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Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Gone Too Far — The Capitol riot happened because President Donald Trump simply lied, and lied, and lied. — s cable television broadcast the scenes of Trump supporters breaking past police lines and even smashing their way into the Capitol on January 6, the president's son, Donald Trump Jr. …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
I Compared the New January 6 Texts to Mark Meadows' Book. It's Damning. — Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. — Mark Meadows, call your publisher. — It seems that Donald Trump's final White House chief …
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Albert W. Alschuler / Just Security:
The Easiest Case for the Prosecution: Trump's Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Occupation of the Capitol
The Easiest Case for the Prosecution: Trump's Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Occupation of the Capitol
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
It Sure Sounds Like Trump Was Screening Don Jr.'s Calls During the Capitol Attack
It Sure Sounds Like Trump Was Screening Don Jr.'s Calls During the Capitol Attack
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CNN:
‘Need to end this call’: January 6 committee reveals new text messages to Meadows on House floor
‘Need to end this call’: January 6 committee reveals new text messages to Meadows on House floor
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
McConnell: Riot panel findings of GOP involvement ‘will be interesting’
McConnell: Riot panel findings of GOP involvement ‘will be interesting’
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Lola Fadulu / New York Times:
Cornell University goes on high alert after finding evidence of the Omicron variant on campus. — Cornell University canceled a ceremony for December graduates, closed libraries and took other restrictive measures on Tuesday after the school's coronavirus testing lab found evidence …
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New York Times:
Trump Fraud Inquiry's Focus: Did He Mislead His Own Accountants? — The investigation, by the Manhattan district attorney, is zeroing in on information the former president and his company shared about the value of his assets. — As prosecutors in Manhattan weigh whether to charge Donald J. Trump …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden on passing agenda by year's end: ‘I hope so’ — President Biden on Wednesday said some progress has been made toward passing his Build Back Better agenda in the Senate, but acknowledged it was possible it would not reach his desk before the end of the year. — “I hope so.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden and Manchin deadlocked on length of BBB programs
Scoop: Biden and Manchin deadlocked on length of BBB programs
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Christina A. Cassidy / Associated Press:
Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds — ATLANTA (AP) — An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.
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Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Biden set to surpass Trump in first-year judicial nominees; a window into a major Democratic push — (CNN)President Joe Biden will soon announce his latest wave of nine judicial nominees, according to a White House official, capping a year where the selections — and an effort to establish …
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Reuters:
The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump's campaign of disinformation — After Donald Trump lost the White House, ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and three other current and former U.S. Army officers challenged the vote's legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims.
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Republicans Who Assailed Biden's Stimulus Bill Are Embracing the Money — Republican governors who criticized the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill as wasteful are championing state projects funded by the money. — WASHINGTON — At her annual budget address this month, Gov. Kristi Noem …
T. Becket Adams / And another thing:
That Dana Milbank column is even dumber than you think — Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank is as lousy a statistician as he is a political commentator. — Milbank claims journalists have been harder on President Joe Biden in the first year of his presidency than they were on former President Donald Trump in his last.
New York Post:
Eric Adams picks Keechant Sewell as the first female police commissioner of the NYPD — Mayor-elect Eric Adams has tapped Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell as the first female police commissioner of the NYPD — a stunning, close-to-home pick from a field of seasoned top women cops across …
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Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE U.S. lawmakers call for sanctions against Israel's NSO, spyware firms — A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Five Republican governors seek vaccine exemptions, escalating a fight with the Pentagon. — Governors from five states have written a joint letter to Lloyd J. Austin III, the defense secretary, asking that their National Guard troops be exempted from a federal coronavirus vaccine mandate …
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Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Retail Sales Rose Modestly in November — Sales rose 0.3% in the month — Retail sales rose a modest 0.3% in November from the previous month, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, suggesting consumers are challenged to keep up with rising prices.
Washington Post:
This block used to be for first-time homebuyers. Then global investors bought in. — LA VERGNE, TENN. — The homes on Tammy Sue Lane aren't fancy. Modest in size and clad in vinyl siding, the houses were priced below $200,000 when most were built about 15 years ago …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Hillary 2024? Given the competition, she may be the Dems' best hope — There may be a rematch coming in the 2024 race for the White House. But we're not talking (God help us) Biden-Trump II. — Instead, 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is an interesting prospect to consider …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
After extraordinary sacrifice, and years of delay, Alwyn Cashe gets his Medal of Honor — Cashe died 16 years ago after saving his men from a burning vehicle in Iraq. He will become the first Black recipient of the award for actions since 9/11. — Staff Sgt. Douglas Dodge was dazed …
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Daniel Greenfield / Front Page Magazine:
Democrats Legalized Crime, Thousands Died — And the killing is just getting started. — Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. — 4,901 more people were murdered last year than in 2019.
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Dionne Johnson / KLFY-TV:
Lafayette City Judge Michelle Odinet responds to use of racial slurs in home video following burglary — LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet confirmed with News 10 that over the weekend she and her family were victims of an armed burglary at their home in the upscale area of Bendel Gardens.
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Biden admin, House GOP scrutinize Ilhan Omar's Islamophobia bill — The Biden administration has outlined several issues it has with Omar's bill — Rep. Boebert: Rep Omar wants public humiliation, not a public apology — Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is pushing a controversial Islamophobia bill …
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Jonathan D. Salant / New Jersey Online:
Menendez slips, fractures shoulder in rush to get to U.S. Senate floor for vote — His Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing had ended and a vote awaited, so Robert Menendez darted to the U.S. Capitol to reach the Senate floor. — But en route, the New Jersey senator slipped getting onto …
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Executes People for Watching K-Pop, Rights Group Says — At least seven people have been put to death in the past decade for watching or distributing K-pop videos, as the North cracks down on what its leader calls a “vicious cancer.” — SEOUL — North Korea has publicly executed …
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
N.Y.C.'s Gas Ban Takes Fight Against Climate Change to the Kitchen — New York is set to become the nation's largest city to enact a ban on gas heat and stoves in new buildings. It's a major step away from fossil fuels that is expected to influence wider markets.
Politico:
Judge scraps Trump lawsuit to shield tax returns from Congress — A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump's bid to block congressional Democrats from obtaining his tax returns. — Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee to federal district court in Washington …
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Google tells employees they'll lose pay and will eventually be fired if they don't follow vaccination rules — In a memo circulated by leadership, Google told employees that they must comply with vaccine policies or they face losing pay and then losing their job.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A junkie's guide to the 2022 midterms — DRIVING THE DAY — BREAKING OVERNIGHT — The House voted 222-208 to hold MARK MEADOWS in contempt of Congress and make a criminal referral to the Department of Justice. Just two Republicans — ADAM KINZINGER (Ill.) and LIZ CHENEY …
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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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