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9:25 PM ET, December 17, 2021

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump ally Straka has provided potentially significant information  —  Brandon Straka, a Donald Trump ally who spoke at a Jan. 5 “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington — and has since pleaded guilty for joining the mob that stormed onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol the next day …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Alternet.org
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Mike D'Onofrio / Axios:
Capitol rioter who threw fire extinguisher at police gets more than 5 years in prison  —  A capitol rioter from Florida has been sentenced in federal court to more than five years in prison for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Florida man gets 5 years for assault in Capitol riot, the longest sentence yet  —  WASHINGTON — A Florida man was sentenced Friday to just over five years in prison for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.  —  The sentence, of 63 months, was the longest …
Politico:
Judge: Lack of charges for Trump over Jan. 6 is no basis for leniency for others
Discussion: Fox News and Rolling Stone
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Jan 6 investigators believe Nov. 4 text pushing ‘strategy’ to undermine election came from Rick Perry  —  Washington (CNN)Members of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol believe that former Texas Governor and Trump Energy Secretary Rick Perry …
Washington Post:
3 retired generals: The military must prepare now for a 2024 insurrection  —  Paul D. Eaton is a retired U.S. Army major general and a senior adviser to VoteVets.  Antonio M. Taguba is a retired Army major general, with 34 years of active duty service.  Steven M. Anderson is a retired brigadier general …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump White House made ‘deliberate efforts’ to undermine Covid response, report says  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration engaged in “deliberate efforts” to undermine the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic for political purposes, a congressional report released Friday concludes.
Discussion: HuffPost and Metro.co.uk
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Sabotaged COVID Efforts to Score Political Points, House Probe Finds
Discussion: UPI
CNN:
House oversight committee releases report detailing efforts of Trump administration officials to ‘undermine’ Covid-19 efforts in US
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Trump invokes antisemitic tropes while discussing his support for Israel  —  Former President Donald Trump veered into several antisemitic tropes in a recent interview, claiming that Israel used to have “absolute power over Congress” and saying that American Jews — the majority of whom vote Democratic …
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Morgan Phillips / Daily Mail:
Trump accused of ‘vile anti-Semitism’ for saying American Jews ‘no longer love or care about Israel’ because of Biden, Obama and the ‘Jewish people’ who run the New York Times
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump says American Jews 'either don't like Israel or don't care about Israel' in new interview
Randall Lane / Forbes:
Forbes Testified Before The Trump Grand Jury Yesterday - Here's Why We Fought Their Subpoena  —  Almost three months ago, I was subpoenaed by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to appear before the grand jury investigating Donald Trump.  I was asked to testify about the 2015 cover story …
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Randall Lane / Forbes:
Inside The Epic Fantasy That's Driven Donald Trump For 33 Years
Discussion: Raw Story
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Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris, in interview, says administration did not anticipate Omicron variant  —  Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that the administration failed to anticipate the variants that have prolonged and worsened the COVID-19 pandemic and that she underestimated the role misinformation …
Discussion: Twitchy
Wall Street Journal:
New York Hits Covid-19 Case Record as Omicron Looms  —  Hospitalizations, deaths are rising in the U.S. while variant presents new risks  —  Officials worked to shore up testing and healthcare capacity, as new Covid-19 infections hit a daily record in New York state and the Omicron variant added …
Discussion: Vox, Axios, Slate and Associated Press
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
Southwest CEO tests positive for COVID-19 after Senate hearing - airline
Discussion: CNBC and CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Wall Street Journal:
‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos  —  The app's algorithm can send users down rabbit holes of narrow interest, resulting in potentially dangerous content such as emaciated images, purging techniques, hazardous diets and body shaming
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis shares stage with activist who posted QAnon-related conspiracy theories on social media  —  TALLAHASSEE — A Miami activist Gov. Ron DeSantis' office handpicked to amplify his criticism of critical race theory has espoused views aligned with QAnon conspiracy theories and appears …
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Robert Tracinski / Symposium:
If Everything Is “Woke,” Nothing Is
Discussion: Overtime
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
I Canceled My Birthday Party Because of Omicron  —  I turn 40 today, and I was planning to have a party.  The Delta surge made me nervous about it.  The arrival of Omicron made me cancel it.  —  The plan was to have an extended house party, with a couple dozen people popping by over the weekend.
Discussion: National Review, The US Sun and Twitchy
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A glimmer of hope on Joe Manchin and voting rights?  —  By now, you'd be forgiven for concluding the chances of Sen. Joe Manchin III supporting a filibuster carve-out to pass democracy protections are somewhere between nonexistent and extremely nonexistent.  —  The West Virginia Democrat …
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Zoya Teirstein / Grist:
Build Back Better is stalled, and so are Biden's ambitious climate plans
Reuters:
Special Report: Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm  —  Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar with the incident.
TMZ.com:
NFL LEGEND LAWRENCE TAYLOR ARRESTED IN FLORIDA ... Mug Shot Released  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  — 3.2K … 4:21 PM PT — Taylor's attorney, Arthur Aidala, tells us ... “Lawrence Taylor has been compliant with all of the rules and regulations regarding his legal status for the past decade.
Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten:
The Phrase “No Evidence” Is A Red Flag For Bad Science Communication  —  ...  Related to: Doctor, There Are Two Types Of No Evidence; A Failure, But Not Of Prediction.  —  I.  —  Every single one of these statements that had “no evidence” is currently considered true or at least pretty plausible.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
With Omicron on the Rise, Should You Stick With Holiday Travel Plans?
Christy E. Lopez / Washington Post:
Beware the extremist, dangerous and unconstitutional ‘constitutional sheriffs’
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
“All They Know Is Extremism”: Ohio Democrat David Pepper on How Statehouses Are Destroying Democracy
Washington Post:
Reinstating indoor mask mandate ‘on the table’ as coronavirus cases surge, Bowser says
Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
A Disturbing Gun Case Further Reveals the Peril of January 6
Bill McCarthy / PolitiFact:
Video of child giving Biden vial of blood to drink is doctored
Discussion: Raw Story
Orlando Sentinel:
Operative pitched secretive political spending plan to FPL exec's email alias, records reveal
 Earlier Items: 
Jasmine Geonzon / Media Matters for America:
Fox News pushes to ban two LGBTQ books, lies that they “promote pedophilia”
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
“Corrosive Communities”: How A Facebook Fight Over Wind Power Predicts the Future of Local Politics in America
Discussion: Substack
Anna North / Vox:
The world as we know it is ending. Why are we still at work?
Politico:
GOP blows off Trump's bid to oust McConnell
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Judge Overturns Purdue Pharma's Opioid Settlement