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6:55 PM ET, December 19, 2021

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The White House:
Statement from Press Secretary Jen Psaki  —  Senator Manchin's comments this morning on FOX are at odds with his discussions this week with the President, with White House staff, and with his own public utterances.  Weeks ago, Senator Manchin committed to the President, at his home in Wilmington …
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Politico:
White House lights up Manchin after he crushes Biden's megabill  —  Joe Manchin struck a decisive blow to President Joe Biden's sweeping social and climate spending bill, igniting a bitter clash with his own party's White House.  —  Biden left negotiations with Manchin this week thinking …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Manchin ‘refused’ a call from W.H. before killing BBB  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Less than 30 minutes before he killed the Democratic Party's most important piece of legislation, an aide was dispatched by Sen. JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) to give the White House and congressional leadership a heads up.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Sen. Joe Manchin's position on Build Back Better reflects the reality of West Virginia politics  —  “I've always said, 'If I can't go back home and explain it, I can't vote for it.'”  —  That is how Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) explained his announcement Sunday that he “cannot vote” …
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia:
Manchin Statement On Build Back Better Act  —  Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the Build Back Better Act.  —  “For five and a half months, I have worked as diligently as possible meeting with President Biden, Majority Leader Schumer …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden promised competence and order. Chaos and uncertainty are winning.
Discussion: National Review and POLITICUSUSA
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Did Joe Manchin Kill Joe Biden's Domestic Agenda?
Discussion: HuffPost
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Manchin says he ‘cannot vote’ for Build Back Better: 'I've done everything humanly possible'
Grace Segers / New Republic:
Does Joe Manchin Know That Build Back Better Would Extend Vital Aid for Sick Coal Miners?
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Fox News:
‘Fox News Sunday’ 12/19
Discussion: Washington Post
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Manchin says he won't vote for Build Back Better Act
Mike Allen / Axios:
Manchin tanks Biden's $1.75 trillion BBB plan
Discussion: TheBlaze
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Won't Vote for ‘Build Back Better’ Bill in Blow to Biden
Discussion: Forbes
Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will she have vaccine after contracting Covid  —  The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate revealed in March she had tested positive for Covid  —  Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will authorities make her have a covid vaccine shot
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CNN:
Outgoing NIH director says Trump and other Republicans pressured him to endorse unproven Covid-19 remedies and to fire Fauci  —  Washington (CNN)The outgoing director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday that he faced political pressure from then-President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
WATCH: Sarah Palin Proudly Tells Raucous Turning Point Rally Crowd She Will Get Vaccinated ‘Over My Dead Body’  —  Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin electrified a crowd of conservatives over the weekend by boasting it will be “over my dead body” before she gets vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Ashish K. Jha / The Atlantic:
Don't Panic About Omicron.  But Don't Be Indifferent, Either.  —  The Omicron wave is upon us, and the national conversation is vacillating between panic and indifference.  Those who are near panic point to rapidly rising case counts and lockdowns in several European nations.
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Johnny Isakson, 76, Georgia politician respected by both sides, dies  —  Johnny Isakson spent his life cutting deals.  —  From his successful career in real estate to when Georgia's Republican Party was mostly confined to a small knot in Cobb County to Congress, Isakson learned early on what it took to get two sides to an agreement.
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Associated Press:
Former Sen. Johnny Isakson dies at 76
Discussion: National Review
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Johnny Isakson, courtly GOP Georgia senator with bipartisan approach, dies at 76
Discussion: New York Times
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
Most of the World's Vaccines Likely Won't Prevent Infection From Omicron  —  They do seem to offer significant protection against severe illness, but the consequences of rapidly spreading infection worry many public health experts.  —  A growing body of preliminary research suggests …
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Roger Stone Stirs Up Old Feud, Suggests Steve Bannon ‘Gave The Order’ To Breach Capitol On Jan 6  —  ‘CURRY FAVOR WITH TRUMP’  —  Longtime Republican operative Roger Stone pleaded the Fifth earlier this week in front of the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot, but Sunday morning he tossed Steven Bannon under the bus.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
GOP maps Biden probes, prelude to 2024 culture war  —  House Republicans have begun mapping aggressive probes of the Biden administration if they win back the majority — including inquiries into the origins of COVID, a leak of IRS data about billionaires, and accusations the NSA spied on Tucker Carlson.
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and TheBlaze
Julia Cherner / ABC News:
Kinzinger: It's ‘possible’ some GOP colleagues are responsible for Jan. 6 attack  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger appeared on ABC's “This Week” on Sunday.  —  Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said Sunday “it's possible” some of his GOP colleagues in Congress are responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Associated Press:
Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen dies at 52 after Covid-19 battle  —  SEATTLE — Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen, a staunch conservative, has died at age 52.  —  Ericksen's death Friday came weeks after he said he had tested positive for the coronavirus while in El Salvador …
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Kay Jones / CNN:
State senator dies a month after telling a local radio station he was sick with Covid-19 while in El Salvador
Discussion: WEB OF EVIL
 
 
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Biden's pandemic makes more miss Donald Trump
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
DeSantis Awkwardly Dodges When Maria Bartiromo Asks If He Got a Booster Shot: 'I've Done Whatever I Did, The Normal Shot'
Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Fauci Says Masking on Airplanes Will Never Go Away
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Gateway Pundit
The Hill:
The Democratic Party's deterioration is shattering hope for the midterms
Discussion: RedState
Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:
Chile Election Week, Part IV: What's at Stake in Today's Vote?
Discussion: Power Line
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump wants the courts to help him sabotage the January 6 investigation
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
New York's Surge in Virus Cases Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
Discussion: BBC
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
CNN Closes Offices as Covid-19 Cases Rise
 

 
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