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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox News hosts urged Meadows to have Trump stop Jan. 6 violence, texts show  —  Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade expressed alarm, concern, according to messages shared during House select committee hearing  —  Three Fox News hosts who have been among Donald Trump's …
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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Two Jan. 6 Organizers Are Coming Forward and Naming Names: 'We're Turning It All Over'  —  After losing faith in Trump, the pair plan to hand over text messages, Instagram direct messages, and other documents related to the planning of the Jan. 6 rally on the Ellipse where Trump spoke
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
House Panel Votes to Recommend Holding Mark Meadows in Contempt of Congress  —  Former Trump chief of staff was subpoenaed over activities related to Jan. 6 Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON—The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump voted …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows has already established a coup plot.  Do we care enough to save the republic?  —  Multiple pieces of evidence have emerged pointing to a deliberate effort to overthrow our democracy.  And it is former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows who is key to piecing them all together.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and CNBC
CNN:
January 6 panel unveils text messages to Meadows from Don Jr. and Fox hosts as contempt charge advances
MSNBC:   ‘A paper trail of treason’: Jan. 6 committee scrutinizes document on overturning election
New York Times:
Pfizer says its Covid pill will protect against severe disease, even from Omicron.  —  A highly anticipated study of Pfizer's Covid pill confirmed that it helps stave off severe disease, the company announced on Tuesday.  —  Pfizer also said its antiviral pill worked in laboratory studies …
Discussion: 444 Blog
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Lesley Wroughton / Washington Post:
Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less severe covid, major South African study concludes  —  CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Omicron appears to cause less severe illness than earlier variants of the coronavirus but is more resistant to the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine widely used …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Biden White House warns: COVID explosion imminent  —  New data from South Africa and Europe hint that Omicron cases are poised to explode in the U.S., where the vast majority of the population isn't well protected against infection.  —  Driving the news: A new analysis by South Africa's …
Deon J. Hampton / NBC News:
Factory workers threatened with firing if they left before tornado, employees say  —  MAYFIELD, Ky. — As a c atastrophic tornado approached this city on Friday, employees of a candle factory — which would later be destroyed — heard the warning sirens and wanted to leave the building.
Matthew Herper / STAT:
Pfizer's Covid pill remains 89% effective in final analysis, company says  —  Paxlovid, Pfizer's pill to treat Covid-19, retained its 89% efficacy at preventing hospitalization and death in the full results of a 2,246-patient study, the company said Tuesday.
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Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer Says Its Covid-19 Pill Likely Works Against Omicron  —  Antiviral drug Paxlovid stayed 89% effective at reducing the risk of hospitalization and death in a final analysis of a key study in high-risk adults  —  Preliminary laboratory tests gave encouraging signs that Pfizer Inc.'s …
Discussion: CBS News
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Israel's staunch evangelical allies shocked by Trump's outburst on Netanyahu  —  JERUSALEM — One of former president Donald Trump's major evangelical backers on Monday condemned recently reported attacks by Trump on former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned that he risked alienating …
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New York Times:   Israel Finds Planes That Could Be Key to a Strike on Iran Badly Back-Ordered
Wall Street Journal:
Fear of Iran, Shrinking U.S. Role in Middle East Push Rivals Together
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Because Trump left the nuclear deal, we might have to learn to live with a nuclear Iran  —  President Donald Trump's 2018 decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal might have been the most disastrous foreign policy miscalculation since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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Matthew Walther / The Atlantic:
Where I Live, No One Cares About COVID  —  In November, my wife asked me whether I had seen an article with the remarkable headline “Is It Safe to Go to Thanksgiving Dinner?”  —  “Is that from last year?”  I asked.  —  “No, it's a few days old,” she said, her voice sinking to a growling murmur.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Vaccine Mandate for New York Health Care Workers  —  Doctors and nurses challenged a state coronavirus vaccine requirement that had medical but not religious exemptions, saying it violated their right to free exercise of their faiths.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
Steve Collins / Lewiston Sun Journal:
Max Linn, colorful candidate, dead at 62  —  Linn privately speculated in 2020 that he may have caught COVID-19 during a trip to Wuhan in late 2019.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Kellyforalaska:
Kelly Tshibaka statement on Mitch McConnell  —  Kelly Tshibaka says she will not support McConnell as leader in the Senate, on Bannon's War Room  —  Alaska Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka today issued the following statement:  —  “Mitch McConnell has repeatedly bailed out Joe Biden …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Alaska Senate candidate challenging Murkowski says she will not support McConnell as GOP leader
Emma Hurt / Axios:
Exclusive: Herschel Walker confronts his mental health, domestic violence allegations  —  Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker told Axios on Monday that he's “accountable” for past violent behavior toward his ex-wife and people shouldn't feel “ashamed” about confronting mental health issues.
