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Los Angeles Times:
Dodger Stadium's COVID-19 vaccination site shut down after protesters gather at entrance  —  Dodger Stadium's mass COVID-19 vaccination site was shut down Saturday afternoon as dozens of protesters gathered at the entrance, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours.
Wall Street Journal:
Jan. 6 Rally Funded by Top Trump Donor, Helped by Alex Jones, Organizers Say  —  Publix Super Markets heiress donated about $300,000 to the Ellipse event, organizers say  —  The rally in Washington's Ellipse that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was arranged and funded …
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ProPublica:
Text Messages Show Top Trump Campaign Fundraiser's Key Role Planning the Rally That Preceded the Siege  —  Caroline Wren, a Trump fundraiser, is listed as a “VIP Advisor” in a National Park Service permit for the Jan. 6th rally at the Ellipse.  Text messages and a planning memo show …
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Texas City Councilman Posted Photo Of Noose After Insurrection, Saying 'Let ‘Em Hang’  —  Martin Holsome, a city councilman running for governor, is part of a growing group of Republicans embracing right-wing extremism and cheering the Capitol riot.  —  A small-time city councilman in Texas …
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Woman charged in Capitol riot said she wanted to shoot Pelosi ‘in the friggin’ brain,' FBI says  —  Federal authorities arrested two women in Pennsylvania on Friday on charges related to the storming of the U.S. Capitol building after the FBI said one of the women expressed an intent to shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Lawmakers are still struggling with the trauma of the Capitol riot. Pelosi is trying to help.
Discussion: The Crime Report
WSAZ-TV:
Sen. Joe Manchin reacts to WSAZ interview with Vice Pres. Kamala Harris  —  CHARLESTON/HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - After airing Thursday evening, WSAZ's exclusive interview with Vice President Kamala Harris drew national attention.  —  Friday morning, the White House answered questions …
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A Vast Web of Vengeance  —  Outrageous lies destroyed Guy Babcock's online reputation.  When he went hunting for their source, what he discovered was worse than he could have imagined.  —  Guy Babcock vividly remembers the chilly Saturday evening when he discovered the stain on his family.
New York Times:
How Trump's Focus on Antifa Distracted Attention From the Far-Right Threat  —  Federal law enforcement shifted resources last year in response to Donald Trump's insistence that the radical left endangered the country.  Meanwhile, right-wing extremism was building ominously.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Raw Story
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
How Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon's baseless theories, rose with support from key Republicans  —  As Marjorie Taylor Greene entered a runoff last year to be the Republican nominee for a U.S. House seat in Georgia, her opponent sounded the alarm.
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Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Marjorie Taylor Greene brings the GOP nothing but baggage
Discussion: Politico and The Editorial Board
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Republicans in dicey political territory in Georgia  —  After suffering major losses, Georgia Republicans enter a new election cycle in a dire political position, according to an exclusive Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll that found leading Democrats earned significantly higher ratings than their GOP counterparts.
Discussion: HotAir, The Week, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Alex Jones / WTVM-TV:
Hamilton police chief, patrolman asked to resign after body cam footage of Black Lives Matter protest surfaces  —  HAMILTON, Ga. (WTVM) - The Hamilton Chief of Police and one patrolman have been asked to resign or face termination after body cam footage of them at a Black Lives Matter protest last year surfaced earlier this week.
Discussion: ABC News
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WSB-TV:
West Georgia police chief, officer told to resign after bodycam video shows them using racial slurs
Discussion: Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
After Trump, Democrats set out on a mission to ‘repair the courts’ … WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are vetting civil rights lawyers and public defenders to nominate as judges, embarking on a mission to shape the courts after Republicans overhauled them in the last four years …
Patricia L. Garcia / KTSM-TV:
Traffic stop leads to deportation of El Paso Walmart shooting victim  —  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A survivor of the El Paso Walmart shooting has been deported, according to the Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services in El Paso.  —  The woman, only identified as Rosa to protect her identity …
CNN:
Two of Trump's impeachment defense attorneys leave team less than two weeks before trial  —  (CNN)With a little more than a week before his impeachment trial is set to begin, President Trump's legal team is in tumult.  —  Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier, who were expected to be two of the lead attorneys, are no longer on the team.
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
'It's a mess': Biden's first 10 days dominated by vaccine mysteries  —  Joe Biden promised he'd bring in a competent, tested team to run the pandemic response, set ambitious vaccination targets and impose strict public health guidelines.  —  His team arrived at the White House with a 200-page response plan ready to roll out.
Michael Gormley / Newsday:
How the plan to grant clemency to Sheldon Silver was scuttled  —  ALBANY - When President Donald Trump was reported to be considering clemency for former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver this month, it touched off a political clash played out behind the scenes in Washington and in New York …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
For McCarthy and McConnell, Two Paths on Trumpian Crisis Management  —  Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, and Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, want to take back control of Congress in 2022.  First they have to figure out how to handle Donald Trump.
