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Jan. 6 committee preparing to aggressively enforce subpoenas, targets former Trump DOJ official — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack is planning to ramp up its efforts to force Trump administration officials to cooperate with its inquiry and on Wednesday it issued …
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Reuters:
‘There have to be consequences:’ Judge ups sentences for Capitol rioters — A federal judge in Washington has repeatedly sentenced people who stormed the U.S. Capitol to more prison time than prosecutors sought, saying that even people who were not violent should face consequences for joining the unprecedented assault.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump cronies who defy subpoenas may be prosecuted. Here's why that matters. — The right wing in this country, particularly under Donald Trump, has pulled off a spectacular trick. It has persuaded many neutral observers that its chronic anti-democratic bad acting is a natural …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
100 Capitol Rioters Have Pleaded Guilty. Here's What They Did And What They're Facing.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judge holds D.C. corrections officials in contempt over treatment of Jan. 6 defendant
Judge holds D.C. corrections officials in contempt over treatment of Jan. 6 defendant
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
As Budget Bill Hangs in Limbo, Kyrsten Sinema Heads to Europe — With the Senate out of session, Ms. Sinema, the Democratic senator from Arizona, has been in Europe on a fund-raising trip. — Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the moderate Arizona Democrat who has objected to the size and scope …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
'We're going to make her life unpleasant': Activists aren't finished with Kyrsten Sinema
'We're going to make her life unpleasant': Activists aren't finished with Kyrsten Sinema
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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Katie Couric covered up RBG's contempt for taking the knee: Anchor says she edited 2016 interview to ‘protect’ the elderly justice after she said people who kneel for the anthem were ‘dumb and disrespectful’ — Katie Couric has admitted to editing out Ruth Bader Ginsburg's controversial comments …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Critical race theory is a potent issue in the Virginia governor's race — Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin doesn't get the most applause during his rallies when he talks about lowering taxes or assails President Biden. The loudest cheers come when Youngkin promises …
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Washington Post:
Democrats send heavy hitters to boost McAuliffe, amid anxiety over his race — Prominent Democrats from across the country are mobilizing to try to lift Terry McAuliffe to victory in the final weeks of the Virginia governor's race, a critical election that has put Democrats on edge …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The slippery slope of the GOP's anti-vaccine-mandate push — For a while in this space, we've been focused on a looming question: How long before Republicans' coronavirus vaccine skepticism and anti-mandate fervor makes the next logical jump: to the other vaccines that have been mandated for many years?
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why it matters that Jim Jordan wants to ‘ban all vaccine mandates’
Why it matters that Jim Jordan wants to ‘ban all vaccine mandates’
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Greg Abbott's vaccine demagoguery: Welcome to ‘lethal partisanship’
Greg Abbott's vaccine demagoguery: Welcome to ‘lethal partisanship’
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas and ex-USC dean indicted on bribery charges — Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of taking bribes from a former USC dean in exchange for supporting millions of dollars in L.A. County contracts …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Walker cancels fundraiser with supporter who had swastika in her Twitter profile — Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker canceled a fundraiser with a conservative film producer who until Wednesday used a rendering of a swastika as her Twitter profile picture.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Two new polls should really light a fire under Democrats — A big problem Democrats face right now is that congressional sausage making is so repellent and ugly that it risks alienating voters precisely when Democrats need them to be open to the details of their proposals.
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms Along Nearly the Entire U.S. Coastline — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced that her agency will formally begin the process of identifying federal waters to lease to wind developers by 2025. — WASHINGTON - The Biden administration announced …
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
White House formally rejects Trump's request to protect specific documents from being given to January 6 investigators — Erin Burnett: This is all information Trump doesn't want anyone to know — (CNN)The White House formally rejected the request by former President Donald Trump …
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Top conservative lawyers steer clear of Trump's latest legal fight
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News:
A Black Trans “Hamilton” Cast Member Has Filed A Discrimination Complaint Against The Show — When Hamilton first opened on Broadway, the musical became nothing short of a sensation, racking up Tony Awards and being widely championed as a celebration of a diverse and progressive America.
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Deadline, CBS News and The Daily Beast
Jenni Fink / Newsweek:
Trump Says Republicans Won't Vote in Midterms, 2024 Election if 2020 Fraud Isn't ‘Solved’ — Former President Donald Trump believes Republicans will sit out the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential election, of which he may be a contender, if the fraud he believes occurred during the 2020 election isn't “solved.”
