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Kai Kupferschmidt / Science:
‘Patience is crucial’: Why we won't know for weeks how dangerous Omicron is — Lab tests and patterns of spread will show whether the new SARS-CoV-2 variant's many mutations are a serious threat — At 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday, Kristian Andersen, an infectious disease researcher at Scripps Research …
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Lesley Wroughton / Washington Post:
Frustrated by vaccine inequity, a South African lab is on the cusp of replicating Moderna's shot
Ashish Jha / New York Times:
Omicron: How to Think About the New Variant of Concern
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Insight, The Guardian, NBC Chicago, CBS News and Simple Flying
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Fauci says US must prepare for omicron variant: ‘Inevitably it will be here’
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Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Omicron Covid-19 variant could already be in U.S., Fauci says
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Vanity Fair, Townhall, New York Times, Reuters, Financial Times, UPI and Slate
CBS News:
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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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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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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Rolling Stone
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Michael Cohen: prosecutors could ‘indict Trump tomorrow’ if they wanted — New York investigation of Trump Organization is one of a number of sources of legal jeopardy for the former president — Prosecutors in New York could “indict Donald Trump tomorrow if they really wanted and be successful” …
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The Hill and Rolling Stone
Associated Press:
In French Pantheon, Josephine Baker makes history yet again — France is inducting Missouri-born cabaret dancer Josephine Baker who was also a French World War II spy and civil rights activist into its Pantheon — PARIS — France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer …
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.
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.
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Washington Examiner
David Pepper / The Guardian:
Republicans are quietly rigging election maps to ensure permanent rule — The past decade in Ohio shows how bad it can get - and how quickly. Despite the state's voters often swinging Democratic, 75% of its congressional delegates are Republican — The long-term health of American democracy …
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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Rolling Stone and Mediaite
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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Outside the Beltway and DownWithTyranny!
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Andrea Marks / Rolling Stone:
Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex-Trafficking Trial Is Starting. Here's What We'll Find Out — Who are the alleged co-conspirators? Will she testify? Opening arguments begin Nov. 29 in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and alleged procurer
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The Daily Beast and USA Today
Sydney Trent / Washington Post:
A Capitol Hill romance: ‘Found love in a hopeless place’ — Andy Eichar had just entered the wood-paneled elevator on the fourth floor of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill when Gloria Nlewedim breezed in behind him with a friend. The ride to the lobby on that June …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The hypocrisy argument on the filibuster is itself phony — With the Senate facing a do-or-die moment on whether it will protect the right to vote and honest counts in elections, opponents of much-needed reforms want to shift the topic to whether liberals are hypocrites about filibuster rules.
ABC News:
Build Back Better plan will be completed by Christmas, Klobuchar says — The senator appeared on ABC's “This Week” to discuss the economy. — Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she's confident the Build Back Better plan will be completed by Christmas, though Republicans are still pushing back on the bill.
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The Hill, Insider and Washington Times
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Mike Lindell Throws a Fit and Pulls His Ads From Right-Wing Christian Salem Radio Network — STATIC — Election dead-ender Mike Lindell announced Saturday evening during his 96-hour “thanks-a-thon” event that he had pulled the plug on airing MyPillow advertisements with the right-wing …
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Raw Story
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Buttigieg responds to criticism over racist roads comment: ‘The point is not to make America feel guilty’ — 'I don't know why anybody would be against reconnecting people,' the transportation secretary said — Will Cain: Buttigieg's racist roads comment has a kernel of truth, but avoids the big issues facing minorities
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Townhall and Instapundit
United States Navy:
U.S. Navy Ship Rescues Iranian Mariners in Gulf of Oman — From NAVCENT Public Affairs — GULF OF OMAN - A U.S. Navy vessel rescued two Iranian mariners Nov. 27 from a fishing vessel after it was adrift for eight days in the Gulf of Oman. — Dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) …
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Agence France-Presse
Ralph Vartabedian / New York Times:
Years of Delays, Billions in Overruns: The Dismal History of Big Infrastructure — The nation's most ambitious engineering projects are mired in postponements and skyrocketing costs. Delivering $1.2 trillion in new infrastructure will be tough. — As Honolulu sprawled into new suburbs west …
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