Discussion: Raw Story
BBC:
Covid: PM faces big rebellion as MPs vote on new restrictions  —  MPs will vote on new Covid rules for England later with around 70 Conservatives expected to rebel against Boris Johnson.  —  The prime minister has defended his plans as a “proportionate” response to rising cases of the Omicron variant.
Discussion: Politico
David Gura / NPR:
Saule Omarova gets candid: Banks sank her nomination to become a key regulator  —  Saule Omarova blamed the banking industry for helping to sink her nomination to become one of the country's top banking regulators, saying they distorted her research, which led to an environment in which attacks against her became unfair and personal.
Charlie Jacobs / The Daily Signal:
What I've Learned Rescuing My Daughter From Her Transgender Fantasy  —  My daughter's story is no longer novel.  Stories like it are occurring in your state, your town, and perhaps even on your street.  Gender dysphoria—the incongruence between the mind and the body—moves stealthily and quickly to invade girls and boys alike.
Discussion: HotAir, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Craig Harrington / Media Matters for America:
CNN's hiring of serial liar and Trump propagandist Alyssa Farah is a huge mistake  —  Farah's only relevant professional experience is promoting right-wing lies  —  CNN's decision to add former Trump administration spokesperson Alyssa Farah to its roster of on-air talent demonstrates …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why David Perdue is confident he can oust Brian Kemp  —  It's not just Donald Trump's endorsement that has former U.S. Sen. David Perdue and his advisers optimistic about his divisive primary challenge against Gov. Brian Kemp.  —  An internal poll conducted by Perdue's campaign showed …
Discussion: Breitbart
Ryan Krull / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
Sentenced to 241 Years as a Teen, Bobby Bostic Wins Parole  — Bobby Bostic poses with a certificate from Missouri State University.  —  A Missouri man sentenced to 241 years in prison for crimes committed when he was just sixteen will be released next year after a quarter-century behind bars.
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
A Champion of Liberal Causes in New York to Retire After 52 Years  —  Assemblyman Dick Gottfried, the longest-serving state lawmaker in New York's history, pushed progressive proposals decades before they won momentum in Albany.  —  In 1970, as the nation was embroiled in protests …
 
 
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American Greatness:
Sen. Richard Blumenthal Helps Conn. Communist Party Celebrate 102nd Anniversary of CPUSA
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
USA Today:
Democracy in the balance: Revise Senate filibuster to protect elections and voting rights
Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
‘Not fitting their narrative’: Waukesha feels abandoned after tragic parade attack
Discussion: Townhall
The Hill:
Biden tries to budge Manchin
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans warn Biden: The next debt limit increase won't be so easy
CNN:
Ransomware attack hits Virginia Legislature
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
USPS built and secretly tested a mobile voting system before 2020
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Across the World, Covid Anxiety and Depression Take Hold
Discussion: HotAir
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Key Wisconsin Republican says her colleagues are making baseless attacks and need to wrap up election review
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Amy Forliti / Associated Press:
Chauvin expected to plead guilty in Floyd civil rights case
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and National Review
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The American Jury System Holds Firm against ‘Wokeness’
Discussion: HotAir
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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