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5:35 PM ET, December 18, 2021

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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Congress Ends ‘Horrible Year’ With Divisions as Bitter as Ever  —  Democrats' achievements were overshadowed by legislative setbacks, fallout from the Jan. 6 attack and a sense that Congress was not rising to meet a perilous moment in history.  —  WASHINGTON — A congressional year that began …
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Juana Summers / NPR:
After years at the center of political power, Mark Meadows now faces legal jeopardy  —  Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has offered the most stunning revelations yet in the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: Mother Jones, Raw Story and The Hill
Public Affairs Council:   Difficult Post-Jan. 6 Decisions Ahead
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
Highly vaccinated countries thought they were over the worst.  Denmark says the pandemic's toughest month is just beginning.  —  COPENHAGEN — In a country that tracks the spread of coronavirus variants as closely as any in the world, the signals have never been more concerning.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Stop the Steal’ founder told Jan. 6 committee about contacts with GOP lawmakers  —  Ali Alexander, who founded the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement and attended the rally that preceded the Capitol attack, told congressional investigators that he recalls “a few phone conversations” …
Brie Stimson / New York Post:
Kamala Harris interview with Charlamagne Tha God gets heated after he asks who is ‘real’ president  —  Vice President Kamala Harris bristled Friday after TV host Charlamagne Tha God asked her who the nation's “real” president is.  —  “I want to know who the real president of this country is — is it Joe Biden, or Joe Manchin?”
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Associated Press:
OSHA vaccine mandate penalties to start Jan. 10  —  The Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Saturday that it would not issue citations tied to its coronavirus vaccination mandate before Jan. 10, so that companies have time to adjust to and implement the requirements.
Discussion: Insider, POLITICUSUSA and FreightWaves
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for 84 million workers is back after court lifts stay
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Azmat Khan / New York Times:
Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes  —  The promise was a war waged by all-seeing drones and precision bombs.  The documents show flawed intelligence, faulty targeting, years of civilian deaths — and scant accountability.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Vaccine Data Gaps Point to Millions More in U.S. Who Lack Shots  —  The U.S. government has over-counted the number of Americans who are at least partly vaccinated against the coronavirus, state officials warn, meaning millions more people are unprotected as the pandemic's winter surge gathers steam.
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New York Times:
As Covid Surges, Experts Say U.S. Booster Effort Is Far Behind
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
Biden to deliver Tuesday speech on omicron variant as Covid cases rise  —  President Joe Biden will deliver a speech Tuesday to address the omicron variant and unveil new steps the administration is taking to help communities in need of assistance, a White House official told NBC News on Saturday.
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
Gauteng's Omicron Wave Is Already Peaking.  Why?  —  In Gauteng, South Africa's Omicron epicenter, the wave seems to be cresting.  In other parts of the country, too, the terrifyingly fast rise of the new variant appears already to be slowing and even receding.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Team Biden is making a list: Favorite Year 1 numbers  —  White House communications director Kate Bedingfield sent Democratic lawmakers a memo outlining President Biden's Year 1 accomplishments, even with Build Back Better in limbo.  —  Driving the news: A copy came down the Axios AM chimney.
Discussion: Twitchy
Zach Dorfman / Yahoo News:
More than two years after Trump tweeted a classified image of Iran, former officials are divided on fallout  —  On the morning of Aug. 30, 2019, then-President Donald Trump was receiving his daily intelligence briefing with a a select group of senior national security officials …
Discussion: The National Interest
New York Times:
Moderna backs down in its vaccine patent fight with the N.I.H.  —  Moderna has backed down in a bitter dispute with the government over who deserves credit for a crucial component of its coronavirus shot, in a case that has major implications for the vaccine's future distribution and Moderna's future profits.
Discussion: Washington Post
Camilla Turner / Telegraph:
Fury over Oxford University plan to hire academics based on how woke they are  —  Anger among lecturers who fear they may have to give researchers a score on their beliefs about diversity and equality  —  Oxford dons are furious that a candidate's “woke score” could be part of the criteria …
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Map by Map, G.O.P. Chips Away at Black Democrats' Power  —  Black elected officials in several states, from Congress down to the counties, have been drawn out of their districts this year or face headwinds to hold onto their seats.  —  More than 30 years ago, Robert Reives Sr. marched …
Discussion: Alternet.org
NBC News:
Trump International Hotel in Washington report exposes gaping corruption loopholes  —  Why does the House report matter?  The D.C. hotel was the epicenter of Trump's graft.  —  Donald Trump should never have been allowed to retain ownership of his Washington, D.C., hotel while president.
Glen Owen / Daily Mail:
MAIL ON SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: Brexit minister Lord Frost walks out on Boris - Panic in No10 as PM's key ally quits, saying he's ‘disillusioned’ with the Government's Covid Plan B restrictions, vaccine passports, tax hikes and the cost of Net Zero green agenda  — EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Minister Lord Frost has resigned from the Government
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and Metro.co.uk
JONATHAN TURLEY:
“Our Pride is Showing”: NBC Settles With Nicholas Sandmann  —  Former Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann has reached another settlement with a major news organization over the widespread false reporting of his encounter with a Native American activist in front of the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2019.
Revolver:
Experience Revolver without ads … Support Revolver By Going AD-FREE—Donate HERE to fund investigative journalism  —  CHECK OUT THE NEWS FEED—FOLLOW US ON GAB—FOLLOW US ON GETTR  —  Six weeks ago, Revolver News published a blockbuster investigative report on Ray Epps — a man who …
Associated Press:
Biden marks anniversary of 1972 car crash that killed wife  —  GREENVILLE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday commemorated the 49th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and infant daughter, visiting their graves at the Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church.
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
When facts have a liberal bias, New York Times editors can get squirmy  —  Nina Bernstein was covering homelessness for the New York Times in 1999 when then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced his intention to lock homeless families out of the city's shelters for even minor rule violations.
 
 
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Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
Cuomo may keep book deal with backing from attorney general who oversaw sexual harassment investigation
Discussion: Townhall and New York Post
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
White House not budging on Feb. 1 end to student loans forgiveness
Washington Post:
Omicron and holidays unleash scramble for coronavirus tests across the U.S.
Washington Post:
2021 brought a wave of extreme weather disasters. Scientists say worse lies ahead.
Discussion: Compatible Creatures
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
‘We are closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe,’ new study says
Chris Arnold / NPR:
How the government helps investors buy mobile home parks, raise rent and evict people
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The malicious, historically illiterate 1619 Project keeps rolling on
Discussion: The Federalist
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Caira Conner / Vox:
My father, the white supremacist
New York Times:
With Omicron, U.S. Testing Capacity Faces Intense Pressure
Discussion: Insider and Political Wire
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Offensive place names dot the American landscape. Efforts to change them are about to get a lot faster.
Christina Ruffini / CBS News:
Two positive COVID tests on trip with Secretary of State Antony Blinken were not disclosed
Discussion: Insider
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Afghanistan humanitarian crisis is dire. Where is the U.S.?
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Quidditch to change name, citing J.K. Rowling's ‘anti-trans positions’
Scott Alexander / Astral Codex Ten:
The Phrase “No Evidence” Is A Red Flag For Bad Science Communication
Discussion: The Triad