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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
In case you missed the abortion argument, here's about how it went — What a great day for a light oral argument yesterday was! All nine of the Supreme Court justices were there, including both the Georgetown Prep graduate who has been accused of sexual assault and the Georgetown Prep graduate who hasn't!
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
John Kennedy Tells Biden Nominee Dale Ho He's Too ‘Angry’ To Be A Federal Judge — “We don't need federal judges who are angry,” said the GOP senator, who voted to put angry guy Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. — Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told President Joe Biden's judicial nominee Dale Ho …
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Dobbs Arguments Revealed Why the Supreme Court Should Stay Out of Abortion — At times, you might have been forgiven for thinking that oral arguments over the Dobbs case were being held before the Health and Human Services Committee of the Pennsylvania state Senate, or some other legislative body.
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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Betrayal of Roe — The aftermath of the Supreme Court's oral arguments this week on the fate of Roe v. Wade — in which a phalanx of right-wing justices made plain their disdain for the law — has been a festival of finger-pointing and recrimination by those who were startled to have woken …
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Overturning ‘Roe’ would be the easy part for the pro-life movement
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Minnesota Department of Health:
Lab testing confirms state's first COVID-19 case involving Omicron variant — Infected Minnesota resident recently returned from domestic travel; variant was found through MDH variant surveillance program, which is one of the strongest surveillance programs in the nation
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Biden to Announce New Virus Plan as Omicron Reaches U.S. — Here's what you need to know: — Biden's winter Covid plan includes insurance reimbursement for at-home tests. — President Biden will announce Thursday that the more than 150 million Americans …
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The White House:
President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as We Battle COVID-19 this Winter — New Actions Aim to Get Americans Boosted for Even Greater Protection Against the Delta and Omicron Variants, Keep Schools and Businesses Open …
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Andrew Joseph / STAT:
Second U.S. case of Omicron variant indicates domestic transmission
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
New Biden Covid-19 Plan Will Reimburse At-Home Tests
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Jan. 6 Legal Strategy: ‘Blowing Up the Whole System’ — Steve Bannon isn't just trying to troll the Biden administration and the Justice Department. He's creating a playbook for other resistant witnesses to the Jan. 6 probe. — Steve Bannon—the right-wing media personality turned adviser …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘Handful of fanatics’ to blame for Capitol riot, Trump ally Meadows says in book
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The bombshell about Trump testing positive also implicates the Trump family
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Major news outlets side with Steve Bannon on one part of his legal fight.
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CNN:
New details shed light on ways Mark Meadows pushed federal agencies to pursue dubious election claims
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Mark Meadows Agrees With Trump That His New Book Is ‘Fake News’
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Why a Pollster is Warning Democrats About the 2022 Midterm Elections — Focus groups with Virginia voters led to a bluntly worded memo on what Democrats need to do going into the midterms. — Brian Stryker, a Democratic pollster, didn't work for Terry McAuliffe's campaign in the Virginia governor's race.
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
U.S. hedge-fund billionaire on China disappearing people: They're behaving like a “strict parent” — I missed this yesterday. If you did too, make amends. Not just because the contrast this clip draws with the moral righteousness displayed by the Women's Tennis Association is so sharp …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Two Election Workers Targeted by Pro-Trump Media Sue for Defamation — The two Georgia workers were falsely accused of manipulating ballots by Trump allies and right-wing news sites. Election officials said the workers did nothing wrong. — Two Georgia election workers who were the targets …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Georgia election workers suing conspiracy website over ‘campaign of lies’
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Joshua Malina / The Atlantic:
Cancel Mel Gibson — Every day, as dawn's rosy fingers reach through my window, I arise and check in with Twitter, to see what fresh hell awaits. Generally, by about 6:30, I've been made furious by the outrage du jour. But recently, I experienced more of a sense of bemusement than ire …
Politico:
Hill leaders strike short-term funding deal as shutdown looms — The House plans to vote Thursday on a short-term funding patch to avert a government shutdown in less than 48 hours and punt the new deadline to mid-February, though hurdles still remain across the Capitol.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi hammers ‘anti-science, anti-vaccination’ Republicans for threatening shutdown
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Manchin won't rule out backing GOP effort to defund Biden vaccine mandate
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Department of Homeland Security:
DHS, Justice, and State Prepare for Court-Ordered Reimplementation of MPP — UPDATE: Following the Government of Mexico's independent decision to accept individuals returned pursuant to MPP, the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice will work out final operational details and begin …
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U.S. and Mexico reach deal to restart Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ program along border
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Luke Barr / ABC News:
US rolls out changes to ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy pending Mexico agreement
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
‘Magic dirt’: How the internet fueled, and defeated, the pandemic's weirdest MLM — The social media posts started in May: photos and videos of smiling people, mostly women, drinking Mason jars of black liquid, slathering black paste on their faces and feet, or dipping babies and dogs in tubs of the black water.
Aaron E. Carroll / The Atlantic:
We Opened the Schools and ... It Was Fine — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit, many states and towns closed everything, including schools. Public-health experts didn't know enough about how COVID was spread or how contagious it was, and the health-care system was overwhelmed in parts of the country.
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Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Alec Baldwin exclusive: 'The trigger wasn't pulled. I didn't pull the trigger' — George Stephanopoulos' exclusive interview airs Thursday on ABC, streams on Hulu — Actor Alec Baldwin told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview that he had “no idea” …
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Orlando Sentinel:
Florida Power & Light execs worked closely with consultants behind ‘ghost’ candidate scheme, records reveal | Special Report — Top executives at utility giant Florida Power & Light worked closely with the political consultants who orchestrated a scheme to promote spoiler candidates …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump intervenes in Ohio Senate primary — for himself — The Ohio Senate race is turning into one of the most brutal contests of next year's midterm elections — and former President Donald Trump is worried it could hurt him if he waged a 2024 comeback bid.
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Reuters:
Germany imposes curbs on unvaccinated, to make shots mandatory … Germany on Thursday imposed restrictions on the unvaccinated as it sought to break a dramatic surge in daily coronavirus infections exacerbated by the discovery of the Omicron strain. — Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel …
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Murray Waas / The Guardian:
Revealed: how Sidney Powell could be disbarred for lying in court for Trump — The former lawyer filed cases across America for the former president, hoping to overturn the results of the 2020 election — Sidney Powell, the former lawyer for Donald Trump who filed lawsuits across America …
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