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2:50 PM ET, December 18, 2021

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Brie Stimson / New York Post:
Kamala Harris interview with Charlamagne Tha God gets heated after he asks who is ‘real’ president  —  Vice President Kamala Harris bristled Friday after TV host Charlamagne Tha God asked her who the nation's “real” president is.  —  “I want to know who the real president of this country is — is it Joe Biden, or Joe Manchin?”
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Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris, in interview, says administration did not anticipate Omicron variant
Jasmine Wright / CNN:
Harris says Biden administration 'didn't see' Delta or Omicron coming
Discussion: Fox News, HotAir and The Daily Wire
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Stop the Steal’ founder told Jan. 6 committee about contacts with GOP lawmakers  —  Ali Alexander, who founded the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement and attended the rally that preceded the Capitol attack, told congressional investigators that he recalls “a few phone conversations” …
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
Highly vaccinated countries thought they were over the worst.  Denmark says the pandemic's toughest month is just beginning.  —  COPENHAGEN — In a country that tracks the spread of coronavirus variants as closely as any in the world, the signals have never been more concerning.
Juana Summers / NPR:
After years at the center of political power, Mark Meadows now faces legal jeopardy  —  Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has offered the most stunning revelations yet in the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Congress Ends ‘Horrible Year’ With Divisions as Bitter as Ever  —  Democrats' achievements were overshadowed by legislative setbacks, fallout from the Jan. 6 attack and a sense that Congress was not rising to meet a perilous moment in history.  —  WASHINGTON — A congressional year that began …
Associated Press:
OSHA vaccine mandate penalties to start Jan. 10  —  The Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Saturday that it would not issue citations tied to its coronavirus vaccination mandate before Jan. 10, so that companies have time to adjust to and implement the requirements.
Discussion: FreightWaves and POLITICUSUSA
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Vaccine Data Gaps Point to Millions More in U.S. Who Lack Shots  —  The U.S. government has over-counted the number of Americans who are at least partly vaccinated against the coronavirus, state officials warn, meaning millions more people are unprotected as the pandemic's winter surge gathers steam.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
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New York Times:
As Covid Surges, Experts Say U.S. Booster Effort Is Far Behind
Discussion: Politico
Azmat Khan / New York Times:
Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes  —  The promise was a war waged by all-seeing drones and precision bombs.  The documents show flawed intelligence, faulty targeting, years of civilian deaths — and scant accountability.
Zach Dorfman / Yahoo News:
More than two years after Trump tweeted a classified image of Iran, former officials are divided on fallout  —  On the morning of Aug. 30, 2019, then-President Donald Trump was receiving his daily intelligence briefing with a a select group of senior national security officials …
Discussion: The National Interest
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
When facts have a liberal bias, New York Times editors can get squirmy  —  Nina Bernstein was covering homelessness for the New York Times in 1999 when then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced his intention to lock homeless families out of the city's shelters for even minor rule violations.
New York Times:
Map by Map, G.O.P. Chips Away at Black Democrats' Power  —  Black elected officials in several states, from Congress down to the counties, have been drawn out of their districts this year or face headwinds to hold onto their seats.  —  More than 30 years ago, Robert Reives Sr. marched …
Discussion: Alternet.org
New York Times:
Moderna backs down in its vaccine patent fight with the N.I.H.  —  Moderna has backed down in a bitter dispute with the government over who deserves credit for a crucial component of its coronavirus shot, in a case that has major implications for the vaccine's future distribution and Moderna's future profits.
Discussion: Washington Post
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
White House not budging on Feb. 1 end to student loans forgiveness  —  The White House has been pretty clear in recent days: Federal student loan payments will resume Feb. 1 as President Joe Biden lifts the nearly two-year pandemic-era pause despite pressure from many in his own party to extend it.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Team Biden is making a list: Favorite Year 1 numbers  —  White House communications director Kate Bedingfield sent Democratic lawmakers a memo outlining President Biden's Year 1 accomplishments, even with Build Back Better in limbo.  —  Driving the news: A copy came down the Axios AM chimney.
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Quidditch to change name, citing J.K. Rowling's ‘anti-trans positions’  —  Real-life quidditch, inspired by the magical game in “Harry Potter,” is changing its name, citing author J.K. Rowling's “anti-trans positions in recent years.”  —  US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch announced …
David Siders / Politico:
'Let's get a drink': Dems confront prospect of a 2022 hurricane  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Democratic Party leaders moved quietly this week to lower expectations for the midterm elections as they met for year-end talks against the backdrop of an increasingly bleak electoral landscape.  —  The House?
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
‘We are closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe,’ new study says  —  If you know people still in denial about the crisis of American democracy, kindly remove their heads from the sand long enough to receive this message: A startling new finding by one of the nation's top authorities …
Chris Arnold / NPR:
How the government helps investors buy mobile home parks, raise rent and evict people  —  Money is tight for Mary Hunt.  She often has to decide which bills to pay on time — heat, her car loan, the phone bill.  But she's been able to scrape by for more than 30 years, living in a mobile home park in Swartz Creek, Mich.
Revolver:
Experience Revolver without ads … Support Revolver By Going AD-FREE—Donate HERE to fund investigative journalism  —  CHECK OUT THE NEWS FEED—FOLLOW US ON GAB—FOLLOW US ON GETTR  —  Six weeks ago, Revolver News published a blockbuster investigative report on Ray Epps — a man who …
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 …
Associated Press:
Biden marks anniversary of 1972 car crash that killed wife  —  GREENVILLE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday commemorated the 49th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and infant daughter, visiting their graves at the Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church.
Discussion: The Hill and ABC7
Caira Conner / Vox:
My father, the white supremacist  —  I'd inherited his family's money, his height, his arthritis.  Could I inherit the very worst parts of him, too?  —  Illustrations by Amanda Northrop/Vox  —  My father collapsed in his own backyard in the early spring of 2019, all 6 feet 5 inches of him …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Omicron and holidays unleash scramble for coronavirus tests across the U.S.
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2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead.
James Stout / The Nation:
Who Are the Sons of Confederate Veterans?
Discussion: Insider
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The malicious, historically illiterate 1619 Project keeps rolling on
New York Times:
With Omicron, U.S. Testing Capacity Faces Intense Pressure
Discussion: Insider and Political Wire
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Offensive place names dot the American landscape. Efforts to change them are about to get a lot faster.
Christina Ruffini / CBS News:
Two positive COVID tests on trip with Secretary of State Antony Blinken were not disclosed
Discussion: Insider
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Afghanistan humanitarian crisis is dire. Where is the U.S.?
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After decades, some of America's most toxic sites will finally get cleaned up
Neena Satija / Washington Post:
Inside a district attorney's campaign to reform the Austin police department
Washington Post:
Democrats face a frustrating end to a stormy year, with no guarantee of smoother sailing ahead
Discussion: The Hill
Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten:
The Phrase “No Evidence” Is A Red Flag For Bad Science Communication
Discussion: The Triad
Wall Street Journal:
With Omicron on the Rise, Should You Stick With Holiday Travel Plans?
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis shares stage with activist who posted QAnon-related conspiracy theories on social media
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Christy E. Lopez / Washington Post:
Beware the extremist, dangerous and unconstitutional ‘constitutional sheriffs’
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
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Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
Q&A with Aaron Rupar on leaving Vox to start Public Notice on Substack, watching ~400 Trump rallies to share clips with his 989K followers on X, and more

 
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