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9:00 AM ET, December 28, 2020

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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 …
Washington Post:
Trump signs stimulus and government spending bill into law, averting shutdown  —  The president had demanded changes to the stimulus bill but on Sunday moved to release the stimulus funds after all  —  President Trump unexpectedly capitulated Sunday night and signed the stimulus bill into law …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP officials invoked Trump's legacy in pleas to sign coronavirus relief bill  —  Getting a cranky, stubborn President Trump to belatedly sign the COVID relief bill, after unemployment benefits had already lapsed, was like being a hostage negotiator, or defusing a bomb.
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 …
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
What's in the $900 Billion Covid-19 Relief Bill
Discussion: NBC News and The US Sun
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Trump Signing Bipartisan Coronavirus Relief and Omnibus Funding Bill  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the President signed the bipartisan coronavirus relief and omnibus funding bill:  —  “The signing of the bipartisan …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and WHNT-TV
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump got nothing  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THAT'S IT?  President DONALD TRUMP made all this noise about the Covid relief and government funding bill only to sign it and get nothing in return?  —  TRUMP got taken to the cleaners.  —  WHAT A BIZARRE, embarrassing episode for the president.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Political Reckoning  —  The year 2020 brought extraordinary and unexpected challenges that tested the strength of basic institutions, demanded courage and sacrifice in the face of a raging pandemic, underscored racial and economic inequities, and produced the biggest turnout of voters in the history of U.S. elections.
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Trump accuses McConnell, others in GOP of failing to fight for him
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
more at Mediagazer »
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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Wall Street Journal:
Nashville Bombing Suspect Died in Explosion, Police Say
Discussion: The Guardian
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 …
Politico:
Meet the GOP freshmen taking on the squad  —  On the first day of Congress' freshman orientation, four incoming GOP members realized they shared a special connection: All had first- or second-hand experience living in communist or socialist countries.  —  The crew quipped that their family histories …
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
Trump's legacy: An enduring contempt for truth?  —  PolitiFact, the fact checking site, was in a quandary over its annual “lie of the year” award; there were so many choices.  —  Instead of the usual one example, the award was given to the package of lies about the novel Coronavirus …
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Waiting for Joe Biden: How to make it through the final, awful days of Donald Trump  —  Marie Antoinette had nothing on Trump, who flew to Florida and hit the links after pardoning cronies and upending a desperately needed COVID relief deal.  —  Most of America likely is not surprised …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Left seeks leverage to move Biden  —  The tug-of-war between President-elect Joe Biden and the left wing of the Democratic Party is shifting onto policy grounds now that nominees have been selected for key positions in the new administration.  —  The left knows it will have a tough battle …
Lawrence Wright / New Yorker:
The Plague Year  —  The mistakes and the struggles behind America's coronavirus tragedy.  —  1. “An Evolving Situation”  —  There are three moments in the yearlong catastrophe of the covid-19 pandemic when events might have turned out differently.  The first occurred on January 3, 2020 …
Scott Gottlieb / Wall Street Journal:
Turning the Corner on Covid  —  January will be tough but with sensible precautions the virus can be a manageable risk by spring.  —  The novel coronavirus is about to make its last major stand, so prepare for the most difficult six weeks yet.  But things will look up as spring approaches.
Vivian Nereim / Bloomberg:
Saudi Women's Rights Activist Sentenced to Prison, Sabq Says  — Prominent activist Loujain Al-Hathloul convicted in Riyadh  — Kingdom could face greater pressure from Biden administration  —  A Saudi Arabian court sentenced a prominent women's rights activist to nearly six years in prison …
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Alec Baldwin's wife became Hollywood's Rachel Dolezal because of our sniveling, bootlicking press  —  The fading celebrity trophy life ranks as one of the easiest jobs of modern life: refresh your fillers enough that the Daily Mail can never describe you as “tired-looking” …
Discussion: Althouse and The Daily Beast
 
 
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Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
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Iris Ouyang / South China Morning Post:
China orders Ant to rein in expansion, regulators put up fences around financial risks
Discussion: CNN, Axios and The Week, more at Techmeme »
Bill Schneider / The Hill:
How the American system failed in 2020: Pandemic politics
The Times of Israel:
Israel said planning to advance settlement building before Biden enters office
 Earlier Items: 
Laura Ingraham:
Dr. Siegel: Lockdowns Just Destroy the Economy, They Don't Work
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Axios
Kerry Picket / Washington Examiner:
Colleagues are happy to see Steve King go but ousted lawmaker says he's not bitter
Meghan Cox Gurdon / Wall Street Journal:
Even Homer Gets Mobbed
JPMorgan Chase & Co.:
Household Cash Balances during COVID-19: A Distributional Perspective
Discussion: Bloomberg and Marginal REVOLUTION
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Americans' acceptance of Trump's behavior will be his vilest legacy
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
CNN's Tapper: ‘No Value’ to Interviewing People Like Kayleigh McEnany Who ‘Lie the Way Most People Breathe’
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Why these Fox News loyalists have changed the channel to Newsmax
 

 
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Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: YouTube is favored to stream the NFL's opening week Friday night game, its first exclusive NFL broadcast, which may be available globally for free

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
WMG launches the WMG Pulse app in beta to let artists and their teams access real-time information about streaming performance and more across various platforms

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: ESPN will call its forthcoming flagship streaming app ESPN; the cheaper option will still be ESPN+, which doesn't include the most-watched live games
 
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