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12:40 PM ET, December 22, 2021

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Janice Kew / Bloomberg:
Omicron Has 80% Lower Risk of Hospitalization, New Study Shows  — Once admitted, risk of severe disease is the same: NICD data  — Compared to delta, odds of severe omicron disease is 70% lower  —  South Africans contracting Covid-19 in the current fourth wave of infections …
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Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Omicron Is the Beginning of the End  —  No matter the severity of the variant, the appetite for shutdowns or other large-scale social interventions simply isn't there.  —  About the author: Yascha Mounk is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University …
Discussion: East Bay Times
medRxiv:
Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in South Africa  —  Nicole Wolter, Waasila Jassat, Sibongile Walaza, Richard Welch, Harry Moultrie, Michelle Groome, Daniel Gyamfi Amoako, Josie Everatt, Jinal N Bhiman, Cathrine Scheepers, Naume Tebeila, Nicola Chiwandire …
Dylan Housman / The Daily Caller:
Despite Evidence, Walensky Refuses To Call Omicron ‘Mild’ In Interview With Fox's Bret Baier
Discussion: KDFX-TV
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
I did everything Biden told me to do.  On Friday, I tested positive for COVID-19  —  I was a supporter of wearing masks in public.  I received both doses of the Moderna vaccine and encouraged my friends and family members to do the same.  I started a community campaign to assist people …
Discussion: New York Post and Bloomberg
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Biden's COVID culpability  —  In its never-ending race to stay ahead of the coronavirus, the Biden administration keeps falling behind.  —  Why it matters: The U.S. is facing an overwhelming surge of cases driven by the Omicron variant less than six months after President Biden celebrated …
EJ Dickson / Rolling Stone:   The Jonas Brothers Made a Vaccine PSA TikTok With President Biden — and It Massively Backfired
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
'It's your patriotic duty': Biden steps up rhetoric against unvaccinated amid omicron surge
Discussion: National Review and CBS News
The White House:
Remarks by President Biden on the Fight Against COVID-19
Tara Copp / Defense One:
US Army Creates Single Vaccine Against All COVID & SARS Variants, Researchers Say  —  Within weeks, Walter Reed researchers expect to announce that human trials show success against Omicron—and even future strains.  —  Within weeks, scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research expect …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell to Manchin: We'd Love to Have You, Joe  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, says Democratic outrage over Senator Joe Manchin's opposition to sweeping policy bills shows he is not welcome in his party any longer.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell is extending …
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Why Christmas Gifts Are Arriving on Time This Year  —  Fears that a disrupted supply chain could wreak havoc on the logistics industry over the holiday turned out to be wrong as many Americans ordered early and shopped in stores.  —  The warnings started to stream in early this fall: Shop early or you may not get your gifts on time.
Discussion: Twitchy
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Washington Post:
Biden says supply chain crisis didn't materialize: ‘Gifts are being delivered, shelves are not empty’
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Gallup
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How bad will 2022 be for Democrats?  A new party analysis sounds the alarm.  —  Get ready to hear this phrase in discussions among Democrats about the 2022 midterms: “The Biden-Youngkin voter.”  —  This category — which refers to voters who picked President Biden in 2020 …
New York Times:
The F.B.I. Deployed Surveillance Teams Inside Portland Protests  —  Federal agents infiltrated Portland's unruly racial justice protests, dressing to blend in and capturing clandestine video.  The tactics raised internal concern.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — In the hours after President Biden's inauguration …
Jason Stanley / The Guardian:
America is now in fascism's legal phase  —  The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism.  Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and women's rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy  —  et us be reminded that before there is a final solution …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
How Fauci and Collins Shut Down Covid Debate  —  They worked with the media to trash the Great Barrington Declaration.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  In public, Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins urge Americans to “follow the science.”  In private, the two sainted public-health officials schemed …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Hope Hicks, other Trump alums join hedge-fund exec's Senate camp  —  Hedge fund executive David McCormick is expected to launch his Pennsylvania Senate candidacy with the help of former top advisers to former President Donald Trump.  —  The list includes Trump White House veteran Hope Hicks.
