Gen Michael Hayden

✔@GenMhayden

Mike, just be quiet. https://twitter.com/RepKinzinger/status/1339956759201505284

Daily Mail Online

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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Igor Matovic tests positive for Covid-19 a week after attending EU summit https://trib.al/eczit1L 

Slovakia’s PM tests positive for Covid-19 after attending EU summit

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic confirmed he had tested positive for Covid-19 in a Facebook post in which he wrote: ‘Today, I am one of you.’

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CNN Politics

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Millions of Americans don’t have enough to eat, are falling behind on housing payments or have had trouble paying their bills. And millions of Americans are lapsing into poverty.

This is how things are getting tougher for Americans https://cnn.it/2J1YGND 

Five stark measures show rising American suffering as Congress stalls on aid

Millions of Americans expect to lose wages in the next four weeks.

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Newsweek

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U.S.-China conflict would be a “disaster” for whole world, Beijing warns https://www.newsweek.com/us-china-conflict-would-disaster-whole-world-beijing-warns-wang-yi-1555928?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1608305388 …

U.S.-China conflict would be a “disaster” for whole world, Beijing warns

Wang Yi issued the warning with one month before President-Elect Joe Biden takes office, with Beijing waiting to see how tough a line he will take.

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Daily Mail US

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Trump’s Pentagon chief STOPS all co-operating with Joe Biden transition despite department being under attack from Russian hackers https://trib.al/3OIA6i5 

New York Post Metro

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Cops arrest alleged arsonist who killed subway conductor in March https://trib.al/35P1Wps 

The Washington Post

✔@washingtonpost

Europe is paying less than U.S. for some coronavirus vaccines, including 24% less for Pfizer’s, previously confidential data shows http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/eu-coronavirus-vaccines-cheaper-than-united-states/2020/12/18/06677e34-4139-11eb-b58b-1623f6267960_story.html …

Europe is paying less than U.S. for many coronavirus vaccines

The Pfizer vaccine is 32 percent more expensive in the United States.

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The Washington Post

✔@washingtonpost

Fact Checker: The biggest Pinocchios of 2020 https://wapo.st/3nCm2IY 

Analysis | The biggest Pinocchios of 2020

Our annual roundup of the most outlandish claims of 2020.

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Brooklyn Paper@brooklynpaper

“As the delivery trucks carrying the COVID-19 vaccinations arrived to our facility yesterday, I began to breathe a sigh of relief for the first time in nine months.” https://www.brooklynpaper.com/5000-healthcare-workers-have-received-covid-19-vaccine/ …

Over 5,000 healthcare workers have received new COVID-19 vaccine: Mayor • Brooklyn Paper

The first COVID-19 vaccine has been given to 5,200 New York City healthcare workers in the five days since vaccinations began in the state.

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The Guardian

✔@guardian

Jupiter and Saturn meet in closest ‘great conjunction’ since 1623 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/18/jupiter-and-saturn-meet-in-closest-great-conjunction-since-1623?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1608287071 …

Jupiter and Saturn meet in closest ‘great conjunction’ since 1623

Astronomers gear up to watch solar system’s two largest planets side by side in night sky

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New York Post

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Most US workers support COVID-19 vaccine mandates for offices: survey https://trib.al/HrzwjWe 

The Daily Beast

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“Now that’s progress: A state commission has recommended that Virginia’s Lee statue be removed from Statuary Hall and replaced by a Black female civil rights icon,” says @IAmSophiaNelsonhttps://trib.al/xjtMsko 

They’re Carting Robert E. Lee Out of the U.S. Capitol and It’s About Damn Time

Now that’s progress: A state commission has recommended that Virginia’s Lee statue be removed from Statuary Hall and replaced by a Black female civil-rights icon.

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Stars and Stripes

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The Trump administration says it’s completed 430 miles of the $15 billion wall and promises to reach 450 miles by year’s end.https://www.stripes.com/news/us/damage-from-border-wall-blown-up-mountains-toppled-cactus-1.655682 …

Damage from border wall: blown-up mountains, toppled cactus

Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald…

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McClatchyDC

✔@McClatchyDC

Gathering for Christmas? See COVID risk levels in your county with this map https://trib.al/ucZttdJ 

Gathering for Christmas? See COVID risk levels in your county with this map

Health officials warn large gatherings indoors increase your chances of contracting the coronavirus.

