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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book  —  Mark Meadows makes stunning admission in new memoir obtained by Guardian, saying a second test returned negative  —  Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate …
CNN:
CNN suspends Chris Cuomo indefinitely  —  New York (CNN Business)CNN said Tuesday that it has suspended Chris Cuomo “indefinitely” after new documents released this week indicated that the anchor was more intimately involved than previously known in helping his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Conservatives plot government shutdown over vaccine mandate  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FRIDAY'S SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN GETS REAL — Conservatives on both sides of the Capitol are privately plotting to force a government shutdown Friday in an effort to defund …
Harvard University:
1. A majority (52%) of young Americans believe that our democracy is either “in trouble,” or “failing”  — Only 7% of young Americans view the United States as a “healthy democracy”; 27% described the nation as a “somewhat functioning democracy,” 39% a “democracy in trouble,” …
Washington Post:
Young Americans are really down on democracy and reeling from the pandemic  —  It's December.  We hereby declare Rihanna as The Early's hero, too, and are currently accepting Shiba Inu coins, tips and recipes: earlytips@washpost.com.  —  🚨: “A 15-year-old opened fire …
Axios:   Republicans threaten to shut down government over vaccine mandates
J.D. Capelouto / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Dickens wins runoff election, will become Atlanta's 61st mayor
Discussion: The Root
CNN:
GOP feud simmers despite McCarthy's warning, causing concerns over 2022 prospects
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Marcus Lamb, head of Daystar, a large Christian network that discouraged vaccines, dies after getting covid-19  —  Marcus Lamb, founder of the large Christian network Daystar, died Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus.  Lamb's network during the pandemic has made the virus a huge focus …
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Founder Of Anti-Vaccine Christian TV Network Dies After COVID-19 Fight  —  Televangelist Marcus Lamb, president and founder of Daystar Television Network, died at age 64.  —  Televangelist Marcus Lamb, the founder of the conservative Christian Daystar Television Network …
Tim Fitzsimons / NBC News:
Anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster Marcus Lamb dies at 64 after contracting Covid
Emma Platoff / The Boston Globe:
Governor Charlie Baker telling allies he isn't running for reelection  —  Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, the Republican who maintained the enduring support of his blue state constituents through boom times, the Trump presidency, and in the face of mass death during the COVID-19 pandemic …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Dr. Oz Quacks the Code of Republican Politics  —  Having peddled snake oil for years, he's found his true calling in the GOP.  —  Sean Parnell, the Trump-anointed candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, dropped out of the race a week ago after a custody hearing that featured lurid details of his relationship with his ex-wife.
Discussion: Insider
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Jonathan Tamari / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Dr. Oz officially joins the Senate race in Pennsylvania
Ellena Erskine / SCOTUSblog:
We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don't have to  —  More than 140 amicus briefs were filed in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the potentially momentous abortion case concerning a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
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Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
There's No Such Thing As a Pro-Life Feminist
Discussion: New York Times
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Pro-life, pro-choice lawmakers brace for historic Supreme Court abortion arguments
Michele Goodwin / New York Times:
I Was Raped by My Father. An Abortion Saved My Life.
Discussion: Washington Post
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Why the Discredited Dossier Does Not Undercut the Russia Investigation  —  Donald J. Trump and his backers say revelations about the Steele dossier show the Russia investigation was a “hoax.”  That is not what the facts indicate.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump and his allies …
Discussion: Just Security
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Why the CIA is so worried about Russia and Ukraine  —  The CIA discovered something scary in October: Russia was moving troops toward the Ukrainian border — and, unlike in previous border thrusts, was making secret plans about how to use them.  —  The agency also worried that the potential conflict zone …
Discussion: HotAir, Insider, New York Post and CBS News
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Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Russia Expels Some U.S. Diplomats in Latest Tit-for-Tat Action
Axios:
Clinton Foundation donations plummet 75%  —  Donations to the Clinton Foundation plummeted to $16 million last year, down nearly 75% from the organization's peak when former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was running for president, records reviewed by Axios show.
