Federal eviction moratorium gets extended, but that’s only delaying the inevitable crisis Credit: AP via The Daily Kos
*** TOP STORIES ***
Washington Post: N.Y. prosecutor hires forensic accounting experts as Trump criminal probe escalates
Seattle Times: As he lobs fraud claims, losing Republican candidate Loren Culp’s own campaign spending draws questions
The Olympian: Thurston adds 28 virus cases, no new deaths Tuesday as December breaks monthly record
JOLT News: Providence and Valley View have begun vaccinating healthcare providers
*** SELECT REGIONAL, NATIONAL NEWS ***
The Olympian: Olympia Farmers Market open Saturdays only for winter season
The Seattle Times: Spanaway tops list of toughest places in the U.S. to buy a home – Lacey, Tacoma tie for 2nd place
CNBC: Boeing 737 Max returns to skies after crashes, grounding and a reckoning
Airliners Watch: Boeing plans to use Everett factory for Dreamliner checks only
Truthout: Purge of 4,000 Georgia Voters Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules – U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner (who is also the sister of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams) issued a decision on Monday
Kansas City Star: He’d ask naysayers to consider the meaning of ‘socialism’ before pointing fingers [Ed. note: A brilliant observation by Columnist Charles Hammer.]
Mercola: Why Facebook Is Crashing and Burning
Business Insider: Michael Cohen says the associates Trump pardoned may now be forced to testify against him because they can no longer invoke the Fifth Amendment
*** CORONAVIRUS NEWS ***
MSNBC’s The Last Word: Emergency medicine physician: ‘There’s nothing stopping the spread of this virus’ – “no matter how many people we vaccinate, it means nothing if the virus continues to spread exponentially.”
Bloomberg: Biden faults Trump for slow vaccine rollout, pledges faster pace
CNN: Louisiana GOP Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, age 41, dies after battling Covid-19
CNN: Oxygen supply issues forced five Los Angeles-area hospitals to declare an ‘internal disaster’
McClatchy News: Can the hormone melatonin play a role in the fight against COVID? Here’s what we know
CNBC: U.S. confirms first case of the new Covid strain discovered in UK
*** TRUMP CHAOS ***
WaPo: Fact-checking more than 25,000 false claims made by Donald Trump since he assumed office in 2017.
Bloomberg: Trump Lashes Out at GOP as Defense Bill Sets Up Rebuke in Senate
Huffington Post: Trump Is Set To Violate Palm Beach Deal By Staying Too Long At Mar-A-Lago. Again.
Newsweek: Don Lemon Says Donald Trump and His Allies Are ‘Dreaming of a Coup’
McClatchy News: Trump ends Obama’s reign as most admired man in America, poll finds
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Wow. That was a deep dive. Thank you for putting this out.
When does the fighting get the most intense? Just before the end! Whether the end of the year or the end of Trump’s term.
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