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Good morning, I'm Jake Sherman, and welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punch Bowl News.

It's Friday, December 24, 2021.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines for the day.

Number one, the Punch Bowl Power Matrix.

Number two, the Leadership Report Card.

And number three, thanks for a great year.

So the Punch Bowl Power Matrix this morning. So we usually do this in the afternoon additions

or the evening editions on Friday of each week for premium members. But we decided to do the Punchball Power

Matrix this week in the morning edition because we don't have any afternoon editions.

It's been a staple of Punchball news all year and we really enjoy doing it. So we'll give it to

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