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8:00 AM ET, December 31, 2020

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CNN:
Trump to return to Washington early ahead of Republican plan to disrupt certification of Biden's win  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump is expected to return to Washington earlier than anticipated ahead of a planned disruption by Republicans when Congress meets next week to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Fears That His Influence Is Waning  —  The president is plotting retribution.  Not just because he's mad about his election loss.  But because he wants to keep folks in line.  —  As his days in office come to a close, President Donald Trump has hinted to those close to him that he's worried …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
New York Times:
Hawley Answers Trump's Call for Election Challenge
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:   Josh Hawley Is Madison Cawthorn Is Marjorie Taylor Greene
Tammy Bruce / Washington Times:
Trump not just admired, but appreciated
Discussion: Associated Press and Snopes.com
Washington Post:
Hawley's plan to contest electoral college vote certification ensures drawn-out process
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The GOP Just Let Democrats Have Their Stimulus and Campaign On It Too  —  Next week, voters in Georgia will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate in 2021 — and thus, quite plausibly, the future of macroeconomic, climate, and health-care policy in the United States.
Discussion: New York Times, TheBlaze and COURIER
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren's next chapter  —  The progressive senator is already playing the inside game to shape Biden's agenda.  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer replaced, lamenting that there's no one ready to step in.  Elizabeth Warren has a different approach.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell and GOP reject House's $2,000 stimulus checks
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
You Should Be Angry.  —  Before we get started: Shortly after I finished writing today's newsletter …
Washington Post:
McConnell says push for $2,000 stimulus checks has “no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate”
Axios:
Scoop: Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intel on Chinese bounties  —  The Trump administration is declassifying as-yet uncorroborated intelligence, recently briefed to President Trump, that indicates China offered to pay non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack American soldiers …
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CNN:   Trump was briefed that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack US forces in Afghanistan
Lara Seligman / Politico:   Intel on China bounties called ‘less’ credible than Russia payments
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Shots are slow to reach arms as Trump administration leaves final steps of mass vaccination to beleaguered states  —  Federal and state officials say the pace will soon accelerate, but the logistical challenges are also expected to intensify in the new year  —  In suburban Milwaukee …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:   Discovery of Virus Variant in Colorado and California Alarms Scientists
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
The Small Colorado Town Shrugged Off the Pandemic. Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.
Discussion: Denver Post
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service to make changes to presidential detail to bring on agents who worked with Biden  —  The Secret Service is making some staff changes in the presidential detail that will guard President-elect Joe Biden, amid concerns from Biden allies that some current members were politically aligned …
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan  —  The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a census official said.  That delay could undermine President Donald Trump's efforts to exclude people …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Census To Miss Year-End Deadline For Delivering Numbers For House Seats
Discussion: KDFX-TV
Dominique Vidalon / Reuters:
British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship  —  PARIS (Reuters) - The father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was in the process of applying for a French passport to maintain his ties with the European Union after Brexit.
Discussion: Business Insider and The Sun
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Taryn Ryder / Yahoo Entertainment:
Dr. Drew reveals COVID-19 diagnosis months after apologizing for downplaying coronavirus  —  Celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky has tested positive for COVID-19.  Pinsky, known as “Dr. Drew,” is “under surveillance” according to a message shared on his Instagram account.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:
Feds probing if Nashville bomber believed in lizard people conspiracy  —  Investigators are exploring several conspiracy theories as potential motives behind the Christmas Day bombing outside an AT&T building in Nashville, including evidence that the bomber believed in lizard people …
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Wall Street Journal:
Alden Global Seeks to Buy Tribune Publishing  —  Hedge fund already owns 32% of the Chicago Tribune publisher  —  A hedge fund that owns a big stake in Tribune Publishing Co. is seeking to buy the newspaper chain behind titles including the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News, according to people familiar with the matter.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Biden's Team Tells Senate Democrats To Send Him Judicial Nominees ASAP  —  The president-elect wants recommendations for all existing district court vacancies by Jan. 19, says his incoming White House counsel.  —  President-elect Joe Biden is signaling that he's ready to move quickly with nominating judges once he's sworn into office.
Discussion: The Hill, CNN, Reason and Political Wire
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Trump Georgia rally could backfire, electing Ossoff and Warnock  —  Today the battle rages in Washington and Georgia over the possibility of $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks that are strongly supported by President Trump, almost all Democrats in Congress, a minority of Republicans in Congress …
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Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
More than 8,000 to serve as GOP poll watchers during twin Senate races
Discussion: Fox News and IJR
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
Trump's parting gift to dictators solidifies his authoritarian legacy  —  Throughout his turbulent presidency, President Trump has been erratic and unpredictable.  But in one realm, he has been consistent: supporting bloodthirsty despots who abuse, torture and kill their own people.
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
‘Russia on the brain’: Biden pick for top Pentagon post was a vocal Steele dossier promoter  —  President-elect Joe Biden's pick for a top Pentagon post has a lengthy Twitter history of defending British ex-spy Christopher Steele's discredited dossier and promoting allegations of Trump-Russia collusion.
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
America's Vaccine Rollout Is Already a Disaster  —  It's happening all over again.  For months, Americans who despaired about the country's coronavirus-suppression efforts looked desperately to the arrival of a vaccine for a kind of pandemic deliverance.  Now that it has arrived …
Discussion: Washington Post
Mark Levin / TheBlaze:
On January 6, we learn whether our Constitution will hold  —  And whether congressional Republicans care  —  January 6 is the day we learn whether our Constitution will hold and whether congressional Republicans care.  —  The 2020 presidential election was, in several targeted battleground states …
Discussion: RedState
CNN:
US defense officials divided over potential for Iranian attack on eve of grim anniversary  —  Washington (CNN)The US flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Middle East Wednesday in the latest show of force meant to deter Iran, as defense officials remain divided over the risk posed by the regime …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Here's how.  —  Kwame Onwuachi, based in Washington, D.C., is a James Beard Award-winning chef …
Alex Nowrasteh / Cato Institute:
American Compass Shouldn't Reject the Economics of Immigration
Discussion: Noahpinion
ABC News:
Kentucky residents ‘luck’ into getting COVID vaccine Walgreens didn't want to expire
Fox Tv / WJBK-TV:
Ohio State study: 30% of student athletes have heart damage linked to COVID-19
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Third Commercial Property Purchased with Funds Misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine
Ellen Carmichael / National Review:
Journalists' Behavior over Luke Letlow's Passing Is Abhorrent — and Telling
Discussion: Twitchy and Townhall
John Bowden / The Hill:
Dozens of Cuban migrants protest at US-Mexico border, seek asylum
Claire Wang / NBC News:
How Georgia's 1st Vietnamese American state rep is continuing Stacey Abrams' fight
 Earlier Items: 
Jacob Grier / Reason:
When There Wasn't Enough Hand Sanitizer, Distilleries Stepped Up. Now They're Facing $14,060 FDA Fees.
Discussion: RedState and US Food and Drug …
Wall Street Journal:
HHS Pushes New York, Delaware to Allow Pharmacy Technicians to Administer Covid-19 Vaccine
Alexis Ty / International Business Times:
National Bacon Day 2020: 12 Facts You Never Knew About The Delicious Pork Slab
Discussion: Power Line
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Ted DeLaney, Conscience of a Roiled University, Dies at 77
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Sen. David Perdue became wealthy outsourcing work to Asia. Now the former CEO stands with Trump, who wants to ‘end our reliance on China.’
Discussion: Raw Story
Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Gov Cancels Inaugural Ceremony Over Armed Protesters Outside His Home
Discussion: Associated Press and UPI
 

 
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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

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

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

 
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