memeorandum: Wearing horns and fur pelts during the Capitol riot, Jacob Chansley now wants to testify against Trump at impeachment trial (Leonard Greene/New York Daily News)

10:35 PM ET, January 29, 2021

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Mark Follman / Mother Jones:

In a Pre-Election Video, Marjorie Taylor Greene Endorsed Political Violence — Evidence continues to emerge that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has over the past several years promoted deranged conspiracy theories and endorsed violence against perceived political enemies.

Discussion: Business Insider, Common Dreams, The Week, American Enterprise Institute, Muslim Advocates, Conservative News Today, TheGrio, The Independent, The Intellectualist, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, INDIVISIBLE VENTURA, The Federalist and The Hill

Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …:

On Marjorie Taylor Greene — I knew Marjorie Taylor Greene was QAnon and a 9/11 truther. — Today, I learn the congresswoman from Georgia who replaces Cynthia McKinney as Georgia's in-house antisemite believes the Jews have an orbital space laser that started wild fires in California to clear a path for a high speed rail system.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, HotAir, Jewish Journal, Vanity Fair, GV Wire and Vox

Catie Edmondson / New York Times:

Marjorie Taylor Greene Controversies Are Piling Up. Republicans are Quiet. — In a newly unearthed video from 2018, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that 9/11 was a hoax, President Barack Obama was a Muslim and the Clintons were guilty of murder.

Discussion: CNN, HRC, New York Magazine, Religion News Service, Al Jazeera, Raw Story and CNBC

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Kevin McCarthy Made a Pilgrimage to the Holy Shrine of the Golden Commode — It's a damn miracle, is what it is. Barely three weeks ago, — El Caudillo Del Mar-a-Lago — was the most successful insurrectionist leader since Robert E. Lee. The Republicans were huddled in the bowels …

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CNN:
George W. Bush to thank Dick Cheney, father of Liz Cheney, 'for his daughter's service'

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NBC News:
Rep. Cori Bush moving office away from Marjorie Taylor Greene 'for my team's safety'

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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2019 suggested Ruth Bader Ginsburg was replaced with a body double

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Ron Kampeas / The Times of Israel:
RJC slams Marjorie Taylor Greene's ‘indefensible’ Jewish space laser comments

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Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
Rep. Cori Bush says she's changing offices after being ‘berated’ in a hallway by a maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene

Discussion: The Guardian, CNN, The Daily Caller, IJR, The Hill, The American Independent and Washington Examiner

Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Center-right Republicans fear party headed for disaster

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New York Times:

Tracking the Oath Keepers Who Attacked the Capitol — Alleged conspirators Other raid participants Alleged conspirators — Donovan Crowl and Jessica Watkins — both members of the Oath Keepers with ties to its leader — have been accused by federal investigators of coordinating …

Discussion: Ohio Capital Journal

New York Times:

Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny — A number of members of Congress have links to organizations and movements that played a role in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. — WASHINGTON — The video's title was posed as a question, but it left little doubt about where the men who filmed it stood.

Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Intellectualist

New York Times:

Legal Pressure on Trump Increases With Judge's Order in Fraud Inquiry — The order, answering a demand for documents by New York's attorney general, rejected a bid to shield the records with attorney-client privilege. — A New York judge on Friday increased pressure on former President …

Discussion: The Hill, CNN and Raw Story

David Corn / Mother Jones:

“Stop the Steal” Organizer Called for “Execution” of Trump's Foes — Weeks before the murderous mob of insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol on January 6 to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory, a leader of the so-called Stop the Steal movement stood before a crowd …

Ali Breland / Mother Jones:

A Major Trump Forum Scrubs Its Archives of Thousands of Pre-Riot Posts — Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. — In the days ahead of the January 6 Capitol riot, there were warnings …

Eric Cantor / Washington Post:

Many of my fellow politicians won't tell voters the truth. The result was Jan. 6. — Telling the public only what it wants to hear is no way to keep democracy going — In the fall of 2013, in the middle of what was at the time the second-longest government shutdown in American history …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Examiner, AGF Perspectives, Oil City News, WTOP, The Hill, New York Magazine, Mother Jones, Daily Kos and Letters from an American

Washington Post:

Pipe bombs found near Capitol on Jan. 6 are believed to have been placed the night before — The two pipe bombs that were discovered on Jan. 6 near the U.S. Capitol shortly before a mob stormed the building are believed to have been planted the night before, according to a law enforcement official familiar …

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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:

Single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine 66 percent effective against moderate and severe illness — A coronavirus vaccine with less onerous storage and administration requirements could be a ‘game changer’ — A single-shot coronavirus vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson …

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Sony Salzman / ABC News:
Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine 85% effective against severe COVID-19 disease

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Matthew Herper / STAT:
J&J one-dose Covid vaccine is 66% effective, a weapon but not a knockout punch

Discussion: Slate, One America News Network, NBC Los Angeles, Reason, New York Post, The Verge, Novavax Inc. and Deseret News

Katie Rogers / New York Times:

Job Seekers With Trump White House on Their Résumés Face a Cold Reality — Working at the White House has traditionally been a ticket to a lucrative future. But that hasn't been the case so far for Trump alumni. — WASHINGTON — After announcing her departure …

Stuart Emmrich / Vogue: 8 Things to Know About Jen Psaki, Biden's Press Secretary

Matt Viser / Washington Post:

Biden, Democrats prepare to move beyond efforts to woo Republicans — A week and a half into the Biden presidency, Democrats are adopting a more muscular approach to dealing with Republicans, essentially declaring they will work with them if they can but are prepared move past them if they must.

