Politics at Work

·       Biden says Cuomo should resign if investigation confirms sexual harassment allegations - CNNPolitics

·       FBI reportedly investigating Cuomo role in shielding donors from Covid liability | Andrew Cuomo | The Guardian

·       Biden Falls Three Times Walking Up Steps to Air Force One (yahoo.com)

·       Putin challenges Biden to debate after president calls him a 'killer' - ABC News (go.com)

·       Journalists granted 'zero access' to cover border crisis: photog (nypost.com)

• Stimulus update: House passes $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, sends to Biden (cnbc.com)
• House Progressives Urged to 'Wield Their Power' to Fight Senate Sabotage of Covid-19 Relief Bill | Common Dreams News

·         Texas governor lifts mask mandate and allows businesses to open at 100% capacity, despite health officials' warnings - CNN

·         Biden says $2,000 checks to 'go out the door immediately' if Democrats win in Georgia (msn.com)

·         Dow sheds 346 points as yields climb on Powell's inflation remarks (freep.com)

·         Why is there a silicon chip shortage? 3 factors are to blame (fastcompany.com)

·         • Chart: China Is the World's Manufacturing Superpower | Statista

·         Neera Tanden Withdraws As Biden's OMB Nominee : NPR

·         Bomb Libya and take its oil: Biden budget chief pick Neera Tanden agreed with Trump | The Grayzone

·         INVESTIGATION: Cuomo Gave Immunity to Nursing Home Execs After Big Donations — Now People Are Dying - The Daily Poster

·         Cuomo-gate: a Nixonian scandal is engulfing New York | Andrew Cuomo | The Guardian

·         'Joe Biden Just Dropped Bombs on Syria. Here We Go Again': US Responds to Rocket Attacks With Airstrikes | Common Dreams News

o   The Real World And The Narrative World – Caitlin Johnstone
 o   Nancy Pelosi's big Tesla stock buy raises ethics questions - Washington Times

o   Biden DOJ to continue to seek Assange extradition | TheHill

o   Vaccines very effective in curbing Israel’s Covid infections, studies show (irishtimes.com)

o   Lindsey Boylan: Former Aide Accuses Andrew Cuomo of Sexual Harassment - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

o   Cuomo aide admits holding back COVID nursing home data amid DOJ inquiry (tennessean.com)

o   Trump Acquitted in Senate Impeachment Trial of Inciting Capitol Insurrection - Bloomberg

How Criminal Hedge Funds RIGGED GameStop Market w/Dylan Ratigan - YouTube

Trading app Robinhood blocks users from buying GameStop, other high-flying stocks | Fox Business

GameStop Short Seller Melvin Gets $2.75B Funding From Citadel, Point72 (yahoo.com)

Janet Yellen made millions in Wall Street, corporate speeches - POLITICO

Biden's press office asked journalists to send questions in advance, drawing mixed reactions from reporters (yahoo.com)

Hundreds deported under President Biden, including witness to massacre | WTRF

Biden wants $1,400 stimulus checks, but signals a compromise with GOP is possible (yahoo.com)

Blinken warns Iran may be just 'weeks away' from nuclear weapon (yahoo.com)

Shawn Ryan Show #008 Retired Navy SEAL Tried for War Crimes Eddie Gallagher - YouTube

·       Most of 120 arrested or identified at Capitol riot were longtime Trump supporters: AP analysis | TheHill

·       How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler - Glenn Greenwald (substack.com)

·       Ron Paul Blocked by Facebook for Violating Community Standards | Heavy.com

·       U.S. House impeaches Trump for a second time; 10 Republicans vote yes | Reuters

·       Joe Biden Unveils a $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan | Time

o   Protests

§  Pro-Trump Rioters Storm U.S. Capitol In Deadly Attack On Democracy | HuffPost

§  Opinion | Neoliberalism's Dark Path to Fascism (commondreams.org)

o   Stimulus 

§  President Trump pushes for $2000 stimulus checks (msn.com)

§  Bernie Sanders To Delay Senate Vote In Push For $2,000 Stimulus Checks | HuffPost

§  Joe Biden’s Love of Austerity Cut the Stimulus Bill in Half (jacobinmag.com)

§  Biden: If Dems win in Georgia, '$2,000 checks will go out the door' (yahoo.com)

o   GA Runoffs

§  Bernie Sanders likely to head up Budget Committee if Senate flips | Fox News

o   Pelosi

§  Pelosi reelected speaker despite narrow majority - POLITICO

o   Assange

§  Julian Assange: UK judge blocks extradition of Wikileaks founder to US - BBC News

§  Mexican president offers Assange asylum after U.S. extradition bid thwarted | Reuters

o   Bernie Sanders Demands $1,200 Second Stimulus Check: 'Congress Can't Go Home for Christmas' (newsweek.com)

o   Ayanna Pressley Says $600 Stimulus Checks An 'Insult' As Americans Struggle (msn.com)

§  Republican senator Ron Johnson blocks vote on $1,200 stimulus checks over 'deficit' fears | Daily Mail Online

o   Trump aides ‘intervened’ to stop push for direct financial aid from increasing in stimulus bill: report – Raw Story

·       Hunter Biden Under Federal Investigation 

o   Hunter Biden confirms he is under federal investigation - The Washington Post

·       Hunter Biden-China Dossier

o   The Shadowy Figures Behind the Hunter Biden-China Dossier (theintercept.com)

·       Different COVID-19 Vaccines

o   Different COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC

·       Time magazine made Biden/Harris people of the year ignoring the millions of frontline workers who are risking their lives to keep this country going. 

o   Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Named TIME's Person of the Year | PEOPLE.com

·       Politico: How the Left Learned to Love Biden

o   Inside the Left’s New, ‘Mature’ Political Strategy - POLITICO