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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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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 …
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East Bay Times
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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Bloomberg, CBS News, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Al Jazeera, TheBlaze, Healthy Skeptic, NICD and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Is Omicron Milder? — The mystery of the moment is very hard to solve. Here's my best shot. — About the author: Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the Work in Progress newsletter. He is also the author of Hit Makers and the host of the podcast Plain English.
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Denver Post
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden Extending the Pause on Student Loan Repayment an Additional 90 Days — When I came into office, we were facing a number of unprecedented crises. Our economy was creating only 50,000 new jobs per month, less than 1 percent of Americans were fully vaccinated …
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CBS News, Washington Post, Mediaite and New York Times
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EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:
The Jonas Brothers Made a Vaccine PSA TikTok With President Biden — and It Massively Backfired — A cringey video referencing the “Bing Bong” meme that went viral earlier this month did not go over well with the youths — On TikTok, there perhaps is no insult more withering and devastating …
Politico:
White House extends student loan payment freeze
White House extends student loan payment freeze
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NBC News, Wall Street Journal and National Review
Katie Lobosco / CNN:
Biden extends pause on student loan repayment through May 1
Biden extends pause on student loan repayment through May 1
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USA Today, Associated Press and Boston Herald
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
'It's your patriotic duty': Biden steps up rhetoric against unvaccinated amid omicron surge
'It's your patriotic duty': Biden steps up rhetoric against unvaccinated amid omicron surge
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National Review and CBS News
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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New York Magazine, Power Line and CBS News
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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 did everything Biden told me to do. On Friday, I tested positive for COVID-19
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RedState, The Verge and National Review
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Biden tests negative for Covid again Wednesday, days after exposure to person who tested positive
Biden tests negative for Covid again Wednesday, days after exposure to person who tested positive
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NPR, The Western Journal and Political Wire
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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New Republic
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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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HotAir, Daily Kos, Acceptable Takes, Insider, Townhall and PBS NewsHour
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 Hill, The Intercept, Insider, Mediaite, National Review, Washington Post and The Mahablog
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
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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Washington Examiner, HotAir, Forbes, The Daily Caller, The Dossier, Deseret News, Washington Times, POLITICUSUSA, Twitchy, The Daily Wire, New York Post and Raw Story
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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CNN, Washington Post and Twitchy
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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 …
Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer's Covid-19 Pill Authorized in U.S. — It is the first authorization of a drug that newly infected people can easily take at home to stay out of the hospital — U.S. health regulators cleared use of a Covid-19 pill from Pfizer Inc., the first drug that newly infected patients can now take at home to stay out of the hospital.
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CBS News, Politico, New York Post, Reuters, Metro.co.uk, NPR, Denver Post, STAT, KXAN-TV, NBC Boston and Political Wire
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Lynsey Chutel / New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: F.D.A. Clears Pfizer's Covid Pills for High-Risk Patients 12 and Up
Covid Live Updates: F.D.A. Clears Pfizer's Covid Pills for High-Risk Patients 12 and Up
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How bad will 2022 be for Democrats? A new party analysis sounds the alarm. — Get ready to hear this phrase in discussions among Democrats about the 2022 midterms: “The Biden-Youngkin voter.” — This category — which refers to voters who picked President Biden in 2020 …
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.
John Murawski / RealClearInvestigations:
No Critical Race Theory in Schools? Here's the Abundant Evidence Saying Otherwise — Above, a mother protests critical race theory in Albuquerque last month. Such objections are often met with denials that CRT is being taught, despite many indications to the contrary.
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National Review
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, TheBlaze, National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, UPI and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
How Fauci and Collins Shut Down Covid Debate — They worked with the media to trash the Great Barrington Declaration. — By The Editorial Board — In public, Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins urge Americans to “follow the science.” In private, the two sainted public-health officials schemed …
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Breitbart, Cafe Hayek, Power Line, Townhall, Wake Up Call and Media Matters for America
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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Raw Story, Letters from an American, HuffPost, Associated Press, Insider, Fox News and NBC Boston
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 …
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
‘I am terrified right now’: Hospitalizations are again on the rise as Covid cases surge — How surging Covid cases, hospitalizations are impacting health care workers — Every morning in the Minneapolis metropolitan area, 200 to 400 people wait in an emergency room for a bed to come open.