Washington Post:  “As President Biden exhorts Americans to get coronavirus vaccines and booster shots to beef up protections against the delta and omicron variants, another age group might soon become eligible for extra doses: 16- and 17-year-olds. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are expected to ask the Food and Drug Administration in the coming days to authorize its booster shot for that age group, according to two people familiar with the situation. The regulators are expected to sign off quickly, said the individuals, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue.

“Currently, Americans who are 18 and older are eligible for boosters six months after receiving the second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. They can receive the Johnson & Johnson booster two months after getting the single-shot vaccine. The move to expand eligibility among adolescents comes as the White House is grappling with a new, highly mutated variant, called omicron, that has captured the world’s attention. With information on the variant scant and anxieties high, Biden urged Americans on Monday to get fully vaccinated and receive booster doses, calling the shots ‘the best protection against this new variant or any of the variants out there.'”

Over 800 pounds of fentanyl were seized at our Southern Border in October.

This is Biden’s Border Crisis.

— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) November 29, 2021

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s book “Republican Rescue” has sold less than 3,000 copies since its street date last week, estimates Substacker Eric Boehlert based on publishing industry data. Approximately 2,289 hard copies have been sold while the title currently ranks 15,545 in the Amazon Kindle Store, per Boehlert. Christie has been a ubiquitous presence on cable news the last few weeks in his tour for the book, but we at National Zero really mostly didn’t give a shit. For comparison’s sake, we ran two articles mentioning Christie this month. The Hill ran 17.

As Boehlert puts it: “Part of the avalanche of eager Christie coverage represent a relentless sub-genre of Beltway journalism that clings to the fantasy that there’s still a functioning faction of the Republican Party that can and will stand up to Trump’s erratic and dangerous behavior.”

“Ron Jackson is to doctors what Rudy Giuliani is to lawyers, and their professions should take action,” MSNBC contributor and former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill comments.

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has reformed her administration after her first government collapsed last week like a certain giant big box retailer’s shitty pressboard furniture commonly does, the New York Times reports. Let’s hope her new tenure is more like a Järnforsen.

Kayleigh McEnany rips Biden's COVID hypocrisy: 'No one has politicized this virus more'https://t.co/E0fHIaOnUr

— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 29, 2021

Associated Press:  “Prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling that overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction, arguing in a petition Monday that a decision announced in a press release does not give a defendant lifetime immunity. Prosecutors said the ruling could set a dangerous precedent if convictions are overturned over dubious closed-door deals. They have also complained that the chief judge of the state’s high court appeared to misstate key facts of the case when he discussed the court ruling that overturned Cosby’s conviction in a television interview.

“’This decision as it stands will have far-reaching negative consequences beyond Montgomery County and Pennsylvania. The U.S. Supreme Court can right what we believe is a grievous wrong,’ Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele wrote in the petition, which seeks a Supreme Court review under the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution. Cosby’s lawyers have long argued that he relied on a promise that he would never be charged when he gave damaging testimony in an accuser’s civil suit in 2006.

“The admissions were later used against him in two criminal trials. The only written evidence of such a promise is a 2005 press release from the then-prosecutor, Bruce Castor, who said he did not have enough evidence to arrest Cosby.”

Bloomberg:  “Children under the age of 2 account for about 10% of total hospital admissions in the omicron epicenter Tshwane in South Africa, according to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases.  More kids are being admitted than during the early stages of the country entering the current fourth wave of infections, although a similar trend occurred during the third wave when delta was dominant, said Waasila Jassat, public health specialist at the institute.”

EPSTEIN IS ALIVE!!!

— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) November 29, 2021

“Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday rejected a request by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt that his state’s National Guard be exempt from a Pentagon requirement that all military members be vaccinated against COVID-19. Stitt, a Republican, had asked Austin in early November to suspend the mandate for members of the Oklahoma Guard. In his response denying the request, Austin laid out the Pentagon’s rationale for the mandate and noted potential consequences of Stitt’s stated intention to defy the requirement. In his letter to Stitt, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, Austin left open the question of how the vaccine requirement will be enforced and how far the Pentagon will go to force the issue. He did suggest that Guard troops who refuse the shots could lose their federal status, which could impact their pay and future benefits.”

“Austin wrote that all members of the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard, ‘regardless of duty status,’ must follow the directions of Army and Air Force service secretaries for COVID-19 vaccine compliance deadlines. ‘Failure to do so may lead to a prohibition on the member’s participation in drills and training’ conducted under Title 32 of the U.S. Code, ‘and jeopardize the member’s status in the National Guard'” – Associated Press.

CNBC:  “The National Labor Relations Board has authorized a new union election at one of Amazon’s Alabama warehouses, the labor union behind the effort said Monday. In a statement, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union said an NLRB director formally granted a new union election at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. As a result, workers at the facility, known as BHM1, will get another chance to vote on whether to join the RWDSU.

“NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado confirmed the agency has ordered a new election, but didn’t specify when the new union election will take place. BHM1 was the site of a high-stakes union drive that attracted global attention, including from President Joe Biden. In April, employees overwhelmingly rejected forming a union.

