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South African doctor who raised alarm about omicron variant says symptoms are ‘unusual but mild’ — Dr Angelique Coetzee noticed otherwise healthy patients showing unusual symptoms and worries how the new variant might hurt the elderly — The first South African doctor to alert the authorities …
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Sunday morning talking heads — What looked a few days ago to be a slow post-holiday morning on the Sunday shows will be newsy instead as America awaits updates on the new Omicron variant from South Africa. No cases of O have been detected in the U.S. as I write this on Saturday morning …
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Ashish Jha / New York Times:
3 Questions We Must Answer About the Omicron Variant — Dr. Jha is the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. — Every few months, the world learns of a new variant of the coronavirus. While most of these variants turn out to be inconsequential, some, like the Delta variant, are immensely consequential.
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Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Fauci says US must prepare for omicron variant: ‘Inevitably it will be here’
Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
New York declares covid state of emergency as Gov. Hochul says of omicron variant: 'It's coming'
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Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Omicron Covid-19 variant could already be in U.S., Fauci says
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Dustin Jones / NPR:
How vaccine makers plan to address the new COVID-19 omicron variant
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Allie Bice / Politico:
Fauci: 'I'm going to be saving lives and they're going to be lying' — Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Sunday said Sen. Ted Cruz's call to prosecute him smacked of bias against science. — “Anybody who's looking at this carefully realizes …
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Transcript: Dr. Anthony Fauci on “Face the Nation,” November 28, 2021 — The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, that aired on Sunday, November 28, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” — MARGARET BRENNAN: Dr. Fauci, thank you very much for making time.
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Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Covert Operatives Seized Kabul, Other Afghan Cities From Within — Success of Kabul's undercover network, loyal to the Haqqanis, changed balance of power within Taliban after U.S. withdrawal — KABUL—Undercover Taliban agents—often clean-shaven, dressed in jeans and sporting sunglasses …
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Christina Zhao / Newsweek:
'Doesn't Have a Clue': Trump Calls on Mitch McConnell to Resign as Senate Minority Leader — Former President Donald Trump on Friday called on Mitch McConnell to resign as Senate Minority Leader for supporting President Joe Biden's $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed Congress earlier this month.
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Rule of Six: A newly radicalized Supreme Court is poised to reshape the nation — Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., the Eisenhower appointee who became the liberal lion of the Warren Court, had a tradition for introducing every new batch of law clerks to the realities of the institution.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon Hero Michael Flynn Secretly Said QAnon Is ‘Total Nonsense’ — Lin Wood released a recording of a call in which Flynn says QAnon is a CIA-created disinformation campaign. — Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has embraced his position as a hero to QAnon conspiracy theorists.
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Politico:
No one seems to like the Lincoln Project anymore — It was the darling of the resistance for savagely attacking Donald Trump. But now, everyone keeps rolling their eyes at the Lincoln Project and fears they may be clearing a path for the former president's reemergence.
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Canada's indigenous health expert Carrie Bourassa loses job when ancestry claims prove false — A Canadian medical researcher who rose to become the nation's top voice on indigenous health has been ousted from her government job and her university professorship — after suspicious colleagues investigated …
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Andrea Marks / Rolling Stone:
What to Expect at the Ghislaine Maxwell Sex-Trafficking Trial — The trial begins Monday of Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend who is charged with grooming and trafficking young girls for him to sexually abuse — On Monday, Nov. 29, lawyers will begin opening arguments for the much-anticipated trial …
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Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
How Austin Became One of the Least Affordable Cities in America — The capital of Texas has long been an attractive place to call home. But with an average of 180 new residents a day arriving, its popularity has created a brewing housing crisis that is reshaping the city.
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Jan. 6 Organizer Ali Alexander Will Comply With Subpoena Because He's Broke — NO CASH — Ali Alexander, one of the main organizers of the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the deadly Capitol riot, has announced that he will comply with a congressional subpoena over his role in the attempted insurrection.
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