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Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Two Jan. 6 Organizers Are Coming Forward and Naming Names: 'We're Turning It All Over'  —  After losing faith in Trump, the pair plan to hand over text messages, Instagram direct messages, and other documents related to the planning of the Jan. 6 rally on the Ellipse where Trump spoke
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox News hosts urged Meadows to have Trump stop Jan. 6 violence, texts show  —  Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade expressed alarm, concern, according to messages shared during House select committee hearing  —  Three Fox News hosts who have been among Donald Trump's …
CNN:
“This is hurting all of us”  —  Fox News did not bother to air Monday night's meeting of the House committee investigating the 1/6 attack.  Neither did Newsmax or One America News.  So right-wing TV audiences did not hear when Rep. Liz Cheney revealed that some of Fox's biggest stars pressed Mark Meadows …
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Cheney hints at criminal charges for Trump in panel vote to hold Mark Meadows in contempt  —  The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection voted tonight to hold Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of the Congress.  The full House could vote as soon as Tuesday on a contempt resolution.
Discussion: New York Post and Insider
The Daily Beast:
Mark Meadows' Personal Cell Is Becoming a Personal Hell  —  Meadows once chaired a panel with oversight of personal communications issues.  Now he has an issue of his own—and the Jan. 6 committee and the National Archives have taken note.  —  It turns out Mark Meadows may have good reason …
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
This is what Donald Trump Jr. texted Mark Meadows as violence unfolded on January 6
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: About those Jan. 6 texts
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
CNN:
January 6 panel unveils text messages to Meadows from Don Jr. and Fox hosts as contempt charge advances
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What the left doesn't get about the media
Discussion: Deadline and The US Sun
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Contempt Charge for Meadows
MSNBC:   ‘A paper trail of treason’: Jan. 6 committee scrutinizes document on overturning election
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
House Panel Votes to Recommend Holding Mark Meadows in Contempt of Congress
New York Times:
Pfizer says its Covid pill will protect against severe disease, even from Omicron.  —  A highly anticipated study of Pfizer's Covid pill confirmed that it helps stave off severe disease, the company announced on Tuesday.  —  Pfizer also said its antiviral pill worked in laboratory studies …
Discussion: Twitchy and 444 Blog
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Matthew Herper / STAT:   Pfizer's Covid pill remains 89% effective in final analysis, company says
Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer Says Its Covid-19 Pill Likely Works Against Omicron
Discussion: CBS News and The Times of Israel
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Biden White House warns: COVID explosion imminent  —  New data from South Africa and Europe hint that Omicron cases are poised to explode in the U.S., where the vast majority of the population isn't well protected against infection.  —  Driving the news: A new analysis by South Africa's …
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Lesley Wroughton / Washington Post:
Omicron variant more resistant to vaccine but causes less severe covid, major South African study concludes  —  CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Omicron appears to cause less severe illness than earlier variants of the coronavirus but is more resistant to the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine widely used …
Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
Israel's staunch evangelical allies shocked by Trump's outburst on Netanyahu  —  JERUSALEM — One of former president Donald Trump's major evangelical backers on Monday condemned recently reported attacks by Trump on former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned that he risked alienating …
Discussion: HuffPost and New York Magazine
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New York Times:
Israel Finds Planes That Could Be Key to a Strike on Iran Badly Back-Ordered
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Because Trump left the nuclear deal, we might have to learn to live with a nuclear Iran
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: The danger of vaccine mandates  —  Half of Americans say it should be illegal for companies to deny service or employment to the unvaccinated, according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.  —  Why it matters: This carries real political risk …
Deon J. Hampton / NBC News:
Factory workers threatened with firing if they left before tornado, employees say  —  MAYFIELD, Ky. — As a c atastrophic tornado approached this city on Friday, employees of a candle factory — which would later be destroyed — heard the warning sirens and wanted to leave the building.
Brad Polumbo / Foundation for Economic Education:
YouTube Star Dave Rubin Announces That He's Leaving California, Heading to This Free State Instead  —  Celebrities like Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, and Elon Musk have fled California for greener pastures in recent years, making headlines.  But it's not just individuals: According to a Stanford study …
Discussion: YouTube and Florida Politics
Wall Street Journal:
United Arab Emirates Threatens to Pull Out of $23 Billion F-35, Drone Deal With U.S.  —  Gulf ally complained U.S. security requirements are too onerous, U.S. officials say  —  WASHINGTON—The United Arab Emirates is threatening to pull out of a multibillion-dollar deal to buy American-made F-35 aircraft …
Insider:
Meet the 25 wealthiest members of Congress  — The reports cover 2020 and provide the most up-to-date estimate of members' net worth.  — The wealthiest 15 members were worth at least $1.3 billion, half of Congress' wealth.  —  Each year, every member of Congress is required to file …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
It's time to entertain the possibility that the Build Back Better bill won't pass  —  Most pundits seem to be operating under the assumption that President Biden's Build Back Better program will eventually become law.  After all, it would be very unusual for a Congress controlled …
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
In Gaza, a Contentious Palestinian Professor Calmly Teaches Israeli Poetry  —  On social media, Refaat Alareer rages against Israel.  In the lecture hall, he studiously analyzes the work of some of its leading poets — and surprises some of his students.  —  Editors' Note, Dec. 13, 2021:
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Vaccine Mandate for New York Health Care Workers  —  Doctors and nurses challenged a state coronavirus vaccine requirement that had medical but not religious exemptions, saying it violated their right to free exercise of their faiths.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:   Supreme Court Refuses To Halt NY State Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate Lacking Religious Exemption
New York Times:
A Squabble at the F.D.I.C. Is Actually a Fight Over Biden's Entire Economic Agenda  —  Ms. Baradaran and Mr. Kress are professors of law with expertise in banking law.  —  The last time you walked into a branch of your bank, you might have noticed a sign bearing the official seal …
Eva Dou / Washington Post:
Documents link Huawei to China's surveillance programs  —  The Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has long brushed off questions about its role in China's state surveillance, saying it just sells general-purpose networking gear.  —  A review by The Washington Post of more than 100 Huawei …
Emma Hurt / Axios:
Exclusive: Herschel Walker confronts his mental health, domestic violence allegations  —  Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker told Axios on Monday that he's “accountable” for past violent behavior toward his ex-wife and people shouldn't feel “ashamed” about confronting mental health issues.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Steve Collins / Lewiston Sun Journal:
Max Linn, colorful candidate, dead at 62  —  Linn privately speculated in 2020 that he may have caught COVID-19 during a trip to Wuhan in late 2019.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
 
 
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