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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 …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: About those Jan. 6 texts — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — ABOUT THOSE JAN. 6 TEXTS. The House Jan. 6 committee has released a bunch of texts …
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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 …
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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.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What the left doesn't get about the media
POLITICO Playbook: What the left doesn't get about the media
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Meadows: ‘Leaked’ text messages from Fox News hosts have been ‘weaponized’ by committee
Meadows: ‘Leaked’ text messages from Fox News hosts have been ‘weaponized’ by committee
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CNN:
“This is hurting all of us” — Fox News did not bother to air Monday night's meeting …
“This is hurting all of us” — Fox News did not bother to air Monday night's meeting …
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
This is what Donald Trump Jr. texted Mark Meadows as violence unfolded on January 6
This is what Donald Trump Jr. texted Mark Meadows as violence unfolded on January 6
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Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Newly revealed text messages to Meadows undercut GOP whitewashing of the insurrection
Newly revealed text messages to Meadows undercut GOP whitewashing of the insurrection
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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 …
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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 …
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Eric Topol / Ground Truths:
Omicron is getting more defined — In both good and bad ways — One week after my first Substack post on Omicron there's been a surge in new data. Here's a quick timeline of the progress for what has been reported in just over 2 weeks since this new variant surfaced.
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Biden White House warns: COVID explosion imminent
Biden White House warns: COVID explosion imminent
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Jared S. Hopkins / Wall Street Journal:
Pfizer Says Its Covid-19 Pill Likely Works Against Omicron
Pfizer Says Its Covid-19 Pill Likely Works Against Omicron
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Washington Post:
D.C. attorney general sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6 attack — D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) on Tuesday sued the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, seeking to use a law written to cripple the Ku Klux Klan to exact stiff financial penalties …
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Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Proud Boys Regroup Locally to Add to Ranks Before 2022 Midterms — The far-right nationalist group has become increasingly active at school board meetings and town council gatherings across the country. — They showed up last month outside the school board building in Beloit, Wis., to protest school masking requirements.
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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 …
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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 …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Revealed Norman Podhoretz for What He Always Was … One of the most contentious questions in American political thought over the past half-dozen years has been whether Donald Trump represents a departure from the ideals of American conservatism or, alternatively, its apotheosis.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Authoritarian Right's 1877 Project — In a recent column for The American Conservative, Helen Andrews argues that Reconstruction — that brief slice of the 19th century during which Black Southerners enjoyed extensive political rights under the aegis of Northern Republicans — was “objectively bad.”
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 …
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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 …
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Gabby Orr / CNN:
Trump says Pence is ‘mortally wounded’ inside the GOP for his role in certifying 2020 election results — (CNN)As former Vice President Mike Pence weighs his future in politics — laying the groundwork for a possible presidential campaign in 2024 and supporting Republican candidates …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Wholesale prices measure rose 9.6% in November from a year ago, the fastest pace on record — Wholesale prices rose 9.6% from a year ago, the highest level going back to November 2010. — The pace was even faster than the 9.2% estimate. — The core producer price index increased at a 6.9% pace …
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Rachel Hatzipanagos / Washington Post:
'I know my parents love me, but they don't love my people' — Adoptees of color with White parents struggle to talk with their families about race … Growing up, Angela Tucker felt like a racial impostor. She may have looked Black, but she didn't feel that way.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The MAGA Perversion of Patriotism — Making sense of the rise of the citizen's arrest. — (SHUTTERSTOCK) — Diane Vargo may look like a fashion model, but she isn't. For eight years, she's been the principal of Mesquite Elementary School about 20 miles south of Tucson. It seems like an impressive school.
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Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
Biden chooses liberal favorite for top housing regulator — President Joe Biden has picked Sandra Thompson, favored by liberal Democrats, to lead Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the head of the agency that oversees them. — The White House announced Tuesday that Thompson will be nominated …