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9:35 AM ET, December 21, 2021

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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden and Manchin speak  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and President Joe Biden spoke Sunday night after a major blowup in negotiations around the president's domestic agenda, three people familiar with the call told POLITICO.  —  The conversation ended with a sense that negotiations would …
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Washington Examiner:
West Virginia is lucky to have an honest senator like Joe Manchin
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden Should Take Manchin's Deal Right Now
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The search for a Plan B begins
Washington Post:
Manchin's private offer to Biden included pre-k, climate money, Obamacare — but excluded child benefit
ABC News:
Biden to announce plan to mail 500 million free rapid tests to Americans next month  —  The president also aims to deploy 1,000 military doctors and nurses.  —  President Joe Biden will announce a plan on Tuesday to distribute 500 million free at-home rapid tests to Americans beginning …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
To Fight Omicron, Biden Plans Aid From Military and 500 Million Tests  —  The president is set to unveil his initiatives, which also include creating new federal testing sites and deploying federal vaccinators, in a speech on Tuesday.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden will announce new steps …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans and Help Communities and Hospitals Battle Omicron  —  Today, President Biden will announce new actions to protect Americans and help communities and hospitals battle Omicron, building on the robust plan he announced earlier …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden administration to make 500 million at-home Covid tests available for free
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and New York Post
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
White House says Biden came in close contact with COVID-infected staffer
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Committee Weighs Possibility of Criminal Referrals  —  The House panel is examining whether there is enough evidence to recommend that the Justice Department pursue cases against Donald J. Trump and others.  —  When the House formed a special committee this summer to investigate …
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CNN:
January 6 committee sends letter to GOP Rep. Scott Perry, asking to interview him
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
Fox tightens its vaccine rule, removing a test-out option for N.Y.C. office workers.  —  Fox Corporation, the owner of Fox News, told employees on Friday that those working in New York City would have to show proof they'd had at least one dose of the Covid vaccine by Dec. 27, removing the option to get tested weekly instead.
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New York Post:
New NY health commissioner Bassett tests positive for COVID: Hochul
Discussion: City & State New York
Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of US COVID-19 cases  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday.
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Nate Rattner / CNBC:
Omicron now the dominant U.S. Covid strain at 73% of cases, CDC data shows  — The rapidly spreading omicron variant is now the dominant Covid strain in the U.S., representing 73% of sequenced cases, according to data published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
A UAE agency put Pegasus spyware on phone of Jamal Khashoggi's wife months before his murder, new forensics show … Emirates flight attendant Hanan Elatr surrendered her two Android cellphones, laptop and passwords when security agents surrounded her at the Dubai airport.
Discussion: Associated Press
Robert T. Garrett / Dallas Morning News:
Journalist, Dallas Morning News politics reporter, author Wayne Slater killed in car crash  —  Slater, who chronicled two Texas governors' rise to national prominence and co-wrote two books about George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, was 74.  —  AUSTIN — Retired Dallas Morning News Austin bureau chief …
Miami Herald:
Logs show Trump flew more often on Epstein jets than was known  —  Donald Trump appears to have flown on Jeffrey Epstein's private jets six more times than was previously known, according to flight logs released as evidence in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.  —  Previous disclosures of portions …
Discussion: Political Wire
Los Angeles Times:
Latino political power is a big winner in California's new congressional map  —  Latino voters would see a major boost in political clout under new congressional and legislative districts approved unanimously Monday by the independent citizen panel charged with redrawing the state's political map.
Discussion: Breitbart and Sacramento Bee
Politico:
Democrats riled by Spanish-language radio attacks on Kamala Harris  —  Florida Democrats are sounding alarms over what they believe is a sustained and coordinated campaign rapidly unfolding across Spanish-language media to tarnish the image of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Martz / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Spanberger privately says she's prepared to run in new Northern Virginia 7th District if map holds  —  Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, is telling state legislators privately that she will run in the newly configured 7th Congressional District in Northern Virginia if the state Supreme Court's …
Discussion: Townhall
NBC News:
Food suppliers blame inflation for price hikes.  Lawmakers say they're padding the bill.  —  The levers of government are being primed for an escalating crackdown on excessive food price inflation, which the Biden-Harris Administration and its Congressional allies believe is partially a result …
Discussion: Twitchy and New York Times
Jackson Richman / Mediaite:
Steve Bannon Threatens to Take Over the ‘Election Apparatus’ and ‘The Secretaries of State’  —  Former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon threatened on Monday to take over the U.S. “election apparatus.”  —  During his weekday internet show War Room Pandemic, Bannon, who was indicted last month …
Discussion: YouTube
Lisa Fickenscher / New York Post:
Amazon deleted reviews of Chinese president's book on government's orders: report  —  Didn't like Chinese President Xi Jinping's book?  Keep your mouth shut.  —  That's what China told Amazon, according to a new report, when the country pushed the bookseller to delete all comments and reviews related to …
Discussion: The Times
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Republican candidates across the country refuse to acknowledge Biden won legitimately  —  Mary Trump on the real danger of Trump's election lie  —  Washington (CNN)Five Republican candidates for governor of Minnesota were asked at a forum last Wednesday whether they thought President Joe Biden won a …
The Daily Beast:
Actor Jay Johnston Told Me He Was at the Capitol Riot, Says Director  —  SPOTTED … The director and co-star of the 'Bob's Burgers' and ‘Mr. Show’ actor's new film say Johnston admitted to them that he was at the Capitol riot protesting so-called election fraud.
Discussion: Raw Story and BizPac Review
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Pentagon Updates Its Rules on Extremism in the Military  —  “Liking” white nationalist and extremist content on social media could result in disciplinary action, Defense Department officials said.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday issued new guidelines meant to root out extremism …
Discussion: UPI and Washington Post
Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Fanone resigns from D.C. police force 11 months after battling insurrectionist mob at Capitol  —  Michael Fanone, the D.C. police officer who was dragged into a mob and beaten during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and later publicly excoriated lawmakers and others who downplayed the attack …
Discussion: Insider, Mediaite, Forbes and Twitchy
 
 
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Washington Free Beacon:
Power Underreported Investments by Nearly $1 Million Ahead of Senate Confirmation, Complaint Alleges
Discussion: Instapundit
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Dan Bongino threatened to quit his radio show over a vaccine mandate. So, why hasn't he?
Doug Sosnik / Washington Post:
As the GOP sheds its moderates, a whirlwind approaches
Discussion: Mediaite
Joseph G. Allen / New York Times:
We Learned Our Lesson Last Year: Do Not Close Schools
Discussion: Twitchy
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Geoff Earle / Daily Mail:
CIA advisor and expert in foreign conflicts believes the US is ‘closer to civil war than anyone would like to believe’ and claims America is no longer a democracy but an ‘anocracy’
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Turning Point USA Kicks Out Right-Wing Journo Who Ambushed Kyle Rittenhouse To Ask Why He Supports BLM
Discussion: Raw Story
Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter:
For Third Year, Committee To Protect Journalists Excludes Assange From Jailed Journalist Index
Blake Stuerman / Variety:
My Traumatizing Years With Bryan Singer
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

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Ben Jacobs / Slate:
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