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Tara Copp / Defense One:
US Army Creates Single Vaccine Against All COVID & SARS Variants, Researchers Say — Within weeks, Walter Reed researchers expect to announce that human trials show success against Omicron—and even future strains. — Within weeks, scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research expect …
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Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell to Manchin: We'd Love to Have You, Joe — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, says Democratic outrage over Senator Joe Manchin's opposition to sweeping policy bills shows he is not welcome in his party any longer. — WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell is extending …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Schumer and Manchin face off on Zoom
POLITICO Playbook: Schumer and Manchin face off on Zoom
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Wall Street Journal and Daily Kos
CNBC:
Corporate donations to Sen. Joe Manchin's PAC surged as he fought President Biden's agenda
Corporate donations to Sen. Joe Manchin's PAC surged as he fought President Biden's agenda
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The Intercept and Insider
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Were Progressives Right About Joe Manchin?
Were Progressives Right About Joe Manchin?
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The Conservative Wahoo, The Bulwark, The Dispatch, Daily Mail, New York Times, Townhall, Slate and UnHerd
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Joe Manchin Said Constituent Complained Of ‘Crackhead Daughter’ Wasting Child Tax Credit
Joe Manchin Said Constituent Complained Of ‘Crackhead Daughter’ Wasting Child Tax Credit
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New York Magazine, Washington Post and The National Interest
Monica Madden / KXAN-TV:
Texas Sen. Cornyn joins Republicans recruiting Joe Manchin to GOP
Texas Sen. Cornyn joins Republicans recruiting Joe Manchin to GOP
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Insider, Wall Street Journal, Four Freedoms, National Review, New York Post, Washington Post, Mediaite and The Hill
Janice Kew / Bloomberg:
Omicron Has 80% Lower Risk of Hospitalization, New Study Shows — Once admitted, risk of severe disease is the same: NICD data — Compared to delta, odds of severe omicron disease is 70% lower — South Africans contracting Covid-19 in the current fourth wave of infections …
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medRxiv:
Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in South Africa — Nicole Wolter, Waasila Jassat, Sibongile Walaza, Richard Welch, Harry Moultrie, Michelle Groome, Daniel Gyamfi Amoako, Josie Everatt, Jinal N Bhiman, Cathrine Scheepers, Naume Tebeila, Nicola Chiwandire …
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The Atlantic, Washington Examiner, NICD and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dylan Housman / The Daily Caller:
Despite Evidence, Walensky Refuses To Call Omicron ‘Mild’ In Interview With Fox's Bret Baier
Despite Evidence, Walensky Refuses To Call Omicron ‘Mild’ In Interview With Fox's Bret Baier
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Biden's COVID culpability — In its never-ending race to stay ahead of the coronavirus, the Biden administration keeps falling behind. — Why it matters: The U.S. is facing an overwhelming surge of cases driven by the Omicron variant less than six months after President Biden celebrated …
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Washington Examiner, CBS News and The Intercept
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New York Times:
Omicron Will Surge Despite Biden's New Plan, Scientists Say — Public health experts fear that the highly contagious variant cannot be stopped without harsh measures that the public will no longer tolerate. — Even as President Biden on Tuesday outlined new plans for battling …
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CBS News, CNN, Politico, Alexander COVID News, Wide World of News and Alternet.org
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Biden delivers a double dose of ineptitude as COVID, BBB bedevil his presidency
Biden delivers a double dose of ineptitude as COVID, BBB bedevil his presidency
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The Daily Wire and Ground Truths
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
John Thune, a Likely Successor to Mitch McConnell, Weighs Retirement — Mr. Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, is considering giving up his South Dakota seat because of both family concerns and Donald Trump's enduring hold on the G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — Senator John Thune of South Dakota …
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Fox News, New York Magazine and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins is open to a revived push to overhaul an expiring child tax credit — After a key setback to President Joe Biden's spending agenda, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins signaled openness on Tuesday to an effort that would overhaul a child tax credit set to expire in January if Congress does not act.
