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By Holly Thomas TOP STORIES ‌ Thursday, December 12 ‌ ONE-TERM JOE? Joe Biden is denying a Politico report that a debate about his age has been “revived” among his closest advisers and that he has signaled he would “almost certainly” not run again in 2024. Biden, 77, called the report "just not true." [HuffPost] ‌ JERSEY CITY SHOOTERS 'TARGETED' JEWISH MARKET The attackers in a deadly shootout that lasted hours and spanned two locations in New Jersey targeted a Jewish market. Mayor Steven Fulop said the assault was clearly a hate crime, and said at least one of the shooters had anti-Semitic posts on their social media pages. [HuffPost] ‌ ANTI-SEMITIC PASTOR SPEAKS AT TRUMP'S HANUKKAH PARTY  President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at tackling anti-Semitism Wednesday ― but a speaker at the event has said Jews are going to hell. Evangelical leader Robert Jeffress, who Trump called a “tremendous faith leader," has claimed "you can’t be saved being a Jew.” [HuffPost] ‌ WEINSTEIN REACHES TENTATIVE $25 MILLION SETTLEMENT Harvey Weinstein has reached a tentative $25 million settlement agreement with dozens of women who accused the Hollywood producer of sexual assault. The deal, pending court approval, would be paid by insurance companies, and would not require Weinstein to admit to any wrongdoing, according to The New York Times. [HuffPost] ‌ GRETA THUNBERG IS TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR Greta Thunberg is Time Person of the Year 2019. The 16-year-old earned the recognition for her fearless efforts to raise global awareness about climate change. She is the youngest person to receive the title in Time's 92-year history. [HuffPost] ‌ ARCTIC IN DIRE CONDITION, REPORT WARNS Climate change is transforming Arctic ecosystems in unprecedented and troubling ways, causing vast sheets of ice to melt, impacting local wildlife and threatening not just indigenous populations who live there, but communities around the world, researchers warned in a dramatic new report. [HuffPost] WHAT'S BREWING ‌ SANDERS IS SITTING OUT THIS CONGRESSIONAL BATTLE Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, has yet to endorse Texas Democrat Jessica Cisneros, an immigration attorney challenging Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the House’s most conservative Democrats, in Texas’ 28th Congressional District. [HuffPost] ‌ LEV PARNAS CONCEALED A $1 MILLION DONATION FROM RUSSIA  Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from Russia a month before he was charged with conspiring to funnel foreign money into Republican campaigns in the United States, federal prosecutors said. [HuffPost] ‌ WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE DEFENDS UKRAINE AID DELAY The White House Office of Management and Budget, which has come under scrutiny for its role in withholding military aid to Ukraine, has offered a new defense of its decision to freeze the funds in a legal memo penned by the agency’s general counsel. [HuffPost] ‌ ISRAELI PARLIAMENT TO HAVE THIRD ELECTION IN A YEAR  Israel’s parliament approved a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, putting the country on the verge of an unprecedented third election in a 12-month period while giving scandal-plagued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a welcome break as he fights to save his political career. [AP] ‌ GOP CONFIRMS 'ARROGANT, LAZY' JUDGE RATED 'NOT QUALIFIED' Senate Republicans voted to make Lawrence VanDyke a lifetime federal judge, despite the American Bar Association rating him “not qualified” because, according to his own colleagues, he is “arrogant, lazy, an ideologue, and lacking in knowledge of the day-today practice including procedural rules.” [HuffPost] ‌ THE CRAZY PLACES PLASTIC HAS WOUND UP THIS YEAR More than 90% of plastic isn’t recycled and it’s estimated to take anywhere from 500 to 1,000 years for plastic to break down in landfills. If it isn’t recycled or incinerated, this trash often finds its way into streams, rivers and oceans where animals can’t help but eat plastic, often because it smells like food to them. [HuffPost]] BEFORE YOU GO Child actor and ballet dancer Jack Burns dead at 14. 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