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11:40 AM ET, January 29, 2021

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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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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.
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 …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Brian Williams Roasts Kevin McCarthy with ‘Exclusive Video’ of Mar-a-Lago Meeting with Trump
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Center-right Republicans fear party headed for disaster
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Anti-Trump group launches $1M billboard campaign calling on Cruz, Hawley, McCarthy to resign
Discussion: 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
Discussion: Breitbart and CNN
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Did Biden Just Make Everything Normal Again?
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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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 …
New York Times:
Robinhood, in Need of Cash, Raises $1 Billion From Its Investors  —  The no-fee trading app, which is popular with young investors, has been strained by the high volume of trading this week in stocks such as GameStop.  —  Facing an onslaught of demands on its cash amid a stock market frenzy …
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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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Bloomberg:
J&J Vaccine Is 100% Effective at Stopping Deaths, Hospital Stays  — Shot shows 66% efficacy against disease in large global trial  — Easier-to-store vaccine could reinvigorate immunization push  —  Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine generated strong protection against Covid-19 in a large …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
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.
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
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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
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 …
Discussion: CNN
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Althouse
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.
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and Raw Story
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.”
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sean D. Naylor / Yahoo News:
Mattis: Trump ‘fomented’ Jan. 6 Capitol assault  —  Former Defense Secretary James Mattis said Thursday the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol was “fomented” by former President Donald Trump, and exemplified the “internal threats” faced by the U.S. that should be viewed “with every bit as much gravity …
 
 
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Grace Segers / Poynter:
A reporter shares her minute-by-minute recollection of being trapped in the Senate on Jan. 6
Washington Examiner:
Fauci's anti-Trump barbs undermine his COVID messaging at a crucial time
Discussion: Slate
Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Ken Buck says he will not challenge Michael Bennet in 2022 Senate race
Discussion: Denver Post and Political Wire
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Maxine Cheshire, Post reporter and columnist with ‘the guts of a cat burglar,’ dies at 90
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Conservative populism might finally be getting the intellectual heft it needs
Emily Benedek / Tablet Magazine:
California Is Cleansing Jews From History
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Joe Lieberman: Eliminating filibuster wouldn't be good for the nation
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Joanne B. Freeman / New York Times:
When the Threat of Political Violence Is Real
Merrill Matthews / The Hill:
So much for Joe Biden, moderate
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
The San Francisco School District's renaming debacle has been a historic travesty
Politico:
'For Christ's sake, watch yourself': Biden warns family over business dealings
Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Noem refuses to say whether Biden victory was free and fair
Politico:
‘Betrayed’: Republicans urge Biden to change course on stimulus
 

 
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