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8:20 AM ET, December 18, 2021

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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 …
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Committee May Add New Expertise for Investigation
Molly Jong-Fast / The Atlantic:
How Do You Get People to Care About Democracy?
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
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Federal appeals court reinstates Biden administration's business vaccine and testing mandate  — A federal appeals court has reinstated the Biden administration's vaccine and testing requirement for private businesses that covers about 80 million American workers.
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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.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Man Gets 5 Years on Capitol Riot Charges, Longest Sentence So Far
Discussion: Mediaite and Associated Press
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 …
Pete Muntean / CNN:
Southwest CEO tests positive for Covid-19 after testifying unmasked at Senate hearing  —  (CNN)Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, who testified unmasked at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, has since tested positive for the coronavirus, the airline said in a statement.
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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
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
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
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
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 …
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, Metro.co.uk, Raw Story and Insider
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Sabotaged COVID Efforts to Score Political Points, House Probe Finds
Discussion: UPI
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Afghanistan humanitarian crisis is dire.  Where is the U.S.?  —  Americans have been generous after military victories.  Just look at the postwar economic miracles in Germany and Japan.  But it's harder to be generous in defeat — as we see in the Biden administration's wary response …
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.
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.
Wall Street Journal:
With Omicron on the Rise, Should You Stick With Holiday Travel Plans?  —  Travel and health professionals offer a checklist as you decide whether to gather with relatives or go abroad in coming weeks  —  Travelers are once again facing difficult questions about whether to travel as the Omicron variant picks up across the world.
The Daily Beast:
Actor Jay Johnston Banned From 'Bob's Burgers' Over Capitol Riot  —  KARMA … The ‘Mr. Show’ and ‘Anchorman’ actor will no longer be voicing the character of Jimmy Pesto Sr. on Fox's animated hit after he was allegedly spotted at the Jan. 6 insurrection.  —  The aftermath of the deadly …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
With Omicron, U.S. Testing Capacity Faces Intense Pressure  —  President Biden came into office vowing to make testing cheap and accessible, but matching supply with demand has been a persistent problem.  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's coronavirus testing capacity, already straining to keep up with demand …
Discussion: Insider
Bill McCarthy / PolitiFact:
Video of child giving Biden vial of blood to drink is doctored  —  “Boy passes Joe Biden a vial of fresh blood to drink on his way back to the White House”  —  stated on December 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:  —  “Santa Claus arrested by German police for not wearing a mask.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Democrats face a frustrating end to a stormy year, with no guarantee of smoother sailing ahead  —  Sen. Christopher Murphy walked out of a Democratic caucus lunch in the Capitol Thursday where his colleagues discussed ways to skirt Republican opposition to voting rights bills and expressed optimism.
 
 
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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
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Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
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
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
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Orlando Sentinel:
Operative pitched secretive political spending plan to FPL exec's email alias, records reveal
Jasmine Geonzon / Media Matters for America:
Fox News pushes to ban two LGBTQ books, lies that they “promote pedophilia”
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
Reuters:
Special Report: Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
I Canceled My Birthday Party Because of Omicron
Discussion: National Review and Twitchy