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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: Raw Story and Political Wire
Tammy Bruce / Washington Times:
Trump not just admired, but appreciated
Discussion: Associated Press and Snopes.com
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.
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Ian Dunt / Persuasion:
Fool Britannia  —  Brexit is here, so it's time to review its grand promises.  Spoiler: They got away with lies.  —  2 hr ago  —  So here we are.  Four and a half years, three prime ministers and two elections later, Britain finally has a Brexit deal.  To do so, the country became divided …
John O'Sullivan / National Review:   Life after Brexit  —  What comes next for the U.K. after leaving the European Union.
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Stream and National Memo
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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
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   As runoff nears, Trump complicates GOP case by demanding that Kemp resign
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Walmart apologizes to Hawley after calling him a sore loser  —  An exchange of sharp words followed the Missouri senator's vow to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory.  —  Sen. Josh Hawley speaks on Dec. 16, 2020.  Greg Nash/Pool via AP
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:   Josh Hawley Is Madison Cawthorn Is Marjorie Taylor Greene
New York Times:
Hawley Answers Trump's Call for Election Challenge
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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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
The Small Colorado Town Shrugged Off the Pandemic.  Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.  —  Simla, Colo., an isolated ranching community, is the site of the first known case in the United States of a new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus.  —  SIMLA, Colo. — An isolated ranching community …
Discussion: Denver Post
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:   Shots are slow to reach arms as Trump administration leaves final steps of mass vaccination to beleaguered states
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:   Discovery of Virus Variant in Colorado and California Alarms Scientists
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 …
Elaine Shannon / SpyTalk:
Nashville's Big Bomb Was a Very Rare Device, Experts Think  —  Fire, flash and power signal a volatile fuel-air mix that even terrorists avoid  —  Find his test sites, top bomb experts say.  —  Anthony Quinn Warner's device, although probably made of common over-the-counter components …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
2020 Shatters the Myth of American Exceptionalism  —  2020 will go down for me as the year I did not travel to Minnesota.  —  Strictly speaking, it is more accurate to say this was the year when I did not travel to my version of Minnesota.  —  My Minnesota is a crisp morning stroll in Northfield …
Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
A Republican in Joe Biden's Cabinet?  The president-elect should just say no.  —  Naming a Republican is bad messaging and not necessary.  And it wouldn't signal strength or produce an envoy with persuasive powers over the opposition.  —  The doors may be closing on the chances of a Republican …
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.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren's next chapter  —  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.  —  The Massachusetts Democrat is a member of Schumer's leadership team and is working closely …
Fox Tv / WJBK-TV:
Ohio State study: 30% of student athletes have heart damage linked to COVID-19  —  New research suggests COVID-19 may leave lingering heart damage  —  LOS ANGELES - In a study published in September, researchers from Ohio State University found that out of more than two dozen athletes …
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.
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
ABC News:
Kentucky residents ‘luck’ into getting COVID vaccine Walgreens didn't want to expire  —  Offering those doses went “against protocol,” the governor said.  —  Vice President-elect Kamala Harris receives COVID-19 vaccine  —  Harris was vaccinated one week after President-elect Joe Biden received the first dose of the two-dose-vaccine.
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 …
Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal:
Jobless Claims Seen Elevated During Week Clouded With Uncertainty  —  Impending changes to benefits and Christmas holiday may have affected application levels  —  The number of workers seeking unemployment benefits is projected to have edged higher during a holiday week …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jacob Grier / Reason:
When There Wasn't Enough Hand Sanitizer, Distilleries Stepped Up.  Now They're Facing $14,060 FDA Fees.  —  For many American craft distillers, 2020 was already one of their worst years ever.  The COVID-19-related closure of tasting rooms and cocktail bars, loss of tourism …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
How Trump warped HHS long before Covid-19  —  Political interference and tensions with scientists preceded — and set the stage for — the disaster of 2020.  —  President Donald Trump arrives in the press briefing room with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on April 4, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Here's how.  —  Kwame Onwuachi, based in Washington, D.C., is a James Beard Award-winning chef and author of “Notes from a Young Black Chef.”  Alice Waters is a chef, author, food activist, and the founder and owner of the restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif.
 
 
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