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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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Politico, ABC News, POLITICUSUSA and Spectrum Bay News 9
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Telegraph:
South African doctor who raised alarm about omicron variant says symptoms are ‘unusual but mild’
South African doctor who raised alarm about omicron variant says symptoms are ‘unusual but mild’
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Noahpinion, Wall Street Journal, TheBlaze, London Evening Standard, Sputnik International, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, New York Post, Fox News, Townhall, HotAir, Slate and CDC
Ashish Jha / New York Times:
Omicron: How to Think About the New Variant of Concern
Omicron: How to Think About the New Variant of Concern
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The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times and Page Array
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Fauci says US must prepare for omicron variant: ‘Inevitably it will be here’
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'
New York declares covid state of emergency as Gov. Hochul says of omicron variant: 'It's coming'
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New York Times, The Western Journal, Gizmodo, Breitbart and WTOP News
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Omicron Covid-19 variant could already be in U.S., Fauci says
Omicron Covid-19 variant could already be in U.S., Fauci says
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Reuters, Townhall, New York Times, Financial Times, UPI and Slate
Dustin Jones / NPR:
How vaccine makers plan to address the new COVID-19 omicron variant
How vaccine makers plan to address the new COVID-19 omicron variant
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New York Times, Insider, Washington Post and Mediaite
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
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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Allie Bice / Politico:
Fauci: 'I'm going to be saving lives and they're going to be lying' — Anthony Fauci said claims he lied about certain research funding in the Wuhan lab smacked of contempt for science. — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said that the senator's accusations …
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Washington Examiner
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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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The Hill, New York Post and The Guardian
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
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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HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Wire and Fox News
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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The Daily Beast and USA Today
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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Political Wire
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.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Inflation always punishes America's left — Biden's lowest-cost remedy is to get tough on Covid — America's inflation hawks are always prone to crying wolf. Since they spent the post-2008 years forecasting hyperinflation that never arrived, it was no surprise that so few people sat up when they issued the same warnings last year.
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
‘More money than God:’ Chinese titan lavished Hunter Biden with 3-carat gem, offer of $30 million — The Biden family offered their services to a huge, Chinese-government-linked energy consortium to expand its business around the world. How do we know? Because of hundreds of emails documenting …