CDC looks for more Omicron cases after variant is detected in California
White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci told reporters the individual was fully vaccinated, but added it is believed they did not receive a booster shot.
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Hillary Clinton Indirectly Drags Trump — And His Breath — On Twitter
The former secretary of state tweeted a not-so-subtle jab at Trump’s love for hamburgers.
Roe v. Wade In Serious Peril After Dramatic Supreme Court Arguments
Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the Supreme Court won’t survive the “stench” of partisanship in the Mississippi abortion case.
How Trump’s ‘America First’ edict delayed the global Covid fight
With Omicron emerging in countries deprived of vaccines, the failure to develop a strategy to inoculate the world looms large.
“The Viral Underclass”: COVID-19 and AIDS Show What Happens When Inequality and Disease Collide
As December 1 marks World AIDS Day, we look at the pandemic that preceded COVID-19 and how recorded deaths of complications from the coronavirus this year have surpassed those of HIV/AIDS in the United States. The head of UNAIDS has warned the COVID-19 pandemic may result in an increase in infections and deaths from HIV and AIDS. Both viruses disproportionately impacted vulnerable minority communities.
“Farewell to British Colonial Rule”: Barbados Breaks From the Queen as Calls Grow For Reparations
Barbados has become the world’s newest republic breaking ties with Queen Elizabeth 55 years after it became an independent nation, saying it was time for Barbados to break from its colonial past. The move comes as calls grow for the United Kingdom to pay reparations for enacting a regime of slavery in Barbados.
Amazon Workers in Alabama Get New Shot at Union After NLRB Rules Company Broke the Law in 1st Vote
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama may soon get another chance to decide whether to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Amazon violated U.S. labor law while waging an aggressive anti-unionization campaign against warehouse workers earlier this year in Bessemer, Alabama. This comes as Amazon workers worldwide from Bangladesh to Germany campaigned on Black Friday for fairer working conditions under the banner, “Make Amazon Pay.
All adults should get a Covid booster shot, CDC says
“The recent emergence of the Omicron variant further emphasizes the importance of vaccination, boosters and prevention efforts needed to protect against Covid-19,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said.
World Health Organization criticizes travel bans on southern African countries
WHO’s regional director for Africa called on countries to follow science and international health regulations.
Why Biden picked Powell
In the end, President Joe Biden did what many close to him expected: He took a longer-than-anticipated amount of time to arrive at a reasonable, moderate decision that thrilled few but carried limited risk.
Raimondo: Commerce ‘war room’ seeing improvements on supply chain woes
The Commerce secretary said in an interview that the Biden administration sees trading partners in Asia as part of the solution.
Opinion | Don’t Learn the Wrong Lesson on Inflation
Aggressive action to deliver pandemic relief was the right call — and withdrawing support now would only hurt American workers.
Biden’s war on inflation is a battle to change human behavior
The president needs people to overcome a new set of fears and direct their purchases into the areas of the service economy hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.
Self-Defense? After Rittenhouse, Calls to Drop Murder Charges Against Black Teen Chrystul Kizer
Since Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted under claims of self-defense for fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during racial justice protests last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin, another case in the city is drawing new national attention. Human rights advocates are calling for charges to be dropped in the case of Chrystul Kizer, who faces homicide and other charges for killing her white sex trafficker in 2018 after he drugged her and tried to rape her when she was just 17-years-old.
Peter Jackson’s new eight-hour opus on the Beatles is revelation, but not for the faint of heart
The reviews are in: “[S]o aimless it threatens your sanity” declares The Guardian. “A mesmerizing feast for the eyes,” reports Salon. ”Isn’t something we needed;” pronounces NBC news. “An addictive look at who the Beatles were,” according to Variety.
Capitol rioter enters Texas GOP primary, because this is what Republicans are now
I was warned ages ago that violence is not a solution to any problem, and that if I wanted Carrot Top to stop doing prop comedy I should just bide my time. Did it work? I’m scared to look. Can someone at least let me know if Jeff Dunham is still at large?
But Republicans these days seem to have missed the memo. In their bath salts hallucination of a universe, political violence is tres chic.
Dozens more NYC convictions tossed because of three dirty former ‘top’ cops
Law enforcement agencies across the country have spent the last year lying about being defunded while enjoying a cooked up false narrative—with the complicity of traditional news outlets and pundits—that crime is scary out of control now that the police have not been defunded.
Rep. Debbie Dingell’s Michigan office was heavily vandalized, late husband’s memorabilia destroyed
While not much information is available at this time, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell reported her office in Dearborn, Michigan, was broken into and vandalized on Monday, Nov. 29. A spokeswoman from her office, Mackenzie Smith, released a statement regarding the incident shortly after, indicating that the break-in happened earlier in the day.
As Texas faces another winter, organizers focus on keeping people safe in case of another blackout
by Delilah Alvarado
This story was originally published at Prism.
In February, severe winter storms sweeping across the U.S. caused an extreme power crisis in Texas. People across the state went without power for an average of two days, and some lost access to fresh water for even longer and had to boil the water that was available.
Auschwitz Museum Condemns Fox Nation Host Lara Logan For Fauci Comments
Prominent Jewish groups spoke out after Logan compared Fauci to a Nazi doctor who experimented on death camp prisoners.
Media From Both Sides Think CNN Should Fire Chris Cuomo
“If some news channel intern did what Chris Cuomo did they’d have been fired one second after these docs were published,” one journalist noted.
CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo For Advising Brother On Sexual Misconduct Scandal
“The documents, which we were not privy to before their public release, raise serious questions,” the network said.
FDA advisers narrowly endorse Merck’s Covid-19 drug
The 13-10 vote puts the simple, at-home treatment, called molnupiravir, on track for FDA approval.
Twitter Users Mock Dr. Oz’s Decision To Run For Senate
“The Republican Party is the party of washed up celebrities running for office they have zero qualifications to hold,” one person noted.
Stephen Sondheim’s Knotty Vision of Musical Theater
It was Madonna who first introduced me to Stephen Sondheim, which sounds infinitely more chic than what happened in reality: Someone gave a 7-year-old girl a cassette of I’m Breathless, the 1990 album Madonna recorded during her gauzy showgirl period, pegged to her role as Breathless Mahoney in the movie adaptation of Dick Tracy. At the time, Cats had been running on Broadway for eight years.
Testing labs brace for first U.S. cases of Omicron
The U.S. surveillance system is in a far stronger position than when the Covid-19 Alpha variant emerged last year.
Powell: Fed may pull back economic support more quickly as prices spike
Powell’s comment came after the Fed already announced earlier this month that it would slow the pace at which it buys U.S. government debt and mortgage-backed securities.
TV Celebrity Dr. Oz Is Running For Senate In Pennsylvania
Mehmet Oz, known for his TV program “The Dr. Oz Show,” announced his first political run on Tuesday.
Get Off Our Territory: Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Condemn Canadian Police Raid on Pipeline Protest
Canadian police continue to arrest Indigenous land defenders blocking construction of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas through Wet’suwet’en land. Police arrested two people Monday for blockading an access road, less than two weeks after arresting more than 30 in a violent raid on Coyote Camp and elsewhere that ended a 56-day blockade of a drilling site.
As NATO Weighs Expansion in Eastern Europe, Russia Amasses Military on Ukraine Border
As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Latvia for a meeting of NATO foreign secretaries, is war on the horizon? The meeting comes as tension continues to mount between Russia and Ukraine, while how to resolve the countries’ differences remains an open question. Russia has reportedly amassed 100,000 troops on its border with Ukraine, and aggressions have also recently intensified in eastern Ukraine between Moscow-backed separatists and government forces.