House votes to federally decriminalize marijuana, Bill now goes to the Senate 🍀

Meanwhile, in Italy. Italian conservatives are calling for PM Conte to resign, shouting “Liberty! Liberty!” in open protest against COVID19 restrictions. Travel restriction will be tightened starting 21December, with many regions even restricting Christmas Midnight Mass.

NEW YORK — A fugitive who shot a Massachusetts state trooper in the hand during a traffic stop two weeks ago was killed early Friday during a gunfight with U.S. marshals in New York City that left two of the officers wounded. The two deputy marshals injured in the 5:30 a.m. confrontation in the Bronx were treated at a hospital and were expected to recover. Killed in the shootout was 35-year-old Andre Sterling, officials said in a prepared release. He was wanted for shooting the Massachusetts trooper on Nov. 20. Three marshals hunting for Sterling took fire as soon as they entered the Bronx home where they believed Sterling was located, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the incident publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. One deputy with the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force was hit in the leg and another was struck in his arm and leg, according to federal officials.

Panchito Vicente, 2, is reflected in plexiglass as he visits Santa Claus, Ray Hamlett, 74, at the Citadel Outlet mall, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus continues, in Commerce, California. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

NYPD: Body Worn Camera video release 41st Precinct 10-22-2020. #shooting

Oregon gave Antifa your CARES act COVID relief tax dollars during the riots. Wait, Iit gets worse. At at time when violent rioters were setting fires, looting, and terrorizing the people of Portland, they were rewarded with U.S. CARES Act COVID relief funds. Repeating: When Portland was burning, the state of Oregon gave the arsonists gasoline. The group “SNACK BLOC” that received CARES ACT money designed to help people in need – or so we thought – is unabashedly antifa and BLM. It’s not even a semantical close call. Oregon’s Health Authority gave money to a group that came out of the shadows to support antifa and riots. I say out of the shadows because according to Willamette Week, the loosely formed “group” supposedly existed for three years, but has no webpage, and just started a Twitter account timed to the beginning of Portland’s 100-plus days of non-stop rioting. (Read more.)

Milwaukee Police: Prevention StopThieves from putting a strain on your finances this holiday season. Secure your vehicle and keep packages out of sight. Some vehicles need extra precautions. Never leave a vehicle unattended while running.

A diver wearing Santa Claus costume swims in a large fish tank during an underwater performance at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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President Trump has ordered the majority of US troops to leave Somalia "by early 2021," in just the latest major military policy decision being taken in the final days of his administration https://cnn.it/33MkST3