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2 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
If there's one thing we know about December in Washington, it’s that it gets really … interesting, our @playbookplus authors say. Every year. Without fail. Chaos. Madness. On the brink of a holiday.

Here's what December 2020 has brought already 👇 politico.com/newsletters/pl…
• Trump is considering preemptively pardoning much of his immediate family
• Prosecutors have been pursuing an investigation into potential bribery in connection with an effort to secure a pardon from Trump
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• AG Barr says the DOJ has not found any evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election
• Yet Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani is offering non-specific conspiracy theories about the election
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• Trump says he will veto the always-bipartisan NDAA — which sets defense policy — unless Congress repeals Section 230, which governs social media
• In 9 days the govt runs out of money and an omnibus bill is unlikely, but there may be a stopgap passed
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• And finally, it looks like Congress is considering coronavirus relief. McConnell circulated a bill yesterday and may try to force Pelosi's hand by tying it to a must-pass government funding measure
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