Headlines for December 23, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5C0HX)
- Trump Calls Stimulus Bill a "Disgrace" as Dems Seize on Call to Up Direct Payments to $2,000
- Trump Pardons Blackwater Mercenaries, Ex-GOP Lawmakers, and Border Guards Who Shot a Man
- U.N. Official Calls for Julian Assange Pardon; Trump Mulls Granting Immunity to Mohammed bin Salman
- Dozens of Al Jazeera Journalists Hacked with Israeli Company's Spyware
- Targeted Murders of Journalists Doubled in 2020, with Mexico Worst-Affected Country
- Israeli Voters Will Head to Polls for Fourth Time in Less Than 2 Years After Gov't Collapse
- Israeli Soldiers Shoot and Kill Palestinian Teenager in Occupied East Jerusalem
- Pakistani Human Rights Activist Karima Mehrab Baloch Found Dead in Canada
- Alex Padilla Will Replace Kamala Harris in Senate, Becomes CA's First Latinx U.S. Senator
- DOJ Sues Walmart for Helping Fuel the Opioid Epidemic
- ICE Guards Threaten to Force-Feed Hunger Striker as More Immigrant Prisoners Join Protest
- Essential Workers in Chicago Walk Off Job to Demand Fair Pay and Safe Working Conditions