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9:30 PM ET, December 28, 2020

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Bernie Sanders to delay defense veto override in bid for $2,000 checks  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders will filibuster an override of President Donald Trump's defense bill veto unless the Senate holds a vote on providing $2,000 direct payments to Americans.  —  “McConnell and the Senate want to expedite …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Votes to Override Trump's Veto of Military Bill  —  Republicans joined with Democrats to hand President Trump a rare legislative rebuke in the final days of his presidency.  The bill will next be taken up by the Senate, where it is expected to pass.  —  WASHINGTON — The House voted …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
House backs increasing coronavirus stimulus checks to $2,000  —  The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill Monday evening to increase direct coronavirus relief payments to some people to $2,000, though the measure faces an uphill battle in the Republican-run Senate …
Washington Post:
A day on the golf course helped change Trump's mind on the stimulus bill
Discussion: The Guardian, Axios and National Review
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Advances $2,000 Stimulus Checks Demanded by Trump
Zachary Evans / National Review:
House Passes Bill to Increase Stimulus Checks to $2,000
Discussion: Vox, ABC News and IJR
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Why a vote on $2,000 stimulus checks is an absolute nightmare for Senate Republicans
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
House overrides Trump veto of defense bill
The Hill:
House passes bill boosting stimulus checks to $2,000 in bipartisan vote
John Kruzel / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker sues Pence in bid to overturn Biden win  —  Vice President Pence was sued Sunday by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and several other Republicans in a far-fetched bid that appeared aimed at overturning President-elect Joe Biden's election win.  —  The lawsuit focuses on Pence's role …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Gohmert suit may force Pence's hand in effort to overturn Trump's defeat  —  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and President Donald Trump's defeated electors from Arizona may force Vice President Mike Pence to publicly pick a side in Trump's bid to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
House Republican sues Pence in last-ditch bid to overturn election results  —  Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert on Monday sued Vice President Mike Pence in a last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.  —  Gohmert's federal suit, which anticipates the House …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Rasmussen quotes Stalin in tweet on US election  —  Republican-leaning pollster Rasmussen invoked a quote attributed to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in a Twitter thread Sunday suggesting Vice President Pence could attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election.  —  “Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
Washington Post:
Biden accuses Trump appointees of obstructing transition on national security issues  —  President-elect Joe Biden on Monday accused President Trump and his political appointees of obstructing the transition of power to his incoming administration, particularly on national security issues …
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Ben Ashford / Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Nashville bomber Anthony Warner ‘targeted AT&T after his father who worked for subsidiary died of dementia - fueling his conspiracy theory that 5G is killing people’  — FBI identified Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the Nashville Christmas bomber  — Source tells DailyMail.com investigators …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Judge Denies ‘Flight Risk’ Ghislaine Maxwell's Second Attempt to Get Out of Jail Ahead of Jeffrey Epstein-Related Trial  —  A federal judge denied Ghislaine Maxwell's second bail application on Monday, finding that Jeffrey Epstein's accused accomplice could not be trusted to stay in the United States …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge again denies bail to accused Jeffrey Epstein sex crimes accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell
Discussion: The US Sun and TalkLeft
The Times of Israel:
Ivanka Trump said weighing run for US Senate or Florida governor  —  After president's daughter and husband Jared Kushner buy $31 million mansion in Miami, speculation swirls about her political ambitions  — 2,698 shares  —  The recent purchase of a Florida mansion by Ivanka Trump …
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Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Donald and Melania Trump eye Palm Beach homes near Mar-a-Lago
Discussion: The US Sun and Sun-Sentinel
Robby Soave / Reason:
The New York Times Helped a Vindictive Teen Destroy a Classmate Who Uttered a Racial Slur When She Was 15  —  Jimmy Galligan is an 18-year-old college freshman from Leesburg, Virginia.  He may also be cancel culture's Count of Monte Cristo.  —  Some months ago, Galligan—who is biracial …
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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Chinese Citizen Journalist Sentenced to 4 Years for Covid Reporting  —  Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, is the first known person to be tried for challenging the Chinese government's narrative about the coronavirus pandemic.  —  A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a citizen journalist …
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Camper Recounts Abuse at Warnock Church Camp  —  Among the indignities 12-year-old Anthony Washington endured at the church camp overseen by Reverend Raphael Warnock: counselors who tossed urine on him and locked him outside his cabin overnight.  —  Washington, now 30, recounted the events …
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Nicholas Fondacaro / Newsbusters:
Nets Hide Fact Dem Warnock Oversaw Camp that Abused Kids for Years
Discussion: Fox News
Agence France-Presse:
Russia admits to world's third-worst Covid-19 death toll … Russia said on Monday that its coronavirus death toll was more than three times higher than it had previously reported, making it the country with the third-largest number of fatalities.  —  For months, the Russian president …
New York Times:
How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor  —  None of the police officers who raided Breonna Taylor's home wore body cameras, impeding the public from a full understanding of what happened.  The Times's visual investigation team built a 3-D model of the scene and pieced together critical sequences …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Rachel Handler / Grub Street:
What the Hole Is Going On?  The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.  —  Part I: The Mystery  —  Things first began to feel off in March.  While this sentiment applies to everything in the known and unknown universe, I mean it specifically in regard to America's supply of dry, store-bought bucatini.
Washington Post:
For D.C. protests, Proud Boys settle in at city's oldest hotel and its bar  —  Located just five blocks from the White House, the Hotel Harrington is the city's oldest continuously operating hotel and has a long-standing reputation as one of the most affordable in the heart of the District.
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
‘I Regret Nothing’: Doctor Who Criticized Trump Parade Works Last Day At Walter Reed  —  Dr. James Phillips, the Walter Reed physician who criticized President Trump's decision to greet supporters outside the facility where he was being treated for COVID-19, has worked his last shift at the hospital.
Soumya Karlamangla / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. was uniquely vulnerable to this COVID catastrophe.  Here is what went wrong  —  Los Angeles is careening toward catastrophe.  —  An explosion of COVID-19 patients has begun to flood hospitals and may soon force doctors to ration care.  The number of available beds in intensive care units …
BuzzFeed News:
We Found The Factories Inside China's Mass Internment Camps  —  Observers have long warned of rising forced labor in Xinjiang.  Satellite images show factories built just steps away from cell blocks.  —  Copy … This project was supported by the Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism …
Discussion: The National Interest
 
 
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Tony Cheung / South China Morning Post:
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The Hill:
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump plays golf but remains mum on Nashville bombing, following a familiar pattern
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Discussion: The Hill, Forbes and Raw Story
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
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