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Tim Miller / Morning Shots:
Joe Manchin Is the Only Thing Standing Between America and Sen. Cletus Von Ivermectin in 2024. — Hey all - — I'm sitting in for Charlie today and rather than even attempt to try to fill his shoes and give you a full rundown of the news before I have my morning coffee …
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Michael Lyle / Nevada Current:
Titus unloads on fellow Nevada Democrats, says they botched redistricting — Congresswoman warns of difficult election year after lawmakers created ‘three, competitive, risky districts’ — Between state legislators and Gov. Steve Sisolak making a mess of redistricting in Nevada …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Manchin's objections to Build Back Better make no political or policy sense — It is hard to believe the White House and progressives offered to cut their key legislative package in half (from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion) to accommodate Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) …
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Washington Post:
Manchin rejects offshore drilling ban amid broader standoff over Biden agenda
Manchin rejects offshore drilling ban amid broader standoff over Biden agenda
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Yeganeh Torbati / Washington Post:
All eyes in Washington and West Virginia are on Manchin as child tax credit, spending bill hang in balance
All eyes in Washington and West Virginia are on Manchin as child tax credit, spending bill hang in balance
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Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Says She and Biden Haven't Discussed Running for Re-Election in 2024 — 'I don't think about it, nor have we talked about it,' she said in an interview, noting it's their first year in office amid a pandemic — Vice President Kamala Harris said that she and President Biden …
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Politico:
Biden plans forceful push for voting rights. Aides are bearish on success. — The White House wants to mark the new year with a forceful push for voting rights, portraying the protection of the ballot as a battle for democracy itself. But despite a renewed emphasis from an increasingly impatient …
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
America Is Not Ready for Omicron — America was not prepared for COVID-19 when it arrived. It was not prepared for last winter's surge. It was not prepared for Delta's arrival in the summer or its current winter assault. More than 1,000 Americans are still dying of COVID every day, and more have died this year than last.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
The Jan. 6 puzzle piece that's going largely ignored — As Donald Trump and his allies squeezed then-Vice President Mike Pence to single-handedly stop Joe Biden's presidency in the weeks ahead of Jan. 6, they used one particular tool that's been largely ignored ever since.
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Congressman Alan Lowenthal:
Congressman Alan Lowenthal Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection To Congress In 2022 — Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) today issued the following statement to his constituents: — “Almost 30 years ago to the day, I made the decision to run for the Long Beach City Council because I felt …
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Rep. Alan Lowenthal won't seek reelection in 2022
Rep. Alan Lowenthal won't seek reelection in 2022
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Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
What A Flurry Of Democratic Departures Means For The 2022 House Race
What A Flurry Of Democratic Departures Means For The 2022 House Race
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New York Times:
How Ashley Biden's Diary Made Its Way to Project Veritas — New details shed light on the federal investigation into the conservative group's acquisition last year of a journal kept by the president's daughter. — In the final two months of the 2020 campaign, President Donald J. Trump …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Vaccine Holdouts in Army and Navy Will Be Dismissed, Military Says — Governors of five states are seeking exemptions for their National Guard troops. — WASHINGTON — The vast majority of active-duty troops in the Army and Navy are vaccinated against the coronavirus …
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Army Public Affairs / army.mil:
Active Army achieves 98 percent vaccination rate with less than one percent refusal rate
Active Army achieves 98 percent vaccination rate with less than one percent refusal rate
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Oren Liebermann / CNN:
US military has vaccinated more than 97% of service members
US military has vaccinated more than 97% of service members
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Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Bill to ban goods made by Chinese forced labor passes Senate, heads to Biden's desk — In a landmark punishment of China over accused genocide and the country's forced labor of Uyghurs, the Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to prohibit the importation of goods made in China's Xinjiang region.
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Thomas Catenacci / The Daily Caller:
Nike Executives Funneled Money To Democrat Who Just Blocked Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
Nike Executives Funneled Money To Democrat Who Just Blocked Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
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Washington Post:
CDC advisers recommend use of Pfizer, Moderna vaccines over Johnson & Johnson, citing rare blood-clotting condition linked to 9 deaths … Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that people seeking the safest and most effective vaccines …
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
CDC committee recommends opting for Pfizer or Moderna over J&J when there's a choice
CDC committee recommends opting for Pfizer or Moderna over J&J when there's a choice
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
‘The Media Variant’ Hits New York City — Yesterday, I jumped in line at my local City MD, at Lexington and 79th. By the time I got swabbed two hours later, the blue check mafia had worked itself into a full-on Omicron meltdown. What remained of the media-holiday-party industrial complex collapsed in a single afternoon.
Ben Fox / Associated Press:
US pulls out of settlement talks in family separation suits — The American Civil Liberties Union says the Department of Justice has withdrawn from talks to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who were separated under the Trump administration's zero-tolerance border enforcement policy
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Calls Off Settlement Talks With Separated Families, Lawyers Say
Justice Department Calls Off Settlement Talks With Separated Families, Lawyers Say
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Meta:
Taking Action Against the Surveillance-For-Hire Industry — The global surveillance-for-hire industry targets people to collect intelligence, manipulate and compromise their devices and accounts across the internet. — While these “cyber mercenaries” often claim that their services …
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Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
DC Bar Restores Convicted FBI Russiagate Forger to ‘Good Standing’ Amid Irregularities and Leniency — A former senior FBI lawyer who falsified a surveillance document in the Trump-Russia investigation has been restored as a member in “good standing” by the District of Columbia Bar Association …
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
F.D.A. Will Permanently Allow Abortion Pills by Mail — The decision will broaden access to medication abortion, an increasingly common method, but many conservative states are already mobilizing against it. — The federal government on Thursday permanently lifted a major restriction on access to abortion pills.
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Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Two Women — Triggered by the recent ‘Sex and the City’ reboot, the women allege two incidents of misconduct they say took place more than a decade apart.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Defense Contractor Arrested for Attempted Espionage — South Dakota Man Emailed Classified Information to FBI Undercover Posing as Russian Agent — A South Dakota man was arrested last night in Lead, South Dakota, on criminal charges related to his alleged espionage attempts.
Washington Post:
Youngkin adviser who guided balancing act with Trump tries to smooth things over with former president — RICHMOND — The political consultant who orchestrated Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin's highly complicated, arm's-length dance with former president Donald Trump recently made a pilgrimage …
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
A former insider at the company merging with Trump Media sues over ‘brazen’ fraud. — A former nominee for director of the so-called blank-check company that plans to merge with former President Donald J. Trump's social media start-up is suing, claiming he was frozen out of the deal.
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Matthew Miller / Washington Examiner:
Independents prefer Trump over Biden for 2024, 67% say Biden should not run again: Poll — A poll released Wednesday revealed independents favor former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden for the 2024 presidential election. — Some 67% of independents said they believe Biden …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A theory: How Trump's Jan. 6 coup plan worked, how close it came, why it failed — The first time many Americans learned that a large pro-Donald Trump protest in Washington was planned for January 6 was 18 days earlier when the 45th president tweeted about it - “Will be wild!”
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
In Trump country, a willingness to set aside politics as Biden visits — MAYFIELD, Ky. — Cliff Giambrone most certainly didn't vote for President Biden and, in fact, was outside the U.S. Capitol protesting the election results on Jan. 6. On the trailer hitch on the back of his van …
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Facebook parent company bans six private spy firms from Facebook, Instagram — Spies for hire are secretly targeting journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents on behalf of corporations and governments to an extent not previously understood, Facebook's parent company says in a new report …
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