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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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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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Washington Post, emptywheel and Sputnik News
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2019 suggested Ruth Bader Ginsburg was replaced with a body double — Marjorie Taylor Greene said in February 2019 that then-Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — who died in September 2020 — didn't really make a public appearance, implying she was replaced by a body double.
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CNBC, Georgia Public Broadcasting, The Daily Caller, Twitchy and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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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New York Magazine, The Hill, Oil City News and Mother Jones
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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.”
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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First Draft, Mediaite, Business Insider, Raw Story and The Root
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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USA Today, Washington Examiner, The Independent, TheGrio, Sputnik News, Forbes, Raw Story, Fox News, The Week and Fox 59
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David Shortell / CNN:
Pipe bombs found near Capitol on January 6 were placed the night before, FBI says
Pipe bombs found near Capitol on January 6 were placed the night before, FBI says
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The Hill and Associated Press
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, USA Today, Kyodo News+, The Week, Vox and National Review
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New York Times:
Johnson & Johnson's Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants
Johnson & Johnson's Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants
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Content Lab U.S., Vox, American Prospect, Roll Call, Politico, COURIER, CBS News, Vanity Fair, HotAir, Sick Note, Forbes and MIT Technology Review
Matthew Herper / STAT:
J&J one-dose Covid vaccine is 66% effective, a weapon but not a knockout punch
J&J one-dose Covid vaccine is 66% effective, a weapon but not a knockout punch
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Slate, Reason, Novavax Inc., The Verge, New York Post and Deseret News
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, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Newsbusters, Deadline, The Wrap and Raw Story
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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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Washington Examiner, The Independent, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
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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The Daily Beast and Crooks and Liars
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.
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New York Times and Breitbart
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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 Verge and New York Post, more at Techmeme »
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
Suck It, Wall Street
Suck It, Wall Street
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RedState, The Federalist, Business Insider, The Independent, NOQ Report and CNN
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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TheBlaze, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Breitbart, NPR, The Verge, Crooks and Liars, The Wrap, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Variety, Mashable, UPI, Forbes, Mother Jones and New York Post, more at Techmeme »
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Public Statement — Statement of Acting Chair Lee and Commissioners Peirce, Roisman …
Public Statement — Statement of Acting Chair Lee and Commissioners Peirce, Roisman …
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Bloomberg, Conservative News Today, Marketplace, The Daily Caller, TheStreet, ABC News, TechCrunch, New York Post, CNBC, Washington Post and Vox, more at Techmeme »
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 and The Intellectualist
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 …
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 …
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Revolving Door Project
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 …
Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
An Interview With Sen. Rob Portman — The Republican from Ohio discusses his retirement, the current political environment, and impeachment. — 6 hr ago — On Thursday, I interviewed Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who recently announced his retirement. We discussed the lack of civility in politics …
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FOX 2 and New York Times
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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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 …
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Associated Press and Raw Story
Janice Dean / New York Post:
Finally, Gov. Cuomo is called to task — There's a truth that the media and others who fawned over Gov. Cuomo didn't want to hear: that his executive orders were one of the biggest reasons why so many of our parents and grandparents died of COVID in their eldercare facilities.
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Guy Benson / Townhall:
Analysis: Damning Report from Democratic NY Attorney General Confirms Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal
Analysis: Damning Report from Democratic NY Attorney General Confirms Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal
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National Review, CNBC and Instapundit
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.
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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 …
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Raw Story
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts:
NEW THIS AM: Warren Calls on the SEC to Address Stock Market Gamesmanship Amid Volatile GameStop Trades — “The recent chaos reveals a clear distortion in securities markets, with benefits accruing to investors that do not clearly benefit the company's workers, consumers, or the broader economy.”
Jonathan V. Last / Bulwark+:
Washington: A Love Story — How Republican lies are killing the city I once loved. — 1. The Capitol — I'd like to tell you a story. — I took my first grown-up, unsupervised trip to Washington in the spring of 1996. I was a college senior in Baltimore and during the pause before finals …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
The Antipope of Mar-a-Lago — The ousted leader refused to relent to reality. — Set against a backdrop of avarice and inequality and persistent sickness, distrust and misrule, the leader exploited and exacerbated societal unrest to seize and flaunt vast power—doing anything and everything he could to try to keep it in his grip.
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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Andrew Sullivan / The Weekly Dish:
The Vaccines' Race Against Time — As the virus adapts, these months may be the hardest of them all. — One strange aspect of plagues is that they often finish strong. I learned this the hard way last time around. Many people have a general sense of AIDS being terrible in the 1980s …
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).