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Elon Musk  —  SEE FULL LIST  —  The richest man in the world does not own a house and has recently been selling off his fortune.  He tosses satellites into orbit and harnesses the sun; he drives a car he created that uses no gas and barely needs a driver.  With a flick of his finger, the stock market soars or swoons.
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Edward Felsenthal / Time:
THE CHOICE … SEE FULL LIST  —  Despite shattering records this year with a net worth above $300 billion, Elon Musk demurs at being described as the richest person in the history of the world.  “Excluding sovereigns,” Musk says wryly, adding that Russia's Vladimir Putin is likely richer than he.
Politico:
Meadows Jan. 5 email indicated Guard on standby to ‘protect pro Trump people,’ investigators say  —  Mark Meadows indicated in a Jan. 5 email that the National Guard was on standby to “protect pro Trump people,” according to documents obtained by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Jan. 6 panel set to vote on holding Meadows in contempt  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is set to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Monday as lawmakers are releasing new details about thousands …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows's coverup of Trump's coup attempt is falling apart
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
House Jan. 6 committee poised to vote on holding Meadows in contempt for defying subpoena
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump says Netanyahu “never wanted peace” with the Palestinians  —  This story comes from the new season of the “How it Happened” podcast.  Subscribe to listen to the whole story, including audio recordings of a never before-heard interview with Donald Trump.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:   Samantha Power: It's Become Controversial to Provide Life-saving Aid to Palestinians
Jonathan Rauch / Persuasion:
The Real Hoax  —  “To see what is in front of one's nose,” George Orwell said, “needs a constant struggle.”  Among Donald Trump's many impressive talents is his gift for obscuring, occluding, and even inverting what is in front of America's nose.  —  Most notably, he has convinced tens …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
America's Anti-Democratic Movement  —  It's making progress.  —  American politics these days can often seem fairly normal.  President Biden has had both big accomplishments and big setbacks in his first year, as is typical.  In Congress, members are haggling over bills and passing some of them.
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: Taliban seek ties with US, other ex-foes  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers are committed in principle to education and jobs for girls and women, a marked departure from their previous time in power, and seek the world's “mercy and compassion” …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, HotAir and Insider
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Reuters:
The curious case of a map and a disappearing Taiwan minister at U.S. democracy summit  —  A video feed of a Taiwanese minister was cut during U.S. President Joe Biden's Summit for Democracy last week after a map in her slide presentation showed Taiwan in a different color to China, which claims the island as its own.
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Biden White House Censors Taiwan at Democracy Summit
Discussion: Taipei Times
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: The true cost of Biden's agenda
Discussion: New York Magazine and Vox
Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP is an anti-America party  —  I am a Democrat.  Yet I have voted for Republicans.  In fact, one of my sons ran for office as a Republican.  My other son worked for Republicans in Congress and the Republican National Committee.  —  But I can't stomach what has happened to the GOP in the last year.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Israeli airstrikes in Syria targeted chemical weapons facilities, officials say  —  Just after midnight on June 8, Israeli warplanes streaked across the country's northern frontier for a highly unusual airstrike deep inside Syrian territory.  The jets fired missiles at three military targets near …
Discussion: The Times of Israel
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Putting the Public First: Improving Customer Experience and Service Delivery for the American People  —  The Federal Government interacts with millions of people each day and provides vital services during some of the most critical moments in people's lives.
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden aims to cut bureaucratic runaround for gov't services
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
American Greatness:
Cracked Icons  —  The corrupt and mediocre heroes of the Left are imploding.  —  With fits and starts, we are slowly returning to reality after four years of mass hysteria.  Our media-deified, progressive icons are finally being exposed as the deceivers they always were.  —  Jussieopath
Lauren Collins / New Yorker:
Alison Roman Just Can't Help Herself  —  A food-world star's method and mess. … Alison Roman approves of creamed greens, knobby lemons, and iceberg lettuce.  She's a slicer of onions, not a dicer; a “ride-or-die corner person” when it comes to lasagnas and cakes.  She doesn't sift flour, soak beans, or peel ginger.
Wall Street Journal:
Some Hospitals Drop Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates to Ease Labor Shortages  —  After a judge halted a Biden administration mandate for healthcare workers to get vaccinated, employers including HCA and Tenet have removed the requirement  —  Some of the largest U.S. hospital systems …
Hayes Brown / MSNBC:
The GOP hates vaccine mandates but loves vaccines.  Here's why.  —  Vaccine mandates go against small government?  Maybe — but is a pandemic the time to lean into that?  —  Senate passes resolution to repeal Biden's private-sector vaccination mandate  —  The Senate on Thursday voted …
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Now in Your Inbox: Political Misinformation  —  One of the most powerful communication tools available to politicians teems with unfounded claims and largely escapes notice.  —  A few weeks ago, Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, falsely claimed that the centerpiece …
Discussion: Raw Story
Josie Albertson-Grove / UnionLeader.com:
Transportation Sec. Buttigieg in N.H. Monday to cheer Manchester's development grant, commuter rail potential  —  U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will be in Manchester on Monday, cheering the city's $25 million grant from the Department of Transportation, and highlighting …
Eleanor Eagan / American Prospect:
The Trump Officials Still Running Biden's Justice Department  —  Two senior career staffers continue to work in Attorney General Merrick Garland's office, and he's shown no signs of doing anything about it.  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department, November 8, 2021.
Discussion: Raw Story
Teaganne Finn / NBC News:
Newsom says he will use Texas abortion law tactics to restrict assault weapons  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he plans to use the same tactic as Texas' abortion law to target assault rifle sales after the Supreme Court declined to block enforcement of the law.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Tell the Establishment ‘No Intervention in Ukraine’  —  At the Army War College a decade ago, they were pretty insistent on having an actual objective that supports actual American interest when you committed American blood and treasure.  Of course, no one in DC ever listens.
 
 
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