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11:15 AM ET, December 30, 2021

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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Trump accuses Jan. 6 panel of “seeking evidence of criminal activity”  —  Former President Trump's legal team on Wednesday accused the House committee investigating the Capitol riot of seeking to uncover evidence that would support a criminal referral against him.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Do We Have the Supreme Court We Deserve?  —  When I left the daily Supreme Court beat back in 2008, the Week in Review, as The Times's Sunday Review section was then called, invited me to offer some reflections on nearly 30 years of writing about the court, its cases and its members.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Coronavirus risk calculations get harder as a study suggests rapid tests may be less effective at detecting omicron  —  Fauci draws a line on New Year's Eve parties — no big crowd, and moderate the “hugging and kissing”  —  As the coronavirus spawns a record-breaking wave of infections …
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New York Times:
U.S. Reports 488,000 New Daily Virus Cases, Shattering Record
Devoun Cetoute / Miami Herald:
Florida COVID update: cases, deaths, hospitalizations
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Sacramento Bee
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Inside the campaign to undermine Georgia's election  —  Editor's note  —  Between the Nov. 3 presidential election and Jan. 6, Georgia was at the center of the biggest election dispute of modern American history.  AJC reporters worked day and night for months to capture the election results …
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power  —  In the weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a handful of Americans — well-known politicians, obscure local bureaucrats — stood up to block then-President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt …
Zachary D. Carter / Politico:
I Thought I Knew Harry Reid.  I Was Wrong.  —  The first time I called Harry Reid's office, I was trying to provoke him.  It was the spring of 2008, and I was working as a banking reporter for a trade publication unhelpfully called SNL Financial and headquartered, just as unhelpfully …
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Robert Mann / Washington Post:
Harry Reid was no Mitch McConnell. And that's a good thing.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Slate
Adam Jentleson / New York Times:
The Side of Harry Reid That Most People Never Saw
Washington Free Beacon:
2021 Men of the Year: Michael Avenatti's Prison Guards  —  In almost every instance, kicking a man when he's down is total bitch move.  Unless the down man is Michael Avenatti, in which case kicking is the only honorable course of action.  —  According to a Politico profile of the convicted felon …
Steve Appleford / Los Angeles Magazine:
L.A.'s Arms Race of the Affluent  —  From Beverly Hills to Santa Monica, the crime-panicked wealthy are banishing bling and buying guns  —  In Beverly Hills, even the purchase of a firearm comes with certain...expectations.  The city's only gun store, Beverly Hills Guns, is a “concierge service” …
Discussion: Breitbart and BizPac Review
Wall Street Journal:
Strong Labor Market in 2021 Faces Down Omicron Threat  —  Jobless claims are expected to hold near half-century low, pointing to still-solid job outlook  —  U.S. employers added a record number of jobs in 2021, a gauge of layoffs fell to a half-century low and available positions surged …
Discussion: CNBC and The Daily Caller
Giovanni Torre / Telegraph:
Maori newsreader becomes first person with chin tattoo to anchor news programme  —  Oriini Kaipara said she had broken through a ‘glass ceiling’  —  A New Zealand reporter has made history by becoming the first person to present a prime time news programme with a traditional Māori chin tattoo.
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
J&J's booster shot provides strong protection against severe disease from Omicron, a study says.  —  A Johnson & Johnson booster shot provided strong protection against the Omicron variant, greatly reducing the risk of hospitalization, according to a clinical trial in South Africa.
