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8:35 PM ET, December 29, 2020

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Washington Post:
N.Y. prosecutor hires forensic accounting experts as Trump criminal probe escalates  —  NEW YORK — The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has retained forensic accounting specialists to aid its criminal investigation of President Trump and his business operations, as prosecutors ramp …
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Washington Post:
McConnell blocks Democrats' attempt to quickly approve $2,000 stimulus checks amid pressure on GOP to act  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday blocked consideration of a House bill that would deliver $2,000 stimulus payments to most Americans — spurning a request …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
McConnell blocks $2,000 stimulus checks, then ties them to unrelated Trump demands on tech and election
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Trump slams McConnell for blocking vote on $2,000 stimulus checks
Axios:
Senate tide begins to shift toward $2,000 checks after Trump's push
Washington Post:
First case of highly infectious coronavirus variant detected in Colorado  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
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Amanda Macias / CNBC:
U.S. confirms first case of the new Covid strain discovered in UK
Discussion: Colorado Newsline, CBS News and WHNT-TV
STAT:
Frustration over vaccine rollout builds, as new variant reported in U.S. for first time
Discussion: ABC News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Patty Nieberg / Associated Press:
First reported US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, WTOP and The Week
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Trump angered by Mar-a-Lago renovations, sources say  —  (CNN)His mood darkened as soon as he walked into his members-only club Mar-a-Lago, three days before Christmas, according to multiple sources.  The changes to his private quarters, many of which were overseen by his wife …
Yahoo News:
L.A. County hospitals turn away ambulances, put patients in gift shop: 'I've never seen anything like this'  —  At Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, the breaking point came Sunday night.  —  There was not one available bed for at least 30 patients who needed intensive or intermediate levels of care …
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Los Angeles Times:
Oxygen supply shortages bedevil hospitals already overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients
Discussion: The Hill, New York Post and Engadget
WSB-TV:
GBI finishes signature audit in Cobb County, finds only two mismatches  —  COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News has learned that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has finished the signature audit in Cobb County over the November election.  —  Earlier in the month …
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WTOC:   Raffensperger: No fraud found in Cobb Co. ballot signature audit
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Resistance's Breakup With the Media Is at Hand  —  The day after the 2016 election, I got a phone call from an old friend.  Neither of us had slept much, and we spent most of the conversation exchanging shell-shocked comments of the Can you believe this? variety.  Before we hung up, his voice took on a trace of irony.
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NBC News:
Operation Warp Speed at a crawl: Adequately vaccinating Americans will take 10 years at current pace  —  The Trump administration's Covid-19 vaccine distribution program needs a major shot in the arm because at the current rate, it would take almost 10 years to inoculate enough Americans …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Vaccinations at 200,000 a Day Run Far Short of ‘Warp Speed’  —  The nation won't meet its goal of 20 million doses by year-end  —  The U.S. is vaccinating an average of only 200,000 people a day against Covid-19, and many states have used just a small percentage of the shipments sent to them this month.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Nikki Haley's mind-numbing inanity  —  Republicans have made clear for years that they lack constructive ideas to respond to Americans' real-world concerns.  In lieu of rational responses to rising health-care costs or falling K-12 test scores or income inequality, they rant about Confederate flags …
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Associated Press:
Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was of too poor …
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
Federal Judge Calls Trump a ‘Criminal’ During a Phone Call with the Associated Press  —  A senior U.S. District judge called Donald Trump a “criminal” during a phone call with the Associated Press as he discussed the 45th president's recent pardons of political allies who were convicted …
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Federal judge in Iowa ridicules Trump's pardons  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge in Iowa who has warned against political corruption is ridiculing President Trump's pardons, including those issued to convicted Republican campaign operatives and former members of Congress.
Discussion: The Hill
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
‘Things will get worse before they get better’: Biden's grim COVID-19 speech offers contrast with Trump  —  President-elect Joe Biden painted a grim picture of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the worst was yet to come.  —  Biden also chided his predecessor for the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations …
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Biden praises Christie for mask-wearing
Discussion: HuffPost, NPR, IJR and POLITICUSUSA
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Thousands of Colorado residents without heat after attack on gas service  —  The temperature in Aspen, Colorado, will fall to 2 degrees Tuesday night.  —  Residents without heat after attack on gas lines  —  Thousands of Aspen residents are without heat after an “intentional attack” on gas service lines in the area.
