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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon carjacked and robbed in South Philly after touring FDR Park — U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked and robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on Wednesday afternoon shortly after finishing a meeting at FDR Park, her office and police officials confirmed.
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UPI, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Wire and Instapundit
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Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia — WASHINGTON — Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., was carjacked at gunpoint in a park in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon, her spokesperson said in a statement. — The incident occurred around 2:45 p.m. ET FDR Park in South Philadelphia …
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CBS Philly and Washington Times
6abc:
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon carjacked in Philadelphia's FDR Park
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon carjacked in Philadelphia's FDR Park
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, KFTC-TV, Breitbart, New York Post, TheBlaze and NOQ Report
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Rep. Scanlon ‘unharmed’ after being carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia
Rep. Scanlon ‘unharmed’ after being carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia
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ABC News, Associated Press and The Hill
David Gilbert / VICE:
People Got Sick at a Conspiracy Conference. They're Sure It's Anthrax. — The fact that the conference was likely a COVID outbreak and superspreader event has been almost entirely ignored. — DG — A group of unvaccinated people who attended a huge conspiracy conference in Dallas earlier …
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Daily Kos, The Daily Dot, Raw Story and Political Wire
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
President Biden to ABC's David Muir: Accountability needed for Jan. 6 insurrection ‘no matter where it goes’ — He spoke with “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir in an exclusive interview. — President Joe Biden said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” …
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Politico
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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Biden tells ABC's David Muir ‘yes’ he'll run again, Trump rematch would ‘increase the prospect’ — He spoke with “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir in an exclusive interview. — President Joe Biden said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir that …
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
President Biden to ABC's David Muir on at-home COVID testing: 'Nothing's been good enough'
President Biden to ABC's David Muir on at-home COVID testing: 'Nothing's been good enough'
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill and The Guardian
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sets special hearing for Biden's vaccine rules for health-care workers, private businesses — The Supreme Court Wednesday night announced it will hold a special hearing next month to consider challenges to the Biden administration's pandemic efforts to impose a nationwide vaccine …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Supreme Court will hear challenge to Biden Covid vaccine mandates
Supreme Court will hear challenge to Biden Covid vaccine mandates
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The Gateway Pundit
William Booth / Washington Post:
Real-world data from U.K. suggests omicron is less likely than delta to send people to the hospital — LONDON — Researchers looking at real-world coronavirus cases in Britain reported Wednesday that the omicron variant of the coronavirus appears to be less severe than the once-dominant delta strain.
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Imperial College London, Forbes, New York Post, The Guardian and Politico
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Janice Kew / Bloomberg:
Omicron Has 80% Lower Risk of Hospitalization, New Study Shows
Omicron Has 80% Lower Risk of Hospitalization, New Study Shows
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New York Times, NOQ Report, KDFX-TV, CBS News, medRxiv, The Daily Wire, Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Is Omicron Milder? — The mystery of the moment is very hard to solve. Here's my best shot.
Is Omicron Milder? — The mystery of the moment is very hard to solve. Here's my best shot.
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The Mahablog, Denver Post, Washington Examiner, NICD and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Michael Flynn loses his legal challenge to the House January 6 probe, one day after filing it — (CNN)Michael Flynn has swiftly lost his bid in court to block a possible House select committee subpoena for his phone records and to hold off demands he speak to the panel investigating January 6.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Judge denies Michael Flynn's request for restraining order against Jan. 6 committee
Judge denies Michael Flynn's request for restraining order against Jan. 6 committee
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Raw Story, CNN, The Daily Beast and Reuters
Jason Stanley / The Guardian:
America is now in fascism's legal phase — The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and women's rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy — et us be reminded that before there is a final solution …
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Raw Story
Ruby Cramer / Politico:
‘Have I Hit Bottom?’: Michael Avenatti and the Fall of a Trump-Era Antihero — VENICE, Calif. — Inside a two-bedroom apartment, 11 blocks from the ocean, there is a man in free fall, though he has nowhere to go. He wears a monitor on his right ankle, government-issued, blinking green beneath his tapered track pants.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Trump's Handling of COVID Was Worse Than You Thought. — 1. Early COVID — Last week the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis issued a report, along with a release of some emails and interviews. — First things first: This report is not what America needs.
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Overtime
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Biden Won Big With a Bad Hand — Relative to its strength in Congress, the Biden administration has proved outstandingly successful. — About the author: David Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy (2020).
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Fox News, The Conservative Wahoo and New Republic
Jonathan S. Tobin / Haaretz:
Trump Just Crossed a Red Line for His Evangelical and Jewish Fans — Trump's obscenities and antisemitic tropes don't bother his Jewish fans. But a recent quote has stunned his pro-Israel base, evangelicals and Jews, to the core - and could complicate his chances for a second term — Zen Read
Washington Post:
Biden administration extends federal student loan payment pause until May — A moratorium was scheduled to expire early in 2022. — The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will extend a pause on student loan payments through May 1 as the omicron variant threatens to hurt the U.S. economy.
