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Washington Post:
BEFORE THE ATTACK  —  Law enforcement officials did not respond with urgency to a cascade of warnings about violence on Jan. 6  — Alerts were raised by local officials, FBI informants, social media companies, former national security officials, researchers, lawmakers and tipsters.
Sally Buzbee / Washington Post:
Letter from Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee about The Post's Jan. 6 investigation  —  DEAR READER:  —  The insurrection that took place on Jan. 6 at the United States Capitol was one of the most consequential moments in American history.  The events of that day led …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:   After Jan. 6, threats and disinformation take hold across the U.S.
Washington Post:
‘Like any other day’: Frequency of violent threats on Capitol Hill unnerves staffers
Discussion: HotAir
Matt Taibbi / TK News:
The “Let's Go, Brandon!”  Freakout Goes Next-Level  —  A Southwest pilot earns ISIS comparisons for joking into a loudspeaker, as pundits continues to mass-forget the previous four years  —  FBI Special Agent-turned-CNN Political Analyst Asha Rangappa — gosh that resume sounds unsurprising …
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Wynne Davis / NPR:
Here's what 'Let's Go, Brandon' actually means and how it made its way to Congress
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden's job rating sinks to 42 percent in NBC News poll a year from midterms  —  WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Joe Biden's job performance, while half give him low marks for competence and uniting the country, according to results from the latest national NBC News poll.
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Biden, Democrats failing to sell agenda to American people: POLL  —  Roughly 7 in 10 Americans know little about the bills Democrats are negotiating.  —  Negotiations on the infrastructure and social program bills have consumed Capitol Hill for months.  Still, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll …
Jess Bidgood / The Boston Globe:
The car becomes the weapon  —  Demonstrators around the country have been injured and killed by vehicle rammings, but there's been precious little justice.  And new laws could make accountability even scarcer.  —  Switch to light mode  —  TULSA, Okla. — On May 31, 2020 …
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Jan. 6 ‘Influencer’ Who Said She's ‘Definitely Not Going To Jail’ Should Go To Jail, Feds Say  —  Jenna Ryan, a Trump-loving real estate broker, called Jan. 6 “one of the best days of my life” and bragged that she wouldn't go to jail because she's white.  —  Federal prosecutors …
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
New York Times:
The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops  —  Busted taillights, missing plates, tinted windows: Across the U.S., ticket revenue funds towns — and the police responsible for finding violations.  —  Harold Brown's contribution to the local treasury began as so many others have in Valley Brook …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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New York Times:   Why Many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
‘When do we get to use the guns?’  The life-or-death stakes of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial  —  The late conservative icon Barry Goldwater famously said “extremism in defense of liberty is no vice,” but last Monday the limits of that — and American political speech in general …
Discussion: The Intercept
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Kyle Rittenhouse's Homicide Trial Will Be a Debate Over Self-Defense
Discussion: The Guardian
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
U.S. Military Jury Condemns Terrorist's Torture and Urges Clemency  —  Seven senior officers rebuked the government's treatment of an admitted terrorist in a handwritten letter from the jury room at Guantánamo Bay.  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Seven senior U.S. military officers …
Brett Bachman / Salon:
GOP candidate: Michael Flynn trying to run extortion plot on U.S. officials to reinstall Trump  —  Pennsylvania Senate candidate Everett Stern made the bombshell accusation in a press conference Saturday  —  A Republican Senate candidate alleged over the weekend that former national security adviser …
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Franken rules out run against Gillibrand  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Since moving to the Upper West Side in New York earlier this year, AL FRANKEN has been sounding out confidantes about primarying his nemesis Sen. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-N.Y.) in 2024, multiple sources tell Playbook.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Morning Shots
Rachel Vindman / USA Today:
‘It was time to fight back’: My journey from the Republican Party, through grief, to advocacy  —  On Sept. 27, 2018, I was volunteering in my daughter's second grade classroom.  My phone was buzzing with updates of Christine Blasey Ford's testimony during Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Buttigieg: 'We're the closest that we've ever been' to passing infrastructure and spending bills  —  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sounded confident Sunday that the House is close to passing both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and President Joe Biden's domestic agenda spending bill.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Buttigieg on passing spending packages: ‘We are the closest we have ever been’
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Cheney in defiant floor speech: Trump on ‘crusade to undermine our democracy’  —  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) warned in a fiery floor speech on the eve of her expected ouster from House GOP leadership that the decision by many in her party to enable former President Trump's falsehoods …
Discussion: Insider
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
What the Virginia Election Result Will Mean for Democrats and Republicans  —  Republicans hope to hit on a recipe for renewal, while Democrats worry that a loss could force them to defend seats in blue states next year.  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — During one of the most hectic weeks of her speakership …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
In a tight Virginia race, Covid concerns still make campaigning difficult for Democrats
Discussion: MSNBC and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
 
 
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Mitt Romney / Washington Post:
Filibuster or bust: Maintaining the minority's power in the Senate is critical
Discussion: CNN
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Summit on Global Supply Chain Resilience to Address Near-Term Bottlenecks and Tackle Long-Term Challenges
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Delta Surge of Covid-19 Recedes, Leaving Winter Challenge Ahead
Discussion: RedState
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Thomas Novelly / Post and Courier:
SC's Tim Scott says ‘of course’ he'll support Trump if he runs again in 2024
Yacob Reyes / Axios:
Buttigieg: No-fly list “should be on the table” for unruly passengers
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
NYC firehouses already shutting down over vaccine mandate
Discussion: New York Post and BizPac Review
Bloomberg:
As Oil Races Toward $100, Consumers Tell OPEC+ Enough Is Enough
Discussion: RedState
Kay Lazar / The Boston Globe:
Vermont, the most vaccinated state in the nation, has been weathering a spike in COVID cases. But why?
Discussion: Real Climate Science and HotAir
Washington Examiner:
The father has no place in today's Democratic Party
 

 
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Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple News adds a Live Activity widget to track the results of the US elections in real time on iPhone, iPad, and Watch

Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrest Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind the June and July 2024 hacks of up to 165 Snowflake users including AT&T

Financial Times:
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