The Advocate:
Late Gov. Edwin Edwards' wife had his remains exhumed and cremated; his children are angry — About 10 weeks after former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards died, his widow had him dug up from a Baton Rouge cemetery so she could have him cremated. — For now, Trina Edwards is keeping his remains …
Ryan Mac / New York Times:
Facebook clamps down on its internal message boards. — Facebook told employees on Tuesday that it was making some of its internal online discussion groups private, in an effort to minimize leaks. — Many Facebook employees join online discussion groups on Workplace …
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Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Facebook to change rules on attacking public figures on its platforms
EXCLUSIVE Facebook to change rules on attacking public figures on its platforms
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Michael Lange / The Narrative Wars:
Sandy Nurse Meets the Moment — The emerging leftist leader's journey from Zuccotti Park to City Hall - and everywhere in between … After launching an upstart bid for city council that galvanized New York City's ascendant progressive left, Sandy Nurse and her campaign were left to pick …
Tara Copp / Defense One:
An Afghanistan Evac Flight Was Almost Hijacked, Air Force Reveals — While the chaos at HKIA is over, the effort to evacuate Afghans is not. Here's how the U.S. is still getting people out. — The State Department estimates that “a couple thousand” additional evacuees have been able …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix Staff Raised Concerns About Chappelle Special Before Its Release — The company is dealing with an internal outcry unprecedented in its history. — Netflix Inc. employees raised concerns about offensive material in Dave Chappelle's new comedy special “The Closer” days before its release …
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Tom Hanson / KCLO-TV:
Case sealed in arrest of South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Gary Cammack — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Gary Cammack of Union Center serves District 29 which includes Butte, Meade, and Pennington Counties. He was elected Senate Majority Leader in 2021. — According to a state website …
Gothamist:
Hacked Records Reveal Hundreds Of Oath Keepers Across New Jersey — Over the last decade, dozens of current and former law enforcement officers, military personnel, and government officials in New Jersey joined a far-right, anti-government militia called the Oath Keepers …
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Salt Lake Tribune
Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
A year of country music controversies has left some fans disappointed — and wondering whether they should keep listening — This month, after causing an online stir with photos of his toddlers wearing anti-President Biden T-shirts on Instagram, country superstar Jason Aldean doubled down …
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Hayley Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Reagan ranch, backdrop for legendary figures, threatened by Alisal fire — The Alisal fire in Santa Barbara County is threatening the former vacation home of President Reagan. — Threatened by fire — Flames were nearing Rancho del Cielo, the 688-acre ranch known as the “Western White House …
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia ballot inspection case dismissed after no fraud found — A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday by Donald Trump supporters who sought to inspect absentee ballots from last year's presidential election, a decision that came a day after Georgia investigators told the court they were unable …
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Whatever Joe Biden and the Democrats decide will be the best outcome democracy can produce while being sabotaged — Cut these Democrats some slack. — The thing you are not hearing from the Washington press corps is this: The Democrats are the party of the American majority.
madison.com:
Michael Gableman should resign, or be removed, immediately — Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman is a bumbling political careerist who gave up his seat on the state's highest court bench because his tenure had been so disgraceful that he would never have been re-elected.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Minneapolis Police Caught on Video ‘Hunting’ Activists — Local civil rights leaders demand firings, denounce “terrorism at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department” — “You see a fucking group” in the street, a Minneapolis police sergeant in a riot helmet told his fellow officers: “Fuck 'em up, gas 'em, fuck 'em up.”
Joseph Trevithick / The Drive:
Robot Dogs Now Have Assault Rifles Mounted On Their Backs — Ghost Robotics and SWORD International have teamed up to create a rifle-toting “robot dog.” Called the Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle, or SPUR, the system adds a 6.5mm Creedmoor rifle from SWORD to one of Ghost Robotics' quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles, or Q-UGVs.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Most GOP Voters Want Trump to Run Again, but Among Those Who Don't, Pence and DeSantis Are the Leaders — 67% of GOP voters say Trump should run for president in 2024 while 29% say he shouldn't — Two-thirds of Republican voters say they want former President Donald Trump to run for president in 2024 …
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