“The RWDSU sought to challenge the results, arguing Amazon illegally interfered in the election. It kicked off a protracted legal battle with months of hearings examining the lead up to the vote. Much of the debate centered around Amazon’s decision to install a mailbox on site at the facility, which the RWDSU argued created the false appearance that Amazon was conducting the election and intimidated workers into voting against the union. In August, a NLRB hearing officer recommended the election results be set aside and that another vote should take place. At the time, Amazon said it would appeal the decision.”

Republicans versus Reality, Volume MMDXVI:  We pick up our story of the ever-aggrieved Congresswoman from Colorado as she takes to social media to give her “Mean Girls” depiction of a conversation with a work colleague she made a hateful, xenophobic remark about during a fundraiser last week.  Our antiheroine gave a weak apology “to anyone… offended” by her statement, and the target of her hatred wanted a full, public apology that would cause our antiheroine to publicly admit a mistake.  (Gasp!)

USA Today:  “A University of Nevada, Las Vegas student died last week following a fraternity’s amateur boxing match, according to a university statement. Friends and family are mourning Nathan Tyler Valencia, 20, who died Nov. 23 – four days after participating in Kappa Sigma fraternity’s ‘Fight Night’ on Nov. 19.

“According to social media flyers posted by UNLV’s Kappa Sigma chapter, the off-campus event planned to raise money for Center Ring Boxing in Las Vegas. Valencia was listed as one of the fighters participating in the night’s ‘Main Event.’ Nick Lasso and Ryan Zimmer, the Valencia family’s attorneys, told USA TODAY that Valencia had no prior boxing experience.

“In a Friday letter to the campus community, UNLV President Keith Whitfield wrote that Valencia collapsed soon after his fight and was taken to a hospital, where he later died, according to Lasso and Zimmer. Whitfield added that UNLV is ‘committing all available resources to review the incident and determine how off-campus events like these can be as safe as possible.’ The family’s lawyers stressed that Valencia’s loved ones are seeking answers and accountability.”

Reuters: “President Joe Biden sought to reassure Americans on Monday that the United States was prepared to handle the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, pledging to accelerate development of vaccines to handle it if necessary. ‘This variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic,’ Biden said in remarks at the White House following a meeting with his COVID-19 team. ‘Sooner or later we are going to see cases of this new variant here in the United States,’ Biden said. The White House is working with vaccine makers Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to develop contingency plans, if needed, to handle Omicron, he said.

“Earlier, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said the United States was unlikely to impose further restrictions amid the anticipated arrival of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. A U.S. ban took effect earlier on Monday that blocked most travelers from eight southern African nations from entering the country in an effort to slow transmission and give experts more time to assess Omicron, including its severity, transmissibility and impact on vaccines.

“Biden said the travel restrictions were put in place to give the country time to get more people vaccinated. Vaccine hesitancy in the United States and around the world has thwarted public health officials’ efforts to get the pandemic under control. Urging Americans to mask up, Biden said: ‘Please wear your mask when you’re indoors, in public settings around other people.'”

Associated Press:  “A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress to enact the vaccine mandate for providers participating in the two government health care programs for the elderly, disabled and poor.

“The preliminary injunction by St. Louis-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp applies to a coalition of suing states that includes Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Similar lawsuits also are pending in other states. The federal rule requires COVID-19 vaccinations for more than 17 million workers nationwide in about 76,000 health care facilities and home health care providers that get funding from the government health programs. Workers are to receive their first dose by Dec. 6 and their second shot by Jan. 4

“The court order against the health care vaccine mandate comes after Biden’s administration suffered a similar setback for a broader policy. A federal court previously placed a hold on a separate rule requiring businesses with more than 100 employees to ensure their workers get vaccinated or else wear masks and get tested weekly for the coronavirus. Biden’s administration contends federal rules supersede state policies prohibiting vaccine mandates and are essential to slowing the pandemic.”

Inspired by the acts of kindness and experiences that lifted our spirits this year, decorated rooms in the White House reflect the Gifts from the Heart that unite us all: faith, family, friendship, the arts, learning, nature, gratitude, service, community, peace, and unity. pic.twitter.com/fsaYFthIqH

— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) November 29, 2021

The city that suffered by far the worst of the Coronavirus pandemic in Spring 2020 now has gone back to full-time indoor masking since the pandemic still isn’t over, thanks in part to the efforts of the party that Abraham Lincoln founded and the subhumans that vote for it. Read more at CNBC.

Biden banned travel from South Africa because of the new Covid variant.

Immigrants have recently been apprehended crossing our border illegally from South Africa.

Biden is doing nothing to stop immigrants from South Africa entering illegally.

Pure politics and hypocrisy.

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) November 28, 2021

SUPER BREAKING NEWS #OMG #WTF Jack Dorsey to step down from Twitter, CNBC reports.

“Republican officials around the country are testing a creative mechanism to build loyalty with unvaccinated Americans while undermining Biden administration mandates: unemployment benefits. Florida, Iowa, Kansas and Tennessee have changed their unemployment insurance rules to allow workers who are fired or quit over vaccine mandates to receive benefits. Extending unemployment benefits to the unvaccinated is just the latest in a series of proposals aligning the GOP with people who won’t get a COVID shot” – Axios