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3:50 PM ET, December 1, 2021

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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 …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The reckless timeline of Trump's positive coronavirus test  —  Donald Trump claimed more than a dozen times that he was the most transparent president in history.  But according to a top aide and ally, when he tested positive for the coronavirus for the first time in the fall of 2020 …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Tested Positive for Virus Days Before Debate, 2 Ex-Officials Say  —  The former president first received a positive coronavirus test days ahead of his first debate with Joseph R. Biden Jr., and then received a negative result, two former officials say.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Supreme Court conservatives look ready to gut Roe v. Wade during arguments in Mississippi abortion case  — The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday appeared poised to side with Mississippi in its bid to uphold a 15-week abortion ban.  — If so, that ruling …
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
4 takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on abortion  —  The debate over abortion is one of the longest-standing battles in modern American politics.  And conservatives have reason to feel they're within arm's reach of winning it, with arguments Wednesday in front of the Supreme Court about a Mississippi abortion ban.
Discussion: Twitchy
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Roberts wonders: Is it a good thing that our abortion laws are closest to ... North Korea and China?  —  Perhaps I should revisit my earlier skepticism about oral arguments on Dobbs v Jackson Womens Health.  Chief Justice John Roberts will hold the key as to whether the Supreme Court reverses nearly 50 years …
Discussion: New York Times and National Review
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
This Is How Roe Ends  —  This is how Roe v. Wade ends — without pretense or pretext …
Discussion: Jezebel and Off the Kuff
Washington Examiner:
Dobbs abortion case threatens Democrats' house of cards
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Roe v. Wade's future is in doubt after historic arguments at Supreme Court
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022  —  Stacey Abrams launched a campaign for Georgia governor on Wednesday with a pledge to fight for economic equality and expand healthcare access, setting up a potential rematch against Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in one of the nation's …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Examiner
CNN:
First confirmed US case of Omicron coronavirus variant detected in California  —  Tonight, CNN's Anderson Cooper and Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta host a global town hall on the Omicron coronavirus variant and Dr. Anthony Fauci will answer viewer questions.  Watch live at 9 p.m. ET on CNN.
Discussion: SFist and Yale Daily News
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Boston Herald:
Full Text: Gov Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito letter on not seeking re-election
Discussion: Mercury News and The Daily Caller
CNBC:
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Sex crimes accuser testifies Jeffrey Epstein took her to meet Trump when she was 14  — A woman who says she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell testified that Epstein took her to meet Donald Trump at his Florida club when she was 14 years old.
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Anders Anglesey / Newsweek:
QAnon Followers Rush to Defend Donald Trump After Pilot Testifies He Was on Jeffrey Epstein's Jet
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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 …
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
House Freedom Caucus asks McConnell to force government shutdown over Biden's vaccine mandate
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and The Hill
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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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,” …
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Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Peter DeFazio will retire from Congress in latest blow to Democrats  —  Rep. Peter DeFazio, the Oregon firebrand who leads the House's transportation committee, will step down after 36 years in Congress, spelling more bad news for Democrats in 2022 and taking with him an encyclopedic amount …
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Congressman Peter DeFazio:
Congressman Peter DeFazio Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election
Discussion: NBC News
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
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Chris Cuomo: Suspension from CNN ‘embarrassing’  —  CNN's Chris Cuomo said he is embarrassed after being suspended by the network on Tuesday following new revelations about his involvement in his brother, former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D), campaign to defend himself from allegations of sexual harassment.
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Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Buttigieg remains silent on former top aide helping Andrew Cuomo fight sexual harassment accusations
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Twitchy
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. voters angry, frustrated over homeless crisis, demand faster action, poll finds  —  Amid deep frustration over widespread, visible homelessness, Los Angeles voters want the government to act faster and focus on shelter for people living in the streets, even if those efforts are short-term …
Discussion: HotAir and The Hill
 
 
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Megan Basham / The Daily Wire:
Biden Family Christmas Stocking Photo Leaves Out Hunter Biden's 3-Year-Old Daughter, Born Out Of Wedlock
Discussion: Slate
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge: Trump and allies ‘stoked the flames of fear’ that led to Jan. 6 violence
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Leighton Woodhouse / Glenn Greenwald:
How the Corporate Media Launched a Disinformation Campaign to Protect Fauci
Discussion: The Hill
Erin Banco / Politico:
How Trump's ‘America First’ edict delayed the global Covid fight
Discussion: ABC News
John Wright / Raw Story:
Trump supporter arrested after allegedly casting multiple ballots in Florida
Discussion: Villages-News
Wall Street Journal:
Racy Affair Saga Between Jeff Bezos and Enquirer Reaches Final Chapter
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Is Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the new ‘Angel of Death’?
Discussion: Detroit News and The Hill
Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Kamala Stopped FBI From Monitoring Black Supremacists Like Waukesha Killer
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Private payrolls post better-than-expected growth of 534,000 in November, ADP says
Discussion: UPI and Political Wire
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Iran Policy Has Become a Disaster for the U.S. and Israel
Discussion: The Atlantic
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Dark-Money Group Paid Former Trump AG to Ask for Pardons—and He Never Registered as a Lobbyist
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Clinton Foundation donations plummet 75%
Discussion: Breitbart and TheBlaze