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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.
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Anti-Trump group launches $1M billboard campaign calling on Cruz, Hawley, McCarthy to resign
Anti-Trump group launches $1M billboard campaign calling on Cruz, Hawley, McCarthy to resign
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The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Center-right Republicans fear party headed for disaster
The Memo: Center-right Republicans fear party headed for disaster
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The Independent and Washington Post
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Brian Williams Deadpan Trolls Trump, McCarthy With ‘Exclusive Video’ Of Meeting
Brian Williams Deadpan Trolls Trump, McCarthy With ‘Exclusive Video’ Of Meeting
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TMZ.com, Newsbusters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Wrap and Raw Story
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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Daily Kos, The Daily Beast, CNN, Fox News, The Dispatch, iPolitics, The Hill and Orlando Sentinel
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, Raw Story, The Dispatch, PRESS RUN, The Message Box and Conservative News Today
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
WATCH: Brian Williams Roasts Kevin McCarthy with ‘Exclusive Video’ of Mar-a-Lago Meeting with Trump
WATCH: Brian Williams Roasts Kevin McCarthy with ‘Exclusive Video’ of Mar-a-Lago Meeting with Trump
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Crooks and Liars
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
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CNN
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
McCarthy Seeks Thaw With Trump as G.O.P. Rallies Behind Former President
McCarthy Seeks Thaw With Trump as G.O.P. Rallies Behind Former President
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Politico, Raw Story, Boing Boing, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Forbes and The Mahablog
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Did Biden Just Make Everything Normal Again?
Did Biden Just Make Everything Normal Again?
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Politico, New York Times, ABC News, Defense One, Columbia Journalism Review, The Hill, Foreign Policy, Middle East Monitor, The Federalist and Raw Story
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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Bloomberg, New York Times, Washington Times, NY State Attorney General, GameSpot, RedState, Mic, Mashable, TechCrunch, Breitbart, 9to5Mac, Law & Crime, The Verge and The Daily Beast, more at Techmeme »
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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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CNBC, TechCrunch, Crooks and Liars, UPI, The Verge, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Variety, Mashable, New York Post, Yahoo Finance and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
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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Bloomberg, TechCrunch, CNBC and Vox, more at Techmeme »
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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Content Lab U.S., Politico, ABC News, Roll Call, MIT Technology Review and HotAir
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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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New York Times, Vox, New York Post, Novavax Inc., National Review and The Week
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 …
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Wall Street Journal, NPR, Marketplace and IJR
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
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, True News Hub, The Independent, NOQ Report and Washington Post
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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, Conservative News Today, Townhall, Liberty Unyielding and Fox News
Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
How Will the GameStop Game Stop?
How Will the GameStop Game Stop?
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Slate and Above the Law, more at Techmeme »
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:
'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.”
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NBC News, New York Times, Washington Post, Mercury News, Letters from an American, NBC4 Washington and The Guardian
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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Washington Post, Letters from an American and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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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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Arizona Republic, Business Insider and NPR
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
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
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
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, emptywheel and Business Insider
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.
Emily Benedek / Tablet Magazine:
California Is Cleansing Jews From History — The state's proposed new ethnic studies curriculum is even worse than you imagined
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
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Joe Lieberman: Eliminating filibuster wouldn't be good for the nation — Former Senator Joe Lieberman believes that eliminating the legislative filibuster, a move that some congressional Democrats support, ultimately “won't be good for our country.” The former senator …
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
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
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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Salon, Washington Post, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Bangor Daily News, Sputnik News and Raw Story
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Conservative populism might finally be getting the intellectual heft it needs — Donald Trump entered his presidency with a clear set of instincts, but little in the way of detailed policy proposals. That cannot continue if the conservative-populist alliance that many on the right envision is to grow and flourish.
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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Bloomberg and ZDNet, more at Techmeme »
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 …