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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Harry M. Reid, a Power in the Senate, Dies at 82 — Mr. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, displayed his pugilistic instincts as he steered an economic stimulus package and the Affordable Care Act to passage. — Harry M. Reid, the Democrat who rose from childhood poverty in the rural Nevada desert …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
'He's a press guy, I'm not': How Harry Reid shaped Chuck Schumer — When Senate Democrats are in a jam, a question sometimes quietly bubbles up on Capitol Hill: What would Harry Reid have done? — That the query itself still surfaces five years after Reid left the Senate is a mark of respect …
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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader and Democratic kingmaker, dies at 82 — Harry Reid, who rose from abject poverty in rural Nevada to become one of the most influential state and national leaders, died on Tuesday, sources confirmed to The Nevada Independent. He was 82.
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Passing of Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Passing of Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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Jon Brown / Fox News:
Biden, Clinton and others pay tribute to the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Biden, Clinton and others pay tribute to the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
He died after waiting 15 days for a hospital bed. His family blames unvaccinated covid-19 patients. — Throughout his life, Dale Weeks was characterized by family and friends in Iowa as “a good neighbor,” someone who would do anything for anyone. So when he was diagnosed with sepsis last month …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘This was the moment’: CDC defends altered guidance amid Omicron surge — CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Wednesday sought to deflect several lines of skepticism about the agency's newly shortened, five-day period of recommended isolation for asymptomatic individuals who test positive for Covid-19.
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Washington Post:
Worries that omicron surge could lead to breakdown in essential services spurred new quarantine, isolation rules
Worries that omicron surge could lead to breakdown in essential services spurred new quarantine, isolation rules
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Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Will Shortened Isolation Periods Spread the Virus?
Will Shortened Isolation Periods Spread the Virus?
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / New York Times:
11 Years After Trying to Kill Each Other, a Marine and a Talib Meet Again — A Times reporter who once served in the Marines returned to the site of a major battle in Afghanistan to see what's changed since the Taliban took over — and to meet a commander he once fought. — MARJA, Afghanistan — The tea was hot.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Biden should stop pretending his resistance to a vax-to-fly rule is about public health — The decision by federal health officials to cut in half the number of days for people to quarantine if infected with covid-19 says less about our understanding of how the coronavirus spreads than the influence of …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
No, Joe Biden Did Not Just Surrender to the Omicron Variant
No, Joe Biden Did Not Just Surrender to the Omicron Variant
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Danielle Echeverria / San Francisco Chronicle:
Two California teachers were secretly recorded speaking about LGBTQ student outreach. Now they're fighting for their jobs — This fall, a pair of middle school teachers from the Salinas Valley traveled to Palm Springs for the California Teachers Association's annual LGBTQ+ Issues Conference.
Robby Soave / Reason:
Facebook Said My Article Was ‘False Information.’ Now the Fact-Checkers Admit They Were Wrong. — On Monday, I received a rather curious notification on Facebook. A friend alerted me that when she tried to share a recent article of mine, the social media site automatically blurred the accompanying image …
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HuffPost:
If You Like All The New Progressive Federal Judges, Thank Trump For Sabotaging Georgia — Without Trump's nonstop lies about “voter fraud” having cost him reelection, Georgia's two Senate races likely would have been won by Republicans. — By S.V. Date — WASHINGTON ― …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
‘Badass’ Marjorie Taylor Greene cruising to reelection, DC critics ‘delusional’
‘Badass’ Marjorie Taylor Greene cruising to reelection, DC critics ‘delusional’
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Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
America Sticks Out Its Tush — For his Christmas Day column William Kilpatrick wrote: … That's a bit of an over-simplification, but it's certainly clear that “barring a miracle” the future is post-western. Mr Kilpatrick continues: … That was a very sharp way of putting it.
Associated Press:
Decades of DOD efforts fail to stamp out bias, extremism — In February, with the images of the violent insurrection in Washington still fresh in the minds of Americans, newly confirmed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took the unprecedented step of signing a memo directing commanding officers across …
Politico:
Republicans eye new front in education wars: Making school board races partisan — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republicans across America are pressing local jurisdictions and state lawmakers to make typically sleepy school board races into politicized, partisan elections in an attempt to gain …
Reuters:
Hong Kong pro-democracy Stand News shuts down after police raid, arrests — Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet Stand News shut down on Wednesday after police raided its office, froze its assets and arrested senior staff on suspected “seditious publication” offences in the latest crackdown on the city's media.
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Chas Danner / New York Magazine:
Seriously, Upgrade Your Face Mask — Omicron is everywhere. Dr. Abraar Karan explains why cloth masks don't cut it anymore. — We're committed to keeping our readers informed. … Throughout the pandemic, wearing a face mask has been one of the best ways that anyone can easily reduce their risk of catching or spreading COVID-19.
Don Feder / Front Page Magazine:
Us So Stupid — How the Left views middle Americans as sub-human. — Bette Midler should wear a name tag that reads, “Hi, I'm a super-rich, Hollywood elitist who thinks Red Staters are sub-human.” But that would be superfluous. — After Sen. Joe Manchin announced …
Washington Free Beacon:
2021 Man of the Year: Jon Gruden — Unlike Colin Kaepernick, who lost his job in the NFL due to lack of talent, former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden was forced to resign for using offensive language in a series of old emails leaked to media outlets. — Historians and scholars can argue …
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Lou Cannon, ‘Hall of Fame’ political writer and Reagan chronicler, hangs it up. Sort of — One of the giants of political journalism has decided to hang it up at age 88. But anyone who knows Lou Cannon doesn't think for a moment his retirement means more time on the beach or romping …