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10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: DECEMBER 6, 2021


LONGTIME GOP LEADER BOB DOLE DIES AT 98, MYANMAR COURT SENTENCES SUU KYI TO FOUR
YEARS IN PRISON, AND MORE

byHarold Maass
December 6, 2021
December 6, 2021

Bob Dole

J. DAVID AKE/AFP via Getty Images

1


BOB DOLE DIES AT 98

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole died Sunday after months of treatment for
Stage IV lung cancer, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation announced. He was 98. Dole
grew up in Kansas during the Dust Bowl and suffered severe wounds fighting as an
Army lieutenant in Italy during World War II. He went on to become one of the
Republican Party's longest-serving leaders, spending a quarter-century in the
Senate. He was the GOP's vice-presidential candidate in 1976, and its
presidential nominee 20 years later. President Biden called Dole "an American
statesman like few in our history. A war hero and among the greatest of the
Greatest Generation." After retiring from politics, Dole focused on raising
money for the World War II Memorial in Washington and welcomed veterans visiting
the memorial on many weekends.

The New York Times

2


MYANMAR COURT SENTENCES SUU KYI TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON

A Myanmar court on Monday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, to four
years in prison after finding her guilty of inciting unrest and other charges.
The result of Suu Kyi's closed-door trial indicated that the military, which
held the pro-democracy champion and Nobel laureate under house arrest for nearly
two decades, plans to remove her entirely as a force in politics. Since Suu
Kyi's trial wrapped up, the military government has filed a new corruption
charge. The military is escalating its crackdown on people protesting the Feb. 1
coup against the civilian government. On Sunday, a military truck plowed into
demonstrators in Yangon and soldiers fired on a small crowd, killing at least
five people, according to local media.

The Washington Post
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3


U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY OMICRON APPEARS LESS DANGEROUS THAN DELTA VARIANT

U.S. health officials said Sunday that they are still trying to determine the
severity of the new Omicron coronavirus strain, but so far it appears to be less
virulent than the Delta variant that is driving rising hospitalizations. "Thus
far, it does not look like there's a great degree of severity to it," President
Biden's chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN's State of the Union.
"But we have really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it
is less severe or it really doesn't cause any severe illness, comparable to
Delta." The Biden administration plans to fast-track authorization of COVID-19
vaccines tweaked to fight Omicron, which federal regulators said Sunday had been
detected in 16 states.

The Associated PressThe Wall Street Journal
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4


BELGIAN POLICE CLASH WITH CROWDS PROTESTING COVID RESTRICTIONS

Police in Brussels used tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds protesting
restrictions imposed by the Belgian government to curb coronavirus infections.
Several thousand people marched peacefully through Belgium's capital before the
demonstration turned violent, with some protesters throwing cobblestones and
fireworks at officers in the neighborhood where many European Union institutions
have their headquarters. One protester, martial arts teacher Alain Sienaort,
said he was against vaccine passes and restrictions on unvaccinated people.
"That's all discrimination, so we have to fight it," he said. "We don't want a
dictatorship." The government on Friday announced it was imposing new measures,
including mandatory masks for most primary school students, to curb rising
infections. 

Reuters
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5


VIRGINIAN GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES REMOVAL OF ROBERT E. LEE PEDESTAL

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) announced Sunday that the state would remove the
40-foot granite pedestal that once supported a memorial to Confederate Gen.
Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Work to take down the pedestal will start Monday, and
be "substantially complete" by Dec. 31, Northam said. After the last part of the
monument has been moved to an undisclosed location for storage, the land will be
turned over to the city of Richmond. "This land is in the middle of Richmond,
and Richmonders will determine the future of this space," Northam said in a
statement. The decision came a little more than a month before Northam leaves
office and Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, takes office. The statue was
removed in September following a legal battle.

The HillThe Washington Post

6


EX-SENATOR ANNOUNCES PRIMARY CHALLENGE AGAINST GEORGIA GOV. BRIAN KEMP

Former Sen. David Perdue plans to announce Monday that he will challenge Georgia
Gov. Brian Kemp in the Republican gubernatorial primary, Politico reported
Sunday. Perdue lost his seat to Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff last year. Former
President Donald Trump, who has expressed anger toward Perdue and other Georgia
Republicans for not helping him overturn his loss to President Biden in the
state, reportedly recruited Perdue to run against Kemp. The winner will face
Democrat Stacy Abrams, who last week she would challenge Kemp in a rematch after
she narrowly lost to him in 2018. Abrams made voting rights her signature issue
after that race, so Trump's false claims that voter fraud cost him the election
are expected to be a focus in the race.

Politico
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7


NPR: COVID DEATH RATES HIGHER IN PRO-TRUMP COUNTIES

People living in counties that strongly backed former President Donald Trump in
the 2020 election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19
than their counterparts in counties that voted heavily for President Biden,
according to an analysis by NPR. Since May, as vaccines were becoming more
widely available, people in counties where Trump got 60 percent of the vote or
more had a COVID-19 death rate that was 2.7 times higher than in counties where
Biden dominated. In the reddest counties, death rates were six times higher than
in the bluest counties. About 59 percent of Republicans are vaccinated, compared
to 91 percent of Democrats, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a
nonpartisan health policy think tank.

NPR

8


WOMAN ACCUSED CHRIS CUOMO OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BEFORE CNN FIRED HIM

A woman told CNN of a "serious sexual misconduct" allegation against Chris Cuomo
days before the cable news channel fired the anchor, attorney Debra Katz said
Sunday. Katz said she contacted CNN about her client's allegations Wednesday.
CNN suspended Cuomo earlier this week after new details emerged about his
efforts to help his brother, Andrew Cuomo, before sexual harassment allegations
against him forced him to resign as New York's governor as lawmakers threatened
to impeach him. The moves came shortly after the New York attorney general's
office released evidence that Chris Cuomo had taken a more active role in his
brother's defense than previously known, including using his position and
sources to help his brother in what CNN called "a breach of journalistic
ethics."

The Associated Press
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9


NEW COVID-TESTING RULE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS TAKES EFFECT

New travel restrictions take effect Monday for people entering the United
States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shortened the window
for a pre-departure coronavirus test, with all passengers now required to show a
negative result from a test conducted within 24 hours of their flight to the
U.S. Previously, vaccinated travelers could get a test any time within three
days of departure, although the 24-hour rule already applied to unvaccinated
travelers. The narrower window, imposed in response to concerns about the new
Omicron variant, "provide[s] less opportunity to develop an infection with the
Omicron variant prior to arrival in the United States," according to the updated
CDC order. U.S. airlines also have been asked to collect contact-tracing
information for arriving passengers.

USA Today
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10


ALABAMA, MICHIGAN, GEORGIA, AND CINCINNATI TO COMPETE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PLAYOFF

The College Football Playoff selection committee announced Sunday that Alabama,
Michigan, Georgia, and Cincinnati will compete for this season's national title.
On New Year's Eve, No. 1 Alabama will play No. 4 Cincinnati in the Cotton Bowl,
and No. 2 Michigan will face off against No. 3 Georgia in the Orange Bowl. The
winners will play in the title game on Jan. 10. The Crimson Tide took the top
ranking by beating Georgia 41-24 to win the SEC crown. Cincinnati went 13-0 and
won the American Athletic Conference title to earn the right to face Alabama in
the Cotton Bowl. Georgia won its spot in the final four with a 12-1 record.
Michigan beat No. 13 Iowa 42-3 to claim their first conference title since
2004. 

The Wall Street JournalThe New York Times
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