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10 Dec, 6 tweets, 4 min read
Surveying some of Thursday's local and regional papers, starting with the @PressTelegram. Southern California News Group's papers have this quote, "IT'S UP TO US TO STOP THE SURGE," across the front page
The Chicago Tribune's front page is a play on words about the vaccine: "Waiting on pins and needles"
This is a stark front page of the @IndyStar, sharing Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb's warning that "the state of Indiana is on fire" due to Covid, with doctors and nurses "overwhelmed."
Here is Thursday's lead story in the weekly paper in Massac County, Illinois: "Since the last edition of the Metropolis Planet, six more deaths in Massac County are confirmed as the result of COVID-19"
In Maine, hospitals warn of staffing shortages. In North Carolina, a curfew as cases surge. In New York, "tough times on the menu" for local restaurants. In Louisiana, New Orleans "nears bar shutdown."
I'll conclude with @MessengerOnline in Madisonville, Kentucky, which paired two Covid stories: One about nurses pleading for the public's help, one about a poll showing that only half of Americans are ready to take the vaccine. Banner headline is a quote: "IT IS LIKE A NIGHTMARE"

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Trump just retweeted a dozen Twitter users who are trashing Fox News and promoting Newsmax. Here's my new story about Newsmax + a thread about what is going on...

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Thread of @jaketapper's reporting: "I spent some time today talking to Republican officials on both ends of Pennsylvania Ave, and what they say is, no one out there should worry that our democracy is in actual jeopardy..."
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While we wait, let's take a look at some of Friday's front pages from newspapers across the country and around the world...
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