Top Items:
Fox News:
Former WH chief of staff Mark Meadows will cease cooperation with Jan. 6 committee — The former Trump administration official had previously been working with the committee — Fox News Flash top headlines for December 7 — Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will no longer …
Discussion:
Politico, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and Raw Story
RELATED:
New York Times:
Trump's Blood Oxygen Level in Covid Bout Was Dangerously Low, Former Aide Says — Mark Meadows, Mr. Trump's former chief of staff, said in his new book that the weakened president's blood oxygen level reached 86 during a harrowing fight against the coronavirus.
Discussion:
CNN, HuffPost, Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Rolling Stone and Insider
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Who is Jeffrey Clark and Why Does He Matter? — Clark wanted to do all the election subversion Bill Barr wouldn't. — There's no good reason you should know Jeffrey Clark's name. — Before the 2020 election, he was just another run-of-the-mill Republican lawyer with a cushy appointment in the federal government.
Discussion:
Raw Story and Washington Post
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Mark Meadows will stop cooperating with Jan. 6 panel, attorney says — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows will no longer cooperate with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, his attorney told Fox News Tuesday.
Discussion:
CNN
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's new media company is a $1.6 billion mirage — In October, former President Trump announced the creation of a new company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). Its signature product is a new social media site, Truth Social. According to an investor presentation …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Townhall, CNBC, Raw Story and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Los Angeles Times:
California Rep. Devin Nunes leaving Congress to head Trump social media group — Rep. Devin Nunes, a controversial San Joaquin Valley Republican, is leaving Congress to head a social media company created by former President Trump. — “I will deeply miss being your congressman,” Nunes said in a message to his constituents on Monday.
Discussion:
The San Joaquin Valley Sun, Washington Post, Insider, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Los Angeles Magazine, CBS News, Mother Jones, Today's Edition Newsletter, Los Angeles Blade, New York Times, HuffPost, National Review, New York Magazine, Politico, The Guardian, Bloomberg, ABC7, GlobeNewswire News Room, New York Post, The Daily Beast, POLITICUSUSA, California Globe, Washington Post, Sacramento Bee, NPR, The Daily Caller, HotAir, CBS San Francisco, Sacramento Bee, Wall Street Journal, Breitbart, KNSD-TV, Washington Examiner, WTOP News, ABC News, USA Today, Florida Politics, Sacramento Bee, The Gateway Pundit, Variety, Roll Call, KTLA, Mercury News, Trending Politics, Raw Story, Hollywood Reporter, Insider, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Biden administration considering options for possibly evacuating US citizens from Ukraine if Russia invades — (CNN)The Biden administration is exploring options for a potential evacuation of US citizens from Ukraine if Russia were to invade the country and create a dire security situation, half a dozen sources tell CNN.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Biden, Putin to discuss Ukraine in video call amid growing tensions
Biden, Putin to discuss Ukraine in video call amid growing tensions
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Hill, New York Times, New York Post, UPI, The Daily Beast, ABC News, Reuters, Raw Story, Voice of America, Insider, Fox News and USA Today
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Experts fear Putin ‘preparing citizens for war’ against Ukraine
Experts fear Putin ‘preparing citizens for war’ against Ukraine
Discussion:
Fox News, The National Interest and Politico
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Lawmakers drop proposal to add women to the draft as defense bill headaches mount — Compromise defense policy legislation set to be filed Monday will not require women to register for a military draft, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations, a stunning turnaround …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Senator Josh Hawley, ABC News, The Daily Wire, Fox News, Breitbart, Roll Call and Althouse
RELATED:
Manu Raju / CNN:
Mitch McConnell moves to cut deal on debt ceiling but faces GOP resistance
Mitch McConnell moves to cut deal on debt ceiling but faces GOP resistance
Discussion:
Politico, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Bloomberg
Zachary Faria / Washington Examiner:
Abortion isn't going to save Democrats in 2022 — Some Democrats would have you think that, if the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion would become a major election issue. But abortion doesn't put gas in your car or food on your table, and it seems that Democratic strategists recognize it won't save them in 2022.
Discussion:
Erick Erickson's Confessions …, The 19th and Marginal REVOLUTION
RELATED:
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Most voters back abortion rights but are not swayed by threat to Roe, poll finds
Most voters back abortion rights but are not swayed by threat to Roe, poll finds
Discussion:
HotAir, Jacobin and Power Line
New York Times:
Omicron Is Fast Moving, but Perhaps Less Severe, Early Reports Suggest — Researchers in South Africa, where the variant is spreading quickly, say it may cause less serious Covid cases than other forms of the virus, but it is unclear whether that will hold true.
