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1:45 PM ET, December 22, 2021

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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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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.
Discussion: Denver Post
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 …
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Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
I did everything Biden told me to do. On Friday, I tested positive for COVID-19
Discussion: RedState, The Verge and National Review
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
Biden tests negative for Covid again Wednesday, days after exposure to person who tested positive
Discussion: NPR and The Western Journal
New York Times:
Omicron Will Surge Despite Biden's New Plan, Scientists Say
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).
Discussion: New Republic
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Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Were Progressives Right About Joe Manchin?
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell to Manchin: We'd Love to Have You, Joe
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 …
Discussion: CBS News, Washington Post and Mediaite
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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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Twitchy
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Washington Post:
Biden says supply chain crisis didn't materialize: ‘Gifts are being delivered, shelves are not empty’
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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Lynsey Chutel / New York Times:   Covid Live Updates: New Cases Fall in South Africa's Omicron Surge
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 …
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
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Wajahat Ali / The Daily Beast:
Trump's GOP Has Five Simple Tricks for Promoting Antisemitism
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Mediaite
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 …
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.
Discussion: National Review
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 …
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 …
 
 
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