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5:25 PM ET, December 28, 2021

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New York Times:
Why Covid Death Rates Are Rising for Some Groups  —  The overall rate of Covid-19 deaths has declined since vaccines became widely available in April, yet nearly a quarter million people in the United States have died from the virus in the past eight months.
Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.
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New York Times:
Covid Live Updates: C.D.C. Lowers Estimate of Omicron's Prevalence in U.S.  —  The estimate dropped from about 73 percent to 23 percent for the week ending Dec. 18, and the agency now says Omicron became dominant the following week.  A doctors' protest over understaffing is causing chaos at Delhi hospitals.
Noah Pransky / LX:
Which States Saw the Most COVID Deaths in 2021? America's Least Vaccinated
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
New York Times:
The Peanut Butter Secret: A Lavish Tax Dodge for the Ultrawealthy  —  A tax break aimed at small businesses has become a popular way for Silicon Valley founders and investors to avoid taxes on their investment profits.  —  This is the story of the incredible cloning tax break.
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Political Life of Dr. Oz … Dr. Oz for Senate is headquartered in a patch of strip mall next to a Mexican restaurant in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where the candidate's father-in-law, Dr. Gerald Lemole, maintains a medical office down the road from the Lemole family farm …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Star Was Up for ‘The View’ Gig Until She Refused to Get Vaccine  —  Lisa Marie Boothe interviewed to replace Meghan McCain as the talk show's in-house conservative.  But conversations ended when she publicly refused to get any vaccines. … The View's already difficult path …
Sarah Rainsford / BBC:
Russian court orders oldest civil rights group Memorial to shut  —  Russia's Supreme Court has ordered the closure of International Memorial, Russia's oldest human rights group.  —  Memorial worked to recover the memory of the millions of innocent people executed, imprisoned or persecuted in the Soviet era.
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
White House, Jan. 6 committee agree to shield some documents  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its attempt to get hundreds of pages of records from the Trump administration, holding off at the request of the Biden White House.
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: There Was ANOTHER Rally Planned On Jan. 6 ... At The Supreme Court  —  The same people who organized Trump's fateful rally on the Ellipse had something else in store on Jan. 6: a rally planned in front of the Supreme Court.  —  The same people who organized Trump's fateful rally …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
U.S., Russia Set Schedule for Ukraine Talks in January  —  Russia has deployed 100,000 troops near Ukraine border, U.S. estimates, with no signs of de-escalation  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. and Russia have agreed to hold security talks on Jan. 10, amid tensions over Russian forces deployed near Ukraine …
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Amanda Macias / CNBC:
U.S. and Russia agree to security talks on Jan. 10 amid growing tension over Ukraine
Discussion: Raw Story
James Bruno / Washington Monthly:
How Back-Channel Diplomacy Can Prevent War With Russia
Discussion: Fox News and Politico
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Lays Out How He and Bannon Planned to Overturn Biden's Electoral Win  —  “It started out perfectly.  At 1 p.m., Gosar and Cruz did exactly what was expected of them...” … A former Trump White House official says he and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Judge rejects Proud Boys' First Amendment claims in January 6 conspiracy case  —  (CNN)A federal judge is allowing a major January 6 conspiracy case against four Proud Boys leaders to move forward, rejecting their bid to throw out the charges.  —  Judge Timothy Kelly, in a 43-page opinion issued Tuesday …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Proud Boy Named in Feds' James O'Keefe Search Warrant
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Klein / National Review:
CDC's New Isolation Guidance Treats Unvaccinated the Same as Un-boosted  —  The Centers for Disease Control has moved one step closer to changing the definition of fully vaccinated to include only those who have received a booster.  —  Earlier, I noted how the CDC arbitrarily halved its quarantine guidance from ten days to five.
Discussion: RedState and Townhall
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
CDC Shortens Quarantine Period to 5 Days for Those Without Symptoms
Mina Kaji / ABC News:   New CDC isolation guidance may ease COVID-related flight cancellations
Jon Brown / Fox News:
Westchester County will not criminally charge Gov. Cuomo over sexual misconduct allegations  —  The DA nevertheless said there was ‘credible evidence’ supporting allegations  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for December 28  —  The district attorney's office in Westchester County, New York …
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Healthy, boosted people unlikely to develop severe omicron infections, but jury's out on older, at-risk populations  —  The new variant has sent U.S. infections soaring, but a smaller share than with delta are resulting in hospitalization.  —  Healthy individuals who have been vaccinated …
Discussion: NBC News and Outside the Beltway
Detroit Free Press:
Michigan's redistricting commission adopts final congressional map for the next decade  —  Clara Hendrickson Todd SpanglerDetroit Free Press  —  Michigan's redistricting commission voted to adopt new congressional districts Tuesday, creating political boundaries for the state's 13 U.S. House districts for the next decade.
Discussion: Bridge Michigan
David Axelrod / New York Times:
It's Not Over for Joe Biden  —  Mr. Axelrod was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns.  —  Joe Biden must be having flashbacks.  —  In early 2010, when Democrats lost a special election for the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat …
Andrew Sullender / Springfield News-Leader:
Antisemitic flyers found Christmas morning, spreading COVID conspiracies in Springfield  —  This Christmas Day, some Springfieldians woke up not to presents but to an antisemitic flyer.  —  The flyers were left at the front steps of houses in central Springfield sometime during the night of Christmas Eve.
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
The Democrats' Education Lunacies Will Bring Back Trump  —  Terry McAuliffe lost the Virginia governor's race by saying, “I don't think parents should be telling schools what to teach.”  If that was no gaffe, Democrats have a lot more significant losing ahead
Discussion: The Federalist and Reason
Keith Coffman / Reuters:
Gunman kills four in Denver-area shooting spree before he is killed by police  —  A lone gunman shot four people to death and wounded three, including a police officer, on Monday in a Denver-area shooting spree that unfolded at several locations and ended with police killing the suspect, authorities said.
The White House:
A Proclamation on Revoking Proclamation 10315  —  On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution announced that the B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), constitutes a variant of concern.
Discussion: CBS News and Townhall
 
 
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Hugo Martín / Los Angeles Times:
Why isn't vaccination proof required for domestic flights?
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Michael Shellenberger / UnHerd:
How Defund the Police backfired
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Carmen Forman / The Oklahoman:
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt says he has no plans to get COVID-19 booster shot
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why the controversy surrounding Trump's media venture matters
Discussion: Raw Story
Matt Egan / CNN:
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Alon Pinkas / Haaretz:
Can He Rebuild America? Joe Biden, 2021 Person of the Year
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Chris Mills Rodrigo / The Hill:
Judge upholds $13 million Google settlement in Street View case
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Eyes Raskin as Top Fed Banking Regulator
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Nicholas Stephanopoulos / Election Law Blog:
Not the Time for Measuring Drapes  —  This column by Eric Levitz has been generating some buzz.
Thomas Colson / Insider:
Trump's struggling Scottish golf resorts lost nearly $9 million in 2020, new filings show
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10 lessons I've learned from the Covid-19 pandemic
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