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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.
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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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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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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
West Virginians Ask Joe Manchin: Which Side Are You On? — The senator's blockade against programs that have helped his constituents escape poverty makes some question “who matters to Joe.” — Months ago, in the quiet, eagle-bedecked confines of his office on Capitol Hill, Senator Joe Manchin …
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
What's Next for the Democrats' Big Bill?
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Lindsay Kornick / Fox News:
Mitch McConnell says he'd welcome Manchin to the GOP if he was so ‘inclined’
New York Times:
Behind Manchin's Opposition, a Long History of Fighting Climate Measures
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The search for a Plan B begins
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Washington Examiner:
West Virginia is lucky to have an honest senator like Joe Manchin
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Magical thinking vs. Manchin
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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
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
To Fight Omicron, Biden Plans Aid From Military and 500 Million Tests
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Biden administration to make 500 million at-home Covid tests available for free
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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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January 6 committee sends letter to GOP Rep. Scott Perry, asking to interview him
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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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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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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.
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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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
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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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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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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 …
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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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 …
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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 …
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Stephen Kruiser / pjmedia.com:
The Morning Briefing: Democrat Psychopaths to America—Merry Christmas! You're All Gonna Die! — Top O' the Briefing — Happy Tuesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. They're doing magical things with kimchi if you just keep an open mind. — It has been one of those Decembers …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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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