Discussion:
HotAir, Townhall, Twitchy and Political Wire
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Yamiche Alcindor Joins NBC News as Washington Correspondent (EXCLUSIVE) … Alcindor, who is expected to start with NBC in March, will cover the Biden administration as well as the impact of federal policies on communities across the country and issues at the intersection of race …
Discussion:
TVNewser
Tom Mashberg / New York Times:
Michael Steinhardt, Billionaire, Surrenders $70 Million in Stolen Relics — The hedge fund pioneer is barred for life from buying more antiquities. He turned over 180 stolen objects that had decorated his homes and office. — Michael H. Steinhardt, the billionaire hedge fund pioneer …
Discussion:
The Daily Caller and CNBC
Gordon Lubold / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Pleads for Missile-Defense Resupply as Its Arsenal Runs Low — Conflict pits $1 million Patriot interceptors against Houthi rebels' $10,000 ‘flying lawn mowers’ — WASHINGTON—Saudi Arabia is running out of the ammunition it uses to defend against weekly drone and missile attacks …
Discussion:
Al Jazeera
Katie Honan / THE CITY:
City Hall Withheld COVID Neighborhood Death Data During NYC's 2020 Pandemic Peak, Emails Show — The city Department of Health prepared a map breaking down COVID fatalities by ZIP code in early April 2020, just as New York was about to hit the height of deaths, THE CITY has learned.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Defendant in Case Brought by Durham Says New Evidence Undercuts Charge — Lawyers for Michael Sussmann, accused by the Trump-era special counsel of lying to the F.B.I., asked for a quick trial after receiving what they said was helpful material from prosecutors.
Dean Obeidallah / MSNBC:
Media isn't partisan. Democrats need to stop claiming it is. — Too often, Democrats make the dangerous mistake of viewing the media as an ally. It's got to stop. — Donald Trump “may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS,” Les Moonves, CBS president at the time, declared during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Discussion:
CNN
Robby Soave / Reason:
Jussie Smollett Tries To Convince the Court ‘There Was No Hoax’ — Taking a page out of the Kyle Rittenhouse playbook—though with a very different outcome likely in store—former Empire star Jussie Smollett testified at his own trial on Monday. Authorities have accused the actor of hiring …
Discussion:
The Daily Wire, The Daily Caller and HotAir
Talmon Joseph Smith / New York Times:
Americans' Pandemic-Era ‘Excess Savings’ Are Dwindling for Many — The drop in cash reserves has vast implications for the working class and could dampen consumer spending, a large share of economic activity. — Infusions of government cash that warded off an economic calamity have left millions …
Discussion:
Eschaton
Politico:
Kamala Harris is Bluetooth-phobic — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With Allie Bice. — KAMALA HARRIS is never missing her AirPods. That's because she's wary of them. — While a growing number …
Discussion:
Mediaite and The Western Journal
Jessica Schneider / CNN:
How a Bannon lawyer with civil rights creds became a Trump world go-to — Keilar to attorney: Bannon is using executive privilege as a ‘cop-out’ — (CNN)David Schoen has stepped forward to represent conservative firebrand Steve Bannon in his contempt of Congress case after two previous …
Discussion:
Raw Story
RELATED:
ProPublica:
These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years — The Secret IRS Files … Here's a tale of two Stephen Rosses. — Real life Stephen Ross, who founded Related Companies, a global firm best known for developing the Time Warner Center and Hudson Yards in Manhattan, was a massive winner between 2008 and 2017.
Daily Mail:
Fury as transgender UPenn swimmer who used to compete as a man smashes TWO US women's records and finishes one race 38 seconds ahead of her nearest rival — Lia Thomas, 22, smashed two U.S. swimming records at an Akron, Ohio contest — Thomas won the 1,650 freestyle in a record …
Janelle Bitker / San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. made parklets permanent — but added so many rules that many restaurants plan to tear them down — “It's the most uncoordinated, messed up, insulting display of government incompetence,” one supervisor said — Chelsea Hung spent $5,000 on the parklet to help save her family's 25-year-old restaurant …
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
He Voted to Impeach. Can He Survive in the GOP? — Late at night on the second Tuesday of January, Peter Meijer, a 33-year-old freshman congressman from West Michigan, paced the half-unpacked rooms of his new rental apartment in Washington, D.C., dreading the decision he would soon have to make.
Axios:
Scoop: Over 200 papers quietly sue Big Tech — Newspapers all over the country have been quietly filing antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook for the past year, alleging the two firms monopolized the digital ad market for revenue that would otherwise go to local news.
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Capitol riot panel finds White House metadata on letter pushing Georgia to overturn Trump election loss — Capitol riot investigators have found evidence possibly linking the Trump White House to the Justice Department in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Hill, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Politico and Washington Post
RELATED:
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A GOP lawyer issues a frantic warning to his own party about Trump and 2024
A GOP lawyer issues a frantic warning to his own party about Trump and 2024
Discussion:
Breitbart, The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Bipartisan Report