Discussion: Aspen Times and The Hill
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Louisville Officer Who Shot Breonna Taylor Will Be Fired  —  Detective Myles Cosgrove will be terminated along with Detective Joshua Jaynes, who was involved in planning the deadly raid.  —  The Louisville police officer who fired the shot that killed Breonna Taylor, a Black emergency room …
Discussion: The Sun
Philip Ewing / NPR:
Biden's Incoming National Security Adviser Faults Pentagon's ‘Obstruction’  —  The outgoing Trump administration still isn't providing information in the way President-elect Joe Biden's lieutenants feel is appropriate for a team poised to take the reins of power, incoming national security adviser Jake Sullivan told NPR Tuesday.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Donald Trump, Michelle Obama Most Admired in 2020  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are most likely to name President Donald Trump and Michelle Obama as most admired man and woman in 2020.  Trump tied former President Barack Obama for the honor last year but edged out his predecessor this year.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Kelly Loeffler's Conflict of Interest Is Even Worse Than Reported  —  Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.  —  As she campaigns for reelection in the January 5 run-off, Kelly Loeffler …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dani Alexis Ryskamp / The Atlantic:
The Life in The Simpsons Is No Longer Attainable  —  The most famous dysfunctional family of 1990s television enjoyed, by today's standards, an almost dreamily secure existence that now seems out of reach for all too many Americans.  I refer, of course, to the Simpsons.
Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal:
Kushner Cos.  Plans to Raise $100 Million by Selling Bonds in Israel  —  Company plan is likely to rekindle criticism of potential conflicts of interest between Jared Kushner's role in White House and his family's business  —  Kushner Cos., the family business of White House senior aide Jared Kushner …
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Massachusetts GOP leader says he likely got covid-19 at a White House Hanukkah party: 'I'm paying the price'  —  Earlier this month, Tom Mountain, a Massachusetts Republican Party leader, posed for a maskless photo in front of a silver menorah as dozens of other guests without face coverings mingled nearby …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn Is Now Selling QAnon Merch  —  Trump's former national security adviser is going all in on QAnon, selling QAnon T-shirts and launching a QAnon news site  —  Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn is going all in on the QAnon conspiracy theory …
Associated Press:
‘Dark period’: Killings spike in NYC amid pandemic, unrest  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Heralded as the safest big city in America in recent years, New York City is closing out its bloodiest year in nearly a decade, grappling with a surge in homicides and a pandemic authorities say has helped fuel violence.
Cristina Criddle / BBC:
Brexit deal mentions Netscape browser and Mozilla Mail  —  References to decades-old computer software are included in the new Brexit agreement, including a description of Netscape Communicator and Mozilla Mail as being “modern” services.  —  Experts believe officials must have copied …
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Verge
Joseph Krauss / Associated Press:
Record shows US sold ambassador's home in Israel for $67M  —  An official record shows that the United States sold the ambassador's residence in Israel for more than $67 million in July  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  JERUSALEM — The United States sold …
Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
Michigan Supreme Court refuses to hear case challenging mailed absentee ballot applications  —  The Michigan Supreme Court rejected a Wayne County resident's bid to revisit the certified electoral outcome of the 2020 presidential election.  —  Robert Davis, a Detroit-area activist …
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Newsom recall effort gets $500K boost from Orange County firm  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — A campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has received its first six-figure infusion, underscoring the effort's potential.  —  Irvine-based consulting firm Prov 3:9, LLC contributed $500,000 to one of the committees seeking …
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Reed Albergotti / Washington Post:
Apple's longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China  —  New documents show Lens Technology, which makes iPhone glass and is owned by China's richest woman, received Uighur Muslim laborers transferred from Xinjiang.  —  One of the oldest and most well-known iPhone suppliers …
 
 
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Deep Story of Trumpism
New York Times:
Pompeo Weighs Plan to Place Cuba on U.S. Terrorism Sponsor List
Discussion: Reuters
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
Flawed Facial Recognition Leads To Arrest and Jail for New Jersey Man
Andrea Petersen / Wall Street Journal:
New U.S. Dietary Guidelines Reject Recommendation to Cut Sugar, Alcohol Intake Limit
Discussion: KDFX-TV
Lee Brown / New York Post:
Antifa launches soccer league in Portland
Discussion: Breitbart and Liberty Unyielding
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Warnock's closing message: Loeffler is 'afraid that you'll realize that we can do better.'
Discussion: Raw Story, Townhall and Fox News
Emma Tucker / Wall Street Journal:
New York's ‘Son of Sam’ Law Invoked in German Heiress Fraud Scheme
Haley Britzky / Task & Purpose:
The Army is planning a major overhaul of its hair and grooming regulations
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Cioffi / Roll Call:
The Inaugural Luncheon is the latest pandemic casualty
Discussion: Fox News
William J. Kole / Associated Press:
Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us
Discussion: HotAir and The Week
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
A Far-Right Terrorism Suspect With a Refugee Disguise: The Tale of Franco A.
Arizona Republic:
Report: Phoenix police officer said, 'If the mayor defunds the police, I'm going to shoot her'
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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