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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.
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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.
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 …
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2019 suggested Ruth Bader Ginsburg was replaced with a body double
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
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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.
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
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 …
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Politico:
'I'm just furious': Relations in Congress crack after attack
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 …
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 …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:   “Stop the Steal” Organizer Called for “Execution” of Trump's Foes
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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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 …
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.
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
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).
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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.
Laura Begley Bloom / Forbes:
Crime In America: Study Reveals The 10 Most Unsafe Neighborhoods  —  While data shows that crime is actually down in the U.S. in recent years, many Americans believe that the country is becoming more violent than ever—and high-profile incidents like mobs rioting at the U.S. Capitol …
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
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 …
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.
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.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ex-FBI lawyer spared prison for altering Trump-Russia probe email  —  The only person charged in the Justice Department's investigation into the origins of the probe of former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and its ties to Russia was spared prison time for altering an email used to support a surveillance application.
The Dworkin Report:
EMILY's List President just released a blueprint for activists who want to run for office  —  Scott speaks with Stephanie Schriock, the President of Emily's List about her new book “Run to Win: Lessons in Leadership for Women Changing the World,” as well as the impact and repercussions …
 
 
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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
Discussion: Twitchy and HotAir
Politico:
Trump Navy secretary considering Pennsylvania Senate run
Sam Dorman / Fox News:
John Kerry family private jet emitted estimated 166 metric tons of carbon over past year
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Extremist accused of plotting to attack Newsom: A dangerous Nazi sympathizer or a ‘mouthy drunk’?
Shoshana Zuboff / New York Times:
The Other Coup  —  We can have democracy, or we can have a surveillance society, but we cannot have both.
 Earlier Items: 
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Job Seekers With Trump White House on Their Résumés Face a Cold Reality
Chandi Chapman / WTAE:
Police: South Park man submitted mail-in ballot under his deceased wife's name
Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
The Vaccines' Race Against Time  —  As the virus adapts, these months may be the hardest of them all.
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Antipope of Mar-a-Lago  —  The ousted leader refused to relent to reality.
Jonathan V. Last / Bulwark+:
Washington: A Love Story
Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
An Interview With Sen. Rob Portman
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