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4:45 PM ET, December 31, 2021

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TMZ.com:
Betty White Dead at 99  —  EXCLUSIVE  — 987.9K … 12:32 PM PT — The beginnings of a makeshift memorial outside Betty's house are underway.  —  One fan has already stopped by to place flowers under a tree at the gate, and pay their respects.  —  11:44 AM PT — A source close …
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Betty White, one of the most endearing and enduring faces on television, dies at 99  —  Betty White, an Emmy Award-winning comic actress who was best known for playing a man-hungry TV hostess on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970s and a ditzy widow on “The Golden Girls” …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Betty White, The Golden Girls and Hot in Cleveland Star, Dead at 99  —  “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Betty White's agent and close friend Jeff Witjas tells PEOPLE in a statement  —  Betty White, TV's perennial Golden Girl, has died.  She was 99.
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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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.
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.”
Andrew Naughtie / The Independent:
Desantis's staff blast AOC over Miami vacation to shift focus from questions about governor's absence
Discussion: National Review and Townhall
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart and Deseret News
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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 …
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.
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Louisiana Judge Michelle Odinet Resigns Over Shocking Racial Slur Video  —  QUITTING TIME  —  A Louisiana judge has resigned weeks after footage from her home appeared to show her repeatedly using the N-word and comparing a burglary suspect to a “roach.”  Michelle Odinet was Lafayette City …
Discussion: New York Post, KLFY-TV and Raw Story
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 …
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Biden plans to reaffirm support for Ukraine in call Zelenskyy on Sunday  —  President Joe Biden plans to speak by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday to reaffirm U.S. support for the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the White House told reporters on Friday.
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Biden's call with Putin produced predictably underwhelming results
New York Times:
Putin Warns Biden of ‘Complete Rupture’ of U.S.-Russia Relationship Over Ukraine
New York Times:
Omicron Doesn't Infect the Lungs Very Well, Animal Studies Find  —  Compared with earlier variants, Omicron may cause less damage to the lungs, new animal research suggests.  —  A spate of new studies on lab animals and human tissues are providing a possible explanation …
Discussion: The Times of Israel
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Susan Heavey / Reuters:
Experts, governors warn of U.S. Omicron ‘blizzard’ in weeks ahead
Discussion: The Guardian and Political Wire
Glenn Greenwald:
New York is Using Race to Determine Access to a Limited Supply of Life-Saving COVID Treatments  —  The rationale for prioritizing some races over others for access to COVID medications crumbles upon close examination.  —  “Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Save Lives,” announced …
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 …
Shawn Fleetwood / The Federalist:
CDC Now Treats Unvaccinated The Same As Un-Boosted, Just As DeSantis Predicted  —  The CDC is moving goalposts again, changing the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ to include a third shot.  —  In its recently updated guidance on exposure to COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Discussion: The Hill
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
 
 
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell's un-conservative plea to the Supreme Court
Discussion: Raw Story
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
New York governor declares racism ‘public health emergency’ amid new anti-discrimination legislation
Discussion: Breitbart
Tevi Troy / Wall Street Journal:
How Presidents Ring In the New Year
Isabel Van Brugen / theepochtimes.com:
US COVID-19 Cases Hit Record High, Hospitalizations and Deaths Remain ‘Comparatively Low’: CDC
Eugene Kontorovich / Wall Street Journal:
Gov. Kathy Hochul Will Tell You if You're ‘Essential’
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Jon Brown / Fox News:
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's top controversies
Discussion: Politico, New York Post and The New Neo
Ryan Gillespie / Orlando Sentinel:
Florida doesn't plan to open COVID testing sites amid surge, Orange County official says
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Fox News' Worst Lies About Covid-19 From 2021
Discussion: Political Wire
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Record number of minimum wage increases set for 2022
Discussion: KLFY-TV and NBC Bay Area
Washington Post:
D.C. had one of the lowest rates of coronavirus cases in the country. That has changed.
Discussion: White Too Long and DCist
Houston Keene / Yahoo News:
Ocasio-Cortez staffer calls Israel a ‘racist European ethnostate’ that was built on ‘stolen land’
Discussion: Breitbart and Jihad Watch
Joshua Kendall / New York Magazine:
She Tweeted That Alan Dershowitz Might Be Acting Crazy. So Yale Fired Her.
Discussion: Political Flare
 

 
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