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Why Covid Death Rates Are Rising for Some Groups — The overall rate of Covid-19 deaths has declined since vaccines became widely available in April, yet nearly a quarter million people in the United States have died from the virus in the past eight months.
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
10 lessons I've learned from the Covid-19 pandemic — On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, just hours from when 2019 was going to segue into 2020, I read an email about some unusual pneumonia cases in China's Hubei province. Over the past couple of decades, China has been a wellspring …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden is learning not to fret over vaccine deniers — Almost two years after the country first shut down to protect itself against the coronavirus pandemic, President Biden is grasping a changing environment, both medical and political. The result could well encourage responsible Americans …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lays Out How He and Bannon Planned to Overturn Biden's Electoral Win — “It started out perfectly. At 1 p.m., Gosar and Cruz did exactly what was expected of them...” … A former Trump White House official says he and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon …
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New York Times:
The Peanut Butter Secret: A Lavish Tax Dodge for the Ultrawealthy — A tax break aimed at small businesses has become a popular way for Silicon Valley founders and investors to avoid taxes on their investment profits. — This is the story of the incredible cloning tax break.
Amanda Macias / CNBC:
U.S. and Russia agree to security talks on Jan. 10 amid growing tension over Ukraine — U.S. and Russian officials will hold security talks on Jan. 10 amid an alarming Russian military buildup on its shared border with Ukraine. — For months, Ukraine has warned Washington and European allies …
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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S., Russia Set Schedule for Ukraine Talks in January
U.S., Russia Set Schedule for Ukraine Talks in January
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Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: There Was ANOTHER Rally Planned On Jan. 6 ... At The Supreme Court — The same people who organized Trump's fateful rally on the Ellipse had something else in store on Jan. 6: a rally planned in front of the Supreme Court. — The same people who organized Trump's fateful rally …
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Political Life of Dr. Oz … Dr. Oz for Senate is headquartered in a patch of strip mall next to a Mexican restaurant in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where the candidate's father-in-law, Dr. Gerald Lemole, maintains a medical office down the road from the Lemole family farm …
Sarah Rainsford / BBC:
Russian court orders oldest civil rights group Memorial to shut — Russia's Supreme Court has ordered the closure of International Memorial, Russia's oldest human rights group. — Memorial worked to recover the memory of the millions of innocent people executed, imprisoned or persecuted in the Soviet era.
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Al Jazeera
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Polina Ivanova / Financial Times:
Russia's Supreme Court orders closure of Memorial civil rights group
Russia's Supreme Court orders closure of Memorial civil rights group
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Bloomberg
Felix Light / The Moscow Times:
Russian Court Orders Closure of Renowned Rights Group Memorial
Russian Court Orders Closure of Renowned Rights Group Memorial
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Philip Klein / National Review:
CDC's New Isolation Guidance Treats Unvaccinated the Same as Un-boosted — The Centers for Disease Control has moved one step closer to changing the definition of fully vaccinated to include only those who have received a booster. — Earlier, I noted how the CDC arbitrarily halved its quarantine guidance from ten days to five.
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CDC Newsroom — CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population
CDC Newsroom — CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
CDC Shortens Quarantine Period to 5 Days for Those Without Symptoms
CDC Shortens Quarantine Period to 5 Days for Those Without Symptoms
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abc7NY:
Pediatric hospitalizations up 395% in NYC amid COVID-19 surge
Pediatric hospitalizations up 395% in NYC amid COVID-19 surge
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine for all
CDC recommends shorter COVID isolation, quarantine for all
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David Axelrod / New York Times:
It's Not Over for Joe Biden — Mr. Axelrod was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns. — Joe Biden must be having flashbacks. — In early 2010, when Democrats lost a special election for the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat …
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Keith Coffman / Reuters:
Gunman kills four in Denver-area shooting spree before he is killed by police — A lone gunman shot four people to death and wounded three, including a police officer, on Monday in a Denver-area shooting spree that unfolded at several locations and ended with police killing the suspect, authorities said.
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
The Democrats' Education Lunacies Will Bring Back Trump — Terry McAuliffe lost the Virginia governor's race by saying, “I don't think parents should be telling schools what to teach.” If that was no gaffe, Democrats have a lot more significant losing ahead
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Nicholas Stephanopoulos / Election Law Blog:
Not the Time for Measuring Drapes — This column by Eric Levitz has been generating some buzz. Based on the congressional districts redrawn so far, the piece argues that “the new House map will be much less biased in the GOP's favor than the old one.” The new map might even be “tilted, ever so slightly, in the Democrats' favor.”
Andrew Sullender / Springfield News-Leader:
Antisemitic flyers found Christmas morning, spreading COVID conspiracies in Springfield — This Christmas Day, some Springfieldians woke up not to presents but to an antisemitic flyer. — The flyers were left at the front steps of houses in central Springfield sometime during the night of Christmas Eve.
Thomas Colson / Insider:
Trump's struggling Scottish golf resorts lost nearly $9 million in 2020, new filings show — Trump's two Scottish golf courses lost nearly $9 million combined in 2020, new filings show. — The filings, signed by Eric Trump, show that the clubs lost money even after claiming UK government pandemic aid.
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