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New York Times:
The F.B.I. Deployed Surveillance Teams Inside Portland Protests — Federal agents infiltrated Portland's unruly racial justice protests, dressing to blend in and capturing clandestine video. The tactics raised internal concern. — PORTLAND, Ore. — In the hours after President Biden's inauguration …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Michael Flynn sues Jan. 6 committee — Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is suing to prevent the Jan. 6 select committee from enforcing a subpoena for his testimony and documents, claiming it could violate multiple privileges, including his Fifth Amendment right …
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Tom Fairless / Wall Street Journal:
Booming U.S. Economy Ripples World-Wide — Surging American demand draws investment from overseas with supply chains working to keep pace and driving up prices — FRANKFURT—A booming U.S. economy is rippling around the world, leaving global supply chains struggling to keep up and pushing up prices.
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HBR.org, Balloon Juice and The Big Picture
Lydia DePillis / ProPublica:
This Scientist Created a Rapid Test Just Weeks Into the Pandemic. Here's Why You Still Can't Get It. — Irene Bosch developed a quick, inexpensive COVID-19 test in early 2020. The Harvard-trained scientist already had a factory set up. But she was stymied by an FDA process experts say made no sense.
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Marginal REVOLUTION and Chicago Tribune
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Omicron Is the Beginning of the End — No matter the severity of the variant, the appetite for shutdowns or other large-scale social interventions simply isn't there. — About the author: Yascha Mounk is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Hope Hicks, other Trump alums join hedge-fund exec's Senate camp — Hedge fund executive David McCormick is expected to launch his Pennsylvania Senate candidacy with the help of former top advisers to former President Donald Trump. — The list includes Trump White House veteran Hope Hicks.
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Raw Story
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump ‘very appreciative’ and ‘surprised’ Biden acknowledged his administration's COVID vaccine success — In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Trump said Biden's comment would help the ‘process of healing’ — Biden pressed on COVID testing availability
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Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
I did everything Biden told me to do. On Friday, I tested positive for COVID-19 — I was a supporter of wearing masks in public. I received both doses of the Moderna vaccine and encouraged my friends and family members to do the same. I started a community campaign to assist people …
CNBC:
Criminals have stolen nearly $100 billion in Covid relief funds, Secret Service says — Criminals have stolen close to $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday. — The stolen funds were diverted by fraudsters from the Small Business Administration's …
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Associated Press, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and UPI
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.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Biden Justice Department reverses on returning federal convicts on home detention to prison — Under intense pressure from criminal justice reform advocates, the Justice Department has reversed a Trump-era legal opinion that could have required several thousand federal convicts to return …
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Reason, Breitbart, Washington Post, CNN and Fox News
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Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.N. proposing paying nearly $6 million to Taliban for security — The United Nations is proposing to pay nearly $6 million for protection in Afghanistan to Taliban-run Interior Ministry personnel, whose chief is under U.N. and U.S. sanctions and wanted by the FBI …
Washington Post:
Long before embracing Trump's false election claims, Rep. Scott Perry promoted groundless theories — Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) has been fanning false claims for years, long before his efforts to overturn the 2020 election based on former president Donald Trump's baseless allegations drew …
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Letters from an American, HuffPost, Associated Press and NBC Boston
Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
Fox News Stands by Jesse Watters After ‘Kill Shot’ Remark While Fauci Wants Him Fired — Fox News has backed host Jesse Watters after Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he should be fired for urging conservatives to “ambush” him and “go in for the kill shot.” — Watters on Monday urged attendees …
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Associated Press, Mediaite and Deadline
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Democratic push on voting rights becomes more urgent as midterms approach — But passing a measure to outlaw partisan gerrymandering could cause a new kind of chaos — Senate Democrats not only failed to push their social spending bill over the finish line before the Christmas holidays.
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Fox News, Politico, Los Angeles Times, Digby's Hullabaloo, New Republic and The Guardian
Nicole Asbury / Washington Post:
Librarian who made third-graders reenact the Holocaust was a fraud convict in N.J. — The Watkins Elementary School staffer who directed third-graders to reenact scenes from the Holocaust on Friday was convicted of two crimes in New Jersey. The staffer is librarian Kimberlynn Jurkowski …
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Daily Kos, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Eduwonk
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Dan Crenshaw to his fellow conservatives: Come ‘correct’ — He voted with Donald Trump most of the time but isn't a loyalist. He's a stalwart conservative willing to criticize other conservatives. — Rep. Dan Crenshaw, in short, is a GOP anomaly. — In the roiling cauldron of Republican politics …