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7:40 AM ET, December 1, 2021

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CNN:
CNN suspends Chris Cuomo indefinitely  —  New York (CNN Business)CNN said Tuesday that it has suspended Chris Cuomo “indefinitely” after new documents released this week indicated that the anchor was more intimately involved than previously known in helping his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
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Daniel Summers / The Daily Beast:
Please Don't Elect Dr. Oz—He's a Disgrace to Our Profession  —  Dr. Oz is running for Senate in Pennsylvania.  “I greet this prospect with the same enthusiasm I'd have for contracting dysentery,” writes Dr. Daniel Summers. … Can we please not do this, Pennsylvania?  —  By “this,” I mean send Mehmet Oz to the Senate.
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dr. Oz officially joins the Senate race in Pennsylvania  —  Dr. Oz is in.Celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz launched his campaign for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania Tuesday, bringing a splash of star power, wealth and political outsider status to the unsettled Republican primary …
Dr. Mehmet Oz / Washington Examiner:
Why I'm running to be a senator from Pennsylvania
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book  —  Mark Meadows makes stunning admission in new memoir obtained by Guardian, saying a second test returned negative  —  Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate …
Washington Post:
Stricter coronavirus testing being weighed for all travelers to U.S. … The Biden administration is preparing stricter testing requirements for all travelers entering the United States, including returning Americans, to curb the spread of the potentially dangerous omicron variant, according to three federal health officials.
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Obama makes surprise visit to D.C. vaccination site amid polarized virus debate
Matthew Herper / STAT:
FDA panel narrowly recommends authorization of first antiviral pill to treat Covid-19
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Mace and Greene keep feuding, despite McCarthy's effort to intervene  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tried — without success — Tuesday night to end an ugly battle between two of his GOP freshmen.  —  The California Republican implored Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Another video shows Lauren Boebert suggesting Ilhan Omar was terrorist
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
House committee probing Jan. 6 riot interviews Georgia's top elections official  —  Georgia's top elections official was interviewed for more than four hours Tuesday by a panel of U.S. House lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Donald Trump mob as it widens a probe into the causes of the insurrection.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Meadows cooperating with January 6 investigators
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Why the Discredited Dossier Does Not Undercut the Russia Investigation  —  Donald J. Trump and his backers say revelations about the Steele dossier show the Russia investigation was a “hoax.”  That is not what the facts indicate.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump and his allies …
Discussion: Just Security
Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
GOP senators back Mississippi abortion law ahead of landmark Supreme Court case  —  Ahead of Supreme Court arguments later in the week, Republican senators argued that Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban is a reasonable compromise, foreshadowing arguments many of them will likely make on the campaign trail next year.
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Michele Goodwin / New York Times:
I Was Raped by My Father. An Abortion Saved My Life.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
A federal judge blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for U.S. health workers.  —  A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday to halt the start of President Biden's national vaccine mandate for health care workers, which had been set to begin next week.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Biden suffers string of court setbacks as administration's vaccine mandates are put on hold
Discussion: Townhall and Insider
New York Times:
‘I heard boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.’  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  The dead were all students at Oxford High.  —  OXFORD CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Students at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit rushed for cover and barricaded classroom doors with chairs when they heard the first gunshots on Tuesday afternoon.
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Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
Steven Cohen's Venture Firm Backs 24-Hour Stock-Trading Startup  —  24 Exchange aims for round-the-clock stock trading; Mr. Cohen's Point72 Ventures is leading a funding round  —  Hedge-fund billionaire and New York Mets owner Steven A. Cohen is backing a startup that wants …
Christopher Dinsmore / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Sun Media proposes moving printing of newspapers to Delaware, laying off 100+ workers  —  Baltimore Sun Media is considering a plan to move the printing of its newspapers from Baltimore to a printing plant in Wilmington, Delaware, owned by the newspaper there.
J.D. Capelouto / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Dickens wins runoff election, will become Atlanta's 61st mayor  —  Andre Dickens, the Atlanta native who first beat an incumbent eight years ago for a spot on the City Council, defeated Felicia Moore in Tuesday's runoff election to become Atlanta's 61st mayor.
Jerusalem Post:
COVID: First signs that vaccine protects against Omicron - health minister  —  So far, Israel has registered four cases infected with the new variant, while general morbidity remains low.  —  There are indications that individuals fully vaccinated against corona within six months …
Discussion: The Times of Israel and HotAir
Caroline Lewis / Gothamist:
After Years Of Delay, NYC Opens First Supervised Injection Sites In US To Fight Opioid Overdoses  —  After years of stalled progress, New York City is preparing to open its first overdose prevention centers — otherwise known as supervised injection sites.  The two centers …
Discussion: New York Post, Reason and CBS News
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
De Blasio opening first legal shooting galleries for drug users in the US
Discussion: Breitbart
Axios:
Clinton Foundation donations plummet 75%  —  Donations to the Clinton Foundation plummeted to $16 million last year, down nearly 75% from the organization's peak when former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was running for president, records reviewed by Axios show.
Discussion: Breitbart
Josh Morgan / WGCL-TV:
Khalid Kamau wins mayoral election in South Fulton  —  SOUTH FULTON, Ga. (CBS46) — The City of South Fulton will have a new mayor, as the final unofficial results from Fulton County show incumbent mayor Bill Edwards losing his seat to challenger Khalid Kamau.
E. Jean Carroll / Ask E. Jean:
Trump v. Me  —  On Friday, December 3rd, in this Year of Our Lord, 2021, Donald Trump's lawyers and the DOJ will try to convince three judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the President of the United States was just doing his job when he slandered a woman …
Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
Former PM Abe says Japan, U.S. could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan … Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday.  —  Tensions over Chinese-claimed Taiwan …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
We Need to Stop Saying ‘Blacklist’ and ‘Whitelist’  —  It's time we stop using offensive and harmful words, which have clearer, more inclusive alternatives.  —  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai  —  Earlier this month, the U.S. government sanctioned the controversial spyware vendor NSO Group …
Politico:
French conservative presidential voting kicks off with no clear favorite  —  PARIS — Members of the conservative Les Républicains (LR) are voting this week to pick their candidate for the French presidential election in April in a race that even party experts can't predict.
Discussion: Power Line
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Dark-Money Group Paid Former Trump AG to Ask for Pardons—and He Never Registered as a Lobbyist  —  Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker left the Trump administration and almost immediately started asking for presidential pardons—without registering as a lobbyist.
 
 
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Hardika Singh / Wall Street Journal:
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Julia Fanzeres / Bloomberg:
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William Saletan / Slate:
Red States Are Now Paying Unemployment Benefits to Anti-Vaxxers Who Quit Their Jobs
Discussion: The Guardian
Neal Augenstein / WTOP News:
Fairfax Co. sees largest drop in Va. public school enrollment
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
He Declined the FBI's Offer to Become an Informant. Then His Life Was Ruined.
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump allies launch publishing house with an eye on upending the book industry
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Lizzie Johnson / Washington Post:
They trusted a coach with their girls and Ivy League ambitions. Now he's accused of sex abuse.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Lara Logan draws outrage for comparing Fauci to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele on Fox News
Edward McKinley / Houston Chronicle:
Gov. Abbott says he can ‘guarantee the lights will stay on’ this winter in Texas
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Alumni Withhold Donations, Demand Colleges Enforce Free Speech
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
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From Mediagazer:

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

William Earl / Variety:
Heretic's directors say they put a message in the credits that “no generative AI was used in the making of this film” to warn Hollywood about the danger of AI

 
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