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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The hidden, ugly truth behind Joe Manchin's stance on BBB's climate provisions — What's really driving Sen. Joe Manchin III's opposition to the Build Back Better package? — We know the West Virginia Democrat is exaggerating the threat from inflation and has relied on bogus numbers to inflate BBB's deficit impact.
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Insider, UPI, KDFX-TV, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo and PRIMER
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.
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
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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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fauci says Fox News host Jesse Watters should be fired for ‘ambush’ and ‘kill shot’ comments — The Fox host was referring to confrontational interviews in comments at conservative conference but leaned hard on violent imagery: ‘Boom! He is dead!’ — Anthony S. Fauci has become accustomed …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Fauci calls for Fox News host to be fired ‘on the spot’ for ‘kill shot’ comments
Fauci calls for Fox News host to be fired ‘on the spot’ for ‘kill shot’ comments
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The Hill, The Daily Wire, Daily Kos, Mediaite, East Bay Times and IJR
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Fauci on What COVID Could Look Like One Year From Now
Fauci on What COVID Could Look Like One Year From Now
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Political Wire
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, KRON4, Truthout, WV MetroNews, RedState, WSVN-TV, KLFY-TV, The Verge, Forbes, The Daily Caller, MedTech Dive, Houston Public Media, 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, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, Washington Post, CNN, Roll Call, UPI, Raw Story, Marginal REVOLUTION, The Daily Wire 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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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California's new congressional map boosts Democrats
California's new congressional map boosts Democrats
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Fox News, KQCA-TV, UPI, Sacramento Bee, RedState, Mercury News and Breitbart
Brooke Staggs / Orange County Register:
Redistricting: Orange County's new Congressional districts shuffle incumbents
Redistricting: Orange County's new Congressional districts shuffle incumbents
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The Hill
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
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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The Verge, Al Jazeera, Balkan Insight and Associated Press
US Census / Census.gov:
New Vintage 2021 Population Estimates Available for the Nation, States and Puerto Rico — Estimates Show Slowest Growth on Record for the Nation's Population — DEC. 21, 2021 — According to the U.S. Census Bureau's Vintage 2021 national and state population estimates and components …
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Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Caller
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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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HotAir, The American Spectator, BizPac Review, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
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 »
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
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 …
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 …
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Didi Tang / The Times:
Amazon agreed to allow only five-star reviews for Xi's book in China
Amazon agreed to allow only five-star reviews for Xi's book in China
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National Review, TheBlaze and Instapundit
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
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).
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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Politico, Washington Post and Daily Kos
J.P. Lawrence / Military.com:
Female Ex-Pilot in Afghan Military Surfaces in US, Defying Rumors that She Had Been Killed — An Afghan woman who was one of the few female pilots in her country's air force quashed an online assertion that she had been stoned to death by the Taliban, saying she is alive and well on the West Coast.
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Washington Examiner
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.
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
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
Harry Enten / CNN:
Biden's economic ratings are worse than Carter's — (CNN)President Joe Biden is struggling in the minds of the American public. While his approval rating is down on a slew of issues, his difficulties are perhaps most noticeable on the economy. — Biden now sports the lowest net economic rating …
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Washington Monthly and Deseret News
Eric Topol / Ground Truths:
What the President Could Have Done Today to Counter the Pandemic — President Biden announced solid plans to support American hospitals with staffing and equipment, enhanced accessibility of vaccines, and the beginning of improving access to free testing, including 500 million rapid tests …
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Mercury News, The Guardian, NewsNation Now and East Bay Times
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 …