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Washington Post:

D.C. area awaits biggest snowstorm in two years; snowfall starts Sunday, possibly lasting to Tuesday — Four to eight inches of snow is most likely, although substantially more or a bit less cannot be ruled out — This article has been updated with Capital Weather Gang's snowfall forecast map (above).

Washington Post:

Trump White House donated 8,700 ventilators to other nations. Officials now don't know where many of them are, watchdog finds. — The Trump administration spent $200 million to send more than 8,700 ventilators to countries around the world last year, with no clear criteria for determining …

Discussion: Sputnik News

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

The GOP's whining about Biden is absurd. Good thing Democrats are ignoring it. — Let's state this clearly. Broadly speaking, Republicans are simply not part of the conversation in any meaningful sense about how to address the two biggest crises facing the country right now …

Discussion: The American Independent, New York Times, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Slate and NBC News

Reuters:

Famed GameStop bull ‘Roaring Kitty’ is a Massachusetts financial advisor — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A YouTube streamer who helped drive a surge in the shares of GameStop Corp is a 34-year-old financial advisor from Massachusetts and until recently worked for insurance giant MassMutual, public records and social media posts show.

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Emma Hurt / NPR:

‘A Hostage Situation Every Day’: Strategists Blame Trump For Georgia Senate Losses — The Georgia Senate runoffs were the first test of outgoing President Donald Trump's ability to bring his most fervent supporters to the polls without his name on the ballot.

Discussion: Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Eschaton

Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:

Red Alert: The Return of Cass Sunstein — Cass Sunstein, pictured during his tenure as director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, March 16, 2011 — When I wrote a piece last spring called “The Biden Do Not Reappoint List,” it did not even occur to me to include Cass Sunstein …

Discussion: Revolving Door Project

KING-TV:

Hundreds rush to get COVID-19 vaccine in Seattle overnight after freezer failure — A total of 1,650 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at risk of expiring Thursday night were quickly administered to more than a thousand people at UW and Swedish clinics. — SEATTLE — Hundreds of people rushed …

Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:

Businessman Bernie Moreno Likely to Enter Ohio Senate Contest — Longtime donor is one of several Republicans considering a bid to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman — WASHINGTON—Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno is likely to seek the Republican nomination to succeed retiring GOP …

Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:

‘Trump Just Used Us and Our Fear’: One Woman's Journey Out of QAnon — During the political fallout after four years of Donald J. Trump, one question is what will happen with the followers of conspiracy theories that bend Americans' perceptions of reality. — WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2017 …

Discussion: Raw Story

David Smith / The Guardian:

‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years - ex-KGB spy — The KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, Yuri Shvets, a key source for a new book, tells the Guardian — Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years …

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Politico:

Trump Navy secretary considering Pennsylvania Senate run — Kenneth Braithwaite, a former Navy secretary in the Trump administration, is weighing a Senate run in Pennsylvania in 2022, he said Friday. — “I have been approached by many in D.C. and here in Pennsylvania who have encouraged …

Leonard Greene / New York Daily News:

Wearing horns and fur pelts during the Capitol riot, Jacob Chansley now wants to testify against Trump at impeachment trial — A Capitol riot leader who said he was “betrayed” by Donald Trump for not pardoning him is willing to testify against the former president at his impeachment trial next month, his lawyer said.

Discussion: Twitchy and HotAir

Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:

“Stop The Steal” organizer bragged about a phone call with “people from the White House” weeks before the insurrection — In the same video, Ali Alexander also appeared to advocate for violence against lawmakers — In a newly uncovered video from a December 19 “Stop the Steal” rally in Arizona …

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire

Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News:

Trump Taught Teachers Conspiracy Theories. Now They're Teaching Them To Students. — As he spoke to his students during a Zoom lesson earlier this month, the northern Virginia middle school social studies teacher called the attempted coup at the Capitol on Jan. 6 “a setup.” — He would know, he said.

U.S. Department of Justice:

Two Members of the Proud Boys Indicted for Conspiracy, Other Charges Related to the Jan. 6 Riots — One defendant facing additional charges of obstructing an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers — WASHINGTON— Two members of the Proud Boys, a nationalist organization …

Discussion: Bloomberg and emptywheel

Politico:

The @meena problem — Welcome to POLITICO's 2021 Transition Playbook, your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration. — MEENA HARRIS is ambitious. — The 36-year-old's new book, “Ambitious Girl,” about how women are often smeared for their ambition …

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:

Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward rejects call for audit of party elections — The Arizona Republican Party is rebuffing demands from some of its activists to audit the procedures and results of its own election for chair and other positions, according to an email sent Thursday night to party members.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Intellectualist and Washington Examiner

Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:

Trump Impeachment Lawyer Removed A Black Juror He Said ‘Shucked And Jived’ — The South Carolina Supreme Court called attorney Greg Harris' use of a racial stereotype “troublesome.” — One of the attorneys on former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial team previously used racial stereotypes …

Discussion: Above the Law, Raw Story and Associated Press

WGAL-TV:

Marijuana and LGBTQ flags removed from Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's office — WGAL News 8 — Hide Transcript Show Transcript — Receive daily coronavirus & public health news straight to your inbox. — Submit — Privacy Notice — HARRISBURG, Pa. — There's a fight over flags at the State Capitol in Harrisburg.

Discussion: The Hill, NBC News, Rolling Stone and Raw Story