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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
EXCLUSIVE: AOC Spotted in Miami Beach as NYC Reports Record Covid Cases — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was spotted dining in Miami Beach, Fla. on Thursday, according to a tip received by National Review, on the same day that her native New York City reported a record number of Covid-19 cases.
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Mark Moore / New York Post:
AOC pictured dining maskless in Miami Beach as Omicron cases soar — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has ditched the Big Apple for sunny south Florida, prompting supporters of the state's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, to hope she was “enjoying a taste of freedom.”
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Houston Keene / Yahoo News:
Ocasio-Cortez staffer calls Israel a ‘racist European ethnostate’ that was built on ‘stolen land’
Ocasio-Cortez staffer calls Israel a ‘racist European ethnostate’ that was built on ‘stolen land’
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
‘Crazy’ omicron surge could peak soon, but the virus is unpredictable as the pandemic enters its third year — Columbia University researchers estimate infections could top out during the week of Jan. 9 — The rapid surge of omicron infections in the United States may be relatively brief …
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Amy Cheng / Washington Post:
Omicron has passed peak in South Africa, causing relatively few deaths and hospitalizations, authorities say — South Africa appears to have passed the peak of its omicron variant-driven fourth coronavirus wave, the country's cabinet announced Thursday, adding that there was only a …
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Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
South Africa says that it has passed its fourth wave of cases, and counts few added deaths.
South Africa says that it has passed its fourth wave of cases, and counts few added deaths.
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Darragh Roche / Newsweek:
Where Is Ron DeSantis? Photos Fuel Speculation About Whereabouts of Florida Governor — Photos circulating on social media have raised new questions about the whereabouts of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as he faces criticism amid a surge in COVID-19 in his state.
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Ryan Gillespie / Orlando Sentinel:
Florida doesn't plan to open COVID testing sites amid surge, Orange County official says
Florida doesn't plan to open COVID testing sites amid surge, Orange County official says
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Florida Democrats blast ‘MIA’ Gov. Ron DeSantis as Covid cases surge
Florida Democrats blast ‘MIA’ Gov. Ron DeSantis as Covid cases surge
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Mary Louise Kelly / NPR:
Retired general warns the U.S. military could lead a coup after the 2024 election — As the anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol approaches, three retired U.S. generals have warned that another insurrection could occur after the 2024 presidential election and the military could instigate it.
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Michael Williams / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz's daughter takes to TikTok to discuss life as senator's kid — Answering questions from followers on TikTok, she discusses the pros and cons of being a senator's daughter. — Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz found himself in a predicament this week that would make any parent working …
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Biden's call with Putin produced predictably underwhelming results — As was reported yesterday, President Joe Biden took a call from Russian President Vladimir Putin where the two leaders discussed the situation on Russia's border with Ukraine, among other matters.
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New York Times:
Putin Warns Biden of ‘Complete Rupture’ of U.S.-Russia Relationship Over Ukraine
Putin Warns Biden of ‘Complete Rupture’ of U.S.-Russia Relationship Over Ukraine
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Joe Biden's Year of Hoping Dangerously — It was a brutal start for the new President. — The best thing you can say about 2021 is that it will soon be over. A year that started with an insurrection at the Capitol is ending with more than eight hundred thousand Americans dead in the covid pandemic …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Meet the GOP's new national security power broker — DRIVING THE DAY — TIME TO GIVE UP? — Every year, one of us makes a resolution to stop biting her nails. It never happens. According to CBS, the percentage of Americans making resolutions this year dropped 14 points.
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Susan Heavey / Reuters:
Experts, governors warn of U.S. Omicron ‘blizzard’ in weeks ahead
Experts, governors warn of U.S. Omicron ‘blizzard’ in weeks ahead
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David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
Jan. 6 Was Just the Start of Radicalizing Trump's Republican Party — ‘I LOVE IT’ … Even if Trump didn't order the coup attempt, his supporters knew they were doing what he wanted. — D onald Trump's January 2021 coup attempt failed to overturn the election; but Trump has succeeded …
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Michael Edison Hayden / Southern Poverty Law Center:
One Year After Jan. 6, the Hard Right Digs In
Joshua Kendall / New York Magazine:
She Tweeted That Alan Dershowitz Might Be Acting Crazy. So Yale Fired Her. — The strange free-speech case of Bandy Lee. — “I think I'll order only a bowl of the New England clam chowder,” Bandy Lee said to me one afternoon several months ago, as we settled in at a restaurant overlooking the Boston Common.
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John Dale Dunn / American Thinker:
The Truth You Never Learned about Watergate — The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President — 373 pages, hardcover $30.00, Kindle $14.99 — Bombardier Books, Post Hill Press, New York, 2021 — In 2019, I wrote here and here at American Thinker of the work …
Kimberly Atkins Stohr / The Boston Globe:
A year after a seditious insurrection, why won't federal prosecutors treat it that way? — History is full of examples where other uprisings have resulted in charges of sedition conspiracy and insurrection, something that — despite ample video evidence and the admissions of those involved — hasn't happened here.
Madeline Fry Schultz / Washington Examiner:
Don't Look Up: Another lazy anti-Trump movie — If you thought the Biden era might at least deliver us from lazy anti-Trump comedy, Don't Look Up will reassure you that no one gets off that easy. — It's bad. It's The 1975 featuring Greta Thunberg bad.
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Fox News' Worst Lies About Covid-19 From 2021 — The cable network is actively harming its audience's health. — Alerts — Fox News spent the better part of 2021 telling its viewers blatant lies about the covid-19 pandemic. The network has claimed covid-19 vaccines are dangerous …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
U.S. ends case against Jeffrey Epstein's jail guards — U.S. prosecutors decided to end their criminal case against two Manhattan jail guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night the financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself on their watch. — In a Thursday filing in Manhattan federal court …
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Jon Brown / Fox News:
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's top controversies — De Blasio has taken flak on issues ranging from crime and law enforcement to COVID pandemic — Fox News Flash top headlines for December 30 — After serving eight years as the Democratic mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio closed …
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