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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
GOP Congresswoman Blamed Wildfires on Secret Jewish Space Laser — Axios has a small squib about “The Mischief Makers,” a handful of idiosyncratic congressional backbenchers who make trouble for their respective party leadership. The leading Democratic mischief-maker is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Center-right Republicans fear party headed for disaster — The Republican Party is riven by internal tensions, and moderate voices fear it is headed for disaster at the hands of the far right. — The centrists' worry is that the party is branding itself as the party of insurrectionists and conspiracy theorists.
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The Independent and Washington Post
Axios:
Scoop: GOP ignored its early fears about Marjorie Taylor Greene — During previously unreported meetings last summer, House Republican leaders discussed — but then largely set aside — fears that QAnon-supporting conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene would end up a flaming trainwreck for their party.
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The Week, Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Business Insider, Raw Story, Washington Post, National Review and Mock Paper Scissors
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Brian Williams Deadpan Trolls Trump, McCarthy With ‘Exclusive Video’ Of Meeting — The MSNBC host promised “exclusive” footage of the former president's time with the House Republican leader — then cut to something hilariously different. — MSNBC's Brian Williams poked fun …
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TMZ.com, Deadline, Newsbusters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Wrap and Raw Story
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Brian Williams Roasts Kevin McCarthy with ‘Exclusive Video’ of Mar-a-Lago Meeting with Trump — MSNBC's Brian Williams cuttingly lampooned House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy by presenting what Williams said was footage of McCarthy's meeting with ex-President Donald Trump at Trump's West Palm Beach resort.
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The Daily Beast and Crooks and Liars
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Anti-Trump group launches $1M billboard campaign calling on Cruz, Hawley, McCarthy to resign — The anti-Trump Republican Accountability Project is kicking off a $1 million billboard campaign Thursday that targets 12 Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Tom Porter / Business Insider:
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy visited Trump in Florida to seek his favor, showing how the party is still beholden to him
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy visited Trump in Florida to seek his favor, showing how the party is still beholden to him
Politico:
Trump may poison the party, but Republicans have decided they need him
Trump may poison the party, but Republicans have decided they need him
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Gallup, The Dispatch, Raw Story, PRESS RUN, Florida Politics, The Message Box and Reuters
Washington Post:
Hostility between congressional Republicans and Democrats reaches new lows amid growing fears of violence
Hostility between congressional Republicans and Democrats reaches new lows amid growing fears of violence
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New York Times, Daily Kos, Associated Press, CNN, Fox News, The Dispatch, iPolitics and The Daily Beast
Under the Hood:
An Update on Market Volatility — This past year, we've seen the financial markets become a voice for the voiceless. We've seen a new generation of people come into the markets, sparking conversations about what it means to be an investor. Our customers have shown the world that investing …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Public Statement — Statement of Acting Chair Lee and Commissioners Peirce, Roisman, and Crenshaw Regarding Recent Market Volatility — Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee Commissioner Hester M. Peirce Commissioner Elad L. Roisman Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw
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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 …
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Business Insider, The Independent and Raw Story
New York Times:
Johnson & Johnson's Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants — The vaccine's efficacy rate dropped from 72 percent in the United States to just 57 percent in South Africa, where a highly contagious variant is driving most cases. — Johnson & Johnson announced …
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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine 66 percent effective against moderate and severe illness
Single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine 66 percent effective against moderate and severe illness
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New York Times, Vox, New York Post, Novavax Inc., The Week, HotAir and National Review
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Suck It, Wall Street — In a blowout comedy for the ages, finance pirates take it up the clacker — In the fall of 2008, America's wealthiest companies were in a pickle. Short-selling hedge funds, smelling blood as the global economy cratered, loaded up with bets against finance stocks …
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Business Insider, The Federalist, The Independent, NOQ Report, True News Hub and Washington Post
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Wall Street Journal:
Keith Gill Drove the GameStop Reddit Mania. He Talked to the Journal.
Keith Gill Drove the GameStop Reddit Mania. He Talked to the Journal.
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New York Times, The Information and HotAir
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
GameStop Story Illustrates What I've Told You About the Elites
GameStop Story Illustrates What I've Told You About the Elites
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Reuters, Jacobin, Conservative News Today, Townhall and Liberty Unyielding
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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CNN
Politico:
'I'm just furious': Relations in Congress crack after attack — Some House lawmakers are privately refusing to work with each other. Others are afraid to be in the same room. Two members almost got into a fist fight on the floor. And the speaker of the House is warning that “the enemy is within.”