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New York Magazine
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden Extending the Pause on Student Loan Repayment an Additional 90 Days
Statement by President Joe Biden Extending the Pause on Student Loan Repayment an Additional 90 Days
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ED News, Insider, Representative Ayanna Pressley, Breitbart, Washington Post, Houston Public Media, Truthout, The Daily Wire, CBS News, TheBlaze, Mediaite, Townhall and Deseret News
Peter Hamby / Puck:
The Biden Youth Bomb — Joe Biden was elected to be competent, compromising, and stoic. But his staggering—no, seriously, staggering—unpopularity among younger voters suggests that the Democratic establishment really doesn't have an earthly idea about what matters to their kids.
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New York Times
Washington Post:
Inside the nonstop pressure campaign by Trump allies to get election officials to revisit the 2020 vote — More than a year after Donald Trump lost the presidency, election officials across the country are facing a growing barrage of claims that the vote was not secure and demands to investigate …
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Raw Story
Select Committee to Investigate …:
Select Committee Requests Information from Representative Jordan — Bolton, MS—Chairman Bennie G. Thompson today announced that the Select Committee has requested that Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio provide information for the committee's investigation into the violence of January 6th and its causes.
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USA Today and POLITICUSUSA
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
House Jan. 6 probe seeks information from Rep. Jim Jordan about his contact with Trump
House Jan. 6 probe seeks information from Rep. Jim Jordan about his contact with Trump
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David Wasserman / Cook Political Report:
Democrats Score a Big Win in California Redistricting Map — On Monday, California's citizens' redistricting commission voted 14-0 to approve a map that's a dream for Democrats. Technically, the commission (five Democrats, five Republicans and four others) was prohibited from taking partisan or incumbent data into consideration.
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Sacramento Bee
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Omicron Cases Appear Less Severe, 2 U.K. Studies Say — Experts warned that hospitals could still be flooded, because the variant is so transmissible. The F.D.A. authorized Pfizer's Covid pills for high-risk patients 12 and older, a treatment that could be available within days.
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Bloomberg, TechCrunch, STAT and Reason
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Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer's Covid-19 Pill Authorized in U.S.
Pfizer's Covid-19 Pill Authorized in U.S.
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Adam Jentleson / Washington Post:
Here's how Democrats can fix the Build Back Better mess — and appease Manchin — If Democrats take Manchin's own proposal seriously — with one small addition — they might be able to move ahead — Clearly, mistakes were made with the Build Back Better bill. — Who was at fault? Tough to say.
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Washington Examiner, Washington Monthly, Raw Story and New York Magazine
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Proud Boy pleads guilty to felony charge in Capitol riot — A New York man who was a member of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstructing Congress and conspiring to obstruct law enforcement during the pro-Trump riot on Jan. 6, a felony. — The plea is significant because Matthew Greene …
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NBC News, CNN, NPR, CBS News and Associated Press
David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. opens investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles over game feature — U.S auto safety regulators said Wednesday they have opened a formal safety investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles sold since 2017 over the automaker's decision to allow games to be played on the front center touchscreen.
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Why Christmas Gifts Are Arriving on Time This Year — Fears that a disrupted supply chain could wreak havoc on the logistics industry over the holiday turned out to be wrong as many Americans ordered early and shopped in stores. — The warnings started to stream in early this fall: Shop early or you may not get your gifts on time.
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Politico, CBS News, Daily Kos, Washington Post, Fox News, MSNBC, Spectrum News NY1, Daily Mail, The White House, Reuters, RedState, Insider, The Daily Wire, Twitchy and Deseret News
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘The runner-up is almost always the next nominee’: Cruz says he's well-positioned for 2024 — Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday argued he is particularly well-positioned to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, citing his second-place finish behind then-candidate Donald Trump in the party's 2016 primary.
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Washington Examiner, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Washington Times, Conservative Brief and The Daily Wire
National Review:
End the Covid-Zero Mentality — As the Omicron variant rips through areas of the United States with among the highest vaccination rates in the world, it should be abundantly clear that we will not be able to “end” Covid. But we still have the power to end the “Covid zero” mentality.
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Washington Post, RedState, The National Interest and Deseret News
Mike Spies / New Yorker:
N.R.A. Chief Wayne LaPierre's Misleading Testimony About Free Yacht Trips in the Bahamas — Documents and accounts of former staffers, which raise questions about LaPierre's statements, could strengthen the New York attorney general's lawsuit to dissolve the gun-rights group.
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The Trace