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12:55 PM ET, December 29, 2021

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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 …
Discussion: The Guardian and Insider
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.
CNN:
Harry Reid, a longtime US senator from Nevada and former Democratic leader, dies at 82
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 …
Discussion: Twitchy
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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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 …
Discussion: Townhall and CNN
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
No, Joe Biden Did Not Just Surrender to the Omicron Variant
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
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 ― …
Discussion: Newsweek and Raw Story
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
‘Badass’ Marjorie Taylor Greene cruising to reelection, DC critics ‘delusional’
Discussion: Page Array and Political Flare
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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Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Hong Kong Police Arrest Six Linked to Pro-Democracy News Site
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 …
 
 
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Duaa Eldeib / ProPublica:
They Were the Pandemic's Perfect Victims
Amelia Lucas / CNBC:
More than half of U.S. states will raise their minimum wage in 2022, but employers are hiking pay faster
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The College Fix:
U. North Carolina-Greensboro lecturer defends CRT, says ‘whiteness is a disease’
Discussion: RedState
S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News:
The change we wish to see in the world for 2022: New Year's resolutions
New York Post:
Biden's COVID incompetence, hypocrisy and fact-spinning are only making things worse
William Barber / Repairers of the Breach:
Bishop Barber: Bishop Tutu brought the truth this world needs
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
More than 50 local newsrooms launched during the pandemic
Zachariah Hughes / Anchorage Daily News:
Anti-Biden 'Let's Go Brandon' merchandise sold at JBER mall prompts update to vendor guidance
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Florida mayor: DeSantis has been MIA during omicron surge
Discussion: CBS Miami and Joe.My.God.
Kathrin Hille / Financial Times:
US shows China its hand on strategic value of ‘unsinkable’ Taiwan
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump warns Alaska GOP governor he'll revoke endorsement if he backs Murkowski
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences:
Toplines and Crosstabs December 2021 National Poll: Presidential Election & Jan 6th Insurrection at the US Capitol
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Detroit Free Press:
Michigan's redistricting commission adopts final congressional map for the next decade
Discussion: The Hill and Bridge Michigan
 

 
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Researchers detail a “nearest neighbor attack” by Russia's APT28, which remotely breached a target's Wi-Fi by hijacking a laptop in a building across the street

Carly Page / TechCrunch:
Palo Alto Networks says it has observed exploitation of two zero-days in its PAN-OS firewall OS; researchers say hackers have compromised 2,000+ firewalls

 
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