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12/14/2020 09:10 AM EST
THE BUZZ IT’S COMING: Don’t be surprised if Gov. Gavin Newsom decides to deliver California’s Hanukkah/Christmas gift this week and roll out his choice for the Senate seat held by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
If the much-anticipated appointment comes, as some insiders expect, during the holiday period, when news is typically slow, it could provide Newsom with a buffer, turning the page on the narrative from the last few weeks (see: the French Laundry debacle) and giving the many who doubtless won’t agree with his choice time to vent and get over it. And then he can put the “annus horribilis” 2020 in the rearview mirror and get on with 2021.
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The first Covid-19 vaccine shipments in the U.S. were set to leave a manufacturing plant in Michigan on Sunday for delivery on Monday. | Morry Gash/AP Photo via pool
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SIREN … IT’S HAPPENING! “Trucks with first COVID-19 vaccine in US get ready to roll,”by AP’s Matthew Perrone, Mike Stobbe and Mark Scolforo: “The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States were set to pull out of a Michigan manufacturing plant Sunday, with the shots that are critical to stopping the nation’s coronavirus outbreak destined to reach states a day later.