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The White House:
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Kentucky Emergency Declaration — Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting …
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New York Times, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, RedState, Fox News and The Daily Caller
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At least 50 dead as tornadoes devastate Kentucky; Amazon warehouse collapses in Illinois — One tornado was on the ground for over 200 miles. — A devastating tornado outbreak in western Kentucky has claimed the lives of at least 50 people, according to Gov. Andy Beshear.
New York Times:
Live Updates: Tornadoes Leave Trail of Devastation Across Six States, With Scores Dead
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NBC News:
‘Quad-State Tornado’ crossed four states in four hours, a rare December tornado
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Washington Post, Mother Jones, Obsessions and Digressions and New York Times
CNN:
At least 50 likely dead in Kentucky alone, governor says, after tornadoes hit central and southern US
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CBS News, New York Times, WSYR, The US Sun, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Zandar Versus The Stupid, CITIZEN STRINGER, The Western Journal, The Daily Wire and Forbes
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Chris Cuomo's CNN producer is accused of luring mom and nine-year-old daughter to his Vermont ski home to ‘train’ the minor to be sexually submissive telling them a ‘woman is a woman regardless of her age’ — John Griffin, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut has been arrested charged with enticing minors …
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CITIZEN STRINGER
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Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
Chris Cuomo's CNN producer charged with luring girls for ‘sexual’ training — A veteran CNN producer who worked “shoulder to shoulder” with now disgraced ex-anchor Chris Cuomo has been indicted on charges of luring young girls to his Vermont ski house for “sexual subservience” training.
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Power Line, The Western Journal, Breitbart, BizPac Review and Washington Times
CT Insider:
Stamford man, a CNN staffer, allegedly coerced women to sexually ‘train’ daughters at his Vt. home — A Connecticut resident and CNN employee is facing federal charges after enticing women and their underage daughters to engage in illegal sexual activity at his home in Vermont, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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VTDigger and Trending Politics
Washington Post:
Election denier who circulated Jan. 6 PowerPoint says he met with Meadows at White House — A retired U.S. Army colonel who circulated a proposal to challenge the 2020 election, including by declaring a national security emergency and seizing paper ballots, said that he visited the White House …
Jana Winter / Yahoo News:
Operation Whistle Pig: Inside the secret CBP unit with no rules that investigates Americans — It was almost 10 p.m. on a Thursday night, and Ali Watkins was walking around the capital following instructions texted by a stranger. One message instructed her to walk through …
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Associated Press and MyNorthwest.com
Julie Johnson / San Francisco Chronicle:
Omicron in Oakland: How a Wisconsin wedding with ‘super responsible’ vaccinated people led to outbreak — Most if not all of the guests wore masks when the Nov. 27 wedding ceremony started at a Wisconsin celebration that is now the suspected origin of an outbreak of COVID-19 …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Navarro defies House subpoena in coronavirus probe — The former trade adviser, who urged Trump in February 2020 to prepare for virus, has emerged as a focus of Democrats' probe — A senior Trump administration official told the House panel probing the government's coronavirus response …
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Politico, The Hill, One America News Network and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
This Amazon program has funneled thousands to anti-vax activists during the pandemic — The e-commerce giant helped fund the operations of anti-vaccine advocates and groups opposed to government-mandated vaccination through its AmazonSmile program. — SEATTLE — Groups trying …
The White House:
Readout of President Biden's Call with Governors of States Impacted by Severe Weather — President Biden spoke with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to express …
Pippa Crerar / Mirror.co.uk:
Boris Johnson pictured hosting Number 10 Christmas quiz ‘in breach of Covid laws’ — Boris Johnson faces more questions over a Downing Street quiz he hosted while London was under Tier 2 “no mixing” restrictions — Boris Johnson was tonight accused of personally breaking Covid laws by hosting a Christmas quiz in No10 last year.
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The Guardian
David Charns / KLAS:
It's official: Las Vegas' McCarran becomes ‘Harry Reid International Airport’ starting Tuesday — No public money went into name change, commissioners say — LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas' airport will drop the McCarran name and will instead honor Nevada's longest-serving senator, Harry Reid, starting Tuesday.
Charles Homans / New York Times:
In Bid for Control of Elections, Trump Loyalists Face Few Obstacles — A movement animated by Donald J. Trump's 2020 election lies is turning its attention to 2022 and beyond. — ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — When thousands of Trump supporters gathered in Washington on Jan. 6 for the Stop …
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Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Sarah Oliver / Daily Mail:
Julian Assange has a stroke in Belmarsh prison: Fiancée blames extreme stress caused by US extradition battle — Julian Assange had a stroke in Belmarsh Prison, his fiancee Stella Moris revealed — WikiLeaks publisher, 50, is being held on remand in the maximum-security jail
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The US Sun
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Hundreds of people are fired, online learning set to return amid vaccine resistance at nation's second-largest school district — The second-largest school district in the United States is facing mounting woes over its coronavirus vaccine mandate, recently terminating hundreds of employees …
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Los Angeles Times
Washington Post:
Gulf Arab states that opposed the Iran nuclear deal are now courting Tehran — Persian Gulf countries that once vociferously opposed the nuclear deal with Iran now say they support its revival, even as they have embarked on their own efforts to engage with Tehran during a period of uncertainty about U.S. staying power in the region.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court's Texas abortion ruling reveals the conservative majority's radicalism — Do not let yourself be bamboozled. Do not take any comfort in the Supreme Court's Friday ruling on the Texas abortion law, and the fact that the court allowed some challenges to the state's abortion ban to proceed.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, The Atlantic and Reason
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