Axios:
Conservatives warn culture, political wars will worsen — The verdict is clear: The vast majority of Republicans will stand firm with former President Trump. The next phase is clear, too: Republicans are rallying around a common grievance that big government, big media and big business …
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Raw Story and Associated Press
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: My wild day in Wyoming with Matt Gaetz — DRIVING THE DAY — TARA WRITES FROM CHEYENNE, Wyo. — When the opportunity arose to fly across the country to see whether a slick-suited, 30-something congressman from Florida could stage a substantial rally in the name of DONALD TRUMP …
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Ignoring calls to pull back, Gaetz slams Cheney in her home state
Ignoring calls to pull back, Gaetz slams Cheney in her home state
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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.
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Raw Story
Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Arizona GOP lawmaker introduces bill to give Legislature power to toss out election results — The Republican chair of Arizona's state House Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill Wednesday that would give the Legislature authority to override the secretary of state's certification of its electoral votes.
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Washington Post, Ballotpedia, Talking Points Memo, Arizona Republic, Business Insider and NPR
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
U.S. handling of American evacuees from Wuhan increased coronavirus risks, watchdog finds — The special counsel also criticized the HHS general counsel's office for its ‘attempts to shame the whistleblower.’ — As the first American evacuees from Wuhan, China, touched down at a California military base …
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HuffPost, The Hill, Business Insider, Fox News and Raw Story
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 …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Body Camera Footage Shows Capitol Rioters Trampling Over Woman — Video obtained by The Times provides a police officer's view of the deadly battle to defend a key entryway from the surging mob. — As 34-year-old Rosanne Boyland lay dying on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 6 after being crushed by a mob …
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Daily Kos
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 …
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 …
RealClearInvestigations:
DC Fails To Disbar Anti-Trump FBI Lawyer Despite Guilty Plea — As the U.S. government seeks prison time for a former FBI lawyer who admitted falsifying evidence to spy on a former Trump aide, the District of Columbia Bar association hasn't begun an investigation to strip him of his law license, records show.
Associated Press:
Man who wore horns at riot willing to speak at Trump's trial — PHOENIX (AP) — The lawyer for an Arizona man who took part in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns is offering to have his client testify at former President Donald Trump's upcoming impeachment trial.
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HotAir, The Daily Caller, emptywheel and Business Insider
Douglas Perry / Oregonian:
‘Charming’ D.B. Cooper suspect Sheridan Peterson dies at 94, spent years dedicated to political causes — Sheridan Peterson, long considered a suspect in the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case, died Jan. 8 in California. He was 94. — The California native served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II …
Wall Street Journal:
Suspected Russian Hack Extends Far Beyond SolarWinds Software, Investigators Say — Roughly 30% of victims are said to have no connection to the network-management company's tainted software — Investigators probing a massive hack of the U.S. government and businesses say they have found concrete evidence …
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Washington Post:
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up — Air Force One was fueled and ready for the final flight. — This was the end for Donald Trump, the last hours of a progressively more noxious and isolated presidency.
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The Hill, New York Times and Raw Story
Massimo Faggioli / Commonweal Magazine:
Lots of Politics, Little Legitimacy — The USCCB needs an ecclesial and theological vision. — U.S. Catholicism Bishops Joe Biden — The second Catholic president of the United States is the first to hold office in the midst of an American intra-Church crisis.
Washington Post:
New Georgia runoffs data finds that more Black voters than usual came out. Trump voters stayed home. — Those slight differences helped Democrats win the Senate. — This month, Georgia voters sent two Democrats to the U.S. Senate after runoff elections, breaking with a decades-long history of electing Republicans.
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Washington Examiner
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
The Conservative Case Against the Boomers — For bleakness, scope, and entropic finality, the progressive critique of the generation has nothing on the social-conservative one. — Everyone's fed up with the baby boomers. Younger progressives charge them with a form of generational hoarding—of titles and power but mostly of money.
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Althouse
Issues & Insights:
Biden's Worst Executive Order Went Almost Entirely Unnoticed — In the flurry of President Joe Biden's executive orders was one that was almost entirely overlooked but could easily end up having the biggest impact. — The order also seems harmless enough, going by the seemingly innocent title “Modernizing Regulatory Review.”
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NBC News, BORDER/LINES, IJR, Associated Press, New Republic, HotAir and thepavlovictoday.com
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Oath Keepers Got Ammo Discount for Post-Election ‘Chaos’ — KEEP THE FAITH … The store offering the sale was until very recently run by police officers, including a member of the far-right militia group. — In the days before the Nov. 3 election, the far-right paramilitary group …
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Raw Story
CNN:
I'm one of the 1%. We should support Biden in raising our taxes — John MacIntosh was a partner at a leading global private equity firm, where he worked in New York, Tokyo and London. He now runs a nonprofit in New York. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
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Raw Story