C. Ryan Barber / LAW.com:
DOJ Names New Chief for Team Policing Foreign Influence in U.S.  —  Career prosecutor and former Goodwin Procter associate Jennifer Kennedy Gellie succeeds Brandon Van Grack, a longtime prosecutor who served on the Robert Mueller special counsel team.  The head of DOJ's national security division said …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote  —  The presidential election results are settled.  But the battle over new voting rules, especially for mail-in ballots, has just begun.  —  WASHINGTON — In Georgia, Arizona and other states won by President Biden …
Bonnie Berkowitz / Washington Post:
‘Who pours the kibble?’  And other answers about daily life for dogs in the White House  —  After a four-year vacancy, the position of DOTUS was filled this week by Major and Champ Biden.  When the two German shepherds entered the White House, they brought a great opportunity to dig …
Discussion: Twitchy
Washington Post:
‘Be ready to fight’: FBI probe of U.S. Capitol riot finds evidence detailing coordination of an assault  —  When die-hard supporters of President Donald Trump showed up at rally point “Cowboy” in Louisville on the morning of Jan. 5, they found the shopping mall's parking lot was closed to cars …
Discussion: Sputnik News, Raw Story and Slate
Washington Post:
Biden brother's law firm touts his connection to the president, creating an early headache for administration  —  The Florida law firm that employs President Biden's brother Frank ran a newspaper ad on Inauguration Day touting the brothers' relationship and shared values …
Yelena Dzhanova / Business Insider:
Inside Andrew Yang's presidential campaign which former employees say was rife with sexism and a hostile ‘bro culture’ … - Former staffers who worked on Andrew Yang's presidential campaign described the experience as “toxic.”  — They told Insider they experienced sexism, discrimination …
Discussion: New York Daily News
David L. Stern / Washington Post:
Ukraine stayed quiet during Trump-era pressures.  Now it's sharing some Giuliani tales.  —  KYIV — There was a consistent message from Ukraine's leadership over everything from the Trump campaign's dirt digging to Ukraine's central role in the first impeachment proceedings: No comment.
Discussion: Raw Story
Molly Jong-Fast / Vogue:
Republicans Are Over the Armed Insurrection of the Capitol.  But We Can't Be.  —  It's been 24 days since supporters of former president Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in the hopes of preventing the certification of the lawful election of his successor.  The Capitol riots were an attempted coup …
Discussion: Breitbart, HotAir and CNN
Sarah Posner / Reveal:
How the Christian right helped foment insurrection  —  Christian-right activists inside and outside of government promoted the election fraud lie and claimed God told them to “let the church roar.”  —  The Jan. 6 Save America March, where then-President Donald Trump incited a crowd to attack the U.S. Capitol, opened with a prayer.
Nina Feldman / NPR:
In Philadelphia, A Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Startup Led By 22-Year-Old  —  It started out as a group of college friends who wanted to help during the pandemic.  They had tech skills, so they used 3D printers to make face shields.  Then they organized as a nonprofit, Philly Fighting Covid …
Discussion: TheGrio and WHYY
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump's in a historically strong 2024 primary position for an ex-president  —  (CNN)Donald Trump is no longer president.  He no longer has the megaphone of Twitter.  —  But make no mistake: This is still Trump's Republican Party.  —  You see it in the actions of Republican state …
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Hillary Clinton calls on Rep. Tim Ryan to run for Ohio Senate seat  —  Hillary Clinton is among those calling for Rep. Tim Ryan to run for an open Ohio Senate seat in 2022.  —  On MSNBC Saturday morning, the Ohio Democrat said he's “looking closely” at running following Republican …
Discussion: Fox News, Twitchy and Political Wire
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
‘Played’ by GOP in the Obama era, wary Democrats and Biden go big on their own
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
CDC to Require Masks on All Forms of Public Transportation
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Josh Carter / WLOX-TV:
Bill would withhold state funds from any Mississippi school teaching The 1619 Project
The Hill:
Scrutiny grows over National Guard presence at Capitol
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Kirsty Needham / Reuters:
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Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Democrats press for path to citizenship in Covid relief
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jon Levine / New York Post:
NY Young Republicans plan ‘Re-Occupy Wall Street’ after GameStop debacle
Discussion: Sputnik News and The Daily Caller
New York Post:
Alleged 9/11 mastermind, Gitmo detainees to start getting COVID vaccines
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Copying Roosevelt, Biden Wanted a Fast Start. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Discussion: The Independent
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Trump Era Could Have Been Much, Much Worse
Erin Burnett Out Front / CNN:
'I'm out': Longtime GOP donor explains why he's leaving the party
Associated Press:
AP Analysis: Racial disparity seen in US vaccination drive
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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New York Times:
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