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Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
Reid's final hang up — There will never be another like him. — Not a chance. — Oh sure, there will be leaders who grew up in unimaginable poverty. Or those who are more workhorse than showhorse. Or who dominate their state's political apparatus.
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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, former Senate majority leader and Democratic kingmaker, dies at 82
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Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Biden to speak with Putin on Thursday at Russian leader's request — (CNN)President Joe Biden will hold a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday afternoon “to discuss a range of topics, including upcoming diplomatic engagements with Russia,” National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne told CNN.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Biden accepts Putin request for phone call ahead of talks on Ukraine — President Biden will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday afternoon, ahead of a series of diplomatic talks in January over Russia's military buildup on its border with Ukraine.
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Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
War in Europe Could Be Imminent. Here's Everything You Need to Know.
War in Europe Could Be Imminent. Here's Everything You Need to Know.
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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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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
2 Georgia Republicans Rack Up Fines for Defying House's Mask Mandate — Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andrew Clyde have incurred more than $100,000 combined in penalties for dozens of violations. — WASHINGTON — During a recent marathon session in the House …
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HuffPost:
If You Like All The New Progressive Federal Judges, Thank Trump For Sabotaging Georgia
If You Like All The New Progressive Federal Judges, Thank Trump For Sabotaging Georgia
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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The Daily Dot, The Western Journal and Power Line
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.
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.
Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone:
‘The Fuse Has Been Blown,’ and the Doomsday Glacier Is Coming for Us All — New data suggests a massive collapse of the ice shelf in as little as five years. “We are dealing with an event that no human has ever witnessed,” says one scientist. “We have no analog for this”
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 …
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 …
Mairead Elordi / The Daily Wire:
More Than 1,400 Afghan Kids Evacuated To U.S. Without Their Parents — Among the scores of refugees the U.S. has admitted from war-torn Afghanistan are hundreds of children who were evacuated without their parents and are now in government custody waiting to see if they will be reunited.
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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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