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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and views in December 2022Note: Excerpts are from the authors' words except for subheads and occasional "Editor's notes" such as this.
Dec. 3
Top Headlines
Washington Post, At state dinner, Biden and Macron stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’
New York Times, After Fanning Covid Fears, China Must Now Try to Allay Them- Washington Post, Democrats adopt Biden’s new 2024 nomination plan
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Here comes the big 2024 shakeup for the Democrats, Bill Palmer
- Twitter, Analysis: Seditious Conspiracy by Trump? Seth Abramson
- New York Times, Defaults Loom as Poor Countries Face an Economic Storm
New York Times, Live World Cup Updates: Dutch Win 3-1; A Young American Team Faces the Pedigree of the Dutch- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Elon Musk: the Julius Streicher of the digital age, Wayne Madsen
Ukraine War
- Washington Post, After Kherson, Ukraine’s military ponders new push south and east
- New York Times, He Returned a Dazed Soldier to the Russians. Ukraine Calls It Treason, Jeffrey Gettleman, Photographs by Finbarr O’Reilly
- New York Times, Scarred by War, a Ukrainian Children’s Choir Finds Hope in Music
Washington Post, Germany’s Scholz phones Putin after diplomatic overture by Biden and Macron- Washington Post, Ukraine War Live Briefing: Germany’s Scholz speaks with Putin; Ukrainian embassies in Europe mailed bloody animal eyes; Up to 13,000 Ukrainian troops killed, aide says; Biden outlines conditions for Putin meeting
- Washington Post, Western allies move to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 a barrel
- Washington Post, Russia and Ukraine are fighting the first full-scale drone war
U.S. Politics, Elections, Governance
- Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Weekly Spotlight, Advocacy: Senate Confirms Defense Dept. IG
- Washington Post, How McCarthy could become speaker with fewer than 218 votes
- Washington Post, Opinion: As Pelosi bows out, chaos enters (stage right), Dana Milbank
Steady, Commentary: Where's The Party? Dan Rather- Washington Post, In Georgia runoff election, GOP worries about Walker, Trump and party’s future
- Daily Beast, Investigation: Herschel Walker’s ex-girlfriend of 5 years, Cheryl Parsa, speaks out. Roger Sollenberger
- New York Times, On Politics: Herschel Walker could still win in Georgia. Here are two theories about how the race could unfold
- World Crisis Radio, Historical commentary and strategic advocacy: A coalition Speaker of the House must be elected on January 3 to head off nightmare scenario under Speaker Trump! Webster G. Tarpley
U.S. Jobs, Economy
- Washington Post, U.S. added 263,000 jobs in November, a strong showing amid tech slowdown
- New York Times, Congress Moves to Avert Rail Strike With Senate Vote
- Washington Post, U.S. gas prices plunge toward $3 a gallon as demand drops worldwide
U.S. Courts, Crime, Regulation
- New York Times, A Killer on the Loose Leaves an Idaho College Town Shaken
- New York Times, Druggings, Deaths and Robberies Put New York City’s Gay Community on Edge
- Washington Post, FBI agent acquitted of attempted murder in shooting of Metro passenger
- Washington Post, Editorial: The Senate ignores D.C., while judge vacancies pile up
- New York Times, Former Gaetz Confidant Is Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Trump, Jan. 6 Probes, Supporters
- Washington Post, Prosecutors tell jurors that Trump knew of Weisselberg’s tax fraud at Trump Organization
- New York Times, Trump Company Trial Nears End as Lawyers Dissect Words of Key Witness
World News, Human Rights
- New York Times, After Xi’s Coronation, a Roar of Discontent Against His Hard-Line Politics
- New York Times, Cyril Ramaphosa Vows to Fight Impeachment Report and Seek Re-election
- New York Times, Concern is growing about the health of Paul Whelan, an American who is imprisoned in Russia
U.S. Security, Privacy
- Washington Post, TSA now wants to scan your face at security. Here are your rights, Geoffrey A. Fowler
- Washington Post, Edward Snowden swears allegiance to Russia and receives passport, lawyer says
Jan. 6, Trump, Election Denier Probes
Climate, Disasters, Energy
- Washington Post, Investigation: Officials fear ‘complete doomsday scenario’ for drought-stricken Colorado River
U.S. High Tech, Media, Culture
- Washington Post, Alex Jones files for bankruptcy as he owes nearly $1.5B to Sandy Hook families
Washington Post, Elon Musk says Kanye West suspended from Twitter after swastika tweet- Washington Post, Rapper Ye draws fresh denunciation for Hitler praise in Alex Jones interview
Pandemics, Public Health, Privacy
- Washington Post, Protests noted? China’s covid czar says it’s time to ease out of ‘zero covid’ mode
- Washington Post, China’s rejection of Western vaccines stoked its looming ‘zero covid’ crisis
Top Stories
President Biden told reporters he hosted President Emmanuel Macron of France for his first state dinner as president on Dec. 1 “because he’s my friend.” (New York Times Photo by Doug Mills).
