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As TIME announces Elon Musk as its pick for 2021 Person of the Year, we look at the SpaceX founder's ideology and outlook on the future, as well as perspectives on the controversial billionaire's achievements.

This week, as tornadoes ravage parts of the Blue Grass State and the Omicron variant makes its way across the UK and other parts of the world, we look at the recent surprise announcement by a longtime Fox News anchor that he is leaving... and the even more surprising revelation about where he is headed. Then turning our attention to TIME Magazine's announcement that SpaceX founder Elon Musk is its pick for 2021 Person of the Year, we look at the billionaire's accomplishments, along with where he sees humanity headed in the decades ahead. This, along with why some pundits are saying they want Musk to be more outspoken about politics and economics... all on this edition of Middle Theory.

Elon Musk image by Steve Jurvetson, CC 2.0 (Flicker).

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• "Shellshocked" colleagues by jumping to CNN
• MUSK OF THE YEAR: Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021 | Time
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• FLASHBACK: Grimes seen reading Karl Marx following split with world's richest man Elon Musk

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This week, as New York City announces the first-in-the-nation private sector vaccine mandate for New York workers, we look at the complexities surrounding the move as the omicron variant spreads in the U.S.

This week, as the U.S. calls for a diplomatic ban of the Beijing Olympics and Senators can't agree on passing the nation's most significant defense bill, we zero in on questions and complexities surrounding the high profile trials of Jussie Smollett and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as why Maxwell's family is asking for her imprisoned sister be given more... soap? We also look at the awkwardness surrounding CNN's release of anchor Chris Cuomo.

Then shifting our attention to the announcement by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio that New York City will implement the first-in-the-nation private sector vaccine mandate for New York workers on December 27, we look at what we know, and the problems that could arise. We also check in on the spread of the Omicron, and why Anthony Fauci has offered a hopeful early outlook on the new COVID-19 variant on this week's edition of Middle Theory.

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• BOYCOTT: Biden administration expected to announce diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
• Annual defense bill stalled in Senate
• Hung up over China trade amendment
• SMOLLETT: Smollett trial to resume with defense possibly calling him
• EPSTEIN: Partners or Partners in Crime? Maxwell-Epstein Bond Key to Case
• SOAP OPERA: Family seek food, soap as her trial continues
• CUOMO: CNN, Cuomo Face Difficult Questions After Anchor's Suspension
• Chris Cuomo claims Jeff Zucker knew about gov involvement
• MANDATE: NYC Announces First-In-Nation Jab Mandate For Private Companies
• DEFINITIONS: Officials debate changing definition of 'fully vaxxed'
• DEADLINES: Hospital Fires 200 For Missing Deadline
• OMICRON: Omicron COVID variant causes stricter travel rules for entering the US
• Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant
• AstraZeneca Covid vaccine creator warns next pandemic could be worse
• MIX AND MATCH: Mix-and-match J&J Covid booster raised immune response after Pfizer vaccine, study finds

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This week, with the arrival of the new Omicron variant of COVID 19, we look at what is known, and what experts are saying as we head toward the holidays.

This week, after we present an update on Donald Trump's prospective 2024 running mates, we analyze news that Jack Dorsey has decided to step away from his role as CEO of social media giant Twitter (Dorsey has provided no comment on whether or not he could be in the rankings as one of Trump's possible VP candidates). We also look at the latest in the Jeffrey Epstein saga, as the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell begins, and the FAA has released new files about where the rich pedophile had flown in the last years prior to his arrest.

Then we shift our attention over to the new omicron variant of COVID 19, first detected in South Africa and thereby prompting travel bans from many African nations. As the first instance of the variant in the United States has just made headlines, what are experts saying about this latest mutation of the coronavirus? We look at this, and much more, on this week's installment of Middle Theory.

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• TRUMP 2024: 'They're all begging me': Trump's 2024 veep tryouts get underway
• DORSEY DROPS: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is expected to step down, sources say
• EPSTEIN: FAA Accidentally Disclosed New Flight Data on Epstein's Private Jets
• Donald Trump, Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton all flew on Jeffrey Epstein's jet, pilot tells Ghislaine Maxwell's trial
• MORE: From 'James Bond' to private jets, Maxwell trial heads into day two
• OMICRONOLOGY: Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
• Update from WHO on the Omicron Variant
• AUDIO: Biden Delivers Remarks on Omicron Variant of Covid | NBC News
• ALARMING: Omicron mutations alarm scientists
• BAD NEWS: 'This is not going to be good': Moderna CEO on what scientists are telling him about the omicron coronavirus variant
• DOW DROPS: Stocks are under pressure again as omicron variant rattles Wall Street, Dow drops 200 points
• THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM: CDC Tells Everyone to Get THIRD Shot
• BOOSTERS: How to Decide Which Covid Booster Shot to Get
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This week, we analyze media reactions to the verdict in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, and how political lines have been drawn regarding the jury's decision.

One might say we are living in divided times... and signs of that came in recent days when a pair of Fox News contributors quit their positions, based on the network's decision to air a controversial docuseries. We look at this, as well as the anticipated passing of President Biden's Build Back Better bill... and why some commentators on both the right and left are criticizing it.

Then we shift our attention over to the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, which has finally ended after the jury's deliberations led them to conclude he was not guilty on the various charges against him. The results of the trial have left political lines drawn in the sand, and the mainstream media was quick to descend into the spin zone... but what do the facts about the case really say? We examine all this and more this week on Middle Theory.

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• PEACE OUT: Fox News Contributors Resign Over Tucker Carlson's Jan 6 Special
• DELAYED: Kevin McCarthy gives longest House floor speech in history delaying Build Back Better vote
• PASSED: House to vote on Build Back Better bill after Republican's eight-hour speech – live
• The Biden plan's tax cut optics look awful because they are awful
• GUILTY: Jury in Ahmaud Arbery death set for 2nd day of deliberations
• NOT GUILTY: Jury finds Rittenhouse not guilty in Kenosha shootings
• DELIBERATION: Guardian reports on divided attitudes toward Rittenhouse trial
• SUPREMACISTS: Tiffany Cross: GOP Praising 'Murderous White Supremacist'
• Rittenhouse tells Carlson case had 'nothing to do with race' in first interview after acquittal
• BLM: Kyle Rittenhouse: 'I support the BLM movement'

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As former Trump advisor Steve Bannon becomes the first person to be charged with criminal contempt of Congress in decades, we look at what this signals for other members of the past administration.

Leading off this week, we look at the ongoing controversy surrounding U.S. President Joe Biden's moves regarding various vaccine mandates, as well as the current court trial on everyone's mind, as we approach the final days (or perhaps even hours) of the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial. However, as former Trump advisor Steve Bannon becomes the first person to be charged with criminal contempt of Congress in decades, we look at what this means, and why the Justice Department has taken such action... all this and more, on this week's installment of Middle Theory.

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• BLOCKED: Federal appeals court halts Biden administration's vaccine requirement, delivering policy a major blow
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• MEADOWS: Committee seeks criminal charges on Meadows
• HANGMAN: Trump defends threats to 'hang' Pence
• CLAPPED: What Happened to Eric Clapton?
• AGGRESSIVELY CENTRIC: Matthew McConaughey Says Texas Needs 'Aggressively Centric' Government

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