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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.
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
Discussion: Mother Jones, Raw Story and The Hill
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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Jessica Gould / Gothamist:
NYC School Administrators Feel Pressure As COVID Outbreaks Grow Among Students and Staff  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio emphasized that he does not plan to shutter the public school system before winter recess - despite an increase in COVID-19 cases throughout the city and within classrooms.
Discussion: New York Post
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.
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.
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, FreightWaves and POLITICUSUSA
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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
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
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: Townhall and Twitchy
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
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.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
‘We are closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe,’ new study says  —  If you know people still in denial about the crisis of American democracy, kindly remove their heads from the sand long enough to receive this message: A startling new finding by one of the nation's top authorities …
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.
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
Pretending Problems Don't Exist Won't Make Them Disappear  —  This fall, Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the peculiar vigilante group known as the Guardian Angels, ran for mayor of New York City as a Republican.  Sliwa was less threatening than liberals made him out to be …
Erin Doherty / Axios:
WHO: Omicron cases doubling in 1.5 to 3 days in places with local spread  —  The Omicron variant has been detected in 89 countries and has a “substantial growth advantage” over the Delta variant, the World Health Organization announced.  —  State of play: COVID-19 cases detected …
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
White House not budging on Feb. 1 end to student loans forgiveness  —  The White House has been pretty clear in recent days: Federal student loan payments will resume Feb. 1 as President Joe Biden lifts the nearly two-year pandemic-era pause despite pressure from many in his own party to extend it.
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
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Today's deep question: How many restaurants did Biden desegregate during the Civil Rights Movement, anyway? Update: Two Pinocchios in 2020
Glen Owen / Daily Mail:
MAIL ON SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: Brexit minister Lord Frost walks out on Boris …
Discussion: Politico and Metro.co.uk
Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
Cuomo may keep book deal with backing from attorney general who oversaw sexual harassment investigation
Discussion: Townhall
Associated Press:
Biden marks anniversary of 1972 car crash that killed wife
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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
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’
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
When facts have a liberal bias, New York Times editors can get squirmy