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1:05 PM 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:
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
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.
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.
Washington Post:
Hostility between congressional Republicans and Democrats reaches new lows amid growing fears of violence
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 and USA Today
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 …
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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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 …
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
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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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: WTOP
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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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts:
NEW THIS AM: Warren Calls on the SEC to Address Stock Market Gamesmanship Amid Volatile GameStop Trades
Discussion: Washington Post, TheGrio and Gothamist
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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Under the Hood:
An Update on Market Volatility
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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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 …
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
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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Casper Star-Tribune:
Watch now: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, remote Donald Trump Jr. speak at Cheyenne protest against Rep. Liz Cheney
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.
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.”
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
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 …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden's Iran envoy will complicate his Syria approach  —  This piece has been updated.  —  Washington is buzzing about the controversy surrounding the selection of ex-Obama administration official Robert Malley to be President Biden's Iran envoy.  The fight between Malley's supporters …
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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
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:
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, Raw Story and New York Times
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.
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
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: Raw Story
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 …
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
 
 
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Sean Illing / Vox:
American fascism isn't going away
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Liz Navratil / Star Tribune:
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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
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Jesse Paul / The Colorado Sun:
Ken Buck says he will not challenge Michael Bennet in 2022 Senate race
Discussion: Denver Post and Political Wire
CNN:
I'm one of the 1%. We should support Biden in raising our taxes
Discussion: Raw Story
Massimo Faggioli / Commonweal Magazine:
Lots of Politics, Little Legitimacy
 Earlier Items: 
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
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Emily Benedek / Tablet Magazine:
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Grace Segers / CBS News:
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RealClearInvestigations:
DC Fails To Disbar Anti-Trump FBI Lawyer Despite Guilty Plea
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Oath Keepers Got Ammo Discount for Post-Election ‘Chaos’
Discussion: Raw Story
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
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