Washington Post, At state dinner, Biden and Macron stand ‘shoulder to shoulder,’ Dan Zak, Roxanne Roberts, Jada Yuan and Jura Koncius, Dec. 3, 2022 (print ed.). The French and U.S. presidents clinked crystal to cap a two-day whirl of bonhomie, spiced with slight disagreement.On Thursday night, the youngest-ever French president and the oldest-ever American president toasted each other during the White House’s first state dinner in more than three years, since before the pandemic swept away millions of lives and froze Washington’s fancy rituals.
Emmanuel Macron, right, three weeks from turning 45, raised a slender crystal Baccarat flute of California brut rosé to President Biden, freshly 80, whose vessel reportedly contained the 
divine elixir of the teetotaler: ginger ale.“To the history that binds and the values that still unite us,” Biden said on a dais in a monumental pavilion built for the occasion out of vinyl, glass and wood on the South Lawn.
Jill Biden’s twinkling state-dinner dress revived a first lady tradition
“Long live the United States of America, long live France and long live the friendship between our two countries,” Macron said in French, backdropped by an image of the Statue of Liberty, that copper colossus from France. He finished in English: “Cheers. Thank you.” Biden then asked if he could introduce Macron to his sister, Valerie Biden Owens. “I follow you,” Macron said, as the pair weaved past candelabras dripping crimson wax.
From left, U.S. First Lady Jill Biden, U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, French First Lady Brigett Macron. (New York Times Photo by Doug Mills.)
New York Times, After Fanning Covid Fears, China Must Now Try to Allay Them, Keith Bradsher, Dec. 3, 2022. Beijing warned that the only effective response was testing, lockdown and quarantine. Now, poised for a policy shift, it must change how it portrays the risks.For nearly three years, the Chinese government deployed its considerable propaganda apparatus to fan fears about Covid to justify large-scale quarantines, frequent mass testing and the tracking of more than a billion people. As the authorities now shift their approach to the pandemic, they face the task of downplaying those fears.
Until the past week, during which there were rallies voicing extraordinary public opposition to the stringent “zero Covid” rules, government officials and state media were still emphasizing the most ominous medical news about the pandemic. There were countless stories about the high death toll suffered elsewhere — especially in the United States — and about the months of respiratory problems, cognitive impairment and other difficulties associated with long Covid.The official newspaper of the Communist Party, People’s Daily, warned on Nov. 15 that any loosening of Covid measures would endanger the lives and health of the Chinese people: “The relaxation of prevention and control will inevitably increase the risk of infection of susceptible groups.”
Just a week and a half ago, the vice premier overseeing the government’s Covid responses, Sun Chunlan, said that “anyone who should be tested must be tested, and no one should be left behind.”
But as local governments now hurry to dismantle testing requirements and start hauling away curbside test booths, Ms. Sun changed tack on Wednesday. “China’s pandemic prevention faces a new situation and new tasks, given the weakening severity of the Omicron variant,” she said.
Washington Post, Democrats adopt Biden’s new 2024 nomination plan, Michael Scherer and Tyler Pager, Dec. 3, 2022. Party leaders in New Hampshire and Iowa may defy the new rules, while Republicans in Georgia have not yet signaled whether they will allow an earlier primary date.
Democratic leaders voted Friday to adopt the transformative early 2024 presidential nominating schedule proposed by President Biden, giving South Carolina the leadoff position, followed by a joint primary day for New Hampshire and Nevada, with later primaries by Georgia and Michigan.
The chosen states were given until Jan. 5 to demonstrate that they can hold their primary contests on their assigned dates or risk losing their positions in the calendar.The new calendar upends decades of tradition in which Iowa and New Hampshire held the first two slots for both Democratic and ...
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