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   Congress will press ahead on military bill, defying Trump’s veto threat.
   New York Times (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 80% • 5 min read
   

   Republicans’ determination to advance the measure over President Trump’s objections amounted to a rare refusal by his allies on Capitol Hill to accommodate the president’s hard-line stance, which has threatened to imperil the bill that authorizes pay raises for American troops. And it raised the prospect of a possible veto showdown in the final weeks of Mr. Trump’s presidency — on a popular measure that has not failed to pass in 60 years.
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   Lawmakers and aides had worked for days to resolve the dispute, with Democrats refusing to accept any change to Section 230 and Republicans quietly discussing potential compromises even as many privately conceded such a provision did not belong on the defense measure. It is not yet clear whether President Trump will make good on his threat to veto the bill, and less clear still whether lawmakers could muster the two-thirds supermajority in both chambers to achieve what would be the first veto override of his presidency.
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   The protections provided by Section 230 have allowed Silicon Valley’s giants to grow rapidly. But the companies’ critics say the law gave them a free pass from policing content like explicit images of children and videos produced by terrorist groups. That criticism is bipartisan: President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has called for the protections to be “revoked.”

1. Top from different political viewpoint
   Defense experts warn of repercussions if $740B NDAA bill doesn't pass.
   Washington Examiner (Moderate Right) • Credibility Grade 68% • 2 min read

1. Top long-read
   Trump’s Section 230 reform is repudiation in disguise.
   Brookings Institute (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 72% • 8 min read

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• Biden’s pick to lead OMB could face scrutiny for Wall Street ties, clashes with progressives.
  CNBC (Moderate Left) • Grade 83% • 6 min read
• 3 Hong Kong pro-democracy icons were sentenced to prison in huge blow to protest movement.
  Vox (Left) • Grade 86% • 6 min read
• Iran Parliament passes bill to increase nuclear enrichment.
  Washington Examiner (Moderate Right) • Grade 81% • 2 min read
• Donald Trump releases video statement repeating baseless vote fraud claims.
  The Guardian (Moderate Left) • Grade 65% • 4 min read

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