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DW News

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Over 300 religious leaders have called for a worldwide clampdown on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people. https://www.dw.com/en/lgbt-conversion-therapy-religious-leaders-call-for-ban-to-abhorrent-practice/a-55976691 …

Religious leaders call for ban to LGBT conversion therapy

Over 300 religious leaders have called for a worldwide clampdown on conversion therapy for LGBT+ people. Germany is one of the few countries to have introduced a ban. DW spoke to two survivors of the…

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Daily Mail Online

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President Macron is suffering from ‘fever, cough and fatigue’ after catching covid https://trib.al/quFpb2l 

President Macron is suffering from ‘fever, cough and fatigue’

Macron, 42, is staying at a residence called La Lanterne in Versailles after testing positive for Covid-19 in a result which sparked frantic contact-tracing among EU leaders.

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Daily Mail Online

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Denmark becomes 12th country in EU to define sex without consent as rape in new change of law https://trib.al/SY7UVKP 

Denmark will define sex without consent as rape under law change

Most countries in the European Union lack this significant consent definition. Denmark becomes the 12th to adopt it, joining the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden.

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Newsweek

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National Review says Donald Trump’s refusal to concede is “worst thing he’s done” https://www.newsweek.com/national-review-donald-trump-refusal-concede-worst-thing-1555825?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1608281823 …

National Review says Donald Trump’s refusal to concede is “worst thing he’s done”

The conservative magazine opposed Trump’s campaign for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2016.

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Military History Now@MilHistNow

On this day in 1972, President Nixon orders a massive air campaign against North Vietnam following the collapse of peace talks with Hanoi. The so-called “Christmas Bombings” will end 11 days later with 16 B-52s having been shot down and American crews threatening mutiny.

The Moscow Times

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The Russian National Guard has signed a cooperation agreement with Belarus’ police force to combat “terrorism and extremism” as Belarus continues to be rocked by protests https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/12/18/russian-national-guard-to-partner-with-belarus-police-amid-protests-a72408 …

Russian National Guard to Partner With Belarus Police Amid Protests

Under the new agreement, Russia and Belarus will cooperate on combatting extremism and terrorism, among other things.

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The Moscow Times

✔@MoscowTimes

Russian-British media mogul Yevgeny Lebedev was officially sworn in as Baron of Siberia and Hampton on Thursday, swearing his allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II

Guardian World@guardianworld

Covid world map: which countries have the most coronavirus cases and deaths? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/18/covid-world-map-which-countries-have-the-most-coronavirus-cases-and-deaths?CMP=twt_a-world_b-gdnworld …

Covid world map: which countries have the most coronavirus cases and deaths?

Covid-19 has spread around the planet, sending billions of people into lockdown as health services struggle to cope. Find out where the virus has spread, and where it has been most deadly

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ABC News Politics

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President-elect Joe Biden will have a small, State of the Union-sized audience for inauguration. https://abcn.ws/3gW1Sa2 

Middle East Monitor

✔@MiddleEastMnt

Pakistan ‘opens secret normalisation talks’ with Israel https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201218-pakistan-opens-secret-normalisation-talks-with-israel/ …

Pakistan ‘opens secret normalisation talks’ with Israel

Pakistan has ‘opened secret normalisation talks’ with Israel, Hebrew website Nziv has reported, quoting Israeli political sources. It is claimed that a British Airways flight landed at Ben Gurion …

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Newsweek

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Baby’s brain swells after catching COVID https://www.newsweek.com/babys-brain-swells-after-catching-covid-1555659?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1608283777 …

Baby’s brain swells after catching COVID

Four-month-old Cullen was airlifted to hospital to be treated for what is known as a bulging fontanel.

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Daily Mail Online

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North Korean fishing captain is publicly executed for listening to foreign radio while at sea https://trib.al/S64IzSU 

North Korean boat captain is executed for listening to foreign radio

The US government-funded Radio Free Asia claims the mariner, who was reportedly executed by firing squad in front of 100 workers, was killed after admitting he had listened to its broadcasts.

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