set to convene in coming two weeks on building approvals in West Bank, East Jerusalem, in last gasp of Trump administration  —  Israel is expected to greenlight settlement construction ahead …
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Waiting for Joe Biden: How to make it through the final, awful days of Donald Trump
Laura Ingraham:
Dr. Siegel: Lockdowns Just Destroy the Economy, They Don't Work
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Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Colleagues are happy to see Steve King go but ousted lawmaker says he's not bitter
Joshua Jamerson / Wall Street Journal:
Georgia Runoffs Test Democrats in Turning Out Black Voters
Hannah Dreier / Washington Post:
To stay or to go?  —  Kevin Euceda believed he was in imminent danger.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Why 2020 really was the worst year ever
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Americans' acceptance of Trump's behavior will be his vilest legacy
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The Treasured Diners and Hidden Haunts That Covid-19 Closed for Good
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
Wall Street Journal:
Texas Fracking Billionaires Drew Covid-19 Aid While Investing in Rivals
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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