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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump called aides hours before Capitol riot to discuss how to stop Biden victory — Sources tell Guardian Trump pressed lieutenants at Willard hotel in Washington about ways to delay certification of election result — Hours before the deadly attack on the US Capitol this year …
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Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Never Got Another Classified Intelligence Briefing After Jan. 6 — Donald Trump skipped his classified intelligence briefings for the holidays. And then, after his Jan. 6 briefing didn't happen, he never got another one, a new CIA book reveals. — After a holiday break …
Politico:
Trump effort to stymie Jan. 6 committee faces appeals court reckoning — Three federal appeals judges are set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could determine whether Jan. 6 investigators can piece together Donald Trump's mindset and movements as a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol.
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Insider, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, The Guardian, UPI, Los Angeles Times and One America News Network
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump takes attempt to block release of his January 6 documents to court Tuesday
Trump takes attempt to block release of his January 6 documents to court Tuesday
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Associated Press and USA Today
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Pence 2024? — If Donald Trump officially enters the next presidential race …
Pence 2024? — If Donald Trump officially enters the next presidential race …
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Orange County Register and Raw Story
Jamie Smyth / Financial Times:
Moderna chief predicts existing vaccines will struggle with Omicron — Stéphane Bancel foresees ‘material drop’ in current jabs' effectiveness, sending stocks and oil prices lower — The chief executive of Moderna has predicted that existing vaccines will be much less effective …
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CBS News:
Omicron COVID variant was in Europe before South African scientists detected and flagged it to the world
Omicron COVID variant was in Europe before South African scientists detected and flagged it to the world
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The Guardian, Associated Press, KTLA and Political Wire
Tina Reed / Axios:
Omicron fuels the case for COVID boosters
Omicron fuels the case for COVID boosters
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National Review, The Guardian, NBC Bay Area and Washington Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Red America has seen the highest rates of cases and deaths, and the lowest rate of vaccinations
Red America has seen the highest rates of cases and deaths, and the lowest rate of vaccinations
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Florida Politics, Associated Press, CBS News and New York Magazine
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Biden's Bumbling COVID Policy
Biden's Bumbling COVID Policy
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Washington Post, New York Post, Quartz, CBS News, Washington Post, In These Times and Washington Post
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Covid looms over Biden's presidency, once more and always
Covid looms over Biden's presidency, once more and always
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Orange County Register, CBS News, New York Post, Children's Health Defense, Associated Press, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
CNN host Chris Cuomo used his media sources to find out info on brother Andrew's accusers, records show — Chris Cuomo was actively in touch with a top aide to his brother Andrew Cuomo about incoming reports that detailed alleged sexual harassment by the then-New York governor, new records show.
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New York Daily News:
An errant op-ed: Rich Azzopardi, Gov. Cuomo and Attorney General Tish James
An errant op-ed: Rich Azzopardi, Gov. Cuomo and Attorney General Tish James
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Politico and Los Angeles Times
CNN:
CNN to conduct ‘thorough review’ of documents showing Chris Cuomo's intimate role advising brother Andrew Cuomo
CNN to conduct ‘thorough review’ of documents showing Chris Cuomo's intimate role advising brother Andrew Cuomo
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Greene calls fellow Republican ‘trash’ of GOP conference — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) blasted Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) after the South Carolina lawmaker criticized Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) for an anti-muslim remark Boebert made about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Omar, Boebert blast one another after tense call
Omar, Boebert blast one another after tense call
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Washington Examiner, RedState, Mediaite, Raw Story, New York Times, DownWithTyranny!, Politico, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, UPI, One America News Network, Rolling Stone, CNN, Crooks and Liars, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, Mediaite, Fox News and The American Independent
Twitter:
Expanding our private information policy to include media — As part of our ongoing efforts to build tools with privacy and security at the core, we're updating our existing private information policy and expanding its scope to include “private media.” Under our existing policy …
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Twitchy, TechCrunch and Townhall, more at Techmeme »
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Case Against Abortion — A striking thing about the American abortion debate is how little abortion itself is actually debated. The sensitivity and intimacy of the issue, the mixed feelings of so many Americans, mean that most politicians and even many pundits really don't like to talk about it.
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Wall Street Journal, The Daily Signal, Vox and HuffPost
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Roe v. Wade on the line as Supreme Court takes up Mississippi abortion rights case
Roe v. Wade on the line as Supreme Court takes up Mississippi abortion rights case
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Insider, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Daily Caller, CNN, Politico, The Texas Tribune, The Atlantic and Raw Story
New York Times:
Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users to Open in New York City — The Manhattan facilities will provide clean needles, administer medication to reverse overdoses and provide users with options for addiction treatment. — In an attempt to curb a surge in overdose deaths caused …
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NBC New York and National Review
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Red states are now paying people not to get vaccinated — Once upon a time, states debated whether to pay people to get vaccinated. Now, some red states are paying people not to get vaccinated, by cutting checks to workers who quit or are fired because they refuse covid-19 shots.
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Mock Paper Scissors and Insider
CNN:
Blinken warns Russian aggression in Ukraine would trigger ‘serious consequences’ — (CNN)US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated a warning for Russia on Tuesday to stay away from aggression in Ukraine, saying “any renewed aggression can trigger serious consequences.”
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Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, TASS, Shore News Network, Al Jazeera and WTOP News
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Washington Post:
GOP resistance to preschool plan could imperil key Biden proposal in many states — His signature universal preschool plan would depend on the participation of states, which have had uneven approaches to implementing federal aid — The White House's proposal to create universal prekindergarten …
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New York Magazine, The Hill, Bloomberg, Politico and Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Politico:
Democrats' December dread builds after defense stumble — Senate Democrats' daunting year-end agenda started off with a face plant on a routine, popular defense bill. That was supposed to be the easy part. — Senate Republicans' Monday blockade of the annual defense legislation over lack …
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New Republic, Washington Examiner and Insider
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Republicans stall defense bill over amendment dispute
Republicans stall defense bill over amendment dispute
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Insider, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, UPI, RedState, Roll Call, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Fox News and One America News Network
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
A shadow war in space is heating up fast — When Russia blows up a satellite in space with a missile (as it did this month), or when China tests a new hypersonic missile (as it did last month), the ongoing arms race in space leaps into the news. But in between these “Sputnik”-like moments …
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The Nation
Hannah Allam / Washington Post:
‘Welcome to our world’: Muslims see disparities and dangers in Jan. 6 probe — “LOL!!” Obeidallah tweeted when a rioter who bragged that she'd never go to jail ended up with a two-month sentence. — “FINALLY!!!” he wrote in celebration of charges against a man who allegedly punched a police officer.
Wall Street Journal:
White House Considering Richard Cordray as Top Fed Banking Regulator — Ohio attorney served as the first confirmed director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — President Biden is considering Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …
Chris Casteel / The Oklahoman:
Defense secretary Lloyd Austin says Oklahoma National Guard members must get vaccinated — Members of the Oklahoma National Guard must get vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of their duty status or personal beliefs, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday.
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Associated Press and Orange County Register
American Greatness:
The Madness of Anthony Fauci — Rather than own up to his disastrous policy and medical advice, Fauci instead is accelerating his messianic impulses. — It's nearly impossible to select the most maniacal comment made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in his nearly 70-minute interview with “Face the Nation” …
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Breitbart
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Trump decries smash-and-grab robberies — Former President Trump on Tuesday decried the spike in smash-and-grab robberies that have taken place across the country, calling on Democrats to take action to “immediately” stop the crimes. — “If Democrats don't immediately stop smash-and-grab robberies …