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Dan Crenshaw to his fellow conservatives: Come ‘correct’  —  He voted with Donald Trump most of the time but isn't a loyalist.  He's a stalwart conservative willing to criticize other conservatives.  —  Rep. Dan Crenshaw, in short, is a GOP anomaly.  —  In the roiling cauldron of Republican politics …
CNBC:
Criminals have stolen nearly $100 billion in Covid relief funds, Secret Service says  — Criminals have stolen close to $100 billion in pandemic relief funds, the U.S. Secret Service said Tuesday.  — The stolen funds were diverted by fraudsters from the Small Business Administration's …
Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
Fox News Stands by Jesse Watters After ‘Kill Shot’ Remark While Fauci Wants Him Fired  —  Fox News has backed host Jesse Watters after Dr. Anthony Fauci said that he should be fired for urging conservatives to “ambush” him and “go in for the kill shot.”  —  Watters on Monday urged attendees …
Jason Dearen / Associated Press:
He wore a wire, risked his life to expose who was in the KKK  —  At times the U.S. Army veteran donned a white robe and hood as a hit man for the Ku Klux Klan in North Florida.  He attended clandestine meetings and participated in cross burnings.  He even helped plan the murder of a Black man.
Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer's Covid-19 Pill Authorized in U.S.  —  It is the first authorization of a drug that newly infected people can easily take at home to stay out of the hospital  —  U.S. health regulators cleared use of a Covid-19 pill from Pfizer Inc., the first drug that newly infected patients can now take at home to stay out of the hospital.
Discussion: KRON4
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump ‘very appreciative’ and ‘surprised’ Biden acknowledged his administration's COVID vaccine success  —  In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Trump said Biden's comment would help the ‘process of healing’  —  Biden pressed on COVID testing availability
Noah Kirsch / The Daily Beast:
Lewd Texts & Secret Missions: Inside Billionaire Michael Goguen's Wild Life  —  Venture capitalist Michael Goguen has been besieged by legal battles and a growing roster of enemies. … The text from the star venture capitalist boasted about his latest conquests—in the bedroom, not the boardroom.
Discussion: Raw Story
John Murawski / RealClearInvestigations:
No Critical Race Theory in Schools?  Here's the Abundant Evidence Saying Otherwise  —  Above, a mother protests critical race theory in Albuquerque last month.  Such objections are often met with denials that CRT is being taught, despite many indications to the contrary.
Discussion: National Review
New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: Britain Passes 100,000 New Cases as England Cuts Covid Isolation to Ease Staff Shortages  —  Rising U.K. case numbers have led to understaffing in hospitals, clinics, rail services, fire departments and ambulance services.  Israel offers fourth vaccine doses.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
John Thune, a Likely Successor to Mitch McConnell, Weighs Retirement  —  Mr. Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, is considering giving up his South Dakota seat because of both family concerns and Donald Trump's enduring hold on the G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John Thune of South Dakota …
 
 
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
We have the Democratic and Republican congressional maps. Here's what's being proposed
Juliegrace Brufke / New York Post:
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Jennifer H. Svan / Stars & Stripes:
Air Force gives permission for use of gender pronouns in email signatures
Discussion: Washington Examiner
J. Robert Smith / American Thinker:
Is Hillary Clinton Suggesting Civil War?
Discussion: Salon
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Princeton Took Millions From CCP-Linked School, Think Tank Head
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Meet Jennifer Strahan: Marjorie Taylor Greene's Primary Challenger
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Biden was never going to be FDR. Believing he could be is one of his administration's biggest problems.
Discussion: HotAir
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Michael Flynn sues Jan. 6 committee
Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
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Wajahat Ali / The Daily Beast:
Trump's GOP Has Five Simple Tricks for Promoting Antisemitism
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Facts Alone Aren't Going to Win Over the Unvaccinated. This Might.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and PubMed
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Harvard professor convicted for lying to FBI about China ties
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