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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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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 …
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 …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A federal court has ruled that obstructing the electoral vote count is illegal.  Trump should panic.  —  U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich ruled last week that an effort to interrupt the counting of the electoral votes can be a crime — even if no violence was contemplated.
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 …
New York Times:
Fox News Hosts Sent Texts to Meadows Urging Trump to Act as Jan. 6 Attack Unfolded
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
This is what Donald Trump Jr. texted Mark Meadows as violence unfolded on January 6
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 …
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.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Matthew Herper / STAT:   Pfizer's Covid pill remains 89% effective in final analysis, company says
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Andrew Cuomo ordered to return $5.1M pandemic book profits to state  —  New York's ethics watchdog panel ordered disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return the $5.1 million in profits from his pandemic book deal to the state next month.  —  The extraordinary resolution was approved …
Nick Reisman / Spectrum News 1 Central NY:
New York ethics commission orders Cuomo to return book money
Discussion: The Hill and Townhall
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, Focusing on School Boards and Town Councils
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
District of Columbia Sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Three Republican Residents of The Villages Arrested for Casting Multiple 2020 Votes  —  CAUGHT OUT  —  Three Republican residents of the hedonistic Florida retirement haven The Villages have been charged with casting multiple votes in the 2020 presidential election, according to local reports.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Mike DeForest / WKMG:
3 residents of The Villages arrested for casting multiple votes in 2020 election  —  Few Central Floridians have faced similar charges over past two decades, records show  —  SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. - Three residents of The Villages have recently been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud, court records show.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Manchin seeks child tax credit “we can afford”  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is telling colleagues the expanded child tax credit is both the most underpriced item — and biggest inflation-driver — in President Biden's $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
It's time to entertain the possibility that the Build Back Better bill won't pass
Associated Press:
The AP Interview: UN nuke chief says view of Iran blurred  —  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a “very blurred image” …
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
‘Obsessed’ Biden administration put settlements on par with Iran nukes
Discussion: The Times of Israel
New York Times:
How Beijing Influences the Influencers  —  We are on the outskirts of Shanghai today at the most incredible hotel we've ever stayed at.  —  It's the first in the world built inside a quarry.  —  Stick around when we show you around.  —  Catch you later.
Discussion: HotAir
Politico:
How a 100-year-old newspaper became the go-to way to influence Biden  —  Interest groups trying to influence the president of the United States will often fork over millions of dollars in order to do so.  During the Biden era, however, an old media-centric, less splashy technique has been deployed.
New York Times:
Your Pocketbook Is Ruled by This Agency, and It's in the Middle of a Huge Fight  —  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 …
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Rohit Chopra / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Member, FDIC Board of Directors December Open Meeting of the Board
Discussion: American Prospect and Politico
Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed News:
The Pro-Trump Conspiracy Internet Is Moving From Facebook To Your Doorstep  —  The man at the door said he was just there to verify some publicly available information.  —  In the home security video, he seems nervous and out of breath as he waits at the doorway, glancing frequently at his phone.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Kevin Drum and Raw Story
Equis Research:
2020 Post-Mortem (Part Two): The American Dream Voter  —  A collaboration of Equis Research and Equis Institute  —  Today Equis is releasing Part Two of a post-mortem on the Latino vote in the 2020 election.  The REPORT IS HERE.  —  In Part One (available HERE), we attempted to document …
Discussion: Politico
Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Blumenthal Speaks at Communist Party Awards Ceremony  —  Event organizers used the ceremony to invite people to join the Communist Party  —  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) spoke at an awards ceremony over the weekend hosted by a Communist Party affiliate whose leaders used the event …
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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Yossi Yehushua / Ynetnews:
Israeli request for speed up delivery of refueling jets rejected by U.S.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Gabby Orr / CNN:
Trump says Pence is ‘mortally wounded’ inside the GOP for his role in certifying 2020 election results
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Authoritarian Right's 1877 Project
Rachel Hatzipanagos / Washington Post:
'I know my parents love me, but they don't love my people'
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The MAGA Perversion of Patriotism
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
United Arab Emirates Threatens to Pull Out of $23 Billion F-35, Drone Deal With U.S.
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: The danger of vaccine mandates
Insider:
Meet the 25 wealthiest members of Congress
Discussion: Raw Story
Eva Dou / Washington Post:
Documents link Huawei to China's surveillance programs
Washington Post:
Staunch evangelical allies of Israel upset by Trump's outburst on Netanyahu
Discussion: Rigid Thinking, Raw Story and HuffPost
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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