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WRCB-TV:
Channel 3 crew threatened with arrest after asking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a question during town hall meeting  —  A Channel 3 reporter and photojournalist were threatened with arrest after asking U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene a question during a town hall meeting in Dalton.
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Parkland Parents: Marjorie Taylor Greene Won't Get Away With Lying About Our Son  —  Linda Beigel Schulman does not have the luxury of believing in conspiracy theories.  She knows that no amount of magical thinking can bring her son back.  She knows exactly how long he's been gone.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Inside the White House's new thinking on Covid relief  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  MCCARTHY TRIES TO MAKE NICE WITH TRUMP: House Minority Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY and former President DONALD TRUMP will meet around lunchtime at Mar-a-Lago — a face-to-face we're told McCarthy requested …
U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez:
Congressman Jimmy Gomez to Introduce Resolution Expelling Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Marjorie Taylor Greene penned conspiracy theory that a laser beam from space started deadly 2018 California wildfire
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims
Jordan Pearson / VICE:
Robinhood Stops Users From Trading GameStop Stocks, Other Reddit YOLO Picks  —  With the market in chaos, even Robinhood has now turned on retail investors pumping dark-horse stocks.  —  Jordan Pearson  —  Robinhood, the fee-free investment app that has helped Redditors …
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Alexis Goldstein / Markets Weekly:
What happened with GameStop?  —  It's not David vs Goliath.  It's Goliath vs. Goliath, with David as a fig leaf  —  This is a free post from Markets Weekly, a newsletter by former Wall Street professional Alexis Goldstein.  If you appreciated this post, please consider signing up here for premium access to all posts.
New York Times:
GameStop Stock Soars as Reddit Investors Take On Wall St.  —  GameStop shares have soared 1,700 percent as millions of small investors, egged on by social media, employ a classic Wall Street tactic to put the squeeze — on Wall Street.  —  A real estate salesman in Valparaiso, Ind. A former line cook from the Bronx.
Under the Hood:
Keeping Customers Informed Through Market Volatility
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Republicans in Washington warn Wall Street: The GameStop populists are more powerful than you think
Discussion: ETFdb and Boing Boing
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Republican Party is about doing nothing  —  The Republican Party, judging from its lack of output in the House and Senate, has little to contribute to the restoration of Americans' health and prosperity.  They have essentially no interest in addressing racial inequity or in rooting out domestic terrorism.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Schumer and McConnell close to finalizing pact on organizing 50-50 Senate
Discussion: CNN and Washington Examiner
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
McCarthy to meet Trump after rift over his assertion that the former president ‘bears responsibility’ for the Capitol attack.
Discussion: NBC News
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says  —  The state attorney general, Letitia James, said the Cuomo administration likely omitted thousands of Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State attorney general accused …
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J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2022 Senate Races: Initial Ratings  —  On a potentially limited playing field, both parties look to expand past their current 50 seats  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Republicans will be defending more Senate seats than Democrats in 2022, but both sides have some potential pickup opportunities …
Discussion: USA Today
Arizona Republic:
Republicans demand audit of Kelli Ward's narrow win for Arizona GOP chair  —  Yvonne Wingett Sanchez Ronald J. HansenArizona Republic  —  After months of sounding the alarm on what she claimed was a stolen presidential election, Kelli Ward is facing questions about her own reelection Saturday as Arizona Republican Party chair.
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Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Beto O'Rourke says he's thinking about running for governor  —  Gary Kubiak describes David Culley as ‘energy in the building’  —  Want to reduce inflammation?  Try the Mediterranean diet.  —  In climate push, Biden bets on cutting fossil fuels while protecting jobs
Discussion: Fox News
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:   O'Rourke mulling run for Texas governor
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Betraying Your Church—And Your Party  —  The letter writer's message was clear: Representative Adam Kinzinger is doing the devil's work, and he is possessed by demons.  It's not hard to guess why Kinzinger would receive such a note.  He was one of 10 Republican members of Congress who defied …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Twitter's priceless gift to Biden  —  As he entered his first week in office, President Joe Biden was handed a priceless gift: the blissful sound of former President Donald Trump's Twitter silence.  —  Gone are the pre-dawn tirades, the all-caps declarations, the “Sleepy Joe” mocking …
American Prospect:
Merrick Garland Wants Former Facebook Lawyer to Top Antitrust Division  —  Susan Davies has spent much of the last decade working on behalf of major mergers and fending off antitrust enforcement.  —  Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland is working behind the scenes to install longtime aide Susan Davies …
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
New York Times:
Ease Up on the Executive Actions, Joe  —  President Biden is right to not let his agenda be held hostage, but legislating through Congress is a better path.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Oversight Board:
Announcing the Oversight Board's first case decisions  —  Today, the Oversight Board is announcing its first decisions.  —  In the five case decisions published today, the Board overturned four of Facebook's decisions, upheld one and issued nine policy recommendations to the company.
Tim Carman / Washington Post:
Subway's tuna is not tuna, but a ‘mixture of various concoctions,’ a lawsuit alleges  —  Subway describes its tuna sandwich as “freshly baked bread” layered with “flaked tuna blended with creamy mayo then topped with your choice of crisp, fresh veggies.”  It's a description designed to activate …
Discussion: Fox News, Law & Crime and Boing Boing
Washington Post:
2020 was the worst year for economic growth since the Second World War  —  New federal data offers comprehensive snapshot of a year marred by staggering job losses, waves of small-business closures and mounting inequality  —  The U.S. economy shrank by 3.5 percent last year …
Discussion: Reuters, Fox News, Axios and The Week
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Biden starts rolling back Trump anti-abortion rules  —  President Joe Biden will sign executive orders on Thursday aimed at rolling back some of the Trump administration's most far-reaching abortion restrictions, including one denying U.S. aid to health groups abroad that provide information about the procedure.
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Rebecca Jennings / Vox:
What happened when a beloved mom influencer donated to Trump  —  Taking Cara Babies taught her 1.3 million followers how to get their babies to sleep.  Then her political affiliations sparked a social media meltdown.  —  SHARE All sharing options  —  This story is part of a group of stories called
Discussion: Twitchy
Washington Post:
Self-styled militia members in three states began planning in November for recruits, weapons ahead of Capitol breach, U.S. alleges  —  Three self-styled militia members charged in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol began soliciting recruits for potential violence within days …
 
 
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Sam Masterson / Listen to Free Radio:
LISTEN: Sen. Hawley says he never incited rioters who stormed US Capitol: ‘That is a lie’
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Jim Jordan mulling Ohio Senate run after Portman's retirement
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Redistricting delays freeze 2022 House races
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Democrats Are Laying a Trap with Trump's Impeachment Trial
Discussion: Power Line
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What was Tommy Tuberville doing in the Trump Hotel D.C.?
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Insurrection aftermath: Staffers struggle with trauma, guilt and fear
Mia Jankowicz / Business Insider:
A Trump advisor who promised to eat his shoe if Biden won is refusing to do it, citing debunked election-fraud claims
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘What Democrat beats that guy?’: Top Dems flinch from Rubio challenge
Daniel Friedman / Mother Jones:
Roger Stone Did Something Wrong
Discussion: CNN and Proof
Los Angeles Times:
Man arrested with explosives may have been targeting Gov. Newsom, authorities say
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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