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5:30 PM ET, December 16, 2021

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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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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.) …
Washington Post:
Manchin rejects offshore drilling ban amid broader standoff over Biden agenda
Discussion: Politico, KDFX-TV and Political Wire
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
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
What A Flurry Of Democratic Departures Means For The 2022 House Race
Discussion: The Hill and CBS Philly
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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Edward Luce / Financial Times:   The US system is no match for Donald Trump
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he spent $25 million to push false pro-Trump election claims: ‘I will spend whatever it takes’
Discussion: Horizons and Alternet.org
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Senate passes Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, in major step toward holding China accountable for repression in Xinjiang  —  The Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan measure that would ban imports from China's Xinjiang region unless the importer can prove they were not made with forced labor …
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Emily Brooks / Washington Examiner:
Bill to ban goods made by Chinese forced labor passes Senate, heads to Biden's desk
Thomas Catenacci / The Daily Caller:
Nike Executives Funneled Money To Democrat Who Just Blocked Uyghur Forced Labor Bill
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.
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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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 …
Washington Post:
CDC advisers recommend Pfizer, Moderna vaccines over Johnson & Johnson, citing rare blood-clot issue … Vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that people seeking the safest and most effective vaccines and boosters …
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
CDC committee recommends opting for Pfizer or Moderna over J&J when there's a choice
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
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Calls Off Settlement Talks With Separated Families, Lawyers Say
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.
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.
Discussion: Washington Post, CBS News, The 19th and NPR
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 …
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 …
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.
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!”
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Washington Post:
‘A real conflagration’: Wisconsin emerges as front line in war over the 2020 vote  —  One of the investigators reexamining the 2020 election results in Wisconsin on behalf of the GOP-led state legislature is the president of a group that unsuccessfully sued to overturn the vote.
 
 
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Mary Anne Franks / The Boston Globe:
Redo the first two amendments  —  Speech and guns: two of the most contentious issues in America today …
Discussion: The Gun Writer
Associated Press:
Omicron is dominant in wastewater samples in Florida county
Discussion: HotAir
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Financial Times:
Kathryn Murdoch has a plan (and $100m) to fix American politics
 Earlier Items: 
Konstantin Toropin / Military.com:
Guardsman in Jan. 6 Mob Gets Probation, Still Serving in the Guard
Blake Paterson / The Advocate:
Attorney General Jeff Landry sues Gov. John Bel Edwards over COVID vaccine in schools
Discussion: TheBlaze, The Hill and KLFY-TV
Politico:
New York's next mayor wants to save the city from the evils of olive oil
Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
The Two Reasons Trump Is Stronger Than He Looks for 2024
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

 
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