Laura Rosen Cohen / Newsweek:
Let Omicron Spell the End of the Pandemic—and the COVID Shaming  —  The Omicron variant of COVID-19 put many people's holiday plans to rest.  Just when we thought we were done with the pandemic, it roped us back in.  Mercifully, according to the CDC, this variant is milder than all other forms.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
This is the worst economy we never had  —  For months, the GOP-Fox News axis forecast the bluest of Christmases.  —  House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy joined 159 House Republicans in a letter to President Biden saying his policies “will certainly ensure that this Christmas will not be merry” …
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
They were so careful, for so long.  They got covid anyway.  —  'I'd just ruined everybody's Christmas, including my own family's'  —  Fareha Ahmed had been cautious since the beginning of the pandemic.  She had eaten in restaurants only three times.  She and her husband were vaccinated and boosted …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
First they ran short of PPE, then ventilators.  Now, the shortage is hospital staff.  —  ‘Our absences are through the roof’: Hospitals face a depleted, exhausted workforce amid omicron surge … ROCHESTER, Minn. — Craig Daniels trained for this moment.  For nearly two decades …
Discussion: WPRI-TV
Kelsey Vlamis / Insider:
A right-wing radio host said Trump needs an ‘intervention from a friend’ after the former president advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine  — Former President Donald Trump advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine in multiple appearances this month.  — His comments sparked criticism from some factions …
MSNBC:
Dem Florida gov. candidate Nikki Fried calls out DeSantis's lack of visibility as Omicron surges  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be missing in action as Omicron sweeps across his state.  Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried, who is seeking …
John Wright / Raw Story:
Ted Cruz mistakes ‘Western Australia’ for ‘Washington State’ in botched attack on ‘power-drunk’ Dems  —  Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz apparently confused “Western Australia” with “Washington State” in an attempted attack on Democrats over COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday night.
UN Watch:
Lawmakers & rights activists urge UNHRC's Nazhat Khan to call urgent session on Hong Kong  —  Photo: Stand News acting Chief Editor Patrick Lam is escorted by police as they leave after the police searched his office in Hong Kong [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]  —  An international coalition of 70 lawmakers …
Jeff Goodell / Rolling Stone:
‘The Fuse Has Been Blown,’ and the Doomsday Glacier Is Coming for Us All  —  New data suggests a massive collapse of the ice shelf in as little as five years.  “We are dealing with an event that no human has ever witnessed,” says one scientist.  “We have no analog for this”
Discussion: The Crucial Years
New York Times:
Ghislaine Maxwell Found Guilty of Helping Jeffrey Epstein Abuse Girls  —  Ms. Maxwell vowed to appeal after a jury found her guilty of sex-trafficking and conspiracy on Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Manhattan.  —  Ghislaine Maxwell Is Found Guilty of Aiding in Epstein's Sex Abuse
U.S. Department of Defense:
DoD Awards $136.7 Million Contract to MilliporeSigma to Establish Domestic Production Capacity of Critical Material Used in COVID-19 Point-of-Care Tests  —  On Dec. 29, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), on behalf of and in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services …
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Street crime has distorted our politics before.  If we don't get it under control, it will do so again.  —  Even for a kid arriving from Manhattan, Philadelphia seemed lawless in 1990.  The city's population was shrinking and its homicide rate was peaking — 500 killings that year, a record that stood for decades.
Denver Post:
Denver gunman's novels named real-life victims, described similar attacks  —  Lyndon McLeod's family say they were estranged for years  —  The man who authorities believe killed five people in a shooting spree across the Denver metro Monday wrote about killing two of the victims in a series …
 
 
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Michael R. Strain / Bloomberg:
Follow De Blasio's Lead and Keep Schools Open During Omicron
Greg B. Smith / THE CITY:
COVID Cases Fill More City Hospital Beds, Threatening Halt on Elective Surgeries
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
Our Relationship With COVID Vaccines Is Just Getting Started
Eshe Nelson / New York Times:
What a Year of Brexit Brought U.K. Companies: Higher Costs and Endless Forms
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Isabella Weber / The Guardian:
We have a powerful weapon to fight inflation: price controls. It's time we consider it
Discussion: National Review and Better Human
New York Times:
Eric Adams Will Name Brooklyn Power Broker as Chief of Staff
Adam Andrzejewski / Forbes:
Dr. Anthony Fauci's Golden Parachute Will Exceed $350,000 Per Year - The Largest In U.S. Federal Government History
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Why I forgive Ralph Northam
Discussion: Outside the Beltway