Discussion: Breitbart
Jerusalem Post:
COVID: First signs that vaccine protects against Omicron - health minister  —  So far, Israel has registered four cases infected with the new variant, while general morbidity remains low.  —  There are indications that individuals fully vaccinated against corona within six months …
Washington Post:
Stricter coronavirus testing being weighed for all travelers to U.S. … The Biden administration is preparing stricter testing requirements for all travelers entering the United States, including returning Americans, to curb the spread of the potentially dangerous omicron variant, according to three federal health officials.
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Is Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the new ‘Angel of Death’?  —  In August, Vanity Fair published an article labeling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the “Angel of Death” because of increased COVID-19 infections.  The narrative was that DeSantis was an incompetent governor whose policies led to an “unnecessary” increase in deaths.
Discussion: The Hill
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Private payrolls post better-than-expected growth of 534,000 in November, ADP says  — Private payrolls increased by 534,000 for November, better than the Dow Jones estimate of 506,000, according to ADP.  — Leisure and hospitality saw a gain of 136,000, part of the 424,000 positions added in the services sector.
Discussion: UPI and Political Wire
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Kamala Stopped FBI From Monitoring Black Supremacists Like Waukesha Killer  —  The Waukesha killer's allies are sitting in the White House.  —  Daniel Greenfield is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center specializing in investigative reporting on the Left and Islamic terrorism.
Andrew Fedorov / Off the Record:
Curse of the Byline Doppelgängers  —  As The New York Times's Julian Barnes ("Not the British Author") and a pair of Alexandra Petris (Washington Post and New York Times) explain, it's not always easy sharing a name in journalism  —  After a British author named Julian Barnes published …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Iran Policy Has Become a Disaster for the U.S. and Israel  —  The judges have voted and the results are in: President Donald Trump's decision to tear up the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 — a decision urged on by his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and Israel's prime minister …
Discussion: The Atlantic
New York Times:
‘I heard boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.’  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  The dead were all students at Oxford High.  —  OXFORD CHARTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Students at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit rushed for cover and barricaded classroom doors with chairs when they heard the first gunshots on Tuesday afternoon.
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Eliza Collins / Wall Street Journal:
Virginia Democrat Plays Up Defense as Build Back Better Stalks Sidelines  —  Rep. Elaine Luria, a top GOP target, focuses on military and individual social programs, not Biden's overall $2 trillion spending plan  —  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Democrats' difficult path to retaining …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Dark-Money Group Paid Former Trump AG to Ask for Pardons—and He Never Registered as a Lobbyist  —  Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker left the Trump administration and almost immediately started asking for presidential pardons—without registering as a lobbyist.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Nancy Pelosi Goes Maskless at Crowded DC Event
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Todd Starnes
Associated Press:
GOP targets Wisconsin elections system, nonpartisan director
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Most Americans believe COVID-19 leaked from Wuhan lab, support ‘reparations’ for cover-up, poll finds
Discussion: National Review
Mike Stone / Reuters:
U.S. in hypersonic weapon ‘arms race’ with China -Air Force secretary
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
Steven Cohen's Venture Firm Backs 24-Hour Stock-Trading Startup
Josh Morgan / WGCL-TV:
Khalid Kamau wins mayoral election in South Fulton
Julia Fanzeres / Bloomberg:
Oil Sinks More Than 5% as Powell Signals Faster End to Tapering
Discussion: CoinDesk
 Earlier Items: 
E. Jean Carroll / Ask E. Jean:
Trump v. Me  —  On Friday, December 3rd, in this Year of Our Lord, 2021, Donald Trump's lawyers …
Christopher Dinsmore / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Sun Media proposes moving printing of newspapers to Delaware, laying off 100+ workers
William Saletan / Slate:
Red States Are Now Paying Unemployment Benefits to Anti-Vaxxers Who Quit Their Jobs
Discussion: The Guardian
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE:
We Need to Stop Saying ‘Blacklist’ and ‘Whitelist’
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
House committee probing Jan. 6 riot interviews Georgia's top elections official
 

 
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