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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.
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” …
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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Jasmine Wright / CNN:
Harris says Biden administration 'didn't see' Delta or Omicron coming
Discussion: Fox News, HotAir and The Daily Wire
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris, in interview, says administration did not anticipate Omicron variant
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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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for 84 million workers is back after court lifts stay
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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 …
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.
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New York Times:
As Covid Surges, Experts Say U.S. Booster Effort Is Far Behind
Discussion: Politico
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
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.
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.
Discussion: Twitchy
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:
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
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
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?
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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, New York Post and ABC7
Camilla Turner / Telegraph:
Fury over Oxford University plan to hire academics based on how woke they are  —  Anger among lecturers who fear they may have to give researchers a score on their beliefs about diversity and equality  —  Oxford dons are furious that a candidate's “woke score” could be part of the criteria …
Discussion: Breitbart
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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Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
Cuomo may keep book deal with backing from attorney general who oversaw sexual harassment investigation
Discussion: Townhall and New York Post
Washington Post:
Omicron and holidays unleash scramble for coronavirus tests across the U.S.
Washington Post:
2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead.
Discussion: Compatible Creatures
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
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The Afghanistan humanitarian crisis is dire. Where is the U.S.?
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Inside a district attorney's campaign to reform the Austin police department
Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten:
The Phrase “No Evidence” Is A Red Flag For Bad Science Communication
Discussion: The Triad
Bill McCarthy / PolitiFact:
Video of child giving Biden vial of blood to drink is doctored
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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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

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

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

 
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