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2:05 AM ET, December 20, 2021

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The White House:
Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki  —  Senator Manchin's comments this morning on FOX are at odds with his discussions this week with the President, with White House staff, and with his own public utterances.  Weeks ago, Senator Manchin committed to the President, at his home in Wilmington …
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U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia:
Manchin Statement On Build Back Better Act  —  Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the Build Back Better Act.  —  “For five and a half months, I have worked as diligently as possible meeting with President Biden, Majority Leader Schumer …
CNN:
How months of talks between Biden and Manchin over Build Back Better broke down  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden was at home in Delaware Sunday when Sen. Joe Manchin appeared on Fox News to abruptly declare he could not support his sweeping social and climate plan.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Sen. Joe Manchin's position on Build Back Better reflects the reality of West Virginia politics  —  “I've always said, 'If I can't go back home and explain it, I can't vote for it.'”  —  That is how Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) explained his announcement Sunday that he “cannot vote” …
Washington Post:
From charm offensive to scorched earth: How Biden's fragile alliance with Manchin unraveled  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — As Democrats feuded over the size and scope of their sweeping social spending proposal this fall, President Biden invited Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va) to his home here for breakfast …
Politico:
Dems trip over their own sky-high expectations
Discussion: WSVN-TV and Fox News
Politico:
How 14 policies could survive — or die — after Manchin's ‘no’
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:   The Path Ahead for Biden: Overcome Manchin's Inflation Fears
Politico:
White House lights up Manchin after he crushes Biden's megabill
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:   Biden promised competence and order. Chaos and uncertainty are winning.
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Manchin says he ‘cannot vote’ for Build Back Better: 'I've done everything humanly possible'
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   Did Joe Manchin Kill Joe Biden's Domestic Agenda?
Grace Segers / New Republic:
Does Joe Manchin Know That Build Back Better Would Extend Vital Aid for Sick Coal Miners?
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Fox News:
‘Fox News Sunday’ 12/19
Discussion: Washington Post and NPR
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Manchin says he won't vote for Build Back Better Act
Nicole Asbury / Washington Post:
D.C. third-graders were made to reenact episodes from the Holocaust  —  A Watkins Elementary School staff member told third-graders in library class to reenact scenes from the Holocaust, directing them to dig their classmates' mass graves and simulate shooting the victims, according to an email from the school's principal.
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The Times of Israel:
DC 3rd graders made to reenact Holocaust ‘because Jews ruined Christmas’
Discussion: Instapundit
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will she have vaccine after contracting Covid  —  The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate revealed in March she had tested positive for Covid  —  Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will authorities make her have a covid vaccine shot
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CNN:
Outgoing NIH director says Trump and other Republicans pressured him to endorse unproven Covid-19 remedies and to fire Fauci  —  Washington (CNN)The outgoing director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday that he faced political pressure from then-President Donald Trump …
Wall Street Journal:
NYU Is Top-Ranked—In Loans That Alumni and Parents Struggle to Repay  —  By many measures, the elite Manhattan school is the worst or among the worst for leaving families and graduate students drowning in debt; 'It feels like I'm kind of trapped'  —  Five months after Kassandra Jones earned …
Ashish K. Jha / The Atlantic:
Don't Panic About Omicron.  But Don't Be Indifferent, Either.  —  The Omicron wave is upon us, and the national conversation is vacillating between panic and indifference.  Those who are near panic point to rapidly rising case counts and lockdowns in several European nations.
Discussion: Reuters, CNN, NBC Chicago, TheBlaze and Politico
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Sires won't seek re-election to Congress; U.S. Senator's son emerges as likely successor  —  Hudson County Democrat will retire after 2022 election after 18 years in Congress and five years as N.J. Assembly Speaker  —  Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York) will not seek re-election in 2022 …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Brandon Just Wants to Drive His Racecar  —  “I have zero desire to be involved in politics,” says Brandon Brown, the NASCAR driver at the center of the “Let's Go, Brandon!” meme.  —  WOODFORD, Va. — “What actually keeps you from getting any nausea is that you're so zoned in on just doing this …
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
Justice Breyer has Democrats even more worried about the midterm elections  —  (CNN)Senate Republicans are poised to deny President Joe Biden an appointment to the Supreme Court if they take the majority in the 2022 midterm elections.  —  Five Republican senators raised …
Greg Clary / CNN:
3 Democratic lawmakers announce positive Covid-19 tests  —  (CNN)Three Democratic members of Congress announced Sunday that they have breakthrough coronavirus infections.  —  Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey as well as Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado shared …
Hunter Walker / The Uprising:
Harrison Ford?!  Weird Election Incident Involving Kanye West Publicist May Point to Trump Campaign Aide  —  The Uprising is an independent publication supported by readers like you!  If you appreciate original investigative journalism, please sign up!  —  Subscribe now
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Johnny Isakson, 76, Georgia politician respected by both sides, dies  —  Johnny Isakson spent his life cutting deals.  —  From his successful career in real estate to when Georgia's Republican Party was mostly confined to a small knot in Cobb County to Congress, Isakson learned early on what it took to get two sides to an agreement.
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Associated Press:
Former Sen. Johnny Isakson dies at 76
Discussion: National Review
 
 
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Biden's pandemic makes more miss Donald Trump
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The Hill:
The Democratic Party's deterioration is shattering hope for the midterms
Discussion: RedState
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Roger Stone Stirs Up Old Feud, Suggests Steve Bannon ‘Gave The Order’ To Breach Capitol On Jan 6
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump wants the courts to help him sabotage the January 6 investigation
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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