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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Agenda Dies of Delusions — Joe Biden's agenda is on life support. — For weeks, the White House and West Virginia senator Joe Manchin had been conducting cordial negotiations over the Build Back Better Act, the president's climate and social spending program.
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Liberal lawmakers don't want to talk about scaling back their ambitions to revive some of what Joe Manchin killed — Liberals are furious. — Their hopes of enacting an expansive domestic policy bill focused on health care, education and climate change have been dashed.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The hidden, ugly truth behind Joe Manchin's stance on BBB's climate provisions
The hidden, ugly truth behind Joe Manchin's stance on BBB's climate provisions
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Politico, UPI, KDFX-TV, The Moderate Voice and New York Times
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
West Virginians Ask Joe Manchin: Which Side Are You On?
West Virginians Ask Joe Manchin: Which Side Are You On?
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Fox News, New Republic, Truthout, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner and The Federalist
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
$1.75 trillion is plenty of money to write a good Build Back Better bill
$1.75 trillion is plenty of money to write a good Build Back Better bill
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The Daily Wire
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
What's Next for the Democrats' Big Bill?
What's Next for the Democrats' Big Bill?
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NBC News, Politico, Daily Kos, The Liberty Loft, The Western Journal, The Daily Wire, HotAir, Common Sense Now, Nevada Current, The Atlantic and The Pulse
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘The guy should be fired on the spot’: Fauci rebukes Fox News host over violent rhetoric — Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, on Tuesday called on Fox News to fire host Jesse Watters for targeting him with violent rhetoric at a conservative conference earlier this week.
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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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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans and Help Communities and Hospitals Battle Omicron
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans and Help Communities and Hospitals Battle Omicron
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Washington Examiner, RedState, Truthout, MedTech Dive, WSVN-TV, The Verge, KLFY-TV, Forbes, The Daily Caller, Wide World of News and Twitchy
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
To Fight Omicron, Biden Plans Aid From Military and 500 Million Tests
To Fight Omicron, Biden Plans Aid From Military and 500 Million Tests
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NPR, Metro.co.uk, Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Daily Wire, Marginal REVOLUTION, Roll Call, UPI, Raw Story and Associated Press
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.
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Sacramento Bee and The Daily Caller
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Brooke Staggs / Orange County Register:
Redistricting: Orange County's new Congressional districts shuffle incumbents
Redistricting: Orange County's new Congressional districts shuffle incumbents
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California's new congressional map boosts Democrats
California's new congressional map boosts Democrats
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Fox News, Mercury News and Breitbart
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Kellogg's Workers End Strike — Employees voted to ratify a new contract to end a work stoppage that began in early October. — Kellogg's workers ended their strike against the cereal maker on Tuesday after more than two and a half months on the picket line.
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Forbes
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Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Kellogg workers ratify a revised contract after being on strike since October.
Kellogg workers ratify a revised contract after being on strike since October.
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NPR, The Daily Caller and Kellogg Company News Room
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.
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Al Jazeera, Balkan Insight and Associated Press
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Thomas Friedman's columns prompt a different kind of ethical question for the New York Times — In two dozen opinion columns published by the New York Times over the past 15 years, Thomas Friedman has favorably cited the environmental organization Conservation International.
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Althouse, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
KFF:
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Early Omicron Update — Key Findings — The latest analysis from the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, fielded after the omicron COVID-19 variant was first detected in the U.S., indicates that vaccinated and unvaccinated adults are having dissimilar reactions to news of the omicron variant.
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Washington Post
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of US COVID-19 cases
Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of US COVID-19 cases
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Nate Rattner / CNBC:
Omicron now the dominant U.S. Covid strain at 73% of cases, CDC data shows
Omicron now the dominant U.S. Covid strain at 73% of cases, CDC data shows
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STAT, WV MetroNews, CNN, NBC Boston and justoneminute.typepad.com
Kerry Howley / New York Magazine:
Gina. Rosanne. Guy. … They can't arrest us all," a future defendant had posted days before, and this was the vibe in the moment, the ecstatic invulnerability that leads someone to smear feces on the floor of the building in which the most powerful country on earth writes its rules.
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Raw Story
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.
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BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story and CNN
Susan McCord / Augusta Chronicle:
Lincoln County looks to eliminate all polling places but one — Lincoln County is trying to close all but one polling place for next year's elections, a move opposed by voting and civil rights groups. — Relocating voters from the county's seven precincts to a single location will make voting …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Reuters:
Special Report: Trump aide set up meeting where election worker was pressured — A member of Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign arranged and participated in a meeting at which a Georgia election worker says she was pressed by a Chicago publicist to falsely admit voting fraud.
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The Uprising
Nicole Hong / New York Times:
The $1 Pizza Slice Becomes Inflation's Latest Victim — Dollar-slice businesses, a staple of New York City's dining scene, face an existential crisis as food prices rise at their fastest pace in decades. — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Jason Miller's ‘Free Speech’ Social Media Platform Gettr Boots White Nationalist — BANNED — Jason Miller's right-wing “free speech” social media alternative Gettr “suspended” the account of white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes on Monday. “My official Gettr account has been permanently suspended …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Dan Bongino threatened to quit his radio show over a vaccine mandate. So, why hasn't he? — Two months later, the conservative host says he's still in an ‘ongoing fight’ about the mandate with his employer, Cumulus Media — Two months ago, Dan Bongino sounded ready to give …
U.S. Census / Census.gov:
COVID-19, Declining Birth Rates and International Migration Resulted in Historically Small Population Gains — The U.S. population grew at a slower rate in 2021 than in any other year since the founding of the nation, based on historical decennial censuses and annual population estimates.
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Crisis of Command: The Pentagon, The President, and January 6 — One of the most vexing questions about Jan. 6 is why the National Guard took more than three hours to arrive at the Capitol after D.C. authorities and Capitol Police called for immediate assistance.
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Raw Story
Doug Sosnik / Washington Post:
As the GOP sheds its moderates, a whirlwind approaches — Doug Sosnik was a senior adviser to Bill Clinton from 1994 to 2000 and is a counselor to the Brunswick Group. — We don't need to wait for the results of next year's midterm elections to know that a political shock wave is headed toward Washington.
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Mediaite
Jennifer Chen / TODAY.com:
Why my child wanted me to share their nonbinary identity in our holiday card — It was a November morning, and as I was about to share on social media, I paused and re-read my words for the 10th time: “I'd like you all to meet Clark (formerly known as Claire).
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Prosecutors or Praetorian Guard: Why is FBI investigating one missing diary in a sea of smash and grabs? — With smash and grabs raging across the country, prosecutors have struggled to assure the public that they are cracking down on the crime wave and using every possible means to deter the organized thefts.
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 …
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Bloomberg:
FDA Expected to Authorize Pfizer and Merck Covid Pills This Week — Two drugs would be first at-home treatments for Covid-19 — U.S. has ordered 13 million courses of medicines so far — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to authorize a pair of pills from Pfizer Inc …
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The Guardian