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4:00 PM ET, December 28, 2020

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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.
Washington Post:   For D.C. protests, Proud Boys settle in at city's oldest hotel and its bar
Wall Street Journal:   Highly Touted Monoclonal Antibody Therapies Sit Unused in Hospitals
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Trump accuses McConnell, others in GOP of failing to fight for him
Discussion: Washington Examiner and USA Today
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 …
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Loujain al-Halthloul, Saudi Rights Activist, Gets Prison Sentence  —  Loujain al-Hathloul, who was arrested just before the driving ban was lifted, was charged with undermining the kingdom in a case that supporters decried as a political persecution.  —  CAIRO — One of Saudi Arabia's best-known prisoners …
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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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 …
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Rep. Louie Gohmert, Pack of GOPers Sue Mike Pence in Bid to Force VP to Pick Trump Electors on Jan. 6
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Political Wire
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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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.
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The White House:
Statement from the President  —  As President of the United States it is my responsibility …
Fadel Allassan / Axios:
House to vote on increasing stimulus payments to $2,000 per person
Will Feuer / CNBC:
Biden will invoke Defense Production Act to boost Covid vaccine production, advisor says  — President-elect Joe Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act after he takes office next month to boost production of Covid vaccines, a member of his Covid-19 advisory team said.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
If Anthony Warner Were a Muslim Cleric, We Wouldn't See This Intricate Discussion About Who's a Terrorist  —  I confess that, even given the grim excesses of this plague-ridden year, I didn't expect an American suicide bomber on Christmas Day.  Officials are being very delicate …
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Natalie Allison / The Tennessean:
Anthony Quinn Warner, self-employed computer guru ID'd as lone Nashville bomber, killed in blast
David Marcus / The Federalist:
Dr. Fauci Admits He Has Treated The American People Like Children  —  The American people need public officials to tell us the truth, not what they think we need to hear.  That's the exact opposite of what we're getting.  —  In an interview last week with The New York Times …
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Rubio is right: Fauci has repeatedly lied because he thinks you're stupid
Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and IJR
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 …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: TheBlaze
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 …
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 …
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
Anna Wiener / New Yorker:
Is Substack the Media Future We Want?  —  The newsletter service is a software company that, by mimicking some of the functions of newsrooms, has made itself difficult to categorize.  —  Haley Nahman was having a weird time.  She had spent most of the pandemic inside …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump May Have Accidentally Been a Transformational President  —  In January 2008, Barack Obama declared his intention to be the next Ronald Reagan.  The Democratic presidential candidate told the Reno Gazette-Journal that Reagan had “changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not …
Discussion: HuffPost
Cassidy Johncox / WDIV-TV:
Michigan AG returns fire on Trump: 'You're not our type'  —  President Trump takes to Twitter to criticize Michigan AG Dana Nessel  —  President Donald Trump has once again taken aim at Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Twitter early Sunday morning — and she was not having it.
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Donald and Melania Trump eye Palm Beach homes near Mar-a-Lago  —  Donald and Melania Trump are the latest in their family to look at premium Florida property, according to an insider — even as there is buzz that they'll live at his private club, Mar-a-Lago, after he leaves office.
Discussion: The US Sun and Sun-Sentinel
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
At least we know Trump's not serious about 2024  —  As if an attempted coup, insulting the “totally incompetent and weak” Supreme Court (including three appointees who supposedly were his big gift to conservatives), and refusing even to comment on the covid-19 surge did not make it clear …
NBC News:
Ossoff, Warnock warn about running low on funds, seek last-minute donations  —  LITHONIA, Ga. — Eight days out from Election Day in Georgia's crucial Senate runoff races, Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are “sounding the alarm” about their ability to keep pace with GOP spending …
 
 
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Stanley Kurtz / National Review:
Beware: New Civics Mandates Will Be Woke
Discussion: Power Line
Sirwan Kajjo / Voice of America:
US-Backed SDF Targets IS Militants in Eastern Syria
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Rasmussen quotes Stalin in tweet on US election
Discussion: Mediaite, SHUGERBLOG and POLITICUSUSA
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
More than 500 journalists and media workers have died from COVID-19
CNBC:
Investors believe the stock market could see headwinds under a Biden presidency
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Fauci: Differing state responses a ‘major weakness’ in fighting coronavirus
Discussion: Washington Times, Reason and RedState
Gina Harkins / Military.com:
Obesity and Other Problems Barring Teens from Military Service Need National Attention, Leaders Say
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Joe Vazquez / CBS San Francisco:
Oakland's Ceramic Bust Of Breonna Taylor Smashed In Brazen Act Of Vandalism
Discussion: abc7NY and CBS News
 Earlier Items: 
Brandon Morse / RedState:
Pelosi in Trouble as Two Incoming House Members Seem Reluctant to Endorse Her
Discussion: National Review and CNN
Dan Merica / CNN:
Biden builds out White House digital operation
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Fox News:
Ayotte and Comstock: Year of Republican women continues - now it's Kelly Loeffler's turn in Georgia
Mark Judge / The Stream:
‘They Were Relentless’: How I Learned Respect for Our Communist Media
Discussion: Econlib
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Heather Cox Richardson Offers a Break From the Media Maelstrom. It's Working.
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Anja Karadeglija / The Canadian Press:
A Canadian appeals court freezes big streaming companies' payments designed to help fund Canadian content until the court hears a full appeal of a CRTC ruling

New York Times:
How Netflix hopes to recapture the magic of Squid Game, its surprise worldwide sensation from September 2021 that hit a record 2.8B views, for its second season
 
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