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Washington Post:
Coronavirus risk calculations get harder as a study suggests rapid tests may be less effective at detecting omicron — Fauci draws a line on New Year's Eve parties — no big crowd, and moderate the “hugging and kissing” — As the coronavirus spawns a record-breaking wave of infections …
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New York Times:
U.S. Reports 488,000 New Daily Virus Cases, Shattering Record
U.S. Reports 488,000 New Daily Virus Cases, Shattering Record
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Joe.My.God., The Colorado Sun, Balloon Juice, Update from an Epidemic, The Daily Beast, Axios, Deseret News, HotAir, Townhall, Metro.co.uk and Twitchy
New York Times:
As Omicron Spreads, Officials Ponder What It Means to Be ‘Fully Vaccinated’
As Omicron Spreads, Officials Ponder What It Means to Be ‘Fully Vaccinated’
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The Guardian, Outside the Beltway, CBS San Francisco, New York Post, Twitchy and KXAN-TV
Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
Florida COVID update: cases, deaths, hospitalizations
Florida COVID update: cases, deaths, hospitalizations
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Joe.My.God. and Sacramento Bee
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump accuses Jan. 6 panel of “seeking evidence of criminal activity” — Former President Trump's legal team on Wednesday accused the House committee investigating the Capitol riot of seeking to uncover evidence that would support a criminal referral against him.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Trump asks Supreme Court to consider Jan. 6 chairman's interview with Washington Post in bid to block records
Trump asks Supreme Court to consider Jan. 6 chairman's interview with Washington Post in bid to block records
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Jan. 6 committee chairman could seek interview with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy
Jan. 6 committee chairman could seek interview with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy
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Political Flare, UPROXX, Fox News and Raw Story
Zachary D. Carter / Politico:
I Thought I Knew Harry Reid. I Was Wrong. — The first time I called Harry Reid's office, I was trying to provoke him. It was the spring of 2008, and I was working as a banking reporter for a trade publication unhelpfully called SNL Financial and headquartered, just as unhelpfully …
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Robert Mann / Washington Post:
Harry Reid was no Mitch McConnell. And that's a good thing.
Harry Reid was no Mitch McConnell. And that's a good thing.
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Los Angeles Times and Slate
Adam Jentleson / New York Times:
The Side of Harry Reid That Most People Never Saw
The Side of Harry Reid That Most People Never Saw
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HuffPost, New Republic, Washington Post and Politico
Jon Ralston / The Nevada Independent:
Reid's final hang up
Reid's final hang up
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Las Vegas Review-Journal, Vox, Common Dreams and Raw Story
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Inside the campaign to undermine Georgia's election — Editor's note — Between the Nov. 3 presidential election and Jan. 6, Georgia was at the center of the biggest election dispute of modern American history. AJC reporters worked day and night for months to capture the election results …
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power — In the weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a handful of Americans — well-known politicians, obscure local bureaucrats — stood up to block then-President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt …
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Steve Appleford / Los Angeles Magazine:
L.A.'s Arms Race of the Affluent — From Beverly Hills to Santa Monica, the crime-panicked wealthy are banishing bling and buying guns — In Beverly Hills, even the purchase of a firearm comes with certain...expectations. The city's only gun store, Beverly Hills Guns, is a “concierge service” …
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Breitbart and BizPac Review
Laura Rosen Cohen / Newsweek:
Let Omicron Spell the End of the Pandemic—and the COVID Shaming — The Omicron variant of COVID-19 put many people's holiday plans to rest. Just when we thought we were done with the pandemic, it roped us back in. Mercifully, according to the CDC, this variant is milder than all other forms.
Giovanni Torre / Telegraph:
Maori newsreader becomes first person with chin tattoo to anchor news programme — Oriini Kaipara said she had broken through a ‘glass ceiling’ — A New Zealand reporter has made history by becoming the first person to present a prime time news programme with a traditional Māori chin tattoo.
Wall Street Journal:
Strong Labor Market in 2021 Faces Down Omicron Threat — Jobless claims are expected to hold near half-century low, pointing to still-solid job outlook — U.S. employers added a record number of jobs in 2021, a gauge of layoffs fell to a half-century low and available positions surged …
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CNBC and The Daily Caller
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
J&J's booster shot provides strong protection against severe disease from Omicron, a study says. — A Johnson & Johnson booster shot provided strong protection against the Omicron variant, greatly reducing the risk of hospitalization, according to a clinical trial in South Africa.
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Washington Free Beacon:
2021 Men of the Year: Michael Avenatti's Prison Guards — In almost every instance, kicking a man when he's down is total bitch move. Unless the down man is Michael Avenatti, in which case kicking is the only honorable course of action. — According to a Politico profile of the convicted felon …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
This is the worst economy we never had — For months, the GOP-Fox News axis forecast the bluest of Christmases. — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy joined 159 House Republicans in a letter to President Biden saying his policies “will certainly ensure that this Christmas will not be merry” …
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Kelsey Vlamis / Insider:
A right-wing radio host said Trump needs an ‘intervention from a friend’ after the former president advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine — Former President Donald Trump advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine in multiple appearances this month. — His comments sparked criticism from some factions …
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Political Flare
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Do We Have the Supreme Court We Deserve? — When I left the daily Supreme Court beat back in 2008, the Week in Review, as The Times's Sunday Review section was then called, invited me to offer some reflections on nearly 30 years of writing about the court, its cases and its members.
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Raw Story
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
First they ran short of PPE, then ventilators. Now, the shortage is hospital staff. — ‘Our absences are through the roof’: Hospitals face a depleted, exhausted workforce amid omicron surge … ROCHESTER, Minn. — Craig Daniels trained for this moment. For nearly two decades …
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New York Times:
Ghislaine Maxwell Found Guilty of Helping Jeffrey Epstein Abuse Girls — Ms. Maxwell vowed to appeal after a jury found her guilty of sex-trafficking and conspiracy on Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Manhattan. — Ghislaine Maxwell Is Found Guilty of Aiding in Epstein's Sex Abuse
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Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
COVID Cases Fill More City Hospital Beds, Threatening Halt on Elective Surgeries — Public hospital system has increasingly little room for new patients, state stats show. New York City is now above the threshold of 4 new COVID cases per 100,000 residents that can trigger a state shutdown of non-essential surgery to free up space.
U.S. Department of Defense:
DoD Awards $136.7 Million Contract to MilliporeSigma to Establish Domestic Production Capacity of Critical Material Used in COVID-19 Point-of-Care Tests — On Dec. 29, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), on behalf of and in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services …
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NBC News, Townhall, BizPac Review and New York Times
UN Watch:
Lawmakers & rights activists urge UNHRC's Nazhat Khan to call urgent session on Hong Kong — Photo: Stand News acting Chief Editor Patrick Lam is escorted by police as they leave after the police searched his office in Hong Kong [Tyrone Siu/Reuters] — An international coalition of 70 lawmakers …
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
They were so careful, for so long. They got covid anyway. — 'I'd just ruined everybody's Christmas, including my own family's' — Fareha Ahmed had been cautious since the beginning of the pandemic. She had eaten in restaurants only three times. She and her husband were vaccinated and boosted …
Nathan Solis / Los Angeles Times:
Merced man arrested on way to White House with rifle, ‘hit list’ compiled from TikTok — A California man was arrested last week in Iowa after telling police he was driving straight to the White House “to kill persons in power” and was found with an assault rifle and body armor, according to federal court records.
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