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News discussed:

Biden commuted sentences of 37/40 federal death row inmates

Jimmy Carter died

ABC New settled Trump defamation case for $15 million

Seems like a payoff (though Politico writer disagrees)

Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for ‘election interference’

Teamsters union hit Amazon with a strike during christmas peak season because they hate joy and jesus

Iran is shutting down.

Half of Iran’s industrial capacity halted.

Big ol’ spat over H1B Visas, including Musk saying he will go to war over it and telling people to f**k themselves in the face.

various proposed reforms

Porn will be blocked in 13 states

Republican Rep. Kay Granger moved to an assisted-living facility months ago and stopped casting votes

Russia shot down Santa, also an Azerbaijani passenger plane.

The USS Gettysburg shot down an F-16. The pilot was recovered safely.

Happy News!

Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into human

Parker Solar Probe survives, sends back data

Magnus Carlsen quits tournament over jeans

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